Maddie Agne

big thank you to union chair spring mcparlin-jones for chatting to me about za/um becoming the FIRST RECOGNISED WORKPLACE UNION IN UK GAMES ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

"Adaptors, particularly video game people, have clung to the idea with remarkable tenacity and have wonderfully multiplied these 'witcher schools'. Completely unnecessary."

andrzej sapkowski i love your work please be a cranky old man forever

We Talked to YACHT To Try and Understand 'Blippo+' Alien channel-surfing sim Blippo+ asks players to "expand their idea of what's possible" in games. We ask co-creators YACHT what that means.

What the heck is this BLIPPO+ thing from @panic.com? Is it even a game? We talked to one of the collaborators behind it, the dance-pop band YACHT, to try and find out.

Did we get answers? Uh, kind of?

Chat what does it mean when my videogame website colleagues continue be characterised by their belief in vampires and ghosts and cryptids etc

"...it’s like a cosy story, it might make you sleepy, but it doesn’t mean it’s boring or something. That’s what we want the player as well to feel… it doesn’t give you any stress. It’s very comfortable…"

Thank you @maddie-b-a.bsky.social for your article on room6 and Yokaze 🌙

CALL FOR INTERVIEWS: Looking for videogame performance/motion capture actors with thoughts on the use of AI in recreating games performances. If you or someone you know fits the bill, drop me a line 🤙

I’m from the American South, and 'Road Kings' Just Gets It A surprise standout of Gamescom, Saber Interactive’s new trucking simulator explores independent empire along the Florida-Georgia border.

What do you think was the best reveal at Gamescom this year?

If you said "that random American trucking simulator," you'd be right – and it just so happens to be set exactly where @maddie-b-a.bsky.social grew up.

Thankfully, she got a chance to play it.

I'm biased ofc but I reckon Maddie is killin it at This Week in Videogames Dot Com.

Gamescom was her first consumer games convention... like ever? And she somehow survived a back-to-back schedule solo, conducting interviews that were great to listen to raw, and wonderful to read written up.

Are Vampires Real? The Blood of Dawnwalker's Creative Director Won’t Tell Me The former Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 quest director talks comparisons, religion, and, of course, vampires in The Blood of Dawnwalker.

In a discussion about religion, the pressure of legacy and the underutilization of time in games, @maddie-b-a.bsky.social asks Blood of Dawnwalker creative director @mtomaszkiewicz.bsky.social the most important question of all:

Are vampires real?

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CALL FOR INTERVIEWS: Looking for right-wing/right-wing adjacent gamers who frequently share their political views in games forums online — for a piece about how conservative politics uniquely affects games and games communities. If you or someone you know fits the bill, drop me a line 🤙

Just What Was Hytale Trying To Achieve? Ambitious imitation seemed to play a key role in the cancellation of Hytale, but looking back, it probably couldn’t have ended any other way.

Not content to simply have old people on the website, joining our crew on this new journey is some talented fresh blood, Maddie Agne @maddie-b-a.bsky.social!

Previously a Paste intern (🎓🎓🎓), she can answer dumb questions we have, like "hey what's a hytale"

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Two months after Valnet purchased Polygon, the gaming site is running advertisements designed to look like articles

This Week in Videogames - TWIV Covering the important things happening in the world of videogames. News, reviews, and insights without ads or filler content.

Hello. About a year and a half ago, some guy called Ralph asked me if I wanted to make a new videogame website.

We're launching it today. Maybe you can even visit it if people stop hammering the server for a second.

jesus christ

screencap of a 1983 episode of Love Connection, the dating game show PENNY Age: 33 Video Game Designer Status: Divorced

video games make eleventy billion dollars a year but we can only have one website about them, and it’s owned by The Bastard Group

How the fuck does that happen to Polygon?

Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up

Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs

Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report.

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When will physical video games go away? Digital distribution has largely taken over.

When will physical video games go away?

CALL FOR INTERVIEWS: If you or someone you know are an avid Shein/Temu shopper in the US, I want to talk to you about Trump's new China tariffs and commerce laws and how they might affect your shopping habits

drop me a DM to chat!

“Big Sky”: A god without an earth In the Taylor Wessing 2024 Portrait gallery, Adam Ferguson’s portrait of a Lutheran pastor begs the question: What role can religion play…

"What good is religion without an earth on which to impose it, and what God exists in the desolate environment this imposition leaves behind..."

From "'Big Sky': A god without an earth." On Medium.
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