Maddie Agne

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

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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.

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jesus christ

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

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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

01.05.2025 18:02 — 👍 7338    🔁 1769    💬 32    📌 11

How the fuck does that happen to Polygon?

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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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An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are likely illegal. The company deleted its websites after WIRED reached out.

An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are likely illegal. The company deleted its websites after WIRED reached out.

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

When will physical video games go away?

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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!

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“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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