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Mafia: The Old Country is a potent and immersive time machine to a rarely explored era.

Our review: https://bit.ly/3J623BV

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‘Dopamine simply doesn’t work like that’: an interview with a user experience researcher:

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Yes!!!!!!

Pyre has such a great story, art, and music. I still love it.

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The badasses at Gearbox celebrate a major milestone—we've gone GOLD! Our developers worked incredibly hard to bring Borderlands 4 to the finish line, and they absolutely killed it. We'll see you on September 12, Vault Hunters!

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"Borderlands 4 - Gameplay Overview - Rafa"

"You have selected to die in a screaming inferno." 🔥

Check out the Official Gameplay Overview for Rafa: the Exo-Soldier!

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GAME ACCESSIBILITY - RESOURCES - Arevya's Ko-fi Shop This is a LIVE document that features all accessibility recourses I use in my job as an game accessibility consultant. It is still a work in progress,...

Whoa! @arevya.bsky.social made an incredible primer on games accessibility resources, and it's finally out!

It's an awesome resource for anyone wanting a quick "lay of the land" in the games accessibility space ✨

Check it out and grab a copy here ⬇️

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Acrid from Risk of Rain 2 on the right side of the screen spitting green goo at something to the left. 2 cards featuring Acrid and Acrid attacking are featured on the left.

Risk of Rain: The Board Game launches on #Kickstarter Aug 12th at 9AM Central! Get ready to dive into a tabletop co-op roguelike experience packed with miniatures, unlockable content, and high-stakes strategy.

Follow the campaign now to be notified on launch day: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ner...

Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS Senate votes to rescind $1.1 billion from Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night | Opinion If signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, this bill will ban speech at night — from study groups to newspaper reporting — at the state's public universities.

I thought the headline was exaggerating but it’s not. This is legitimately insane www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Fantastic!!!

Looks so good!

It looks so good!!!

Ghosts of Yotei looks rad. Very excited to just ride around that world.

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This week's Xbox RIF has me looking for my next opportunity. | James Berg This week's Xbox RIF has me looking for my next opportunity. Or possibly to retire to a cabin in the deep woods somewhere. To preempt many friends and colleagues, no, I am not in fact accepting vo...

Unfortunately I've been impacted by this round of Xbox layoffs. I'll miss being part of Team Green, and judging from other folks I'm seeing that also got hit, at least I'm in some fantastic company.

So, looking for my next opportunity - more info: www.linkedin.com/posts/james-...

For those affected in the Xbox layoffs today, we have a few roles open at Gearbox, DM me if any of these are you! www.gearboxsoftware.com/careers/#car...

what a waste of everything.

It breaks my heart to say it, but unfortunately I was caught up in this layoff. The industry is a complete mess right now, and I don’t blame any of this on the folks at Cyan, who have done as right by me as they possibly could.

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‘Borderlands 4’ Hands-On Previews Are Here, And They Are Fantastic A whole bunch of Borderlands 4 previews have dropped with outlets and creators going hands-on. The game sounds amazing.

‘Borderlands 4’ Hands-On Previews Are Here, And They Are Fantastic

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The people behind this decision are monsters who are fine with people dying. 🤬

Please support my friends over at Stray Kite Studios!!! This game looks awesome!

iOS app icons for various SEGA games: Sonic, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage

PSA: a bunch of classic SEGA games are currently free on iOS ahead of being delisted. Never had a SEGA console growing up so most are new to me!