Aron Garst

Baby Steps hits on the hell and hilarity of hiking As funny as it is frustrating.

Reviewed Baby Steps for The Verge - a game I believe I'm really equipped to write about because hiking in real life is HELL for me www.theverge.com/games/783549...

Skate Is Placing A Long-Term Bet On Its Community The new foundation for the series is embracing the modern live-service model while attempting to strike a balance between old and new.

i got to preview skate for @gamespot.com and came out with quite a few questions and concerns about this new direction for the series

www.gamespot.com/articles/ska...

20 Years Ago, Advance Wars: Dual Strike Saw The Future Versus mode turned Advance Wars into my own tactical playground.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike was a grid-based chess match where every piece could explode, but the single-player campaign felt like squaring off against a row of toddlers still figuring out how pawns worked. I wanted something sharper.

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Design Room (@designroom.bsky.social) A new website dedicated to video game oral histories coming soon from mattleone.bsky.social. Logo by asawallander.se.

For the evening crowd: I’m launching a new oral histories site called designroom.bsky.social. Won’t be much there for another month or so, but follow now to get in early!

If IGN has layoffs, nobody in games press is safe. If Microsoft has layoffs, nobody in platforms is safe. If Ubisoft and Bungie and NetEase have layoffs, nobody in game development is safe. If the Romeros get their funding pulled, no studio is safe.

It's rough out there, right now.

Fall Guys Is The Perfect Game For Player-Made Levels, But Epic Is Letting It Languish The game show battle royale could have been the perfect canvas for level creators.

It's clear that there is an appetite for the online experience that Fall Guys provides. This is especially true when there is an army of creators supplying new levels on a regular basis. That's not the case anymore, but creators hope that changes.

www.gamespot.com/articles/fal...

Sub drive! Discounts! Themed week! A new writer!

It's big moves over at Rascal, and we would love your support to keep the whole project chugging. Independently owned tabletop journalism funded directly by our readers.

Data points to slowing layoffs, but doesn't capture true harm to game industry Where does the game industry and its workforce go from here?

Data points to slowing layoffs, but doesn't capture true harm to game industry

"There's nothing about a culture of fear of being laid off that’s going to be good for people making games and the games they're making. Stability, and ethical wages, are the future of the industry."

that's an amazing card

It was nearly 10 years ago that Peyton Blake began scribbling pictures in a small classroom. His drawings were usually of his teachers, typically older men with beards, but they all had one strange quirk: every teacher he sketched had an unusually elongated neck.

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Me IRL

Every Day We Fight guide: Tips for surviving the Rifters Maximize your strategic prowess with our Every Day We Fight guide, and learn how to use Overwatch, appropriate weapon types, team tactics, and more to destroy the Rifters.

Early Access game to keep an eye on: Every Day We Fight

Intuitive mix of XCOM tactics, roguelike narrative structure, and exploration. Rough around the edges, but with space to improve.

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Ghost Of Tsushima's Hot-Spring Meditations Are Still Calming Five Years Later Jin Sakai's adventure was elevated by moments in the tub.

Drenched in thick, burgundy-colored blood after tearing through dozens of enemy Mongol camps, I rode slowly through the Tsushima countryside searching for my next target. Only one thing would defer my thirst for revenge: a brief dip in a hot spring.

www.gamespot.com/articles/gho...

Write for Spine - Into The Spine Do you want to write for Into The Spine? Here's everything you need to know, including rates and what we're looking for at the moment.

spine is taking pitches again, ranging from short ($30 for 150-300 words) to longer form pieces ($60 for 500-700 words). *please* read the guidelines carefully, which now reflect the current monthly budget. i want to hear from bipoc and queer folks first and foremost.

intothespine.com/write-for-us/

Job Alert

Editorial Director, RockPaperShotgun: jobs.jobvite.com/ign/job/oN7r...
Guides Writer, RockPaperShotgun:
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Digital Marketing Manager, IGN Store: www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...
Director of Subscriptions:
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Senior Reviewer, TVs & Audio, The Verge Remote (US Only)

We are hiring a senior TV / audio reviewer! Come review headphones, speakers, TVs, things of that nature.

Looking good my man!

RIP

20 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!

If you have a job in the videogame industry, you might be asking yourself: "How do I keep up with my amazing friends and colleagues, who are successfully getting laid off all around me? How can *I* get laid off just like them?"

How co-op climbing hit Peak achieved 2 million sales for less than $200,000 The secret behind Aggro Crab and Landfall's latest hit? Korean barbecue and the power of friendship.

How co-op climbing hit Peak achieved 2 million sales for less than $200,000

Don't believe us? Believe those who have gotten into the Battle Suits and lived to tell their tales!

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Announcement Trailer (story-driven sci-fi Action RPG from Owlcat Games - PS5/Xbox/PC) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQi...

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I covered the anti-ICE protests in downtown Los Angeles today. Here are some photos.

75% of launch price

Space Without Story - Unwinnable Messing around in a space with a good buddy is hardwired into the human brain and it doesn’t matter whether or not that space is digital.

"Everything that’s good about Split Fiction is good because it’s a videogame. And that’s not because it helps to tell the story they want to tell."

The contrast between Split Fiction's writing and gameplay has @jaymcastello.bsky.social‬ thinking about what makes a game good:

How much you selling the Switch for?