Gaming Network Shifts to Click‑pay, Writers Risk $0
One of the largest networks of gaming sites around is trying to pay writers by the click instead of a flat rate per story. They could get as little as $5 a story or even nothing at all.
No Legacy, Seeking Feedback to Craft Something Unique
David Cage 9 months ago: "since we have no legacy in this genre, we know we have everything to prove — which is why your support and feedback will be essential. Together, we believe we can create something truly unique.” https://t.co/ExHWW2eXH2
Xbox Launches Own Subreddit; Fans Demand Exclusives, Free Multiplayer
XBOX created its own version of a subreddit and people are demanding exclusives and free multiplayer https://t.co/TMjMGcR5nG
Algorithmic Echo Chambers Amplify False Hype for Unknown Games
"nobody has ever heard of" It was shown during SGF Live 2025 and reappeared at Nintendo's indie showcase earlier this year. Algorithmic context collapse has made it easier than ever for people to be confidently wrong about the most basic, easy to...
AI Could Rescue Graphics Costs—Or Flood Games With Slop
The generous reading of PlayStation's CEO's comments on AI is that the technology will solve gaming's high budget graphics race. The more cynical reading is a future where AI is both the cause of slop and the only way to effectively...
Explore Diverse Games; Recommend Depth over Quick Consumption
I think people who feel this way need to try more/different games and everyone else needs to do a better job of recommending the games that aren't just streamlined to be quickly consumed.
Jared Palmer Joins Xbox, Brings AI Guitar Hero Vision
Jared Palmer just joined Xbox as an engineering VP and technical advisor to CEO Asha Sharma. He comes from the product side at CoreAI. Here's a snippet from an interview last summer where he riffs on AI and uses a...
Gearbox Bans Visible AI After Borderlands 4 AI Rumors
Some Borderlands 4 fans thought recent patch notes read suspiciously like AI, and yesterday Randy Pitchford shared a "selfie" of ChatGPT. He says Gearbox has a blanket ban on using AI for stuff that can be seen by players. https://t.co/tfMl0LPWIS
GameStop CEO Admits $14B Shortfall, Never Approached eBay
Andrew Ross Sorkin tries and fails to drag GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen through the details of his own proposal to buy eBay. The meme stock exec says he didn't approach eBay about the deal before announcing it and he's currently...
Anti‑woke Backlash to Saros Is a Weak Raid
Seeing the anti-woke hate train try to manufacture a backlash around Saros feels like watching a raid team try and fail to break a boss' shield because they can't muster enough raw power for the DPS phase. https://t.co/vKgVHfmNT4
Last Flag Development Ends, Game Won’t Shut Down
Last Flag was announced at Summer Game Fest just under a year ago. It's not going offline but development is ending
Paste Games: Crucial Safe Haven for Smart Critics
Hard to overstate the significance of Paste Games as a safe house for smart writers and big swing criticism, especially during the 2010s digital media boom. https://t.co/OoQK58qP1c
Steam CCU Charts Weaponized by Toxic Culture Warriors
My two cents on this is that while modern players are on average way too CEO-brained these days, weaponizing Steam CCU charts on main is almost uniformly a sickness of online culture warriors pushing toxic agendas.
Fans and Yoshida Reveal FFXIV’s Past, Present, Future
Kotaku's coverage of Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest wraps up with this long, in-depth dispatch from about the state of the game, its legacy, and its future. We heard a lot last week from Naoki Yoshida. In this report we...
Time to Ban Tall Grass From Video Games
It had a good run but it's time to ban the tall grass in games https://t.co/n7rY8ARVkd