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Jan 3

Lots of cool plans for Axe of the Blood God in 2023! We're going to be at PAX East, we're reviewing the Pantheon, and there will be tons of amazing RPGs to review! Thanks to

@_Daeyumi_

for the dope art! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5y3OjJB6z Patreon: patreon.com/bloodgodpod

Someone tell me who this is. It’s driving me crazy

Feb 4

🎉 Let’s gooooo. Would love nothing more than to see Newcastle lose despite having two of their defenders in FPL 😋

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West Ham United

@WestHam

Feb 4

Paquetá turns home a Rice corner

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my DICE schedule is starting to populate but I still got some room. GDC is an open book. yell my way. as a heads up I'm pretty focused on reporting and interviews, so largely won't be taking preview opps this year, but I can send you to the right person at IGN for that if needed

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Rebekah Valentine

@duckvalentine

Jan 24

I'll be at both DICE and GDC this year and would love to have interesting interviews and interesting non-interview conversations. Let me know if we should be talking!

Feb 2

Staring into the middle distance

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GamesRadar+

@GamesRadar

Feb 2

Can you believe these games all turn 30 years old this year?!

HBO's The Last Of Us Reclaims The Queerness Its World Forgot

Feb 2

Watching Andor right now and now whenever anyone asks me about my career I'll say "I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion: I'm damned for what I do."

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looking for culture pitches for polygon! fandom, people focused, trend, streaming, + subculture stories related to video games and blockbuster film/TV. not looking for reviews. (thread has more info and examples) send to nicole.clark@polygon.com; pay starts at $300 for reporting

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The Last of Us has shown culture is as much a casualty of the apocalypse as people are, but HBO’s take on Bill and Frank is a lovely reminder that elder queer people who lived through LGBTQ+ history survived into the end of days, and our stories can, too.

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Bill and Frank’s story in the TV show isn’t just about survival, it’s about living

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Important Last of Us question: Who in the George W. Bush White House ate the most cake and got infected first?

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Second World War tweets from 1945

Jan 30

SCOOP: IGN has learned that Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo won't be a formal part of E3 2023, meaning they won't have a presence on the show floor among other things. Article: ign.com/articles/xbox-

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I see some show-only-folks are outraged discovering the queerness in HBO’s TLOU . Buddy it aint gonna get straighter from here on 😂.

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Kat Bailey Retweeted

@RealTimeWWII

Jan 28

Roza's combat diary, 16 Jan: "What I've actually done? No more than I'd have to as a Soviet man, having stood up to defend the motherland. The essence of my happiness is fighting for the happiness of others... If it turns necessary to die for common happiness, I am braced to."

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New on

: I interviewed Xbox CEO Phil Spencer (

@XboxP3

) on this week's Developer Direct, the recent layoffs, E3, Activision Blizzard, 2022 being "too light" on games, and what 2023 means for Xbox as some major releases prepare to roll out.

ign.com

Phil Spencer Interview: Xbox Was 'Too Light on Games' in 2022, But a Big 2023 Could Await - IGN

In a new interview with IGN, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer talked about 2022 being "too light on games," the recent layoffs, the role of 343, the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and more.

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Late night show ✌️

VoidBurger (AKA Jess)

@VoidBurger

Jan 26

THE ANIMATIONS IN THIS FIGHT ARE FUCKIN BUCKWILD SPIDERVERSE SHIT, THIS GAME HAS SOME NERVE SHADOWDROPPING????

There have been reports that Xbox will be at E3 2023, but that remains unconfirmed. All Xbox has announced is that there will be a showcase event in Los Angeles, which could be similar to what took place last year. E3 wasn't referenced and everything else is speculation.

Dan Stapleton didn’t pay $8 for this ➔

Jan 25

Nine Princes in Amber is very good, actually

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Cian Maher

@cianmaher0

Jan 25

What are people's favourite fantasy series? I'm almost finished my Witcher reread and I'm looking for loads of books to fill out my year. So far I have: - Gormenghast - Earthsea - LOTR reread - GoT reread - New Crobuzon - Dune (finally)

Oh hey, one thing I forgot to add with this! We're hoping to do a lot more original entertainment reporting now that we've got someone (me, it's me) dedicated to it. You can email astedman@ign.com with tips or DM for Signal, and, in general, my DMs are open.

Oh! Guess I'll be playing this tonight.

Hi-Fi Rush already has my attention. Has that Saturday morning cartoon vibe without being insufferable.

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The Game Awards

@thegameawards

Jan 25

Xbox and Tango Gameworks have announced HI-FI RUSH.

WaPo gutting launcher and the NYT doing "video games: more than just for kids?" on the same day, when a video game adaptation is one of the most high profile prestige dramas on TV atm, feels like a stupidly out-of-touch view of games' importance to mainstream culture reporting

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Stephanie Hsu is the first queer actor to be nominated for playing a queer character since Ian McKellen was nominated for Gods and Monsters in 1998.

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WaPo is sunsetting its games vertical the same day NYT publishes another classically 🙄 line on gaming: "Until fairly recently, games were considered a niche hobby, typically associated with children." Infuriating that games coverage remains low priority at these prestige outlets

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Sara Fischer

@sarafischer

Jan 24

More details on @washingtonpost layoffs, per memo from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee: — 20 newsroom positions eliminated — 30 open positions will not be filled — WaPo is sunsetting Launcher, its online gaming vertical, and KidsPost, per two sources familiar Memo below: twitter.com/sarafischer/st…

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This is very hard news

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I buried the lede, which Dan has covered! We will indeed be replacing me! I know there are tons of talented editors looking for work, so please feel free to reach out with questions.

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@DanStapleton

Alex has been an absolute machine for the past year and a half, cranking out great movie & TV reviews like no one I've ever seen! She'll be sorely missed, but I'm glad she's not going far and will still contribute reviews. And yes, this means a job posting will go up shortly. twitter.com/a_sted/status/…

Having worked with Matt since the USgamer teams, will dearly miss him on the news team. But I know he'll absolutely kill it on IGN features :D

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It’s official!!!

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Very excited to have Alex on IGN's news team! So excited about what she'll add to our entertainment coverage, especially with so many great shows hitting this year :)

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Alex Stedman

@a_sted

Exciting news of the "old habits die hard" variety: I'm joining IGN's news team, leading entertainment reporting! I can't believe I get to work under INDUSTRY LEGEND @The_Katbot and alongside FELLOW INDUSTRY LEGEND @duckvalentine and I couldn't be happier

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Great Photoshop work by Super Ninfriendo Adrian House for a floor-guy joke from this week's episode.

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Spoiler: That one scene in The Last of Us: Partner pointed out that it was more like mother birding than a kiss. Who knew that getting infected by a fungus zombie was supposed to be disturbing 🤷‍♀️ But I can already see where all this discourse is going.

If HBO’s The Last of Us’ apocalypse started in 2003, that means they never got to see Shrek 2 (2004). They may be surviving on that show, but are they really living if they haven’t seen Shrek 2?

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Movies opening on 9/26/2003 -- the day the cordyceps fungus arrives in the US -- included The Rundown and Under the Tuscan Sun, and for me, personally, Under the Tuscan Sun would be a great last movie to see before becoming a fungi monster.

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Someone recommend me a good vertical monitor that I can use for Slack / Twitter

The Giants are a joke. What team goes into Philadelphia and plays this poorly in a playoff game?

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The best Tetris

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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupGualala 2 · Mac DeMarcoFive Easy Hot Dogs℗ 2023 Mac's Record LabelReleased on: 2023-01-20Producer: Mac DeMarcoStu...

What game is this hook from. Asking for a friend

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writers who blog directly into the CMS will not see heaven

Got a few games on my list this weekend. In order of priority: 1. Crisis Core Remake on Steam Deck 2. Fire Emblem Engage 3. The Last of Us Part 1 4. Streets of Rage 4

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NVC Question Block: What Classic Game Did You Miss First Time Around? - IGN

Jan 20

We transformed NVC's Question Block segment into an article for the pod's first ever column! I joined the rest of the hosts in talking about a game from my youth that I didn't play until I was much older, which for me was Castlevania.

ign.com

We all have gaping holes in our gaming history. These are the classics the NVC crew didn't play until much, much later.