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Rachel Kaser
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Writer for | Formerly Will critique Golden Girls for food. She/her.
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The next Walkabout course is going to be in the Marianas Trench, calling it now.
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On behalf of Mighty Coconut, @WalkaboutMG, and its subsidiaries, we want to formally apologize to @RachelKaser of @VentureBeat for weirdly targeting her. We will do better. venturebeat.com/games/ea-delay
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It's that time of the week again, everyone: Time to talk about the #GoldenGirls! In this episode, we're experiencing some awful "therapy," converting drachma into $8, and blowing it out of our tubenburbles. Stay Golden!
And in my personal writings, here's my review of the first game I played this year, the newest game in the Carol Reed game series, which involves some more distressing subject matter than past titles.
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Two brawler royales in one week? It's been a rough one.
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Velan Studios announced it's turning out the lights on @knockoutcity in a few months venturebeat.com/games/velan-st
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Now that PS5s are supposed to be hitting the shelves for real, I expect this won’t be the last sales milestone I hear/write about.
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God of War Ragnarok has surpassed another milestone within three months, says @SonySantaMonica venturebeat.com/games/god-of-w
If I had a nickel for every time I heard a game developer say its delayed game "needs polish" I'd have my own studio by now. Not saying I don't believe them, but that seems to be the only phrase they ever use.
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Respawn and Electronic Arts have pushed @EAStarWars Jedi: Survivor to the end of April venturebeat.com/games/ea-delay
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Same as yesterday, no new post because I've been enjoying some birthday downtime, but I am cleaning up the analysis portion of last week's #PerryMason post so you can have some fresh Monday reading. Hope you all have a great week, and enjoy the read!
And, on that note, if anyone wants to join me for my birthday while I play some Nancy Drew, you'll find me here for the next little while: twitch.tv/graceofathena/
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It’s my 32nd birthday and the games industry has given me:
-A colorful rhythm action game
-A spooky sci-fi horror title
-A fantastical tactics game
All games that I will likely adore…and what am I going to be playing tonight?
Good ol’ Nancy Drew.
It’s my 32nd birthday and the games industry has given me:
-A colorful rhythm action game
-A spooky sci-fi horror title
-A fantastical tactics game
All games that I will likely adore…and what am I going to be playing tonight?
Good ol’ Nancy Drew.
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This week on the Sigma Show talk about the recent updates from Xbox and the future of a number of games and animation projects tied to Justin Roiland.
Joined by , and
Show is live in 30 mins
twitch.tv/sigmagears9
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[RTs ❤️] I am compiling a list of games where you can play as a black woman? I have a few so far, but I am looking for more. Please reply with games that you know of so I can add them to the list!
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I am going to be playing ALL THE GAMES on my birthday weekend.
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Hi-Fi Rush was a delightful surprise and @rachelkaser wants more like it venturebeat.com/games/hi-fi-ru
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Why did none of you tell me that Engage is basically Fire Emblem series fanfiction??
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Watching #Developer_Direct and appreciating the passion with which the devs talk about Forza Motorsport’s realistic dirt accumulation. #XboxDeveloperDirect
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had a great run. I'm among the people that got laid off today. Here are my thoughts. I love my team so much, they are some of the best people I've ever had the privilege to know. rule, please hire them asap
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welp, it's official! I've been laid off from , alongside some of my talented and hard-working colleagues. I'll be looking for work and trying to figure out next steps from here. thank you so much for following along until now
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it's official - I've been laid off from , along with many of my hardworking colleagues. still processing everything rn and trying to figure out the next steps, but I'll be looking for work in editing as well as games/online culture journalism
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In case you missed it, here's the first part of my review. Yeah, Frey and Cuff are not really clicking with me so far.
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GamesBeat finds @Forspoken's heroes to be less-than-pleasant company venturebeat.com/games/forspoke
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Happy Monday, everyone! I've got a doozy of a #PerryMason case for you today, involving "lonely hearts" magazines, two slick con artists destroying a hotel room, a poisoned champagne bottle, and a Monte Cristo-esque revenge scheme.
Let's put a nice capper on this long-ass week with some #GoldenGirls! This week, Stan calls an IRS auditor "brother of the scalp," Dorothy wishes him a convict boyfriend named Bubba, and Rose accidentally holds up a pawn shop. Stay Golden!
It’s been a bear of a week. Please take care of yourselves.
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It's been a tumultuous week in the games industry, and @rachelkaser wishes the best for everyone affected venturebeat.com/games/layoffs-
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I was among the many talented professionals laid off by today.
While I'm disappointed, I know I'll be ok because this is not my first rodeo. (It's my third, actually.)
I've been preparing to get laid off ever since I took this job.
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Looking for work. I'll be threading recent work from GameSpot, as I can write a variety of different types of pieces--as I was a bit of a jack of all trades as an entertainment editor on a gaming website.
My DMs are open.
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I spent the past year leading the content expansion plan for original editorial on Metacritic. Today the corporate overlords decided to eliminate that plan and therefore my position. It was part of a huge company-wide reprioritizing that led to a lot of layoffs (I've RTed others)
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Time to share some news: I was let go from Fanbyte.
Writing was on the wall when the mass layoffs hit in Sept, it is what it is.
4 years in politics, 5 years at GameSpot, 1.5 years at Fanbyte. I'm a free agent and now full-time freelancing, hit me up: mpghigham at gmail dot com
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Well. Damn. I got caught in the layoffs too, I'm afraid. Had a good run though, yeah?
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Well, for the first time in my life ive been laid off and...just feel completely numb. Its been a wonderful year+ working with and but now i gotta start to figure out what the fuck is next, just at a loss for now to say the very least 🫠
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Well. Damn. I got caught in the layoffs too, I'm afraid. Had a good run though, yeah?
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It was a serious dream come true and total honor to work with all the folks at ! I never srsly considered it would ever happen to me! I'm available for any other dream jobs, like Capybara Tender, editor on , or someone who is paid to live in Japan for some reason
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I say this without derision: Goodbye, Stadia. You had ambition, if nothing else.
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It's the last day of @GoogleStadia and the community is saying goodbye venturebeat.com/games/the-fina
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Every time I watch top gun I'm reminded that it has the same opening as mass effect and it blows my mind
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Maybe it's my time to finally see what Erica is all about.
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The latest @PlayStation Plus update includes several excellent titles venturebeat.com/games/playstat
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Happy Monday, everyone! We're back with another #PerryMason case, this one involving a drunk driver, a terrible Cockney accent, a pile of down feathers, and one of the greatest friends to ever appear on television.
Gonna do a quiet Sunday evening stream over on my Twitch if anyone wants to join! We'll play a bit of Slime Rancher 2 because I want to relax.
Nova has been keeping my anxiety high all day.
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We are thrilled to report we located clouded leopard Nova on-grounds at the Zoo this afternoon at approximated 4:40 p.m. She was located very near the original habitat, and teams were able to safely secure her just before 5:15 p.m.
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Follow-up real question: Does anyone want to play Skull and Bones?
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What will Skull and Bones give the world? GamesBeat's @rachelkaser isn't exactly sure venturebeat.com/games/should-u
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"One half-hour more, witch!" -- me to my dog when she starts giving me sad eyes before her lunch time