🚨 Some ~*personal*~ news,🚨 as they say. I’m heading over to Company Town from Metro to cover the video game industry for ! I’ll be reporting on the industry’s growing importance to the business and culture of SoCal. So, what do you want to read?!
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Sarah Parvini (سارا)
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Video game industry reporter at the . Iranian American. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” (she/her)
Los Angeles, CAJoined August 2011
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Amazon Inks Critical Role to Overall TV and First-Look Film Deal, Greenlights ‘Mighty Nein’ Animated Series
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I'm heartbroken is losing the work from the team at Launcher. Games deserve nuanced and enterprising coverage, and the Launcher staff was constantly churning out outstanding stuff.
This is a huge loss.
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The site and our coverage will not be disappearing immediately, so please keep reading and watching. And if you have fond memories or nice things to say about the work @LauncherWP produced, please share. We could all use those vibes right now.
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please think of my colleagues first and consider a place for them if you can.
as for me: i am staying at the Washington Post. i am moving to the Style section to remain as their games journalist.
this isn’t bitter sweet. it’s bitter. i wish my team was with me. it’s not fair.
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i am so proud to have worked with , , , and .
it’s painful because i missed the last year to be able to work with them more, and today we are closing the video games vertical.
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Today The Washington Post decided to lay off five members of the Launcher team and sunset the site. I’m heartbroken to lose @LeaderGrev, @JhaanElker, @pithyalyse, @Shannon_Liao and @Vahn16 to The Post's layoffs. 
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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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Still in a state of shock. The "sorry to hear what happened to Launcher!" slack messages starting coming in before my shift was even scheduled to start today, then received that email saying "we have reached out to those employees" affected by layoffs. they had, in fact, not 🙃
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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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Since Jan. 1, legions of employees have been put on the chopping block at Amazon (18k layoffs), Microsoft (10k layoffs), Salesforce (8k layoffs) + Google (12k layoffs). The cuts came on the backs of earlier cuts at Meta (11k in Nov) + Snap (1,300 in Aug)
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"Those meetings took their toll. While we are withdrawing our union election petition today & truly hope that mgmt will prioritize the concerns that led us to organize, I still believe that a union is the best way for workers in our industry to ensure our voices are being heard."
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In a statement emailed today, a member of the Proletariat Workers Alliance said: "Our CEO responded by holding meetings which framed the conversation as a personal betrayal, instead respecting our right to join together to protect ourselves & have a seat at the table"
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Workers at Proletariat asked management to voluntarily recognize a union in December (it would have been the third under Activision Blizzard)
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We are excited to announce that the workers of Proletariat have asked management to voluntarily recognize our union, the Proletariat Workers Alliance. 1/14
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Inbox: CWA has withdrawn its request for a representation election at Activision Blizzard’s Proletariat studio
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i loved seeing Joel in the show with a goofy smile as he watched the movie. for fans of these characters, the show feels expansive and rewarding. we get to see little things we wish the games had time to cover
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#TheLastOfUs “raised moral quandaries about choice, or the lack thereof, in interactive entertainment, questioned masculinity in games + ultimately proved to the industry that a gay teenage girl could be a protagonist in a genre overrun w/ tired machismo”
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Can confirm as a San Diego-an
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“Explain the Chargers to me.”
“Well, imagine a Choose Your Own Adventure book but no matter what choice you make you die.”
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Some ~*personal*~ news, as they say. I’m heading over to Company Town from Metro to cover the video game industry for @latimes! I’ll be reporting on the industry’s growing importance to the business and culture of SoCal. So, what do you want to read?! latimes.com/about/pressrelShow this thread
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Congratulations to member (and 🙌) in their new roles! Sarah will be covering the video game industry for 🕹️📺🎮 #AAPIatLAT
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Some ~*personal*~ news, as they say. I’m heading over to Company Town from Metro to cover the video game industry for @latimes! I’ll be reporting on the industry’s growing importance to the business and culture of SoCal. So, what do you want to read?! latimes.com/about/pressrelShow this thread
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Who are some video game industry experts I should be reaching out to?
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Some ~*personal*~ news, as they say. I’m heading over to Company Town from Metro to cover the video game industry for @latimes! I’ll be reporting on the industry’s growing importance to the business and culture of SoCal. So, what do you want to read?! latimes.com/about/pressrelShow this thread
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Thank you to , , and others for believing in this type of coverage — and that I’m the right person for the job!
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Congrats to in their new roles! Excited to have them lend their talents to helping expand entertainment biz coverage at the LA Times under
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So pumped for all the incredible stories you'll write! Reach out to with any tips or story ideas (but never try to out-combat her bc her sneak attack damage is A+)
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Gaming — on console, on PC, on a tabletop — has been a huge part of my life since childhood. It’s a dream to be able to write about something that I love professionally. Please tell me what you’d like to read and send me tips at sarah.parvini@latimes.com.
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Video game industry friends, please welcome to the beat. She’ll be focusing on the biz side, will help beef up our coverage and I’m sad she hasn’t played D&D with me — yet.
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Some ~*personal*~ news, as they say. I’m heading over to Company Town from Metro to cover the video game industry for @latimes! I’ll be reporting on the industry’s growing importance to the business and culture of SoCal. So, what do you want to read?! latimes.com/about/pressrelShow this thread
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And yes, you read the announcement correctly — I love turn-based combat, ok!?
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Gaming — on console, on PC, on a tabletop — has been a huge part of my life since childhood. It’s a dream to be able to write about something that I love professionally. Please tell me what you’d like to read and send me tips at sarah.parvini@latimes.com.
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I’m so excited to join + the rest of the team under , and to dig into the world of gaming alongside . I’m also so grateful for my years in Metro and everything I’ve learned working with , who is one of the best and kindest in the biz.
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First look! Universal Studios powers up with Super Nintendo World, the most participatory theme park land ever created
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As promised, here are Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Editors. They're resolutions you really can keep.
Resolution for Editors No. 1: To read every word of a draft before making changes. (Yes, this is hard. But if time permits, a good practice.)
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¿LA ABUELA? CAMPEONA DEL MUNDOOOOO 😍🇦🇷🏆
ABUELAAAAAA LA LA LA LAAAA
📹 Tiktok/octaruggero
#TNTSportsMundial
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Andrés Cantor, the legendary Argentinian Telemundo analyst, says crying, “I’ve been waiting for 36 years to say ‘Argentina are champions!’”
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MAGESTERIALLLLLL #MESSI
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All the cynics,haters & critics out there, keep throwing your bricks & stones at him...#LeoMessi takes them and builds yet another monument to his genius with them! The inarguable,indisputable GREATEST of ALL TIME!!!!Magesteeeeeeeeeerial Lionel!!!!! #Messi #Argentina #GOAT
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#BREAKING Argentina beat Netherlands on penalties to reach World Cup semis
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Got emmmmmmm #arg
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Today we were ready to work for as long as it took to reach a fair deal, but management walked away from the table with five hours to go. It’s official: @NYTimesGuild members are walking out for 24 hours on Thursday. We know what we’re worth.
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