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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 1d

"They talked about Neural Arrays, Radiance Cores, and Universal Compression. No, these aren’t Destiny 2 patch notes, they’re a roadmap to what will seemingly make gaming on PS6 marginally better than current-gen tech." lol nicely done

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 1d

Sony teased next-gen AMD graphics features coming to the PS6 (presumably - the console wasn't named). You'd think any whisper of PS6 would be a big deal, but our readers don't seem excited. One said "This console generation has fully convinced me to move on to PCs." www.theverge.com/news/797640/...

Sony teases new GPU tech coming to its next PlayStation

Sony’s Mark Cerny and AMD’s Jack Tuynh shared some graphics compression and GPU innovations coming to the unnamed PlayStation devices, presumably the PS6.

www.theverge.com

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 1d

The Fractal Scape slaps www.theverge.com/tech/797879/...

Fractal’s Scape is proof that $200 can get you a luxurious gaming headset

It gets a lot right on its first try.

www.theverge.com

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 1d

Using saline spray for your nose will improve your quality of life, especially during chilly, dry weather

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 4d

A union will drastically improve your work life. If you work in nonfiction TV, documentary film, podcasting, online media or broadcast news, contact a representative from the WGA East to answer your questions. www.wgaeast.org/organize/con...

Contact An Organizer | Writers Guild of America East

Find out how you can form a union at your workplace. No matter what changes have impacted the media industry, the Guild has always played a central role in fighting for—and winning—better standards…

www.wgaeast.org

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 4d

In trying to expand the way that I test controllers, I attempted to zest a lemon with the S10's very grippy (for some, too grippy) grips. Alas, the lemon remained unzested, which is good by the way

The rear grip of the EasySMX S10 is in focus, with a lemon in the background out of focus. I attempted to zest the lemon with the grippy grips, but it didn't work.

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 4d

Hello, I tested out some Switch 2 controllers for @theverge.com for your consideration. The EasySMX S10 is the best gamepad that isn't Nintendo's own Switch 2 Pro (it has almost all of the same features, but is $40 cheaper right now).

www.theverge.com/tech/791574/...

I’ve tested the latest Switch 2 controllers, and this one is the best

It’s not made by Nintendo.

www.theverge.com

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 7d

What a dark day for press freedom in the United States

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.

U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says

Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 15d

*Adam Jensen voice*: "Pritchard..."

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 15d

Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is retiring. He’s stepping down at the end of the year and will be replaced by Devon Pritchard www.theverge.com/news/786068/...

Nintendo of America boss Doug Bowser is retiring

Devon Pritchard is taking over.

www.theverge.com

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 19d

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract

404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

www.404media.co

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · 20d

There's an online radio station in Japan called Nonstop Casiopea. It rules (via the awesome Radio Garden app)

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 23d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29d

Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:

www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

www.404media.co

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Sep 4

I got my hands on an pre-production sample of a new anti-glare Switch 2 screen protector, and ironically, it revealed that there's a dead cockroach in my ceiling light www.theverge.com/games/770667...

I tried Jsaux’s new anti-glare Switch 2 screen protector, and it revealed a glaring bug

I slapped a pre-production version on my Switch 2. This $21.99 screen protector is coming in October.

www.theverge.com

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is amazing. Congrats Alice!

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Alice Jovanée @alicejovanee.bsky.social · Sep 2

Since I got laid off in May I've been working with a number of other former Polygon writers to start a new website. I'm proud to announce that we've just launched Rogue.site, a worker-owned and operated games journalism site funded by readers like you.

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · Sep 2

Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible.

If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.

Rogue

Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans

Rogue.site

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · Sep 3

tonight’s Alien: Earth episode is an Alien movie in miniature, so I wrote a bit about the franchise’s fundamental mean streak and how that makes it resonate, even when it stumbles

slate.com/culture/2025...

It’s Always Been Our Meanest Sci-Fi Franchise—and Our Most Honest

There are no happy endings in Alien: Earth or the many Alien movies.

slate.com

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Pete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social · Aug 29

my picks for what to watch this weekend! pvguide.ghost.io/movies-to-wa...

Weekend Watchlist, 8/29: Killer Bs

What to watch at home this weekend

pvguide.ghost.io

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · Aug 26

every new story like this convinces me more that the cat is entirely, irrecoverably out of the bag with these systems. no amount of guardrails or consulting with experts will ever fix this. they built a product designed to make people reliant on it emotionally/mentally, and that's the original sin

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Aug 23

Zombies ate my neighbors

Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ate too much ice cream...

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BreezyFBaby @breezybouche.bsky.social · Aug 14

What’s craaaazy to me is that a Minnesota state rep was ASSASSINATED and nothing even remotely close to this happened there

Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.

Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Aug 14

They're best tuned low imo. I don't make them bright. I want it to look like some of the tv colors are seeping just beyond the bezels

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Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our Eater GoFundMe is up! We all know this has been a difficult year for Vox, but the folks at Eater have been extremely dedicated in their support for each of their colleagues, past and present. Let's support them now!!! #unionstrong #voxunion #1u

gofund.me/04932462

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Cameron Faulkner @cameronfaulkner.bsky.social · Aug 11

thanks for having me, pete!

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