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Charles Harte

@chuckduck365.bsky.social

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Professional tall guy. Associate editor at Game Informer. Contributor at MinnMax. Words at the Indie Informer. Private GM. Improv performer. charlesharte.com

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · Aug 30

I proposed to Alyssa today and she said yes! Shout out to @itshugosnook.bsky.social for designing this fantastic Wingspan parody! It’s her favorite board game, and I MAY have lied and told her I was expecting a review copy for a new expansion in the mail. She doesn’t seem too mad about it.

Charles and Alyssa pose for a selfie. Alyssa puts her hand with the ring on Charles’ chest.

A close up of Alyssa’s ring. It’s a pear-shaped diamond with peridot, alexandrite, and aquamarine as flourishes on the sides.

A parody of the board game “Wingspan,” called “Ringspan.” The cover of the box has a dove and raven sharing a wedding ring in their beaks.

The back of the Ringspan box. A humorous list of fake components is on the left, while the right side has art of Charles proposing to Alyssa while their three pets watch.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 9h

Hey! Just a reminder — don’t forget to be stressed about that thing :)

Your day’s going alright so far, but that thing you’ve been dreading is juuuuust around the corner, and if you don’t anxiously fixate on it for a few hours, who will?

Gotta stay on your toes!

Don’t relax 😔 Hyperventilate 😊

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jayRPG @jayguisao.bsky.social · 16h

Feels good to write again. I enjoyed my time with Battlefield 6, and I hope you do too! 🎖🎖🎖

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 16h

Battlefield 6 hits the ground running with a multiplayer suite full of dazzling sandboxes just waiting to be leveled, but not every part of the package is as effective.

Our review: gameinformer.com/review/battl...

A Battlefield 6 screenshot featuring infantry and a tank

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 1d

You! Love! To! See! It!!!!

Pew Pew Bang! @pewpewbang.bsky.social · 1d

Pew Pew Bang is officially an award-nominated podcast! Thank you to The Astra Awards for putting us up for Best Game Podcast & to everyone who has listened to/shared our show. 💛

Best Game Podcast

Nerd of Mouth
Pew Pew Bang
The Besties
The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 3d

This gives a lot of support to @kylehilliard.com’s theory that Moomin is on the precipice of becoming huge in the US, a fact I have never disputed and feel largely indifferent about. Love Rebecca Sugar, though!

ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 3d

Moomin x Rebecca Sugar x Annapurna

🎬 🍿 new animated Moomin movie 👀 👀

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 3d

FORE! Here come some streams!

WED 11am CT: Everybody's Golf Hot Shots w/ Giant Bomb!
• @itsvanaken.games
• @seamoosi.bsky.social

FRI 2pm CT: RE Outbreak Super Replay
• @marcusstewart7.bsky.social
• @chuckduck365.bsky.social

WHERE TO WATCH:
Twitch.tv/GameInformer
YouTube.com/GameInformer

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 3d

Cloud saves? Uh, yeah, I sure hope he does! Those games are so long, I’d hate for him to lose his progress.

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John E Warren 🤠🐝♿️ @floppyadult.com · 4d

This is Jasper!!! We picked him up from a family who didn’t want him anymore! Weird but okay!!!

He’s a little nervous but look at this little face!

Jasper the white and tan chihuahua mix with his little floppy ears up and alert

Jasper the chihuahua mix looking up from his crate

Jasper the chihuahua mix looking to the side from his crate

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 4d

Ahhhhhhhh!!! Adorable!

Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 6d

Made a fun little trivia show (complete with a theme song 😏) this episode to quiz Marcus and Kyle about GI’s history of 10/10 reviews. It was a lot of fun!

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 6d

It's a packed week on The Game Informer Show, featuring our Outer Worlds 2 cover story, a Battle Suit Aces interview, a game show, and more.

Check it out here: gameinformer.com/2025/10/03/t...

The Outer Worlds 2, More Ghost of Yotei, And Battle Suit Aces Interview | The Game Informer Show

The crew talks about The Outer Worlds 2 cover story, discusses Ghost of Yotei, plays a quick game show, and chats with the team behind Battle Suit Aces.

gameinformer.com

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 6d

Reviewed Consume Me! Not a huge fan of how it ends, but the concept and sheer personality here make it worth playing regardless. I had to review Baby Steps AND Hades 2 last week, so I'm really glad I found the time to play this game too.

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 6d

Despite stumbling in later chapters, Consume Me is a special game teeming with creativity and personality. Our review: gameinformer.com/review/consu...

A screenshot from Consume Me. A girl looks at a plate full of Tetris-like pieces of food.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 7d

"Next week, I will be able to do all the things I didn't finish this week and ALSO do all the things I have to do that week and maybe even all the things I need to do in the week after that, but I'll be realistic and say I'll do 50% of the following week's things next week," I say to myself weekly.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 7d

I don't understand how this picture is possible. You're literally not shaped like that. You look like a human. This makes you look like a finger puppet.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 7d

We have a big new episode of The MinnMax Show for you this week, with special guests @chuckduck365.bsky.social from Game Informer and @jasonschreier.bsky.social from Bloomberg! youtu.be/se-CQM_rXwM

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 9d

some professional news

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 8d

Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!

forms.gle/cG3BEkGqwuoh...

Games influencer press relationship query

I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...

forms.gle

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 8d

Malys, a deckbuilder from David Gaider and the team behind Stray Gods, hits 1.0 later this month. gameinformer.com/2025/10/01/m...

A screenshot from Malys. A massive, detailed demon with two mouths and upwards of five eyes named Belphegor looms in the background. In the foreground, a player looks at a hand of grey cards.

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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 9d

I interviewed Toby Fox again. :) You can read the conversation in both and digital and print (!!!!!) editions of Game Informer. We talked about the “stupid” way to make games and his new journey with Deltarune. Read to see our convo and some awesome fan art.

gameinformer.com/2025/09/30/i...

Inefficient And Laborious – The Ongoing Path To Making Deltarune

We spoke with Toby Fox about his “stupid” way of making games and the big leap from Undertale to Deltarune.

gameinformer.com

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 9d

The digital issue of Game Informer Magazine issue 372, and our cover story for The Outer Worlds 2, is live for subscribers! gameinformer.com/digital-issu...

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats!!! Get that rainy picture framed!

Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 11d

A pig shaped dog toy sits in a pet water fountain.

A dog grabs the pig shaped toy in the pet water fountain.

An orange blur on the right side of the image implies that the dog has hastily snatched the pig shaped toy and ran away.

The pet water fountain sits alone, no pig shaped toy or dog in sight.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 12d

Safe to say Toaster had fun at the Mum Festival today

A chihuahua/dachsund mix lays in a dog bed in the passenger seat of a car. His tongue is flopping out the side of his mouth. He looks ecstatic.

A chihuahua/dachsund mix lays in a dog bed in the passenger seat of a car. His tongue is flopping out the side of his mouth. A hand with dark painted nails pets his head.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 12d

Using this photo mode shot of @erikaishii.bsky.social and The Fox to fuel my dreams of a @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social video game one day.

A screenshot from Ghost of Yōtei. Atsu is petting a fox.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 13d

The longer I work in games media, the more I understand why someone would want to start a site like the Indie Informer – there are just so many good indies that deserve the spotlight! We're lucky that Jill also happens to be a fantastic enough writer and editor to turn that idea into a great outlet.

The Indie Informer @theindieinformer.bsky.social · 13d

The Indie Informer is 3 today!!!
🎉🎉🎉
I'm so grateful to everyone who's made it possible to shine light on awesome indie games. Friends, industry peers, fellow indie lovers, I appreciate you all!
🎉🎉🎉
Consider giving The Indie Informer a birthday boost on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheIndieInfo...

Indie games coverage by indie journalists

www.patreon.com

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 14d

Let's talk, Doug.

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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 14d

I gave my career first 10/10 score, and boy, does Hades 2 deserve it.

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 14d

"Hades II is the pinnacle of the roguelike genre, a position I previously granted its predecessor, but one that its sequel has handily earned."

Read our 10/10 review of Hades 2: gameinformer.com/review/hades...

A screenshot from Hades 2. Melinoë swings two small blades in a wide arc, obliterating two enemies in front of her.

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