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Connor Makar

@connormakar.bsky.social

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Staff Writer at Eurogamer. Figuring this app out. Video games, news, trash posting. MCV 30under30 class of 2024 honourable mention. That counts, right?

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · Aug 13

What this means is that we're essentially doing original reporting all the time as a *mandatory* and integral part of the website. SO if you have a tip on a story you care about, let me know!

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 4h

I am at the Palais De Sex Positions!

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 14h

"the sequel to our really successful normal single player thing is a multiplayer roguelike" and I get the one piece haki premonition of someone dying

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 3d

So I'm guessing no tier skips in Democracy 5 then?

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 3d

It's very funny to see this post after seeing the wall of text apology from Bitmap beforehand lol, they really have his back.

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 3d

Persona 5 space palace final boss is such a piece of shit, so much so that I fist bumped when the post-boss fight thing happened. Rest in piss forever.

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 3d

I saw buff Darius in like 0.5 seconds and immediately understood it was a good patch.

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

We've had some great coverage on VGC recently, but with Google continuing to erode small publishers’ reach, it’s going to be a tough Q4 for independent sites.

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 6d

Outstanding work all around

The Verge @theverge.com · 6d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 6d

Cheers Keith

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 6d

One from me.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 7d

EA's takeover, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and "vanity mega projects": Human Rights Watch assesses the impact of gaming's latest controversy

www.eurogamer.net/eas-takeover...

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 7d

EA's takeover, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and "vanity mega projects": Human Rights Watch assesses the impact of gaming's latest controversy

www.eurogamer.net/eas-takeover...

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 8d

a spokesman for BrewDog said 'this is the one thing we didn't want to happen'

an excerpt from the National article reading 'the National reported in April this year that in a bid to help keep tree saplings alive by keeping deer out BrewDog erected a perimeter fence, but instead actually trapped the animals inside'

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah fuckin me too babe

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 8d

$5 a month gets you access to the Skybox Discord and allows you to support good games writing. 6 months of that is one month of Game Pass, and I promise you'll have more fun.

www.patreon.com/SkyboxCritics

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 8d

Like, the game is so cash and the idea that the studio with decades of MMO and survival game experience needs to restructure to refocus to that is so weird. More likely despite its massive early sales there's unhappiness around current popularity? Sad news.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 8d

Dune Awakening developer Funcom suffers layoffs after biggest release in studio history

www.eurogamer.net/dune-awakeni...

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

The 15 remaining Luna-tics on the Luna Gaming SubReddit waking up from a deep slumber like the Dark Souls 3 Abyss Watchers, rock fucking hard.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 9d

Amazon launching "completely redesigned" Luna streaming service later this year, with emphasis on social gaming

www.eurogamer.net/amazon-launc...

Group of friends on a sofa playing games with their phone in Luna video

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

When this game comes out it technically counts as like 0.3% of an Amazon Game Studio release so mark that on the board I guess.

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

Wait I forgot Blue Protocol: Star Resonance comes out this month, in like 6 days!

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

Jokes aside that's a nightmare sorry it happened lad.

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

You gotta kill the dog mate, no other way around it

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 9d

This is fucked

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 9d

My colleagues at Bloomberg report that the $20 billion debt in the EA deal is expected to be rated single-B — meaning it is considered a "junk" loan, or one that is high-risk and speculative, typically offering high interest rates. Which the new EA will have to pay
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 10d

Outstanding bait five stars

Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 10d

I mean that Teemo trailer is great but the character looks so rancid they nailed it

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 11d

EA privately acquired in $55bn deal by group of investors, including Saudi Arabia's investment fund and Donald Trump's son-in-law

www.eurogamer.net/ea-privately...

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Connor Makar @connormakar.bsky.social · 13d

Is this plastic or metal? I'd hope metal, so I can get up to some proper soldering (sorry sorry sorry)