Danielle Partis
@daniellepartis.bsky.social
Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former games biz newshound. Sauropod Enthusiast. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. 🏳️🌈
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Let's try this intro post again - hello! I'm Danielle, I do editorial things for Xbox as you probs know.
Also a regular D&D player, big robot enthusiast, acceptable Warhammer painter and big riff enjoyer. Chronically ill and really into buffalo wings. Mostly using bsky for hobby stuff!
Also a regular D&D player, big robot enthusiast, acceptable Warhammer painter and big riff enjoyer. Chronically ill and really into buffalo wings. Mostly using bsky for hobby stuff!
Having an absolute blast with Monster Hunter Stories 3. The first two games feel like quirky cousins to the mainline MH franchise now, but this one looks to stand magnificently as its own new adventure - sleek, beautiful and welcoming:
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Monster Hunter Stories 3 is Ready to Step Out of the Shadow of the Mainline Series - Xbox Wire
With a striking new world and a mature, promising new narrative, Monster Hunter Stories 3 looks to deliver a magnificently designed adventure that can stand proudly on its own.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Having an absolute blast with Monster Hunter Stories 3. The first two games feel like quirky cousins to the mainline MH franchise now, but this one looks to stand magnificently as its own new adventure - sleek, beautiful and welcoming:
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Starting to measure my age not in years, but in "Kurt Cobain was a homicide" cycles, like some sort of grunge-pilled mutt
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Starting to measure my age not in years, but in "Kurt Cobain was a homicide" cycles, like some sort of grunge-pilled mutt
Accidental Brass Eye
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Accidental Brass Eye
Massive feelings of mortality thinking about Mewgenics launching tomorrow. One day you're 18 and deeply obsessed with the indie scene after watching a dumb movie where a game you like gets published on the Xbox, and then suddenly you're 31 and work for Xbox
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Massive feelings of mortality thinking about Mewgenics launching tomorrow. One day you're 18 and deeply obsessed with the indie scene after watching a dumb movie where a game you like gets published on the Xbox, and then suddenly you're 31 and work for Xbox
"not using AI is a luxury position" is where I close this app and try to recall the taste of strawberries
no great artists have ever struggled, a famous thing about artists that we all know. everyone prior to three years ago lived lives of luxury.
![the stupid 'talent is a gatekeeping mechanism' thread that's going around, three posts reading:
tired of having these arguments so i'm gonna lay out the STARK reality of AI for some of you privileged fucks:
1. "talent" is a gatekeeping mechanism that has created a culture of professionalism that is no less of an ivory tower than academia, a moralized proxy for access to time, training, money.
2. being poor means having to make hard choices like:
[a] drawing something yourself in a way society would call "bad" (i.e. unprofessional)
[b] sacrificing resources you don't have to pay a real artist what they're worth (or learn yourself)
[c] not doing it at all, or
[d] using AI.
“just don’t use AI” is a luxury position. when people moralize choices made under scarcity, they’re pretending the menu is the same for everyone. it fucking isn’t.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dei7f7zh74xr3hoghei6ke3d/bafkreig5uei5qn5bkwhgniorhoyesfs73ovo76xwfk2yxprmtnbde4cvp4@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"not using AI is a luxury position" is where I close this app and try to recall the taste of strawberries
I'm deeply sorry for all the things I've said out loud alone in my office tonight while playing Cairn 🗻
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I'm deeply sorry for all the things I've said out loud alone in my office tonight while playing Cairn 🗻
Guys I hate to be the one to say it but the new Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer is absolute phone clip slop. Feels like the cast got together to an SNL bit. I'll be there day one but what's the move here gang, I'm NERVOUS
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Guys I hate to be the one to say it but the new Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer is absolute phone clip slop. Feels like the cast got together to an SNL bit. I'll be there day one but what's the move here gang, I'm NERVOUS
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In case January wasn't long enough, I also had to start looking for a new house, four months after moving into my current house, and now I have to move house again in two weeks. 2026 gonna be like that, huh
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 AM
In case January wasn't long enough, I also had to start looking for a new house, four months after moving into my current house, and now I have to move house again in two weeks. 2026 gonna be like that, huh
I didn't know that water companies charged a made-up fixed rate until I moved to Cheshire. In The North, you generally pay for what you use. Down in this mental crevice, I'm charged usage for a family of four based on an arbitrary metric from the 90's. Excited to be extra mugged for a necessity!!!
Water bills in England & Wales are going up by an average of 5.4% in April.
Govt minister Alex Norris explains that because the profiteering private water companies have been stealing our money for years (rather than investing it), we have to keep letting them rip us off.
Govt minister Alex Norris explains that because the profiteering private water companies have been stealing our money for years (rather than investing it), we have to keep letting them rip us off.
January 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I didn't know that water companies charged a made-up fixed rate until I moved to Cheshire. In The North, you generally pay for what you use. Down in this mental crevice, I'm charged usage for a family of four based on an arbitrary metric from the 90's. Excited to be extra mugged for a necessity!!!
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These devs make games about climbing - I sent them up a mountain in Peak
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Three game devs climb a mountain
It's your turn to get over it, Foddy
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January 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
These devs make games about climbing - I sent them up a mountain in Peak
www.jank.cool/three-game-d...
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this is a real double edged sword for me
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
this is a real double edged sword for me
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My favourite little detail from our Fable coverage yesterday - those mockumentary-style to-camera interviews from the last two trailers are actually part of how the game will tell its story:
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM
My favourite little detail from our Fable coverage yesterday - those mockumentary-style to-camera interviews from the last two trailers are actually part of how the game will tell its story:
The endlessly cool Xbox Wire team put together four deep-dives into the four games we just showed at the Developer Direct. Please allow me to pill you on Forza Horizon 6, a game I did not see creeping up my most-anticipated list:
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Forza Horizon 6: More Details on The Country, The Culture and The Cars of Playground Games’ Japan - Xbox Wire
Forza Horizon 6 is coming on May 19 - find out more about the cars and culture of Playground Games' Japan in our huge Developer_Direct interview.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The endlessly cool Xbox Wire team put together four deep-dives into the four games we just showed at the Developer Direct. Please allow me to pill you on Forza Horizon 6, a game I did not see creeping up my most-anticipated list:
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Many months late putting feelers out but I'm quite close to Manchester now - do I have any mutuals in and around there? Are there any Games Things going on? What's going on up there lads
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Many months late putting feelers out but I'm quite close to Manchester now - do I have any mutuals in and around there? Are there any Games Things going on? What's going on up there lads
Horrified at how much we as a society have normalised having your phone out at the cinema. Nae respect, back in my day that was A SIN. Don't care if it's just the trailers mate, gerroff yer slab or it's getting slung. Also, the cinema is EXPENSIVE now, why are you paying to not watch the movie
January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Horrified at how much we as a society have normalised having your phone out at the cinema. Nae respect, back in my day that was A SIN. Don't care if it's just the trailers mate, gerroff yer slab or it's getting slung. Also, the cinema is EXPENSIVE now, why are you paying to not watch the movie
Doing the triple threat tomorrow - hitting up the aquarium, bowling then cinema. All within walking distance. Nothing like it, the ultimate day off trifecta. Might even get some ramen and one of the big six quid syrupy cinema cokes. Who knows
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Doing the triple threat tomorrow - hitting up the aquarium, bowling then cinema. All within walking distance. Nothing like it, the ultimate day off trifecta. Might even get some ramen and one of the big six quid syrupy cinema cokes. Who knows
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one year since David Lynch passed, happy friday and RIP big dawg
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
one year since David Lynch passed, happy friday and RIP big dawg
Just found out in the most painful way possible that two players can technically win on the same turn in Civ, but it will only count one of them as the win. Tough night in the Partis household
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Just found out in the most painful way possible that two players can technically win on the same turn in Civ, but it will only count one of them as the win. Tough night in the Partis household
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Politely excusing myself from Pokémon Lego excitement by having the most unfranchisable favorites. Call me when they got that brick Corviknight and square-headed Spectrier
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Politely excusing myself from Pokémon Lego excitement by having the most unfranchisable favorites. Call me when they got that brick Corviknight and square-headed Spectrier
Do you think David Bowie would give a flying singular fuck about David Bowie not hitting the Forbes top earners or doing Tiktok numbers
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Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?
From the V&A to the Stranger Things finale, the pop icon still looms large – but with lower streaming figures than his peers, how many new listeners are discovering his music?
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January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Do you think David Bowie would give a flying singular fuck about David Bowie not hitting the Forbes top earners or doing Tiktok numbers
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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rt if you're a woman not interested in historical wargaming
January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
rt if you're a woman not interested in historical wargaming
FABLE FABLE FABLE
We're kicking off 2026 with the fourth installment of Developer_Direct on January 22 – bringing you new gameplay and insights for Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Watch Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation Gameplay, Direct from the Studios - Xbox Wire
We're kicking off 2026 with the fourth installment of Developer_Direct on January 22 – bringing you new gameplay and insights for Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
FABLE FABLE FABLE