Chris Charla
@iocat.bsky.social
Videogames at Xbox; zines, books, videogames, and skateboarding very slowly at home. I main Bluesky.
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Loved this game on Steam and absolutely recommend now that it’s on console!
📣 VIDEOVERSE is out on consoles! 📣
Set on a fictional gaming system, VIDEOVERSE is a love letter to video games. If you're looking for an emotional narrative experience, this one is for you!
PlayStation 💙 tinyurl.com/yuhzcbhc
Nintendo Switch ❤️ tinyurl.com/4cy48abw
XBOX 💚 tinyurl.com/4w636war
Set on a fictional gaming system, VIDEOVERSE is a love letter to video games. If you're looking for an emotional narrative experience, this one is for you!
PlayStation 💙 tinyurl.com/yuhzcbhc
Nintendo Switch ❤️ tinyurl.com/4cy48abw
XBOX 💚 tinyurl.com/4w636war
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Loved this game on Steam and absolutely recommend now that it’s on console!
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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if you haven't played despelote yet, you're missing some of the greatest storytelling in video game history. not exaggerating
despelote.game
despelote.game
Congrats to Despelote for winning excellence in narrative (and $10K) at the @devgamm.bsky.social awards tonight!
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
if you haven't played despelote yet, you're missing some of the greatest storytelling in video game history. not exaggerating
despelote.game
despelote.game
Congrats to Despelote for winning excellence in narrative (and $10K) at the @devgamm.bsky.social awards tonight!
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congrats to Despelote for winning excellence in narrative (and $10K) at the @devgamm.bsky.social awards tonight!
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All the lighthouse news that’s fit to print! Fun to see Keeper get such a glowing review in the @nytimes.com! (Beaming? Shining?) In the print edition, too!
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
All the lighthouse news that’s fit to print! Fun to see Keeper get such a glowing review in the @nytimes.com! (Beaming? Shining?) In the print edition, too!
All I could think of when I saw this was Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime... It's like the exact same scale.
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
All I could think of when I saw this was Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime... It's like the exact same scale.
Just wait till next year!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just wait till next year!!
Looking forward to seeing folks at DevGamm!
Want to know the 7 easiest ways to doom your launch?
(Only so you can avoid them, of course)
🎙️ Chris Charla (@iocat.bsky.social), GM of Portfolio and Programs at Xbox, will reveal how independent devs can boost visibility, discovery, and sales worldwide.
🎟️ Nov 7: devgamm.com/portugal2025...
(Only so you can avoid them, of course)
🎙️ Chris Charla (@iocat.bsky.social), GM of Portfolio and Programs at Xbox, will reveal how independent devs can boost visibility, discovery, and sales worldwide.
🎟️ Nov 7: devgamm.com/portugal2025...
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Looking forward to seeing folks at DevGamm!
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I worked with Nick at my first game dev job at EA in the mid-2000s. He was such a great guy, and he went out of his way to help me learn the ropes, even though I wasn't even on his team! He had such a great attitude, and really seemed to delight in working with other people to make games.
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I worked with Nick at my first game dev job at EA in the mid-2000s. He was such a great guy, and he went out of his way to help me learn the ropes, even though I wasn't even on his team! He had such a great attitude, and really seemed to delight in working with other people to make games.
Really missing Nick today. I'd love to talk to him about the Xbox Ally and hear what he thought!! Missed in most tributes (like the great one linked here) is that he was a core member of the original ID@Xbox v-team, in addition to later leading ID@Azure. netyaroze.com/Community/Re...
Remembering Nick Ferguson, a tribute.
Nick was truly special in his own right, his passion for anything video games, writing talent and fun loving energy, British humor and wit. We were ve....
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October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Really missing Nick today. I'd love to talk to him about the Xbox Ally and hear what he thought!! Missed in most tributes (like the great one linked here) is that he was a core member of the original ID@Xbox v-team, in addition to later leading ID@Azure. netyaroze.com/Community/Re...
I'm at a wedding and most people here are hardcore rock/gem/mineral people and it's interesting how close the conversations are to videogame people but with a different subject. "I have so many rocks. I mean not too many, but so many..."
September 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm at a wedding and most people here are hardcore rock/gem/mineral people and it's interesting how close the conversations are to videogame people but with a different subject. "I have so many rocks. I mean not too many, but so many..."
That new Arby's Italian sandwich is pretty awesome.
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
That new Arby's Italian sandwich is pretty awesome.
Videogames x crosswords. This one's a little meta.
September 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Videogames x crosswords. This one's a little meta.
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Anybody who knows anybody that might be interested in Demonschool and might give it a little boost, please entice them to fill out this form! We put a lot into this game and we really want people to see it.
Hey folks! Embargoed review keys for Demonschool go out TODAY, and we also want to give that opportunity to streamers/creators. If you are interested in streaming or making video about Demonschool please fill out this form! If you know someone who might be interested, tag them or send it to them!
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August 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Anybody who knows anybody that might be interested in Demonschool and might give it a little boost, please entice them to fill out this form! We put a lot into this game and we really want people to see it.
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BYTE stands alone: archive.org/details/byte...
August 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BYTE stands alone: archive.org/details/byte...
August 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm playing the Xbox PC edition of Octopath Traveler II on my ROG Ally right now and every building looks like Strausburg. Also I know I'm LTTP but it's 🔥. Had to drag myself away from pixelated half timbered buildings to go look at real ones this morning.
August 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I'm playing the Xbox PC edition of Octopath Traveler II on my ROG Ally right now and every building looks like Strausburg. Also I know I'm LTTP but it's 🔥. Had to drag myself away from pixelated half timbered buildings to go look at real ones this morning.
This is the exact kind of place you go inside and in the first room there's a save point and like 3 maximum health / spell point packs and then someone asks you if you're ready to go upstairs or if there's more you need to do in town first.
(Also Strausburg is very beautiful!)
(Also Strausburg is very beautiful!)
August 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is the exact kind of place you go inside and in the first room there's a save point and like 3 maximum health / spell point packs and then someone asks you if you're ready to go upstairs or if there's more you need to do in town first.
(Also Strausburg is very beautiful!)
(Also Strausburg is very beautiful!)
This is a berry that is edible and common in Europe that they don't have in America.
Also I was going in a secret entrance at gamescom and a guard asked me if I was at kolnmesse for the aircraft equipment conference or the game show. I'm like "ma'am I'm wearing a polygon skull t-shirt..."
Also I was going in a secret entrance at gamescom and a guard asked me if I was at kolnmesse for the aircraft equipment conference or the game show. I'm like "ma'am I'm wearing a polygon skull t-shirt..."
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is a berry that is edible and common in Europe that they don't have in America.
Also I was going in a secret entrance at gamescom and a guard asked me if I was at kolnmesse for the aircraft equipment conference or the game show. I'm like "ma'am I'm wearing a polygon skull t-shirt..."
Also I was going in a secret entrance at gamescom and a guard asked me if I was at kolnmesse for the aircraft equipment conference or the game show. I'm like "ma'am I'm wearing a polygon skull t-shirt..."
Cologne has a great bike rental place, the aptly named Radstation Köln, and a bike is by far the fastest way to get around the city. 20€ a day and you can get to most places you need to during gamescom before an Uber can get to you.
August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Cologne has a great bike rental place, the aptly named Radstation Köln, and a bike is by far the fastest way to get around the city. 20€ a day and you can get to most places you need to during gamescom before an Uber can get to you.
My gamescom challenge this year is to not take any photos of the Dom.
August 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My gamescom challenge this year is to not take any photos of the Dom.
I'm super excited to get to talk game development with folks @ DICE Europe this year!
Check out our latest announced leaders joining us at DICE Edinburgh to discuss topics important to the industry!
Tara Bruno of Tara Bruno PR
@iocat.bsky.social of Xbox
Cooper Jackson of Electronic Arts (EA)
@jeremyraszko.bsky.social of @shirogames.com
Learn more: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...
Tara Bruno of Tara Bruno PR
@iocat.bsky.social of Xbox
Cooper Jackson of Electronic Arts (EA)
@jeremyraszko.bsky.social of @shirogames.com
Learn more: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm super excited to get to talk game development with folks @ DICE Europe this year!
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