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Senior Reporter at @theverge.com. Email tips to [email protected]. Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · Sep 2

Personal news: I’m now a Senior Reporter at The Verge! Excited to keep writing about tech, video games, and everything else that I’m fortunate to work on with all of my fantastic colleagues.

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 13h

This was really cool, awesome piece!

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 14h

On Monday, Yacht Club Games delayed the much-anticipated upcoming game Mina the Hollower.

On Tuesday, I visited their studio and saw the game. It made for a rare glimpse at why a video game gets delayed and what "polish" actually means.

This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why 'Mina the Hollower' Was Delayed

Yacht Club Games hasn't given a new release date, but the delay shouldn’t be more than a few months

www.bloomberg.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 1d

Discord has named 5CA as the third party vendor that was compromised in the data breach: www.theverge.com/news/798084/...

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 2d

NEW: Discord tells me that "we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed" in the data breach announced last week.

www.theverge.com/news/797051/...

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 1d

Battlefield 6 is out tomorrow, and it's one of EA’s most important launches in years. I broke down why: www.theverge.com/games/795232...

Battlefield 6 is a pivotal moment for the series — and EA

The stakes are high for EA’s next big shooter.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 2d

NEW: Discord tells me that "we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed" in the data breach announced last week.

www.theverge.com/news/797051/...

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 5d

i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 8d

Apple and Meta are racing toward a smart glasses showdown, but Apple has a lot of ground to make up

www.theverge.com/news/790697/...

The smart glasses race is really on now

Apple might be preparing to take on Meta in a big way.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 8d

Wrote about Ghost of Yōtei's cool cinematic modes and how they came to be, featuring an interview with Sucker Punch's Jason Connell:

www.theverge.com/games/789026...

Ghost of Yōtei can be chill or brutal with its new cinematic modes

The modes offer up-close action or lo-fi beats.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 8d

It's that time of year

The Onion @theonion.com · 8d

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt https://theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-down-street-with-cup-of-coffee-1819574012/

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 9d

I'm officially banning the phrase spooky season. Thank you

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 9d

I'm hosting an AMA on r/Games at 11AM PT/2PM ET. See you there!

www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm...

From the Games community on Reddit: AMA: I'm Chris Plante, co-founder of Polygon, co-host of The Besties, and creator of Post Games (a weekly NPR-style podcast about gaming!)

Explore this post and more from the Games community

www.reddit.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 9d

I can't really tell if there's an improvement from gen 1 to gen 2, but I haven't done any sort of rigorous testing. My gen 2 pair did survive a fall from the top of my head onto concrete, FWIW.

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 9d

I reviewed the second-gen Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The improved battery life is impressive, but I still have a lot of weird feelings about wearing an unobtrusive camera at eye level.

www.theverge.com/tech/787680/...

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 review: all-day smart glasses with the same tricky questions

I’m still not sure about the social etiquette of smart glasses.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

Wrote about EA's big take-private deal announced today and how it could change things for the company, the types of games it invests in, and the people that make them.

www.theverge.com/games/787723...

What EA’s buyout might mean for its future

Given what we’ve seen in past big gaming deals, things may not turn out great.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

Oh yeah, that one is SO good. The way they do her voice is so cool, too

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

100% this. Transistor's soundtrack in particular!

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

There's a lot of great music in Hades II, but this Fields of Mourning track might be the best in the game

youtu.be/3Wel35_0iWk?...

Hades II - Eternal Longing

YouTube video by Supergiant Games

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

Thanks!

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 11d

What similarly structured buyouts are you thinking of? Want to learn more about them if I can

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Marina Galperina @mfortki.bsky.social · 11d

The one where @jaypeters.net talks to Makoto Koji

The Verge @theverge.com · 12d

How the voice of Silksong’s Hornet brought her to life through gibberish

Makoto Koji has been surprised by how the community has taken to some of her made-up words.

buff.ly

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 16d

btw, if you want to play Hades 2 in 4K/60fps on your Switch 2 in TV mode, Supergiant told me how: www.theverge.com/news/785360/...

Hades II players on Switch 2 in TV mode can have upscaled 4K or 120fps, but not both.

Hades II can run at 1080p and 120fps on compatible TVs on Switch 2, but if you’d prefer to play with an upscaled 4K and 60fps instead, Supergiant Games’ Greg Kasavin tells The Verge that you can do so...

www.theverge.com

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 16d

Saros looks very good, though I loved Returnal, so I might be biased

www.theverge.com/news/785146/...

Haunting PS5 shooter Saros launches in March

It looks like it takes a lot of cues from Returnal.

www.theverge.com

Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 16d

Meta is bringing back its smart glasses pop-up shops this fall

www.theverge.com/news/784872/...

Meta is opening pop-up shops to show off its smart glasses with a display

Try before you buy.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 16d

Hades 2 is everything I wanted from a Hades sequel. It’s so good and I can't stop playing it. One of my favorite games of the year.

www.theverge.com/games/783718...

Hades II’s big 1.0 update has me obsessed all over again

Hades II has the juice.

www.theverge.com

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Jay Peters @jaypeters.net · 22d

This could be kinda big: Meta is going to let developers access the audio and vision capabilities of its smart glasses:

www.theverge.com/news/780943/...

Meta is opening up its smart glasses to developers

Twitch is already working on live-streaming from glasses.

www.theverge.com

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