John Carson
@johncarson.bsky.social
Video Games’ King of Late Night, Freelance Writer, Up to something probably - Previously: Associate Editor Game Informer | Streaming at http://twitch.tv/johncarsongames
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John Carson
@johncarson.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Since more people are coming over here, here's my spiel
If you have the means to start a gaming publication, there has never been a better pool of young, experienced talent available to make something special. Anyone with the capital and motivation to start a website/magazine/etc should consider it
If you have the means to start a gaming publication, there has never been a better pool of young, experienced talent available to make something special. Anyone with the capital and motivation to start a website/magazine/etc should consider it
What a careless abandonment of talent. All three of these studios have done great work and should have been given some other choice than to be discarded by Meta
Update: Meta has shut down three game studios and laid off all employees.
-Armature, the devs behind the VR port of Resident Evil 4
-Twisted Pixel, the studio that made Deadpool VR
-Sanzaru, which developed Asgard's Wrath 1 and 2.
-Armature, the devs behind the VR port of Resident Evil 4
-Twisted Pixel, the studio that made Deadpool VR
-Sanzaru, which developed Asgard's Wrath 1 and 2.
Deadpool Studio And More Closed As Meta Chases AI Instead Of Gaming
Twisted Pixel, Armature, and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees
kotaku.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What a careless abandonment of talent. All three of these studios have done great work and should have been given some other choice than to be discarded by Meta
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ICE just broke a woman’s windows and yanked her out of her car at Park and 34 in Minneapolis. This is after a crowd gathered while ICE raided a home.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
ICE just broke a woman’s windows and yanked her out of her car at Park and 34 in Minneapolis. This is after a crowd gathered while ICE raided a home.
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This job doesn't usually require you to get existential, but I've been thinking about artifacts we have to remember people/art that are gone by. I talked to Anthem fans before the shutdown and asked them what they had left of the game and a lot of them said they just had memories, and those fade.
EA Kills Anthem: A BioWare Fan's Five Stages Of Grief https://kotaku.com/anthem-server-shutdown-final-hours-videos-clips-stream-2000659367
7 Years Later, BioWare's Anthem Is Dead But It'll Never Be Forgotten
After a canceled revamp and a server shutdown, BioWare fans mourn the loot shooter’s potential
kotaku.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This job doesn't usually require you to get existential, but I've been thinking about artifacts we have to remember people/art that are gone by. I talked to Anthem fans before the shutdown and asked them what they had left of the game and a lot of them said they just had memories, and those fade.
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Created a one-stop shop for the Lorwyn Eclipsed set over at @gamespot.com, check the full gallery of goblins, merfolk, kithkin, and more right here ahead of prerelease this weekend!
Over 400 card images, including some AMAZING art!
www.gamespot.com/gallery/magi...
Over 400 card images, including some AMAZING art!
www.gamespot.com/gallery/magi...
All Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed Cards Revealed, See The Next In-Universe Set Now
The first Magic set of 2026 has been fully revealed.
www.gamespot.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Created a one-stop shop for the Lorwyn Eclipsed set over at @gamespot.com, check the full gallery of goblins, merfolk, kithkin, and more right here ahead of prerelease this weekend!
Over 400 card images, including some AMAZING art!
www.gamespot.com/gallery/magi...
Over 400 card images, including some AMAZING art!
www.gamespot.com/gallery/magi...
It’s all about finding freedom and fighting against a tyrannical government. It’s the best
January 13, 2026 at 5:14 AM
It’s all about finding freedom and fighting against a tyrannical government. It’s the best
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i know i'm relatively new to MN, but god damn. this is just around the corner from where some friends and i were celebrating my birthday a few nights ago.
fucking terrible what ICE is doing to this city.
fucking terrible what ICE is doing to this city.
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
i know i'm relatively new to MN, but god damn. this is just around the corner from where some friends and i were celebrating my birthday a few nights ago.
fucking terrible what ICE is doing to this city.
fucking terrible what ICE is doing to this city.
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For those keeping score, mask mandates were tyranny and this is fine.
ICE chokes woman—clenching his bare hands around her throat while 3 other kidnappers hold her.
Agent then takes his 2 thumbs & gouges both her eyes out—mutilating her face.
Woman lifted & tossed in back of unmarked car like bag of potatoes.
"She's a U.S. citizen!" yells witness.
Minneapolis, MN
Agent then takes his 2 thumbs & gouges both her eyes out—mutilating her face.
Woman lifted & tossed in back of unmarked car like bag of potatoes.
"She's a U.S. citizen!" yells witness.
Minneapolis, MN
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
For those keeping score, mask mandates were tyranny and this is fine.
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ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
I’ve been lucky to have not seen ICE personally yet, but every day I see videos of places I’ve been this week or down the street from where I live. I wish them the absolute worst.
I’m so proud of the Twin Cities communities for doing their best to protect others and making ICE’s lives hell
I’m so proud of the Twin Cities communities for doing their best to protect others and making ICE’s lives hell
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I’ve been lucky to have not seen ICE personally yet, but every day I see videos of places I’ve been this week or down the street from where I live. I wish them the absolute worst.
I’m so proud of the Twin Cities communities for doing their best to protect others and making ICE’s lives hell
I’m so proud of the Twin Cities communities for doing their best to protect others and making ICE’s lives hell
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here’s a glimpse into ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. This map is wiped DAILY and shows critical, active, and observed 🧊activity
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
here’s a glimpse into ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. This map is wiped DAILY and shows critical, active, and observed 🧊activity
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Just putting this out there: despite running a website full time, I am open for contract work, whether it’s mock reviews, consulting, etc. I’ve done multiple before, most recently Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and am looking to expand this year.
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Just putting this out there: despite running a website full time, I am open for contract work, whether it’s mock reviews, consulting, etc. I’ve done multiple before, most recently Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and am looking to expand this year.
To be clear, launch it all as one big thing but treat the modes separately for balance and whatnot.
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
To be clear, launch it all as one big thing but treat the modes separately for balance and whatnot.
I wonder if it would make sense to decouple the campaign from multiplayer in some way and give SC multiplayer the ongoing attention of a MOBA.
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I wonder if it would make sense to decouple the campaign from multiplayer in some way and give SC multiplayer the ongoing attention of a MOBA.
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Minneapolis right now—
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Minneapolis right now—
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
A Minnesota-based company that doesn't give a shit about Minnesota
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A Minnesota-based company that doesn't give a shit about Minnesota
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This should be perma-death stuff. Don't shop at Target ever again, even if they reverse course in the future.
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This should be perma-death stuff. Don't shop at Target ever again, even if they reverse course in the future.
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Just a sneaky little weekday bump for the Lorwyn Eclipsed PPR and those of you who might have missed the live stream on Friday. Get all prepped for your own Prerelease this weekend by watching up bumble about with the set for 7 hours!
Did you miss yesterday's Lorwyn Eclipsed Pre-PreRelease? Well have no fear, because the full VOD is now live on the LRRMTG YouTube channel! So clear your schedule, grab a snack, and settle in!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1v...
Lorwyn Eclipsed Pre-Prerelease
YouTube video by LRRMTG
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Just a sneaky little weekday bump for the Lorwyn Eclipsed PPR and those of you who might have missed the live stream on Friday. Get all prepped for your own Prerelease this weekend by watching up bumble about with the set for 7 hours!
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It’s BIG HOPS LAUNCH DAY— and I documented the launch moment with @luckshotgames.com for posterity!
He and I have been working for months on a documentary that tells the full story of the game’s journey to release, coming soon!
He and I have been working for months on a documentary that tells the full story of the game’s journey to release, coming soon!
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It’s BIG HOPS LAUNCH DAY— and I documented the launch moment with @luckshotgames.com for posterity!
He and I have been working for months on a documentary that tells the full story of the game’s journey to release, coming soon!
He and I have been working for months on a documentary that tells the full story of the game’s journey to release, coming soon!
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I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
Hell yeah. Excited to check it out!
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Hell yeah. Excited to check it out!
You absolutely should
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
You absolutely should