Jon Hicks
@jonhicks.com
Currently: Editorial Director, GamesIndustry.biz. Formerly: Editorial Director at Gamer Network, stage stuff at Rezzed/EGX, EIC OXM, words in lots of places.
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This is the point at which things start going badly wrong for the three game devs climbing a mountain in Peak: www.jank.cool/three-game-d...
Three game devs climb a mountain - part 4
"I don't know if coming up here was the right call, gang."
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January 31, 2026 at 12:14 PM
This is the point at which things start going badly wrong for the three game devs climbing a mountain in Peak: www.jank.cool/three-game-d...
The estimable @grahamsmith.bsky.social, @brendyc.bsky.social and I have launched jank.cool, a blog about PC games. It aspires to be funny and informed and passionate and it is in all respects emphatically uncommercial, so please back it if you're into those things.
Jank
I guess I could read about PC games.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The estimable @grahamsmith.bsky.social, @brendyc.bsky.social and I have launched jank.cool, a blog about PC games. It aspires to be funny and informed and passionate and it is in all respects emphatically uncommercial, so please back it if you're into those things.
eBay seller adding a touch of F1 glamour to my purchase of a cut-price battery for a 25-year-old Mondeo
January 27, 2026 at 8:28 AM
eBay seller adding a touch of F1 glamour to my purchase of a cut-price battery for a 25-year-old Mondeo
Having to consider how killing the giant affects house prices in Fable is overpoweringly British energy, solid worldbuilding there Playground.
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Having to consider how killing the giant affects house prices in Fable is overpoweringly British energy, solid worldbuilding there Playground.
Went to Chernobyl and walked the abandoned buildings of Pripyat for STALKER. A day of staged gangland activities in Hong Kong for Sleeping Dogs. Three-day road trip in provided supercars for Forza Horizon. And I started *after* the glory days.
What are the wildest video game promo events you can remember?
Things like game reviewers being brought out to the gun range to shoot a .50 cal or SAW.
Things like game reviewers being brought out to the gun range to shoot a .50 cal or SAW.
January 22, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Went to Chernobyl and walked the abandoned buildings of Pripyat for STALKER. A day of staged gangland activities in Hong Kong for Sleeping Dogs. Three-day road trip in provided supercars for Forza Horizon. And I started *after* the glory days.
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We're looking for a News Editor to join TWIV. Ideal candidate would have proven experience with:
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
January 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
We're looking for a News Editor to join TWIV. Ideal candidate would have proven experience with:
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
I feel for anybody at Ubisoft right now. The cuts just keep coming.
Ubisoft laying off 55 people at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm: www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-layi...
Ubisoft laying off 55 roles at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm as cost-cutting continues
The studio will continue to work on current and future The Division titles, as well as the Snowdrop engine used across the company.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I feel for anybody at Ubisoft right now. The cuts just keep coming.
A little Bluesky moment: being told I'm "covering up" a detail that is in the headline, strapline and body copy of a story.
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
A little Bluesky moment: being told I'm "covering up" a detail that is in the headline, strapline and body copy of a story.
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Working in games B2B in 2025 is a very bleak experience.
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Working in games B2B in 2025 is a very bleak experience.
Management chat aside, I have a nasty feeling that Rockstar will have people bang to rights for sharing internal information that staff didn't consider significant, but was nevertheless restricted by their employment contract. www.gamesindustry.biz/report-rocks...
Report: Rockstar fired staff after Slack policy changes prompted discussion in external DIscord
A new report claims that Grand Theft Auto giant Rockstar’s recent dismissal of 34 staff for "gross misconduct" was trig…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Management chat aside, I have a nasty feeling that Rockstar will have people bang to rights for sharing internal information that staff didn't consider significant, but was nevertheless restricted by their employment contract. www.gamesindustry.biz/report-rocks...
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This week our Patreon operatives' mission is to listen to us laugh at Sam Fisher, in the first of the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell novelisations (it is called Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell). Featuring advanced Krav Maga techniques, and covert spy @johnnyohnny.bsky.social
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Text Adventure: Johnny Chiodini's David Michaels' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | Total Playtime Podcast
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November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This week our Patreon operatives' mission is to listen to us laugh at Sam Fisher, in the first of the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell novelisations (it is called Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell). Featuring advanced Krav Maga techniques, and covert spy @johnnyohnny.bsky.social
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Outstanding failure of journalism by the Times: cold-mailing "Bill DeBlasio" and failing to check that it was the *correct* Bill de Blasio. This story also gets bonus marks for "interview conducted through Ring doorbell" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Outstanding failure of journalism by the Times: cold-mailing "Bill DeBlasio" and failing to check that it was the *correct* Bill de Blasio. This story also gets bonus marks for "interview conducted through Ring doorbell" www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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Friends if you work at a creative tech/games/etc company in and around London, and you'd be willing to hire some internship/placement students for 2-3 months over summer, please let me know! I have incredibly smart and engaged undergrads looking for summer opportunities.
October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Friends if you work at a creative tech/games/etc company in and around London, and you'd be willing to hire some internship/placement students for 2-3 months over summer, please let me know! I have incredibly smart and engaged undergrads looking for summer opportunities.
I am enjoying our book club. The actual books, not so much, although the trend is improving.
The second episode of Text Adventure is live for Patreon backers, in which @edwinet.bsky.social joins us to judge the prequel to Mass Effect: Andromeda and Nate attempts to guess what Asari look like. Find it on Patreon and Spotify. www.patreon.com/posts/text-a...
September 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I am enjoying our book club. The actual books, not so much, although the trend is improving.
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A new public episode! We gather to discuss important matters of Mario, Silksong and Strange Antiquities, and Nate prepares a quiz about strange things of antiquity. Find it wherever you get your pods.
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A new public episode! We gather to discuss important matters of Mario, Silksong and Strange Antiquities, and Nate prepares a quiz about strange things of antiquity. Find it wherever you get your pods.
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We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically:
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f
Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at [email protected]
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f
Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at [email protected]
September 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically:
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f
Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at [email protected]
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f
Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at [email protected]
Comiserations to today's Games Media Main Character.
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Comiserations to today's Games Media Main Character.
I would absolutely watch this show.
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.
(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)
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September 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I would absolutely watch this show.
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A new public episode! Alice went to Gamescom and she's here to talk about the games she saw, the PR she robbed, and the tractor she stood in front of. Find it on Patreon or wherever you get your pods. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A new public episode! Alice went to Gamescom and she's here to talk about the games she saw, the PR she robbed, and the tractor she stood in front of. Find it on Patreon or wherever you get your pods. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
In which we launch a series with the single games novel I already owned, which turned out to be terrible. Fun episode though.
New for Patreons: the first episode of Text Adventure, our videogame book club! @brendyc.bsky.social joins us to discuss Assassin's Creed Brotherhood by Oliver Bowden, which turns out to be bad in an extremely videogames way. Listen on Patreon now: www.patreon.com/posts/text-a...
September 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In which we launch a series with the single games novel I already owned, which turned out to be terrible. Fun episode though.
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
Big news from the old country. I'm excited for them. Rich was never short of ideas and that brand has a peerless reputation, I look forward to seeing where they take it.
We're excited and proud to announce that Digital Foundry is now fully independent, having parted ways amicably with IGN. In this DF Direct Special, we share our thoughts and aspirations for the future of the channel: youtu.be/tl7bIJ2yu4I
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Big news from the old country. I'm excited for them. Rich was never short of ideas and that brand has a peerless reputation, I look forward to seeing where they take it.
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Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...
The Sunday Papers
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.
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July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...