Jonathan Ore
@jonore.bsky.social
Senior writer for CBC Radio online. Won't stop talking about video games. Grammar pedant. One-time guest on the Giant Bomb @nite couch.
jonathan dot ore at cbc dot ca
jonathan dot ore at cbc dot ca
Writing "COTW" and not sure if it means Coalition of the Willing or City of the Wolves
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Writing "COTW" and not sure if it means Coalition of the Willing or City of the Wolves
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Chatted with Tribute Games and Bryan Lee O'Malley about Scott Pilgrim EX, and the retro games that are shaping its art style. (Chrono Trigger!) Features some fun exclusive concept art sketches from O'Malley, and I think that's just neat! www.polygon.com/scott-pilgri...
Scott Pilgrim EX builds a digital Toronto from Chrono Trigger and Sonic's bones
Bryan Lee O'Malley and Tribute Games share exclusive concept art behind the beat-'em-up's pixels
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November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Chatted with Tribute Games and Bryan Lee O'Malley about Scott Pilgrim EX, and the retro games that are shaping its art style. (Chrono Trigger!) Features some fun exclusive concept art sketches from O'Malley, and I think that's just neat! www.polygon.com/scott-pilgri...
Phones got good enough that you don't need new hardware every 1-2 years to keep up. New phones are getting more expensive and offer nothing (why would I want an "AI phone?"). The only thing they have to entice me is a fresh battery. (Our phones should be easier to repair!)
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Phones got good enough that you don't need new hardware every 1-2 years to keep up. New phones are getting more expensive and offer nothing (why would I want an "AI phone?"). The only thing they have to entice me is a fresh battery. (Our phones should be easier to repair!)
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
If they ever make that Horizon Zero Dawn movie or TV series, Don Callis should play Ted Faro.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If they ever make that Horizon Zero Dawn movie or TV series, Don Callis should play Ted Faro.
People who smoke cigarettes say, "unless you're a smoker, you don't know how hard it is to quit." Yes I do. It's as hard as it is to start flossing.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
People who smoke cigarettes say, "unless you're a smoker, you don't know how hard it is to quit." Yes I do. It's as hard as it is to start flossing.
The Switch 2 GameCube controller is really neat, but it sure would be nice if the new buttons were fully sized to make them as practical to use as on the Pro Controller.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The Switch 2 GameCube controller is really neat, but it sure would be nice if the new buttons were fully sized to make them as practical to use as on the Pro Controller.
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Darby Allin operates on the most advanced ragdoll physics engine ever created
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Darby Allin operates on the most advanced ragdoll physics engine ever created
MTG quits Congress, ventures out to explore the universes beyond
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
MTG quits Congress, ventures out to explore the universes beyond
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Lumines Arise is the living memory of PlayStation Cool, and an earnest reminder of what games can and should be. aftermath.site/lumines-arise-...
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lumines Arise is the living memory of PlayStation Cool, and an earnest reminder of what games can and should be. aftermath.site/lumines-arise-...
I think the real mark of growing up and becoming an adult is realizing the Mankind vs Undertaker Hell in a Cell match should never have happened.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I think the real mark of growing up and becoming an adult is realizing the Mankind vs Undertaker Hell in a Cell match should never have happened.
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Canadian video game industry has doubled in size in the past decade
Canadian video game industry has doubled in size in the past decade
According to a Statistics Canada report, the number of video game firms rose from 775 in 2013 to 1,628 in 2022, and revenue greatly increased in that time.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Canadian video game industry has doubled in size in the past decade
I will endeavor to write in an even more obtuse style filled with non sequitur references in response to this.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I will endeavor to write in an even more obtuse style filled with non sequitur references in response to this.
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza — now she’s raising 36 grandkids in a tent
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She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza and is now raising her 36 grandkids | CBC News
Reda Aliwa, 60, is caring for her 36 grandchildren in Gaza City after five of her own children were killed this September. Statistics suggest there are some 40,000 children in Gaza who’ve lost one or ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza — now she’s raising 36 grandkids in a tent
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Today in the news: *checks* uh, feral goldfish www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘Mind-blowing’ population of feral goldfish in Ottawa pond to be euthanized | CBC News
The City of Ottawa is preparing to euthanize a school of invasive goldfish in a stormwater pond near the Central Experimental Farm — though a local fish scientist warns the city may be vastly underest...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today in the news: *checks* uh, feral goldfish www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We're classing things up with live coverage of an art auction from the Hudson's Bay Company liquidation. Paintings today include something from a guy named Winston Churchill, ever heard of him? www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
Hudson's Bay's most valuable artworks to be auctioned off today | CBC
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November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We're classing things up with live coverage of an art auction from the Hudson's Bay Company liquidation. Paintings today include something from a guy named Winston Churchill, ever heard of him? www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
The game award for Best Score & Music ... what's this, it's still Donkey Kong County 2 for the Super Nintendo!
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The game award for Best Score & Music ... what's this, it's still Donkey Kong County 2 for the Super Nintendo!
A quote with the word "metaverse?" In the year of our lord 2025?
Epic Games and Unity have announced a major partnership, allowing developers to publish Unity titles in Fortnite
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Epic announces partnership to bring Unity games into Fortnite
"We believe companies need to work together to build the open metaverse in a way that’s interoperable and fair," says Epic CEO
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A quote with the word "metaverse?" In the year of our lord 2025?
Muppets Horus Heresy
Muppet Titanic
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Muppets Horus Heresy
It's not just federal budget vote day, we've also got live coverage of the Giller Prize, Canada's top literary award, on CBC News tonight: www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
2025 Giller Prize to award $100K to best work of Canadian fiction tonight | CBC
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November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's not just federal budget vote day, we've also got live coverage of the Giller Prize, Canada's top literary award, on CBC News tonight: www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...
It is generally protocol to indicate a named person's position in a photo caption, even if it might be considered obvious.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It is generally protocol to indicate a named person's position in a photo caption, even if it might be considered obvious.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
Congratulations to my game of the year, for the 27th year running, yes it's the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Congratulations to my game of the year, for the 27th year running, yes it's the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition