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.
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
Tired: going 1-2-0 in the Lorwyn Eclipsed pre release because I'm bad at deck building
Wired: these pulls
Wired: these pulls
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Tired: going 1-2-0 in the Lorwyn Eclipsed pre release because I'm bad at deck building
Wired: these pulls
Wired: these pulls
Warhammer Is For Everyone
W.I.F.E.
W.I.F.E.
BIG WIFE
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Warhammer Is For Everyone
W.I.F.E.
W.I.F.E.
Oh my goodness, they're doing the thing. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
New Custodes: Your Questions Answered
Yes. Some of those awesome new Custodes miniatures are female.
www.warhammer-community.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Oh my goodness, they're doing the thing. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
It's kind of wild how much more interesting and just far, far less embarassing Canada's GameStop became after it broke off from the US company and retro-branded itself as EB Games again.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It's kind of wild how much more interesting and just far, far less embarassing Canada's GameStop became after it broke off from the US company and retro-branded itself as EB Games again.
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I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Time for Whisky Fridays with myself, an old fashioned and my inside thoughts
January 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Time for Whisky Fridays with myself, an old fashioned and my inside thoughts
Media industry keep your talented video game specialists employed challenge 2026
after flying back from Vegas last week, I was just laid off from Inverse today. I'm open to connecting over email at [email protected] and I'm definitely still in the writing and editing space. Expect a more in-depth explanation coming soon in my Updater newsletter. shannonliao.substack.com
Updater, Shannon Liao's gaming newsletter | Substack
Exclusive gaming and tech news, from a classically-trained journalist, delivered to your inbox. Click to read Updater, Shannon Liao's gaming newsletter, a Substack publication with thousands of subscr...
shannonliao.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Media industry keep your talented video game specialists employed challenge 2026
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ash ticks every box: great reporter and writer, great colleague, great person, great ff8 appreciator
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
ash ticks every box: great reporter and writer, great colleague, great person, great ff8 appreciator
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Landowner Evil
Resident Evil Requiem x Hamilton watch will only cost $1,475 / $2,175 buff.ly/wyyumOJ
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Landowner Evil
From CBC's As It Happens: This 2SLGBTQ+ crisis line has been gutted under Trump. Then one call changed everything || MacKenzie Scott makes surprise $45M US donation to the Trevor Project
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
This 2SLGBTQ+ crisis line has been gutted under Trump. Then one call changed everything | CBC Radio
Author MacKenzie Scott — a billionaire philanthropist whose fortune largely comes from her ex-husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — has given the Trevor Project $45 million US ($62.2 million Cdn).
www.cbc.ca
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From CBC's As It Happens: This 2SLGBTQ+ crisis line has been gutted under Trump. Then one call changed everything || MacKenzie Scott makes surprise $45M US donation to the Trevor Project
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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The games industry has a preservation problem, and this Toronto charity is tackling it a neat way.
Had a wonderful chat with Dixon Wu & @supersparkplug.bsky.social about Playing With Posters, an educational exhibit chronicling gaming history, including Canadians' oft-overlooked contributions to it.
Had a wonderful chat with Dixon Wu & @supersparkplug.bsky.social about Playing With Posters, an educational exhibit chronicling gaming history, including Canadians' oft-overlooked contributions to it.
How a Toronto charity is helping preserve video games through posters
The Game Foundation uses printed materials to chronicle gaming history -- and the surprising contributions that Canadians have made to it
mobilesyrup.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The games industry has a preservation problem, and this Toronto charity is tackling it a neat way.
Had a wonderful chat with Dixon Wu & @supersparkplug.bsky.social about Playing With Posters, an educational exhibit chronicling gaming history, including Canadians' oft-overlooked contributions to it.
Had a wonderful chat with Dixon Wu & @supersparkplug.bsky.social about Playing With Posters, an educational exhibit chronicling gaming history, including Canadians' oft-overlooked contributions to it.
Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers
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iS: Internal Section
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January 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers
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iS: Internal Section
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From CBC Nova Scotia: Union files labour board complaint over closure of Ubisoft's Halifax video game studio
Hopefully more to come as this develops. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hopefully more to come as this develops. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Union files labour board complaint over closure of Ubisoft's Halifax video game studio | CBC News
CWA Canada says its complaint accuses the Paris-based company of trying to keep out the union.
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
From CBC Nova Scotia: Union files labour board complaint over closure of Ubisoft's Halifax video game studio
Hopefully more to come as this develops. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hopefully more to come as this develops. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is 14 January, 2026, and I am again sad about Anthem
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It is 14 January, 2026, and I am again sad about Anthem
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We're fighting for our members at Ubisoft Halifax!
Union files Labour Board complaint over Ubisoft Halifax Shutdown
HALIFAX (Jan. 13, 2026) – CWA Canada has filed a legal complaint accusing video game giant Ubisoft of shutting down its Halifax studio to keep out the union. Today’s complaint to the…
cwacanada.ca
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
We're fighting for our members at Ubisoft Halifax!
I dare say that's too many games
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I dare say that's too many games
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Happy for the Heated Rivalry people but I've already watched Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland's rivalry
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Happy for the Heated Rivalry people but I've already watched Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland's rivalry
Animal Crossing mobile app with nothing but a $0.99 microtransaction to give Isabelle a hug and affirmation she's doing a great job
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Animal Crossing mobile app with nothing but a $0.99 microtransaction to give Isabelle a hug and affirmation she's doing a great job
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Now in colour, courtesy of Mike Spicer who works with Daniel Warren Johnson on Skybound TF:
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Now in colour, courtesy of Mike Spicer who works with Daniel Warren Johnson on Skybound TF:
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Shared by @danielwarrenart.bsky.social on Instagram
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Shared by @danielwarrenart.bsky.social on Instagram
The Pokemon Lego sets look great, but hard not to notice they cost hundreds of dollars and exclusively feature first-gen characters. This ain't for the kids. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-fir...
The first Lego Pokémon sets have been revealed, including a $650 Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur statue | VGC
The new sets are available for pre-order today…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The Pokemon Lego sets look great, but hard not to notice they cost hundreds of dollars and exclusively feature first-gen characters. This ain't for the kids. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-fir...
Timothee Chalamet definitely has a SomethingAwful account, right
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Timothee Chalamet definitely has a SomethingAwful account, right