megan farokhmanesh
@megannicolett.bsky.social
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
in a cab and a lawyer ad offering representation for victims of Roblox grooming is playing on the radio. wild stuff
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
in a cab and a lawyer ad offering representation for victims of Roblox grooming is playing on the radio. wild stuff
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
ICYMI: I wrote about Horses and how, despite its right to exist in the face of censorship, the game still has a lot of problems www.wired.com/story/horses...
‘Horses,’ the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But “Horses” fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ICYMI: I wrote about Horses and how, despite its right to exist in the face of censorship, the game still has a lot of problems www.wired.com/story/horses...
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The conversation about the ban was/is important and necessary, but I'm glad we're moving into the "What about the actual game" part of the discourse.
wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The conversation about the ban was/is important and necessary, but I'm glad we're moving into the "What about the actual game" part of the discourse.
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wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
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Yeah if you read any Horses reviews its this one
wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Yeah if you read any Horses reviews its this one
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it's bandcamp friday and i have a new album out
gaze through all four panes of: blurred windows
spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blurre...
gaze through all four panes of: blurred windows
spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blurre...
blurred windows, by jasper byrne
4 track album
spacerecordings.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it's bandcamp friday and i have a new album out
gaze through all four panes of: blurred windows
spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blurre...
gaze through all four panes of: blurred windows
spacerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/blurre...
One more thing I'll add about this: I would love to see games get to a place where the mere inclusion isn't taboo, and onto discussions of "what is this really saying and is there no other way to say it"
I've honestly been disturbed by how little discussion there's been about the game's handling of sexual assault. Games can and should explore difficult subjects like this. Horses doesn't clear the bar for the level of sexual violence it subjects its characters to www.wired.com/story/horses...
Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
One more thing I'll add about this: I would love to see games get to a place where the mere inclusion isn't taboo, and onto discussions of "what is this really saying and is there no other way to say it"
wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
wrote about Horses, which should be defended against censorship, and also is a game I think is bad :) www.wired.com/story/horses...
save him
Update: The MTA has told Kotaku it's "looking into" the abandoned Yoshi plush. https://kotaku.com/yoshi-classon-avenue-g-train-station-tracks-tiktok-2000650930
A Yoshi Plush Has Been Sitting On NYC Subway Tracks For Weeks
‘I’m going to save him one day,’ a passerby says as she waits for her train
kotaku.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
save him
video game discourse about needing new video game discourse
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
video game discourse about needing new video game discourse
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Tbf, we did our best stuff at WB Games when Warner itself barely knew the Games team existed.
I also attended the full Netflix conference call discussing the proposed deal and the VAST majority of chatter was focused on film and television (and IP ownership).
This 'Business Overview' slide contained the only mention of WB's video game business.
This 'Business Overview' slide contained the only mention of WB's video game business.
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tbf, we did our best stuff at WB Games when Warner itself barely knew the Games team existed.
reading reviews of horses is making me feel insane
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
reading reviews of horses is making me feel insane
if you've ever started a message with "hey trouble" you should go to jail
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
if you've ever started a message with "hey trouble" you should go to jail
fantastic story from @davidgilbert.bsky.social of a grooming victim who became a Roblox predator hunter trying to prevent the same thing from happening to other kids. Roblox then banned for his vigilantism www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
fantastic story from @davidgilbert.bsky.social of a grooming victim who became a Roblox predator hunter trying to prevent the same thing from happening to other kids. Roblox then banned for his vigilantism www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
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Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
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NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
thrilled to reveal I will once again be making a gooey butter cake for friendsgiving. it will instantly kill anyone with dairy intolerance and it goes great with coffee the next morning
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
thrilled to reveal I will once again be making a gooey butter cake for friendsgiving. it will instantly kill anyone with dairy intolerance and it goes great with coffee the next morning
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I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
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This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
Chris is doing really great on the ground reporting
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chris is doing really great on the ground reporting