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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 5h

served a very kind mattress salesman the past two nights, and while I wanted to ask him about box springs and coil loads, he was trying to convince me to accept and learn AI??

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Maddie Agne @maddie-b-a.bsky.social · 4d

big thank you to union chair spring mcparlin-jones for chatting to me about za/um becoming the FIRST RECOGNISED WORKPLACE UNION IN UK GAMES ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 5d

Current developers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionised.

The union marks the first recognised workplace union in the UK games industry.

Workers at Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM Have Unionised

The group of developers at Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM is the first recognised workplace union in the UK games industry.

thisweekinvideogames.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 6d

High Halls — more like… place is Balls (fuck this fight, first time I’ve ever went “hm… Team Cherry may in fact hate me.”)

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 9d

as you often say to me: 🫂

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 10d

forgot this actually existed and thought we were just re-releasing 90s era movies for fun again

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Ashley Schofield🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 11d

does anyone know if there are any sites still looking for a reviewer for demonschool? boosts would be appreciated! 💜

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 12d

COME BACK AND SING COWARD!!!

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 12d

hearing a politician 1) emphatically say trans lives matter and 2) making niche Lucy Dacus references is enough to make me cry, honestly?

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 12d

when Zohran Mamdani comes out to sing Bullseye with Lucy Dacus

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 13d

"[H]arrier’s life exists as a powerful parallel to a trans person’s process of self-discovery and change."

Feature Excerpt: @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social examines how Disco Elysium's Harrier Du Bois provides a reflection of the transgender experience:

I Don’t Want to Be This Kind of Animal Anymore - Unwinnable

You’re not crazy. You’re just different. You have a vast soul. This life is all you have, but it’s still something. You have to keep going.

unwinnable.com

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fia! @fiashouse.bsky.social · 13d

there's lots of great discussions to be had about this piece from grace, but the thing I want to hone in on for prospective critics is that she is doing the work, and by that I mean she is reminding us all that criticism is a conversation

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 13d

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved. @gracemachine.bsky.social on the space's decline:

Games Criticism Isn't Dead, But That Doesn't Mean It Can't Get Worse

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved.

www.endlessmode.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 13d

i think Grace is a phenomenal critic. I also think that she misreads Kaile’s piece pretty hard. i hope she’s okay with me saying that because even messy dialogue is important for critical spaces to flourish. i’m grateful this exchange had a chance to take place at all

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 13d

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved. @gracemachine.bsky.social on the space's decline:

Games Criticism Isn't Dead, But That Doesn't Mean It Can't Get Worse

While games criticism will always exist in one form or another, its diminishment as a profession hurts everyone involved.

www.endlessmode.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 15d

ah so sorry! finding roommates around the city is rough, let me know if i can somehow help

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 15d

it’s Rapture day, so why not let’s remember how The Leftovers falls off the rails and becomes Bad TV by answering questions (also Damen Lindelof is a baby, my gosh) www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-lefto...

It Still Stings: The Leftovers Answered Questions It Shouldn’t Have

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 19d

there’s a Silksong review that came out today and I see no one trying to demean or diminish the reviewer like happened last week. both are well written and argue similar points, so please point out the difference to me.

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Ripley Matthews (Transfem Vampire Art Thing) @queerwizard.co.uk · 20d

*taps the sign*

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 20d

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Ashley Schofield🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 20d

shadow, rouge and omega are the slightly toxic but well meaning polycule we can all dream of being

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 20d

was sonic heroes the first polycule-type game?

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madeline @mads.haus · 21d

trans people are not owed kindness but we are owed the right for people to mind their own goddamn business

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 22d

a majority of this piece is quotations from Kirk and Turning Point USA-adjacent people. every single major publication should be running something like this, not fucking firing their writers for holding a mirror to Kirk’s ugly face

Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 22d

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 23d

my roommate (bushwick) is indeed in need of

Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 23d

just wanna remind everyone that due to a court document goof, we know that TLOU II cost over $200 million.

how much is crunch worth? can I see the Heretic’s dickprint in its pants? no? then stop fucking spending money on it and let your employees have a life!

IGN @ign.com · 23d

In a recent interview, Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann hailed they're upcoming sci-fi game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet as the "most ambitious game" the studio has ever made. bit.ly/4n7NRYe

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Mik Deitz @dietdeitz.bsky.social · 23d

always thrilled to talk with @kellymerka.bsky.social and Dave, but this one’s special because me and @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social get to argue and agree and kvetch and kvell about Silksong (the game) and Silksong (the discourse)

startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 23d

Silksong is out, and with Lex out on assignment and Dave and KM woefully underinformed, the wonderful @dietdeitz.bsky.social and @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social have jumped in to talk us through one of the biggest launches of the year.

The startmenu Podcast | 016 — startmenu

Silksong is out, and with Lex out on assignment and Dave and KM woefully underinformed, the wonderful Mik Deitz and Ashley Schofield have jumped in to talk us through one of the biggest launches of th...

www.startmenu.co.uk

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startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 23d

Silksong is out, and with Lex out on assignment and Dave and KM woefully underinformed, the wonderful @dietdeitz.bsky.social and @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social have jumped in to talk us through one of the biggest launches of the year.

The startmenu Podcast | 016 — startmenu

Silksong is out, and with Lex out on assignment and Dave and KM woefully underinformed, the wonderful Mik Deitz and Ashley Schofield have jumped in to talk us through one of the biggest launches of th...

www.startmenu.co.uk

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