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Our new project is live. A group of us former Polygon folks have come together to build something new: Rogue.

We're a worker-owned, reader supported gaming site. You can read all about our goals and ideas on our (gorgeous) website.

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Rogue
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September 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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A fond farewell to Polygon, from the people who worked there

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May 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Unclear why contractors wouldn’t just check the boxes. I can’t find any applicable federal law that would prevent any foreign org or corp, even one receiving US funding, from maintaining a DEI program.
1/ The Trump Administration is seeking to force foreign companies worldwide to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes within their firms if they want to do business with the US government. It's an aggressive expansion of its anti-DEI crusade. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Because my employer is too cowed to speak up, I will do so individually: "The EO targeting Krebs and SentinelOne is clearly in bad faith and represents an abuse of power. Such abuse undermines American cybersecurity practitioners, empowers our adversaries, and endangers Americans."
Fantastic journalism - and it shows the vast majority are unwilling to publicly back Sentinel One.
Yesterday the Trump administration took aim at @thekrebscycle.bsky.social and @sentinelone.com over Trump's longstanding beef with Krebs saying the 2020 election was legitimate. So @raphae.li asked more than 30 major cybersecurity firms and trade groups what they had to say. Here's how it went:
April 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Games Journalism is like fewer than 40 people now. Magazines are basically gone and websites are not far behind. None of this is a surprise, but it's incredibly sad. We had something awesome for a while there. Younger generations have no idea what they missed out on.

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IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, And Humble Lose Key Staff To Soft Layoffs - Aftermath
"We're all just kind of at sea"
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December 11, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Thanks for the kind words, Kirill!

You're a huge inspiration to me.

I will echo the sentiment of many others here and say that if it weren't for msbuildlog.com, I never would have been able to have the impact that I've had.
When @nickcraver.com joined Microsoft I was curious what he will naturally gravitate towards after he looks around. Nick looked around and decided to fix builds!

When @nguerrera.dev joined Microsoft, I already knew what he will deem to be most impactful task for starters: fixing builds!
December 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM