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Ignas Vieversys (Looking for work ⭐)
@ignasvieversys.bsky.social
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Games journalist| Words: @superjumpmagazine.com, @debugmagazine.bsky.social, @theguardian.com, @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social, @gibiz.bsky.social

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duckvalentine.bsky.social
the only way to write something good is to write something bad over and over again until it becomes good. outsourcing all the writing something bad parts to a machine means you didn't write the good thing on the other end (if it's even good)
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Since I'm in the Baltics, we're pretty late with the whole Geese discourse. But seeing multiple Geese memes in the last few days (plus P.T.A. filming frontman's Carnagey Hall concert, for some reason), I went to my go-to music critic to find out what the deal is, and boy, it did not disappoint.
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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mikerose.bsky.social
We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in

Why does Valve allow this?
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
love an End of The Year album ranking from Zach
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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keefstuart.bsky.social
Hi, for this week’s Pushing Buttons newsletter I talked to Dan Houser about the influence of Victorian literature on his games writing - especially Middlemarch on Red Dead Redemption 2 - it was a really interesting chat!

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games
As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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mattjohnss.bsky.social
haló friends .ᐟ.ᐟ it's been a tough year for devs and I'm now looking for my next job, so if you know of any projects or teams in search of a concept artist/character designer/silly guy connoisseur, please keep me in mind ⋆.˚ you can see more of my concept work here:
mattjohnsillustration.com
sketchbook page exploring an underwater environment and the characters that inhabit it, a lot of influence from seaweed, water droplets and fantasy creatures #gameart #characterdesign #gamedev #environmentdesign #conceptart #visualdevelopment #sketchbook #worldbuilding #games exploration of biologist characters exploring a new world - they use organic material and merge their findings with technology to enhance their surveying of the planet concept spread showing how I take shape language inspiration and repurpose it into more realized character designs for video games, animation etc. accompanied by annotations reinforcing my foundations of the design. sketchbook continuation of world building an underwater environment, ink drawings of characters, glyphs, creatures and structures that can be found here
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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jasonschreier.bsky.social
I think it's worth pointing out that very few video-game companies are as transparent as Shovel Knight maker Yacht Club Games, and I appreciate that the studio was so candid about their story and why their next game, Mina the Hollower, has taken so long
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment
Yacht Club Games needs its next title, Mina the Hollower, to be a success.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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abeewords.bsky.social
Happy release day to @santaragione.com! Quickly, While They Still Have HORSES www.gog.com/en/game/horses
HORSES
Fourteen days, a horse farm, and a few rules to follow...   Take a break from you
www.gog.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Totally forgot to share the piece that I wrote for GI.biz - but that's besides the point; The point is that folks at @santaragione.com make very fascinating games and that we should put money where our mouths are and buy Horses (which is bonkers in the best way possible) when it comes out! 🐴
gibiz.bsky.social GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 22d
Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva addresses the studio's potential closure in an exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz. "There will likely be no money left to make a new [game]... Unless a miracle happens and Horses does very well."

www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragion...
Santa Ragione co-founder Pietro Righi Riva on Horses, Steam, and possible closure of the studio
"No publisher will fund a game that's not coming out on Steam"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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stopcar.ing
new article from me is live

I wrote about @knifedemonsoftware.bsky.social's Brush Burial: Gutter World, catharsis, power fantasies, and getting socially ostracized after being punched in the face.
Demon Girl Catharsis
Punched eyes, cracked necks, thick thighs.
www.stopcar.ing
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Seriously, unlike anything you will play in a long long time - support @santaragione.com and buy Horses when it comes out ✊
santaragione.com Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 22d
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
HORSES cover with a banned from Steam logo
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Very good write-up @jickle.net 👏 And a very good interactive experience that any The Beginner's Guide fans should play
superjumpmagazine.com SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com · 23d
"It Takes A War is a single-player game about playing games with your friends"

Story by James O'Connor

➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/wordplayer-it-takes-a-war-is-a-sad-loving-ode-to-your-friend-list/
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Support Stop Caring, people!
stopcar.ing Artemis Octavio @stopcar.ing · Nov 17
Last week, my former housemate punched me multiple times in the eye, forcing me to break the lease for the beautiful apartment we shared and move in with a trusted friend

As I try to rebuild my life and find more permanent housing, I would greatly appreciate any support you could offer Stop Caring
Stop Caring
A publication about video games focused on the ways they evoke unique cultural conversations as well as the personal lessons we can learn from them as artistic media.
www.stopcar.ing
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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jickle.net
Had a good chat with Rob Davis about Ghost of Yotei and came away from it with a renewed ambition to find a way to watch Lady Snowblood www.superjumpmagazine.com/ghost-of-yot...
Ghost of Yōtei: Behind the Scenes with Rob Davis
An exclusive interview with Ghost of Yōtei's Campaign Director
www.superjumpmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
A very talented games writer is looking for work! 👇
yourkyotowife.bsky.social Malindy(looking for work) @yourkyotowife.bsky.social · Oct 23
Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
Wax Heads by Pattatue Games, coming 2026. I'm a writer on this game! The image shows a character, Tee, wearing a pink longsleeve and holding a vinyl she just pulled from its purple slipcase, about to putvit onto a record player. Tee has aqua hair with lime green bangs, she's wearing glasses and headphones around her neck. In the background, a man is looking through a vinyl rack. Oddsparks, released this year, nominated for the Deutsche Entwicklerpreis. I wrote on this game, too! The image shows your character, wearing a red cloak with yellow accents and holding a wooden staff. Under their arm, they're holding a wood spark, a tiny creature that looks like a tree stump with googly eyes. They're lookingvdown onto an assembly line from their vantage point on a cliff. Mars Vice, a queer visual novel. The image shows a woman of colour in an olive turtleneck holdingba to go coffee cup. She's quishrd between several anthropomorphic animals. She's looking grumpily up at her partner, a male lion. Mythwrecked! I'm it's lead writer. The image shows Alex, a woman if colour with a poofy bun of natural hair, shorts and a tankntop, in front of several other characters.
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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yelix.bsky.social
turning BJ Blazkowicz into an introspective woke warrior poet is one of the best video game magic tricks of the last 15 years
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Spoiler alert: it's MGS Delta (inside you can find like a mini-review of it!) and RDR2 (which I'm replaying - I know, I know... 🫠)
superjumpmagazine.com SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com · Oct 15
Let our team pick your next game for you!

Story by Bryan Finck, Mike Wilson, B. Cantrell, Alexander Joy, C.S. Voll, and Ignas Vieversys.

➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/now-playing-at-superjump-issue-35/
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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designroom.bsky.social
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
My @gibiz.bsky.social feature on Palestinian game devs is here! 🤯 (pssst, go check it out)
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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wgawest.bsky.social
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Starting to realize that if you're a single guy in a big city and don't have a cute dog in 2025, your chances of a meet-cute drop by 75% 🫠 #catpersonproblems
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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slybowser.bsky.social
Silent Hill f Review Thread:

CGM:
XboxEra:
TechRadar:
WellPlayed:
Shacknews:
Destructoid:
Wccftech:
Screen Rant:
Digital Trends:
DualShockers: 9.5/10
Game Informer:
IGN:
VGC:
Game Rant:
GamesRadar:
GameReactor UK:
Windows Central:
Gamespot:
September 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ignasvieversys.bsky.social
Had a brilliant chat with @mattnava.bsky.social about @giantsquidstudios.com's Sword of the Sea and the hardships it went through to see the light of day - oh, and what a sensory delight of a game it is 🏄
gibiz.bsky.social GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · Sep 10
Giant Squid co-founder Matt Nava on how the studio’s reputation – and support from believers at PlayStation – saved a project five years in the making

www.gamesindustry.biz/how-sony-sav...
How Sony saved Sword of the Sea
Giant Squid released its third game, Sword of the Sea, in August this year, following on from Abzû in 2016 and The Path…
www.gamesindustry.biz
September 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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noescapevg.com
Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:

noescapevg.com/games-critic...
Games Criticism is Dead; Long Live Games Criticism
A response to Grace Benfell’s Endless Mode piece, “Silksong Hastens the Death of the Critic” Last week the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s hit search-action game Hollow…
noescapevg.com
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM