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joel
@joel.zone
freelance writer.

i’m also at sidequest.cool
the marvel rivals artists know what they’re doing and i fully support it
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
wanted to get a new phone today. why can i not go up to a counter, point like a toddler, pay, then leave? instead, told to wait 10-30 minutes, can’t without id and then the Apple Store is so over stimulating that i had an anger induced meltdown and left.
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
this is in where winds meet and it is so tremendously dogshit that it’s functionally and literarily useless
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
no one at the previous company i was with has changed any passwords to any website in over a year, because one game store just logged me straight into the affiliate account and the unprotected spreadsheet is still viewable
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
maybe the streamers planning the streamer awards did cut out xqc and asmongold, but can you tell me what they did this year to warrant being featured?

as far as I know, xqc is unintelligible and asmon spent 2025 spouting right wing unhinged shit
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
ai generator app advertising “no watermark!” on a video with a watermark
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
you can tell that some people haven’t looked further than the apology released. the comments made by the community manager and co-owner of running with scissors are fucking bad, man.

www.escapistmagazine.com/news-running...
Running With Scissors scraps Postal Vampire Survivors-like after AI fiasco - The Escapist
Insults hurled, games canceled, and generative AI poisons yet another project. Running With Scissors has scrapped the latest Postal spin-off.
www.escapistmagazine.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
we played D&D earlier this week and my pals look like scholars debating life. they were doing maths.
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
hey guys, just wanna ask, are games art?
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i'm being bought for 83 billion dollars by netflix too.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
because i can buy Futa Lover 6: The Big Fat Titties Need Your Juice, but not the art game that Steam & Epic had for months before suddenly cutting a ban
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"

It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.

Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
guild wars reforged - wow, they’re really doing it, rad
marvel cosmic invasion - i’m gonna devour this thing
shapez 2 - it’s 2:30am
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
i have been covering Kalshi & prediction markets for months now and lemme tell you, it’s speeding up at a rate the next admin will struggle to deal with whatever happens over the next few years.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
my sister looked after our dog. immediately sat watching the mentalist.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The Steam page for our first game is now LIVE! 🎮✨

We've heard wishlists are pretty important.

(Please wishlist us!) 🐊

store.steampowered.com/app/4218800/...
Nothing's Ever Really Dead on Steam
A cyberpunk point-and-click murder mystery. Solve the murder of your best friend ... with the help of your best friend?!
store.steampowered.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I’m leaving MCV/DEVELOP in the new year, which means that I’m available for work!

If you need:

- Narrative / Game Design
- Screenwriting or Comic Scripts
- News
- Reviews
- Interviews
- Features
- Mock Reviews & Consultancy

… or anything else we offer over at hologramghost.com, please hit me up!
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
you can’t just make starship troopers again… again
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’m looking to talk to retailers, resellers and OEMs on rising hardware prices. Email: [email protected]
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
my dog will just present his arse for scratches
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Heya! Dec proves to be yet another slow month (work-wise), so I'm sharing a couple of indies that I would have loved to review this month but couldn't. Editors, let me know if you still have slots open for reviews this month.

Otherwise, these are the upcoming games I'm eager to check out:
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Red Letter Media if it were a Japanese variety show
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
gotta hand it to Tommy Tallarico, Sammy Salazar is a sick fuckin rebrand
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
if anything, the unfortunate thing about black ops 7 is that the multiplayer hype music that plays sounds too much like Gary Glitter
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM