Neal Ronaghan
@nron10.bsky.social
Owner @ Nintendo World Report
Old man of 2 good little duders.
ska is not dead.
go pack go.
too old for teen angst; too young to be washed.
He/him
Old man of 2 good little duders.
ska is not dead.
go pack go.
too old for teen angst; too young to be washed.
He/him
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So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
The '90s Flintstones movie holds up
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The '90s Flintstones movie holds up
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We had to find out via the website!!! AND we asked what happened to the money!!
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We had to find out via the website!!! AND we asked what happened to the money!!
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Just think of how many Jeff Rosenstocks you could see for the cost of one Geoff Keighley
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just think of how many Jeff Rosenstocks you could see for the cost of one Geoff Keighley
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I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
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Still thinking about the “official” 2023 Future Class meetup after we had to pay for our own travel to LA/hotel/tickets to the Game Awards, only to stand on a sidewalk outside a Starbucks where they wouldn’t even cover the cost of our shitty coffees 🫠
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the...
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Still thinking about the “official” 2023 Future Class meetup after we had to pay for our own travel to LA/hotel/tickets to the Game Awards, only to stand on a sidewalk outside a Starbucks where they wouldn’t even cover the cost of our shitty coffees 🫠
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the...
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Based on what we know, Metroid Prime 4 feels more like a follow up to the Hunters storyline than the mainline Prime trilogy. So I decide to replay Metroid Prime Hunters for the first time since it came out.
youtu.be/Bed6ETd_d6Y
youtu.be/Bed6ETd_d6Y
I Replayed Metroid Prime Hunters in 2025 - And it is Fantastic
YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Based on what we know, Metroid Prime 4 feels more like a follow up to the Hunters storyline than the mainline Prime trilogy. So I decide to replay Metroid Prime Hunters for the first time since it came out.
youtu.be/Bed6ETd_d6Y
youtu.be/Bed6ETd_d6Y
Rolled (first) credits on Pokemon Legends Z-A.
What a comical step back from Legends Arceus. I still enjoyed it - active battle system cooks on occasion, side quests are generally good, characters likable, the new Megas are inspired - but it seems like a wild misread of what ruled about Arceus.
What a comical step back from Legends Arceus. I still enjoyed it - active battle system cooks on occasion, side quests are generally good, characters likable, the new Megas are inspired - but it seems like a wild misread of what ruled about Arceus.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rolled (first) credits on Pokemon Legends Z-A.
What a comical step back from Legends Arceus. I still enjoyed it - active battle system cooks on occasion, side quests are generally good, characters likable, the new Megas are inspired - but it seems like a wild misread of what ruled about Arceus.
What a comical step back from Legends Arceus. I still enjoyed it - active battle system cooks on occasion, side quests are generally good, characters likable, the new Megas are inspired - but it seems like a wild misread of what ruled about Arceus.
How else are you going to run an awards show without sponso....
Oh wait I'm hearing most of the show is advertisements and the advertisements cost the game pubs/devs six figures minimum.
This is deplorable.
Oh wait I'm hearing most of the show is advertisements and the advertisements cost the game pubs/devs six figures minimum.
This is deplorable.
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
How else are you going to run an awards show without sponso....
Oh wait I'm hearing most of the show is advertisements and the advertisements cost the game pubs/devs six figures minimum.
This is deplorable.
Oh wait I'm hearing most of the show is advertisements and the advertisements cost the game pubs/devs six figures minimum.
This is deplorable.
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All this proving once more that The Game Awards is nothing more than a hollow advertisement, designed explicitly for profit. It's not here for acknowledging cultural achievement, improving the industry or celebrating workers.
We should really stop glorifying this event as a 'celebration of games'.
We should really stop glorifying this event as a 'celebration of games'.
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
All this proving once more that The Game Awards is nothing more than a hollow advertisement, designed explicitly for profit. It's not here for acknowledging cultural achievement, improving the industry or celebrating workers.
We should really stop glorifying this event as a 'celebration of games'.
We should really stop glorifying this event as a 'celebration of games'.
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perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
I'm glad more about The Game Awards Future Class being totally shunned by Keighley is getting wider spread.
It's cowardly, embarrassing behavior and will make the inevitable "we do support the devs" monologue from Geoff more infuriating than usual.
It's cowardly, embarrassing behavior and will make the inevitable "we do support the devs" monologue from Geoff more infuriating than usual.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I'm glad more about The Game Awards Future Class being totally shunned by Keighley is getting wider spread.
It's cowardly, embarrassing behavior and will make the inevitable "we do support the devs" monologue from Geoff more infuriating than usual.
It's cowardly, embarrassing behavior and will make the inevitable "we do support the devs" monologue from Geoff more infuriating than usual.
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At the level that The Game Awards currently stands at, it is an *active decision* not to support the Future Class, because they have the resources to do it. And that simple fact makes anything that Geoff Keighley says about honoring game devs at TGA into a lie. (2/5)
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
At the level that The Game Awards currently stands at, it is an *active decision* not to support the Future Class, because they have the resources to do it. And that simple fact makes anything that Geoff Keighley says about honoring game devs at TGA into a lie. (2/5)
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EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
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The Future Class was created in 2020 when a lot of companies responded to online critiques and broader social justice movements with DEI initiatives.
Hard not to read part of the subtext here as the TGAs, like many other brands, trying to distance itself from "woke."
Hard not to read part of the subtext here as the TGAs, like many other brands, trying to distance itself from "woke."
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Future Class was created in 2020 when a lot of companies responded to online critiques and broader social justice movements with DEI initiatives.
Hard not to read part of the subtext here as the TGAs, like many other brands, trying to distance itself from "woke."
Hard not to read part of the subtext here as the TGAs, like many other brands, trying to distance itself from "woke."
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I voice the brave Korok warrior CALAMO in HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF IMPRISONMENT. This character was an absolute joy to play, and it was really cool to get to be a part of a Zelda game. The game is available now on Nintendo Switch 2.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I voice the brave Korok warrior CALAMO in HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF IMPRISONMENT. This character was an absolute joy to play, and it was really cool to get to be a part of a Zelda game. The game is available now on Nintendo Switch 2.
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looks like all mention of the future class program (which started in 2020) has been wiped from TGA webpage 🤪 the only archive that proves it existed is through the wayback machine. Here's my cohort (the last one): web.archive.org/web/20241119...
Future Class | The Game Awards
Celebrate the best in video games and see what's next - Live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
web.archive.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
looks like all mention of the future class program (which started in 2020) has been wiped from TGA webpage 🤪 the only archive that proves it existed is through the wayback machine. Here's my cohort (the last one): web.archive.org/web/20241119...
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Metroid Prime 4 may be the first numbered game in the Prime subseries since 2007 but we did make one other return visit to the world of Prime in 2015. Metroid Prime Federation Force was a controversial spinoff, hurt by poor marketing choices. That said... it's pretty good. youtu.be/0maZWHswigs?...
Metroid Prime: Federation Force is Great Actually - How Not to Launch a Spinoff
YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Metroid Prime 4 may be the first numbered game in the Prime subseries since 2007 but we did make one other return visit to the world of Prime in 2015. Metroid Prime Federation Force was a controversial spinoff, hurt by poor marketing choices. That said... it's pretty good. youtu.be/0maZWHswigs?...
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AI will NOT take the sparkle emoji from me ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
AI will NOT take the sparkle emoji from me ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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The truth is, we never needed the Future Class branding. FC sure did know how to pick 'em, though - some of the most brilliant young devs are in that program. So we will keep building a better industry, artform, and world, as we were both before and after the FC name.
What will you build, Geoff?
What will you build, Geoff?
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The truth is, we never needed the Future Class branding. FC sure did know how to pick 'em, though - some of the most brilliant young devs are in that program. So we will keep building a better industry, artform, and world, as we were both before and after the FC name.
What will you build, Geoff?
What will you build, Geoff?
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Honestly it feels really bad that when we asked them to put their money where their mouth was, TGAs instead killed the entire Future Class program.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Honestly it feels really bad that when we asked them to put their money where their mouth was, TGAs instead killed the entire Future Class program.
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“Be diverse young people with fresh ideas!”
“Sir the young people are opposed to genocide.”
“-not like that.”
This is about The Game awards Future Class
“Sir the young people are opposed to genocide.”
“-not like that.”
This is about The Game awards Future Class
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Be diverse young people with fresh ideas!”
“Sir the young people are opposed to genocide.”
“-not like that.”
This is about The Game awards Future Class
“Sir the young people are opposed to genocide.”
“-not like that.”
This is about The Game awards Future Class
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Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.