Steve Wright
@swright.au
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Award-winning games journo @stevivor.com. Comms pro @cotavic.org.au. Contributor @trekmovie.bsky.social.
Saskatonian. Melburnian. Gamer, hockey player, & fan. TNG.
Hubby to @matthewlachlan.bsky.social. Cat dad to Quinn & Wally.
Thoughts mine.
Award-winning games journo @stevivor.com. Comms pro @cotavic.org.au. Contributor @trekmovie.bsky.social.
Saskatonian. Melburnian. Gamer, hockey player, & fan. TNG.
Hubby to @matthewlachlan.bsky.social. Cat dad to Quinn & Wally.
Thoughts mine.
Heated Rivarly is the shit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Heated Rivarly is the shit.
My top 2 Spotify Unwrapped songs have provided the gift that will always keep on giving.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My top 2 Spotify Unwrapped songs have provided the gift that will always keep on giving.
Sooooo after knocking back a sales pitch submitted to @stevivor.com to pay and subscribe to Influencing.com, and following their article on Media Watch's "bashing" of Press Start for their lack of ethics, I'm keeping my word: this will literally be the only article I submit for the Lizzies.
Paid for content: The tenuous relationship between brand and media
Companies mentioned as part of an ABC Media Watch report into a failure by Press Start's Shannon Grixti to properly disclose sponsorships and sponsored content have remained silent after requests for ...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sooooo after knocking back a sales pitch submitted to @stevivor.com to pay and subscribe to Influencing.com, and following their article on Media Watch's "bashing" of Press Start for their lack of ethics, I'm keeping my word: this will literally be the only article I submit for the Lizzies.
I love modern PR. Tens of emails from the same agency (most, twice or even thrice) a day, and then the third degree when you're interested in something.
"Tell us detailed outlet stats and guarantee coverage within three weeks!"
"Tell us detailed outlet stats and guarantee coverage within three weeks!"
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I love modern PR. Tens of emails from the same agency (most, twice or even thrice) a day, and then the third degree when you're interested in something.
"Tell us detailed outlet stats and guarantee coverage within three weeks!"
"Tell us detailed outlet stats and guarantee coverage within three weeks!"
TFW you're writing up a gaming fundraiser for cancer -- kind of all-encompassing in my mind RN -- and then you see who's behind it.
Hard abort.
Anyways, go donate to Cancer Council. I devoured their podcasts on the flight home and feel so much more empowered in our fight against my mom's cancer.
Hard abort.
Anyways, go donate to Cancer Council. I devoured their podcasts on the flight home and feel so much more empowered in our fight against my mom's cancer.
Donate to Cancer Council
We rely on your support to fund cancer research, education and patient support. Help us work towards a cancer free future and donate to Cancer Council today
www.cancer.org.au
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
TFW you're writing up a gaming fundraiser for cancer -- kind of all-encompassing in my mind RN -- and then you see who's behind it.
Hard abort.
Anyways, go donate to Cancer Council. I devoured their podcasts on the flight home and feel so much more empowered in our fight against my mom's cancer.
Hard abort.
Anyways, go donate to Cancer Council. I devoured their podcasts on the flight home and feel so much more empowered in our fight against my mom's cancer.
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Phillip Morris wants health warning taken off cigarette packets. Says it makes no sense for convenience stores
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Phillip Morris wants health warning taken off cigarette packets. Says it makes no sense for convenience stores
Boo to AI slop.
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney has lashed out at Steam’s “Made with AI” tags, arguing they make “no sense for game stores”.
Epic's Tim Sweeney wants Steam to drop its "Made with AI" tags
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney has lashed out at Steam's "Made with AI" tags, arguing they make "no sense for game stores".
stevivor.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Boo to AI slop.
Y'all, go to Fanhome and save yourselves from this Minecraft-looking thing. It's way cheaper too.
LEGO Icons - Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D set goes up on LEGO Store in 30 minutes (9 PM PT - $399.99). Includes Star Trek: Type-15 Shuttlepod GWP buff.ly/1cZd7fB #ad
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Y'all, go to Fanhome and save yourselves from this Minecraft-looking thing. It's way cheaper too.
Soooo I definitely didn't need to bringy Meta Quest 3S over to Saskatoon...
Oops.
Oops.
‘Star Trek: Infection’ VR Game Gets March 2026 Release Date##startrek #games
https://bit.ly/stinfectionreleasedate
https://bit.ly/stinfectionreleasedate
‘Star Trek: Infection’ VR Game Gets March 2026 Release Date
We also confirmed the platform rollout and price for Trek's first survival horror game.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Soooo I definitely didn't need to bringy Meta Quest 3S over to Saskatoon...
Oops.
Oops.
As I'm being informed "today": happy belated birthday, @jamwa.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As I'm being informed "today": happy belated birthday, @jamwa.bsky.social!
More from me! 🖖
Star Trek Online Changes Owners Again + Legendary Last Stand Starship Bundle Is On Sale##startrekonline #blackfriday
https://bit.ly/stonewowners2025
https://bit.ly/stonewowners2025
Star Trek Online Changes Owners Again + Legendary Last Stand Starship Bundle Is On Sale
Word is “there won’t be any changes to the current development team.”
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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So, Mom has told everyone via Facebook that she has advanced cancer.
Resounding comment from Canadians: "thoughts and prayers".
We aren't that family. Neither are most who send that platitude.
My feeling? NA as a continent is hollow sentiment.
Share feelings! Swear mostly. Like an Aussie.
Resounding comment from Canadians: "thoughts and prayers".
We aren't that family. Neither are most who send that platitude.
My feeling? NA as a continent is hollow sentiment.
Share feelings! Swear mostly. Like an Aussie.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So, Mom has told everyone via Facebook that she has advanced cancer.
Resounding comment from Canadians: "thoughts and prayers".
We aren't that family. Neither are most who send that platitude.
My feeling? NA as a continent is hollow sentiment.
Share feelings! Swear mostly. Like an Aussie.
Resounding comment from Canadians: "thoughts and prayers".
We aren't that family. Neither are most who send that platitude.
My feeling? NA as a continent is hollow sentiment.
Share feelings! Swear mostly. Like an Aussie.
Writing about a gaming and queer trailblazer dying of cancer and then having to communicate with your own family about your Mom afflicted with incurable cancer really, really fucking sucks.
Fuck cancer. Truly, fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer. Truly, fuck cancer.
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Writing about a gaming and queer trailblazer dying of cancer and then having to communicate with your own family about your Mom afflicted with incurable cancer really, really fucking sucks.
Fuck cancer. Truly, fuck cancer.
Fuck cancer. Truly, fuck cancer.
When it rains, it pours: Mom also has COVID, which likely isn't helping her breathe combined with her semi-collapsed lung.
I fly over Friday morning and she's booked in for a biopsy on Monday. That's one step nearer to an oncologist and a working plan.
I fly over Friday morning and she's booked in for a biopsy on Monday. That's one step nearer to an oncologist and a working plan.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
When it rains, it pours: Mom also has COVID, which likely isn't helping her breathe combined with her semi-collapsed lung.
I fly over Friday morning and she's booked in for a biopsy on Monday. That's one step nearer to an oncologist and a working plan.
I fly over Friday morning and she's booked in for a biopsy on Monday. That's one step nearer to an oncologist and a working plan.
Fuck cancer so very much.
Rebecca Ann Heineman, transgender icon and co-founder of Interplay, has tragically lost her battle against cancer.
Trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has lost her battle with cancer
The trans icon and co-founder of Interplay will be greatly missed. Rebecca Ann Heineman, transgender icon and co-founder of Interplay, has tragically lost her battle against cancer. Heineman took to G...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Fuck cancer so very much.
Bunch of emails overnight about this -- confirming that Kumazawa acknowledged that there are playable slices of Requiem (so demos of sorts), but that none will be available to the general public.
In our interview with #ResidentEvilRequiem producer Masato Kumazawa, he calls any leaks regarding Leon S. Kennedy "fake news", speaks to how Resident Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 fit, and why Requiem won't be offering up a public demo ahead of launch.
Resident Evil Requiem Interview: Leon is "fake news", no demo, and how Outbreak fits in
In our interview with Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa, he calls any leaks regarding Leon S. Kennedy "fake news", speaks to how Resident Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 fit into Requie...
stevivor.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bunch of emails overnight about this -- confirming that Kumazawa acknowledged that there are playable slices of Requiem (so demos of sorts), but that none will be available to the general public.
A huge thanks to Mikey over at Five Star Games for reading, word for word, the questions I posed to Kumazawa after I couldn't make the trip to ask the questions myself.
In our interview with #ResidentEvilRequiem producer Masato Kumazawa, he calls any leaks regarding Leon S. Kennedy "fake news", speaks to how Resident Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 fit, and why Requiem won't be offering up a public demo ahead of launch.
Resident Evil Requiem Interview: Leon is "fake news", no demo, and how Outbreak fits in
In our interview with Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa, he calls any leaks regarding Leon S. Kennedy "fake news", speaks to how Resident Evil Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 fit into Requie...
stevivor.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A huge thanks to Mikey over at Five Star Games for reading, word for word, the questions I posed to Kumazawa after I couldn't make the trip to ask the questions myself.
Didn't bother capturing Metroid Prime 4 last week because videos were supposed to be 2 minute clips totalling no more than 20 minutes.
Guess Press Start didn't get that mem-- oh, it's in the preview embargo guidelines and this is the second time this has happened since the Switch 2 launched.
Guess Press Start didn't get that mem-- oh, it's in the preview embargo guidelines and this is the second time this has happened since the Switch 2 launched.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Didn't bother capturing Metroid Prime 4 last week because videos were supposed to be 2 minute clips totalling no more than 20 minutes.
Guess Press Start didn't get that mem-- oh, it's in the preview embargo guidelines and this is the second time this has happened since the Switch 2 launched.
Guess Press Start didn't get that mem-- oh, it's in the preview embargo guidelines and this is the second time this has happened since the Switch 2 launched.
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The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
Given how the organisers of The Lizzies have branded the Media Watch report as "bashing" this will be the only article I submit for the next awards noms cycle.
A little something from me on disclosure and trustworthiness.
A Monday night ABC Media Watch report into a failure by Press Start's Shannon Grixti to properly disclose sponsorships and sponsored content has highlighted the thin line that can exist between Australian influencers, journalists, and brands.
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Given how the organisers of The Lizzies have branded the Media Watch report as "bashing" this will be the only article I submit for the next awards noms cycle.
So now that extended family know, I can say it here.
We found out yesterday, after a trip to the ER and a CT scan, that my mom has stage four cancer in her lungs, lymph nodes, and liver.
I'm flying home next week and working remotely while we figure what's next.
Needless to say, I'm broken.
We found out yesterday, after a trip to the ER and a CT scan, that my mom has stage four cancer in her lungs, lymph nodes, and liver.
I'm flying home next week and working remotely while we figure what's next.
Needless to say, I'm broken.
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So now that extended family know, I can say it here.
We found out yesterday, after a trip to the ER and a CT scan, that my mom has stage four cancer in her lungs, lymph nodes, and liver.
I'm flying home next week and working remotely while we figure what's next.
Needless to say, I'm broken.
We found out yesterday, after a trip to the ER and a CT scan, that my mom has stage four cancer in her lungs, lymph nodes, and liver.
I'm flying home next week and working remotely while we figure what's next.
Needless to say, I'm broken.
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Possible counterpoint: if the evidence is "it upsets reactionaries when you give big games low scores" I'd say what you've produced is actually "why we shouldn't have reactionaries" evidence
Arc Raiders has produced twenty years of "why game reviews shouldn't have numeric scores" evidence in two weeks
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Possible counterpoint: if the evidence is "it upsets reactionaries when you give big games low scores" I'd say what you've produced is actually "why we shouldn't have reactionaries" evidence
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Never forget (or forgive) the NYT, that in 2016 these were the only email they cared about 4 days before the election.
(also forever FU James Comey)
(also forever FU James Comey)
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Never forget (or forgive) the NYT, that in 2016 these were the only email they cared about 4 days before the election.
(also forever FU James Comey)
(also forever FU James Comey)