rolling thread of stuff worth reading on videogames

so petty lol

Yeah great pay off at the end there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYKT3emSzA

Longform on the pipeline between journalism and development: https://aftermath.site/games-journalism-game-development-ign-kotaku

wasn't familiar with that site; seems good, but it also made me kind of sad to read this as someone who consumed so much games writing in the '00s that so much of it is lost

wow. booming post.

i just love that i'll be watching random videos about, like, the NES version of "strider" and whoever will make the video will just pop in and say "oh by the way also ronald reagan was the worst person to ever live"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1x21rIiOTg

i mean it's like you can't _not_ say it at this point, y'know?

Excellent advice: https://aftermath.site/assassins-creed-shadows-yasuke-racism

My favorite response from Japan regarding the whole Assassin’s Creed Yasuke situation pic.twitter.com/53AQSFtBVf

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ok again not "reading" per se but i'd never heard of this and it's fascinating, better than manufactured "creepypasta" for me is genuinely bizarre and disturbing media from back in the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdu6uJKFo4

<3 kim justice. i've learned so much about weird ass UK culture from her stuff like blobby and how the frankie goes to hollywood game is actually good

indeed, i wish i had time to watch more of her videos!