Chris Grant

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Show opens next week, come enjoy UFO 50 on an LX and experience the rest of the show (including Multibowl by Bennett Foddy and AP Thompson, which you can't really play outside of an event). There's an incredible exhibit on LGBTQ games from the Rainbow Arcade's Adrienne Shaw and Drexel's Ari Gass

Will share more next week, but if this is your shit and you're nearby, it's worth making the time. Gaming can be such a solitary pursuit; it's nice to see it elevated in a communal space usually reserved for high culture.

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Project done. Finished the final pieces and did install. Here's a bunch being tested all at once.

And here they are in their final destination: Drexel University's Pearlstein Gallery, for an exhibit titled Escape > Control > Play (pic featuring @najayg.bsky.social )

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William Gibson

@greatdismal.bsky.social

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

New project, v0.1

A nice detail 👀

Arduinos for the microswitches (Esc key, power / sleep button) and LED control

New project, v0.1

We're at something like v0.9 and we've got five of them. Halfway there.

@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social

Tower of power

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Emanuel Maiberg

26 Aug

www.vice.com/en/article/a...

vice.comAn Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by CapitalismHow an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.

gamespot.comWelcome To GameSpot Cheap WeekGaming's gotten more expensive than ever. We're here to explain why and help you play more while spending less.

22 Aug

Cheap Week was one of the last projects I worked on at GameSpot -- lots of great ways into the theme here, including Tom's video below www.gamespot.com/articles/wel...

Tom Caswell@tomcaswell.games

As a part of GameSpot’s cheap week, I looked into using the library to borrow games. Turns out, your local library might be WAAAAAAY better than any gaming subscription service, and it won’t cost you a dime. Full video: youtu.be/4jsYBULf-qc?...

youtu.beThe Library Is A Gateway To Free Video GamesYouTube video by GameSpot

3 Aug

Mario Odyssey > The Odyssey

3 Aug

I'm so pumped for this! (A rare game to get me to deal with in-game voice chat)

Mark Ⴟ Ⓥ Delaney@blueskynoise.com

I think anyone would love Big Walk, but playing it with my kids and watching them work together the way this game demands was truly something special for me.

youtu.beIs modern gaming cooked? | Friends Per Second #99YouTube video by Skill Up

22 July

I podcaster'd -- thanks to @lucyjames.games @skillup.bsky.social @jakebaldino.com for letting me dish. ❤️

Friends Per Second Podcast@friendspersecond.bsky.social

This week on Friends Per Second, we’re joined by @charstring.com to ask the question: Is modern gaming totally cooked? It’s not all doom and gloom, we also discuss Black Flag, Denshattack!, and The Blood of Dawnwalker youtu.be/c9iLqBerD6o?...

10 July

@jessicogs.bsky.social doing the work. 👏

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gamespot.comAll Hail Devo: How Mixtape's Soundtrack Made It May's Surprise Hit"The game is bent to my tastes, for better or worse," game developer Johnny Galvatron told GameSpot.

24 June

Happy Deltarune Ch. 5 release day to all those who celebrate. (And if you don't partake, hey it's only $25 and there's still two more chapters to come!)

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Fun seeing Garrett on GameSpot today. 👀

Garrett Martin@garrettmartin.bsky.social

did some work for Gamespot and @jessicogs.bsky.social and @thesmokingmanx.bsky.social and I hey I can do work for you too www.gamespot.com/articles/the...

nytimes.comJames Murdoch, Intent on ‘Thoughtful Journalism,’ Buys Half of Vox Media

20 May

Lots of Big Feelings on this www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/b...

20 May

Most immediate feeling is

9 Jan

Congrats @midimyers.com and @zoehhannah.com!! Everyone else, make with the subscribing 👀

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈@midimyers.com

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

designroom.siteMirror's Edge: An oral history17 years on from its release, DICE's first-person parkour thriller is a cult classic. We spoke to nine people who worked on it about how the revelatory game came to be.

27 Jan

Don't be like me and actually forget to subscribe!!! 🫠 @mothership.blog officially launched today, so I just righted my wrong. See you nerds there 🫡

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Design Room

@designroom.site

13 Jan

Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.

youtube.comTHE GAME AWARDS 2025 LivestreamYouTube video by GameSpot

11 Dec 2025

We're live @gamespot.com www.youtube.com/live/HcX9JN_...

gamespot.comAll The Game Awards 2025 Nominees And CategoriesHere's a rundown of all the games up for Game of the Year and every other category for this year's Game Awards.

17 Nov 2025

Somehow missing DELTARUNE for Best Score and Music AND Best Narrative is wild to me. It's legit an all-time fav (and we're only four chapters in). www.gamespot.com/gallery/all-...

17 Nov 2025

(Maybe folks just waiting on the total package to be done in the next hundred years, but what's there today is already GOTY material imo)

tobyfox.bandcamp.comDELTARUNE Chapter 1 OST, by Toby Fox40 track album

17 Nov 2025

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH etc. etc. tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltar...

30 Sept 2025

My last appearance in the old job. David is the best I love him forever. (I'm curious how they'll lower-third me)

The Verge@theverge.com

New podcast alert! From Limewire to the Sony Watchman, we’re diving into the history of gadgets, apps, and websites that mattered most. Version History launches Oct. 5th! Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on The Verge’s YouTube channel.

20 Sept 2025

At the risk of sounding old as shit, this is some real "good ol' days" energy

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19 Sept 2025

Nobody: Me, way more often than you'd think: Ever notice how the BioShock 2 cover art looks like Bomberman?

5 Sept 2025

Monday was my last day at Vox Media which, after 14 years, feels wild to say out loud. But here I am! I'm looking for my next role, so if you think that may be with you please reach out! You can DM me here, or find me on LinkedIn, or email me (chrisgrant @ this domain).

5 Sept 2025

To pre-answer the "why are you leaving" crowd, I loved my time at Vox -- yes, even the hard times -- and I love working with the team(s) I leave behind, notably @theverge.com, but after some months of reflection I decided that I didn't belong at a Vox Media without Polygon.

@gameovergreggy.bsky.social

5 Sept 2025

So I'm looking for someplace I do belong. Ok, that's it for now. Sorry for interrupting your Silksong time. #shaw

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Greg Miller

6 Aug 2025

Today, Kinda Funny takes a HUGE step in our 10-year journey: we’re collaborating with Russ Frushtick, formerly the co-founder of Polygon. Russ will be heading up our partnership business, so if you’re interested in advertising, sponsorships, or custom series, hit up partnerships@kindafunny.com!

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Eric Neustadter (e)

@thevowel.com

16 May 2025

Calling video game industry folks! You know the Strong Museum of Play, right? The museum that understands us & is documenting OUR history? Federal budget shenanigans have them in a surprise $500K hole. If you're able to support them, now's the time. Here's the link: www.museumofplay.org/support/

whec.comStrong Museum of Play faces $500,000 shortfall after losing federal grants for new exhibit, preservation effortsROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Strong National Museum of Play has learned two of its federal grants have been terminated and it’s hoping private donors will step up to fill the gap. A promised $400,000 grant ...

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Robert Yang

@radiatoryang.bsky.social

4 July 2025

if you cancel your NYT games subscription there’s great alternatives for newspaper games like @puzzmo.com … www.puzzmo.com

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Chris Plante

@plante.bsky.social

26 May 2025

For years, I hoped NPR, NYTimes, or the ghost of Gimlet would make a video game podcast. A weekly, hour-long audio magazine with essays, interviews, tight editing, and a cheeky sense of humor. Nobody made the show I wanted to hear. So, I made it myself. Here's the first episode of Post Games.

postgame.substack.comThe award that changes the lives of its winnersPlus: a limited, hand-numbered launch poster by Sonny Ross

😭👀😭👀

Serrels@serrels.bsky.social

Back in the day Polygon was the site that made me the most mad (because they routinely published stories I was insanely jealous of.) I'm gonna make a list of the ones that I remember off the top. (It'll be skewed old because I'm out of da game)

polygon.comThe Xbox Series X costs $100 more than it did yesterdayFirst-party games will go to $80 this holiday

the comments on this story are really sweet (ty for the heads up @losowsky.com) www.polygon.com/news/581992/...

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Tyler

@tylercolp.bsky.social

If you or anyone you know has work for me, you can reach me at tylercolp at gmail dot com!

Tyler@tylercolp.bsky.social

I really appreciate all the kind things people are saying to me and everyone else from Polygon today. While I only got to have my dream job for a few months, I don't regret it for a second.

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Jeffrey Parkin

@ripefly.bsky.social

As of this morning, I no longer have a job at Polygon. If you know of anyone looking for writers — guides or otherwise — please let me know. And please, please, please keep an eye out for all of my immensely talented colleagues who are in the same situation.

14 years ago I pitched what would become Polygon to a startup called Sports Blogs Inc on the unfurnished third floor of a DC townhome. I held a laptop on my knees and went through a deck. Today that same company -- now called Vox Media -- sold Polygon to Valnet.

I really, truly (!) hope that the remaining Polygon team gets a chance to continue the work we all cared about so much! But somehow this is the end of my journey with the thing I created.