Ben Silverman

I cut my teeth as a game critic on those amazing early Bioware games. I got to know Dr. Ray and Dr. Greg. To a D&D kid reared on the Gold Box games, their work was inventive, passionate, and groundbreaking. And for it all to come to this is heartbreaking. RIP to one of the last real ones.

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Congrats Knicks fans! Please don’t burn down any of the cool restaurants, or even the average ones

Basketbaaaaaaaaaallllll

Basketball

RIP to the fucking funniest person on the planet. I’m crushed. Keep ‘em up, Cookie.

Shout out to everyone in LA setting off barrages of dog-upsetting fireworks that no one can see this year because of the huge storm, happy 2026 you S-Rank dicks

SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRAISES

IYKYK

Oh my god. Vince was a visionary talent and more importantly a genuinely nice guy. Heartbreaking.

It’s hard to describe how you feel after seeing David Byrne. Hopeful? Buoyant? Inspired? Yes.

When we were kings

Found this E3 2004 gem in the storage bin today. No idea if stuff like this is valuable, but sure is cool.

Pretty rare (and awesome) opportunity here. Come work with me!

I was unprepared for your badass ice cream pun game, Canada

A mom a few feet from me just griped about how her kid won’t stop playing “nintendo” but then very clearly described Astrobot, what do I do here people

Dr. Demento is retiring, which is news in that I thought he was dead. But of course he has a website, and of course that site is using tech from 1997, and OF COURSE it’s got an archive of *every Dr. Demento episode* Anyway a big fuck yeah to Dr. Demento and his demented website www.drdemento.com

Louis Gossett, Jr. peed next to me during intermission at a high school play, and he loudly farted mid-stream

Leif was my colleague at Apple. We’ve been completely devastated by his sudden passing, and I haven’t had the wherewithal to say much about it. This is a wonderful piece about a talented, hardworking, and just totally unique person, and you should read it.

Anyway this is all to say that the loss of Polygon and Giant Bomb is devastating not only because I know and love people who are suddenly unemployed. It’s devastating because the continuing deterioration of this essential industry function will rob us all of beautiful art we didn’t see coming.

I’m nearing 30 years of professional work in gaming, and I owe it all to my time spent in the trenches of game sites. And so many other do too. Games like Spider-Man and Hades were masterminded by former journos. Countless community managers got their start reviewing RPGs. The Game Awards!

There are a lot of ways into the games industry; for me, it was journalism. Writing reviews, attending events, interviewing devs—it’s a crash course in the business, and one of the few ways in that feels accessible to everyone. It’s gut-wrenching watching this pipeline vanish in real-time.

This is wonderful news! But also I am a bit skeptical that their new owners—who have yet to launch their big F2P shooter—will actually be able to sustain that effort, any other upcoming projects, and a combo website/print mag. That’s…a lot? Hope it all works out!

New Flaming Lips record sounds cool

Trying to remember how to pack a suit in a carry-on bag without wrinkling it to hell

Man it’s good to see the Beastie Boys still getting work

And the Biggest Bummer Headline of the Day award goes to…

Considering getting this kiwi an Onlyfans account

Well played, NYT Games.

135 Easter Eggs We Found in the Switch 2 Teaser Video 1. The colors are a little different (1/135)

Watched Flow last night. Wow. A much-needed, remarkably beautiful respite from the stress of a downright terrible week. Also holy shit is the cat cute. Now streaming, go go go m.youtube.com/watch?v=82WW...

It feels like end times in LA. So many friends have lost homes or have been evacuated with no idea if their house will be there whenever they come back, I lost count. It’s hard to wrap your head around the scope of this. And we all feel helpless. Trying to stay positive but man, this is rough.

Also for LA peeps: Watch Duty is a must-have app for a night like this. Informative, up to date, indispensable. Often faster than emergency services when it comes to evac orders. apps.apple.com/us/app/watch...

Can’t stress how chaotic it feels in LA tonight. Palisades burning down, fire in Altadena spreading quickly, smaller fires popping up randomly, power outages, the threat of evacuation looming for basically everyone. Gonna be a long night. Check in on your LA friends - they’re definitely awake.

Me on NYE vs me waking up the next morning

Really hope 2025 brings us yet another new kind of milk. Let’s see if we can surpass 35 milks. Come on science

If I do four things in one day - exercise, groceries, clean the house, see a movie - it’s a “big” day. Exhausted. Good job, me. In the same amount of time, Jimmy Carter would build a house and fix a car and meet 400 people and say a million inspiring things, when he was like 90. RIP to a real one

They’re finally making Funko Pops that speak directly to me

🎵Farewell and adieu to you fair other presents…🎵

My family’s Christmas tradition somehow includes a full viewing of the uncanniest film in the valley, please pour hot chocolate in my eyes

“You will be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Maybe this time we’ll finally learn where Superman came from and how he feels about Lois Lane

ICYMI, we gave out a few awards this week, too (and yes, Balatro made the cut) :) apps.apple.com/us/story/id1...

Read this headline 46 times and still understand only 65% of it

“Once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins.” Found the worst take on this yet. Nice job, NBC News!

I’d like to publicly apologize to the other attendees at today’s piano recital in Glendale for shouting FUCK YEAH KID after my son adequately performed The Entertainer

hell yeah finally get to see some hi-res, fully-realized 3D versions of Pac-Man’s famous enemies: the giant worm guy and the spidery thing

Might be the brain rot talking here but isn’t that two words