🎃 David S. Lumbkins 🎃

seeing Latinos in media did and continues to mean a lot to me but you know what means more? Seeing my people in my field, more senior and junior and contemporary to me. I will not settle for diverse toys.

Hearing the SBG boys parse through the Sillymarilly has been a delight. Muddle through the creation myth parts and you get true Tolkien (and I guess Chris and GGK) weird and wonderful. I love that it hits for them. And it can hit for YOU TOO

Fuck yeah Dressmaker where have you been all my life. 1000% yes to more unapologetically femme games. Where are all the figure skating games??? Where are the mermaid games with high stakes narrative intrigue??? The ferngully generation is starvingggg

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

We’re joined by @outonalumb.bsky.social to talk Ace Combat 8 and Star Wars Galactic Racer! Top Down Perspective 08/10/26 youtu.be/Sam8MHG2p8o

From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment

Xreal Aura is going to cost $1279, and Meta’s VR Glasses will be $1299. There’s a phase change in XR design and these two are a big part of it. But, also, they’re all relatively expensive compared to a Quest or regular Xreal glasses www.cnet.com/uncategorize...

Has anyone heard anything about this guy www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

Meet the witches… @thatwitchmia.bsky.social, creator and co-host. The Wrath. @pnemiroff.bsky.social, co-host. The Joy. @rosiemarx.bsky.social, co-host. The Chaos. Follow along as we get closer to opening our grimoire to the world.

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...

“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”

Don't forget the slow strangulation of the market by the live service behmoths like Fortnite, Minecraft and Roblox.

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

Ahead of the last regular baseball games of 2026, a tale of two SoCal team seasons 🙃

That's cool. I'm sure all the BitReactor devs that were furloughed weeks before launch are gonna see some of that $50 million... right? Residuals are standard in other creative industries. If the people who actually made the game got their share of the profits, we wouldn't be in this mess.

This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court).

Some people are TRULY living in a society 😭😭😭

We are tired of posting statements like these.

I think unless you are starting or currently run a worker owned business interested in it, games media effectively doesn’t exist and if games journalism is your ambition you should act accordingly kotaku.com/sources-ign-...

First thing the Blizzcon attendees see as they join the queue for this year’s show.

The amount of shit this guy is fielding from gamers is frankly embarrassing

PEOPLE WITH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES: so while i see there is utility to the system, i’m more or less morally opposed to their current constructs and have big concerns over the business structure and environmental impact WEB CODER: so i met God today,

Damn! This rules

PLEASE

We have fucked around for a decade and now we're finding out. Net Zero by 2050 was predicated on reductions starting from 2016 – instead we've *increased* emissions every year since. We're are now so far behind the 8-ball, no one in power seems to get how truly bad the situation has gotten.

Today, John Ternus formally takes the reins to lead Apple as CEO. Who is he, and what's at stake for the company? A week ahead of the likely iPhone 18 and foldable iPhone launch, @corinnereichert.bsky.social explains the new Ternus era. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

I enjoyed Onimusha: Way of the Sword, but wish the series emerged from dormancy with more of its own brand & less adherence to Souls/Sekiro parry combat. Give me more funky demons, more Hell-Oni politics. The way of the sword really is doing the same slash 10,000 times😞 www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

This is the energy I bring everywhere.

As of this morning, we are now just ✨$7K✨ away from fully paying off @bjcolangelo.bsky.social's surgery. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...

To my peoples in @wgaeast.bsky.social, I’m running for Council this year and you can read my candidate statement below. If you’re a member please read them all and vote for whoever you like starting September 9. Union democracy is good. www.wgaeast.org/candidates/H...

Large publications like the Times are well known for taking what they want from the little guys with no credit—and we're no exception. The story of two similar pieces on a flashpoint in fandom—with a paper trail—and what the incident says about our beat and industry: fansplaining.com/lessons-from...

so funny that they feel they have to make it optional for gamers to care about someone else

"My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces)

Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!

I had fun exploring my neighborhood of Ballard looking for signs of Jimothy (but didn't look for the raccoon himself) while testing the Pixel 11 Pro XL cameras. And then I took it camping. Photos here at CNET: www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

More from me... and WHY UNIONS ARE AMAZING! karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

A Chicago chef and his wife were on his way to the World Cup. Then ICE detained them at the airport. Read @shokdiesel.bsky.social's reporting on how this respected industry pro is reimagining his future from inside the walls of a Louisiana detention center. www.weareravenous.com/ice-raid-la-...