Nathan Grayson
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Twitch Changes Rules That Target Politics, ‘Sensitive’ Social Issues Following Widespread Pushback, But Streamers Still Wary
"They’re capitulating to bad faith actors who aren’t genuinely interested in justice or antiracism"
The Dragon Age Review Controversy Shows How Much YouTube And Twitter Have Poisoned Video Game Discourse
"The more you enable these people structurally or systematically, the more footing they gain until they become a default"
Fandom Lays Off 11 Percent Of Staff, GameSpot Affected
This follows additional rounds of layoffs in 2024 and 2023
Former Disco Elysium Devs Embrace Worker/Player-Owned Structure To Bring ‘True Democracy’ To Game Development
And because letting “random people steer a company Twitch Plays Pokémon-style” instead of venture capitalists is “fucking funny”
Sony Shuts Down Concord Developer Firewalk Studios
Sony will also "permanently sunset" Concord
Why Aren’t There More Games Based On Reality TV?
"There’s an element of people thinking they’re too smart for them"
Good News: Bernie Sanders Knows What A Vtuber Is Now
Securing the catboy vote
In Whirlwind 24 Hours, Twitch Re-enables Sign Ups In Israel And Palestine, Bans Five Streamers Following Claims Of Antisemitism
“We deeply regret this unacceptable miss, and the confusion it has caused"
How Content Creation Breaks People’s Brains
"This is a job with no rules and very few guardrails and potentially tons of money and potentially adoration. That is a very hard thing to walk away from or remember feeling bad about"