News / Microsoft Layoffs Hit Bethesda, Obsidian, And Id Hard As Workers Brace For More “It was already excruciating [to wait] over the long weekend—which made it impossible to relax. Now we have it indefinitely, and nobody knows who it will hit” By Nathan Grayson / 6 Jul 2026
xbox / You Don't Have To Hand It To Microsoft For A Well-Planned Bloodbath People are being laid off in a horrendous job market. You do not have to praise the muddled prose of the rich and insulated. By Chris Person / 6 Jul 2026
News / Xbox Will Lay Off 3200 Workers And Cut Four Studios Loose CEO Asha Sharma called it "the most significant restructure in XBOX history" By Riley MacLeod and Nicole Carpenter / 6 Jul 2026
Podcasts / What Is The Point Of A Video Game Console Now? "I’m just like ehhhh. That new Naughty Dog game will probably be good, but I don’t need to buy a now-$900 PS5 Pro to play it" By Nathan Grayson / 3 Jul 2026
Video Games / I Guess These Are The Games, And Memories, I'm Stuck With For The Rest Of My Life Physical games recall physical experiences By Luke Plunkett / 2 Jul 2026
Blog / Asha Sharma Is Microsoft’s Pain Sponge Succesion is a documentary By Gita Jackson / 2 Jul 2026
Feature / With Layoffs Looming, Microsoft Unions Plan To Battle To The Bitter End: ‘It’s A Fight For Dignity And Respect’ “This fight, in my opinion, is not just a fight for unions, but a fight for working people" By Nathan Grayson / 2 Jul 2026
Books / Negative Space Is A Weird And Honest Portrait of Watching All Your Friends Get Hooked On Drugs B. R. Yeagar's novel about drug addicted, suicidal teenagers brought me back to my own adolescence By Gita Jackson / 2 Jul 2026
Blog / There Is No Piracy Without Ownership Is it stealing if we can't own it? By Luke Plunkett / 1 Jul 2026
News / Love Turns To Hate As Love And Deepspace Maker Infold Games Forced To Delete New Boyfriend Valko is going back into the vault, and won't ever return. By Nicole Carpenter / 1 Jul 2026
News / Subnautica 2 Devs Will Actually Get Even More Money As Krafton Drama Ends The payout for Subnautica 2 will be shared with the whole studio, and will be "significantly more" than the original agreement By Riley MacLeod / 1 Jul 2026
Movies / Somehow, Jackass Really Was That Big A Deal How Jackass transformed from idiotic nuisance to one of the most endearing symbols of male friendship in pop culture By Joshua Rivera / 1 Jul 2026
