News / Union Promises To Take ‘All Necessary Legal And Contractual Action’ To Fight For Laid-Off Workers As Impacts On Blizzard, Id Software Become Clear "Entire teams have been gutted or even outright eliminated with institutional knowledge lost that can't be replaced" By Nathan Grayson / 7 Jul 2026
Movies / Tenet Is Christopher Nolan’s Best Film Don’t try to understand it. Feel it. By Gita Jackson / 7 Jul 2026
Video Games / Well At Least The Future’s Looking Bright For Bethesda’s *Checks Notes* ‘Strongest Franchises' A memo from Bethesda's boss says the company will focus on "our franchises and IP with meaningful long-term potential" By Riley MacLeod / 7 Jul 2026
Anime / Chainsmoker Cat's Anime Opening Is Absolute Cinema The actual show? Not so much. By Isaiah Colbert / 7 Jul 2026
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
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
