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Democracy dies in Dark Souls

Who am I? Why bother with this newsletter?

May 12 •

Executing Jordan Neely makes the vigilante into the villain

While AI threatens jobs, where's our humanity?

May 5 •

Activision Blizzard, blocked

$70 billion merger shockingly candy-crushed over cloud gaming

Apr 26 •

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Activision Blizzard angers employees in 'hostile' meeting

Feb 17 • Shannon Liao

Ex-Riot developers are making “Breath of the Wild with friends”

Mar 9 • Shannon Liao

The future of games journalism

Feb 21 • Shannon Liao

What happens next after layoffs

Mar 4 • Shannon Liao

Activision Blizzard, blocked

Apr 26 • Shannon Liao

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SEGA workers form union with nostalgic name

Quantic Dream on crunch and allegations, artist offers royalties for AI-generated songs, Tucker Carlson is out at Fox, and more

Apr 24 •

A stopgap for games journalism

What's next for Shannon and this newsletter? Hint, a lot of reporting

Mar 31 •

Twitch lays off employees via Google Meet video calls

Severance is a minimum of four weeks

Mar 24 •

Ex-Riot developers are making “Breath of the Wild with friends”

And why venture capital firms keep funding the same video game names

Mar 9 •

What happens next after layoffs

Is a recession coming? And will video games benefit from the tens of thousands of people who lost jobs?

Mar 4 •

League of Legends evolves to be less like Elden Ring

Plus: Microsoft executives flew to Brussels to push $69 billion merger

Feb 24 •

The future of games journalism

Here’s a series of thoughts for paid subscribers only. The rest of this newsletter is typically free reported scoops, such as this issue. I’m trying…

Feb 21 •

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