Writer & presenter on games. Find me on Shut Up & Sit Down, People Make Games and the Blaseball Roundup.
Nov 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I am SO excited for this: NEW PMG VIDEO!
We visited the Mojave desert to cover Wasteland Weekend. It's a 5 day-long cross between a post-apocalyptic LARP and an anti-capitalist Disneyland. We tried to "win" it. It didn't go well.
Wasteland Weekend is like nothing I've ever been to. It's loving and violent, it's spiky but... safe? Mostly?
And it's uncannily like stepping inside a video game, while being disinterested in big brands and gaming culture. I fell head-over-heels in love.
Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🤼 New People Make Games video! 🤼
In my quest to learn about the most cursed games in existence, I entered the world of Excel eSports. Come learn what a spreadsheet battle is, and watch me and @chrisbratt take on the *world champion*
If I’m honest, the real reason to watch this is Anni’s editing. She chose to make the whole thing look like a ‘90s educational video and committed just... so many crimes
Nov 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Big day! PMG just released part 1 of a series on gaming giant Valve.
Today, we want to tell you about the casino industry that plugs into Steam's API and preys on Valve's customers. Why won't Valve shut it down?
For one thing, they're profiting from it.
This story took us months! It involved us speaking to ex-Valve staff, two gambling psychologists, one lawyer and many Steam users who'd become addicted to these predatory websites. But ultimately, we found that this problem both begins and ends at Valve's management.
Dec 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Okay, remember our video on how Roblox is exploiting a generation of game developers?
After it released, Roblox users reached out to us to blow the whistle on *so* many disturbing aspects of the platform. Today, we're hugely proud to release part 2:
Between these two videos coming out, Roblox released another stratospheric earnings report and their stock price surged once again.