PhD year 1 vs year 4 be like

It's the 'worst displacement crisis” (IRC - International Rescue Committee) and “one of the worst humanitarian disasters” (@UNOCHA). Thank you Nesrine Malik for writing about Sudan, sadness, hope, and 1 year of war. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Solar eclipse. Chiapas, Mexico. Antonio Turok, 1991.

From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror

From Ants to Zombies features exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama, Jane Jensen, Ken Levine, Sandy White, David Riordan, Paul Norman, Graeme Devine and many more…

This is unspeakable. 'Every person who wore a Hamas uniform in the past year or two could be bombed with 20 [civilians killed as] collateral damage, even without special permission.' 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

Do you want to edit features? At Rest of World? With me?!

Come join us! We have an opening for a Features Editor, on a contract role (25hrs/week).

All the details you need, including how to apply, here: restofworld.org/about/hiring/f…

really proud of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth issue we put together at Bullet Points. go read it here, especially the bangers by our guests for the month, autumn wright 🍂 and thirty paos of loving: bulletpointsmonthly.com

🚨TOMORROW - March for Palestine
When: Saturday, 30 March, 12PM
Where: Russel Square, London

Join us as we march for Palestine again in London to demand our government call for a permanent #CeasefireNOW to #StopGazaGenocide .

#FreePalestine

Everyone's talking about friction now huh?

Nic has written some absolutely wonderful features for RPS as a freelancer - I'm looking forward to seeing what mayhem he wreaks as a full-time resident of the treehouse.

Just sharing it around - that Palestinian Aid bundle on Itch has been delayed because they need everyone that submitted games to it to verify their approval by April 1st.

Can we get this going round indie dev circles? Perhaps outside of Twitter too?

itch.io/jam/palestine-…

I'm at GDC and the Moscone for another hour or so. If anybody wants to come say hello or have a quick interview give me a shout.

The ongoing management of the former Gawker sites fills me with hot rage. Spanfeller and co have systematically wrecked news-oriented, EXTREMELY POPULAR sites, driven out their talent, and is in the process of turning them into SEO slop. He's a fuckin vandal

The last freelance piece I took on before joining RPS was a quest to discover who exactly coined the term 'triple-A game', while exploring the history of its usage across generations of developers. Thanks to Alex Spencer for commissioning and helping me work out the kinks.