Simon Cox
@simonsimon.bsky.social
Creative Partnerships at Cook & Becker. Formerly videogames and media at Rolling Stone, Ziff Davis, Future and Fandom. Occasional artist.
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🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉
Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more.
www.verticalslice.news
Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more.
www.verticalslice.news
October 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉
Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more.
www.verticalslice.news
Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more.
www.verticalslice.news
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the tech industry is about to invent books
October 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the tech industry is about to invent books
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I don't tell Communist jokes on social media because MAGA may not understand them, and Communist jokes are only funny when everyone gets them.
October 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I don't tell Communist jokes on social media because MAGA may not understand them, and Communist jokes are only funny when everyone gets them.
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Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
October 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse:
archive.org/details/tipp...
archive.org/details/tipp...
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What the fuck
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
September 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
What the fuck
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Oh this is a good story from @leadergrev.bsky.social and People Make Games. Real gnarly journalism stuff. That this can happen under US libel law - which is famously protective of the press, in contrast to much more restrictive UK libel law - says a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Oh this is a good story from @leadergrev.bsky.social and People Make Games. Real gnarly journalism stuff. That this can happen under US libel law - which is famously protective of the press, in contrast to much more restrictive UK libel law - says a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Oh, lawd... I'm on PlayStation's online assistant right now trying to get my PS5 account issue fixed. After going through their automated chat, I was transferred to someone claiming to be a live agent...
September 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Oh, lawd... I'm on PlayStation's online assistant right now trying to get my PS5 account issue fixed. After going through their automated chat, I was transferred to someone claiming to be a live agent...
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A beautiful new ultra-luxe edition of You Died to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary (and Dark Souls' 15th anniversary). LOOK AT IT!
We’re celebrating You Died’s 10th anniversary with our most exclusive edition yet.
Strictly limited to 1,000 copies, each one is individually hand-numbered and signed by both authors, @mackeza.bsky.social and Jason Killingsworth.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/you...
Strictly limited to 1,000 copies, each one is individually hand-numbered and signed by both authors, @mackeza.bsky.social and Jason Killingsworth.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/you...
September 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
A beautiful new ultra-luxe edition of You Died to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary (and Dark Souls' 15th anniversary). LOOK AT IT!
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Thank you to everyone who took the street in Austin after ICE mercenaries shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez while he was making a DoorDash delivery.
It is essential to mount an immediate response to acts of violence like this, the way people did when Alex Pretti was killed.
crimethinc.com/alexpretti
It is essential to mount an immediate response to acts of violence like this, the way people did when Alex Pretti was killed.
crimethinc.com/alexpretti
September 21, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Thank you to everyone who took the street in Austin after ICE mercenaries shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez while he was making a DoorDash delivery.
It is essential to mount an immediate response to acts of violence like this, the way people did when Alex Pretti was killed.
crimethinc.com/alexpretti
It is essential to mount an immediate response to acts of violence like this, the way people did when Alex Pretti was killed.
crimethinc.com/alexpretti
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ok look The Odyssey is very much a sequel
‘THE ODYSSEY’ has passed $1 billion internationally.
The first time a non-sequel or non-remake film has reached this mark since ‘Avatar’.
The first time a non-sequel or non-remake film has reached this mark since ‘Avatar’.
September 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
ok look The Odyssey is very much a sequel
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You read a free preview of Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record courtesy of @viz.com. www.viz.com/manga-books/...
VIZ: Read a Free Preview of Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record
One of the most celebrated and prolific composers in video game history, Nobuo Uematsu is the original composer of the phenomenally successful Final Fantasy games. His work is known by millions and ha...
www.viz.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
You read a free preview of Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record courtesy of @viz.com. www.viz.com/manga-books/...
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When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.
September 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.
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Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the release of "DEATHLOOP"
It's a very special project. I shifted my role from level design to direction. I crafted things that challenged me in ways I'd never considered. I grew with my team
I became Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for all the love & support
It's a very special project. I shifted my role from level design to direction. I crafted things that challenged me in ways I'd never considered. I grew with my team
I became Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for all the love & support
September 15, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the release of "DEATHLOOP"
It's a very special project. I shifted my role from level design to direction. I crafted things that challenged me in ways I'd never considered. I grew with my team
I became Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for all the love & support
It's a very special project. I shifted my role from level design to direction. I crafted things that challenged me in ways I'd never considered. I grew with my team
I became Dana Nightingale 🏳️⚧️
Thank you for all the love & support
So good! @maartenbrands.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM
So good! @maartenbrands.bsky.social
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if you're a game website laying off people before the biggest game launch of the decade you're bad at your job and you should be embarrassed that you just exposed that to a whole lot of people
September 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
if you're a game website laying off people before the biggest game launch of the decade you're bad at your job and you should be embarrassed that you just exposed that to a whole lot of people
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CROWS is in the final hours of the BackerKit campaign! mcdm.gg/crows-rpg
September 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
CROWS is in the final hours of the BackerKit campaign! mcdm.gg/crows-rpg
During COVID lockdowns, the podcasts and videos from @brianaltano.bsky.social and Seth Macy and the whole crew over there at IGN was part of what kept me feeling connected to the games industry/media; daily bright spots of fun and (literally) games amongst the fog of it all. Absolute pros. x
September 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
During COVID lockdowns, the podcasts and videos from @brianaltano.bsky.social and Seth Macy and the whole crew over there at IGN was part of what kept me feeling connected to the games industry/media; daily bright spots of fun and (literally) games amongst the fog of it all. Absolute pros. x
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Get ready for the ultimate dungeon brawler! Awaysis is a physics-based brawler with incredibly tight controls, cute animals, and has combat where momentum matters.
Check out the trailer! Coming to Xbox, Windows, and PS5!
Wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...
#gaming
Check out the trailer! Coming to Xbox, Windows, and PS5!
Wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...
#gaming
June 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Get ready for the ultimate dungeon brawler! Awaysis is a physics-based brawler with incredibly tight controls, cute animals, and has combat where momentum matters.
Check out the trailer! Coming to Xbox, Windows, and PS5!
Wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...
#gaming
Check out the trailer! Coming to Xbox, Windows, and PS5!
Wishlist it on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...
#gaming
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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Wait, isn’t Link shiny because it’s raining in that clip with Ganondorf? Tell me I’m at least a little bit right so I know I’m not crazy.
September 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Wait, isn’t Link shiny because it’s raining in that clip with Ganondorf? Tell me I’m at least a little bit right so I know I’m not crazy.
I…can’t under that now. Send help.
September 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I…can’t under that now. Send help.
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I forgot to mention when I sent over factoids about our upcoming release of Jupiter & Mars: Definitive Edition to @nintendolife.com, that super dolphin pal Ed Annunziata makes a special appearance in the game. It's up to eagle-eyed players to find him. www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/09...
PSVR Dolphin Game 'Jupiter & Mars: Definitive Edition' Hits Switch This Week
Revamped from VR
www.nintendolife.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:45 AM
I forgot to mention when I sent over factoids about our upcoming release of Jupiter & Mars: Definitive Edition to @nintendolife.com, that super dolphin pal Ed Annunziata makes a special appearance in the game. It's up to eagle-eyed players to find him. www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/09...
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📣 [Job Opportunity] I'm currently looking for a Lore Writer for a contract position to write and produce a digital lore book for a famed AA shooter. If you've experience in this field, or know someone who would be a good fit, please DM me. #videogamejobs #videogames #gamejobs
September 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
📣 [Job Opportunity] I'm currently looking for a Lore Writer for a contract position to write and produce a digital lore book for a famed AA shooter. If you've experience in this field, or know someone who would be a good fit, please DM me. #videogamejobs #videogames #gamejobs
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So relieved that the Ocarina of Time remake looks that good. Link looks like a little doll and Hyrule Castle Town looks like a living Playmobil village but I mean all of that in a GOOD way
September 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
So relieved that the Ocarina of Time remake looks that good. Link looks like a little doll and Hyrule Castle Town looks like a living Playmobil village but I mean all of that in a GOOD way