Charles “Tell-Tale” Harte
@chuckduck365
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Video Editor @MinnMaxShow • Former Associate Editor @gameinformer • appearances at @ign @giantbomb @inversedotcom @HDminusworld @fanbytemedia • he/him
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After almost two years at Game Informer, I’m looking for a new gig! Hit me up if you need a writer, video editor, or podcast guest. I’d also love to transition to PR or comms work.
Freelance, part time, full time — I’m down for anything. DMs are open, RTs appreciated!
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My internship at Fanbyte has really been a complete Games Media experience: news writing, interviews, streaming, mass unexpected layoffs,
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This is the funniest day of my life
They really just fired our summer intern who was on his last week??
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APPARENTLY I WAS WRONG!!! I JUST GOT LAID OFF TOO!!!!
(I wasn’t laid off or anything, but my last day is tomorrow. Internship was temporary from the start.)
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the worst part about writing reviews is that some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet read those reviews
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A very abrupt end to the coolest job I ever had. Really tough to process.
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I didn’t see it until now, but I made my IGN debut today! This piece was originally going to go in the last issue of Game Informer, so thanks
@LawofTD
for editing it and giving it a place to live
A year after the release of Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios shares its thoughts on success, canceling its DLC, and working on its next game.
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The games media speedrun continues! It’s my first day as
@gameinformer
’s new associate editor! 🎉
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Just adopted a dog! Meet Toaster. He is very small and sweet.
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I think a lot of people grew up knowing game informer and assume that since we still get big cool exclusives that we must be well staffed. Nope! We’re down to six writers now, only five of which are full time. Our entire video team is Alex.
Imagine looking at the number of people on this masthead— who churn out weekly podcasts, videos, and daily online editorials in addition to shipping an 84-page print magazine every six weeks— and somehow justifying cutting it even more.
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@JustinMcElroy
@nytimes
“This person keeps their peanut butter in the fridge and, as such, should be denied their right to vote,” Mr. McElroy said
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A lot of people have seen this tweet and not the quote tweet: I was laid off just minutes later! Slack access was gone mid-call, so I couldn’t respond to him, and now I can’t access my work email to follow up on a project I was working on. Great times!
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Now that the weekend has passed, I wanted to make a thread about my time at Game Informer. It is a story about luck and kindness. (1/8)
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@everydaylouie
I was going to say this is missing Gulpin, until I realized that it was Guy Fieri the entire time.
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My last day was literally tomorrow. Cut off my slack access before I could even respond.
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Apparently IGN turned my freelance piece into a video that seems to be doing pretty well! Cool!
Larian, creators of Baldur's Gate 3, share its thoughts on the game's unprecedented success, cancelling the Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, and working on its next game.
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I’m super excited about this!!! This is honestly a dream gig for me, so I’m over the moon that I actually got it. One of the coolest things about the process is that they let us use a video as a cover letter. Here’s the ending of mine:
but I have NEWS about
@FanbyteMedia
–
we've hired our Summer 2022 intern,
@chuckduck365
! Charles rules and I'm so excited to welcome him to the team.
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(I wasn’t laid off or anything, but my last day is tomorrow. Internship was temporary from the start.)
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And here I was thinking I wouldn't have anything to talk about in therapy next week!
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Every time I took a lunch break at Game Informer, I would announce it with a food-based song parody. Usually, they were text, but as shown in the outro of the latest episode of the MinnMax show, some were audio.
Here's a thread of the rest of them:
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Excited to announce I’ll be contributing to the Indie Informer in the coming weeks! I’m excited to work with Jill, excited to cross paths with my old coworkers again, and most of all, I’m excited to play some sick indie games!
The Indie Informer is growing!
Wesley LeBlanc (
@LeBlancWes
), Marcus Stewart (
@MarcusStewart7
), and Charles Harte (
@chuckduck365
) are contributing their talented voices to the site. If you want to support their work, please consider joining the Patreon!
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Hey guys, not sure if you noticed but I’m verified now! It’s super exciting and I’m glad that I’ll be verified forever and that there’s no reason it would ever go away. Anyways, that’s enough tweeting for today. I’m off to read the news!
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This is finally live! It would really mean a ton to all of us over at Game Informer if you threw us a subscription.
Since this isn't a part of GameStop's rewards program, this is the first time in the history of the magazine that we've been able to have direct financial support.
We’re proud to announce the new standalone Game Informer magazine subscription. Get 10 issues of print in your mailbox, and also read the new issue digitally. All for just $19.91 for a full year. Please support us by signing up today.
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I've officially been at Game Informer for a year now! It's been a good year.
The games media speedrun continues! It’s my first day as
@gameinformer
’s new associate editor! 🎉
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My internship at Fanbyte has really been a complete Games Media experience: news writing, interviews, streaming, mass unexpected layoffs,
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I finally got to edit a video for Game Informer! Very proud of how this one turned out.
In our final video interview with the Resident Evil 4 team, they told us about all the ways they've modernized the original's classic gameplay. Check out our exclusive interview here:
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This was my first six pager (my longest print feature ever) AND my first time interviewing people in a different language. Sad that those “firsts” turned into “lasts,” but really happy with how it turned out!
Not knowing it was going to end up in the last issue of Game Informer 😭, I had the honor to work with the incredible
@chuckduck365
on this beautifully designed story for Visions of Mana.
Charles interviewed six legends on the dev team and did an *amazing* job. Please read it!
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Microsoft flew me out to do a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon to promote the new edition of Flight Simulator! We’ll have a proper travelogue up soon, but if you want the abridged version, you can watch it in my chunk of the MinnMax show.
It… did not go as planned 🥴
Here's a great, new episode of The MinnMax Show with
@MichaelPHuber
joining us to rave about Dead Rising,
@kelslewin
to give Visions of Mana some love, and
@chuckduck365
to talk about his wild adventures with Microsoft Flight Simulator '24.
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My first review for Game Informer! Pentiment rocks!
Pentiment is a wonderfully unique storytelling experience overflowing with respect for the historical era it strives to recreate. Our review:
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Now that it’s done, my SGF thoughts:
Such Great Fun! Smiled, Gamed, Forewent Sleep, Gobbled Food, & Shot Goofy Footage. Silly Gamer Fantasy Sometimes Got Frantic. Still, Group’s Fantastic.
Sincerely Grateful, Frankly.
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I’ve started a daily tradition of announcing my lunch breaks in the form of lunch-themed song parodies. Here are some of my favorites.
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My first Game Informer post!
Say hello to Bellibolt; the mystery Pokémon teased for Scarlet and Violet earlier this week.
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@yacobg42
I don’t think saying “there’s a big twist in this game” up front is spoiler territory if that’s literally all you say. As long as you don’t spoil the nature of the twists or when they happen, I think that’s plenty of warning.
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Did my first day of improv go well?
YES
AND,
I will be going back next week
Wanted to imrove my D&D skills and meet some new people in the area I just moved to… so today is my first day of improv class! Super nervous, but I always thought it looked fun
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Did two interviews today and got a “I’ve never gotten that question before” and two “that’s a really good question”s, so I think it’s safe to say I might be the best interviewer in the world.
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Pretty sure this is exactly as much as Cole donated, but I hope I’m wrong so more people donate
match me! (not going to say how much i dontated but try to guess.)
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@imranzomg
My favorite part about this is that the scammer’s go-to picture is just a person picking up orange slices at some kind of breakfast buffet, as if that’s a normal type of photo to have on hand
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I edited this video! I know I say it every time, but I’m really glad with how it turned out.
We ask Game Director Naoki Hamaguchi 129 rapid-fire questions about
@finalfantasyvii
Rebirth in this exclusive interview.
WATCH:
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I made my brother an 8 minute video to show him how I make my breakfast sandwiches and kind of absentmindedly sang a few words in the last shot. He replied by remixing the audio into an actual song.
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I haven’t announced it here yet, so…
I am officially going to Summer Game Fest!!! I’ll be going on behalf of MinnMax, but I’ll also be writing up some stuff for Game Informer while I’m there.
Let me know if you’ve got any cool games to show off!
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Your boy just passed his driver’s test on the first try 😎😎😎
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Thanks again to the MinnMax community for sending me out to SGF — I had a really great time and everyone made me feel super welcome! Hopefully, I convey that in this travel vlog.
What's it like to attend
@SummerGameFest
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@chuckduck365
to his first video game event. We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at Summer Game Fest 2024!
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@IGN
Difficulty settings! You can make the games more kid friendly, but let me play some super hard stuff.
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Hi my name is Charles and every time I go to lunch I write a food-themed song parody in the slack channel
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The latest Toaster update: he’s obsessed with this little green toy shaped like a dog. He brings it with him EVERYWHERE. Sometimes he just picks it up and sprints around the house.
We have decided to name it Crumbs.
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Finally made my Indie Informer debut today!
Apartment Story's visuals aren't enough to distract from the fundamentally flawed relationship between its story and gameplay.
Read Charles' (
@chuckduck365
) first piece on The Indie Informer:
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I got to edit this video review!!! Little old me!! Working with Mr. Link??? What a great week.
They say you can never go home again, but I adored returning to Hyrule with all new tools in the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Our review:
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Ah shoot, accidentally left the Toaster running
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Finally wrote my first non-news piece at Game Informer! Marvel Snap rocks.
From its quick, engaging gameplay to its optional, unintrusive monetization, here's why more mobile games should be like Marvel Snap.
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@DANIELPEMBERTON
Was there ever an official release of the mashup of the orchestra with what’s up danger? That was definitely the coolest moment in the movie for me, musically or otherwise.
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I never got to write a cover story and I never got to go full time, but I dont look back on my experience with an even ounce of regret. Goodbye, GI. You were the best job I ever had. (8/8)
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Shout out to
@godsewa
and the Fanbyte internship program. I never would have come anywhere close to here without them, and it sucks that I’ll probably be the last intern the site ever had. I hope I make y’all proud!
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Wanted to imrove my D&D skills and meet some new people in the area I just moved to… so today is my first day of improv class! Super nervous, but I always thought it looked fun
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My latest, coolest piece! I got to talk to the whole music team behind Stray Gods about how they wrote this wild web of a musical. This is one of my favorite things I've gotten to write in a long time. Check it out!
We spoke with
@TroyBakerVA
,
@awintory
, and the rest of the team at
@summerfallgames
about how they made Stray Gods, a choice-based musical with millions of endings. Read the full story here:
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A year ago today I started at fanbyte, which means it's my one-year anniversary in games media! To celebrate, this thread is gonna be a little trip down memory lane.
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The full travelogue of my trip to the Grand Canyon is up! It was the trip of a lifetime in more ways than one. Had a lot of fun editing this one!
.
@chuckduck365
was hoping to use this preview trip to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and fly over The Grand Canyon as a chance to cure his fear of flying.
It didn't go as planned. Enjoy this new travelogue!
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@chuckduck365
I like to imagine you play little musical cue stingers as things happen throughout your day
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In September of 2022, I got laid off (alongside most of the staff) the day before the last day of my internship at fanbyte. It crafted me into the beginnings of a writer, but I was worried about getting a real job somewhere in the space. I had to get lucky. (2/8)
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There IS a lot of luck involved in this field, but solely crediting luck for your success minimizes the deliberate, kind actions of the people around you. I got lucky, but I also had so much help, both from people I knew at fanbyte and people I had never met before. (3/8)
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In fact, I met nothing but kind, helpful people. It’s actually kind of weird how cool everyone there is. Even my BOSSES
@MatthewRMiller
@KyleMHilliard
and
@BrianPShea
were/are cool. That’s weird! (6/8)
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I am lucky that I wound up at a place full of kindness, but luck doesn’t make people kind; you have to choose to be kind, and the folks at Game Informer made that choice every day. (7/8)
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I got FOUR PAGES (*audience applauds*) in this month's issue, all about Hyper Light Breaker! We also get to show off this new boss.
EXCLUSIVE: Take a look at this new gameplay clip from Hyper Light Breaker, showing off an upcoming miniboss known as The Last Master.
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By some miracle, I actually got the job, and from day one, I was treated as an equal part of the team. Despite being younger and less experienced than everyone else, I still got codes for games, edited videos for the cover story, and appeared on the GI Show regularly (5/8)
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WE GOT ANOTHER CAT!!! Her name is Kit. We got a Kit Cat.
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When the GI position was posted, I applied, but due to some kind of technical error, it was completely lost in the system. It was ONLY because people advocated for me to the higher ups at the site that my application went through for consideration at all. (4/8)
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Margaret was our incredible Production Director at Game Informer and I don’t know how anything in that organization would run without her. Endlessly capable, extremely smart, and one of the first people to welcome me to GI. Hire her!!!
Well, I am officially in the market for a new job. 12 years of print & digital magazine production work at GI plus another decade in journalism and tech. Would love to make some connections as I look ahead to my next thing.
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Last week, I got the opportunity to interview the incredible
@insanerainmusic
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@HDminusworld
, it didn't have to die with the
#FanbyteLayoffs
. If you want to support me, check it out!
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1 year ago today 🫡
Rest in peace, old Fanbyte
APPARENTLY I WAS WRONG!!! I JUST GOT LAID OFF TOO!!!!
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Sometimes I think “I should finish the games I start more often” but this week I finished both the games I was playing on the same day and now I have no idea what to do with myself
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I can’t believe LinkedIn was harvesting my data to use for AI tools. Next I’m gonna find out that they lied about me being “on a roll” for the past ten consecutive months.
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@Gameonysus
There are a lot of replies here saying they’ve never heard people say this but they 100% say wild stuff like this every time I’m at the drive thru.
I always want to say something back like “cock a doodle doo, here’s what imma do” but I forget every time
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Finished my first week of my new job and I haven’t been fired ONCE, which seems like a bad sign.
@godsewa
used to fire me 1-2 times per week.
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Casual reminder to any mutuals that (especially in my current state of unemployment) I’m almost always willing to DM a game of D&D, especially if you’ve never played it before and want to try it out
(I’m also down to be a player, if someone needs to fill out a party)
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@Charalanahzard
I’m totally down for a Batman beyond movie, but I really don’t like the idea that it’s DC’s “answer” to Marvel. I want it to just be good for the sake of being good.
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Made my first appearance on the MinnMax show this week!
The new episode of The MinnMax Show is now live!
@chuckduck365
from
@gameinformer
joins us to talk about Assassin's Creed Mirage, Cocoon, El Paso Elsewhere, and
@leovader
begs us not to overlook Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
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