I am SUPER excited to announce that I’ll be joining the
@pcgamer
team as a trainee news writer next month! This is a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait to start getting my writing out there!
✨some work news✨
as of today i’m
@pcgamer
’s newest features producer! can’t wait to bring my particular brand of chaos to even more fun stuff on the site 🫶
I feel like I need to clarify what I wrote in my review about Tekken 8’s netcode because some are taking it the wrong way. A lot of people not realising that I go on to say it’s better than Tekken 7’s, and when it works it’s *super* smooth sailing.
(1/4)
@repmarkpocan
1/2 You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us. The truth is that we have over a million incredible employees around the world who are proud of what they do, and have great wages and health care from day one.
went back to my old uni yesterday to ✨impart some wisdom/chaos ✨ on a v cool bunch of people. guest lectures from industry people were always a highlight of my time at uni so i'm glad i was able to do one! 🤍
A big thank you to one of my former Games PR & Journalism students,
@mollietayy
for talking to my 2nd year Games PR students today about her role as a News Writer at
@pcgamer
🙌
At the end of the day, if you're cherry-picking your matches à la Tekken 7, you won't have an issue. My review comes as someone who accepted every single online game to get a bigger picture of what versing opponents across regions/connections was like. Obligatory YMMV!!
fully expected to go 0-2 in tekken at
#VSFXI
today and somehow came 2-2 AND got to play on stream. first major, one game off top 96. how the hell did that happen?!
But my personal experience going against Wi-Fi and players outside EU was not good.
Rollback in 3D games is always going to be harder to implement because there are so many moving parts. But at the very least I expect better stability with Wi-Fi folk. (2/4)
Like I said in my review, I was dropping some inputs in 4 bar matches in other regions, which was a shame.
I had two days to play online during my review and that’s just how things went for me. I hope it’s a better experience at launch. (3/4)
we're doing a wee accessibility week over on pc gamer and you should all read this fab, thoughtful piece from rachel on difficulty and inclusivity pls and thank you
I've sunk 40 hours into Tekken 8 so far and it's genuinely bloody fantastic. The only thing that held it back from the big 9-0 was that netcode is still a bit scuffed and customization feels genuinely horrific to navigate.
I spent a long time stressing out over getting this right, but I spoke to some lovely people over at Phoenix Nights about their casino and ERP entertainers and roleplay in general✨
not jazzed about my performance for my first offline tekken 8 tourney but we live and learn. back to the lab we go, at least i can take solace in placing 4th in tekken ball 🏖️
Had a ton of fun reviewing Street Fighter 6, especially as someone who tends to gravitate towards 3D fighters instead. It’s a fantastic, near-perfect game, but be warned World Tour does not run great and there’s a 🚫battle pass🚫
Last but DEFINITELY not least, I wanna give a huge shoutout to
@ASTROGaming
! I gave up my raffle prize at their event to get my best friend the fight stick of his dreams. Astro repaid the favour by giving me the headset I wanted!! These were used at
#VSF2019
! Thank you so much!
Psst, if you're a member of the FGC who's been running/participating in online tournaments during the lockdown, I'd love a lil chat with you for an assignment. DM me or drop me an email! ✨
travelling back to the uk was a nightmare but my first gamescom was so fun!! got to finally meet so many cool ppl i’ve only seen in emails and tiny google meet squares. ate a lot of bread. i missed vegetables. but so nice working somewhere that isn’t my spare bedroom for once
in the spirit of being forever On My Bullshit, i wrote about spending NYE buying a house in final fantasy 14 and what a fucking nightmare the whole thing was
i forgot to take any actual pics because i’m lame af but VSF was so fun 🥹 the most fun i’ve had in a hot sec, maybe i should start actually playing fighting games again lmao
look i know we’re barely 26 days into the year but the
#TEKKEN8LDN
launch party is already a contender for best moments of 2024. thanks for inviting me and happy tekken 8 launch day!!
I haven’t touched Animal Crossing in about two months and the longer time goes on the more I’m avoiding returning to it out of sheer guilt for my villagers. Like a text you forget to reply to and then suddenly 3 weeks have passed and you feel so bad you just purposely ignore it.
had the pleasure of entering a tekken 5 tournament at
@NQ64ArcadeBars
(my first fg tourney!) and coming joint 5th 🥹 only lost one game, super happy with how i played! of course my partner in crime
@koenjiaddams
took the gold ✨
"How Alba: A Wildlife Adventure's environmental message is accomplishing change in the real world" -
@pcgamer
@ustwogames
are planting one tree for every copy of Alba sold with
@Ecologi_hq
! Thank you for this great piece
@mollietayy
🌳
i've been regularly weight training for nearly a month now and i've started forming baby shoulder muscles!! apologies to anyone i talk to today because i will be showing them off at any given opportunity
feel like i missed the important part of teenagehood where everyone played multiplayer shooters with their pals and now i'm forever cursed to be terrible at them
150
Our year has been so good that we're planning to take on another 150 colleagues in editorial alone - and we're delighted that 25 of those roles are at entry level, meaning we can hire the likes of
@axelkmetz
and
@mollie_taylor95
#FutureFY20
T8's new 'pattern display' mask filter got put in the game today after concerns around the previous style causing aura migraines and potential seizures
also worth mentioning that fulfilment centres are so massive it usually took around 8-10 minutes just to get to the toilet and back because they're all on the bottom floor
real rough day today, missing my friends dearly and feeling incredibly disconnected from the outside world. haven't hung out with another human around my age for almost a year now and i'm having feelings about it
finally cleaned the office, tidied all my cables and fixed my collapsing office chair today like a ✨productive adult✨ so i'm gonna reward myself with ice cream
People saying women shouldn't walk alone at night as though these things don't happen at any time of the day. Believe me, they're not fucking vampires who wait for the sun to go down.
Downloaded this yesterday expecting it to be a bit crap—how wrong I was. Just the right amount of humour and silliness and far too well made for a game about horny soda.
ppl who use dark mode are so aggressive about it omg
the minute u send a screenshot in light mode Discord or something it's like you personally gauged out their eyes as you stabbed it with a porcupine and then threw them into the pits of Hell