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Emma Kent

10 months

Hello! My name is Emma and I do... ⭐️Freelance journalism ⭐️Video game consulting ⭐️Copyediting ⭐️Almost anything creative, really Check out my portfolio to see my work ⤵️

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This might be the most Twitter ™️ reply I’ve ever seen

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2 years

Well this is already going VERY well

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HM Treasury is now on @discord . Click the graphic below to access our read-only server where you can see the latest news from the Treasury.

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3 months

What tech bros think people will do with this: "wow cool now we can make our own movies!" What people will actually do with this: replace human jobs, copyright theft, phishing scams, deepfake porn, disinformation campaigns

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Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions. Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy

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11 months

I'm in a Valheim server at the moment with a player-run economy and it's hilarious watching the bank managers think printing more money = more money So now we have rapid hyperinflation and people literally carting around piles of gold to pay for bees

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9 months

Problem: you're a Baldur's Gate 3 necromancer, but there aren't any corpses nearby for you to use! Solution: get your strong friend to put a bod in their pocket

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3 years

The four horsemen of the launchpocalypse

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3 years

I want to thank @GaryJKings for this absolutely incredible edit 🤠🤠🤠

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3 years

"Oh yeah. This is going to be perfect for filming my Elden Ring leak"

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7 months

I got stuck on this Baldur's Gate 3 fight last night so I made a stupid video to make me feel better 🫳🐟🗑️

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2 years

First time getting abuse from an apparent industry 'professional' on LinkedIn, wow

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11 months

Update on this: I reported my findings to the guy running the server and he said 'thanks for voicing your opinion' while simultaneously deleting my message. Classic internet community tyranny

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11 months

My plan through this is to invest all my gold into surtling cores and tin because they're the only items that hold value lmao

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@GoneEFK

5 years

Spec Ops: The Line, 2012: Includes white phosphorus to question why war is used as a guiltless source of fun in video games Call of Duty, 2019:

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@eurogamer

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Killstreaks return in the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - and include the use of the devastating chemical white phosphorus

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4 years

On the pervasive nature of sexism and harassment in the games industry, my experiences, and how the culture must change:

Sexism and harassment in the games industry isn't just about big names: the entire culture must...

Content warning: This story contains upsetting content. Reader discretion advised.For the second time in less than a ye…

www.eurogamer.net

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3 years

Well Red Dead Online's bridge glitch sure is still working lmao

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2 years

Thoughts on the Microsoft/Activision deal

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11 months

Also bees, apparently

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2 years

Big fan of this Elden Ring player who countered an AFK farmer by hiding as a bush for *three hours* The level of spite is unmatched

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1 year

Feels like something the lil “yet you participate in a society” dude would say

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5 months

Earlier this year a writer for a *major* games website fully plagiarised one of my reviews. Lifted entire sentences & swapped some of the words around. It was the second time he'd stolen my work. Did he face any consequences for his actions when we reported him? Of course not.

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3 years

I spoke to the founder of Valheim's Body Recovery Squad: a group of players who help others retrieve their items from high-level areas, and do it all for free! It's a really lovely community effort 😄

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4 years

This might be my finest work yet

I went Christmas carolling in Rust with a real piano - and got shot a hell of a lot

Quite frankly, I've been looking for an excuse to show off my piano skills on Eurogamer for some time - and this month …

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@GoneEFK

9 months

Reading the replies to this and it is utterly *bizarre* how many people are out to defend brands and think games journos are all secretly biased against either Xbox/PlayStation. Real tinfoil hat hours

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@eurogamer

9 months

Eurogamer and Starfield: why our review will be late

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3 years

Hi everyone, some news: I’m leaving Eurogamer. My last day will be Friday 13th August (spooky...👻) I want change my career up a bit, particularly after the last year we’ve had. I’m taking some time out to see my family/ have a holiday, then I will be open to new opportunities

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2 years

"What sexism in the games industry?" *sends nasty comments completely unprovoked*

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11 months

I have some people in the server backing me up! Solidarity

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3 years

Just thought I'd show an example of the kind of messages you get for writing about gender equality in the games industry A peek behind the curtain at my inbox, if you will

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@GoneEFK

5 years

Why play Red Dead Redemption 2 to ride a horse when you can BE A HORSE

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@GoneEFK

11 months

So this server admin roleplays as ‘the king’ 🤔 anyway he said that players could spend their vast riches on ‘changing the colour of their discord names’ lmaoooo these are definitely Elon people

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@GoneEFK

10 months

There should be a German word for that particular sense of dread you get when you spot an open area in a game and realise it’s a boss fight

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@GoneEFK

6 months

Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew, ew ew ew ew eeeeeeeew

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@MSFTGameDev

6 months

With more extraordinary tools comes more extraordinary games. We're excited to see what people build with new AI-enabled game dev tools as we embark upon a partnership with @inworld_ai to make it easier for devs to realize their creative vision

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2 years

When I stopped trying to be a sword-wielding dodge master in Elden Ring, I started actually having fun. This game is about trying anything you can, and seeing what works. I declare that cheesing doesn't exist in Elden Ring 🚫🧀

There's no such thing as an Elden Ring cheese

Elden Ring is unique in that the cheesing feels justified?

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@GoneEFK

2 years

Update: it looks like he's been banned from LinkedIn. Good.

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First time getting abuse from an apparent industry 'professional' on LinkedIn, wow

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11 months

If the king wants to censor me he's going to have to actually get his butt into the village to smash down this sign (I have a ward on my home/business)

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5 years

Still find it surreal to think that last year I watched E3 sprawled on my uni couch with a tinny, and this year I'm flying out to cover it professionally

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5 years

Minding my own business playing Switch on the train home when this random guy starts talking to me, gets annoyed when I eventually return to my game, then proceeds to say I’m “addicted” and starts kicking me under the table to get my attention Just... wtf

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@GoneEFK

2 years

100 years ago today, my great-great grandfather Harry Kent was manager at #WatfordFC , and oversaw their first ever match at Vicarage Road. He played a big role in keeping the club afloat during those early years, so here’s a thread about him 🧵

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4 years

Today I opened my Swap Shop in Animal Crossing: guests bring an item and swap it for something they like better. This way everyone gets something they want 😇

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@GoneEFK

11 months

"That was my concern as well. Lots of money going into consumer hands 'but nowhere' to spend it. Hyperinflation" - one other sensible person who can see what's happening here

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11 months

I was very tempted to leave the server after the dude running it started deleting my comments but I'm going to stick around and keep an eye on this silliness

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@GoneEFK

3 years

Here's how Assassin's Creed Valhalla weaves local history and folklore together to create the county of Gloucestershire, where I grew up Historically accurate? Not entirely. Beautiful and otherworldly? Indeed it is

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2 years

Me walking back past enemies in Limgrave after getting my ass handed to me in Caelid

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2 years

One year of football 💪😤

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2 years

Anyway back to the fun stuff

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4 years

Super interesting chat with @ChadGrenier about the Titanfall 3 origins of new map Olympus, Respawn's current focus, and the future of Apex Legends, which could evolve beyond battle royale...

Apex Legends' newest map was a Titanfall 3 concept

It's hard to believe it's been four years since Titanfall 2 was released, but that's the milestone Respawn's beloved sc…

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11 months

The king has now *also* deleted the comment where I called him out for deleting my report. Some hardcore censorship going on here - how dare I stand against the crown!

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Update on this: I reported my findings to the guy running the server and he said 'thanks for voicing your opinion' while simultaneously deleting my message. Classic internet community tyranny

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2 years

My career in political journalism begins now

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3 years

The Activision Blizzard reports... shocking, awful stuff, but they are an extension of the behaviour that women in the games industry have raised as an issue for years. Frat culture allowed to fester.

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@GoneEFK

11 months

“I wanted everyone to know that I studied economics in school” - the king WHERE

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11 months

For context folks, I've done some calculations and the price of player properties has increased over sixfold in the past three days. A property worth around 1500 gold a few days ago is now valued at 10,000

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2 years

Someone in Germany is scared of consequences for bad behaviour

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11 months

Of course, both of these were totally ignored as the king deleted my report. At these current inflation rates the only worthwhile career is selling bounties to the bank, as nothing else can keep up. So much for player to player business!

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@GoneEFK

5 years

Pigeon Sim 2019

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11 months

To prevent the bank totally killing the free market, I suggested a few remedies: 1) Reducing the value and frequency of bounties 2) Providing more expensive items for rich players to purchase to reduce the amount of gold floating around (Tax would also work, but it's unpopular)

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@GoneEFK

2 years

Is there anyone here who started in games journalism and then moved into game development? If so, where are you now, and how did you do it?

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@GoneEFK

11 months

The impact of hyperinflation is that player businesses have to constantly change their prices, and a sale made in gold on Tuesday could lose half its value by Wednesday. Hence why I started hoarding resources that would maintain value, and stopped selling things for gold

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11 months

Two days ago the richest player on the server had 3750 gold in the Discord bank. Today someone has 17,085

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@GoneEFK

5 years

Why does this sound like every unpaid internship job description

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2 years

Fine words there from the definitely-very-real Jeremy Hunt MP

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6 years

Heheheheh

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2 years

Just want to say thank you to everyone for being so supportive and taking this seriously. It's really important to call out this behaviour so we can improve the industry. What you say online matters. ✌️

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2 years

First time getting abuse from an apparent industry 'professional' on LinkedIn, wow

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5 years

Within about 2 minutes of Metro a spider crawls all over your body. It was so convincing I physically recoiled away from the screen to look at my real life arm and shake it off. This is why I don't play Resi

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@GoneEFK

11 months

@Swixel It’s a community-run server which is why it’s complete chaos lol

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@GoneEFK

1 year

I no longer offer advice to those looking to enter games media, because I cannot in good conscience recommend it as a career. It's unstable, *really* badly paid, and a recipe for burnout. Oh yeah, with a ton of online abuse as the cherry on top.

Samantha Greer

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Been hanging on to this since I left games media but fuck it, if there's to be discourse then today is as good as any to share it. Just some words to paint a picture of my career in games media for anyone who might find it useful.

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@Andy_VGC @SkyNews It's plain mean-spirited to watch a video of a kid be (rightly) excited about a major achievement, then immediately sneer at it because it's not a hobby you personally enjoy

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5 years

how I write articles.jpg

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2 years

Rolling

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Funnily enough, this all coincided with when the bank started handing out 'bounties' on the 14th. Amounts that weren't tied to real market value: for instance, troll heads for 300 gold, greydwarf shaman heads for 150 gold

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6 years

Honestly this was slightly scary to write, but I’m glad I covered this story. The ArenaNet firings are having an impact on game devs, particularly women, and the industry needs to consider how it will protect staff in the future.

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In the wake of the ArenaNet firings, women game devs are experiencing a new wave of online harassment.

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3 years

Applying for my E3 media membership this year like

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11 months

@iyagovos Don't worry it's related to my monthly column, so you'll hear all about it on Eurogamer dot net

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5 years

Not sure if I'm ever gonna recover from seeing Keanu Reeves deliver the Cyberpunk release date I lost my pen in all the excitement

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2 years

I made my Edge debut this month, with a lovely little piece on Valheim! Exciting! Hope you enjoy reading and thanks to @schillingc for letting me enthuse about one of my favourite games

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@GoneEFK

6 years

I spoke to several TF2 competitive community members who recently made public their experiences of harassment. Valve has been dragging its feet compared to other devs who are taking a stronger stand against toxicity. As a TF2 player myself, I'm sad it's gotten to this point.

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@eurogamer

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Valve's forgotten game: Team Fortress 2's shocking toxicity problem

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2 years

For anyone wondering exactly how this happened: HM Treasury made the Discord server read-only, but forgot that people can still be rude through emoji reactions & changing their names.

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3 years

Why did I do this

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@GoneEFK @mollie_taylor95 It was a great interview. I did thoroughly enjoy seeing someone T-pose on the news though 😄

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2 years

All a lesson in a) Taking community moderation seriously b) Not jumping on the latest tech trend without conducting proper research

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2 years

Can’t wait to try out my new bath bomb later 🤗🖤🛁

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3 years

CD Projekt really looked at how fast Bethesda lost goodwill and said "I can do better"

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2 years

Final few examples. People really aren't holding back 👀

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3 years

This includes games journalism too btw! The games industry is getting better at recruiting women but they're largely stuck in junior roles (which is where the pay gap comes from), and companies need to focus on improving this

UK games industry gender pay gap report shows progress, but companies must do more

Last month, large game studios in the UK were required to submit their annual gender pay gap data for the second year s…

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2 years

Just seen someone I admire in the industry announce a greenwashed NFT project and I feel like I'm losing my damn mind. Blocked.

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@GoneEFK

3 years

My entire family is sitting round the TV playing Forza Horizon 4. I can’t believe this is the game to finally unite them all

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2 years

Last night at football a dude was making some weird comments about me being a woman. Then after 20 minutes of me out-pacing him, tackling him and muscling him off the ball, he decided to spend the rest of the game in goal. 10/10 outcome lmao

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7 months

@johnneh How the gang and I will be approaching all fights from now on

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3 years

(Also I would like to see trans-inclusive character creation just become the norm in the industry, so it doesn't have to be a big radical statement)

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5 years

Yeah Sekiro might be annoying for you but have you ever sat next to someone who's trying to make a guide for it

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4 years

Tiny cowboy shootout

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4 years

Sadly "Modern Warfare's free Warzone download is a heckin' chonker" did not make it past my editors next time

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3 years

Going to be on BBC World News discussing Cyberpunk 2077 chaos in about 10 minutes 📺

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@GoneEFK

5 years

Does anyone else get addicted to a particular game mechanic to the extent you want it in all other games afterwards? Examples: -Dishonored’s blink-and-you-miss-me -Becoming a human(?) bullet in Warframe -The Apex Legends butt slide

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"Hey can you write a 1000+ word article on a complicated topic?" Me: of course "Can you write a little 50 word bio about yourself?" Me: screaming, crying, throwing up

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5 years

Bitch I’m busy trying to beat a Dark Souls boss, leave me in peace

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3 years

Anyway it just makes me more determined to keep doing articles on tough topics like this, so joke's on them

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@GoneEFK

3 years

Pleased to be celebrating my second 24th birthday today. Last year doesn’t count

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