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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 months

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

6 years

The balloons on Luigi in the new Luigi mode in Mario Odyssey are arranged like the SNES controller face buttons.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

8 years

Pokemon Go. Got. Real. (Thanks, @Clatham78 )

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

6 months

Imagine giving a Games For Impact award and not letting folks talk about Palestine, unionisation or layoffs. What a farce.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Every member of the press has told me that they have to prioritise AAA games over indie games at times like this. Be strategic. If you want reviews (and many of you do), do not launch the same day as a game like TotK.

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1 year

Everyone ready for that new Legend of Zelda game? I bet your PR team told you today would be a bad day to launch a game or do a big announcement. Hot take: it doesn't matter if you launch the same day as a AAA game. Here is why 🧵

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

The fact that this was announced on a Sunday, and that employees didn't know about it ahead of time, is fucking shameful.

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@Wario64

2 years

G4TV shuts down just a year after its relaunch

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Officially cancelled my GDC talk. Feels really bad but I just can't justify an expensive trip to San Francisco while trying to find a job and break into freelance.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 months

Yeah. You can keep saying "we want smaller games" but YOU ARENT BUYING THEM

John-Charles Holmes

@Sonic9jct

3 months

FF7R is a weird example to point to on this since Square actually HAS been doing this, people just haven't been buying/playing these games when they've EXPLICITLY made leaner experiments and games

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 years

Just a friendly reminder that Chicory: A Colorful Tale currently holds the third-highest Metacritic rating for a game newly released this year, and the highest for an indie project.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

Matt Smith's jousting costume in House of Dragons looks like a Lego Island 2 bad guy

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

6 days

These sorts of fees aren't abnormal or at all unique to the Summer Game Fest. This is why people do their own shows now, and why E3 died. It's unsustainable, and exclusionary.

Wario64

@Wario64

6 days

"running a trailer during Summer Game Fest’s main show this year cost $250,000 for one minute, $350,000 for one and a half minutes, $450,000 for two minutes, and $550,000 for two and a half minutes." same pricing tiers as last year's Game Awards

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 months

Yes, this is how I announced that I've taken a contract with Renaissance PR as a Senior Account Manager!

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@iyagovos

3 months

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Today was my last day at Thunderful and I'm now looking for my next new role! Will be taking a little break before really diving into the job hunt, but if you need me for anything, I'm here!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

11 months

Some AI scraping news website is scraping the WoW subreddit, meaning the subreddit is just upvoting the most nonsense to see if they publish it, AND THEY ARE.

From the wow community on Reddit: I’m so excited they finally introduced Glorbo!!!

Explore this post and more from the wow community

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Just starting to wrap up my first day, so time to do my first one of these!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Some news! Today is my last day @icopartners ! I'm taking about a week to rest before moving on to my next thing, which you'll hear about soon, but for now, I wanted to thank @icotom , @icodiane and @kroniksan for taking a chance on me when they hired me at the end of 2018.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

that famously successful device, the Wii U

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@whynowgaming

1 year

Sony's Project Q will stream games from your PS5 console to a handheld screen, just like the Nintendo Wii U did

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

ICYMI yesterday I'm now a PR and Influencer Manager over at @Thunderfulgames ! Email is in my bio, and I'll be reaching out to people for things very shortly

James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Just starting to wrap up my first day, so time to do my first one of these!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Jedi: Survivor has an arachnophobia safe mode, for those that may need it! Found in the gameplay options.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

@yacobg42 Dinosaurs is the darkest Legend of Zelda

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

@awildjessichu You just know the same person would be whining about this being an unrealistic look for a woman in live-action fantasy tv show too

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 months

I start a big contract tomorrow and I am pretty dang excited to be working again.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

Review embargo for SteamWorld Build dropped today! That's my first ever full release at Thunderful and my first PR release outside of an agency! Currently sitting at an 83 on Metacritic which is hugely exciting. Press, let me know if you want to check it out!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Extremely cool to see my being laid off as "off to a good start"

GamesIndustry

@GIBiz

4 months

Thunderful's restructure, which is expected to see 20% of its workforce laid off, aims to "address past overinvestments" and reduce annual costs by up to $10.7 million

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

Game reviews, previews, articles and media | GameGrin

Your source for all things gaming - news, previews, reviews, trailers and information

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Diego Nicolás Argüello

@diegoarguello66

7 months

(friendly reminder that there are a ton of cool independent sites out there doing the work that don’t have the pull of legacy media folks with established careers/followings to be part of conversations)

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

22 days

Putting this out there, but if any press are looking to make the jump into consultancy, mock reviewing, etc, please always feel free to reach out if you want help figuring out industry standard rates, turnaround times, what companies can ask of you, etc.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

22 days

I have thoughts about this aquisition that I CANNOT share but oh boy do I have them.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

For my 30th birthday (today!), I'm sharing a reminder that I am immediately available for freelance and contract video games PR work starting Feb 19th!

James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Today was my last day at Thunderful and I'm now looking for my next new role! Will be taking a little break before really diving into the job hunt, but if you need me for anything, I'm here!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

8 months

Hello everyone! When I left my previous role, I lost my database of mock reviewers, which is very sad! If you do mock reviews, or want to get into doing them, please fill out this list!

Mock Reviews

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

@xpatriciah @Maajora I genuinely don't understand this. A healthy games press is what's good for us advertisers. Not a muted toothless webpage that has no core audience.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

@fesshole i don't like to kinkshame, but

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

10 months

@adashtra they wouldn't have let you quick save in conversations if it wasn't expected

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

So I'll be doing a GDC talk this year.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 days

@ultrabrilliant There's a really good two part Behind the Bastards about this happening in children's books:

Part One: AI Is Coming for Your Children | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► https://bit.ly/BtBSubscribePart One: AI Is Coming for Your Children | BEHIND THE BASTARDSRobert sits down with Ben Bowlin to ta...

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

Really really do not think this is the takeaway from the layoffs this week.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Thank you to all that came!

ICO

@icopartners

1 year

Starting now, @iyagovos talk about games for niche audiences. Room 3002 in Moscone West at #gdc

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

10 months

Today, after working on D&D and Magic: The Gathering for nearly three years, I get to see my name in a Forgotten Realms project for the first time. It's an incredible feeling, and I'm so happy I got to touch Baldur's Gate 3, even slightly.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

@GoneEFK I would read this piece

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

11 months

Incredibly proud of the work the Thunderful team has done in launching Viewfinder today, and want to give a massive shout-out to @disobey and @icopartners who have put together incredible content creator campaigns in a very short space of time.

Thunderful Games ⚡

@Thunderfulgames

11 months

THE TIME IS NOW! @PlayViewfinder is available now on PC & PS5. Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you. Say hi to Cait for us! 🍉😻📸 PC: PS5:

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

@yacobg42 The Dead Space demake is VERY cool:

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

POV you've been watching The Summer Game Fest for nearly two hours

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

On my way to see Weird Al in the London Palladium!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 years

Surprising my dog after not seeing her for two years

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Of course, no launch day is ideal, but saying "it doesn't matter" is frankly dangerous.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

8 months

@Cromwelp They made a BG3 board game?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

@fesshole serves you right

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

I passed my six month probation today :)

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

11 months

CW: Weight loss Just weighed myself and it looks like I'm under 100kg for the first time since my wedding was cancelled in April 2020. 99.2kg this morning! Feels good.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

Shout-out to everyone that forgot to do a weekly shop yesterday and is now making bizarre meals out of what's left in the cupboard

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 month

I got a haircut

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 years

Two days until I see my dog for the first time in two years.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

10 months

Genuinely upset about how many people I'm going to lose contact with if we lose Twitter. This place sucks, but the people I know here definitely don't.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

If you attended the Golden Joysticks and disagree with Meghna being de-platformed, they just sent out a feedback form. I responded with how I was disappointed by this, and I encourage others to do hat too.

JC Lau

@drjclau

7 months

Also the fact that @GoldenJoysticks replaced one of the few prominent women of color speaking up in this industry with a white dude to present an award on STORYTELLING is a whole other level of shenanery. Believe me, that didn’t go unnoticed either.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

It's called PR

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social

@dark1x

1 year

Ya know, I wonder if someone could build a business around crafting apology statements?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

In my feelings so just going to say that I really love this photo of me and Lindsey.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

I'll be at @Official_GDC in 2024 it seems, talking about how you can apply community management tactics to PR, and how the best in the business are already doing it! See you there?

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@iyagovos

1 year

Austin

@awoodustin

1 year

What’s the coolest photo of a director directing on set?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Breaking news from the E3 2023 show floor

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Sincere thank you to everyone that shared this, both here and on LinkedIn. I'm still figuring out what next steps look like, but I've got some leads and I'm feeling motivated. Have to figure out freelance rates, and then if I do make it to GDC on top of all this, now!

James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

Today was my last day at Thunderful and I'm now looking for my next new role! Will be taking a little break before really diving into the job hunt, but if you need me for anything, I'm here!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

14 days

Had a blood test and vaccinations today and didn't even cry. Everyone tell me I'm a big brave boy please.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

Row to myself!!!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

4 months

So I got laid off on Thursday, and today is the first day it's really hit me how lonely this is going to be.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 months

It's our ten year anniversary today, and we're getting so so close to closing the distance. Never let anybody tell you long-distance doesn't work.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

This of course also fails to ignore: content creator costs / time, paid media costs, consumer budgets etc

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

8 months

Long-distance partner pick up fit

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

This is very important reporting by @patrickklepek - guides writers are the backbone of the games journalist industry, and deserve better pay, more respect, and less crunch.

Waypoint

@waypoint

2 years

Plagiarism and poor pay are common in the world that produces the guides and walkthroughs that so many of us rely on every day.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

Worked on Baldurs Gate 3, worked on Viewfinder, ran my first 5k, worked on Lies of P. Good year for the ol' credit list

S.H.🅰️N.G.H🅰️I ™ 🐲🈵 📍

@KhalifLi

8 months

2023 almost over what have u achieved so far?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

@tanyaxshort I've spent my morning watching a child fight capybara, it's been great

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

Flying to Seattle in 18 hours to see my partner for the first time since February!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

Have you ever seen a more beautiful sight?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

As it should. Your mods are valuable members of the community and do a lot of work to help keep things running.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

My GDC talk is now live in the GDC Vault! Learn why capturing niche audiences that play your game is key to reaching new people, and what leaders in the community management space have done to do so!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Doing a contact lens trial. I think they suit me?

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 months

Seeing PRs still working with proponents of harassment while promoting their games. We can do our jobs ethically, by working with positive influencers and press, and doing actual damage by platforming bad folks is not on, IMO.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

22 days

Extremely cool that the new owners of Gamer Network have laid off at least two of the best journalists in the industry.

AmericanTruckSongs9

@ethangach

22 days

managing editor Brendan Sinclair has been laid off. It sounds like even more cuts might be happening across the Gamer Network of sites (Eurogamer, RPS, VG247 and others). This is absolutely devastating news. Brendan's weekly columns are irreplaceable

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Just said "take a break, spread your legs" instead of "take a break, stretch your legs" in a presentation and feel like I could DIE

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

i am begging you to please keep the people I put in CC in CC

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 years

Blessed.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Made a new friend today

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

3 years

Ubisoft

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Thinking about the things to do with the new Fuse ability in Tears of the Kingdom like

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

In an attempt to force myself to be more confident in my body as I work out, I ended up buying some tank tops. Showing the world not to brag, but to force myself to be confident.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

6 months

Extremely cool for Rockstar to drop trailer news on my launch day. Thanks gang.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

I'm 29 now btw.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

I've responded a couple of times in this thread, but really it just all boils down to: Treat press like people, know what they like, know what they need. Treat the relationship as symbiotic. You need each other.

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@iyagovos

9 days

If I had paid to have my game in the showcases this year, I would be very, very upset about this.

NME Gaming

@NME_Games

9 days

Don't get your hopes up for big announcements at #SummerGameFest

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

7 months

Had a team meeting in London today and left feeling optimistic, driven and looking forwards to 2024. Feels good!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Quote retweet with four projects you’ve worked on.

Steph

@maplethistles

1 year

Quote retweet with four projects you’ve worked on. 😎👉

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Headed out from GDC this morning, and had a wonderful time! To everyone I saw again after a while, good to see you! To everyone I met for the first time, great to meet you! And to everyone I missed, let's catch up after the event! Have a happy selfie from my first day!

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

11 months

Not to be a bleeding heart, but please be kind to PR folks while waiting for keys. They know just as much that it's a bad position to be in, and are on your side and most likely fighting for you. It's (usually) not their fault when this sort of thing happens.

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 years

My flatmates bunny wants to beat me up

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

2 months

Cool to have worked on this, very happy to see it win a BAFTA! That's my fourth BAFTA winning title, if I'm keeping count correctly. Shame everyone that worked on marketing this at TF was laid off this year.

BAFTA Games

@BAFTAGames

2 months

The winner of the 2024 BAFTA for British Game is…Viewfinder 🎮 #BAFTAGamesAwards

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

9 months

How working in the games industry feels

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

11 months

Run #29 ! My first run after C25K and my first ever full 5k run! Took me 38.5 minutes which I'm really happy with! Check out my activity on Strava:

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@iyagovos

1 year

Venba I'm not the right person to speak about Venba, but what I will say, as a second generation immigrant, is that it makes me really wish I had spent more time learning from and listening to my great-grandma about Greek cuisine. It makes me miss her.

Venba on Steam

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversa...

store.steampowered.com

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James Bartholomeou

@iyagovos

1 year

Everything Everywhere All At Once Is great, but the Daniel's true masterpiece is Turn Down For What's music video

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