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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

It rhymes with "laser," in case you were wondering.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

So I’m going to have an interesting weekend. #PS5

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

This is not the article I wanted to write about Ukraine's rich, interesting game development community. I wanted to tell you all about what they've created and how they've grown. But right now, it's important to tell you what kind of danger they're all in.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

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Ukraine’s gaming community responds to outbreak of conflict

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

Thanks to @ZhugeEX for giving me the courage to make this pun. #PS5

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

11 years

Can't handle all the badass in here! @TheHobbitMovie #worldofbadass #epic #notaslongasIthought http://t.co/2D1N8MoaO0

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

@ZhugeEX .... I hadn't hit publish yet, Daniel, thanks!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

So how was your weekend?

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

Well the cat is officially out of the bag! I’ve joined @GamesBeat as a new writer!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

3 years

Welcome Rachel Kaser to the GamesBeat team by @jeffgrubb

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

8 years

And now, a very important announcement:

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

8 months

I will not be sarcastic here, Geoff. With the utmost sincerity, The Game Awards needs to be, at least in part, about the awards. It's a way of honoring the people who work in the industry. We need to honor them this year more than we ever have before.

Geoff Keighley

@geoffkeighley

8 months

By the way - I do agree that the music was played too fast for award winners this year, and I asked our team to relax that rule as the show went on. While no one was actually cut off, it’s something to address going forward.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I miss Betty White so much already. Your regular #GoldenGirls recaps will resume next week. Today I whipped up a special Stay Golden Sunday to honor the great moments of Betty White as Rose Nylund. Thank you for being a friend... and Stay Golden!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

“I’m not at perfect liberty…in any sense of the word.”

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

GamesBeat's @rachelkaser has some thoughts about today's court proceedings.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 months

Not me immediately going to @JeffGrubb ’s page to see him in his triumph.

PlayStation

@PlayStation

2 months

State of Play returns with a 30+ minute broadcast this Thursday at 3pm PT / 11pm BST: Tune in live for updates on 14 PS5 and PS VR2 titles, including a look at PlayStation Studios titles arriving later this year.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

On that note…

Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I woke up this morning to the biggest tectonic shift in the games industry I’ve ever seen, and my first, sleepy thought was, “I want Microsoft to force Activision to make me a new Spyro game.”

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

5 years

@AngryJoeShow The fun thing about this season is, you could be talking about literally anything that's happened so far!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

@TheSphereHunter I appreciate that Dr. Salvador is using his chainsaw to actually break down the door now. It's the details.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

One year later, he’s still stuck with me.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

Some news, everyone: Thanks to the C-Virus, I’ll be laid off from TNW at the end of the year. I’m now on the hunt for new work. If anyone knows someone looking for a writer/reporter/editor who specializes in gaming, entertainment, and tech, drop me a line!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I woke up this morning to the biggest tectonic shift in the games industry I’ve ever seen, and my first, sleepy thought was, “I want Microsoft to force Activision to make me a new Spyro game.”

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

8 months

In 2023 of all years, saying, “That’s just how it is” is no longer an adequate justification.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

8 months

The Game Awards were more infuriating than usual in 2023 | Kaser Focus

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Real question: Is Skull and Bones the most delayed game ever? It was originally set for release in 2018 and well...

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

Ubisoft's retrenching, and @skullnbonesgame is up for another delay

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

It’s my 32nd birthday and the games industry has given me: -A colorful rhythm action game -A spooky sci-fi horror title -A fantastical tactics game All games that I will likely adore…and what am I going to be playing tonight? Good ol’ Nancy Drew.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

This is how I choose to make a major life announcement to the world! Also, there’s video game news in the column.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

GamesBeat's @rachelkaser has some news to share...

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

9 years

If you want to see what a video game critic looks like in the wild, like my Facebook page here:

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

Beat Saber + BTS = I swear, if you don't call this BTSaber, I'm out.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

Another article for @EscapistMag , and I do love getting to complain about Assassin’s Creed.

The Escapist

@EscapistMag

4 years

Assassin’s Creed Writing Has Nothing to Do with Assassin’s Creed Anymore #Opinion #VideoGames

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 months

I’m not sure how Xbox is going to make their summer showcase feel at all cheerful after this.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

3 months

Xbox's summer showcase is going to feel awkward this year, at least to @rachelkaser

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

7 years

Happy to tell everyone I'm now a writer at @TheNextWeb ! You can expect lots more tweets and retweets of my stories during the day.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

10 months

WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME THIS AT 5PM ON A WEDNESDAY???

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

10 months

PlayStation head Jim Ryan is retiring after almost 30 years with the company

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Yeah, the first trailer wasn't a great impression, but now things are looking more #SaintsRow . Like I said, I would tell you if they weren't.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

The new Saints Row looks plenty Saints Row-y in the latest showcase

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

My first GamesBeat review is up! Here I tackle Far Cry 6: It doesn’t want to be boring, but it’s aiming for “intelligent political satire” and hits “boring” by accident.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

3 years

Far Cry 6 review-in-progress: A silly game trying to be smart by @rachelkaser

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I’d like to thank my overworked Series X (aka Costello) for his valiant help with this article. #XboxSeriesX

XDA

@xdadevelopers

3 years

Have an Xbox but unable to decide on a game to pick? Here are the best games for the Xbox Series X, S and Xbox One, as recommended by @rachelkaser

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 months

@PaulTassi @alyssa_merc I have a sudden, powerful urge to go and play Helldivers 2!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 months

Stellar Blade’s character design could be sexier (and more consistent with the character’s personality). I said what I said.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

4 months

As Stellar Blade's Eve makes her official debut, @rachelkaser critiques the character's fashion choices

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Score? DNF. This game is insufferably slow (literally), and it’s few good parts are bogged down with tedious combat, side missions, and, inexplicably, a crafting system.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

The Gotham Knights can't live up to their illustrious predecessor

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

10 months

It’s finally live! One thing that didn’t make it into the review: I like how they’ve (for lack of a better term) de-Hollandized Peter’s face model in the sequel. It’s a small thing, but damn it, I noticed!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

10 months

Peter Parker and Miles Morales face their demons in Spider-Man 2, which @rachelkaser reviews for GamesBeat

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Shoutout to Max for being considerate enough to send me pics of his cats after we spent several minutes of our allotted interview time talking about them.

Nyan Heroes

@nyanheroes

1 year

Huge shoutout to @rachelkaser at @VentureBeat for taking the time to catch up with our CEO Max! 🙌 We're beyond stoked to be able to share our story and can't wait to see what's next. Keep an eye out for more awesome updates!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

6 months

GLAAD reports 17% of gamers are LGBTQ, and representation within games lags way behind that number. This is my surprised face.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

6 months

GLAAD has published its inaugural report on LGBTQ representation in the games industry

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

👏👏👏

Mike Minotti

@Tolkoto

2 years

A little news, I am now the Managing Editor at GamesBeat.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write.

TNW

@thenextweb

4 years

Sexual predators on Twitch: We all knew (story by @rachelkaser )

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Follow-up real question: Does anyone want to play Skull and Bones?

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

What will Skull and Bones give the world? GamesBeat's @rachelkaser isn't exactly sure

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

I agree completely, but one way I think the FTC failed was relying overmuch on the OTHER company’s view of the situation. I completely support regulators giving businesses what for, but they should be doing it for us, and it barely seemed like we even entered the FTC’s reasoning.

Patrick Klepek 🎃

@patrickklepek

1 year

Yes, the FTC's case against the Microsoft/Activision deal seemed weak, but you should want regulators to be deeply suspicious and critical of any deal that large. Drag those companies through the mud.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

I feel bad for devs when a game like Redfall does so poorly, but my sympathy has its limits — and a $70 price tag is one of them.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

1 year

Redfall isn't what anyone wanted, Xbox included, and @rachelkaser wants to see how Starfield fares

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Tomorrow I’ll go back to being a games journo, tweeting about games and how much I love them, etc. I’m taking one more day to be upset and dismayed at the erosion of my right to privacy and proper medical care.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

8 months

Fly me out to handle security. I’m not strong, but I’m a mean little cuss when I want to be and I’ll cheerfully shove a child who clearly didn’t work on Elden Ring headfirst into the orchestra pit.

Geoff Keighley

@geoffkeighley

8 months

Any tips for #TheGameAwards this year?

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Sirs, this is the Cheesecake Factory.

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@JeffGrubb

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Not that I don't love Eivor and Alexandra, but I'm rather hopeful that this Assassin's Creed protagonist will actually be... an Assassin.

Assassin's Creed

@assassinscreed

2 years

Assassin's Creed Mirage is the next Assassin's Creed game. We can't wait to tell you more on September 10 at Ubisoft Forward: 9PM CEST | 12PM PT. #AssassinsCreed

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

10 months

How I feel writing up the Spider-Man 2 review today:

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

At long last, I can give you my review of God of War: Ragnarok, an emotional and wonderful sequel that moved me deeply… and which also gave me some slightly faster combat. I’m not always cynical — I loved this game an awful lot!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

GamesBeat reviews God of War Ragnarok, a deeply emotional sequel with fun (albeit safe) gameplay

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Nothing personal against The Last of Us, but is anyone else kind of tired of it? #SummerGameFest

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

Why we'll miss Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode in the Legendary Edition

Who wouldn't love getting to play as a biotic Volus?

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

7 years

I don’t need a clock. This is how I know when it’s dinner time.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

We're talking about games up in here! Come see me and @JeffGrubb on Game Mess Mornings!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

@GamesBeat

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Come enjoy a case of the Mondays with me over on Game Mess Mornings @giantbomb

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Y’all, I’m cool enough to try a GamesBeat column! It’s still in the workshopping phase, but I think the punny name is staying. Hope you enjoy it!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

GamesBeat's @rachelkaser weighs in on this week in gaming

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I HAVEN’T EVEN HAD MY COFFEE YET.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

3 years

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard by @tolkoto

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 months

I feel like I know a lot about the video games industry, but right now I’m so frustrated and upset that I can’t even get my mind to work. How much is enough? How much “fat” does anyone have left to trim? How much harder can we squeeze this stone looking for drops of blood??

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

As a Texan, I can promise you right now that women here are still going to get abortions. Know where? Mexico. Just chew on that for a while.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Okay @valvesoftware : Let’s finally see what you’ve got for me.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Y'all know I'm going to be playing some Slime Rancher 2. I need my wiggly babies!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

Xbox Game Pass gets Deathloop and Slime Rancher in September

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

11 months

Little late to mention, but I've now written over 1,000 articles for GamesBeat! Also, I can mute the PS5 startup beep. It's a good day!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

11 months

PlayStation's latest update now lets you mute the startup beep and search your game library

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

I highly doubt anyone but me cares, but I would like to say a quiet goodbye to @lovestruckgame , a cute romance novel app with talented, incredibly underappreciated writers. A bunch of sweet, charming stories are about to vanish, and I shall miss them.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

I’ll have you know I’ve waited YEARS for a Bayonetta 3 release date, and not once have I sent an inappropriate pic to the people at Platinum!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

The games industry faces layoffs, and @rachelkaser wants God of War fans to please relax -- it's been a long week

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

11 months

You mean to tell me you’ve never casually discussed buying a rival company with your buddies?? Shoot, my weekend’s not complete without a text to my bff about how I could do a better job running a large company than those who currently do it.

Calm down, the Xbox leaks aren’t that big of a deal | Kaser Focus

Microsoft has leaked several interesting documents -- but GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser says they were never gonna buy Nintendo.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

Unrelated, but my birthday is in two days. #HorizonForbiddenWest

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

My “review” of Bayonetta 3, such as it is, is finally done.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

So how did @rachelkaser , GB's #1 Bayonetta fan, feel about Bayonetta 3? Well...

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Meet Clyde, everyone!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

9 months

@MrYomarz Glad to know you'll be part of this too, Omar! Hope you turned the lights out when you left because that's gotta be one empty office!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

6 months

What the heck is Xbox cooking, if it’s cooking at all?

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

6 months

As Xbox prepares to reveal the future of its business, @rachelkaser wonders about the company's longterm plan

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

So just to recap, I’m playing Dead Island 2, Jedi: Survivor, Last Case of Benedict Fox AND Burning Shores all at once. Sleep? I don’t know her.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

1 year

Microsoft and Sony have each had an interesting week, and @rachelkaser is keeping an eye on both of them

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

Now that the article on @thenextweb is live, I can finally show you my new baby! This is as small as I could possibly make him look. #ps5 #PlayStation5

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Like I said in the article, it's not precisely a shock that the latest entries in three of the biggest gaming franchises in the world are selling well -- but it does help that they're generally pretty solid games (well, mostly)

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

1 year

June saw the three big franchise titles triumph on the sales charts

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

10 years

The guy who killed #MarySpears has been charged with murder. Don't let me down on this, American Justice System.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

4 years

I did a thing! @PlayStation @Xbox @NintendoAmerica are all represented in this project! I don’t know who to tag for the PC power button, but I didn’t want to leave it out.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

Not that it would happen any time soon, but if I opened my own game studio, I think it'd be fun to name it Third Party Studio. You know, to mess with the bookkeeping.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

5 years

NOOO @pcgamer , don't go in there!! You can never get your innocence back after that!

There's a lot of Claptrap fan fiction, and some of it's NSFW

A selection of non-canon imaginings about the annoying little Borderlands robot.

www.pcgamer.com

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

10 months

It’s been another week of layoffs and industry movement this week. I’m so tired.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

10 months

GamesBeat's @rachelkaser mourns the games industry's losses of the past few weeks

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 months

Yasuke and Naoe have the potential to make AC Shadows something it otherwise probably wouldn’t be: Interesting.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

3 months

Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed game has intrigued @rachelkaser with its dual protagonists

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@rachelkaser

8 months

Happy Holidays from @SpyroTheDragon and me! (I’m the one with the glasses, in case the new onesie bamboozled you.)

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@rachelkaser

8 years

@juliancamarena Why is "Intelligent" not on this list? You're tying my hands here.

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@rachelkaser

8 months

According to TikTok’s auto-generated captions on one of my videos, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive’s name is Straw Cell Neck. That is somehow funnier than anything else I’ve seen this week and I about have myself a hernia laughing at it.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Trust me, I recognize my advantages. I’m a white woman who, despite living in Texas, is able to share my opinion without consequence due to a combination of luck and privilege. If I’M not safe, imagine what it’s like for women who don’t have those benefits.

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@rachelkaser

2 years

Bulletin: Sports games are popular. Act surprised.

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

FIFA, Madden, and NBA games are topping @npdgroup 's September list

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@rachelkaser

2 years

You know @GovAbbott is going to open his fat mouth on the subject of #RoeVsWade . The only honest thing he can say is, “I’ll make sure the children are born, but when an active shooter is in their elementary school, the little tykes are on their own.”

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@rachelkaser

1 year

Geoff, please, the body isn't even cold yet!!

Geoff Keighley

@geoffkeighley

1 year

Join together to celebrate what’s next in video games. @SummerGameFest returns live Thursday, June 8, streaming live everywhere.

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3 years

Reading up on the new #ActivisionBlizzard allegations, and Kotick's statement. Y'all... it's bad.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

I have no words. This is the end of an era that I was hoping would go on indefinitely. Good-bye, Betty White.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

3 years

In case you heard me talking about my Nancy Drew/Baldur's Gate crossover on @SigmaGears9 's show...

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

Listen Ubisoft: First Ghost of Tsushima beat you to the punch. Now Team Ninja’s new game is coming to steal Assassin’s Creed: Codename Red’s lunch money. I give you this advice for free: If you wanna differentiate, MAKE THE PROTAGONIST A WOMAN.

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

2 years

This is how I know I am, despite my better judgement, actually an adult: This weekend, I was genuinely excited to hop on a Facetime call to show my friend how organized my pantry is.

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@rachelkaser

2 years

Buckle up, buttercups, this one’s going to be a marathon read. But I managed to squeeze every game on the list!

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

GamesBeat's @rachelkaser recounts every last game she played in 2022

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@rachelkaser

2 years

Yeah, I liked this one! #Stray

GamesBeat

@GamesBeat

2 years

Stray review: Kitty caper compels, keeps campaign cursory

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

1 year

Been a wild morning! I’ve had makeup on since 7 am, downed two bottle of iced coffee, and hundreds of people have looked at my overly caffeinated face. In other words, happy Monday and I’ll see you later to talk about Perry Mason!

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Rachel Kaser

@rachelkaser

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Me: “I go back to being a games person on Monday.” *first thing I do on Monday is appear on a games podcast to talk about the overturn of #RoeVsWade * Me: