Senior Executive Editor at @IGN. Car guy. Friend to dogs everywhere. The "DMC" is because I used to own a DeLorean. Yes, really.
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14 Dec 2021
10 months ago I was in the parking lot of the veterinary cardiologist crying tears of sadness. My Boxer, Daisy, had been diagnosed w/serious heart disease at just 3 years old.
Today I cried there again, but out of joy. Defying all odds, she is CURED. Normal ♥️ size/function! 🥲
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As a die-hard Suns fan, I’m so happy to see fan-favorite former Sun Mikal Bridges win a ring. Congrats Knicks! A 53-year drought is over!
San Antonio, y’all will be back. They’re insanely good for being so young as a team.
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Jun 12
Whoa, I completely missed the reveal of a remaster of Thief: The Dark Project amidst the chaos last weekend!
I hope this does really well so we can get a remaster of the true stealth-genre GOAT: Thief 2: The Metal Age 😎 youtube.com/watch?v=4nYRj21b…
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Jun 12
We graded all three first-party summer showcases from the past week in today's new episode of Next-Gen Console Watch if you'd like to check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=o3wsiM7x…
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Ryan McCaffrey retweeted
Jun 12
This is not correct:
• In the interview, I am asked about a comment I made before being hired at XBOX, then state that I was only 10 days into the role, and that I am not stating the company's plans or beliefs
• What I do say is that ads should be used to offer more affordable alternatives alongside today's ad-free experiences, in the hopes more could play as a result. Similar to how Netflix and Disney have ad-tiers with all the same content, but at half the price or so
• At no point do I even mention in-game ads
(I personally believe interrupting the gameplay experience would be bad)
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Jun 12
It took Xbox like two news cycles to piss away the good vibes from last Sunday's Xbox Showcase. Is that a new record?
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Jun 12
Just yesterday – yesterday! – we were having fun talking about how much we enjoyed what we saw of Fable, Gears, and Halo. If you want to just focus on the games and the good stuff, here are those previews:
Fable: ign.com/articles/fable-let-m…
Halo: ign.com/articles/halo-campai…
Gears: ign.com/articles/gears-e-day…
And here's the Unlocked we recorded yesterday, where we spent an hour talking extensively about those three games: youtu.be/q-kCTaFt6pI?si=Ecka…
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Jun 11
This will go horribly wrong for Xbox...UNLESS it makes the games themselves cost a good bit less (like $40 vs. the normal $70). That's the only way anyone will tolerate them, like how the ad tier of Netflix or Disney is considerably less than the ad-free tier.
Jun 11
Xbox is floating the idea of in-game ads, noting that may have potential to "keep our products affordable".
Goal is to ensure they can 'continue to fund outstanding work' from dev teams
More ➡️ windowscentral.com/gaming/xb…
Community note
The Xbox executive clarified he did not mention in-game ads or company plans for them, instead suggesting optional ad-supported subscription tiers like Netflix ad tiers. x.com/ballmatthew/st…
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Jun 11
If you want to see the entire 30-minute Fable demo I saw behind closed doors after the Xbox Showcase, we've got it for you: youtube.com/watch?v=NScIccqY…
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We got to play about 45 minutes of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original game. Simon wrote this one but I also got to play. I came away equally impressed! ign.com/articles/tomb-raider…
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Jun 11
A new Unlocked episode is ready for you!
We've got more Xbox Showcase reactions – specifically, our behind-closed-doors demo reactions to Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, and Halo: Campaign Evolved (plus bonus Bad Magpie). Check it out if you're interested! youtube.com/watch?v=q-kCTaFt…
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Jun 11
That game was UNREAL. People in the arena will be telling their grandkids about being there for this one.
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Jun 10
Wild to put this out there RIGHT on the heels of a great weekend for Xbox where they had a fantastic Showcase.
I was hoping the rakes all got picked up and destroyed when Asha took over, but it seems there are still a few around campus for Xbox to step on. ☹️
Jun 10
We just shared with our team the realities we need to navigate as we work to reset the XBOX business. We won't succeed by hiding hard truths, nor will we succeed by doing the same thing and expecting different results. See the note here: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/…
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Jun 10
I do appreciate the transparency, at the very least.
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And here's Miranda's Gears of War: E-Day write-up on her behind-closed-doors interview session with the developers if you're interested in diving a bit deeper on this one: ign.com/articles/gears-e-day…
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Jun 10
Halo: Campaign Evolved is out in ~6 weeks, so here's Miranda's final preview after she got to play it after the Xbox Showcase last weekend: ign.com/articles/halo-campai…
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Jun 10
Glad to see such strong interest in Gears of War: E-Day on IGN!
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This is quite the apples-to-apples comparison, as it turns out. Both are top-shelf AAA first-party exclusives, both are 7-minute first gameplay reveals, both were posted in the past week. Heck, both even opened their respective showcases.
Can't wait to play 'em both!
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I got a behind-closed-doors look at Fable & specifically the life-sim "game within a game" part. I came away extremely impressed – & I even got to decide whether a talking pig should be freed or turned into bacon. My preview (w/new footage in the video!) ign.com/articles/fable-let-m…
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