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Uppercut 🥊
@UppercutCrit
20 ft. skeleton of games media. GGW Best Indie Site 2020.
Joined June 2017
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    "[Bloodborne's] Chalice Dungeons aren’t actually random: there are exactly 2,300 possible variations. This is the story of the Tomb Prospectors and their project: exploring all 2,300 dungeons." Read here: buff.ly/2DgaLMl
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    Activision Blizzard will not be holding any more all hands calls to address the current situation. Instead, the company is hosting "discussion sessions" for employees, and has not addressed the walkout in any significant way uppercutcrit.com/activision-bli…
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    Persona 5 has a litany of problems, but one that often goes unexamined is the hypocrisy and impropriety of Joker being allowed to engage in romantic/physical relationships with adult women. @jessacogs explains how this hurts us all. bit.ly/3gqCJ6A
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    An update on Uppercut's future:
    Hey folks, 
As we get further into November I just want to be transparent about our plans for the coming months. Once this month ends, we will no longer be accepting pitches for the foreseeable future. This includes our annual letter series, which unfortunately won’t be happening this year. 
As much as I care about this work and want to continue it, the fact of the matter is I’m pretty much completely burnt out, disillusioned, and way understaffed and underfunded. I need to walk away for the time being for my own sake.  
The site is going to stay up, nothing will be deleted or lost. But no new commissioned work after November will be happening for a while. I may post occasionally as I feel inclined, but that will be the extent. Indie Mixtape will continue, and hopefully find a home somewhere else. The Patreon will be shutting down.  

Thank you to everyone who supported me/us over the years. It has meant a ton to us and helped us to make at least a small impact during our time in op
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    In the wake of the EGM freeze, we’ve decided that instead of our usual call for pitches for May we’d like to re-home as many of these as we can next month. Right now we can take 4 pieces at $100 per piece. If you had an EGM commission that needs home hit [email protected]
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    More on Activision Blizzard's abhorrent company culture: Kristina Adelmeyer worked for Neversoft/Infinity War for over a decade, was told she wouldn't receive a promotion for a position that was later created for a male hire. Details on the suit here: uppercutcrit.com/infinity-ward-…
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    What are your embarrassing gaming confessions? I'll go first: I thought One-Winged Angel was a classical public domain piece for over 10 years.
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    NEW: Activision & Joshua Taub held a meeting to address the recent lawsuit and allegations with employees today. Activision is pushing for internal handling of these issues and is planning on fighting the suit, according to sources within the company uppercutcrit.com/activision-bli…
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    Uppercut Kickstarter funded at $11320
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    The characters of Mass Effect are part of what makes this series shine. They're also a bunch of murderers and war criminals. See where your fave ranks on our list of ME trilogy companions ranked by moral reprehensibility uppercutcrit.com/every-mass-eff…
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    Gamers like stats, right? Let’s look at Uppercut’s staff: Women-3/6 Nonbinary people-2/6 People of Color-2/6 Queer people-5/6 White, cishet men-1/6 We’re not perfect, but we’re here to take up space & amplify our marginalized siblings 🥊💥
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    We at Uppercut consider ourselves lucky to call so many of the folks at @IGN friends, peers, and mentors to us. They are fierce and compassionate in all they do, and we stand beside them as they bravely defend themselves from grotesque corporate overreach ignemployees.medium.com/an-open-letter…
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    "This wasn’t my first encounter with racism or gender violence in World of Warcraft, and it certainly wouldn’t be my last. For many players, racism in-game is nonchalant and humorous. Sexual harassment is pervasive and inescapable." buff.ly/3Hgc6PW
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    🔈Announcement🔈 Thanks to everyone’s INCREDIBLY generous support, we will be able to accept EVERY would-be EGM piece in our inbox. Please get them to us by 12pm Pacific time on Friday 4/17!!! This is when we’ll be closing our pitches and the pool!!!