Charlie Wacholz
@chas_mke
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Games, Booze, Food, VR reporter | bylines: @CNN , @NPR , @IGN , @PasteMagazine , @Inversedotcom , @UploadVR & More | he/they | email: charliewacholz @gmail .com
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You lack basic critical thinking skills if you genuinely believe Sweet Baby or any external consulting firm has the power to fundamentally change a project as big and lumbering as a AAA video game. go back to first grade, do not pass go, do not collect $200 you racist idiot.
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fuck Airbnb
Hawaii is on the verge of banning Airbnbs.
Hawaii is facing one of the worst housing crises in the U.S. and over half of the state's short-term rentals are owned by people out-of-state.
Two bills to let local governments enact bans just need final votes.
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Do Bobby Kotick's paycheck next
Activision says new tech has enabled it to make the file size of Call of Duty: Vanguard anywhere from 30% to 50% smaller than previous Call of Duty releases.
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games media at large cannot simultaneously be a powerful cabal dead set on "forcing diversity" or whatever in some of the most expensive pieces of entertainment in existence and also be this powerless to meaningfully improve our own field
Workers at The Gamurs Group of video game websites describe it as ‘hell’
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that former blizzard guy who's gotten fired from his own studio is such a piss baby, jfc
not mentioning or quoting him because I don't wanna give him air, but if you see him harassing folks on the TL, don't forget to report it
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James Gunn rn
Skyler Gisondo has been cast as Jimmy Olsen in ‘SUPERMAN LEGACY’.
(Source: )
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this that shit that almost killed Mr. Incredible
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Ran into
@vgdunkey
and
@vgLeahbee
at PAX and they were so nice!! Their work means a lot to me, so it was cool to get to meet em both (:
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my ADHD's been unmedicated for my entire career as a reporter and writer.
and yet somehow I haven't stolen from my peers or lied to people about where my stories come from. curious!
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It's with a heavy heart that I am announcing my resignation from DualShockers. I've grown and improved a lot thanks to my time at the site and I'll always treasure my time with such awesome people. The new management's in over their heads, but DualShockers were the ones drowning.
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My first for
@IGN
(!!!!!): Insomniac's Spider-Man 2 Is Getting Its Own San Diego Comic-Con Hall H Panel - IGN
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Well, since everyone else is making announcements, I might as well chime in...
Starting this week, I'll be joining the amazing team over at Twinfinite as a contributor!! 🥳🎉
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oh lord. I've been at a very nice whiskey tasting and dinner pairing and come back to the sweet baby detected crowd being sour babies about this tweet.
Anyways tip your bartenders on your way out. go Bucks, go Brewers. play Katamari.
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going private bc I just applied for a big boy journo job at the tribune
would be very cool to become a food reporter for them !!
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The Halo composer announcing a political campaign with a dog-whistle-y article of a Tweet was not on my 2024 bingo card
I never wanted to be a politician and I still don’t. I’ve had two successful careers and have started a few small businesses. I’ve also worked for some big corporations. I was ready to retire and spend more time with my family – which I’ve done for the past 3 years. I think…
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Idk how you can work in games media, an industry that's been suffering the results of corporate consolidation in a creative industry for almost a year, and still celebrate a billion-dollar merger in an adjacent space.
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Incredibly disappointed and horrified by my colleague Deangelo (@/DeangeloPostBot)'s decision to post women on an NSFW 4Chan Thread without their consent and say gross things about them. I advise all my peers against working with him in the future.
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didn't tweet about it earlier, but I graduated this weekend!
No pics bc my mom hasn't sent any, but yeah now I have a journalism degree! I owe so many people so many thanks, but especially my teachers. I complain a LOT about CCC, but my teachers have all been incredible (:
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oh hey!! I reviewed Tekken 8 for CNN!!!!
Please check it out (;
I was already looking forward to Tekken 8 for a while, but
@chas_mke
's review made me even more pumped to dive in this weekend. Check it out!
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I officially beat COVID twice. Can't wait to get that vaccine and leave this horrible fucking virus in the rear window.
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Whelp I'm posting this on FB so here goes: I'm Bisexual/Biromantic
In all honesty I've done very little exploring in my attraction to non-women so I don't wanna identify as something I'm not, I just know I like people who aren't women too !!
❤️💙💜
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@Thedunkdad
That's horrible but I also tweeted this hours before news of the EQ broke anywhere I would have seen it. The way you're trying to weaponize a tragic event to defend someone's pretty weird behavior feels pretty gross
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@StephBGoldberg
@LivPosting
To me, it seems like the failure of politicians and people who write and teach history, economics and political theory. A frightening number of people see them as the same thing.
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bro you literally cut someone off before they were able to speak do NOT try to die on this hill
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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⚠️COOL ANNOUNCEMENT TIME⚠️
Starting tomorrow, I'll be
@RealSport101
's newest Senior Staff Writer, so stay tuned over there for all sortsa gaming goodness!
Super excited to work with the talented staffers and take on my first senior role in press (:
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£26k/yr ($33k/yr) for a senior position is wholly unacceptable.
We need a union.
Good at words? Want to work for VG247? Keen on rhetorical questions? Come be our Senior Staff Writer!
News, features, reviews, guides – you’ll do a little bit of everything.
(UK only, £26k+, DoE)
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fuck outta here. Etika is not a creepypasta, he's an icon, a personal hero of mine, and a victim of the way we treat content creators and mentally ill people. A victim of the system in the truest sense. Not a creepypasta. Not a meme. Let him rest in peace.
The final Instagram post shared by YouTuber Etika. He ended his own life a few weeks later. He was 29 years old.
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Heyy cool announcement time!
Starting next week (ish) I'll be joining the team over at
@DualShockers
as a staff writer! I'm so excited to have a place to write and grow my skills with a bunch of really awesome people, so keep your eyes peeled for all that gaming news goodness!!
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so wild that I started this year unsure if I had a future in games media in the midst of all the layoffs etc, unable to get much of any work published and now I'm ending the year with reviews for some of the biggest sites that cover games period. Feels good. So, so grateful 🥲
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is one of the best platforms fighters ever made thanks to its slime mechanics, diverse cast of characters, and stellar netplay. 2023 needs to chill out.
Watch my
@IGN
review:
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Pocket Dungeon understands arcade-style puzzle spinoffs in the same way that the original Shovel Knight and all of its DLC understands classic platformers from the NES.
@YachtClubGames
' latest release has me even more excited for the future of Shovel Knight.
Read my review:
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon takes classic puzzle games like Dr. Mario and Puyo Puyo and gives them a Shovel Knight twist. Read our review.
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You're in her DMs, I'm on her Nintendo Switch Online Family Plan™
We are not the same
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My latest for
@IGN
: A deep dive into Neopets' "New Era." Got to dust off my investigative skills for this scoop-ish piece!
Huge thanks to
@The_Katbot
and
@duckvalentine
for helping me bring this story together!
Read:
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I don't think I've laughed harder than when I told a discord call full of journalists that I've never played Ocarina of Time
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This is something I've wanted to write about for a long time – companies that don't know how to compress their games (most of em) that want people to download them onto a 1TB console are something I'm not looking forward to.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how talented Sucker Punch is:
- Ghost of Tsushima is open world game UNDER 50GB
- It literally has ssd load times, it's super fast.
- Polished game day 1, no wait for patches to be fixed
- 3D audio, both eng or japanese
- Amazing art style
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what does it mean if I see the turtle from Kung Fu Panda?
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🚨NEW BYLINE ALERT🚨
I wrote a short feature for
@inversedotcom
about why there's never been a better time to get into Tekken—or fighting games—than right now!
Give it a read 👇
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PR and media pals!
Could y'all share some tips for getting invited to preview events as well as any good people to reach out to in order to get involved? I'd really like to start covering more preview stuff given the opportunity, especially as I start attending more events.
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Hey y'all - Perry's working on a documentary series about the human toll of layoffs in the industry and they need your help
Please consider reaching out if you (like so many of us) are coming to grips with a layoff or have a story to tell.
announcing played off
an interview series with those affected by the layoffs in the video game industry
to share your story email perrygotts at gmail dot com
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I made enough in from freelancing in May to cover rent and groceries 🥹
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It was my absolute pleasure to review Super Mario Bros Wonder for CNN and to work with Mike ((:
Please check it out!
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is every bit as delightful and inventive as it looks. Cannot wait to play more. Here's our review from
@chas_mke
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Just beat Wattam.
@KeitaTakahash
, his team, and his composers made something beautiful. The ending might be one of my favorite endings in a game ever. It's clear how much love and thought went into a lot of this game. Good on
@A_i
for publishing this.
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CW for alcohol and food
I'm turning 21 today, and as many of you may know, I'm suuuuuper into cocktails, bartending, etc, so I'm gonna do a thread of drinks I'm trying today...
Starting with the Crown Mary from Sobleman's in Milwaukee!
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y'all ever realize you made a very dumb mistake in a cover letter days after submitting and suddenly want to implode into a pile of dust and confetti?
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recently found out I wasn't getting a job and, while I'm super bummed I won't be on staff with that team, I got much further along than any other gig I've ever applied for. That's growth!! I'll get the next one for sure.
In the meantime, please send gigs and freelance opps! ty
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I've talked with pals over the past few weeks privately and talked ab it on my alt a decent amount but, I've got new pronouns in my bio. Male-coded stuff is still cool for me still but yeah they/them would be good too
Thanks (:
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woahh thanks for the love and support y'all!
I want this job, but I'm bummed that stuff like this isn't an option in the games media space rn
Don't get it twisted: I love working in games media. I just need money so I can afford to live and have medications and stuff
going private bc I just applied for a big boy journo job at the tribune
would be very cool to become a food reporter for them !!
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Shout-out to sites that actually send rejection emails instead of just ghosting you
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My first byline at
@PasteMagazine
and
@PasteGames
: A Simple and Clean Guide to Sora in Smash!
Stay tuned for more guides from me soon 👀
Sora has jumped from Kingdom Hearts into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and here's a guide to his moveset, from combos to counters and beyond.
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1k followers! Thanks for the support and deciding to put my constant Metroid retweeting on your TL (:
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@beerinator
Sloppy joe or pulled pork
Also, coming from Milwaukee, hot ham and rolls are sometimes enjoyed using bigger rolls that resemble burger buns rather than standard rolls
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THOSE ARE MY NUMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!
Visiting the Pale City is a trip you'll never forget, and you don't have to take our word for it.
Get
#LittleNightmares
II now:
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The remaining crew from DS Classic ™ are still doing incredible work and I'm proud of and happy for all of em, especially those who got full-time gigs.
In the meantime I'll be putting my time into applying and pitching everywhere I can. If you see me in your inbox or DMs,
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Pleased to finally announce that I'll be joining the freelance team over at
@androidcentral
to help VR and news coverage!
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✨I'm confirmed for Summer Game Fest✨
Flights from Chicago to Los Angeles have gotten way more expensive over the last year so I'd like to remind everyone that I'm open and willing to cover the event for your cool site!
I can do written, video, audio, previews interviews, etc!
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always wild how much Pokemon graffiti is in Chicago
saw this cool Caterpie one today
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Six years ago I was fresh off a high school trip to Japan, falling in love with video games again thanks to my new Switch, learning to love writing and dreaming of making content about video games for a living. Now I'm doing everything I can to pay rent and make my dream real.
6 years ago I was a full time HS teacher doing games stuff on the side just trying to finish the school year. Now I’m full time freelance games media. Was running races this whole time & tbh I am trying to beat her 5K PR but she was too scared to run a marathon so whatever gurl.
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I reviewed Party Animals for
@IGN
!!
Check out my written review:
Or watch it on YouTube here:
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when I say I got that dog in me this is what is what I mean
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what i've learned from Twitter the past few days:
- I'm overpaid
- monopolies are good, actually
- disliking an acquisition means I hate xbox
- I'm an elitist for thinking a multibillion-dollar company expanding is potentially very bad
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Just wrote a news post in like 20-30 min. As someone who tends to struggle with news on occasion, I'm really glad that I'm improving (:
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I'm headed to PAX East y'all!
As of right now, I'm wiiiide open for coverage at the event. If you'd like me to check out your game or if your site needs help with PAID coverage, hit my line! My DMs are open and my email is charliewacholz
@gmail
.com.
See y'all in Boston 😁
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next time I get a haircut I'm gonna ask my barber to hook me up with the Sam Elliott in Roadhouse look. Goddamn!
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Still reeling from such an incredible weekend. Much love to everyone who hung out with me + made me feel welcome at SGF (and elsewhere). Whether it was at a mixer, a restaurant or in a cramped Uber, the real games media is the friends I made along the way 🫶 1/
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After DualShockers I applied at Twinifinite (after just not hearing back twice) and finally got a contributor position there. I was really excited to finally get a chance to write for them.
Little did I know, I wouldn't see a cent because of their predatory contribution system.
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If you pull up to a bar that looks like this and the bartender is wearing a vest and tie, leave.
How much do you think you’re getting charged for this Old Fashioned
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Any podcasters/content creators who've featured
@ZombaeKillz
, be on the lookout for some hate comments on your stuff. I just got a clearly targeted hate comment as a result of everything that's happening. I'd include a screenshot but I reported and deleted it. Pls do the same!
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@EyeZehUhh
@kingvader
I must not be very far in hxh bc there's no way gon from the beginning of the chimera ant arc wins that lol
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Having a shit mental and physical health day. Time to make some spaghetti.
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