Matthew Reynolds
Recently deputy editor at @polygon.com for service / game guides. Formerly Eurogamer, Digital Spy. Mostly RTs, retro games, and Pokémon Go. He / him. Late for everything
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- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI finally did the thing and made a website for my work! I needed to make this site because I'm currently looking for work, but making my portfolio also became a nice way to reflect and celebrate my previous work.♥️ www.ana-diaz.com If you like what you see please get in touch!!
- New Edge magazine day 📖
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsexcited to announce the launch of my newsletter, PV Guide! interviews and recommendations of movies, TV, and more that Google, Netflix, or any of the other ever-encroaching algorithms might not push your way ditch the algorithm with me by subscribing to PV Guide pvguide.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
- Good to see some Midlands representation in the latest Pokémon Go comms.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsPolite request. Sites need page views to stay afloat. Our survival relies on people visiting VGC, not us posting whole stories on Bluesky. If we tweet about something that requires a click for more info, please don't be a "saved you a click" dick if we give that info in paragraph 2.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsCreative workers in the UK are in the curious position of being protected from hostile Labour legislation by Tory peers.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsThere's an article I never got a chance to write at Polygon about camera controls. I'm going to write it now that I have nothing but free time, but I need your help! If you could take a minute to answer these 11 questions (or share the link), that would be amazing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- The setup in this episode is A+++++
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsi'm so thrilled to share this piece on how video game sex scenes are made — and even more thrilled to see it on @404media.co!!! sex has been a part of games across its history, but often to provoke to as a joke. others are trying something different:
- very very excited to have @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on @404media.co this morning! www.404media.co/how-video-ga...
- Sorry for the radio silence on my end - still getting my head around things post-Polygon while juggling a nasty cold. To those who have already kindly reached out in the past couple of weeks, I'll aim to get back to you in the coming days as I resume normal service!
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI'm no longer with Polygon. If you're hiring, please consider the many talented writers and editors now on the market. Every one of them deserves a spot on your staff. I won't be talking more about the sale because I wasn't involved. Going to hang out with my kid. Taking wins where I can.
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsi was just thinking earlier this week "man, i love my job and i'm so excited to jump into summer blockbuster season!" ... and now i dont have my job so :)
- Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report. kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI'll say more later, but I no longer have a job. I'm looking for work, as are *so* many of my amazing colleagues. I have lots of ideas and things I'd like to write. I'm really in shock.
- Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report. kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsApparently I'm out of a job. I really can't complain too much -- Polygon was a great place to work for the last decade-plus -- but if anyone's hiring, please reach out!
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI guess it was my turn to wake up jobless. This is awful, I don’t even know what to say.
- Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report. kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsDon't even know how to put these feelings into words. I've been back at Polygon for just a week after medical leave, to a new job after they eliminated the section I used to run, only to get laid off this morning
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsAlong with just about everyone else at Polygon, I am now out of a job, ending over a decade at Vox Media for me. Working at Polygon was a wonderful experience, and I'm proud of the work we did there. I will be looking for work, as well as starting my own project(s) on the side. Stay tuned!
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- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI am among the MANY folks who got laid off today. Don't have anything good or thoughtful to say on it atm. gutted, sad, feel completely fucked. Fuck vox media management forever. they did this shit on may day. vox media union forever.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI'm getting more sad about getting laid off. My work means so much to me. I'm a really good reporter. I've been getting scoops every single week lately, while also doing in-depth, award-winning reporting. I have good ideas! New email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com www.polygon.com/23776996/bar...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI've been laid off from Polygon. I'm devastated but not surprised. I don't know what's next, but if you know of a remote writing gig in any industry, I'm all ears.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsWoke up in a lovely bed and breakfast today on a lovely vacation to find out a place I've loved to work for just over a decade has been dismembered in minutes. Just wanted to join the chorus to say that I've been let go from Vox Media on May Day, along with a great team doing great stuff.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsBy now you've probably heard the news: Polygon has been sold to Valnet and I, along with most of my wonderful colleagues, have been laid off. That said, I'm now open to new opportunities! If you've enjoyed my work and would like to work together in any capacity, please feel to hit me up via my DMs!
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI have been laid off from my job at Polygon (while traveling no less). Ill have more to say next week when I’m home and had some time to process but one thing I know is true: Polygon has/had the most incredible crew of talented, thoughtful, creative people and I’ll always cherish working with them
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI am no longer with Polygon, my home for nearly 13 years. I am proud of what my colleagues and I have accomplished over that period, and I am especially proud of the role the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social and @wgaeast.bsky.social played in it all. Organize. Now. I am immediately available for hire.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI'm among the many (many!) Polygon people getting laid off today. I really really really loved getting to be a TV editor, and I hope to do it again soon (in some form; writing/editing/social/homepage/copy editing/what have you!). Not much else to say beyond: open for work and hire all my colleagues!
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI'm still in shock and so so deeply angry about Vox Media's decision to sell Polygon. I am one of the over 20 people laid off today from the best damn website out there. I'm so proud of the place we built, and the workplace I helped shape. I'm sure I'll have more to say soon, but processing it now
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsI had a great time working at Polygon. Please let me know if you have any cool job openings!
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsi wanted to collect links people are posting to good polygon-adjacent sites + ways to follow/support folks who've been laid off from there - almost certainly extremely incomplete but maybe it'll be helpful? haunts.neocities.org/polygon
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsJulia will never say this so I’ll say it for her: when I worked for Polygon, she was responsible for not just the biggest Polygon article, but the NUMBER 1 MOST CLICKED ARTICLE ON ALL OF VOX MEDIA. She was single-handedly paying all of our salaries. Hire Julia.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsAs of this morning, I no longer have a job at Polygon. If you know of anyone looking for writers — guides or otherwise — please let me know. And please, please, please keep an eye out for all of my immensely talented colleagues who are in the same situation.
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldscrawling back to bsky to pasta this from my twitter: just like my coworkers, i've been laid off from polygon after it got sold (and now gutted i guess) obvs if you need a guides writer who loves organization, spreadsheets, and comes with all her own equipment, let me know! also hire my coworkers
- With today’s changes at Polygon, I've made the decision to step away as a deputy editor. It’s been a privilege to work with an incredibly talented and supportive team who I'll really miss, and I’m enormously proud of what we’ve accomplished in our time together.
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- End of an era as SEGA Europe moved out of its iconic Brentford offices last week. I'm sure every UK games journo passed through its doors at some point! www.linkedin.com/posts/simon-...
- This is rad - Playdate devs have made their own achievement ecosystem, with 11 games supported so far:
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsWe are hiring a Growth Manager at @mythwright.com If you're an innovative marketer who loves optimising Steam pages and prioritizing wishlist growth. Come join us! ✨ apply.workable.com/mythwright/j...
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- Missed this going live while I was out last week - worth reading if you're looking for ideas on how to best document your finds in Blue Prince (apologies for my chaotic suggestion of 'taking photos with your phone' but that's what squeezing in sessions between TV and remote play does to you)
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- 24 hours into the event and I’ve caught my first Applin lol
- Reposted by Matthew Reynolds"AI is coming, its inevitable" no its not you sniveling weirdo. how are those 3D TVs going. how are NFT markets looking these days. Seen anything cool in the metaverse lately? anyone who says we need to resign to using it, that itll be here whether we like it or not, is a feckless dipshit.
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- “Paradise Killer, after all, was an adventure game in exactly the same way that Moby-Dick is the story of a workplace injury.” Donlan!
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsAre you an aspiring voice actor or have you ever wanted to see if you can do the job? Me, @cissyspeaks.bsky.social, Roger Clark, @kalelbogdanove.bsky.social, and @mikedrucker.bsky.social are launching a new audio show and we’re looking for people to audition.
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsunfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
- Seeing some trusted RPG heads on my feed say Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the real deal means I absolutely have to play it.
- Finally. Respect for the GOAT
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsWhy are children not playing in the street? An FT piece analysing the - very concerning - decline in outdoor play manages to look at every possible cause: screens, spaces, school timetable changes. Apart from one. Cars. It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.
- Monster Hunter Now testing essentially Pokémon Go Community Day but in four one hour bursts next weekend: monsterhunternow.com/news/monster...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsNew game for you all: ask google what a made-up phrase means.
- The lobbies in Monster Hunter Now are pretty good this week.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsOPPORTUNITIES Thread Not affiliated. Shares welcome Senior Story Editor - Larian - onsite -Guildford UK jobs.lever.co/larian/3bdc0...
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- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsGET HIS ASS - A tribute to low poly Cloud while I replay Final Fantasy VII | #FF7
- WHAT
- Imagine this in free roam 🤤
- Here's a breakdown of all new and returning characters coming to Mario Kart World, including those Mario deep cuts (Coin Coffer? Conkdor? Para-Biddybud??)
- Mario Kart World getting missions - something we haven't seen in the series for 20 years (!) with Mario Kart DS - and secrets to find is extremely good news. So excited to explore this map.
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsMy son works for this company here in the U.K. It was playing the video game ‘Deus Ex’ that set him on the path to becoming a Biomechanical Engineer. Sometimes, it’s nice to highlight the good things that video games can do. And also remind myself just how proud of him I am.
- Lovely mix of long established and indie publications in this year's media MCV/Develop noms - congrats @apwot.bsky.social, @edgemagazine.bsky.social, @lostincult.co.uk, @pressxpod.bsky.social, @vg247.bsky.social and @videogameschronicle.com!
- Reposted by Matthew Reynoldsthe rental market is so bad right now
- What a thrill...
- Reposted by Matthew ReynoldsOPPORTUNITY Writer- onsite - Remedy Not affiliated. Shares welcome emp.jobylon.com/jobs/287357-...
- Can anyone recommend any nice looking sound absorbing solutions for a home office that _isn’t_ floor to ceiling wood panelling?
- New Edge magazine day 📖 💫
