Shannon Liao
Inverse dot com gaming editor. bylines at New York Times, Vulture, IGN, Esquire and more. ex-WaPo and CNN
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What happened to Disco Elysium's sequel? I spoke to the man behind 300,000 linesshannonliao.substack.com Dr Disrespect breaks his four-year silence
Balatro Was Almost Called Joker Poker And Other Details From Its Creator | Afterwordswww.gameinformer.com Learn how Balatro evolved from a small passion project to one of the year's biggest phenomenons.
'Stellar Blade' Is At the Tip of a New Culture Warwww.inverse.com 'Stellar Blade,' the upcoming sci-fi action RPG from Korean studio Shift Up, has been thrust into the center of video game culture wars that seem as old as gaming itself. The fight can be most clearly...
Amazon's 'Fallout' Show Captures the Most Important Aspect of the Gameswww.inverse.com 'Fallout' nails one key feature of the video game series: every single character is an absolute numskull.
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When Real Life Is Hostile, LGBTQ+ Gamers Find Friendship Onlinet.co Many LGBTQ+ video gamers use gaming to build community, especially in jurisdictions that are considering anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
'Balatro' Doesn't Encourage Gambling, It Exposes Itwww.inverse.com I am thinking about 'Balatro' all the time. In fact, I am thinking of it right now — as you are reading this. I am forming 'Balatro' in my mind at this very moment. It is staggeringly good, inescapabl...
Helldivers 2 has its own fan-made Super Earth Broadcastwww.polygon.com Good morning, Super Earth