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Mike Epstein

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Senior Reviews Editor, Hearst Enthusiast Group (Popular Mechanics, Runner’s World, Best Products.) Former game critic. Chaotic in the group chat. Crotchety, but still a good time.

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Hello games/tech press party people! I'm looking for a computing reviewer to come in and update a guide on gaming PCs for Popular Mechanics. If you're up to task and have PC reviews under your belt, send them to me at mike-dot-epstein-at-Hearst-dot-com. RTs also appreciated.

06.08.2025 14:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gaming Gear Reviewers: I'm looking for a writer with console accessory review experience (controllers) to rework a Popular Mechanics story for me. Send me your interest (and your clips) at mike-dot-epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.

19.05.2025 12:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Really having trouble wrapping my head around the Polygon and Giant Bomb situations. For both to happen at the same time… It truly feels like the sky is falling down.

I’m not really a games press person anymore, but I still feel the cut deeply. Thinking of everyone today.

01.05.2025 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I Played The Nintendo Switch 2 For 3 Hours: Here's What I Think So Far The Nintendo Switch 2 is a Next-Gen Console, Nintendo-Style

It's-a-me... Mike Epstein, and I played the Nintendo Switch 2. www.popularmechanics.com/technology/v...

03.04.2025 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I've been thinking a lot about Fried Ice Cream today?

21.03.2025 22:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Black Bag.

16.03.2025 22:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I see I'm not the only one who's taken to gunning down nazis to de-stress in 2025.

12.02.2025 20:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I need a reviewer on the gaming laptop beat to help update a buying guide. If you have clips and want a gig, send 'em to me at mike.epstein-AT-hearst-dot-com.

12.02.2025 20:06 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Double points for the extra Nazish lead photo.

09.02.2025 01:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Film critics: It is officially lazy to describe a film as “a good time at the movies.” It is everywhere. Also, frankly, it’s an evasive phrase—the latest in a long line of phrases used to say “I liked this movie despite/because of its flaws.”

04.02.2025 02:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jfc do not trade the fucking First Amendment for a goddamn merger www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

31.01.2025 01:47 👍 3521 🔁 743 💬 118 📌 90
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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

29.01.2025 20:53 👍 67084 🔁 27496 💬 1217 📌 1881

Feels like a good time to replay the Wolfenstein games while we wait for the next wave of big games to come in.

25.01.2025 15:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I broke down and subscribed yesterday so great timing for me thanks.

22.01.2025 00:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I personally think of option 1 when I hear Roguelite so that's what I'd prefer, but enough outlets use the broader definition that you may confuse readers with a more specific standard.

21.01.2025 23:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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16.01.2025 18:26 👍 20338 🔁 5670 💬 60 📌 90

This is it: The best/worst/most incurably cursed Switch 2 post. We can all stop now.

16.01.2025 15:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

wait wait wait. MARIO... riding a GO-KART? holy shit

16.01.2025 15:29 👍 116 🔁 12 💬 10 📌 0

Would play

15.01.2025 17:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wait hold on what's the best iOS for Pixelfed?

14.01.2025 00:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mike Epstein (@MikeE@pixelfed.social) 0 Posts, 2 Following, 0 Followers · Senior Commerce Editor for Popular Mechanics, Runner's World, and Best Products. Former video game and tech critic. Just trying to find my place on the internet.

Made a Pixelfed, too, because why not? I'm AT-MikeE over there -- pixelfed.social/i/web/profil...

14.01.2025 00:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

As a lapsed, Dynasty Warriors fan, I genuinely don't know what to do with these Origins reviews. Should I try this game? I want to believe, but I've been burned before.

13.01.2025 22:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship

🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

08.01.2025 16:03 👍 7382 🔁 2324 💬 261 📌 226

Remember when Zuckerberg flew to Mar-a-Lago right after Trump won? What do you think they talked about?

10.01.2025 15:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

lease enjoy this positive outlook while it lasts, which will be about 15 minutes.

02.01.2025 02:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Started 2025 with Latkes, which is probably the best way anyone could start their year. I'm not saying it's going to be a good year, but there will still be bright spots.

02.01.2025 02:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
French Onion Mac & Cheese

French Onion Mac & Cheese

Getting a headstart on my first 2025 Resolution: Sharing more obnoxious photos of my cooking:

31.12.2024 00:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Big RPG year for me. Feels strange because I thought I'd lost my taste for them not so long ago. (Because of the bloat and narrative redundancy within the genre, more than the actual gameplay.)

28.12.2024 19:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please appreciate that, despite giving up the reviewer's life, I finally succeeded in keeping a running list consistently all year long. (It is too long to publish in a thread.)

28.12.2024 19:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Top 10 games time.

1. Helldivers 2
2. Balatro
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Astro Bot
5. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
6. Unicorn Overlord
7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
8. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle
9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard
10. Marvel Rivals

HM: Hades 2

28.12.2024 19:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0