Hi, I’m Simone. I’m a video producer and I think everything is inherently interesting!
Battle of the Boroughs: Kids are fixing NYC in Minecraft
Shelf Quest
Nobody understands gambling, especially in video games
Why Assassin’s Creed Unity can’t rebuild Notre Dame cathedral
The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft
How Ernest Hemingway taught me to love Stardew Valley’s terrible fishing
Nobody can stop you from stealing The Great Gatsby
Nobody understands playing cards — not even the experts
Why are creepy games always set in Washington?
Why French games have always been way ahead of their time
Gang, we’ve gotta stop killing JFK
I played Elden Ring wrong for two years
Why Tears of the Kingdom's physics are so mind-blowing
Consume Me: The slice of life video game about teenage anxiety
How Final Fantasy VII Remake uses architecture from all over the world
Neopets' black market pet controversy, explained
Projects
Vertical videos
- This year kart racing games got weirdWatch on YouTube ↗
- The Boys can't stop predicting the futureWatch on Instagram ↗
- The horrifying truth about Super Mario power-up blocksWatch on Instagram ↗
- F1 has a Mario Kart problemWatch on YouTube ↗
- The games shaking up the release calendar are all indiesWatch on YouTube ↗
- Some of the Switch 2 cartridges aren't actually cartridges and it's annoyingWatch on YouTube ↗
- The Switch 2 loads Zelda WAY fasterWatch on YouTube ↗
- Trying to solve Stardew Valley's oldest mysteryWatch on YouTube ↗
- This art from Fallout 2 was so controversial they took it out of the gameWatch on YouTube ↗
- If you use Discord, you need to know about thisWatch on YouTube ↗
- Barbie's body was problematic, but not for the reason you thinkWatch on YouTube ↗
Writing
- Nobody understands gambling, especially in video gamesRead on Polygon ↗
- The quest to save Notre Dame brought together unlikely game giantsRead on Polygon ↗
- No one understands how playing cards workRead on Polygon ↗
- Sports fandom deepened my friendships and gave me the superpower of small talkRead on Polygon ↗
- French games used to be weirdRead on Polygon ↗
- A horse expert weighs in on the Assassin’s Creed pony debate (that we started)Read on Polygon ↗
- Netflix’s Cheer is live-action American sports animeRead on Polygon ↗
- Stardew Valley: learning to fish like Ernest HemingwayRead on Polygon ↗
- What the hell is CatsRead on Polygon ↗
- More than a machine: The history of HalcyonRead on Polygon ↗
- Something out of science-fiction: A short history of Dragon’s LairRead on Polygon ↗
- Petz wouldn’t exist without Night TrapRead on Polygon ↗