Jay Peters

Hi! I’m a journalist at The Verge. I cover technology, gaming, and more.

Below are select highlights of my work. You can see all of my writing for The Verge on my author page. On Bluesky, I’m jaypeters.net.

Recent-ish stories I’m proud of

The best indie games we’re playing right now
I’ve been a key contributor to making this storystream (in Verge parlance) of articles featuring indie games that Verge staffers and I recommend.

The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition
I wrote about how many capable handheld gaming PCs that could present an interesting challenge to the Nintendo Switch 2.

Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade
I attended Unreal Fest Seattle 2024 and was able to interview Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, EVP Saxs Persson, VP Steve Allison, and others. This is my wrap-up post from the event.

Features

How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history

Elon Musk’s Twitter, one year later

Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time

Interviews

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview

Blizzard’s president on the studio’s ‘new era’ under Xbox (interview with former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra)

Limited Run gives digital games a physical legacy (interview with Limited Run Games CEO Josh Fairhurst)

Reviews

Citizen Sleeper 2 is the good kind of stressful

Meta Quest 3S review: probably the one we’ve been waiting for

Before Your Eyes is a beautiful showcase of what VR storytelling can be

Media Appearances

CBS News: Bluesky picking up steam as alternative to X

CNBC Last Call segment about Kai Cenat’s chaotic giveaway in Union Square

CBC News: ELI5: What’s the deal with the Reddit blackout? | About That

Verge Media Appearances

TikTok video about the Nintendo Switch 2’s announcement

Instagram video about Linda Yaccarino and Yoel Roth at Code 2023

A Vergecast episode about the protests on Reddit in 2023

Previous Jobs

Before The Verge, I worked at Techmeme and WE Communications.

Other Stuff

Emoji

I drafted accepted emoji proposals for:

🫡 Saluting Face (one of two accepted proposals for Saluting Face)
🫧 Bubbles
🧇 Waffle
🥱 Yawning Face

I also wrote a story for The Verge about how I made the yawning face and waffle emoji.

Running

I like to run long distances and have completed four marathons:

A Treat For Reading This Far

In 2010, I played bass drum for the University of Oregon Marching Band and nearly ran over a camera person at the Rose Bowl.