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.
Astro Bot’s director on making a PlayStation icon
I intereviewed Nicolas Doucet following his GDC 2025 presentation about Astro’s origins and the small details that give Astro his charming personality.
Death Stranding 2 is bigger and more ambitious — and that includes its music
I intereviewed Woodkid, one of the composers of Death Stranding 2, about the game’s music, the game’s in-game music player, and working with Hideo Kojima.
The Atlantic is making a big push into games
I got an exclusive interview with The Atlantic’s director of games about its new hub for games and puzzles.
With the Switch, technology finally caught up to Nintendo
I wrote about how the failed Wii U helped pioneer ideas that Nintendo evolved into a huge success with the Switch and, presumably, the Switch 2.
Expedition 33’s big twist was designed to ‘inflict the pain on the player’
I interviewed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s creative director and lead writer about a pivotal moment in the game.
The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games
Why Balatro’s developer stays anonymous
7 cool indie games from GDC 2025
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
Tim Sweeney didn’t expect a five-year Fortnite ban
Polygon’s new owner says it will ‘do what’s right for Polygon’
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview
The best indie games we’re playing right now
I’ve been a key contributor to making this storystream (in Verge parlance) of articles and reviews about indie games The Verge recommends.
Deltarune is halfway done, but it feels like a full game
Citizen Sleeper 2 is the good kind of stressful
LiveNOW from FOX: Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders sold out
CBS News: Bluesky picking up steam as alternative to X
CBC News: ELI5: What’s the deal with the Reddit blackout? | About That
TikTok video about Nintendo’s efforts to beat Switch 2 pre-order scalpers
Instagram video about Linda Yaccarino and Yoel Roth at Code 2023
A Vergecast episode about the protests on Reddit in 2023
Before The Verge, I worked at Techmeme and WE Communications.
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.
I like to run long distances and have completed four marathons:
In 2010, I played bass drum for the University of Oregon Marching Band and nearly ran over a camera person at the Rose Bowl.