This Twitter Page Posts "Patch Notes" As If We Were Players Of A Game Called Earth, And Here Are 56 Of The Most Accurate Ones

The Earth Updates Twitter account has been around since September 2019, and since then it has shared over 1,400 updates on our planet. The page has also amassed an impressive 460k followers on Twitter and has an accompanying Instagram account with over 2,800 followers. And it’s no surprise that these updates have gained such a massive following, as they’re filled with humor and provide an interesting perspective on our planet. But if you’re not an avid gamer, these patch notes might seem a bit foreign, so I’ll break them down for my fellow pandas who aren’t familiar with the term. (Confession: I had no idea what patch notes were until today, so we’re in this together!)

According to SteamWorks, patch notes are the small updates that are made to games and happen more frequently than regular updates or major updates. “Patch Notes are important for letting your most engaged players know what has changed in your game, even if those changes are not something most players would care about,” SteamWorks explains. 

To help us gain a greater understanding of what patch notes are, we reached out to an expert on the topic: Baden Ronie, aka Wolf of Wolf’s Gaming Blog. Wolf shares lots of great gaming content, including reviews and ranking lists, so we asked the gaming pro if he could explain what kind of information is typically included in patch notes. “Patch notes usually contain information on key improvements or changes the developers have made, like how the ingame economy has been altered or how they tweaked how powerful a certain weapon is,” he told Bored Panda.

And when it comes to why these informative updates are important, Wolf told us, “Patches are incredibly useful for fixing parts of a game developers didn't know had an issue. But they can also be used to add awesome new features and content, or improve the balance of the game.”

Finally, we asked Wolf what kinds of patch notes he would like to receive about updates done to our planet. “I'd think it could be fun if the Earth got a patch note saying, ‘Gravity has been fixed so that it’s less powerful, as was originally intended’, so that we all have to bounce around and figure out how to live in a world where a bump,” he told Bored Panda. “We could send a car 10 feet into the air. And I wouldn't feel so fat for eating a chocolate cake by myself.” I think that would be an excellent update to receive.

If you’d like to check out Wolf’s gaming content and decide which games are worth purchasing based on his in-depth reviews, be sure to visit Wolf’s Gaming Blog right here!