Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 16hEvery "9 Games That Shaped Me" list that doesn't look like this is being presented to you by a liar or a child 1713329
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsSeán Lynch @naes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Would love to see an episode of How To with John Wilson filmed in the New York of Control Resonant. 032
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19hUltrapool is as close to Balatro-Madness as I've gotten in some time - I say this both as endorsement and warning 000
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsSean Bell @sean.tcgs.co · 24/09/2026repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only) 1162
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Ontos feels special: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comONTOS: This Horrifying, Tantalizing Thriller Feels Like an Immersive Sim for Puzzle GamingThe first demo for ONTOS revealed a game brimming with ideas and horrors alike - this spiritual successor to SOMA is shaping up beautifully. 000
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Onimusha reviews are out, so I guess I'm allowed to tell you that I think this is the best feeling swordplay in a game... ever? 1130
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.vice.com/en/article/a...vice.comAn Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by CapitalismHow an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend. 71422492
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsBig Time Gary Character @garydooton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Big Walk Review Part 2 @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social @spectralhands.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsBig Time Gary Character @garydooton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026My Big Walk review @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social @sean.tcgs.co @spectralhands.bsky.social 032
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Denshattack is Dreamcast vibes, Skate tricks, and Mario reinvention and you should play it. Turns out they do make games like this anymore. 0151
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Mermaid Mask is such a treat. Something about these games feels like you're getting to peer into individual episodes from some huge, invisible cartoon series you didn't know existed. 0101
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The referee calls for penalties. Suddenly, the skies inexplicably darken for a few seconds. When the light returns, there's a third team on the pitch - it's England. 2170
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsNo Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 19/07/2026That is instantly one of my favourite red cards in football history 857669
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Messi has accomplished everything he can in the game. There is nothing more for him to do - other than to get sent off in a World Cup final for an absolute horrorshow challenge. Kick someone in the mouth and become legend, little prince. 0190
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026England won last night, which means that I saw a very old lady, waiting for the tube, asking people to throw a football at her so that she could head the ball onto the tracks. All the young people around her shouted, "no!" 0100
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I was Quite Busy yesterday, but the @wire.xbox.com team put up *so much cool stuff* that I, with deep bias, think you should look at. I got to reveal a big chunk of the cast of Fable, and only slightly revealed how excited I am that Natasia Demetriou is in it: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comFable: Meet the Incredible Cast - Including the Villain Played by Hayley Atwell - XBOX WireFable’s XBOX Games Showcase trailer revealed that Hayley Atwell will play the game’s villain, Isabel – but there’s far more to this brilliantly British cast list. Find out more inside. 1252
Reposted by Joe Skrebelssick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026new William Gibson book opening line dropped 485391942
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsJeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Scavengers Reign would be a breathtaking must-watch if it was JUST a series of “alien flora and fauna” animated vignettes. The fact it’s also heart-tearingly human, tense, thrilling, and terrifying make it an all-timer. Don’t miss your opportunity to see it. 0114
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Mixtape made me want to recover a hard drive so I could find decades-old songs written by a friend who died tragically young That's the review 0212
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsDanielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Good evening, I wrote a big juicy recap of the Stranger than Heaven event if you want a nice bedtime read. I am extremely JAZZED for this one hehe 🎷 1264
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsWesley Yin-Poole @wyp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026IGN is hiring! We're looking for a US-based news editor working West Coast hours. They will report into me (hello, I'm the director of news at IGN!), and get to do all sorts of cool stuff about video games and entertainment. Lots more at the link! www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...ziffdavis.comSearch Jobs - Ziff DavisWe hire only the best and brightest because we know it takes great people to make a great company. We embrace the power of collaboration, have an entrepreneurial spirit and promote a work environment ... 18190123
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsXbox Wire @wire.xbox.com · 30/03/2026Xbox Games Showcase will air on Sunday, June 7 – immediately followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Details inside: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comXbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 - and Xbox Fanfest Returns - Xbox WireXbox Games Showcase will air on Sunday, June 7 – immediately followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Details inside: 38518
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I can't really tell you how excited I am by Pragmata - but I tried: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comPragmata Loves Being a Video Game - Xbox WirePragmata is shaping up to be an incredible mixture of styles, wrapped up in a delightfully knowing approach to good old fashioned video game design. 0122
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Not me, but after watching The Witch, a lady in the cinema shouted "THAT WAS BULLSHIT", someone else shouted "NO IT WASN'T", and then the original lady's boyfriend *took the other guy's side* That's cinema, baby 1240
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsWill Fulton @thewillennium.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This was a fun interview! Reanimal is very cool, as are its devs 021
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026My favourite little detail from our Fable coverage yesterday - those mockumentary-style to-camera interviews from the last two trailers are actually part of how the game will tell its story: 1202
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026TR-49 is up there with the best of Inkle. It looks like codebreaking, but it's really about deduction. A game that remembers that, if you're coming through dozens of pages of text, all that text should be wildly interesting in and of itself - discovering this world is as fun as solving the mystery. 1252
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsDanielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026And of course, @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social got stuck into Fable and asked Playground Games every possible question you could possibly have about this highly-anticipated return to Albion. Punt some poultry and dive on in 'ere: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comFable: Answering the Big Questions After that Long-Awaited Developer_Direct Deep-Dive - Xbox WireFable just got a first-ever in-depth breakdown at Developer_Direct - and we have even more detail for you, with answers to all the big questions after the show. 061
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsDanielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The big dog @thewillennium.bsky.social wrangled some excellent new info on Beasts of Reincarnation, a game that features an even bigger dog. Grab your dog and get in here. If you don't have a dog, sorry news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comBeast of Reincarnation: A One-Person, One-Dog Action RPG - Xbox WireGame Freak's Beast of Reincarnation arrives this summer - learn more about this unique action-RPG in our breakdown of the story, combat, and more: 193
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsDanielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026A NICE SURPRISE? In this economy? @mike-nelson.bsky.social has sculpted a looovely piece about Double Fine's pottery brawler with insight from the game's Project Lead, bust out the fine china for this read (and drop it on the floor): news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comCreation and Destruction: How Double Fine's Kiln Combines Pottery with Brawling - Xbox WireDouble Fine’s newest creation has been revealed at Developer_Direct! We talk with Project Lead Derek Brand to learn more about Kiln, a team-based multiplayer party brawler – with pottery! 2124
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsDanielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The endlessly cool Xbox Wire team put together four deep-dives into the four games we just showed at the Developer Direct. Please allow me to pill you on Forza Horizon 6, a game I did not see creeping up my most-anticipated list: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...news.xbox.comForza Horizon 6: More Details on The Country, The Culture and The Cars of Playground Games’ Japan - Xbox WireForza Horizon 6 is coming on May 19 - find out more about the cars and culture of Playground Games' Japan in our huge Developer_Direct interview. 2182
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/01/2026It should not be allowed that a new Inkle game is out in two days - because it should be out now. Having to wait for a new Inkle game is an issue for governments to solve. 0222
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Do not watch this if you haven't seen Marty Supreme... but if you have... You have to hear Josh Safdie's original ending for the movie. Dynamite. youtube.com/clip/UgkxKFm...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 020
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsSteve Hogarty @misterbrilliant.bsky.social · 07/01/2024me: are you sure I can't just bring a vegan roast from asda? mammy: no it's absolutely no trouble, don't you be running around the shops 0433
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 16/12/2025And I will continue to go on about it, such good stuff in here 010
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I haven't seen a single news report that tells me whether Netflix buying WB means it owns the Nemesis System patent yet 2230
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025The first playable character ever created for the Tony Hawk's series was Bruce Willis 3152
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025There's a Vampire Survivors spin-off. It's a roguelike deckbuilder. It's also an old-school dungeon crawler. It's also probably other, stranger things. I am hideously psyched - and I got to speak to Luca from Poncle all about where the hell this came from. 1122
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Please, Tarsier, when you've finished up on Reanimal, there are fun guys like me who'd like lost classic, Statik to come out on new VR headsets: youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...youtu.beStatik - Release Trailer | PS VRYouTube video by PlayStation 120
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I love this piece from @mike-nelson.bsky.social - a character build guide for The Outer Worlds 2 with a difference: every entry was contributed by a member of the game's QA team. news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...news.xbox.comObsidian's Favorite Character Builds for The Outer Worlds 2 - Xbox WireWith early access kicking off today for Premium Edition owners, Obsidian’s QA team shares some of their favorite character builds to help inspire your own role-playing adventure for The Outer Worlds 2... 051
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I feel like it's gone undersung that Rise of the Golden Idol's DLC this year (which is now all out there), has effectively been an entire new game's worth of cases - and it works like a side-quel (ugh) to both of the first two games. Honestly, just an incredible thing. 050
Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Look, sometimes you're just trying to take a picture of Wayne Rooney on the TV, but you accidentally capture a frame in a dissolve, and it looks like Noah Hawley was trying to communicate that Wayne had deep thoughts about Mo Salah 1192
Reposted by Joe SkrebelsMichael M 👽 @michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025I'm doing my first ever livestream 😬 Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together. First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK Smash that sub button or whatever: youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm 2105