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Joe Skrebels

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Editor-in-Chief for Xbox Wire. Podcast garbagier on Regular Features.

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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 16h
Every "9 Games That Shaped Me" list that doesn't look like this is being presented to you by a liar or a child
The 9 Games That Shaped me grid currently being widely shared, but the first 8 games are Dynasty Warriors 3 and the 9th is Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends. Because that's the correct configuration.
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Seán Lynch @naes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Would love to see an episode of How To with John Wilson filmed in the New York of Control Resonant.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19h
Ultrapool is as close to Balatro-Madness as I've gotten in some time - I say this both as endorsement and warning
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Sean Bell @sean.tcgs.co · 28/09/2026
Console folk, get ON this.
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Sean Bell @sean.tcgs.co · 24/09/2026
repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ontos feels special: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
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ONTOS: This Horrifying, Tantalizing Thriller Feels Like an Immersive Sim for Puzzle Gaming
The first demo for ONTOS revealed a game brimming with ideas and horrors alike - this spiritual successor to SOMA is shaping up beautifully.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Onimusha 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?
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism
How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.
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Will Fulton @thewillennium.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
ZCOM has the juice!
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Big Time Gary Character @garydooton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Big Walk Review Part 2 @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social @spectralhands.bsky.social
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Big Time Gary Character @garydooton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My Big Walk review @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social @sean.tcgs.co @spectralhands.bsky.social
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Denshattack is Dreamcast vibes, Skate tricks, and Mario reinvention and you should play it. Turns out they do make games like this anymore.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Uncle had chosen a new hobby
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Scott @scottydo16.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The 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.
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 19/07/2026
That is instantly one of my favourite red cards in football history
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Messi 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
England 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!"
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I 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...
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Fable: Meet the Incredible Cast - Including the Villain Played by Hayley Atwell - XBOX Wire
Fable’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.
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
new William Gibson book opening line dropped
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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Scavengers 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Mixtape 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
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Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Good 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 🎷
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Wesley Yin-Poole @wyp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
IGN 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...
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Search Jobs - Ziff Davis
We 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 ...
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Kami @comutiny.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Just saw an ad for Odoo
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Xbox Wire @wire.xbox.com · 30/03/2026
Xbox 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...
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Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 - and Xbox Fanfest Returns - Xbox Wire
Xbox Games Showcase will air on Sunday, June 7 – immediately followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Details inside:
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I can't really tell you how excited I am by Pragmata - but I tried: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
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Pragmata Loves Being a Video Game - Xbox Wire
Pragmata is shaping up to be an incredible mixture of styles, wrapped up in a delightfully knowing approach to good old fashioned video game design.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Not 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
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Will Fulton @thewillennium.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This was a fun interview! Reanimal is very cool, as are its devs
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
My 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:
A screenshot of a section from Xbox Wire's Fable interview, reading: 

"The other cool thing about The Office is something we’ve kind of nicked. You’ve maybe seen in our trailers that we have a sort of mockumentary interview style. I think a lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers, but it’s actually a device we use throughout the game.

I’ve never seen it in games before, but it allows you a way to really neatly tell a joke or drop a little bit of character detail in a way that would feel really clunky in a dialogue, but suddenly feels entirely natural when you do it to ‘camera’."
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
TR-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.
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Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
And 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...
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Fable: Answering the Big Questions After that Long-Awaited Developer_Direct Deep-Dive - Xbox Wire
Fable 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.
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Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The 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...
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Beast of Reincarnation: A One-Person, One-Dog Action RPG - Xbox Wire
Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation arrives this summer - learn more about this unique action-RPG in our breakdown of the story, combat, and more:
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Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A 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...
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Creation and Destruction: How Double Fine's Kiln Combines Pottery with Brawling - Xbox Wire
Double 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!
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Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The 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...
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Forza Horizon 6: More Details on The Country, The Culture and The Cars of Playground Games’ Japan  - Xbox Wire
Forza 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Do 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...
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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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Steve Hogarty @misterbrilliant.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
me: 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
A news article thumbnail showing a lone woman searching through bleak wetlands. The BBC News headline reads "the woman who spent Christmas in search of a rare plant".
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
And I will continue to go on about it, such good stuff in here
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I haven't seen a single news report that tells me whether Netflix buying WB means it owns the Nemesis System patent yet
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The first playable character ever created for the Tony Hawk's series was Bruce Willis
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
There'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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Please, 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?...
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Statik - Release Trailer | PS VR
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I 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...
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Obsidian's Favorite Character Builds for The Outer Worlds 2 - Xbox Wire
With 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...
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Told you
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I 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.
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Look, 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
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Michael M 👽 @michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I'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
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Joe Skrebels @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is going to be a treat.
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