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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 21h

What AI-driven video game decomps are actually going to do is drive intense, draconian levels of legal action against anything remotely resembling these projects and emulation in general (even more than now).

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 22h

Tonight’s 4k horror Blu-ray: My favorite Romero Dead film.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 22h

Paranorman is a lot of fun, so is monster house, and also, remarkably, the goosebumps movie with Jack Black!

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’ve been thinking for a while that Fortnite could be in the earlyish stages of a death spiral due to margins on skins and the share of revenue that goes to rights holders and the AI news isn’t dissuading me from that hypothesis.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 11/10/2026

The thing about Ukraine taking out Russian bot farms that amplify Nazi propaganda all over the world is the kind of story I want to be true more than I believe it actually is true, esp bc I don't recognize a single account promoting it directly and they're all using graphs without linking to sources

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

hello, i'm streaming more end of abyss, which is a weird isometric metroidvania with some cryostasis/bioshock/resident evil vibes: twitch.tv/aegies

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end of abyss: spooky metroidvania kind of things? !gearsthoughts !pcspecs !discord | Streaming end of abyss.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The subway is at this point by far the fastest option into Manhattan though!

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

hello, i'm going to play some end of abyss, which is a creepy isometric metroidvania with some silent bioshock/lovecraft kind of vibes: twitch.tv/aegies

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end of abyss: spooky metroidvania kind of things? !gearsthoughts !pcspecs !discord | Streaming end of abyss.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Made a micro center run this morning to grab a cpu/ram/motherboard bundle for someone and as usual, looked at the GPU section, and just … man. I’ve been banging the “things are bad” drum since last fall and I’m still routinely taken aback at just how bad things have gotten.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I kind of honestly hate how iOS fucks around with when it’ll make your phone vibrate and then it won’t when you have an Apple watch.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s 4k horror Blu-ray (I think blade counts!):

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is the reason why those ai-powered video game tech demos where you can have “conversations” with any NPC were always bullshit, for the record.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

VR being a product without a sustainable market is the most right I have ever felt about anything (and legalizing sports betting being fine probably is the most wrong, for the record).

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today’s 4k horror Blu-ray, a remake I like much more than the original 🤷

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

just thinking about this post this week for no particular reason.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I made the right decision buying @chelsea-wolfe.bsky.social tickets for her NYC show tonight. This venue is perfect.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah I’m fairly sure it was alien resurrection. Though quake 3 on Dreamcast would let you map movement to the face buttons and aim with the analog stick, and red faction on ps2 used dual analog sticks.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today’s 4k horror Blu-ray, a movie I really enjoy despite multiple problematic cast members 😶

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just a note that this is an older version of Shaun and not the restored standalone that came out a couple of years ago.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I like this idea but the visual quality of this video is a little too silver shamrock-y for my comfort.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

hello i am once again trying to make my way through the blood of dawnwalker, and that time limit is starting to cause some anxiety. twitch.tv/aegies

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ok the time limit thing is starting to bear down here. !gearsthoughts !pcspecs !discord | Streaming the blood of dawnwalker.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Saw primetime yesterday which was … a lot, for a variety of reasons, but the most surreal moment IMO was watching fake Jeff Zucker essentially kill Studio 60 in front of a character played by an actress who played a character on Studio 60.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tonight’s 4k horror Blu-ray, which is stressful as fuck.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i see capcom talk about AI use in development and i think "yep, that's a publicly traded company getting investor inquiries."

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had no idea there were this many humorless green lantern fans in 2026 honestly but I suppose it’s good to know.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First time painting out in the world in a minute (have been painting larger things indoors for the last month or so). The thing about painting things with trees next to them for just a couple of hours is that you have to make decisions about how that’s going to get done.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

just for the record playing NIN over the credits is a good way to ensure i'll actually just let them play through.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today’s 4K horror Blu-ray to kick the month off (a day late, sue me). I haven’t watched this one in a while and boy the “from the creator of Buffy the vampire slayer” banner on the cover has aged complicatedly.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is an issue connected with the review program, I believe.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

playing some gears e-day now that the streamers are near the end of the game. it's campaign, there will be spoilers, but it's also on PC with very high settings. twitch.tv/aegies

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late game Gears E-Day on PC (very high settings). We're hunting collectibles. !pcspecs !discord | Streaming gears of war: e-day.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i don't know if anybody from the coalition follows me here, but i am begging someone to make collectibles appear more clearly and from a longer distance on the tac-com view. There's too much high frequency detail for shiny things to stand out anymore.

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Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · 01/10/2026

This is going to come up, so uh: Websites have to be careful with what words they use and how they use them to avoid lawsuits. And to be accurate and fair in a situation.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

and even if you're not in manhattan proper there's always a direct line to the dumb shit via subway. the lights are always on somewhere!

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the second smartass reply I’m seeing to my “let me know when control resonant is finished” post and honestly the degree to which remedy is changing/balancing stuff is pretty significant, with major gameplay tweaks. I would like to play it when it’s settled.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i liked gears e-day much more than i worried i would (even if i'm still annoyed about the lack of a gears 6), and also, it's kind of what the original gears was intended to be. www.patreon.com/aegies/posts...

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Gears of War E-Day was the original plan for Gears of War (and is also pretty good) | Arthur Gies

I'll preface this with the statement that I have been looking down my nose at Gears of War E-Day since it was announced. I loved Gears 5, wh

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

can someone let me know when remedy is done with control resonant so i can play it

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just for the sake of the record this is more or less the original lancer design before it got the full chainsaw treatment.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

megan thee stallion is posting videos with static-x music and i like to think i am evolved but i am still a human being and listen. listen.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Actually it’s interest rates. The other stuff is a problem but it applies across every tier of the market, and prior to 2019, money was free and failure was more of a write-off.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

pricing art for sale is a mindfuck even after you've done it before.

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think 2 guns and maaaaaaybe Safe House?

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Arthur Gies (he/him) @aegies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i felt like it was a bit more rosencrantz and gildenstern are dead, but there's def an evil dead vibe to it.

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