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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 2h

Going to be talking about this on the next Continue Podcast episode, but wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem: Do you still love intense horror art but had to abandon it at a certain point because it's too existentially stressful?

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 4h

If you see this, post a Witch! 🧙‍♀️🧹🧪🪄🐈‍⬛🐸

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Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social · 23h

I'm wrapping up my time with Cardboard Computer on their unannounced game in early November, & I have some capacity again! If you're looking for consultation or longer term support from an expert game director, narrative designer & writer, drop me a line 💖 contact [at] hannahnicklin.com

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HANNAH NICKLIN
Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer
12+ years' experience in interactive story + games

• 4 games shipped as Lead (PC, console, mobile)
• Original and existing IP
• Loc, VO, various engines + middleware
• PhD in Interactive Arts
• Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting
• GDC IS Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class 2020
• Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice

Netflix's Unhinged; Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Die Gute Fabrik, Night School, Cardboard Computer, Santa Ragione.

Based in: United Kingdom
Work in: Remote, CET-PST
LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin
hannahnicklin.com

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 23h

Support local bookstores and not the evil megacompany that wants you dead and forces its delivery drivers to pee in bottles

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another cool project: I contributed two essays to this 30th anniversary celebration of the Nintendo 64. The book is gorgeous. Ogre Battle 64 and Star Fox 64 were my purview. Wish I could share the art but... no spoilers.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Strange thing too. Even while I've been ensconced in creative agency world over my Bluesky absence, I've actually been getting some actual games writing done again. I wrote this for Laced Records' vinyl release of the Stellar Blade soundtrack. Came out nice. www.lacedrecords.com/blogs/blog/e...

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Even when Stellar Blade’s soundtrack goes hard, there’s a sadness pres

Writer Anthony John Agnello takes a journey through Stellar Blade music highlights, from sad piano to dancehall to jaunty cool jazz.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The other reason I ended my social hermitage: I'm 3 months into querying agents for the first time. Shopping a complete three-book middle-grade fantasy series. It's been a trip after 20 years in journalism and creative agency work. Marketing others? Easy. Marketing yourself? Alien and hard.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Back in the mix here partially to commune with everyone else hunting for the next full-time gig. Like so many in gaming world, I was laid off this past June. If you know anyone hiring, I've got ten years in creative strategy and creative direction under my belt. www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-j...

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For job hunting and lit agent querying purposes... well... I might be back here. It's a test case. Anyway: hello everyone. It's been a bit. I hope you're well.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I just got double jump in Metroid Prime 4 after hours of linear funneling through a jungle and a bunch of Matrix factory towers. Usually double jump is exciting in Prime. Now I can go to all those places I couldn't reach! Only here that never happened. Shut up, says Prime 4. They're psychic.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Metroid Prime 4 is the Star Trek Into Darkness of Metroid games.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I've been wearing a necktie as a belt for four days straight. AMA.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is a good PSA for anyone playing Metroid Prime 4 and feeling a little disappointed by it: you can fire up your 3DS and try a legitimately horrible Metroid if you want to!

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Change a letter, ruin a game: Id Icarus (NES)

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I just realized that Hesgeth absolutely, positively can't grow a beard.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Hey buy these. There are liner notes from cool guys like me and @jparish.bsky.social.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I named my fists Sonic and Knuckles because they have lock on technology. And DeviantArt search results for them are profoundly disturbing.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 4 codes for Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 (NA eShop Code) courtesy of @aspyr.com. Giveaway closes on Nov 21st, 6 PM PT. Game is out now on Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 (no upgrade paths)

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Farewell, burgers and soda. We never needed you at all.

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Consumers generally do not care about what a former Square Enix exec whose most recent project was a Silent Hill adventure that was abandoned for being wildly unpopular thinks.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Have we considered that Metroid Prime 4 might be a Gremlins 2 situation? Like maybe the near-decade development team went towards making a glorious parody of the very idea of needing more Metroid Prime? MAYBE THERE'S A BRAINY METROID.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The answer to @restart.run's question of who you'd bring to Friendsgiving? It's Ignis. You know it's Ignis. Everyone knows it's Ignis. He. Has. A. New. Recipe. www.restart.run/articles/res...

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a man wearing sunglasses and gloves is standing on a rocky hillside

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and gloves is standing on a rocky hillside

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I'm glad it took 8 years for the dev team making Metroid Prime 4 to decide that, hey, maybe the shitty friends approach in Metroid Prime 3 was a good idea after all!

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Here comes that Beyond Good & Evil 2 release date.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Ninja Gaiden 4 is, secretly, Shadow the Hedgehog 2. If that's not the only review you need, I can't help you.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Deeply accurate depiction of Zoomers.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Could an LLM generate something this gorgeous? Theoretically. Sure. Does it matter? No. What matters is that these images came out of humans making the impossible feel true. A calculator vomitting pre-digested creations will never nourish the soul because it isn’t in dialogue with other souls.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We should probably promote this show more, it’s true. You get it all when you back this show: talk about games no other podcast is going to cover—that glorious middle lane between AAA drudgery and indie obscurity that always gets lost in the internet drag—and Shatner-ian readings of old R&B songs.

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movies! wow @davidrobots.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

we'll be fine for a bit, will probably put out a formal Work Please post once things have settled, but in the meantime i should probably try to plug the podcast i do with my best friends @ajohnagnello.bsky.social and @susanarendt.bsky.social a bit more www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

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Patron Episode 195: Doom Commentary Spectacular | Continue Podcast

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Kash Patel looks at all times like the coroner from Men in Black is about to open his head and reveal the terrified, dying alien piloting his husk.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Took the family to the Museum of Ice Cream today and made the most if it.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Every single investor and executive in gaming: this is reality. The "massive audience" you think is going to suddenly reveal itself and give you the fantasy dividend you're imagining doesn't exist. Core gaming, hyper enthusiast, whatever you want to call it: endless growth doesn't exist there.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I've got good news and bad news for our $10 patrons. The good news is, the long-awaited Mother 3 episode with very special guests @ajohnagnello.bsky.social and @bobservo.bsky.social is here and it's over two hours long! The bad news is where I found it... www.patreon.com/posts/panthe...

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Pantheon of the Blood God - Mother 3 | Axe of the Blood God

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"Character Creation" is now now playing in your head.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Merriam-Webster defines "dunking" as...

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I can't imagine why so many people are turning to violence when US authorities and their ceaseless propaganda machines keep encouraging real violence.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I was 15 when Digimon first came out. Just a *little* too old for it, but it wasn't impossible especially with PS1. But it never hit me. Looking in from the outside, the excitement for the new game is infectious. Then I look at it... Real question: why is this new game making people freak out?

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Yep, and the push to make games faster/cheaper is only going to make the discoverability/time problem worse. Need more players to catch up, but post 2020-21 finding new players has been a massive challenge. They're all already playing.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Funny that State of Play ended with something from Insomniac because most of the show could cure someone with that condition. Not Saros, though. That was perfect.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I refuse to explain why I made this, but I do insist on inflicting it on the world.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Calling all Mega Man nerds. I'm looking at you @nadiaoxford.bsky.social, @jparish.bsky.social and @tolkoto.com. I hope you guys dig the sequence and track selection I put together for this. It's really difficult to wrangle any of the OSTs after X4 into a pure listening experience.

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Very cool project from Ralph D'amato, creator of the THPS documentary Pretending I'm a Superman. I love the idea of a "skate toy." Worth backing. www.kickstarter.com/projects/che...

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cheapskate

cheapskate is a passion project to make a highly accessible skate toy for the action sports gaming community. cheapskategame.com

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

It takes longer to get to gameplay in Trails in the Sky 1st than it does in Metal Gear Solid 3. Then you play a five-second training dungeon. What. Am. I. Missing?!

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