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Anthony McGlynn

@antomcg.bsky.social
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Irishman in Scotland Writer and author published in GamesRadar+, PCGamesN, Variety, IGN and many more The Tetris Story, 2026: linktr.ee/the_tetris_story He/Him

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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Mid-'84 for concept, first 'full' version in '85. The scoreboard tied it all together
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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 10/06/2026
'The Tetris Story' Aims To Chart The Incredible History Of "The One Game Nobody Can Ever Put Down".
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'The Tetris Story' Aims To Chart The Incredible History Of "The One Game Nobody Can Ever Put Down"
From "a computer lab in Moscow" to being beaten by a teenager on the NES
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hello! The Tetris Story, my debut book, comes out on August 30th. It charts the 40-plus year history of one of the most influential and popular games ever, connecting The Crow and Jackie Chan with Call of Duty and the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Aberdeen. Pre-orders: linktr.ee/the_tetris_s...
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Keter-Class Kobold @koboldred.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
(post from asimovsideburns)
Klingon therapist: the battle against mental illness cannot be won decisively. It is a long campaign against an enemy who never tires, whose forces swell to twice their size whenever you look away. Battle against a foe of such magnitude, who occupies your very mind... Every moment you survive is a triumph against all odds. There is no more honorable combat
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Nine games thing. my9games.com
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Charmed and fascinated by Chess Wars, a DOS game released in 1996 that features live-action cutscenes of medieval melee when playing pieces engage one another in battle.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 26/01/2026
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start: If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Thanks to your donation dollars we can do important data recovery work, like uncovering the print art used for Generations Lost on the Sega Genesis, revealing two abs that were thought to be lost due to cropping
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 05/01/2026
Patrick Dane, longtime games and entertainment journalist and News Editor at This Week in Videogames, has died in a motor vehicle accident. He was 34 years old.
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Patrick Dane, This Week in Videogames News Editor, Dies
Patrick will be remembered for his passion and enthusiasm for his work and the games industry, and as a cherished colleague and friend.
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"Guv, Burke has been spotted on the top floor of the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre". "What, where TK Maxx is?" "No, the very top floor, the weird floor". "... It's hopeless. The Gardaí aren't allowed up there".
Donate – TENI https://share.google/FE4pxNJqEm75ha4Wc
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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
happy transgender day of remembrance thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly please live 💜
A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.
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🌟Jules🌟Anirevo Toronto @carefreejules.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Toby Fox: My goal with these days wasn't to show you a new hidden truth you will never be able to access - my goal is to remind you that you have always been able to go if you just hold the key of asking what's there #undertale
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
For GamesRadar, I wrote my desire for Nintendo to put Ocarina of Time Master Quest on Switch 2. Thanks to @andybrown202.bsky.social for taking this and his lovely edits! www.gamesradar.com/games/the-le...
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Now that The Wind Waker is on Switch 2, I'm begging Nintendo to revive the Dark Souls of Zelda games
Opinion | Master Quest is an official, alternate version of Ocarina of Time that lives up to its name
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Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Among the greatest promotional photos of all time are these for the 1990 television movie of IT, where it looks like a prestige legal drama about a firm of hot young lawyers and one associate who likes to dress up like a clown.
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Mylie (Softail System) @stagefatality.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"I asked chatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well i asked goombella and her tattle log says you're a bitch
goombella from paper mario the thousand year door, book in "hand" tattling on your ass
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Talha Kaya @taloketo.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
It’s happening it’s happening it’s happening it’s happening!!!!!
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
We made a wee intro video for Glasto - crowd was so big a good few heads couldn't see it so here yis go x 🍿
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The Booksmith @booksmith.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We're at the stage where ChatGPT is actively encouraging its users to take copyrighted (translated) work, add their name to it, and submit it to specific magazines. It truly is an automated theft machine. www.timeextension.com/features/cha... (via @timeextension.com)
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ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
The threat of Generative AI is very real
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Rick Moranis coming back for Spaceballs 2. Maybe there's hope after all.
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I told you we’d be back
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 07/06/2025
More developers need to do this and push the announcement of games back until they're ready. They used that extra 20 minutes very well and the game looks great.
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Dot @dotmaetrix.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Happy pride folks I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team. We have always been here. dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
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A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010
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Caroline Goldsmith @goldcaro.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Liverpool on it tonight. And every night.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It’s been two months since I wrote about AI which, as someone who detests having to write about AI, feels like not much time at all. On fake books, cash traps and magic beans, and why I continue to hate every vapid tentacle AI thrusts in our direction. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Séamas O'Reilly: We have elevated AI that almost never works as well as what it replaces
I could write an article just like this one every single day, each filled with brand-new examples of AI’s constant enshittification of the media we consume
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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Headline - Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable 
Strap - The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry “Then die”
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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...
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Former Employees, Community Members Allege AbleGamers Founder Fostered Abuse Behind Closed Doors - IGN
Over 20 years, AbleGamers has become synonymous with the accessibility movement as its presence and influence grew across the industry. However, new reports from former employees and members of the ac...
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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Skybox is looking for pitches on Sinners from Black writers. If that's you, we want to hear from you! Email me at willborgerwrites@gmail.com with your best stuff.
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Grubb and the Giant Bomb crew were exceptional. Blight Club is legit one of my fave comedy shows ever. Everyone deserves better.
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Mark Frost @markfrost.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Tell this Keeperman - whoever the fuck he is - for me he can fuck right off.
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Christ. Hope everyone affected lands on their feet.
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Since everyone's back on Oblivion, it seems like a good time to re-up my interview with Ted Peterson for @vg247.bsky.social from the 15th anniversary. He gave me the guts of two hours and we could've gone several more. www.vg247.com/the-elder-sc...
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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion at 15 - The Ted Peterson Interview
We chat to the series' co-creator as we look back on one of that generation's defining games and those that came before it.
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Anthony McGlynn @antomcg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Some excellent craft beer pubs in the area there. Lost in Leith is especially nice in this weather.
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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This is fucking incredible.
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final grrrl 𓂀 @finalgrrr1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In this video, the late Aaliyah (rest in peace) expresses her admiration for Nine Inch Nails. Babygirl loved alternative rock and would’ve explored it as a musician. nu metal history.
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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Clive Barker gets it. faroutmagazine.co.uk/hellraiser-c...
Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.”

“I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”
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bispau @bispau.art · 16/04/2025
Always and forever...
Patch  in the shape of a pokemon card with a trans Pikachu holding the trans flag, text reads: trans Pikachu, bite terf
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
25 years ago... AMERICAN PSYCHO
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
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Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 07/04/2025
On George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, which made its US debut on this day in 1979:
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‘Dawn of the Dead’ at 45: A Zombie Love Affair That Never Died (Gift Article)
A look back at George A. Romero’s film, one of the most influential horror movies of all time, as it gets a theatrical revival.
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
none of these people in charge knows what it's like to have your heart stop at the store because your card swipe fails and you genuinely don't know if it's a technical error or if you somehow miscalculated how much money you had for groceries.
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ZeniMax Workers United - CWA @zenimaxworkers.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's official: our members have overwhelmingly authorized a strike vote. We are united and prepared to do what it takes to fight for our first contract. We're done playing around with Microsoft.
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Zo(mbi)e 🧟🍂🪾🎃🦃 @retrozo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I'll bring this back from a few years ago for TDoV 🫡
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It's official! Ketchup Entertainment has purchased the worldwide rights for COYOTE VS. ACME from Warner Bros., and will distribute the film in theaters.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Ketchup Entertainment Acquires Worldwide Rights to 

COYOTE VS. ACME

 

Los Angeles, CA – March 31, 2025 – Ketchup Entertainment today announced its acquisition from Warner Bros. Pictures of worldwide rights to COYOTE VS. ACME, a live-action/animated hybrid film that brings the iconic Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote to the big screen.

 

Gareth West, CEO of Ketchup Entertainment, said: “We’re thrilled to have made a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to bring this film to audiences worldwide. COYOTE VS. ACME is a perfect blend of nostalgia and modern storytelling, capturing the essence of the beloved Looney Tunes characters while introducing them to a new generation. We believe it will resonate with both longtime fans and newcomers alike.”

 

Directed by Dave Green, COYOTE VS. ACME features a stellar cast, including Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor and Tone Bell. The film centers on Wile E. Coyote as he takes legal action against the Acme Corporation for the countless faulty products that have hindered his relentless pursuit of the Road Runner. COYOTE VS. ACME is produced by Chris deFaria and James Gunn with a screenplay by Samy Burch.
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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
ugh I hope nobody leaks one of these to a reporter! especially not one with Signal, such as meganfarokhmanesh.76, at a publication with great policies for protecting sources, like WIRED
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
✊✊✊✊✊ www.ign.com/articles/vid...
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Video Game Workers Form First North American Industry-Wide Union With Communications Workers of America - IGN
Today, a group of cross-discipline video game workers have announced the first-ever direct-join industry-wide union in North America, known as United Videogame Workers, organizing with Communications ...
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