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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Congrats Knicks fans! Please don’t burn down any of the cool restaurants, or even the average ones

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

RIP to the fucking funniest person on the planet. I’m crushed. Keep ‘em up, Cookie.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Shout out to everyone in LA setting off barrages of dog-upsetting fireworks that no one can see this year because of the huge storm, happy 2026 you S-Rank dicks

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Oh my god. Vince was a visionary talent and more importantly a genuinely nice guy. Heartbreaking.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It’s hard to describe how you feel after seeing David Byrne. Hopeful? Buoyant? Inspired? Yes.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Found this E3 2004 gem in the storage bin today. No idea if stuff like this is valuable, but sure is cool.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I was unprepared for your badass ice cream pun game, Canada

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A mom a few feet from me just griped about how her kid won’t stop playing “nintendo” but then very clearly described Astrobot, what do I do here people

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Dr. Demento is retiring, which is news in that I thought he was dead. But of course he has a website, and of course that site is using tech from 1997, and OF COURSE it’s got an archive of *every Dr. Demento episode* Anyway a big fuck yeah to Dr. Demento and his demented website www.drdemento.com

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Dr. Demento

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Louis Gossett, Jr. peed next to me during intermission at a high school play, and he loudly farted mid-stream

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Leif was my colleague at Apple. We’ve been completely devastated by his sudden passing, and I haven’t had the wherewithal to say much about it. This is a wonderful piece about a talented, hardworking, and just totally unique person, and you should read it.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Anyway this is all to say that the loss of Polygon and Giant Bomb is devastating not only because I know and love people who are suddenly unemployed. It’s devastating because the continuing deterioration of this essential industry function will rob us all of beautiful art we didn’t see coming.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’m nearing 30 years of professional work in gaming, and I owe it all to my time spent in the trenches of game sites. And so many other do too. Games like Spider-Man and Hades were masterminded by former journos. Countless community managers got their start reviewing RPGs. The Game Awards!

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

There are a lot of ways into the games industry; for me, it was journalism. Writing reviews, attending events, interviewing devs—it’s a crash course in the business, and one of the few ways in that feels accessible to everyone. It’s gut-wrenching watching this pipeline vanish in real-time.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This is wonderful news! But also I am a bit skeptical that their new owners—who have yet to launch their big F2P shooter—will actually be able to sustain that effort, any other upcoming projects, and a combo website/print mag. That’s…a lot? Hope it all works out!

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

New Flaming Lips record sounds cool

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Man it’s good to see the Beastie Boys still getting work

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Considering getting this kiwi an Onlyfans account

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

135 Easter Eggs We Found in the Switch 2 Teaser Video 1. The colors are a little different (1/135)

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Watched Flow last night. Wow. A much-needed, remarkably beautiful respite from the stress of a downright terrible week. Also holy shit is the cat cute. Now streaming, go go go m.youtube.com/watch?v=82WW...

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Flow - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Madman Films

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It feels like end times in LA. So many friends have lost homes or have been evacuated with no idea if their house will be there whenever they come back, I lost count. It’s hard to wrap your head around the scope of this. And we all feel helpless. Trying to stay positive but man, this is rough.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Also for LA peeps: Watch Duty is a must-have app for a night like this. Informative, up to date, indispensable. Often faster than emergency services when it comes to evac orders. apps.apple.com/us/app/watch...

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‎Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps

‎Watch Duty is the only wildfire mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real-time information vetted by trained professionals, not robots. While many other apps rely solely on governm...

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Can’t stress how chaotic it feels in LA tonight. Palisades burning down, fire in Altadena spreading quickly, smaller fires popping up randomly, power outages, the threat of evacuation looming for basically everyone. Gonna be a long night. Check in on your LA friends - they’re definitely awake.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Me on NYE vs me waking up the next morning

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Really hope 2025 brings us yet another new kind of milk. Let’s see if we can surpass 35 milks. Come on science

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

If I do four things in one day - exercise, groceries, clean the house, see a movie - it’s a “big” day. Exhausted. Good job, me. In the same amount of time, Jimmy Carter would build a house and fix a car and meet 400 people and say a million inspiring things, when he was like 90. RIP to a real one

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

They’re finally making Funko Pops that speak directly to me

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

🎵Farewell and adieu to you fair other presents…🎵

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My family’s Christmas tradition somehow includes a full viewing of the uncanniest film in the valley, please pour hot chocolate in my eyes

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ALT: a man in a suit with a captain 's hat is surrounded by people

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

“You will be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Maybe this time we’ll finally learn where Superman came from and how he feels about Lois Lane

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Read this headline 46 times and still understand only 65% of it

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

“Once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins.” Found the worst take on this yet. Nice job, NBC News!

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I’d like to publicly apologize to the other attendees at today’s piano recital in Glendale for shouting FUCK YEAH KID after my son adequately performed The Entertainer

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

hell yeah finally get to see some hi-res, fully-realized 3D versions of Pac-Man’s famous enemies: the giant worm guy and the spidery thing

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Might be the brain rot talking here but isn’t that two words

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Has anyone ever actually listened to yacht rock while aboard a yacht

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