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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The worst part of this cocktease of a toy was that the fucking bubble broke right away, despite being made of indestructible carcinogens, and never floated like it did in my head. But I kept coming back! Such an abusive relationship.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Man those patches are literal badges of honor. So hard to get those back in the day. This feels kind of bullshitty?

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ludwig, please tell this newly invented cool guy I am sorry to hear that this happened. And I’m certain this newly invented cool guy will in short order find a killer new job to get laid off from many, many years from now. That sounded bad but he should know what I meant by that I think.

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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 · 05/06/2026

I was sick for a week and The Boroughs helped a lot man

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Adam I’m so sorry. After so many years of awesome Fozzie photos, I felt like I knew him! What a good boy he was, and what a wonderful companion you were to have given him such a life. This is the worst part of the pact we make with pets - much love to you and the family.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Also the sound was terrible during that shtick! Like maybe that’s the right time to spring for a few extra mics?

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Every east bay person I know feels like they’ve met her or babysat her or saw her at the Grand Lake or whatever. So pure.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Wow, Judaism deep cut! Do I get to throw shank bones like Castlevania axes? We should probably be consultants

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This is amazing! Please tell me the health pickups are black and white cookies

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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 · 28/10/2025

I’ve shit my pants 4 times watching this game

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Also Discs of Tron. And then maybe the old lightcycle sequence in the Disneyland Peoplemover. But that’s gotta be it.

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Did you ever read the Lone Wolf books by Joe Dever?

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Ben Silverman @bensilverman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Sweet Thing You’ve Got the Love Somebody’s Watchin’ You

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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 · 27/08/2025

Incredible! I would have instantly shit my pants, and then put the Shit in the Weathered Hat I found inside the hollow of Old Man Tree, and then I would have typed Throw Shit Hat at Leprechaun to get him to drop the Shiny Goblet (that you have to piss in to get past the troll bridge)

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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 · 08/08/2025

We’re have to find someplace else to avoid at 1:45 am next year

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

In 1994 I won a Vesuvan Doppleganger and a Demonic Tutor and it’s been downhill ever since

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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

drdemento.com

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 · 03/06/2025

I am related to someone in this film.

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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 · 24/05/2025

Thank you for this, Wes. It’s been a terrible, terrible week, and your piece is a real beacon.

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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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