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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 12h

gonna play some Star Fox Adventures on stream later tonight. not touched it since 2002! www.youtube.com/@HanafudaRep...

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As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses. "It's hard to believe anything they say anymore," Coalition devs tell Eurogamer. www.eurogamer.net/the-coalitio...

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

picked up Orbitals again tonight with a buddy, and man that game is something else. 💫 what a delight 💫

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Games media cuts have felt unending for a while, but the mood feels especially grim among indie outlets with the latest wave of layoffs. More than ever, if the game industry values its media, it needs to support them. Buy some advertising, sponsor content, purchase subs. It makes a big difference.

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yay. Managed to get a ticket for the Zelda 40th concert! 🤩🎟️

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean it’s something I guess that Burnham actually said out loud that Brexit has done “more harm than good”.

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i dont use Google as my primary search, but its wild to see this odd parasocial dialogue it offers up as a default experience. its meant to be a search engine not a counsellor.

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When did Google get so f-ing weird?

I recently had an experience while doing a simple Google search that was so profoundly weird that it stopped me in my tracks. Understanding this Google se...

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here’s my Nintendo round up for the week

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a review I read like 25 years ago or something stuck with me: talking about replayability, it unironically praised the game as "once you've completed it, you can play it again". true that. 10 out 10, no notes.

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Hanafuda Report @hanafuda.report · 28/09/2026

🌸 Issue 501 of Hanafuda Report is out now: hanafuda.report/issues/501/ #Nintendo

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Is a Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire port on the way? - Hanafuda Report

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

you should subscribe to my newsletter. i just sent my 500th weekly issue, ~which is an eternity in internet years~ so it must be half decent ⤵️

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if i didn’t know…. *checks notes* …where i lived, I simply wouldn’t admit my idiocy so brazenly.

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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 22/09/2026

We need to support each other far more. And many need to move on from cliques. Subscribe to newsletters, take the risk to have new voices on your podcasts and sites. Share them on here when you see them - it takes 3 seconds.

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Hanafuda Report @hanafuda.report · 23/09/2026

Fusajiro Yamauchi began Nintendo Koppai on this day, 137 years ago. 🎴

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

an increasingly evergreen post.... 😒

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

so many of the links I shared in early issues just do not work anymore. I touch on that here and how so many of the outlets and names have either gone or moved on... but I'll keep sharing those who keep at it 💌

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

just hit send on my weekly newsletter for the 500th time 😵

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

playing Meccha Chameleon and, well, I think I’ve peaked

A hidden painted body in a Van Gogh portrait

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Son is playing Mario Kart World and I’m just sat here enjoying the soundtrack. IT’S SOOOO GOOD.

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

out of curiosity just looked it up: £39 in 2003 is £76 in 2026

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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎮 Help us map the UK’s videogame heritage We’ve launched the UK’s first nationwide survey of videogame-related collections, and we want to hear from developers, publishers, studios, collectors and industry professionals. Take part: forms.gle/z9a1qhVopYMT...

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Behind the Screens: UK Videogame Preservation Survey

The Behind the Screens survey intends to establish a general picture of what videogame related collections already exist in the UK, and to assess levels of awareness towards videogame preservation and...

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love these font generators. Man, Ravenous goes hard.

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Chris Brandrick @brandrick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just saw the news that this has been delayed until March of next year now.

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Stealth40k @stealth40k.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Happy 25th anniversary to the Nintendo GameCube! The GameCube kicked off many important Nintendo series like Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin and Animal Crossing (worldwide).

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Hanafuda Report @hanafuda.report · 15/11/2025

Stay in the know on all things Nintendo with Hanafuda Report - the Nintendo newsletter. Join thousands of others in getting a no-noise email roundup every Sunday: hanafuda.report

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 10/09/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: I have decided to rate the dancing of every character in Mario Kart World

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Chris Tapsell @christapsell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Feel like I’ve written this paragraph at least 3 times now. There’s a separate feature in this, but I think PlayStation’s first-party fare has gone from a (relative) strength to a ticking time bomb. Keep remaking the same thing people liked 5-10 years ago and one day you’ll wake up as Xbox.