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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

unironically this is basically the source of Gamergate

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Who do I have to fuck to get a new Ground Control around here

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Doesn't stop auto-play feeding me it all the time though, especially random electronic stuff. I don't really have an ear for 'good' music so I can't tell very quickly (I just like stuff I like, really) but I just don't want to give that dogshit my ears.

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's cool how AI along with ruining everything in all my more normal interests, my love of random alternate genre covers of classic songs is also constantly under threat. Thank god they all use dogshit cover images on YT Music so I know instantly before I enjoy it too much.

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Morrigan Melarkey @kyemelo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I got a film camera(Zenit-E) at the end of summer and finally got my scans from my first roll, some are a bit overexposed and hit with some some damage after having a struggle getting the camera to rewind. But otherwise I'm honestly happy with the results! heres some of my faves from the roll

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think I'd probably put Golden Sun 2 (with the assumed context of Golden Sun 1, obviously) up there with, like, anything. Gorgeous, well-written, massive, interesting, deep, probably a little too easy.

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

singing "I'll shoot myself in the head with a gunnnnn" under my breath for a full 24 hours and wondering why they look at me weird down the shop

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

cannot imagine what level of never having been online you'd need to think that MMOs still operate like 2008, but you definitely shouldn't be governing the future of an MMO

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

very funny that WoW: Forever is posited on the back of having enjoyable conversations with other WoW players, and the only bad thing to come out of the WoW Forever beta is the state of the people who were excited to play it

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if you're meant to like this Zelda character in the new season of Ted Lasso, and it doesn't end up being her buying the shares, it is the worst writing and accidental hachet job I've ever seen

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

sorry is this not some sort of crime

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Oricalle @oricalle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

she theodora on my tobias til i Bonaventure

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

when I first watched episode 9 it was with some friends on Discord, and when it got to the Rey Skywalker line, I screamed "noooooo" just before she said it and a friend shouted HOLD and that moment was better than anything in the franchise except maybe a couple of bits of Andor

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026

Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

oh so you think only western people can show true poverty????

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there's a lot of side characters in this game that have me standing up saluting shit running down my leg, I'll be real

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

vaulted content will return in Destday this anything

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fascinating to think he gives a shit, I wonder who spooked him and when (maybe in the video, one for later)

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thinking tonight about how it’s been a full decade of living in complete and total hell. Charlie Brooker summed it up well on the first episode of HIGNFY after the 2016 US election youtu.be/mI5ogcx_8iE?...

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The best of Hignfy series 52

YouTube video by str1tsa

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

like even if you assume, say, that ADHD is a woke mind virus we've all convinced ourselves we have, shouldn't the job of a government be to make sure those people with the mind virus have easy access to healthcare that makes them feel better

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

thinking about if you assume "governments should help their people" a lot of the current actions of various world governments stops making any sense

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

my child rape figurine is leading to a lot of questions I'd rather not answer

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

been watching Slow Horses, a show finally brave enough to ask: what if English people... were shit?

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

is the UK release time for Nintendo games 11pm or 12?

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

well Force Awakens didn't come out that long ago, how much could inflation have impacted since then? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

this is a decent bit, looking forward to the Zelda and GTA sequels

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shaking you until you start vibrating violently like starting up an engine

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

how's the vibration frequency

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

watching a Long War playthrough on Twitch while I work and this guy's face despawned without his hair, a sort've reverse-Breens situation

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

might actually feel like getting involved in local politics if the UK breaks up

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This might be the most confusing set of quotes I've seen on a new game announcement in my entire life kotaku.com/ex-far-cry-b...

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

these sky elves seem problematic in a whole new, horrible way

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This Pokemon GhostGrey romhack has some strong, STRONG moods

an NPC saying "Not want remarry. Just want rock."

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

can't describe how much this Blizzcon format doesn't work with games announced 3-4 years ahead of time, but I can't prove it until we get 2-3 years down the road and everything's changed

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

skibidi toilet WoW crossover?!

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

you could start developing StarCraft 3, the RTS, now and have it done before 2030

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I burst out laughing at "2030" are you SERIOUS

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

could 100% convince me this was real

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Discover and complete a Wolverine Moment to receive a Bub Token (BT). Bub Tokens can be spent when interacting with Logan's mirror to increase the strength and size of his claws.

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

yeah, meant it was easy to catch everything even at -8, but guess I'll miss anything too late on Sunday this time

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Ben Barrett @chaossmurf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

yeah used to be Fri-Sat, which seemed better for everyone, but Sat-Sun this year (or the schedule is wrong)

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