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Wilhelm Scream Queen

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james f. wright | writes video games and comic books | knitter | favorite carb: rice | a garden and a porch "let us see what new madness this realm drops at my doorstep." - robert jackson bennett, 'a drop of corruption'

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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 6h
The music video for Herbie Hancock's "Rockit." I didn't know what the uncanny valley was then, but I do now.
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Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Official Video)
YouTube video by HerbieHancockVEVO
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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 03/10/2026
Okay. So here's what I know - I lost my day job. - I hated my day job. - I liked having a lot of money and health insurance. - But a lot of money never made me happier, I just owned more stuff. - I do still need health insurance. - I'm really fucking good at lettering comic books.
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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 12h
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
Now Is the Winter of Our Disc Content: The Future of Physical Media
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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We're all numb to the massive corruption of Trump and his cronies. But this adds a whole new angle: Jared & Witkoff are using the power of the US government to engineer a terrible policy outcome (Ukraine's surrender to Putin's invasion) AND profit financially from it.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Or cardboard boxes www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
propublica.org
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Black text on a white page that says the following:

We know this moment is particularly difficult for survivors. I want to be very clear: you deserve to be safe and our administration supports you at every turn.

NYC Family Justice Centers are available in every borough and provide free, confidential support for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, including sexual violence. 

Call NYC’s 24-Hour Hope Hotline at 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or 311 for more information. You can also chat with an advocate at on.nyc.gov/hotlinechat.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Black text on a white that says the following:

The allegations in the Cornell sexual assault case are deeply disturbing and gut-wrenching. Cornell University has failed this survivor.

I fully support Governor Hochul's decision to name Attorney General James as special prosecutor in this case and look forward to the complete and extensive investigation that is to come. 

Accountability and justice cannot simply be values, they must also be delivered.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ATTENTION COMIC NERDS!
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump take salsa 🍅
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The more I watch Lanterns and learn about the writing room, the more I'm impressed this got made. When you see characters portrayed in a specific way, it's obvious they're written by someone that has a specific lived experience.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And, for the coup de grace, two bills protecting fire survivors from predatory insurance companies, which he vetoed, deliberately, to punish fire survivors for rejecting his "reform" bill that was actually a huge payout to SCE for starting fires. calmatters.org/economy/2026...
calmatters.org
Newsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?
California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort.
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-indy ✨ (he/him) @indigo-k.com · 02/10/2026
NONE of this says 'Democrat' to me.
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
our story is live aftermath.site/jacob-geller...
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Video Essayist And YouTuber Jacob Geller Removed From MinnMax Following Sexual Assault Allegations
Jacob Geller has not commented on the allegations or his removal from the games podcasts.
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Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 01/10/2026
I hate this so much www.theverge.com/tech/1003134...
theverge.com
Android Central, a good blog, has been gutted.
Staffers don’t know whether the site will shut down — but managing editor Derrek Lee confirms to The Verge that all remaining staff were laid off today. EIC Shruti Shekar confirms she’s been laid off,...
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evergreen
Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? 

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
Hey y’all! Coming into October, i know folks are wrapping up things for end of the year AND for nycc So also adding quick convo or edit for your pitch so that you are ready for talking to editors next weekend! 25 bucks and can be a discord call or emails your choice!
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Borderless Studios - Clock Out at 2 @bt-games-mac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Clock Out at 2 is a part of the #OutOfTheBoxGames selection. Watch our exclusive gameplay trailer in the showcase link below. Can you Clock Out at 2? buff.ly/jGrv8gP #ClockOutAt2 #blackskygamers
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am SO THRILLED to announce the AMAZING lineup of writers that will be featured in The Comics Courier Issue 5. This issue is gonna be 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are you a cis man feeling disgusted at the news? Good. Use that. Talk to your fellow men about what you're going to do to make our industry and our world safer. And then actually do it. You may lose friends or opportunities, but a better and safer industry and world starts with you.
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Marty @martincrownover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The perfect way to put it. They found a way to worm a subscription between you and your normal work.
A screenshot of a post on Threads by Joe Hill. The post reads: "Here’s a thought about the purveyors of AI. They aren’t selling assistance—they’re selling dependency. You give up on acquiring one skill after another, give up on the knotty, meaningful struggle to acquire those skills and AI takes over. It isn’t freeing up time so you can make more of yourself. It’s encouraging cognitive surrender so you can be less."
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Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I had a conversation w a Lyft driver a few weeks ago that I still think about. I hope this musician, eager to share her art, finds her way to teaching. While the conversation started rocky, Im glad she got an opportunity to talk about her ambitions. Piano teachers are way more valuable than A.I.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today marks the public launch of the Ubisoft Workers of Montreal (UWM) campaign, with a first action: a petition to preserve hybrid work. Every Ubisoft Montreal employee is invited to sign the petition and every supporter encouraged to reach out to their network to encourage them to sign!
Poster from Ubisoft Workers of Montréal on a pole, with a link to a petition, and text reading "we made our mark from a distance - preserve hybrid work"
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe one reason we all end up having to pivot to something else is because it's exhausting constantly asking if we're good enough to be the one crab that can get to the top of the barrel at everyone else's expense.
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another terrible thing about this industry contracting is every time someone talented also reports getting laid off, you start hyperventilating because it means more competition from other really good writers in this space. We're all fighting over the tiniest crumbs and it fucking sucks.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Other states besides Texas with voter registration deadlines over the next 7 days: Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, South Carolina.
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey, remember how us radical trans extremists were warning that you have to go on the attack against transphobic Dems immediately because otherwise other politicians will take the lack of consequences as permission and the bigotry will spread? Yeah...
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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scrubjay is still early, messy in some places (and not chasing seamless UI regardless) but I hope you'll enjoy playing with this very personal web gathering tool. everestpipkin.itch.io/scrubjay
everestpipkin.itch.io
Scrubjay by Everest Pipkin
A drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool.
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: In January, I was sent a threatening and absurd email by Bobby Kotick's lawyers It was unsettling I've wanted to tell readers about it, but didn't want to step on Mikhail's toes. Now that his report is out, here's my experience of standing up for my work www.gamefile.news/p/bobby-koti...
gamefile.news
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)
Part of a broader strategy by the former Activision CEO to shape press coverage
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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 28/09/2026
Hey friends! I’ve been informed that someone is using my name to send fraudulent acquisition queries to authors. Please note: my outgoing work email address should be from @penguinrandomhouse.com. I will not contact you about work from any other email!
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
exhausted and angry in equal part
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is every bit as fragile, judgmental, and hostile as anything anyone said in the Globe piece!
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Patrons were required to wear KN95 or better masks, the face coverings ubiquitous during the heights of Covid-19, and which most of the country had left long ago to dental hygienists and [Highlighting begins] people who don’t want anyone to sit next to them on the train. [Highlighting ends]
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Mari Cohn @maricohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Millennials: I’m never going to retire 😩 90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾
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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Just realized I could probably (definitely) knit the Bryan beanie from Resident Evil (2026). Not sure about time or labor costs, but I've made beanies before in ~7 hours, start to finish. And the internet tells me it's a variation on Donna Smith's Baa-able Hat. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Baa-ble Hat pattern by Donna Smith
This was the official pattern for Shetland Wool Week 2015, an event held every year in Shetland to celebrate Shetland wool and it’s associated crafts.
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Tried not to overthink it so I might have missed a few, but this is a good baseline.
Nine panel grid showing cover art of the nine video games that helped shape me.

Row 1: The Secret of Monkey Island, Planescape: Torment, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Row 2: Ikaruga, Grim Fandango, Fallout 1

Row 3: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Citizen Sleeper
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
The way he answers the phone! Even with his wife!
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
passing judgement on whomever is responsible
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Wilhelm Scream Queen @chuckspear.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
me, but for finding out there's only one e in judgment
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
theguardian.com
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's the delightful development story behind Big Walk, one of this year's best video games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
bloomberg.com
The Six-Year Journey Behind ‘Big Walk,’ One of This Year’s Best Video Games
The delightful new co-op game started off as a pandemic fever dream
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