iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 5h

Finally getting close! And I haven't yet talked myself out of it - even though yesterday Minecraft Dungeons 2 failed to launch on Steam Deck because apparently it just does not work on Linux for unknown reasons.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 6h

Ah, compensating people for using their work and effectively republishing it? What a novel experiment!

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was not expecting this when I went to take out the trash this morning.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was not expecting this when I went to take out the trash this morning.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Probably forgetting something obvious.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Star Wars Zero Company review guidelines said you weren't allowed to say that Revenge of the Sith happens and you fight Storm Troopers. It was like saying you aren't allowed to reveal that the Titanic sinks.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That your opinions remain unpopular sounds like a skill issue.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just.. Who cares? You don’t have a team with a strong track record. What does it matter whether the next Halo is made by 343 or Halo Studios or the new team Activision is building? Make a good game first and ask me to worry about it later.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There would be nothing wrong with another movie about Skywalkers had you not completely fucked up the post-RotJ story. I thought Rise of Skywalker would be about rebranding Jedi as Skywalkers but no, it was some epic bullshit instead of creating a path for the future for the series.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Played some co-op Halo with my 11-year-old son and he only attacked and killed me seven or eight times. It was a magical gaming experience.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've started making my own fresh pasta. It's the kind of thing that you spend 2 hours on for an upgrade a lot of people probably won't notice if you don't tell them you did it, but it does taste better *and* it's the last, best excuse for adults to play with playdough.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey! This list is different from the list I would make. Therefore I declare that it is wrong and bad.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sometimes you get sick and you wonder where it could possibly have come from, and it's impossible to know for sure. Other times (such as this one), a child coughs directly into your mouth and removes all the sense of mystery.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People are getting so mad at these dumb Top 10 lists but I just realized the real, secret way to make people mad would be to list all the shows you haven't seen a single episode of.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey! This list is different from the list I would make. Therefore I declare that it is wrong and bad.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Post-pandemic the "only in theaters" line in movie trailers has felt much more aggressive.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oooo, Obsession *is* a good movie! All you people who said it was good: you’re alright.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This kind of drives me nuts. People think that being a "journalist" is like being a doctor or a lawyer, but it's literally just people writing (or broadcasting) about stuff that happens contemporaneously. Some are very bad at it, or outright dishonest, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean it's obviously X-COM. We could go back a little further and say OG Civ, but who are we kidding here.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another argument against billionaires is that, while it's totally within their means to buy up game studios and keep them running as patrons of the arts, every single one of them is currently putting their hands in their pockets and whistling as they walk by the going out of business signs.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean it's obviously X-COM. We could go back a little further and say OG Civ, but who are we kidding here.

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All of the idiots commenting "This is probably written by AI" on articles and posts clearly written by overworked, tired humans are doing nothing but reinforcing the idea that you might as well replace those humans with AI because dumbasses can't tell the difference anyway.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just read a review that went on for five paragraphs before it said anything that registered as evaluation, positive or negative. (It was "nice.")

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Got around to watching Supergirl. It’s… fine. Kinda. So much inconsistent Kryptonite stuff. Such a forgettable villain. Setting it 99% off Earth was probably not a good idea. So many casual super-murders. It’s saved by a likable cast and good action.

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MICHAEL HIGHAM @brazyazn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

weird time for media and games but i wanna celebrate a lil W while i can: i’m *reviews editor* at IGN now reviews have long been one of my favorite forms of expression, and i’ve loved helping others fully realize their thoughts/feelings in writing/video, now it’s just fr fr

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The GTA 6 mod guidelines thing is dumb, but I don't think they're as limiting as some people seem to be interpreting them to be. Also, a lot of it seems both unenforceable and not worth enforcing. Why would R* spend the legal resources sending C&Ds to people who mod in other companies' stuff?

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Watching X2 with the boy. It strikes me that the Wolverine vs Deathstrike fight is the most video game fight ever. Two people who instantly-heal stabbing each other.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Writing pro tip: The next time you write the phrase “price point,” pause for a moment, delete the word “point,” and check to see if the meaning of what you wrote has changed. If not (as it won’t in 99.9% of cases), leave it deleted.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've been playing FTL again because it's among the best games ever made and I'd forgotten how hard it is. At one point I'd been winning more runs than I lost, but after a few years away it's all

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This would be so funny because they'd have to rename it from the Streisand Effect to the Musk Effect.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He'd call me a liar, because he wouldn't even have thought my last 26 years was a possibility for him.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 17/09/2026

Write how people talk, not how the corporation talks.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

After 9 years at IGN this is the last video I edited: m.youtube.com/watch?v=nStf... 3 people, including me, who worked on this video were laid off, with out notice, just a couple hours after publishing it. It was an honor to work with them and so many others at IGN impacted by these layoffs.

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Steam Frame Review – A Great All-in-One VR Headset, But It'll Cost You

YouTube video by IGN

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The correct way look interpret a site like IGN giving six 10s in a year – no two of which are in the same genre or written by the same person – is that it's a sign that it's been a strong year for games.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

He kept trying to guess which profanity they were saying based on the number of characters censored in the subtitles. "What swear word has 12 characters? I thought they all have four."

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kicking off Wolverine with my Spider-Man-loving 11-year-old requires making some tweaks to the settings.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This really is the end of an era. IGN will be a very different place without Max and Brian making people laugh, both externally and internally. It's impossible to fake the kind of fun, friendly clubhouse atmosphere these guys brought for their entire runs.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good lord. It's only been 14 months since the last major round of layoffs. These are all great people who deserved better than this, and everyone left is now staring down the GTA 6 launch shorthanded.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Steam Frame sounds nice and all but I already have a Quest 3 I've barely used lately so I can't really justify that one. Especially since I've already rationalized buying a Steam Machine (if they'll let me).

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This was a prank that I conviced our social media guy would get lots of attention. It's still there and I don't think anybody's noticed.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Asking for my son, who has just completed Spider-Man 2 for (I think) the third time: Spider-Man 3 when?

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This was a prank that I conviced our social media guy would get lots of attention. It's still there and I don't think anybody's noticed.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not *as* bad as I remembered, but certainly schlocky as hell relative to the first two. I'd even forgotten about the eye-rolling team-up in the end.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Seems like Blizzard should make a StarCraft TV show/movie to tide us over and keep the brand relevant for the four years until this new game of theirs is ready.

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Dan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Very late to the party but: I finally got around to starting Shrinking season 3 and that premiere was a dramady masterpiece. A spectacular script performed by a top-tier cast with the absolute best comic timing and emotion. Wonderful TV.

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