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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 05/07/2026

My wife and I celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by staying home and watching the original 1975 Rollerball. Seemed appropriate.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 27/06/2026

Not a trending topic list I thought I'd ever see. Congratulations Sami Zayn, WWE Champion!

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 09/06/2026

Unless you have a penis, shut the fuck up about male #circumcision. It exists in the United States as a standard practice purely for aesthetic and/or religious reasons, not because of health. That's just the excuse people use to have their infant sons mutilated.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 03/06/2026

My hot take is the new #Stargate was going to be too "liberal" and that's why it didn't fit with Amazon's current direction (of kowtowing to the orange 🐒). #StargateNow

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/04/2026

Another hot take for the video gaming media: while there's certainly some, there's no huge cross-over of players between #Fable and #GTA, Microsoft doesn't need to worry about when they release Fable. Stop hand wringing over made up bullshit.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/04/2026

#PeteHines is a tech-bro wannabe douchebag who helped "lead" #Bethesda into producing bad games. Something is very wrong when various video game media are fawning all over the guy who literally advocates burnout of himself and his team.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 22/03/2026

Amazon made one of the greatest science fiction movies ever. Glad it got done. Glad they didn't fuck it up. #ProjectHailMary

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 03/03/2026

9 years ago, today. Happy birthday, #Nintendo #Switch!

Release day Nintendo Switch, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Link amiibo.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 25/02/2026

What, the only remaining good cellular provider in town is now offering home internet coverage where I live? Hello, #AT&T Internet Air for $60/mo including equipment. I feel like there should be a funeral for US Cellular, T-Mobile didn't acquire them, they destroyed them and their network.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 25/02/2026

Fuck #T-Mobile. Hey @tmobilesupport.bsky.social, please tell your corporate bosses that if they're going to buy a large regional carrier like US Cellular, they need to maintain the same level of service to their rural customers. Not completely destroy it.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 23/02/2026

I don't think it should be a hot take that if you purchase a video game, you should be able to experience the entirety of the content. Games should not be insurmountably skill locked. Anyone should be able to play the entire game, at least in single player form.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 16/02/2026

I'm looking at my friends list in #WoW battle.net, and I ask myself whether or not I should remove people who have... well, died. This is not something I ever expected to ask myself. What does everyone else do? Do you leave deceased friends as some silent memorial? #WorldofWarcraft

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 26/01/2026

I don't believe either #Apple or #TimCook are on this platform, likely because they'd rather support the toxic hellhole of X. But I still want to ask: Hey Tim, what do you think Steve would be doing right now? Would he be attending movies at the White House? I don't think so. Do better.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 19/01/2026

Happy #MLK day, I suspect it will be the final one observed at the Federal level.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 25/12/2025

A #Commodore #C64Ultimate Christmas miracle. I mean mostly that the thing actually came to fruition, but arriving on Christmas Eve was also cool.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 21/12/2025

I'm so glad that #Pluribus is almost over. I sincerely hope this dumpster fire show comprised of banality and plot holes doesn't come back. The only rationale I can come up with for it being popular is that people don't realize how derivative it is, or they're all assholes like Carol.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/12/2025

I watched #F1TheMovie last night. Holy shit. As a fan of racing games and moderately interested in anything NOT NASCAR, I was looking forward to it. The racing parts were great. The cars were great. Everything else was hot garbage. The script may have well as been written by AI, it was slop.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 12/12/2025

I genuinely felt #TheGameAwards was a much better show than last year. Also, #NoMansSky won a freaking statue. Amazing and well deserved!

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 09/12/2025

I appreciate @xbox.com taking entries for #MSGDeltaSweepstakes on here!

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 07/12/2025

Had to cut my #Killswitch case off of my Rog Ally. The material has dried out/hardened over time, making it impossible to remove otherwise. Just another garbage product from @dbrand.bsky.social going into the landfill where it belongs.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 02/12/2025

Congratulations to @blizzard.com for releasing #WorldOfWarcraft housing today! Only 21 years to catch up with #EverQuest 2.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 20/11/2025

When I woke up this morning, I had no clue today would be the day #Stargate returns.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 09/11/2025

I watched the first episode of #Pluribus last night. It's fine, I liked it even. But I don't get the hype. It's just creepy-pasta, Twilight Zone style scfi, and very derivative at that. I don't see how they're possibly going to extend this premise out to multiple seasons without... 1/2

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 27/10/2025

#HouseOfDynamite #Netflix #WarGames When I was 9 or 10 years old, I convinced my dad to take me to see the movie WarGames. Long before AI was anything more than clever regular expression parsers, we were given an engaging story about trying to teach an AI about the futility of nuclear war. 1/3

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 21/10/2025

My "girls", a bonded pair of #cats went to the vet today. Ear mites. It's been a stressful day, and I I've been giving them lots of treats. Just gave one a churu, which she vomited back up. I guess it was a good one, because she gave it another go and prompt ate her own vomit. #Cats are great.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 15/10/2025

The best #PlayStation controller: the Victrix Pro BFG with hall effect sticks. Also, a #cat!

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 12/10/2025

The finale of @jamesgunn.bsky.social's #Peacemaker was weak. Characters inconsistent with their own previous behavior, a tacked on ending which was inconsistent with the episode itself, and 10 minutes of conceited concert footage. I loved the show up to this point. Please do better with the DCU.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 04/10/2025

Hey #Xbox, if you're going to leak a $300m revenue loss on CoD due to GPU, show the actual numbers. Also, not everyone who played CoD via GPU was otherwise going to buy it. Try harder if you want to rationalize this price increase.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 03/10/2025

Yes, I'm certain that one merger has caused layoffs, cancelled projects, and raised prices all over the gaming industry. Might it just be that the post-pandemic gaming bubble is bursting? Continued in comments... #Xbox #Gaming #GamePass

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Lina Khan (@linamkhan)

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been followed by significant price hikes and layoffs, harming both gamers and developers. As we’ve seen across sectors, increasing market consolidation and ...

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 03/10/2025

Thanks to redeeming a ton of rewards points I had banked before they pulled the ability to do so and buying up $20 gift cards at my local Bi-Mart, I'm set for the next 3 years.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/09/2025

The quiet bits are no longer quiet.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/09/2025

THIS. We in video gaming watched it begin. Most did nothing.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 13/09/2025

Now we've got ICE executing people in the street and blatantly lying about the circumstances.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 12/09/2025

Before a few days ago, I felt that the taking away of women's bodily autonomy was putting us on course for a Handmaid's Tale future. Now it seems like the radicalized incels produced by the right-wing itself are pushing us more towards A Clockwork Orange. The incels are just going to get worse.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 28/07/2025

The Federal workforce is still large, even with DOGE. I sincerely hope that there are plenty of Satanists who take these new proselytizing and display rules to heart.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 27/07/2025

I remember these being 10 cents a box when I was a kid. Felt nostalgic even finding them for a dollar a box at the hardware store. #GenX #Inflation

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 25/07/2025

I may skip #WWE #SmackDown this afternoon. Not sure I want to sit through what will surely be a huge memorial over a racist, fascist-loving grifting wholly-owned puppet of Peter Thiel.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 24/07/2025

#HulkHogan won't be missed. The world just became a slightly better place without him in it.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 22/07/2025

RIP #Ozzy. You will be missed. I'd write more, but I'm just sad right now.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 17/07/2025

I find it interesting that mispronouncing place names is almost always an affront to those who live there, and yet we don't seem to mind how even people in our own country wildly mispronounce #Oregon.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 17/07/2025

Physical game, purchased in person from a retailer on release day. A quickly dying ritual. #DonkeyKong #Switch2

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 29/06/2025

#Thrifting find. It was half off. Radio makes sound, needs dexoit and possibly some grease on the tuner. Tape spindle rotates but obviously has a bad belt. Holy shit, a 1987 #Walkman. WM-F41.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 26/06/2025

walmart.com had a #Switch2 restock today at 6pm. 45 minutes of a broken queue, then I gave up. Came back a few minutes later, page immediately came up and I got one in my cart. Successfully purchased, and it just got a tracking number. Guess I'm getting one after all.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 25/06/2025

Death Stranding 2 is one of the greatest video games ever made.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 22/06/2025

"To make her president would be to gamble with the lives of millions of people. She would get us into a World War III guaranteed because she is too grossly incompetent to do the job.” --DJT, 10/26/2024 *starts bombing Iran, 6/21/2025*

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 14/06/2025

Peanut butter & pickle is the best snack sandwich. So much better than the classic PB&J.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 11/06/2025

My friendly feral #cat is now inside! Currently chilling in her own private bath and hopefully to the vet tomorrow.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 10/06/2025

The feral #cat that I have been feeding for the past ~9 months has turned friendly! Pets are wanted, headbutts given, and she even let me pick her up. Cautiously exploring the entrance of the house, taking baby steps.

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Jason Downs @downsj.com · 07/06/2025

Came here to say this, didn't need to. Hey #Splitgate team, perhaps have your founder be less of a gamer bro douchbag with a MAGA-wannabe hat the next time he talks about the game.

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