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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 2h

WHAT'S BEING POUNDED INTO THE SOUL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE? youtu.be/AvdsNitqUXU?...

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Pounding Music Culture

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow! Okay, let's go. Yep. That makes sense. You what?

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Sinnoware 🔶 Immersive Sim @sinnoware.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Core Decay has uploaded some new screenshots to its Steam page, Ivar Hill is still cooking!

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A frenetic tale of two realities, both alike in dysfunction, which immerses the player in servitude and struggle. Here's our Roman Sands Re:Build review: www.eurogamer.net/roman-sands-...

Artwork showing a character from Roman Sands Re:Build in their resort worker uniform against a vaporwave-inspired indoor backdrop of palm trees, spewing fountain water, and distant blue skies. A Eurogamer four star rating badge is in the upper-right corner.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stoked to have a review of Silent Hill: Townfall by @reidmccarter.bsky.social on Kotaku today! kotaku.com/silent-hill-...

…levels deeper than they might imagine. It asks how our sense of self is directed by our jobs, and how (or if we can decouple personal and professional responsibility. It wants its player to consider individual and communal
indebtedness within the framework of a cruel world. Simply asking these questions gives Townfall a vibrancy uncommon to big-budget game productions. The thin answers given to these questions, though, are a letdown in proportion to the promise given by posing them in the first place.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I had played a lot of other games before Tekken 2. But the first time I saw the Tekken 2 pre-menu cutscene, I remember feeling like 'ah. Yes. Games.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAKX...

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Tekken 2 - Opening Movie Intro

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Final Jewel Cases, right here, right now.

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autumn wright 🍂 @autumn-wright.com · 12/09/2026

you’re never getting the high of Overwatch back

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Final Jewel Cases, right here, right now.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And so, the first series of Jewel Cases comes to a close. For the finale, @harvey1966.bsky.social speaks with me about Carrier Command, Ultima Underworld and the differences between 'good friction' and 'bad friction'. The Criterion Closet but games? Here it is: soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E06 - Harvey Smith

The first season of Jewel Cases comes to a close in an episode with Harvey Smith, Black Pony Interactive founder and a designer whose work includes Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Dishonored, Prey, an

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Proud to announce I am the first recipient of this and that I will be using the money to remake Halo 3 ODST but with Gran Turismo car customisation

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You can have remakes but they have to be made by a completely different studio. Outside of the publisher. Third party. It's an adaptation. They put their own spin on it, like different versions of Solaris or A Star Is Born or something.

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MAN✿N GEVERS @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com · 04/09/2026

Come listen to me and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social chat about some big personalities (games).

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“I prefer a game that comes at you with personality. This is ME and you can’t confuse me with anyone else." The latest episode of Jewel Cases, featuring Manon Gevers ( @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com ) is up now. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E05 - Manon Gevers

On a new episode of Jewel Cases, we're joined by Manon Gevers, one of the artists behind Many Nights A Whisper and the upcoming Virtue and a Sledgehammer. /// Jewel Cases is a new interview series, ho

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Wallace @exalclaw.com · 04/09/2026

This has been a great series to listen to as of late, cool to hear how folks behind some of my favorite games think about the space. It’s also great for a couple of recs here and there. I still think about Many Nights A Whisper frequently, so Im excited for this one

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MAN✿N GEVERS @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com · 04/09/2026

It was so much fun to chat about some of my most inspiring games! Each one has shaped my journey in video games so digging into them together was such a treat. Thanks for having me on!! p.s. everyone should check out the rest of this series! some really amazing developers and conversations here!!

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

- Jon gets behind the scenes of Tides of Annihilation - I profile Criterion - Plus, Mike Klubnika, how Nintendo is staying successful (or is it?), and the story of Hollow Home

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Also, I forgot to share this yesterday: - Alex speaks to developers, publishers and execs about how we can fix...everything - Josh Wise revisits Wipeout Pure, and talks to the makers of 24: The Game, The Godfather and more about the process of adaptation - Alan Wen with the making of Stray Children

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ah, this was such a blast. Many Nights A Whisper is one my favourite games of the past few years, so I had to get Manon Gevers - one half of co-developer Selkie Harbour - onto Jewel Cases. We talk about Arctic Eggs, comfort games and realism versus style. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E05 - Manon Gevers

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hellooo my name is Markiplier and welcome to Five Nights In Front Of An Investigative Panel

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Crushed @silenttakedown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore

a screenshot from the upcoming remake of Tomb Raider 1. lara croft is looking at her phone in the middle of an ancient ruin, and it's showing her a generic crafting menu, and a png of saucepan of stew that apparently her phone lets her cook for "Damage resistance" if she has 6 potatoes

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

S: Halo, Assault on the Control Room A: Pillar of Autumn B: Silent Cartographer, Truth and Reconciliation C: 343 Guilty Spark, Two Betrayals D: The Library, The Maw Keyes: Keyes

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I would just like to share these two paintings by my partner.

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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 01/09/2026

oh yeah the reason I reposted this is because it is one of the few ways to hear me talk about being excited about (particular) videos games, because usually I am just particular about them

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Gone Home and Tacoma co-creator Karla Zimonja ( @coals.northsky.social ) joins me on the new episode of Jewel Cases -Can detective games really 'work'? -Does the Resident Evil 3 water sample puzzle make sense? -Is there anything Cosmo D can't do?! All this and more: soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E04 - Karla Zimonja

This week, Ed is joined by Karla Zimonja, whose work in games includes BioShock 2 and Minerva's Den, as well as Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop. /// Jewel Cases is a new interview series, hosted by

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The latest episode of Jewel Cases is out now.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

most embarrassing guy of all time

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“It’s so easy to have things slide into magical realism - and we were like ‘no’.” Gone Home co-creator Karla Zimonja (@coals.northsky.social) talks to us about detective games, realism and the horror of Grim Fandango in a new episode of Jewel Cases. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 28/08/2026

errata: Karla wrongly refers to Cosmo D's "space lions" as "eyeball lions," iirc

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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 28/08/2026

I talked a lot with Ed, if you want to experience that kind of thing~

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Jewel Cases S01E04 - Karla Zimonja

This week, Ed is joined by Karla Zimonja, whose work in games includes BioShock 2 and Minerva's Den, as well as Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop. /// Jewel Cases is a new interview series, hosted by

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Mark @president-brandon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FEAR is *the* example. The blandness of each level highlights the before/after of a gun fight. A grey office lobby is now filled with blood and bodies and bullet holes. Remedy's Control went for that sort of thing too, but the hyper detailed visuals make the before/after contrast less compelling

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Mark @president-brandon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Something about surface shader tech became oddly compelling around 2004, like seeing a polished tile floor reflecting a flashlight beam. The polygonal rendering budgets were still relatively low, so those effects necessarily took place in more austere levels which helped focus the eye toward them

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The way he says pizza in Home Alone 2

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Going for a kind of 'extra from Jesus Christ Superstar' look today

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

2004/2005/2006. A certain lighting and type of character model that feels to me right in the nexus between real and not real/drawn directly from references but still subjective/dark but vivid/serious, not conservative. Goes well with guns and death.

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remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com · 24/08/2026

This is proceeded by saying that in the Star Trek community, there's been a question: "Where is the Andor of Star Trek?" We already have it, it's called DS9.

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