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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I can finally talk about Outer Worlds 2! Its really good! It would be a top 5 of 2025 for me if it wasnt already such a stacked year. If you've been craving something like Fallout but with more humor and variety, it more than scratches the open world choice-driven RPG shooter itch.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

With a little tuning for the later leveling brackets, Heroic World Tier could be the best thing added to WoW since... well I guess since Delves... which came in TWW... ...I've always loved the leveling journey in WoW, this makes it *so* much more engaging and rewarding. Its a lot like Classic, tbh.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Sad to hear about layoffs at Heart Machine. I feel like Hyper Light Breaker had a lot of potential but just never found the player base or gameplay loop it needed to pop off.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Just finished the true ending of Hades 2, after finishing Silksong's Act 3 and what's available for Deltarune rn. Rarely does a gamer get to experience three of their favorite pieces of media for the first time back to back like this, my gaming dopamine receptors are *fried* lmao.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Did not have Virtual Boy on NSO with required separate peripherals on my Nintendo Direct bingo card - what a world

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Iron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

they should make silksong harder

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

After playing Expedition 33 and Deltarune this year, I didn't think Silksong would be able to break into my GOTY list. I knew it would be good, but I didn't think it could capture the magic of Hollow Knight again. BOY was I wrong. Unless something crazy happens, Silksong is my personal GOTY so far.

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

referring to metroidvanias as "hollowslop" to simultaneously piss off people who like metroidvanias, people who like hollow knight, people who want a better genre name for "metroidvania", people who are sick of the word slop being misused, and gradius fans who want to see more checkpoint recoveries

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Legitimately feels like we're at the end of an era. No more "SKONG" comment chains in every indie game showcase, no more "SILKSONG TOMORROW" memes – Silksong *today*, Silksong in 39 minutes, even. ...Half-Life 3 when?

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Team Cherry @teamcherry.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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Alex Jaffe, DC Comics Expert @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Everyone on Bluesky is poised like we're waiting for the DVD logo to hit the corner of the screen

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Had the chance to chat with Mårten Stockhaus, creative director of Into the Unwell and co-founder of She Was Such A Good Horse. Check out my interview to learn about what influenced Into the Unwell, growing up in the Malmö game scene, and what the deal is with Pedro. gamerant.com/into-the-unw...

gamerant.com

"The Box Can Be Whatever We Want" Into the Unwell Dev Talks Influences, Dark Themes, & Studio Origins

In a Game Rant interview, She Was Such A Good Horse co-founder Mårten Stockhaus explains the studio's origins and Into the Unwell's inspirations.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I write a lot about miserable game development stories, so it sure was a pleasure to hear that one of the reasons Silksong took so long was that Team Cherry is having too much fun making it and didn't want to stop

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really. Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are. This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

bloomberg.com

Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make

The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

literally impossible to tell what's going on with this anymore, just release it lol

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Here we go. Silksong will have a "special announcement" on Thursday at 10:30am ET. AND coming from me on Thursday, the story behind why Silksong took seven years to make... Stay tuned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGe...

youtube.com

Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement

YouTube video by Team Cherry

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I was planning to wait to play Deltarune until it's done, but I couldn't wait any longer. This Toby Fox guy is a real jokester, huh?

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Adolph Menzel (1815-1905), “Blind Man's Buff” (1867), gouache on paper, 22.7 x 29.4 cm.

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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

we built orc city (we built orc city) on rocks and bones

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Just ghoulish and completely tone-deaf, in my humble opinion as a normal human being. Don't get me wrong, I think AI has its use cases, but there are countless better ways to seek emotional support than to turn to the soulless plagiarism machine. gamerant.com/xbox-produce...

gamerant.com

Xbox Producer Criticized For AI Comments After Mass Layoffs

A producer at Xbox Game Studios is criticized for comments that recommended AI tools to workers affected by recent layoffs across the gaming industry.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 02/07/2025

There has to be a better way than this. There has to be a better games industry than this happening to so many people, over and over and over. This isn't good enough.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

An idea for the Everdark Tricephalos in Nightreign > Starts as one gigantic new-model boss with nine heads > Splits into three normal three-headed Gladius bosses >Splits into nine smaller single-headed Gladius bosses >Splits into 27 dogs from the Capra Demon fight FromSoft, you know what to do

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Update: @jusdberube.bsky.social has produced VIDEO of the Luigi world record spaghetti tub incident. This is easily the most unhinged thing I have watched this year

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Did Tony Hawk really just say "Hey everyone, it's me, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater"

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This Summer Game Fest is a real treat for people who like games with stop-motion and rubber hose animation

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A Wu-Tang game in the year 2025. Let's fuckin' go.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

As much as I think Scott Pilgrim EX looks cool, that title is awful SEO lol

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

SILKSONG MENTIONED?? ... by Deadpool.... ohhhh.....

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I had no idea I wanted The Muppets Rocky until now... Felt That Boxing looks *unbelievable*

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Omg hatsune miku and ichiban kasuga hiii

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

You can always tell when Geoff is about to introduce Hideo Kojima lmao

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Everyone is hype for Silksong, but no-one is considering what will happen to the Silkposting community if Silksong releases... a million soldiers on the front lines of the meme wars, relieved of duty overnight. What, are they supposed to start posting about the *game*? Like some kind of civvie?

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

extremely funny that all the remaining non-nazi twitter people are like “hope you BLUESKY USERS are enjoying this” as though a) we cannot simply look at screenshots and b) today somehow validates their decision to continue staring into The Orb That Drives You Insane

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Damn, the switch 2 is WAY bigger than the original switch. Feels so much less cramped in my adult-sized hands, too :D

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Anyone who says that the Tamarian language from "Darmok" wouldn't work in real life doesn't know what they're talking about.

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Aubrey @aubrey.northsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss

My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

Tristan Kern de Gonzales

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Jake Dekker @jacobdekk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Today was the final episode of GameSpot After Dark. This show was my baby and it will always mean a lot to me. I’m super thankful to all the folks who supported it over the years.💜 open.spotify.com/episode/5FdL...

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#267 - The Sun Is Rising

GameSpot After Dark · Episode

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 29/05/2025

🚨 The magazine is almost here! Sign up for an account now to be the first to know about the best price for the new Game Informer magazine subscription. Which is happening very soon… gameinformer.com/subscribe

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Whoever is in charge of marketing for Nightreign over at Bandai Namco clearly knows what they're doing youtu.be/Ot6j_qqYQaM?...

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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Bring Me to Life Trailer

YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

What to say about Nightreign... as someone who considers Elden Ring to be his favorite game of all time, Nightreign is like a dream come true. It felt way too fast for my liking at first, but after a few hours I understood what to prioritize and what the game was trying to do, and it just clicked.

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Erik Petrovich @erikpetrovich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Just saw Fellowship of the Ring with the entire score played live by the Denver Symphony. I don't think I can ever watch LOTR the normal way again now... hearing the whisper-chanting at the beginning of "Knife In The Dark" in person was one of the most spine-tingling things I've ever experienced

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rj @rj.dcellgames.com · 23/05/2025

happy world turtle day now that the game has been out for 24 hours i can reveal that the topline melody of the bridge on the end credits theme for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TACTICAL TAKEDOWN was made by drawing raph in midi

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