Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As more people try to leverage AI to make their careers for them, I suspect they'll learn a lesson every "old school" creator had to learn the hard way: You don't get paid for your talent. "Talent" is the by-product of a lifetime spent developing artistic taste. You get paid for your taste. 021
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Rachel Martin's laugh is a *weapon.* It bubbles out of her like champagne, and is at once delightful, and vulnerable, and authentic, and absolutely a pushback against bullshit. Sometimes it felt put on, but it always served to deflate the rigidity of the format, and keep things real. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And, like Evans, it's not just the questions, it's the incredible *presence* she brings to the interview. Martin's guests' answers light up her face, and where Evans is ever-friendly/ever-teflon, Martin will readily push back on shallow answers (albeit with a friendly laugh). Speaking of ... 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here are some of the questions I saw last night: "What did you think adulthood would look like, when you were a child?" "What did you reject as a teenager?" "What is your relationship to time?" 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Rachel Martin, like Sean Evans, fuses a gimmicky structure (basically it's the "pick-three roguelike deck builder" of interviews) with meaningful questions and a surprisingly sincere style. But where Evans gets there by the depth of his research, Martin does it with the depth of her questions. 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Last night I watched a remarkable interview with Willem Dafoe where he said (paraphrasing) to live a good life, we have to give ourselves to each other. "We're here to walk each other home." I've definitely felt that. I've definitely walked a lot of people home. youtu.be/vObU0lkMlFkyoutu.beWillem Dafoe reveals how he comes to terms with agingYouTube video by Wild Card with Rachel Martin 110
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Playing through Death of the Outsider. I see you, Arkane. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I told a friend an essayist I really admire had sexually assaulted someone during college. My friend said, "Sorry for your loss." And that is *exactly* what it feels like. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026(I actually like visual novels, but the bit was *there*) 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For me: visual novels are really resource management games where the primary resource is patience. 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Check out this fantastic interview with @mattfnwallace.bsky.social talking about the fantastic narrative behind TMNT: Splintered Gate, and then come tell me how impressed you are that I know Matt. 131
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026All respect to the people who paid 90k+ for the privilege, but whenever I see a Cybertruck in real life, I keep thinking I'm being tailed by the Go-Bots. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I would never say this to his face, but I'm really worried that Martin Sheen isn't going to text me anymore after the election is over. It feels like he only wants to talk about one thing. 🙁 001
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Regardless of your stance on AI... dontbeameatproxy.comdontbeameatproxy.comdon't be a meat proxyPlease don't copy-paste AI answers at people. Read it, understand it, check it, then say it in your own words. 010
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've been thinking on this for a bit. I think the only successful one shot has to be about a *scene*: a single, anticipated scene that you spend the rest of the evening's time building up to, and then finally resolving. 110
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've been playing No Man's Sky a lot recently, and I can tell they are getting closer to hitting "true galaxy simulation" because the more varied and realistic the worlds are, the more I want to stay inside and play management sims and Space Pokemon. 020
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 27/09/202630 mins after watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it's already juking with Homecoming for my favorite Spider-Man film. It's absolutely the most grounded, and the most New York, of any of the movies in the MCU. And the best villain in the movie has a very short scene on a rooftop. IYKTYK 020
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Me: excuse me, pardon me - The lyrics to Freak-a-leek continually looping in my head: Me: Excuse me, pardon me - 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Watching the Dishonored devs save scumming is really doing my heart good. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One of those videos where you're halfway through before you realize, "oh, this video is about something a lot bigger." youtu.be/Dqh17U3tymUyoutu.beDiary Of A CEO Responded To My Takedown. I Wasn't Ready For ThisYouTube video by Barry's Economics 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I want to believe this will lead new generations to realize we all have a cringe phase, and to be more kind to previous generations (and themselves). 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It just occurred to me that we are living through the first generational "changing of the guard" where both generations (Millenials and GenZ) have put a vast majority of their culture into a searchable, rediscoverable medium. The cringe from both sides is unavoidable. 110
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you watch Columbo long enough, his eyes look perfectly normal and everyone else's look crooked. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Your DMs are not open, but game optimization is what I spent the last several years doing, with a fairly well known property 030
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The bit that's challenging is: which one are folks more likely to talk about? 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Given everything going on right now, I needed this one from @theotherfrost.bsky.social . youtu.be/yD3lGfSoprIyoutu.beSurviving 20 Years as a Game Dev Without a HitYouTube video by TheOtherFrost 000
Reposted by Edward NewtonPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this. 15233971116109
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I would rather not splash my resume across the open internet, but feel free to DM me. I'm down. 000
Reposted by Edward NewtonElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116853321
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"But if you ONLY prioritize yourself you're a sociopath!" "But if you ONLY prioritize your inner circle you're othering your community!" "But if you ONLY prioritize your community, you're abandoning yourself!" To quote the Buddha: "Fucking duh, man." 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Becoming increasingly exhausted with the "...but if you ONLY do X then Y will happen!" gotcha'ing that happens when someone offers a thoughtful bit of advice. 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Some celebrities probably don't get recognized half as much as they otherwise would, because their audience is primarily introverts and homebodies. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Mr Curry, places for your final bow. With our thanks forever. youtu.be/1NeWEs4qQG8youtu.beI'm Going HomeYouTube video by llulluss 000
Reposted by Edward NewtonMatt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So basically this week is Rapture pre-boarding. Got it. 0223
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 26/08/2026IHOP catering: for when you need to say, "I knew you were coming, but I didn't care." 010
Reposted by Edward NewtonJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894111286
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Did the Florida panhandle get Portland-weird in my absence? Within one mile was "Waldo's Chicken and Beer" and a coffee shop that was also an optometrist's office. With a drive through. 010
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The scene near the end got me. And I resent it. It was awkward and clumsy till that moment and then it was like "okay damn that's interesting. Damnit." 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Link to the video: youtu.be/QEzJ5JSx74o?...youtu.beWe Intend to Eat Pork | Hawaii: RiseYouTube video by Knowing Better 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A new Knowing Better video has taught me that Kamehameha was actually a famous Hawaiian leader, and now I'm sitting here imagining Goku growling out, george WAAAASHINGGTONNNNNNN!!! *energy blast* 100
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Yeeeeep. This clicked in for me a couple years ago. A bunch of therapy and suddenly I'm not a floating head in a jar, I have NEEDS, apparently. 000
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New, in "can it get more tasteless and hateful" "You wanted to follow up on this amber alert? Not if you don't download our app!" It literally wouldn't let me close it to read the alert. 010
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I knew he'd done Walk the Line and A Complete Unknown, but I thought he was just "the music biopic guy." Nope. He's the "this movie is way better than it had any right to be" guy. 3:10 to Yuma Knight and Day The Greatest Showman LOGAN, yegods 010
Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Embarrassed to admit I've been entirely sleeping on James Mangold as a director, despite the fact that he's directed some of my favorite movies in the last 20 years. 100
Reposted by Edward NewtonMatt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026SURPRISE! The definitive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate DLC is live! Launch trailer below! Finish the main story! New playable character and a MOST ADORABLE ally! I truly believe The King’s Gambit is the best TMNT writing I’ve done. Anyone who doesn’t share this isn’t my friend. 02222