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hotcyder @hotcyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hi folks, suffice to say I'm ending my creative partnership with Jacob Geller in light of recent news. Best wishes to everyone affected.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 01/10/2026

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Man, I fucking loved Geller's work. This is horrendously disappointing. Fuck him.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just finished Big Walk That was a special game, and a special experience with my friends. I adored it @househouse.com

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just finished Star Wars: Zero Company I genuinely adore this game. It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but the mechanics are great and it's one of the best Star Wars stories out there It's gone into my top 5 of the year so far

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alexis nedd @alexisthenedd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

congrats to ed sheeran on his achievement

screenshot of an achievement from the game Disco Elysium. The achievement is titled "the world's most laughable centrist" for defending the political centre 7 times. 23.6% of players achieved this.

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Dean TFG @totalcultzone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Remember when you used to be able to play music you actually owned through the fucking speaker you owned without having to connect to the fucking Internet to change the settings on the fucking speaker

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEW VIDEO! This month I take a focused look at Subcommandante Bagman and the role you as the player take in the web of conspiracies in @zaumstudio.bsky.social stunning Zero Parades for Dead Spies youtu.be/h1XZ_TVoEnc

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You Are The Deep State - Zero Parades for Dead Spies

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Holy shit! My Wolfenstein video has hit half a million views! I've never, ever had a video do that well. Ever.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026

BEHOLD THE MOST MASCULINE PHOTO EVER TAKEN

Me in my bright pink shirt with rainbows and unicorns that says alpha male, brandishing my Hugo award, looking very excited

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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate theonion.com/dolly-parton-troubled-…

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really suffer for my art. Why am I spending my Wednesday night scrubbing through old InfoWars episodes to make a point about #ZeroParades? Damn you @zaumstudio.bsky.social for making Bagman so good I want to make a video about him

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Doing some research for my short essay on Subcommandante Bagman from @zaumstudio.bsky.social's superb Zero Parades. Reading up on Bill Cooper at the minute and he's a fascinating character, especially if you love reading about conspiracy lunatics like I do en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_...

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Milton William Cooper - Wikipedia

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Capturing footage for a Hitman: World of Assassination retrospective and I can't help but laugh at the Yuri Yamazaki kill in Hokkaido. It's so funny

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Capt. Spike 2099 @spikepoint.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I've only had The Infowars Elf for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

First lunatic comment on the Alien video already. Who knew the Alien Universe was socialist?

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

NEW VIDEO! This month I'm taking to space, where no one can hear me scream to cover the corporate horror of Seegson and Weyland-Yutani in the seminal Alien: Isolation @creative-assembly.com youtu.be/W8Mp8iQoFBM

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Crew: Expendable - The Corporate Horror of Alien: Isolation

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 01/07/2026

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

One of the funniest things about publishing an anti-fascist video essay is that it really breaks the brains of fascists.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I just finished Zero Parades For Dead Spies. My god, what a game. @zaumstudio.bsky.social have somehow surpassed Disco Elysium. I implore you all to play it. Video essay coming in July

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

At #UKGamesExpo, about to do our first ever live pod. Bricking it

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New video! This month I'm looking at #Pragmata and analysing how Hugh Williams breaks the mould of the Dad protagonist @capcom.bsky.social youtu.be/C7zyJ_MeMdA

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Pragmata Just Reinvented The "Dad Game" - Intermission 08

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Had my Hollow Knight tattoo finished today. I'm in love with how it looks @teamcherry.bsky.social

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This week on the podcast we watch the Fast & Furious spin-off, a 2019 movie where the stakes are “we must stop a global pandemic”

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just hit the credits on Pragmata. Good god that was superb

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Goodbye, get lost, and we'll see you soon.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

When you're live-streaming your grief at 6 and assassinating your husband at 7.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

An important update: Texas courts created such an unprecedented situation in an emergency filing last night, no one knows who is in charge of InfoWars, and therefore no one can pay rent. Since no one controls these assets right now, it does appear InfoWars will shut down tonight at midnight.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Browsing the Apple UK online store and getting a headache. I just want an editing computer, why must Apple charge so much for storage? £600 for 2tb upgrade? Jesus Christ.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I genuinely think that Pragmata could be a GOTY contender. I've just spent the last 10 minutes playing Hide & Seek with Diana and it brought me so much joy

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm crying, this is so funny, he has absolutely no idea.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 @expedition33.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY!!! To celebrate the occasion, the team put together this piece of artwork that we hope you'll enjoy! ❤️🌹

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It's been years since I bought a Collector's Edition of a game, but my god, I need the @marathonthegame.bungie.net CE more than I need oxygen. @bungiestore.bungie.net PLEASE can we get a restock in the EU? My god. I need it.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New video alert! A quick little review of @reikon-games.bsky.social Metal Eden, an absolute banger of a game that more people need to play youtu.be/9V7bHaKizxU

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Metal Eden Is a Banger and You're Sleeping On It - Intermission 07

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Holy shit! My video is number 57 on the YouTube hype list!

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My latest video has just gone live. 5 months work, 55k words written, 100 hours of editing, this was a huge project but I'm so proud of it youtu.be/7A9cQ86pQXM

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Killing Nazis Isn't Woke — The History and Politics of the Wolfenstein Trilogy

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 09/12/2025

🎄LOST CHRISTMAS DAY 2!🎄 The presents continue! If you'd like to get yourself a copy of A Handheld History, simply like, follow, and share this post and tag someone you'd love us to work with and why! From developers to illustrators, who would we make some magic with? Winners of Day 1 / T&C's ⤵️

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

i started making fun of Jeremy Renner as a bit on the show years ago. didn't have any reason to think he was an awful person, just felt like he was up his own ass enough to be funny. anyway turns out he's an actual monster. i take back my apology over making fun of his weird snowplow accident.

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The art direction in Silent Hill F is absolutely unreal #silenthill @konamina.bsky.social

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Even though it's a five year old game, Cyberpunk 2077 looks spectacular with ray tracing

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

New video going up tonight! A little run down of some demos I played during Next Fest 8pm BST www.patreon.com/posts/133358...

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Michael Downie @gadgetthedm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My incredible friend Candy made me this wonderful #ClairObscur painting during her 33 #Expedition33 Paintings in 33 Days challenge. It's gorgeous @expedition33.bsky.social

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 26/06/2025

Yknow what? I’ve been sitting on this for a decade because I’m not into punching laterally but I AM FINE with punching far right lunatics. Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵

An email from Briana Wu, dated May 3, 2014 (about 3 months before the start of GamerGate)

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Hey Zoe,
You I hope this will stay between us. But, I did want to share something with you.
The first time I really heard about you, and Depression Quest, a mutual gamede friend of ours in Boston was complaining about Depression Quest.
They had counseled you to take the money from big pharma. They were talking all kinds of shit about how shortsighted it was of you to not do this - but you'd stood your ground and said no. They thought you were a total fool.
I didn't know about your reality show, but I did read about the aftermath. And what really impressed me about the situation was you did the exact same thing.
A situation was anathema for you, and you said no.
You were willing to burn your bridges with an entire production company over the situation.
You and I are similar people in that we really care about women in games and calling out the sexism in the industry. But, the truth is - I'm a pragmatist. And, if I were being embarrassingly honest with you, I probably would have taken the money from big pharma. And, I would have drank the Mountain Dew on camera.
But, here you are today, and you're doing just fine.

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You and I are similar people in that we really care about women in games and calling out the sexism in the industry. But, the truth is - I'm a pragmatist. And, if I were being embarrassingly honest with you, l probably would have taken the money from big pharma. And, I would have drank the Mountain Dew on camera.
But, here you are today, and you're doing just fine.
You stood your ground, you made your choices and you still won.
There's been a situation at GSK that's been really bad for us and bad for the company. And, I can't go into it just like you can't go into the reality show stuff - but I can tell you, I drank the Mountain Dew on camera for far too long. I have dealt with a really awful, humiliating situation for far too long. It finally ended this week.
I don't know you that well, but - I have been thinking about your integrity a lot lately, and how going forward I need to be less of a pragmatist and more of a Zoe Quinn in leading my company. I want to let you know - that's something I really intend to follow through on.
I hope that doesn't seem emo, but it is true. And, I think when other women in the industry inspire us, l think we should let them know it.
All the best, Bri
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