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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 12h
Thank you to Costco Connection Magazine for coming up with my new bio
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 12h
$100 is a lot, but Switch 1 + Switch 2 + DLC all on one game card is a great idea
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 13h
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 16h
@unity.com the CSAM generating bot? Really? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx1o...
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 16h
@unity.com the CSAM generating bot? Really? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx1o...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17h
"you'll probably have to fight robots over concert tickets and booking appointments" we already have this problem?
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 17h
I hate genAI and I want it to die but no matter how good AI “art” gets it’s inherently never going to be more interesting than human made art so that does give me some comfort
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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 18h
Before Game Informer returned, which felt like a one in a million shot, I had just assumed my career in games media was over. A lot of attention is rightly paid to the decimation of the actual games industry over these past few years, but we need to pay attention to what is happening in media, too.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
having it all on the game card is cool, but $99.99 is just the price of the base game + DLC. and if it's anything like other Pokémon game bundled with DLC releases, it'll be very low quantity.
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This quote is also especially odd in the context in which it's presented. Seems like she was asked about the huge protest during her Bethesda visit and how long her very overt charm offensive can last. "In life there is only winning and learning." Xbox, right now, appears to be in neither camp.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 30/09/2026
Ghost of Yotei: "Complete" Edition suggests it could really be Sony blocking multi-disc releases. The one disc included is packed. Sucker Punch tried to make the best of it by including an updated build and quite a bit of DLC. Still needs a download to be complete (last pic).
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
that's gonna be a $90 key-card
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Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is great news but also gives me anxiety
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Nintendeal @nintendeal.com · 30/09/2026
Star Fox has been added to Nintendo Music share.music.nintendo.com/en-US/US/off...
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I sure hope I can get Intergalactic on a Blu-ray Disc
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Summary
Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
oh, so it's not just PlayStation that's cooked
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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 28/09/2026
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S13 - E24 Computer... Enhance.... ???????
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 28/09/2026
Misinformation about physical games is still spreading. Please help spread our video how disc-based games actually work these days (with a few exceptions, ofc):
youtu.be
Do physical games need downloads?
"Physical games don't have any data on them." "Every physical games needs a patch anyway." Heard enough of this nonsense? Then this is the video to share with the world for you. We do a fully offline installation and go through the details. Please consider supporting our work via Patreon and get a
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026
The GFC, much like the AI bubble, was nothing to do with reality, but ever-twisting levels of speculation. Too much of our financial system is powered by number games dressed up as investment.
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't believe we call these fuckass chatbots "AI"
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
god, I hope that's true but I don't think current Sony/PS leadership understands that good will is a part of weathering the coming storm ($1000+ PS6, $100+ games) look at the way people respond to Nintendo games vs the way they respond to Sony or MSFT games. There's more excitement for Nintendo.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 26/09/2026
KEEP THE PRESSURE ON SONY! In a recent Kotaku interview NIS CEO Saruhashi says that Sony "is hearing a lot of feedback from players" and that things might not be as set in stone as parts of the industry want you to believe regarding the future of physical media.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NO ONE - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELTEN WHOS TORRENTIND SOME REAL SHYT, "NO ONE WANTS TO WATCH AI MOVIES, IF I GAVE A SHIT WHAT THE COMPUTER WANTED, I WOULDENT OBSESSIVELY BLOCK ADS AND REFUSE TO UPDATE MY SOFTWARE" - MAYBE I WOULD BELIEVE THE COMPUTER KNOWS WHAT I WANT TO WATCH IF IT DIDNT USE 20 YEARS OF STEALING MY DATA TO TRY TO SELL ME THE SAME THING I BOUGHT LAST WEEK - MAYBE I WOULD BELIEVE AN ALGORITHM WOULD ENTERTAIN ME IF EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ALGORITHM WASNT DETERMINED TO SHOW ME DUMB BULLSHIT TO MAKE ME MAD - MAYBE I WOULD BELIEVE THAT "AI" COULD MAKE SOMETHING OF WORTH IF IT HAD EVER DONE SO EVEN ONCE AFTER READING EVERY BOOK AND WATCHING EVERY VIDEO IN EXISTANCE - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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A G @grandshadowdude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I got a rock...
Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom receiving a stick.Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom after receiving a stick with the text "It's...sticky."
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 25/09/2026
To the people trying the PlayStation survey: Either it has been closed now or you are in the wrong region. Might have been Europe only.
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch USA/ESRB) is $33.57 on Woot MOBILE APP (discount at final checkout screen - extra 20% off ends at 9:58 PM PT) buff.ly/RmuiiF0 #ad more gaming deals buff.ly/BZBxkb6
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 25/09/2026
Looks like some people are having trouble accessing the PlayStation survey. Try this link now:
playstation.qualtrics.com
PlayStation Survey
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 25/09/2026
Looks like there is another PS survey making the rounds. Not directly aimed at the disc situation, but you can still share your thoughts:
playstation.qualtrics.com
PlayStation Survey
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That last part was about how Bobby Kotick was friends with notorious pedophile and friend of pedophiles Jeffery Epstein, a sex trafficking pedophile whom Bobby Kotick was friends with.
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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve been asked, but no I didn’t get a letter, I doubt I’m on the radar at all. If Bobby’s tastes are anything like his friends’, I’m too old for him to care about me anyway.
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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Game Informer will not have an Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review today, as the publisher opted to not provide us with an advance code. We look forward to reviewing it once access is provided to the publication.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NOW!!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELELELTON DRIVEN THERE CAR AND TRYEN TO SHOP AT A FUCKEN STORE AND THEY WONT LET EM!!! THERE LOCKEN ALL THERE SHIT UP STOP ADDING LEVELS TO MY LIFE!!!! DO NOT MAKE ME FIND A GUY WHERE I FEEL GUILTEY ABOUT MAKIN HIM UNLOCK ALL MY SHIT!!!!!!!!! AND TA TEXT SAYS I HATE STORE'S UNLOCK MY ALLERGY PILL'S unlock my monster pop unlock my sock's unlock my lotio unlock lonfey detergenet unlock ibuproffin unlock my tooth paste unlock my deodorant UNLOCK MY DEODOTANT IMMEDIATELY !!!! NOW NOW NOW WHAT THE FUCK - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 24/09/2026
fun addition to this: kotick didn't just threaten publications, he threatened individuals. One of his lawyers was tasked with keeping an eye on every post I wrote about him, and they'd hound ownership about them if they didnt like them.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: news broadcast of a Chimpanzee in a suit walking to the podium of a White House briefing. Text at the bottom reads: “PRESIDENT CHIMPSKY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK” Panel 2: president Chimpsky signs to the camera, “Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you.”
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to Mikhail Klimentov (@leadergrev.bsky.social) for bringing this story to us, having first been tipped off to Kotick's campaign against the press a couple of years ago. Since then he's become obsessed with tracking down the various legal threats being sent to journalists behind the scenes.
A still from the video, showing Mikhail looking into the camera.
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is, I think, one of the best Metroidvanias of the last 15 years and you can EASILY finish it within this timeframe. Hell, you don't even need to feel bad about not paying Ubisoft, because they disbanded the team, anyway!! Also it runs at a (99% consistent) 60 FPS on Switch. Do it do it do it.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026
Every single article should mock this useless piece of shit and the fact that the vast majority of them do not is a sign that everybody has forgotten about the metaverse, and failed to fully comprehend the sheer scale of waste perpetuated by Mark Zuckerberg bsky.app/profile/pita...
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Kyle Hilliard @kylehilliard.com · 24/09/2026
I lost Control.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026
I think that he should've had Altman arrested for running a company committing cybercrimes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think you are not only seeing Sharma's managerial style in these moves, but also the clear influence of people who have been desperate to treat game development as a spreadsheet venture for years at Xbox and are finally getting their chance.
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos
"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.
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Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did this in like ten minutes and collins doesn't have 11 fingers, no data center was used, just my brain and some markers I had lying around, and I am not even a professional artist. Just consider employing human beings it's not super hard
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
THIS IS THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELATEN HOLDIN ONE OF DA BEST ALBUM'S OF ALL TIME "SCIENTIST RIDS THE WORLD OF THE EVIL CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES" AND THEY SAY ; "NOTHING IS REAL, EXCEPT DUB REGGAE, AND THE INEVITABLE FALL OF VENTURE CAPITALISM, A COMPUTER THAT LIES TO US MAY TRICK A RICH MAN BUT IT WILL NEVER PLANT CORN" ,,, THE WHOLE SHIT SHOW OF VC IS BASED ON A FEW COMPANYS WHICH ARE "ALL IN" ON AI AND YA GOTTA THINK THAT AINT GONNA LAST,  THE RICH CAN INJECT THEMSELVES AND HIDE IN BUNKER'S BUT YA STILL GOTTA HAVE FOOD, EVERYTHING STILL DEPEND'S ON PLANTING CORN KERNALS AND EATIN THE CORN PLANTS THAT GROW FROM THEM, A RICH MAN WILL NEVER APPRECIATE THE PERMEATING BASS AND THUNDERING DRUM'S OF THIS ALBUM, HAVING NEVER KNOWN THIRST HE WILL NOT APPRECIATE WATER, THE MONEY KEEPS HIM FROM EVER KNOWING THE MOST ESSENTIAL PART'S OF BEING ALIVE, IF HE WAS ENSOULED IT WOULD BE TRAGIC BUT OH WELL LMAO - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way this is phrased — like getting rid of Ninja Theory was unavoidable and they did their best to make sure they could hand them off — feels particularly mealy-mouthed. You caused this problem! You're the one in the hot dog suit!
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Brian Shea @brianpshea.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
gameinformer.com
The PS5 And Xbox Series X Generation Has Been A Race To The Bottom
This generation will not be defined by its great games or incredible tech, but rather by corporate greed, mismanagement, and anti-consumer practices. - Game Informer
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