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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 17h

they're calling it one of the greatest songs ever composed for a video game youtu.be/bZbg0j_LHkw?...

youtu.be

Frostwave - Ace Combat 8 Wings of Theve Soundtrack

YouTube video by Zaptroxix

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I will ALSO be at the Castlevania concert in London

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really shocking and disappointing as someone who's worked with and spoken to Jacob a lot in the past. My heart goes out to everyone affected 💔

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I WILL be at the Zelda concert in London

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I finally finished Midnight Suns after about 66 hours. Stellar gameplay and really rewarding loop building your characters, but that dialogue (which takes up a truly ENORMOUS chunk of the runtime) is almost entirely abhorrent. Both sickeningly dull while making me cringe constantly

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

saw three posts about ace combat from three different people over the course of 10 seconds, feel like i'm living in an alternate reality than my own (a good one, mind you)

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinking I might finally get through a chunk of the Resident Evil series this October, very long overdue

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I got into Lego a few months ago and while I really love it, I've already hit a wall in regards to space (and price doesn't help either). I simply don't have anywhere to put more sets, and I don't want to just chuck them in boxes or anything. Sadly can't see myself buying much more

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's insane to me that the three biggest faces of Metroidvanias (Metroid, Castlevania and Hollow Knight) are all getting new games/expansions within six months of each other What a time to be alive

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Think I've developed three new hobbies over the course of the last three months which is sort of an alarming rate to be doing that

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Out here on my knees BEGGING for the music to be good. I absolutely loved Dread but the soundtrack was a massive disappointment, especially when compared to practically every other entry in the series. Besides Burenia and the E.M.M.I. themes, I have a hard time recalling anything

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i am in my happy place again (highly anticipating a new metroid game)

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some shots look worse than others but I really like the style they with for Ocarina of Time. Link's definitely over-designed but all of the other characters/enemies feel like perfect reimaginings, and the game blends cartoony designs with more realistic environments incredibly well

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I know it's a game from 2013, but running around Lego Marvel Super Heroes' open world in split screen co-op - able to progress different objectives on totally different sides of the map - feels totally surreal to me

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

my good deed for the week was getting a piece of dust off a crane fly's leg that was literally preventing it from being able to fly then he took off into the night. goodbye, friend longlegs.

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Richie Morgan @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A story of Friendship, Creativity, Fandom and Persistence. Fanning the Flame is a documentary film by myself and @markdonaldson.bsky.social and it tells the tale of Doctor Who’s most legendary fan film! In production and out in hopefully less than 35 years.

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If I try to completely ignore how awful the writing is, Midnight Suns is turning into quite a delight. It has that rare quality where I'm still thinking about it at work, counting down the hours until I can jump back in. Hope it can sustain this engagement for its entire runtime

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've seen people complain about Marvel Snap's monetisation but I really don't get what the hubbub is about, the game always has great offers on to get things for cheap

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

apparently the only person to bring eclipse glassed to the eclipse because Every Person On The Street wanted to borrow them

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

okay tokon is actually a lot of fun but i have to try not to think about the potential of assists and tagging too much yet or it'll hurt my brain

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Turns out the day I was born was the same day BAE Sytems was founded, so I feel like maybe I should apologise for that

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As much as I'm having a blast with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the game has been quite buggy. The worst so far was this, where simply getting hit by a certain attack could cause the boss to "restart", which happened to me twice on this attempt alone!

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Heartbreaking: you try the two new fighting games you were really excited for and you're not sure you like either of them 💔

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

is youtube on android crashing for anyone else or is this a me issue

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

did a tiebreaker question at a pub quiz, quizmaster got the answer wrong, we subsequently corrected him to say we were closest to the correct answer, decides to stick with his original answer "because he'd already said it" hm.

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

nothing better that feeling like you need a long break from work just a couple of days after getting back from a long break from work 🫠

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Pure unironic enjoyment. This game is fantastic

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"bad ace combat game" is an oxymoron but i must confess to feeling a little disappointed that every mission in 6 has you doing practically the exact same thing. the ace combat 04 effect.

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LambHoot @lambhoot.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This year, I discovered three ways to genuinely revisit the past ⏳ beyond nostalgia. They involve re-playing media, re-syncing your mental timeline, and re-creating moments from bygone eras. 📺🕰️🔙 How to Time Travel (or: The Night My Mom Camped Outside BestBuy for a Wii) youtu.be/watch?v=4Uahb-6fE_k

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Saw a Metroidvania tier list floating around on the other app and decided to make my own. So many holes in my knowledge I gotta fill...

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

man these last two nintendo directs have been... man...

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Every time we see Belmont's Curse, it looks better and better. Cannot fuckin wait

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

it's a shame you seemingly can't release a difficult video game these days without its difficulty triggering another wave of discource about difficulty in games

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Finally finished Cairn last night and it's going to be an incredibly tough one to beat for game of the year!

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

how am i only just finding out about this

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

yesterday i beat two very short, horror adjacent, psx styled games by french developers (though one is french canadian) i would wholeheartedly recommend carimara: beneath the forlorn limbs i did not enjoy the hungry fly very much, but it certainly has its fans

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

just got off the phone with keir. he wants me to be the new prime minister.

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

now living in a ward with a reform councillor 🙃

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

annoyed that they're remaking star fox 64 again, however, i really like the new artstyle

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

i thought johnny cash and johnny vegas were the same person as a kid

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Ben @heyitmeben.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Massively surprising (and upsetting) to me that UFO: A Day in the Life, Endonesida and Giftpia haven't gotten full fan translations yet. All highly requested and several attempts seemingly made at each and yet nothing to show for it. Shame!

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