iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Far from the last word on this subject, of course, but I had a bit to say about the impressive speed of progress on PS5 emulation and What It All Means if it's being driven to a large extent by AI.

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sir, this is clearly the back of Pat Sharp

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2026 in videogame development

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One step closer to the dream of being able to have an extremely unsatisfying customer service experience anywhere in the solar system.

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ugh. newsletter.hitpoints.co/398-deckchai...

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

With apols for blowing the ol’ trumpet, this is kinda what happens when you spend all the money on focus testing and none of it on consultants. People hate this stuff! You could, and should, have been told this before launch!

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

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RistrettoMike @ristrettomike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nabbed another 555 in Lumines after work today. :) Hope y'all had a good Tuesday (mine is shaping up better than Monday - huzzah!)

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

steamhype.com

Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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vic-or-squeak!! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ @gizmouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this bit from skill up's review of wolverine knocked me on my ass, it feels like something that wouldve come out of one of those focus m parody videos but its in a real triple A game

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Nintendo Direct Guy’s two voices

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Zach Gage @stfj.net · 07/09/2026

Ok im gonna say something here that is going to draw a lot of different feelings from everyone, and I want to be clear i'm not "in support of this" or "against it". i'm just saying it as an observation that seems true to me: I think with the latest frontier LLMs, the “music” era of games is upon us

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

GOOD NEWS, TERRANOIDS. Brillo comedy adventure Earth Must Die is coming to your PS5 and Switches on September 9th! Chock full of amazing British comedy voice talent including Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, Tamsin Grieg, @alexhorne.bsky.social, @misterabk.bsky.social and LOADS more.

Earth Must Die capsule with PS5 / Switch written on it. A blue alien man is fucking lording it over a tiny planet Earth while his milk-stuffed robot companion looks on, shocked.

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Wayne Emanuel @wayneemanuel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Shout out to the @sega-west.bsky.social Persona 4 Revival booth at Gamescom for using legit CRT TV's on their booth. A very early #scanlinesunday.

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Tom Granger @tomgranger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey look! I made a trailer for eenk, the interactive fiction firmware for Xteink e-readers! And also eenky, the companion desktop app that's kinda like what GarageBand + iTunes were to the iPod, but for making and syncing dope branching story beats. youtu.be/JddSaGFBtNU

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Mike Chi @retrotink.com · 22/08/2026

Introducing the RetroTINK-6X CE: ‣Native 2560x1440p ‣True HDR10 CRT Simulation ‣VGA / SCART / YPbPr / S-video / CVBS $230 USD + sales tax (US) International pricing includes VAT, duties and all import fees Available Immediately / Not a Preorder: retrotink.com/shop/retroti...

retrotink.com

RetroTINK-6X CE | RetroTINK

Please read the Advisory Notices and Launch Information carefully before purchasing. Thank you!

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I love moral choices in videogames @hitpoints.bsky.social

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oh come on, you’ve just made that up. (❤️)

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

UK transit nerds are next level.

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Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games · 16/08/2026

I'm also on a bit of a subscriber push at the moment - if you fancy a Pokémon newsletter in your inbox at the start of each week, follow the link. Every sign up helps! 👇

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ironically that alert just made me drop my portable bbq onto my firework collection

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Six months of Super Nintendo! And it's my birthday this week! This book is the culmination of 20 years' work as a games journalist - all the time I've spent interviewing Nintendo creatives and thinking deeply about games and the place they occupy in our lives. Pick up a copy linktr.ee/super_nintendo

Keza with the colourful UK and US editions of her book Super Nintendo, a cultural history of the world's most beloved game company

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hey, Project C has a name! PRECOGNITION. Excited to be collaborating with newly launched @kineticpub.bsky.social on this, our wildest ride yet!

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./yemáko/badgames.zip @badgameszip.itch.io · 10/08/2026

sorry to the haters but the CORRECT order to play the series is A Short Hike Big Walk Marathon

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 06/08/2026

Logging back on properly for the first time in days: - EA officially is officially owned and run by the Saudi government and Jared Kushner - Rockstar is posting trailers exclusively to Netflix for 6 hours - Nintendo gave a nun a gun

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Big Walk does not sound like My Thing at all but this review is *such* a piece of writing, man. Feels like the old days where you'd happily read about a game you didn't care about because the work was so good. Exquisite www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-rev...

eurogamer.net

With upcoming PS Plus game Big Walk, Untilted Goose Game developer House House's co-op puzzle quest takes the hangout game to a new peak - here's our review

The Untitled Goose Game team returns with a funny, exciting and deeply rewarding multiplayer adventure. Our Big Walk review.

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Monkey Target is back in my life and all is right with the world. newsletter.hitpoints.co/389-stay-on-...

newsletter.hitpoints.co

#389: Stay on target

I'm falling!

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 01/08/2026

To celebrate our one-year anniversary, we're running a sale! 🎉 From now until the middle of August, you can get 20% off new Annual Supporter subscriptions here: thisweekinvideogames.com/sign-up/ Help support the new wave of games media, get benefits and great reads, and feel cool 😎👍

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Design Room @designroom.site · 31/07/2026

Hi, we're a new video game oral histories site. Want to read the story of Shadow of the Colossus, as told by 11 people who worked on it? Or hear what Will Wright has to say about Spore in retrospect? Or see previously unreleased footage of Nintendo's Sound Fantasy? Check us out at designroom.site

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 28/07/2026

Can I interest you in some cool objects? 🏁 One More Win, a Ridge Racer Type 4 fanzine 🔈 Capricorn Sun, an album of electronic music inspired by cult synth movie soundtracks 📖 Perfect Organism, my book about horror masterpiece Alien: Isolation Available now! 🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz

Copies of One More Win: Ridge Racer Type 4 Fanzine, Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation, and Capricorn Sun: Music From the Motion Picture.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 26/07/2026

the temu app will be studied for generations. i opened the app. here’s my unedited, nearly two-minute launch sequence. i was just searching for a bookshelf

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Sam W @samwrite.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

GQ profiles take a lot of work and planning and coordination and Sam is genuinely up there as one of the best PRs I’ve ever worked with. Totally gets both sides of the game, preempts issues, and delivers accordingly. Basically, you should hire him.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

new game idea

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 22/07/2026

We brought Poinpy back and it's totally free, as in real free, not 'mobile game free'. Please go and squash some fruit immediately.

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Not sure about that. "It’s what we get for paying these corporations so much money to reduce our choices for us, just because they offered convenience in return." Woof!

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 18/07/2026

This Week in Videogames has reached its first full year of operation. Thank you to our paid subscribers for helping us sustain an independent, commercial-free, AI-free, and no-nonsense approach to games coverage for everyone. Here's a brief rundown of what we've managed to achieve in Year One:

thisweekinvideogames.com

This Week in Videogames Marks Its First Anniversary

The award-winning independent games media outlet has reached its first full year of operation, sustained by the support of a reader-funded subscription model.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Dang they really got a category for everything

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The Hollywood Reporter *
@THR
Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

had enough, wrote some stuff newsletter.hitpoints.co/385-fallout/

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had enough, wrote some stuff newsletter.hitpoints.co/385-fallout/

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Alan Wen @damisanthrope.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New Edge day, featuring a new career high interview from me as I got to sit down with the legendary Hideki Kamiya for almost 3 hours to discuss his 30-year spanning career as a pioneer of game design. Give it a read, it’s… Viewtiful

Feature titled Collected Works: Hideki Kamiya from Edge magazine digital version displayed in landscape mode on iPad, next to a signed copy of Viewtiful Joe

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 09/07/2026

Launching a new website about video games today. Meet @respec.net. A sibling to @rpgsite.net, a spiritual successor to VG247, & a brother from another mother to other 100% independent UK media brands like @videogameschronicle.com and @trueachievements.com. www.respec.net/feature/87-w...

respec.net

Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec

Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 04/07/2026

new metaphor just dropped

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 28/06/2026

Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.

readonlymemo.com

Introducing Warp Point, a Web 1.0 gaming blog directory built for 2026

It's a webring! And a website!

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Jacob Freeman @geforce-jacobf.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

An early WIP look at OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast running with Path Tracing! Thanks to RTX Remix and talented modders Kim2091 and gabdeg in the Remix community 😃

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

When was the last time you were excited to bookmark an actual website? I honestly cannot remember. This is *incredibly* cool and Hit Points is delighted to be but one small part of it.

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Matthew Castle @mrbasilpesto.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thriller idea: man with world's second smallest penis has to stop him.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

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