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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 4h

And by the way, if you haven’t read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams yet, absolutely do so as soon as you can. It’s an incredible, if horrific and bleak read, on Facebook and Meta that it is trying its best to keep from being a lot more known than it is now.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 4h

When its “legal” situation (I use it lightly because its just Meta suppression just trying to stop it from being bigger than it currently is) is resolved, someone better give Sarah Polley the opportunity to do an adaptation of Careless People. It will have a lot more bite than whatever that was.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 4h

Another thing: This film was better without Jeremy Strong as a bowl cut Zuckerberg. Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White were actually pretty good — Madison especially. There was no need for Strong, though.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 4h

(Yes, I know Sorkin didn’t direct until after The West Wing, but his writing mixed with his directing — especially in regards to politics — is so fucking bad)

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 4h

I think… I think The Social Reckoning has made me hate The West Wing now (or at least like it a little less than I did two hours ago). Because Aaron Sorkin cannot direct his way from a paper bag. Fuck me, what a disappointment it was.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

The winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 12h

Oh god do I remember. I am glad now that we’re finally seeing him for the feeling I had back then when I was covering him essentially for VG247: as fake and untrustworthy as they come. Ugh.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 12h

Remember when this guy was essentially the face of beating the drum for the games industry that you couldn’t go five minutes without seeing his face between 2010-2013 on sites like Eurogamer, VG247, CVG etc and pad out appearances at BAFTA, Eurogamer Expo/EGX and other events? I. Fucking. Remember.

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Patrick Garratt @patlike.bsky.social · 15h

Never, ever trust a politician. I shook this guy's hand once, then we both just stared at each other in confusion. Guess we both had the right instincts.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 14h

Took long enough to get around this and I’ll pick up the boxed copy next week, but…

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes I am vain enough to say this should have done bigger numbers.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I did think that was Bad Bunny for the Latin station (Cocotao FM) as the host, but didn’t want to definitively say (it was, obviously, his music).

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

OH SHIT. Robyn isn’t the only big name host for stations for the game. BAD BUNNY AND LANA DEL REY ARE HOSTS AND DJs TOO.

pitchfork.com

GTA VI Radio Stations to Be Hosted by Lana Del Rey, Bad Bunny, Robyn

Also: RaiNao along with Lana Del Rey's husband

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rockstar’s music curation is absolutely second-to-none. Not only that, Flash FM is back! NOT ONLY THAT, Robyn — as in *THE* ROBYN — is co-hosting!!! Effing A, Cotton, effing ehhhhhhhhhh.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That massive McDonalds-induced heart attack cannot come soon enough.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know I did a thread last week. But here’s where I am now after a year. Definitely a noticeable improvement. Still not done and definitely thing I could have done better the past year. But for now, I’m happy with how things have gone. :) (Left: October 6, 2025; Right: October 6, 2026)

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today marks a year since I began going to the gym. And well… EVERYTHING HURTS TONIGHT. I MEAN: EVERY-FUCKING-THING. It was essentially a three-and-a-half hour workout including two hour-long plus PBs on the bike and rowing machine each. I am so hurt and tired rn. But I fucking killed it :D

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Context for the new board member and who it is: IT’S BOBBY FUCKING KOTICK. Oh and Tony Blair is a board advisor. But nothing political about those decisions, right?

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Motherfucker, the gall of you to say this after your daddy has gotten close to him and donating to him as well as literally bringing in someone to your new board who was on the Epstein list, to say of being a close associate of him, and releasing a statement condemning those who boycott Israel film.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*looks at the masthead and who wrote it* Yeah, that tracks.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A reminder too if anyone forgot that Kotick is on the Epstein list and his little black book as an associate. David Ellison literally just hired him for his board at Skydance. Christ genuinely wept. Worth watching this from a few weeks ago too as a reminder from People Make Games.

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Bobby Kotick vs. The Games Media

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fuck. Maybe it’s gym brain, but I actually forgot all about that. I wish I still did to be honest, though.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

AND TONY BLAIR TOO!?! (albeit as a board advisor) Great, a man who essentially aware of widespread sexual misconduct and abuse within his company and a literal war criminal who should be in The Hague respectively. Great look, guys. Great, great, greaaaaaaat fucking look.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is not a surprise if you know Skydance before even the Paramount merger, much less the WBD merger today, considering David Ellison has a track record of hiring people he shouldn’t be hiring. but DEAR. SWEET. JESUS, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?!? BOBBY. FUCKING. KOTICK!?!?

hollywoodreporter.com

Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs Join Skydance Board of Directors

The video game executive and philanthropist will help guide David Ellison's media company.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I swear to god, drivers in this god forsaken city either drive too slow or are immensely stupid (an example on the latter: a car sped up from far enough back just to make sure I wouldn’t pass them as I was moving across — yes, I indicated). I. Hate. This. Place.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve watched this about a hundred times www.instagram.com/reel/DeCzTqG...

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Metal Gear Solid 2 and skullface colonel at 11 years old. I'm 35 and that shit still scares the fuck out of me.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeeeeeeessss…? You rang? 👀

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here's the thing. I get that sports games end up with out-of-date stats and there's a desire for modes like MyTeam / Ultimate Team to 'reset' each season. But killing a (brilliant) single-player story mode, because it was tied to a bullshit online currency, is infuriating.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah, Bully really needs a remake or a remaster at least. It has not aged well. :(

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is it worth bringing out one of my Xbox Series machines out of their box if the performance is better for Bully: Scholarship Edition on Xbox 360? (After Bully, I intend to play GTA IV plus exps but was gonna play on Steam Deck via Big Pic Mode. But probably worth keeping Xbox out for that mayhaps?)

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe it’s the fact I’ve not played Bully in at least ten years or longer and maybe it’s the fact I’m coming off playing the Definitive Editions of the PS2 GTA trilogy. But boy does Bully run rough on PS5 (admittedly, this is the PS2 classics version released for PS4).

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Still great, mind, don't get me wrong. But if you asked me to rank the trilogy now, I'd say: Vice City > III > San Andreas. Whereas before, younger me would have gone: San Andreas > Vice City > III. Taking a break now from GTA for a bit to focus on a replay of Bully.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

FInished GTA: San Andreas and the PS2 trilogy. And yeah, what Richard says here is truth. Especially post-2008 and GTA IV. But even then for its time, albeit easier to say in hindsight now, it does feel super small for a map meant to encompass three cities in one state (technically two states).

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've not written a fictional script in two years (the last script I wrote was for Building A Village). Now I'm feeling inspired to write a short film script.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just did an hour-long drive from Donegal to Derry listening to it for the majority of the trip. It’s that phenomenal. If you’ve never heard it, fix that now.

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Together

YouTube video by Nine Inch Nails - Topic

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Never doubt the power of good music running a film or in this case an episode of TV. How it was used was phenomenal. It is one of my favourite instrumental tracks of all time and it hit every single time. Perfect, no notes.

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As someone who until tonight only ever seen just the first episode of it and nothing else, I decided to watch the first episode of Season 3 of The Bear just on the fact the entire score of the episode is scored by one song, Together by Nine Inch Nails. Jesus. Fucking. Christ. That was good TV

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Johnny Cullen @johnnycullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just did an hour-long drive from Donegal to Derry listening to it for the majority of the trip. It’s that phenomenal. If you’ve never heard it, fix that now.

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Together

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