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Brian Altano @brianaltano.bsky.social · 14h

Still have a few more projects going up before my last day at IGN this Friday. All of them really special to me. One of them a 44 minute long conversation with legendary artist and director @realgdt.bsky.social. Hope you all enjoy this! I'm really proud of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCM...

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm still struggling to believe this. Fuck, man.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The final third of Control Resonant is a technical marvel. How in the world did they do this. Simply awestruck.

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MICHAEL HIGHAM @brazyazn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

weird time for media and games but i wanna celebrate a lil W while i can: i’m *reviews editor* at IGN now reviews have long been one of my favorite forms of expression, and i’ve loved helping others fully realize their thoughts/feelings in writing/video, now it’s just fr fr

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I still need to put more time into Control Resonant to come back with any meaningful thoughts about it. First impressions are strong, much like my preview. My only big issue is that the camera is pulled back so far that it can be hard to dodge as precisely as needed during bosses

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Im gonna cry, I finally hit Grand Master. I've been working at this for so long 😭

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Awful, awful, horrible day. I'm okay, but also, im very much not okay.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Does anyone under the age of 30 know what this is from? lol

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My impressions from the preview build of Wolverine largely hold up. Sound combat that's fundamentally good enough to pull you through the campaign, but it never reaches beyond that baseline level of "good enough." The character work, big action moments, and performances...

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He might be playing too much Astro Bot.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today in: My 3-year-old is the cutest thing ever: He's discovered a little red button I got from the FF7 Rebirth preview event that plays the Final Fantasy victory jingle, and now whenever we play catch and he catches a ball, he starts singing it.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Onimusha: Way of the Sword RULES. Best-in-class combat with some all-timer boss battles. Musashi is an incredible protagonist, Ganryu is a exceedingly memorable and absolutely psychotic foil, the fight choreography is excellent. Action games are back.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My absolute favorite kind of replay review is when you look back at that time you blocked their OD reversal and learn that they decided to play Through the Fire and Flames on Expert in Guitar Hero for the remainder of the round.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The more I play Big Walk, the more I love the general concept of it, but the more I'm kind of let down by how frustrating it can be to just get around. Real annoyed at how easy it is to get stopped by ankle high rocks, twigs, and other minor pieces of geometry.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Right now he's pretty content just hanging out in the starter room ringing bells and turning lights on and off, but im very excited to be able to go on big walks with him in the near future.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New favorite game to play with my three year old son: Fall asleep in Big Walk so he can wake me up with the bell

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Boarded my plane home. Fighting games are awesome but my wife and baby are even more so and I can’t wait to see them and squeeze them

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And I’m out! Damn CEO got hands. That was a brutal pool. Went 2-2 in street fighter and every match was tough. Got sent home by BrianF which was honestly kind of an honor

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When I was a student I remember doing reading comprehension questions on standarized tests and thinking "these questions are dumb, who could miss these, the answer is literally in the thing we just read." Now I read comments on my reviews/previews and I understand just how necessary they are.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New preview! I got to play Wolverine! It was fun! Pretty much what I would expect from a Wolverine game. I do hope that combat finds some ways to mix things up. It did feel very much like Spider-Man, minus a lot of the cool acrobatic stuff Spidey could do youtu.be/sQKvHA6gb14?...

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Marvel's Wolverine Preview: Not The Superhero Revelation That Spider-Man Was, But Still Fun So Far

YouTube video by IGN

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New review! Tokon is the total package. Great single player, fantastic characters that are fun at all levels of play, gorgeous visuals, excellent learning tools, it’s all here. Full review with a video to follow soon www.ign.com/articles/mar...

ign.com

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Ticks Nearly Every Box, With Gorgeous Art and Excellent Action That Can Appeal to Players of Any Skill Level

A gorgeous and innovative fighting game that can appeal to all skill levels.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Either my wife has been affected by the one wish willow, or my son has discovered texting with Siri

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I think Ted Lasso ended perfectly with season 3, but I'd be lying if I said I didnt have a smile on my face during the entire first episode of season 4. I love these characters so much.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New Review (In Progress) We didn't get pre-release access to Tokon, so here's my impressions so far based on the open beta, with more to come as I play through the game starting tomorrow morning. www.ign.com/articles/mar...

ign.com

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Review So Far - IGN

Tokon seems primed to live up to the legacy of Marvel fighting.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games is making me realize that I want a meta story mode in a big fighting game. Tekken 8 kinda had it with Arcade Quest, and I genuinely love that mode, but there could be so much more done. I want Hikaru no Go, but for fighting games

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hell yes, more games need to steal this. Training drill presets are such a wonderful time saver and also a great way to get newer players to learn valuable lessons that will help them improve without forcing them to learn how to set up practice dummies in training mode.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There's a lot I like about Avatar Legends. Up there with the game feel, the schmoovement, and the flexible combos though are SMEAR FRAMES.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New review! Avatar Legends has some of the most fun moment to moment gameplay of any fighting game I’ve played. A cumbersome training mode, and some missing features hold it back, but this is nonetheless a fighting game I see myself playing for a long time youtu.be/NO_QRjLk0Ec?...

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Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Review

YouTube video by IGN

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Logan Plant @loganjplant.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Splatoon Raiders is an amazing action RPG. It has fantastic new powers with crazy upgrades, tough battles that force you care about your build, and a huge variety of fun level types. This is the best Splatoon campaign and one of the top Switch 2 games. My review is up now, on @ign.com!

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New preview! Belmonts Curse is shaping up to be the Castlevania I’ve been wanting to play for almost two decades www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fewy...

youtube.com

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse: The First Preview

YouTube video by IGN

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I dont think I have ever related with an anime character to this degree before. Drive rush into EX DP on the opponent's wake up?? Lock this psychopath up. ld be fuming.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

That feeling when you've got a banger social media post loaded in the chamber, but its embargoed

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I have created a monster. My son only wants to watch plsythroughs of NES Mega Man games. No more Ms. Rachel, no more Danny Go, no more Wiggles. Just Mega Man 1 through 6

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New review! Doom The Dark Ages Revelations is an incredible piece of dlc that dramatically improves the already great combat of TDA by introducing a new weapon that lets you hot swap between two very different, but very fun gameplay styles. ign.com/articles/doom-…. Video soon.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New review! (in progress). Since I started playing on release like everyone else, I wanted to give some first impressions of Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations while I work my way through the campaign and give my full review some time to cook. www.ign.com/articles/doo...

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Doom: The Dark Ages' First Major Expansion Adds an Awesome New Weapon That Pushes It Closer to the Stratospheric Heights of Doom Eternal - IGN Review

The combat encounters in this DLC are the very best Doom: The Dark Ages has to offer.

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Mitchell Saltzman @jurassicrabbit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So how's the review of Doom the Dark Ages: Revelations going?

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