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kyle gratton

@kwg.bsky.social
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gaming critic, writer, editor, aspiring author, mediocre photographer

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 9h
if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 22h
Scoring big points in the Beans group chat rn
Poll: Do you eat beans with a spoon or a fork (spoon has all but one vote)

I'm sorry, why is this a question
Kyle and I have a fundamental disagreement on this
And I need to know if it's just me lol
Welp seems like someone is divorcing someone lol
FORK?

Thank you tor not indulging her
delusions
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Local ice cream place had a vanilla with cornbread and raspberry jalapeño jam flavor and over a week later I haven’t stopped thinking about how the guy working there called me a freak to my face for ordering it lmao
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Jade King ✍️ OPEN FOR WORK @konayma6.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For @gamespot.com, I explored the Ocarina of Time remake's take on Sheik and how early impressions have left me fearful that his androgyny is being left behind. He's a character with nuanced queer history I hope Nintendo is at least slightly in tune with. www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’s Sheik Is Nothing Without Their Androgyny
Nintendo needs to preserve Sheik’s androgyny in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake.
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Ben Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can’t stop wars. Cant stop the president committing nonstop crime. Can’t do anything about Epstein. Or cost of living. Or the environment. They can fuck over workers though. They’ll do that real fast.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think this clanker has it out for me
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saw Gladiator on the big screen and can feel myself becoming a “they don’t make em like they used to” guy
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m not going to go thru the rigmarole of choosing the 10 best shows of the century but #1 is Mad Men and it’s not particularly close
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I hope everyone is enjoying control resonant :)
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apologies to Miami Vice but this is now my brain’s permanent reference footage for In the Air Tonight
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Shinra Middle Manager @shinramidmanager.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
SHINRA NEWS: January 31st, 1997 Edition

Bisexuality

Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.

Also includes the articles:

PRES. SHINRA'S FIRST NAME - What Was It

EGG AND CHIPS - A New Frontier In Bar Food
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fantasy Survivor is great because the draft is simply looking at press photos and blindly deciding who I think will be best at starving and lying
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The west has fallen
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling.
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A really cool kid with red hair and sunglasses saying "I'm totally Quest-ioning my purpose in life"
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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In retrospect, Obsidian getting Pentiment out there into the world before Microsoft exploded really feels like they pulled off the weirdest heist in gaming history.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026
"but why is kansas in play" we have reached the Shit Gets Weird zone, chat
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
not the most important thing at all right now, but like, what was Xbox even doing with Halo for the last five years other than making yet another remake of the original? is there really no new project substantial enough that a brand-new team can just take over all of a sudden?
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
a catch is when a possession consists of at least one football move, unless there is first intent that can clearly be observed. the if the intent is observed concurrently with the possession, the ball carrier must first establish zone in space. zone in space is an acquiescence of one's football self
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is the NFL not concerned that the endless replays and checklist litigation of rules is completely ruining the product?
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Very funny playing the Resonance demo as someone who’s only played a few Final Fantasy games. These legacy characters show up and I only vaguely know who they are. Feels like I should clap respectfully at their flashy cutscenes.
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Like the first game, the highs more than make up for the lows. Combat is varied but not exceptionally deep, and its open-zone design regularly feels overly familiar[…], but the overall experience is so finely woven that the sheer artistry is undeniable.”
screenrant.com
Control Resonant Review: A Rabbit Hole For Remedy's Artistry
The sequel captivates like only Remedy can.
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: The new James Bond actor has been chosen and it's this guy. www.tiktok.com/@jrw21/video...
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ceej @ceej.online · 17/09/2026
idiot. I just saw it for free
Facebook marketplace:
1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation Romulan Encounter Magic Eye Poster
$90
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do not tell me my sleep score that’s none of my business
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Weird how all the employee abusers love to go online and brag about how much they enjoy abusing employees
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
used to not be a scythe guy; becoming a scythe guy
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 10/09/2026
Saros is still the best PS5 exclusive of 2026.
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
nintendo putting the new metroid announcement right in the middle of the direct then making the final reveal about that pink abomination is heinous work
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poondonkus @poondonkus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Samus Ballin
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wait a second
MaloYoung link remake
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/09/2026
Very amusing to live through people complaining that Wind Waker looked like a video game for children only to read complaints that the OoT remake looks "too realistic"
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thinking about this exchange today
A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago: 
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago: 
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think a lot of "This doesn't look like what I remember" feeling is based on the artwork for OoT. But that artwork isn't what the game is based on, it's what the artist thought the game looked like then.
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
the ocarina remake looks fun
norman rockwell brave guy
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Chris Wagner @chriswagner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Photo of the Allen Fieldhouse student section waving a banner of John Brown holding the NCAA trophy at the final Big 12 Missouri game
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great insight into why Capcom, Square Enix, FromSoftware, and of course, Nintendo, whose whole deal is having the same people making all the most famous series for decades, are pumping out heaters faster than studios everywhere else
There's another critical cultural difference
between how Capcom and companies in the
U.S. and Europe operate. "There's an overemphasis on project management in the West in terms of Jira [project management software], burn down [the monitoring of remaining work until a project concludes], data tracking, and task management that doesn't necessarily turn into a game," says the former Capcom employee. It's not that Capcom doesn't have project management, but the producer role there is more akin to that of a movie producer. Fundamentally, "thethat of a movie producer. Fundamentally, "the producer has creative oversight," they say.
"Obviously, the director has the final call, but you're working with them to say, 'This isn't going to resonate with players, or 'That's going to take too long, or 'We don't have the timeline or budget to do that? Whereas in the West, production was more born from project management and Microsoft software development. It's looking at timelines and looking at charts."
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Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Capcom is on a generational run. But this is no renaissance: the company has never been greater. I reported on the secret of its success, from "Crapcom" in the early 2010s to its one-banger-after-another present, speaking to many of its most illustrious producers. www.theringer.com/2026/09/03/v...
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How Capcom Cracked the Code of Game Development
The video game industry is in turmoil, but 2026 could be Capcom’s career year. How does the company behind ‘Resident Evil Requiem,’ ‘Pragmata,’ and ‘Onimusha: Way of the Sword’ keep pumping out hits?
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
they put a new ball in my enclosure I hope I don’t pop it
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Devastated that I choked the perfect Simpson’s Bowling game on frame 10
Apu: 278
10 strikes
1 spare
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I know it’s just code for monetizing everything but I like how it’s always put in terms of “engaging the player for long periods of time” and “becoming a lifestyle”, you know what game does that? Balatro. You can just make a good normal videogame like Balatro that people enjoy.
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flubby 🎃 @flubby.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you're new here you need to see this
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ceej @ceej.online · 05/09/2026
I keep repeating this fun fact to people while they stare at me with feigned interest: “helicopter” is a compound word, but probably not in the way you think! it’s made up of “helico” as in, “spiral,” from the Greek “helix” and “pter” as in “wing,” like in pterodactyl!!
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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 04/09/2026
My first piece for @kotaku.com sees me document the rather surreal experience of demoing a game funded by a government that would have me executed for being trans. kotaku.com/the-1001-thr...
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The 1001 Threads Of Mizan Director Avoids Answering A Simple Question At Gamescom - Kotaku
'This is a really decentralized company. We completely decentralized'
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The crazed look of a man hoping to get a muffin
Cat in a chair peeking over a counter with big staring eyes
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kyle gratton @kwg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
[finding the fountain of youth] no it’s fine, I just didn’t think it would be carbonated
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