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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 12h

What do we do with Jacob Geller? I have some ideas.

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Consider The Woodchipper by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social CW: sexual assault, rape "Let me be clear: you are not a victim of what Geller did." Read on:

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Consider The Woodchipper

A response to "What Do We Do With Jacob Gellar?"

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The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com · 13h

Wishlist the free DLC here so you know when it releases October 29th! store.steampowered.com/app/4487450/...

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Cairn - On the Trail: Deep Water on Steam

New climbing locations, fresh problems, same freedom to climb!

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 13h

Belmont's Curse demo is pretty cool - definitely picks up once you get the whip. Feels weird it takes so long to get to that and then just... ends?? I also think a native switch 2 version would be lovely because it's a little fuzzy and choppy?? We'll see!

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Enjoying greatly how many of the altered items i'm finding in Control Resonant line up with adult experiences Dylan is having for the first time. It's all doing a really nice job of endearing me to him.

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it’s not like i have 300k followers or anything, but any woman working in game journalism or an adjacent field, please reply to this with something you worked on recently that you’re proud of and i’ll repost it. feel free to include cash’pp/payp’l/v’nmo links.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know climate change is getting bad, but this seems extreme.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gears of *WAR* reviews not featuring even a passing reference to the BDS boycott (and only a few referencing the layoffs), but still able to state that xbox have finally delivered a good one is bonkers. Does it not enter the mind at all to consider any exterior context?

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work! 🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

new feature! back on RPS! i don't like deadpool in his contemporary form. i do, however, like deadpool in tokon quite a lot, as someone plugged into the FGC. please give it a read! this was really fun to work on, and i'm grateful to RPS for taking on a kinda niche pitch 💜

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The importance of being earnest: How Marvel Tōkon's Deadpool trades ridicule for fighting game reverence

By embracing fighting game culture, the Deadpool of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is a much more likeable presence than his cross-media counterparts.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Incredibly uncool that I have to go to work instead of playing more Control Resonant today.

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The best thing you can do is believe and support anyone who trusts you enough to tell you that. Their life just got a lot harder, forever. Be decent to each other, gang

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My friends and I just beat Cinthia in our randomised platinum soul-locke after many months. The greatest moment of my life honestly.

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Jank @jank.cool · 22/09/2026

Are videogames trying to make me contemplate my mortality? Fine. I shall. By @jmrivera.bsky.social www.jank.cool/are-videogam...

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Are videogames trying to make me contemplate my mortality? Fine. I shall.

The quantified life

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"due to their open views about gender, sexuality, and politics" what views are those, polygon? which ones do you consider controversial? let's hear it.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This Onimusha final boss would be *way* more fun if I didn't have to keep bloody fighting this first phase just to try and learn the second one.

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Marianne "Moth" Cassidy @mothshaped.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Holy moly/hot dog/etc.

A screenshot of the Metacritic page for Control Resonant. Crucially, Marianne has circled the score itself: 84 out of 100.

A screenshot of the Steam page for the demo of Hellraiser: Revival. Marianne has underlined the user review summary, which currently says: "Very Positive (93% of 998)".

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Wallace @exalclaw.com · 18/09/2026

Been interesting to watch Blood of Dawnwalker receive the Clair Obscur treatment in that ppl will forget and/or just not mention that it used genAI during development and it seems like the biggest reason is bc the game was good enough

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We gotta stop assigning "new" to recency. I have played so few of the games in that direct that every other game was new for me - even if they aren't all "new releases". I think the Switch 2 library is just bursting with new games for me after that direct.

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

new metroid so I have to repost

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Did we ever get confirmation if Level-5 used genAI for some of the new Layton game's development? I will be devastated if so.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This timeline makes me feel like I'm in a film but I can't remember which one.

A screenshot of a bluesky timeline showing three of the same truman show crossed with Kirby image.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

God I love Kirby. Forgotten Land was excellent, i'm so here for this!

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's so cool that, after a gen where the switch was a downgrade, the majority of people who only have a switch 2 are getting just completely flooded with these great ports. Look at this library, man. MH Wilds runs on there???

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh my god is this the psp yugioh game??

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Did we ever get confirmation if Level-5 used genAI for some of the new Layton game's development? I will be devastated if so.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh fuck, starfox adventures today??? Show's over folks, we can go home now.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think the disparate level of detail between Link and other characters opens a lot of space that I'm enjoying running with. We've got Link, someone who is more real in the sense of his ability to impact time, who looks more realised than the castle town people, who have very little impact.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have slept on it and my excitement for Ocarina remake has only gotten larger. Fascinated by a maximilist view of hyrule that creates more of a pull on my mind and situates those places really heavily so that when everything goes to hell in the second half it feels even worse.

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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cool, man. Quick question: does taking that shit out unpoison the groundwater and unboil the oceans?

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is a great thread. Why do we assign the childhood experience of OoT this weight and depth as a result of its design but then boil an entire design process down to a tagline for the remake? As Abram says, decisions aren't emotionally neutral and this trailer was full of them.

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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Complain all you want, I think this looks fucking gorgeous. What a strong art direction and reimagination of a place I know so intimately.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is still possible, since we're seeing the opening. I don't mind either way, think this looks really nice, just funny to think about it!

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I actually like the way Ocarina looks quite a bit

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thinking bout the Ocarina remake and imagining a world where they only show the first three temples in the marketing. First three temples are the same, maybe the odd little change. But then when you get to the temple of time the whole thing gets blown apart. Just a totally reshaped experience.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's so frustrating to hold this personal position on A24's AI stuff because they keep putting out bonkers looking films that I want to watch but won't as a result.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Told myself I wouldn't start up Onimusha until I beat the Flood stage in Blood Dungeon - it's the last one I need. Little did I know Flood is nigh on impossible, so jokes on me I guess.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Super weird to show and big up Jin Sakai returning at the end of the Yotei trailer given the backlash its female lead character and genderfluid actor received. At best it seems naive not to see how that looks.

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Jake Slimeberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 02/09/2026

impressively anti-intellectual! Criticism does not exist to predict the audience Metacritic score. Criticism is not consumer guidance. Critics are not reviewing kitchen appliances. Actually! A critic who reliably reproduces popular opinion is fucking useless.

And since press does still count, I ended up reviewing the reviewers too. Every outlet and creator gets a trust score based on one question: When they reviewed a game, did players end up agreeing? You can see who consistently calls games the way players see them, and who doesn't. Again, simple and fair.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey, I'm in this one! Thanks again to Unwinnable for the opportunity to write about one of my favourite books and @chiltonm.bsky.social for the great editing! 😊 Go read On the Calculation of Volume and go read Exploits! (Not necessarily in that order!)

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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My planned columns about women and the games industry return; this time I’d like to talk to women who review video games about their experiences landing and writing reviews, especially recently. If this is you, reach out via DM or eaprice.work@gmail.com

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 02/09/2026

Where is the year going? Get our latest nuggets of microcriticism in the September 2026 issue of Exploits, including writing on The Tale of Princess Kaguya and The Odyssey. Buy: buff.ly/AzNU0so Subscribe: buff.ly/LK0CTtF Read @saraclemens.com's essay on Lestat's live rock show: buff.ly/l51eY9i

The cover of the September 2026 issue of Exploits, featuring the art "Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses" by Kanō Masanobu from the 15th century. The art depicts two people in a boat riding away from a willow tree.

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Man, Dawnwalker landed well for people, but the GenAI in the audio/writing production stuff puts it on my personal "no go" list. Super excited for Onimusha still, though!!

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Lewis Davies @lewiswriting.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A guy at this festival show is recording it on his DS. Hero.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That's a fine way to look at it, but my experience with the GTA games is that they're so vast and multifaceted that while some aspects are problematic and others are so-so, there's also moments of real brilliance and beauty in them. Some of my most transcendent gaming experiences have been with GTA.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've seen a lot of wonderful tributes to Dolly, but this may be my favorite

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