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DIGGER (2026) hates itself more than you ever could. SO me-coded.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 01/10/2026

if you aren't already supporting @mothership.blog, you should be. support women and queer people in video game criticism and journalism. we deserve to exist in these spaces but, at least in the case of mothership, we can only exist and pay our writers and introduce you to new writers if YOU help us.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The amount of snarky tweets I’ve seen about Kojima since Sony dropped PHYSINT…yall really don’t fuck with the GOAT huh

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a great piece about playing capital G games with others who aren’t necessarily self-identified gamers. I gotta do this more often.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The issue with Starfield for me was largely narrative across its main and faction campaigns, even if the main quest line takes some bold swings I enjoyed at the very end. It’s incredible how much I’m willing to tolerate if the story is really fucking good.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Seeing these fire Onimusha and The Blood of Dawnwalker scores knowing I got both of their steelbooks preordered already >>>>

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Saudi-backed game that centers on legendary middle eastern folktales but is spearheaded by a bunch of white dudes is shameless

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Playing Lies of P (great game) but it’s lowkey problematic I’m playing as a puppet killing other puppets. The clear oppressed underclass of the world. I’m fighting my people FOR THE WHITE MAN?!?

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

How playing Zero Parades while resisting the temptation to save scum feels

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Finally played @despelote.game. I held off because I knew the love I’d have for a game that set out to capture a specific time and place like 2001 Ecuador would actually pain me. And it did. It’s beautiful. I thought a lot about my own early 2000s childhood in Sudan. Brilliant. Inspirational. Damn.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Waking up and reading the news from Sony…felt like someone DIED man. I’m still mourning!! AHHH

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kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

People asking how I expect this to affect our game stores, so I'll try to summarize: 1. There will always be demand for games at inclusive price points 2. This decision very much affects which things can fall into those price points, & may push more phys games into "collectible" territory (cont)

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

if congo pull this off i want the british museum empty by midnight

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thinking about my gamer comrades back in Sudan 😪 This ain’t fair, man. Nothing Good is Forever? I’ll resist the thought.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Depressed over the future of physical media so I copped the @lostincult.co.uk Editions of Promise Mascot Agency. Comforting. For now, I’ve escaped the Nightmare Realm.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just clocked every game store is going to be a retro game store

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Makes me sad how much kingdom hearts late series lore just sucks. Love the games but reading theories about KH4 and just about every one elicits zero excitement. KH4 desperately needs a lore reboot but nah man apparently those fucking mobile games are gonna be pivotal!!! AHHHHH!!!!

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Feels like hostility to negative reviews is the worst it’s ever been, across film and games. Ain’t no way yall got folks crashing out under a @discussingfilm.net tweet over a Mortal Kombat 2 review.

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helen @helenor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

why’s this sorta the vibe here

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Audiokinetic🔜 GameSoundCon @audiokinetic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This week, Dillon Terry walks us through the telepathy mechanic for Goodnight Universe & the thought process behind creating this unique form of audio-led gameplay using #Wwise! 👀 Find out more: hubs.ly/Q04dTt_Z0 #GameAudio @nicedreamgames.com @dillonterry.bsky.social

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Y’all lied about this trails in the sky first chapter game man

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

When I traveled to Ethiopia recently, I watched this hacker thriller film on the plane. There's a scene where a girl goes on a long explanation about the fundamentals of web development to the point it kinda feels like mid movie lecture

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Writers - do you change your gaming habits when have to hunker down? Currently finding myself gravitating toward difficult games that don't send my dopamine receptors into overdrive. Feeling content with ~30 minute sessions with Soulslikes and Marathon. As someone who binges games, it's a change!

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Normal person: Artemis II was fire cuz now we got a black astronaut that traveled to the moon #RepresentationMatters Me: We need more Black femcel movies

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

FINALLY finished the first draft of my new pilot with @moemalik.bsky.social Crazy what fear of failure will do to you. Spent months agonizing between outline and first draft, but committing to writing this a few weeks ago was so much better than…not writing. Funny how that works! Rewrites…soon 🙏🏾a

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Watched The Drama and all I could think about is how badly I want a Black Femcel movie

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I love Resident Evil Requiem so much. Sort of blown away with how much I enjoyed it. It’s got narrative quirks that don’t make much sense upon further reflection and perhaps leans a bit too hard on nostalgia, but the overall package is so high quality and so fun. Oozes with style. Capcom leveled up.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

That hit piece on Sarah Bond is fucking diabolical.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Making my way through the “On Violence” chapter in The Wretched of the Earth right now, and I can say with complete certainty Fanon would have fucked with Xenogears

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Coffee and some cozy Promise Mascot Agency gaming this Christmas morning @kaizengameworks.com

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Y’all think Frantz Fanon would have fucked with Xenogears?

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Bat-Tali 🦇🎃 (Vancouver era ✨) @talidev3d.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help. I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Latest nostalgia-fueled acquisition: The Analogue 3D

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Worst way to start a response to a justified backlash, lmao, legit pisses me off

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Dressed up as Thomas Sankara to the Game Awards, someone asked me if was on the Expedition 33 dev team

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Dressed up as Thomas Sankara to the Game Awards, someone asked me if was on the Expedition 33 dev team

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

POV: You’re the first person to come up with the “protagonist with a super cool backstory has amnesia” trope

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Was so eager to take a vibes photo of me playing Xenogears at brunch I didn’t clock the dialogue on screen. Too fire of a pic tho, its staying

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

At @gaemz.bsky.social meetup Tokyo 53.5, I printed off some game making manifestos for attendees to read. - The rejecta manifesto from Pietro Righi Riva - Never Apologize by @torfi.bsky.social - Playformance by Sous les néons @blackcorn.bsky.social, @diane1f0cd.bsky.social, Nicolas Ligeon.

Table with game dev books and the three manifestos mentioned in the post.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I knew The Game Awards would never be graced by the warmth of God’s light when they didn’t nominate 1000xRESIST - the best video game narrative in recent memory - for…anything

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Man I thought this was a Florence (2018) ad

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Couldn’t make any Goodnight Universe posts pop off on Reddit. Spooky. Indie game marketing folks, how do y’all crack that?

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Soemthing about a game about a psychic baby that brings out the most unhinged fans. I love it lmao, makes community management way more fun

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Rise of the Ronin propaganda on my timeline, waited almost two years for this. This is how being a ROTR enjoyer usually feels like.

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