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

Silver Pines: How it feels to drop the difficulty down to the easiest mode after only a handful of scary encounters

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

“I should have asked that white boy for his discord” — overheard* at LAX *I said this

Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

All timer protagonist. Maybe if we can get him in Fortnite and introduce him to kids we could get funding for Mafia III-2. Then Mafia III: Lincoln Returns. The kind of gaming trilogy our ancestors dreamt about.

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shoutout to the great @thecharleswebb.bsky.social for writing on this brilliant game!

Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy birthday to one of my all time favorite games, Mafia III. Gunplay matched only by The Last of Us Part 2. A wicked cool sandbox in New Bordeaux. An unparalleled soundtrack. And a bold, stylish-as-hell revenge narrative that unflinchingly tackles racism like we haven’t seen before. It’s GOLD.

Stunned this is how I am learning about SCP for the first time. Oh my God. I'm gonna lose hours to the rabbit holes I'm about to go down.

Watched Backrooms for the first time last night. Why did none of y'all tell me that movie was basically a CONTROL spinoff.

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yo fire emblem fortune's weave is legit incredible. gameplay is unreal and the narrative...the amount of times I was genuinely surprised by what I just saw on screen is crazy. so impressed with the story telling. 130 hours to beat it but I streamlined the last few Part 1s. its so good. GOTY

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Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

incredible. congrats!! my collector's edition arrives in a few hours. used to play the n64 game with @moemalik.bsky.social a ton as a kid. so excited to run back some pod racing!

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Play this beautiful game!!! It’s on sale now too!!

Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m surprised too! I totally get not vibing with it but think the notion the movie is smug is missing the mark imo.

Malik @maliksquared.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

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

There is no stretch of game I’ve replayed more often w/o progressing than the opening 2-4 hours of P4G. I’m banking on P4 Revival to finally get me to the other side of its slow start lol

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.

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 >>>>

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

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.

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

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

I played it last December. Loved it so much and it got me through the holiday blues. Kaizen is 2/2 and I’m probably going to buy my third Paradise Killer vinyl because of that new release y’all just dropped. PICTURE DISKS 😭😭

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

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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

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!!!!

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.

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

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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

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

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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

That random “a” at the end. This is why I stopped writing man