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SUPERDELUXE GAMES @sdxgames.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

♫🎸『Hi-Fi RUSH』🎸♫ ⚡️PlayStation 5向け👉パッケージ版⚡️ 📀2026年7月16日発売決定‼️ 大変長らくお待たせいたしました‼️ 音楽とアクションがシンクロするリズムアクションゲーム『Hi-Fi RUSH』、発売決定です🎵 🌞通常版 ⭐DELUXE EDITION ✨🙋本日から予約開始🙋‍♀️✨ superdeluxegames.jp/collections/...

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Steam Next Fest is still going strong, and so is response to our new approach to physics in action games!! Try out Awaysis NOW!! store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...

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Awaysis on Steam

The ultimate dungeon brawler. A revolutionary, physics-fueled throwdown where you’ll jump, slide, and collide on your adventure to restore peace to the Awaysis - an ancient floating relic under attack...

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vgmlife @vgmlife.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Without nicknames, we wouldn't need to listen to find out the meanings of @markmacdo.bsky.social "Empty Promises", @johntv.bsky.social "Body Cream", @tinabuttz.bsky.social "Nier Automatone Deaf", and @gabrieldeleon.bsky.social "Screwjob". I track these fun wordplays at www.vgmlife.com/8-4/roster

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8-4 Play Episode Roster — VGM Life

A complete list of the participants of each 8-4 Play episode, their nicknames, and how they take out each episode.

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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Tokyo Indies 次回9月16日 @tokyoindies.com · 16/01/2026

今月のプレゼンで紹介される作品です！ - Agehabachi / 垓交官YUKI - A-Blast! / Apollo - Kowloon's Curse / REM - MONOPHOBIA @ngamedev.bsky.social - DOOM SPIRAL / Forbidden Saucery

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

ICYMI during the holidays, these were my five favourite video games of 2025. Special props to Baby Steps and Lumines Arise for being utterly magnificent in their own unique (and harrowing, in the case of Baby Steps) ways.

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 09/01/2026

Honored to see Lumines Arise nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design and Family Game of the Year in the 29th Annual #DICEAwards! 🙏🏻💜 Check out all the nominees here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_dic… lumines.game @official-aias.bsky.social

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NamaTakahashi @namataka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Once again, Öoo has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design at the D.I.C.E. Awards! Huge thanks to @official-aias.bsky.social for the honor, and to everyone who has supported the game. #DICEAwards

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 29/12/2025

Honored to see Lumines Arise on The AV Club's list of the Best Games of 2025! 💜🌟 "...absolutely worth rising up to." 📖 www.avclub.com/best-games-2025-clai… @avclub.com

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8-4 Play @84play.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Friend of the show and former EGM editor Che Chou joins us to ring in 2026 with another freeform Q&A ep fueled by bourbon and filled with New Year's resolutions, holiday memories, GOTY talk, and Cybermorph. HNY! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

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John E Warren 🤠🐝♿️ @floppyadult.com · 01/01/2026

Not surprised but deeply impressed nonetheless that Kyle kept up with this very cool thread that wrapped up yesterday.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

In Zelda 2, a woman appears in each town, beckoning Link into her home. They disappear inside and Link's health begins to refill. One reddit user recently asked if this scene was *intentionally* suggestive. While that seems very unlikely, I thought I'd look into it.

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BitSummit / ビッツサミット @bitsummit.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

皆さん、こんにちは！ BitSummitへの応募締切は12月31日（応募料：2,750円）ですので、ぜひお忘れなく。レイトエントリーは2026年1月16日まで受付（応募料：5,500円）しています。詳細は bitsummit.org をご覧ください。

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BitSummit / ビッツサミット @bitsummit.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Hello everyone! Just want to remind you that the deadline for BitSummit submissions is December 31st (submission fee: ¥2750). Late entries are open until January 16, 2026 (¥5500). Looking forward to seeing your games! For more information visit bitsummit.org.

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Coven of the Chicken Foot - Wishlist Now on Steam! @playwildflower.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Gertie and her creature companion must venture into dungeons & lush forests on a quest to fulfill a coven’s oath. Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3041680/... Summon Hints from the Coven: wildflowerinteractive.substack.com

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Bruce Straley @brucestraley.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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Brian Hargrove @turfmasta.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Not So Random, #RandomGameSaturday Today is the 24th anniversary of Rez, so here’s a bunch of versions of Rez.

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 13/11/2025

The new episode of the MinnMax Show is now live on YouTube and podcast platforms! Guest host Kyle Bosman recruits @markmacdo.bsky.social and @pokachee.bsky.social to finally figure out what type of game Lumines is and what those little blocks are called. www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ts...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 11/11/2025

Lumines Arise is an almost perfect zen puzzle game

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Lumines Arise is an almost perfect zen puzzle game

Headphones on.

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Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 11/11/2025

Lumines Arise is the kind of game that I won’t delete from my hard drive because I will always want the option to lose myself to the game periodically, which Arise is consistently excellent at. Our review: gameinformer.com/review/lumin...

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 11/11/2025

🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀 Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885 lumines.game #LuminesArise

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 11/11/2025

Lumines Arise review: Enhance's Tetris Effect follow-up is another audio-visual delight, but it sacrifices some substance for its supreme style. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.videogameschronicle.com/review/lumin...

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Lumines Arise review: Tetris Effect follow-up is an audio-visual delight | VGC

Enhance’s high-energy music puzzler sacrifices some substance for supreme style…

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Perfect excuse to #84bump right here

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Big congrats to @ancientgames.bsky.social @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social on today’s Japanese physical release of EARTHION!🚀✨🥳 Super proud of the @sdxgames.bsky.social versions we made, and especially stoked that we teamed up with 8BitDo (the best!) on this rad M30! ❤️ superdeluxegames.jp/collections/...

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simiantim.bsky.social @simiantim.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I do not post on social media, but I feel in the age of AI slop and digital only releases, something physical, beautiful and created with such care should be shouted from the rooftops. @apwot.bsky.social keep doing what your doing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...

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A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6

The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 05/11/2025

👁️ We blinked, and suddenly it's now SIX days until Lumines Arise launches. 🚀 『Lumines Arise』発売まであと6日！いよいよ1週間を切りました！ #LuminesArise #ルミネス lumines.game

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Design Room @designroom.site · 03/11/2025

We're kicking off a series of music game oral histories with a look back at Rez Infinite -- and why it's been nine years without a follow-up.

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After nine years, Rez Infinite remains gaming’s greatest tease

“If we're using the word ‘prologue,’ obviously something has to come after...”

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Ryan O’Donnell @ryanodonnell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

According to Wikipedia, today is the 20th anniversary of The 1UP Show. I choose to believe this is true. I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had. I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.

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Design Room @designroom.site · 14/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨 We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. • We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon • Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n • See more: designroom.site

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Design Room

Video game oral histories

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 17/10/2025

One thing a lot of my friends missed from other social media platforms was interacting with venerable Japanese game devs. To that end I've made a list of folks I know are here, focusing on devs whose games you will have heard of. Please share and tell me who I'm missing! go.bsky.app/5R1tEtT

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Josh Fairhurst @limitedrunjosh.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Extremely rare b-roll footage of an Electronics Boutique in late 1994 or early 1995. Enjoy it! I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 13/10/2025

We could all use some good vibes right now. 🥰 How about this—The Lumines Arise Demo is back—for #SteamNextFest (and also back on PS5)! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885 Play, wishlist, and pre-order now!

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Somehow our little company turns 20 years old today. Time is weird! Thanks and <3 to everyone who has supported us over the years~

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Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 29/09/2025

Tokyo

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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2025

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it. www.wired.com/story/three-...

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3 Years Later, Playdate Is Still Gaming's Best-Kept Secret

With almost laughably low power, a monochrome screen, and unique controls, niche-micro console Playdate shouldn't make any sense in a world of modern gaming. Yet, it's near impossible not to love it.

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Mark MacDonald @markmacdo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

In honor of the 40th anniversary, my anecdote from the EGM issue #200 cover feature “Top 200 Games of Their Time” on Super Mario Bros. — which, of course, ranked #1. Shout out to Scott Dunn for turning me on to the crazy new game he played at Godfather’s Pizza in Brentwood

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Brian Hargrove @turfmasta.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Made a Virtual Boy to Switch 2 adapter after I saw the news this morning. I prefer to play VB games with the proper controller. So far it works great, but I'll have plenty of time to tune it before Nintendo drops the VB update. youtu.be/e60283SywV8?...

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Virtual Boy Controller on Nintendo Switch 2 Proof of Concept

YouTube video by turfmasta

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mechachoi @mechachoi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

reminds me of this hardware shitpost I did for @markmacdo.bsky.social 7 years ago

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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com · 29/08/2025

What happens when you wanna take a quick look at a video game... With a little EXtra help? That's right y'all, Quick Look EX is back as @danryckert.com and @grubb.wtf are joined by Enhance's own @markmacdo.bsky.social to check out the awesome new Lumines Arise demo! youtu.be/BBqUG1gqVvg

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A Quick Look EX at the Lumines Arise Demo

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Lumines Arise demo is out (game releases on Nov 11 - demo available only until Sept 3) US PSN store.playstation.com/en-us/search... Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/... also up for preorder on PSN ($35.99 on PS+) Details: blog.playstation.com/2025/08/26/l...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 18/08/2025

Anybody who knows anybody that might be interested in Demonschool and might give it a little boost, please entice them to fill out this form! We put a lot into this game and we really want people to see it.

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

To celebrate one year of the VGC Patreon, we’re gifting exclusive pins to everyone who joins, upgrades, or gifts in August! Our highest members will receive them automatically. Support the future of independent games media and join our community. www.patreon.com/posts/135220...

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VGC on Patreon turns 1. Here's what we're doing to celebrate | Video Games Chronicle

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🍒 Whoa, what's this?! UFO 50 is available right now on #NintendoSwitch! #UFO50 #IndieWorld

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Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

If you’re just starting up UFO 50 since it’s on Switch now - please enjoy my favorite thing I’ve done in 18+ years of podcasting.

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 07/08/2025

Release date! Release date! As announced this morning in ~Indie World Japan~ Demonschool is coming September 3rd! We have been working really hard on this. We hope you will enjoy it.

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NamaTakahashi @namataka.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

"Öoo" the bomb caterpillar exploration puzzle platformer, is out now! 🎉 Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

For the evening crowd: I’m launching a new oral histories site called designroom.bsky.social. Won’t be much there for another month or so, but follow now to get in early!

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Design Room (@designroom.bsky.social)

A new website dedicated to video game oral histories coming soon from mattleone.bsky.social. Logo by asawallander.se.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 04/08/2025

Legendary former Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka has told VGC he would "love to" make another full video game soundtrack if asked. The Super Mario Land, Metroid, Tetris and Kid Icarus composer says he's "getting back into" game music after 20 years away. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legenda...

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Legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka says he’d ‘love to’ make another full game soundtrack if asked | VGC

The Metroid, Tetris and Super Mario Land composer says he’s “getting back into” video game music after 20 years away…

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