Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026While it’s great fun to clown on Matthew Ball, it would be nice if anyone in games media had a moment of reflection about the 200-page reports of his that they used to uncritically share. 111
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s worth noting that this piece attributes anything positive that has happened at Xbox over the past few months to Sharma but removes her agency from anything negative, e.g. layoffs and studio closures. 152
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Some people will try to sell this as a thing that every executive does, but it’s worth asking the rhetorical question: Do any journalists have Strauss Zelnick or Shuntaro Furukawa on speed dial? 022
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the most maddening and morally reprehensible things about society is our tendency to treat adolescence not as a thing that teenagers experience, but as a problem that they impose on the rest of us. 020
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I dunno man, it sounds like poor hygiene is a viable strategy here. 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In this Video Game Diary, I discuss what it's like to game through an injury and how it affects the types games I can play. Plus, I ponder what makes a game "cinematic." Read the piece for entries on 007 First Light, Bugsnax, Forza Horizon 6, Road to Empress II, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.refrigeratorrants.wordpress.comVideo Game Diary: June to August 2026It was supposed to be the summer of gaming. Oh, what ambitions I had! I was going to finish up Digimon Story Time Stranger. I was going to play through a bunch of indies in my backlog, including OP… 111
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I forgot to skeet about 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes, but you should play 20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes. It’s just as delightful as 20 Small Mazes. FLEB has the sauce. 000
Reposted by MerveMike Minotti @tolkoto.com · 22/09/2026Renaming a developer to “Halo Studios” and now being like “btw they aren’t making the next Halo” is just incredible 291270178
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think my most contrarian film opinion is that Up is good the whole way through, not just in its opening montage. 020
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Chaos;Head is a really good test of whether your capacity for empathy is based on principles or on homophily. 000
Reposted by MerveUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026is it possible to bait the "user was blocked for this post" account into posting whatever i want? 2940981029
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Pro-genocide billionaire rallies fellow stadium owners to deplatform anyone who vocally opposes genocide” strikes me as a bigger story than “Milquetoast dweeb who makes bad music capitulates.” 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Congratulations to Christian Harrison, Neal Skupski, Kateřina Siniaková, Taylor Townsend, and Elena Rybakina. Alex Zverev beats women. 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Upcoming Work of Art will be bad. If it reviews poorly, then I will be vindicated. If it reviews well, then that means everyone who reviewed it was a fanboy, and I will also be vindicated. I am very smart, and I have in no way based my identity around hating Upcoming Work of Art. 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Friendship ended with MIDORI. Now EXOPHASE is my best friend. 000
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It's the AVoCADo GamesCast's ten-year anniversary!!!! Somehow, The Kappa and I have been podcasting together for a decade. We hope you enjoy this retrospective on the games we were playing the year the podcast started, 2016.avocadogamescast.wordpress.comEpisode #122: Ten Years!!!It’s the podcast’s 10-year anniversary! Join us for a retrospective on the games we played in 2016. [Recorded July 19, 2026] 181
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of the few bright spots in the games industry in 2026 has been Konami making it very clear that they're in the business of producing games again. 020
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I don't throw the term "crime against humanity" around lightly, but I have had to listen to that Beck Bennett/Kyle Mooney Squarespace ad multiple times. 060
Reposted by MerveDan Stapleton @danstapleton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This whole thing is ridiculous. It's only a scandal because Rockstar has been playing absurdly coy with a game it knows will sell a bajillion copies regardless. The only party harmed by these leaks is Netflix, which must've paid through the nose to have the reveal. 2143
Reposted by MerveJanet Ghoulcia (on Vacation 🇯🇵) @gameonysus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“1 to 10 review scales are flawed because you don’t use most of the numbers” My fire extinguisher was a bad purchase because I’ve never used it. 9895
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This really gives away the game. No one can claim that the goal of these suggestions is concision when the proposed replacement has more letters and syllables. The only purpose this flattening of language serves is to excise all personality and nuance from writing. 030
Reposted by MerveJoe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 19/08/2026i have a lot of things i would change about mario kart world, but if i only got to make 1 change, it would be to remove the baby characters. i hate them. the sight of them makes me sick. baby mario with a little fucking pacifier. they are mutants who need to be destroyed 4999
Reposted by MerveMarc Deschamps @marcdachamp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My hot take about video game reporting/journalism is that most people don’t hate Google as much as they should. 2212
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Big Walk is very good at making you feel like a genius and a moron at the same time. 000
Reposted by MerveAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Kairi can't be in kingdom hearts because she's not real. She's Sora's repressed desire to be a girl. After Sora's gender identity was extracted from his body to create Xion in kh3 he doesn't know what gender is anymore so kairi has ceased to exist 414535
Reposted by MerveKimimi🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 15/08/2026Going to start charging a timeline tax: For every shitty person inflicted on my TL - yes, even as a helpful warning about their bad behaviour - you have to repost at least one (1) cool person to make up for it. Nice people posting fun things shouldn't get crickets while dickheads suck up all the air 819258
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The reason Dreams of Being Dust isn't as good as other TWIABP albums is because it lacks a song called something like "Eternal Josh" or "Neverending Steve." 100
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Every pollster, social scientist, or statistician worth their salt has already thought of every caveat or threat to validity that any rando on social media with no specialized knowledge in this area could think of. 040
Reposted by Merveval (romcom-powered isekai machine) @etcetega.bsky.social · 12/08/2026hating as a hobby is something I simply do not understand. I just ain't built to make an "I don't like that" a personality trait, there are too many things to love 011
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Just put on my "Best of 2025" playlist and was reminded that my taste in music rules.open.spotify.com2025Playlist · forkintheroad2 · 30 items 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 08/08/20261. dril’s candle budget 2. “not involved in human trafficking“ t-shirt 3. Digimon: The Movie soundtrack of people 4. Miette 030
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Things that have happened in the games industry in the last 12 months: - Micron exited the consumer RAM market - Nintendo released a wheelchair basketball game but refused to admit it was a wheelchair basketball game - Highguard was announced 021
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026At $3.74 CAD, you have no excuse not to pick it up. Its the rare AAA open-world game that exhibits focus and discipline instead of just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. Plus, the vibes are immaculate. The devs did a lot of on-location research, and it shows. 131
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I get that GTA 6 drives clicks, but this is like me saying that my high school cafeteria could be closed again if it fails another health inspection. First of all, duh. Secondly, I haven't eaten there in nearly 20 years. How would I know how likely that is? 030
Reposted by MerveCarli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 05/08/2026CARLI PLANS TO FLY TO MARS AND POWER IT WITH ACRES OF POTATO BATTERIES 3244
Reposted by Mervemaddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 05/08/2026i also have zero memory of drawing this, but it's much cuter 12479103
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Did Summer Game Fest occur nearly two months ago? Of course. Does that mean you should skip this episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast? I don't know. But if you listen to it, you'll get to listen to a pair of Ottawans introduce a trio of American gamers to the legend of the Rideau Street McDonald's.avocadogamescast.wordpress.comEpisode #121: Frigidaire KiryuIn this episode, the gang covers Summer Game Fest 2026. [Recorded June 19, 2026] 031
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This is one of my biggest peeves with a lot of video game criticism. 0105
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 01/08/2026One Hot Minute is the best Red Hot Chili Peppers album, and it's not even close. 010
Merve @merve2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's kinda wild that the second-best Switch 2 exclusive is a Yoshi game. 130
