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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 13h

Yay! Hopefully these people get paid and treated well! Zero Company is great and the people who worked hard on it deserve to be compensated.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 15h

Carrie is out, time for me to not shut up about Mike Flanagan for a while again.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 06/10/2026

In our grade 9 tech class we had to do a presentation about a piece of technology we found interesting. I did mine about the GameCube and made sure to mention it had better looking games than the PS2.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 05/10/2026

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Big Walk is really good.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 03/10/2026

I’m not the only person that’s had the thought, but it hit me a few hours into Resonant, this game is about COVID. And specifically kids that few up during lockdown. Imagine being locked in a room in 2019 and then emerging into whatever our world is in 2026. No wonder Dylan is weird.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 02/10/2026

As soon as I played the demo I had a feeling this one would win. I’m excited, still hope to see Architactics some day though!

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 01/10/2026

A man jumped good and I got misty eyed.

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

man. nothing but love to the aew crew tonight. cannot imagine trying to do this show.

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Pat Baer @patbaer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

between seeing Kenny and Hangman's tag team office, Ricochet doing Dragongate era PAC moves, and the fucking return of Bryan Danielson- this is a lovely tribute show to a bastard of a wrestler and a beautiful man.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 29/09/2026

My early impression of Control Resonant, the Crab Cyclops music is a banger.

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Jason Fanhees @jasonfanelli.com · 28/09/2026

Oh no.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 27/09/2026

The only way I will have any interest in this is if they start the film with Finn waking up, having dreamt the entirety of Rise of Skywalker, and picking back up at the end of The Last Jedi. At breakfast, he laughs with Poe & Rey about the silly dream logic of the Emperor returning somehow.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 27/09/2026

Just got back from a @mapleleafpro.bsky.social show at London Comic Con, catching the rest of #AEWAllOut, guess there was a concussion earlier? That’s rough.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 25/09/2026

New X-Men game idea, someone make this, it’s a cozy builder/management game. Pokopia meets Two Point Hospital. You run the X-Mansion, build rooms, move students in. Pyro needs a fireplace, but can’t live next to Iceman etc. Get on it.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 23/09/2026

Call Damian McCarthy! Hokum is basically a Silent Hill movie, he could nail the vibe. (But really almost anything would be better than the last couple of SH movies.) bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396872...

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'Resident Evil' Producer Has New 'Silent Hill' Revival in Development

Video games have been brought to life for decades, and despite how poorly they are often received, they typically perform relatively well at the box

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 22/09/2026

My thumbs are sore from too much NES tonight. A good problem to have.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 21/09/2026

The tone of the video is weird, like they’re a disgraced family member begging for your forgiveness. But it maybe makes me slightly hopeful? Unvaulting D2 content is a good start, and that PVE stuff coming to Marathon sounds interesting.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 19/09/2026

Looks like Disney+ has changed their terms so they can put ads on every tier. Every service is becoming more expensive and actively worse. What is the point of paying for the top tier of the service if I’m going to fed ads anyway?

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Fobwashed @stevekim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It reminds me a bit of how Andor is Star Wars but it does it without the Jedi, Yoda, or other name dropping fan service that almost every other Star Wars thing does. The movie is Resident Evil to its core without pandering. You would know it were Resident Evil even without the name.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 17/09/2026

GB has been killing it, as a longtime duder, it’s great to see.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 16/09/2026

From the 90 minutes or so I’ve played of Wolverine so far, it seems like his biggest weakness is being surprised? He can take an insane amount of bullets to the face and shrug it off with his healing factor, but walk too far to the left (30 seconds into the game) and he just blows up.

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Oscar Lemaire @oscarlemaire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The fact that Xbox spent all summer laying off long-time employees, closing historic studios and canceling projects because it wasn't profitable enough, then funding a big project with very little chance of being profitable but hey, he has 6 million followers on Twitter, should'nt be a good PR move.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 11/09/2026

It works as just one season, but I did hope for more. It was surprisingly good.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 10/09/2026

You know what alleviates unpleasant head cold symptoms? A really good episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 10/09/2026

lol We’re passing the savings onto you by letting you give us more money!

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 10/09/2026

Who hasn’t impulse bought an NES in a fit of anger because they can’t find theirs?

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026

I think I just want an update to Tomodachi Life

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 10/09/2026

What an odd story. I wonder if PHYS-ical media was a breaking point. Or if Sony just doesn’t want to spend the money.

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I am tired of Earth. These gamers. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 08/09/2026

The only thing I found slightly jarring was young Link’s squishy shiny face. Something about the model kinda looked like someone ran the 64 model through DLSS 5 a bunch of times. I’m sure once I’m playing the game I won’t care though.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 07/09/2026

Boy they are really trying to sell the reveal on the Lanterns behind the scenes podcast. Did anyone really not see that coming? Called it episode 1.

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 04/09/2026

It's very funny when you realize all of Nintendo's decisions about holding back release dates and details about games like ocarina and even Duskbloods was so it can drop all of that in the first direct immediately after the price increase.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 04/09/2026

Genuinely so stupid. Yeah, cloud gaming is clearly the future.

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Ami - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️‍⚧️📚💙 @amithero.bot · 03/09/2026

hello I am modern aaa game designer. the shareholders told me to make the game longer. I do not wish to make the game longer. they told me to make the game longer or I lose job. I make the player collect 6 potatoes for 5% damage resistance. The shareholders are happy. I've been laid off.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 03/09/2026

Ok, who is gonna be the first to write a horror movie script about the moving island? youtu.be/m2U3dt9ujTc?...

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Mysterious island appears, then disappears, on northern B.C. lake

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Victor Lucas @victorlucas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If we’re going all digital for games and other media, we need new pro consumer regulations on digital ownership. We should be able to: Buy it once. Back it up. Sell it. Loan it. Trade it in. And get a commitment from the seller that you’ll be able to Play It Forever.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 31/08/2026

Not sure if I’m emotionally ready for Kenny to never be in a title match again, but I AM ready for the Ospreign. #AEWAllIn

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 31/08/2026

Sigh, I was fully planning to play this one before the end of the year but now I’m not sure. I know this trend is probably unavoidable but I still don’t like it.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 31/08/2026

I have too many shows to watch, and I forget where I left off but I might just start My Hero Academia from the beginning again…no reason…

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Jacob McCourt @jacob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Kenny entered the stadium stared at the AEW championship, the physical manifestation of his own flame… and then pointed at Will in the same way that All Might did after that battle. And that’s when I knew where this was going. You must watch the match.

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Michael Bataligin @mike.bataligin.com · 31/08/2026

Saw a similar video about how the new Wolverine game can’t possibly live up to the greatness of the Xbox 360 Origins one, like, what?

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