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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wait, why are they doing a Lego PlayStation? It seems to be a physical object. That doesn't align with their current approach. Should be digital legos only.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 17/08/2026

This is shocking. She was everywhere when I was a kid. She was amazing in Kingdom Hearts, Heroes, Scream. Fuck. She was so young.

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 08/08/2026

What is the difference between "download" and "install"? Our latest video shows how physical games work when released properly: youtu.be/61m1e4Jjick Thankfully, the vast majority of all gaming companies knows how to release games in this state. To all the others, do better!

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm going to be finishing up #AssassinsCreed #BlackFlagResynced tonight, and playing the "A World Without Gold" expanded content after the main story is over. This is probably going to be the last live stream I do on my channel.

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Grand Finale - Last Stream Ever? | Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced #9

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I've had some difficulty with the new combat in #BlackFlagResynced so I decided to drop the combat difficulty to story. Specifically, the parry timing seems inconsistent and possibly even ignoring inputs at times. But lowering the difficulty for combat seems to have helped some.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

When you don't skew the numbers with revenue instead of copies sold, or include digital only games, DLC, mtx, etc, people generally prefer physical when given a choice. This is going to hurt Sony a lot more than they think. Some exec is focusing on revenue with no nuance on what the numbers mean.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you're going to make a disc, put all the data on it. It's not that hard. Use multiple discs if you have to. Still better than a digital "purchase" though since you can sell, buy used, find competing prices, gift, etc, which you can't do with a digitally purchased game.

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 08/07/2026

The PnP Games petition to show Sony our disgust for them killing ownership has now blasted past 200.000 signatures. Can't remember whether the Stop Destroying Video Games ECI at its peak even grew at that rate. KEEP IT UP!

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Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 03/07/2026

Everybody talks about the digital-physical split and how Sony "justifies" the death of physical media on PlayStation. So we wrote a piece about how astroturfing through statistics works in this industry:

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How astroturfing through statistics works in gaming | DoesItPlay? on Patreon

Everyone is talking about the digital-physical-split percentages. So we will too! The TL;DR: Most of what has been parroted about consumer p

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 01/07/2026

Many of you see piracy as the only way for game preservation. But the ESA already labels legal solutions envisioned by SKG as illegal. They will triple down and the battle for preservation might descend into all out eternal war between corpos and players. We need that legal base!

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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is a grim moment for the gaming community. Sony PlayStation announced today that it will cease all physical games production in 2028. This will essentially erase legal game preservation and ownership on their platform. The ESA lied to lawmakers to bring down the POG Act ...

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Steve Vegvari @svegvari.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

PlayStation in 2026

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Imagine the sales pitch Sony PlayStation 6 Digital only, $1000, no more backwards compatibility with your old discs, ultra lengthy cross-gen period, slow first-party release cadence...what a steal! Is this some sort of challenge? Anger your fanbase as much as possible and see what you can sell?

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 01/07/2026

Sony ends physical production in 2028. The bomb we hoped they were smart enough to never trigger. Discoverability, dead. Ownership, dead. Legal preservation, dead. Micro publishers, dead. A billion $ market, and they just throw it away.

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Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My Red Dead Redemption 1 movie edit will be premiering this Sunday at 11AM eastern time. Join me for the live premiere :) youtu.be/M-PVA2uBu10

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Red Dead Redemption (The Movie)

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 27/06/2026

The wait is over! Our video content production has finally resumed with a new format: HOW PHYSICAL MEDIA WORKS Since many people still believe everything needs to be downloaded, we kick things off with a demo for offline firmware updates via disc: youtu.be/bBVhsLglz9s

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family

Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As storage and RAM prices skyrocket and make powerful PCs and consoles feel increasingly out of reach, there's only one real option: Everyone go back to 2D

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 25/06/2026

What's happening now is a perfect lecture in media literacy. More and more social posts from different outlets appear talking about a rumored physical release for GTA in December. What looks like confirmation through many sources is just many outlets citing the same rumor.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

“You can’t afford things anymore because of AI” in effect once again. Microsoft is even one of the companies to blame - and it’s hurting their own product.

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 24/06/2026

Disturbing GTA VI news just dropped. Rockstar seemingly confirmed that the potentially biggest entertainment release of the year will be treated as a throwaway consumable. Rockstar Newswire mentions a download code in the box. NO PHYSICAL RELEASE!

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Criticker.com @criticker.com · 22/06/2026

Criticker: A Letterboxd Alternative for Movie Recommendations! Letterboxd is a great place to be a film fan - sleek design, a buzzing community, fun to log films and follow friends. But there's one thing it's not built for: telling you what to watch next: www.criticker.com/letterboxd-a...

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

That...is crazy. I understand needing two accounts, as most games do that these days, but requiring two active PS Plus accounts is something I don't think any other game has ever done when it comes to local multiplayer. That's really bad.

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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

is there a forced gay agenda in your entertainment media or is it just that the gay kids you bullied in school for being gay and artsy inevitably ended up working in the arts with a bunch of other queer people, women, and progressives while you got a job as a deep sea fisherman, terry?

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The whiplash this past week regarding everything Xbox is among the most extreme I can recall seeing in the games industry. Going from a hopeful, exciting showcase to the worst possible news. The absurdity of all this is staggering. :(

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm currently working on a movie edit of the first #RedDeadRedemption game, and it's going to be coming out on July 5th on my youtube channel www.youtube.com/AndyGilleand

Promo art of Red Dead Redemption 1 with John Marston pointing a shotgun at the camera, with the text "Red Dead Redemption: The Movie" and a release date of July 5th.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

There's a kind of whiplash of watching and enjoying something like SGF only to wake up the next day and see people complaining about any and everything as usual. The discourse around games is really sad to see at this point. So many people seem unable to just...enjoy anything. Feels bad.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Hey #AssassinsCreed fans, they just posted a very interesting comment on a Facebook post 👀

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@criticker.com when I filter my ratings by filmmaker in database view, it shows everything they've been in as director, actor, or writer. Is there a way to filter that down further by role? I mean I know if I go to their full page it breaks it down but I like to screenshot database view to post.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

ICE knows it's acting illegally and without authority to arrest in thousands of cases. The court records demonstrate this. It must stop. Now.

Screenshot of a post from @factpostnews on X.com claiming that federal judges ruled over 10,000 ICE detentions illegal, described as roughly 90% of all cases. Below the text are two photos: armed ICE agents in tactical gear at a facility, and a judge's gavel on a wooden surface.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The election of Donald Trump is going to go down as one of the most disastrous, calamitous own goals by a nation in the history of humanity. We’re really speedrunning through the consequences at this point.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/05/2026

The First Amendment is clear: The federal government can't punish media organizations just because it doesn't like what they have to say. By fighting back, ABC is sending an important message: Our rights are worth fighting for.

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ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

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Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Every single website that wants me to download their app instead of use the mobile site is immediately labeled as repugnant in my mind, and I will never ever download your app. the heat death of the universe will arrive and I still will not have downloaded your app

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xX_Doctor_Cucumber_Xx @possumdementhe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

In the 90s, Harrison Ford was the right age to play the president in movies. In 2026, Harrison Ford is the right age to play the president in movies.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I preordered Black Flag Resynced because I was already planning to replay the game so I might as well, but I do worry about the parkour and combat specifically, as I feel the modern engine isn't as good at those things as OG Black Flag was, and Black Flag was so fun to look at during those moments.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The percentage of my youtube views that have been from youtube premium vs the percentage of earnings that comes from premium. Premium viewers has increased dramatically over the years, but premium earnings share has remained relatively the same.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/04/2026

“While conducting operations intended to enhance the peacekeeping skills of our troops, a simple target acquisition error regrettably ended in the deaths of over 99.9% of Americans,” said Maj. Gen. Curtis D. Taylor

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340 Million Americans Killed In Botched Training Exercise

WASHINGTON—In a tragic accident the Pentagon confirmed was currently under internal investigation, 340 million Americans were killed Tuesday in the course of a botched military training exercise. Acco...

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

@dachsjaeger.bsky.social have you seen this video? youtu.be/4b-HfeJbXGg?... Good breakdown of what's actually happening with some of the things people are concerned about with DLSS5

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This Isn't Caused By DLSS 5 And I Can Prove It

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 01/04/2026

If you’re born in the United States, you are an American citizen. That’s a constitutional guarantee in the 14th Amendment and reaffirmed by court precedent, including US v. Wong Kim Ark. Any attempts to strip citizenship from people born on U.S. soil are unconstitutional.

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Anna Horford @annahorford.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Tr*mp is named in the Epstein files over 1 million times. The FBI & members of Congress KNOW he raped children. So, those with the power to do something about it are either being threatened not to or theyre complicit. Either way, the fact that he’s not being held accountable is beyond unacceptable.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 31/03/2026

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

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Gary Whitta @garywhitta.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

There need to be nationwide street parties when it happens. Big enough for the whole world to see.

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Andy Gilleand @morphinapg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Weird Al predicted all of those winners correctly

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