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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, it doesn’t seem like the NYT has given any coverage to the frat gang rape scandal at Cornell. Not as important as Oberlin’s banh mi or Harvard’s eating clubs I guess

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 27/09/2026

Honestly it's probably conspiracy brained and an indication the times we live in but the amount of ink spilled on this nonsense as we continue to live through the latest Hottest Year Ever is feeling very deliberate

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 25/09/2026

The thing I didn't expect was getting pretty engaged with Ace Combat 8's fun, melodramatic story, which puts a big emphasis on its characters, includes a philosophical ghost, and ruminates on weird elements of modern war. blog.playstation.com/2026/09/25/h...

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How Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve uses first-person to tell a more personal story

Cutscenes, radio chatter, and strong characters make this the most intimate Ace Combat yet.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/09/2026

I honestly have never considered switching from Google Pixel phones until they sent me a "wanna celebrate destroying the lives of trans people" as a system update.

Android Pixel system update screen, showing Harry Potter customizations as a bullet point.

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026

33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.

The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 24/09/2026

You have to impeach him though. It's not optional. You impeach him or impeachment ceases to be a real thing.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This fucking guy should NEVER be president or anything else with power over others ever again, as I have been saying for YEARS, all the way back to when he cleared encampments of unhoused people personally with a fucking smile on his face. NO. NO WAY. NO.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Chrono Trigger (Steam) is $6.38 on GMG XP Offer buff.ly/2RF7wT0 #ad $7.49 Humble buff.ly/WDaoE8i $7.49 Steam buff.ly/pKp43pm

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 21/09/2026

Also on a very related note - the complete version of Destiny 2 - including every expansion that currently exists - is under $20 here. Even missing the context of those early campaigns, that's still an enormous amount of very good shooter to play with pals.

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Destiny 2: The Collection Steam Key for PC - Buy now

Choose from three unique classes and dive into Destiny 2’s cinematic adventure, featuring thrilling shooter action, incredible abilities, and an unforgettable sci-fi journey that can be experienced al...

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The elites turning the press into an arm of capitalism instead of a check on it is a huge, underrated reason why we’re here today

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

remembering again when Jake Tapper loudly stuck up for Fox News when the Obama administration moved their chair in the briefing room to the second row

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 18/09/2026

Control: Resonant rips. There were a number of times while playing that I was like, "Damn, that was cool," and then the game went and absolutely topped it. Check out @blueskynoise.com's review. www.gamespot.com/reviews/cont...

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Control Resonant's Best Aspect Left Me Utterly Speechless

Remedy's signature weirdness elevates the best gameplay experience it's ever made.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think developers need to hurt their players more and The Blood of Dawnwalker plays with that idea very well. Kill the completionist in your head, destroy the idea that you need to see everything in an RPG. But also...you could hurt me *more* Dawnwalker.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026

Right as the last election ballots were counted thieves everywhere coincidentally gave up on their dreams of controlling the market for black market target underwear

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 17/09/2026

Write how people talk, not how the corporation talks.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Friendly reminder that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social said if we win the house we're not gonna worry about impeachment and punishment, we're just gonna work across the aisle on affordability. If Jeffries doesn't understand that it is a moral imperative to save this country from Nazis, then QUIT

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 13/09/2026

Lol and here I thought our bullshit techno-oligarch economy had ruined the Millennial generation.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The camera is behind Janeway but she’s holding a book called “recipes to cook and prepare Tuvix for friends and family”

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 10/09/2026

As an AI-adjacent network neuroscience person who has also studied bits of media structure and political economy, I strongly agree with @karlbode.com: The biggest threat, by far, isn’t “superintelligence will soon kill us all!” but instead “information control by oligarchs will crush our society”

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Seeing a lot of the same arguments defending Talarico the way they did for Platner saying "the other option is worse" and lmao sorry man but what the fuck ever. You either have principles or you don't and if "he's doing this to win Texas" then I guess he doesn't have principles.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 10/09/2026

We deserve a better class of democrat

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

okay, get fucked then man

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 09/09/2026

Editor's note: Just about any time you write "due to," you should probably just use "because of," it's clearer and more in line with the way people actually talk.

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Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Everyone's immediate reaction to the visuals in the new Ocarina Of Time remake.

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Holly Green @winnersusedrugs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 08/09/2026

I would like to register that I dislike what they did to the faces in the Zelda trailer. I do not like that little cherub Link, I find him very off-putting.

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Emma Kent @goneefk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey you guys! Welcome to my dewy glass skin makeup tutorial! 😍 This was much requested as everyone wanted to know my skincare secrets, and you know I don't gatekeep 💁‍♀️✨ don't forget to like and subscr...

Link from the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, with remarkably perfect shiny skin

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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We’re on Labor Day and somehow nobody mentions the most perfect casting of all

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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 07/09/2026

I feel like a lot of the comments on this don't know who Nathan Fielder is

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 04/09/2026

Big plus one from me, if for no other reason than the disrespect placed on Metroid for tacking on Castlevania because of a game that arrived fully 12 years later.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 04/09/2026

Moe in the "la dee da Mr. Frenchman" scene from The simpsons

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026

waking up every day since the election to find out “the guy who makes that thing you like believes in phrenology” is like getting wedgied out of bed for two years straight

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 02/09/2026

it's genuinely deranged how democrats let him run again after this like it was nbd

the capitol on Jan 6 wreathed in smoke and overrun with insurrectionists waving Trump banners

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 02/09/2026

Gonna do a J6 if they end up recalling hot dogs

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 31/08/2026

I really liked Dawnwalker, overall. It's a game that takes big swings, and while it misses a fair amount, it just keeps taking them. The writing and quests are consistently great, making just about everything you do surprisingly interesting and nuanced. www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-...

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The Blood Of Dawnwalker Makes You Want To Do Everything--And Tantalizingly Won't Let You

Rebel Wolves' open-world RPG is full of great ideas, and while they don't always land, its fascinating, tragic stories make it well worth exploring.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 29/08/2026

How much do I gotta care about cartoons for the new Star Wars game to be good

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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Fun story, in 2015 that guy ordered layoffs that just coincidentally happened to purge The Escapist editorial team of all the libs, gamergate critics (same thing) and people who tried to rein in the constant behind the scenes meddling & censorship that started practically the day Gamergate began.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 26/08/2026

You should almost never write question headlines and you should definitely never write yes-or-no question headlines.

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ESCAPE WILL MAKE ME DOG @munocard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If your headline is a question, and the answer is a simple “no”, it’s probably clickbait.

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Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Before this goes any further: I used to be a journalist but I did not write this! The immensely talented @duncanfyfe.net did! Direct any accolades toward him!

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Adam Rosenberg's Net-Force @geminibros.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No better day to share my absolute favorite piece of writing about Tim Curry EVER. RIP to one of the best to ever do it.

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An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism

How an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sorry! I’ll stop being annoying now! But if you need me, I’ll be here fixing my giant sign that says, “Games media is backsliding and women are being pushed out of this space and forgotten more so than ever before!”

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 26/08/2026

Mighty Max went INCREDIBLY hard, just a ridiculous thing to exist, phenomenal work all around.

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Miles Pen @militarypenguin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You're all contractually obligated to read this comment Rob Paulsen made on a Tim Curry interview in 2025

Rob Paulsen - Voice Actor

I had the remarkable privilege to work with Tim a few dozen times.
Kind, generous, playful, naughty and a TOTAL pro. A couple years ago, at NY Comic Con, I was in the green room having lunch and Tim
came in in his chair. Of course, I was aware of his stroke, so l walked over knelt down and said, "Tim! It's Rob Paulsen. We
worked together on..." he looked me and said, "I know who you are,
you fucking wanker." It was like a blessing from the Pope. Utterly
unique. Unstoppable. A total star.

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Miles Pen @militarypenguin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Frank-N-Furter, Wadsworth, Long John Silver...hard to pick which Tim Curry role is the undisputed best but the one nearest and dearest to my heart is his voice-over work as Skullmaster in Mighty Max (a show full of all-time greats including Rob Paulsen, Tony Jay, and Richard Moll)

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Mighty Max Epic Skullmaster line

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 26/08/2026

Sometimes I think I would like someone to pay me to teach journalism and other times I think that would make me want to walk into the sea.

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