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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rare trifecta

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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slowbeef @effinslowbeef.com · 02/10/2026

a different pitch - the story is really remarkable. It contains: - A story about the quest for immortality and revenge - One of the cruelest dialog boxes I've ever seen - A lovable human boy who you can give toys and games to in order to teach him about the world

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 01/10/2026

Libel is a thing that exists.

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Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · 01/10/2026

This is going to come up, so uh: Websites have to be careful with what words they use and how they use them to avoid lawsuits. And to be accurate and fair in a situation.

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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

*Climate literally killing people every day* No, no, it is the AI we must fear and spend money on.

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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

Not the smartest, deepest, or most affecting story you'll run across in games this year, but for a game about fighter jets defending space elevators and fighting battleships that go on land for some reason, I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

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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 · 14/09/2026

Hahaha, thanks, I had a fun time with it and got to flex my English degree a bit.

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

Shields encourage complacency, your ship is fast as hell, gotta be a better pilot.

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

Yeah, I'm almost positive I picked it up from some old expanded universe thing.

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

My favorite Star Wars head canon is that everything the Empire makes is kinda stupid in a practical sense because it's mostly meant to be overwhelming in scale or numbers and terrifying to see coming, and because everything and everyone is completely expendable.

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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

It's all for you, Damien.

Stupid AI-looking living doll demon child Link from the Ocarina of Time trailer, standing in the rain and glistening from the water like WAY too much, frankly a disturbing amount, like he's secreting oil or he's made of porcelain or something, standing on a cobblestone path and just staring with the deadest eyes, also his shirt is ridiculous it's like woven out of grass and leaves but also somehow looks incredibly plastic, and there's just too many textures, it's an unsettling number of textures, that shirt would be absolutely unwearable, the itchiest shit imaginable, like wearing a wicker basket on your chest all day plus now it's all wet??? they just did way too much on all of it and I hate his face.

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

Village of the Damned-ass child. Check under his hair for the 666 birthmark.

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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

Truly, though, jargon sucks

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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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