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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I reviewed Silent Hill: Townfall at Kotaku and instead of summing up my opinion in a sentence here, I'll point you to the link you can click instead. kotaku.com/silent-hill-...

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Silent Hill: Townfall: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

Excellent atmosphere and a strong setup are let down by thin character work in the survival horror franchise's latest spin-off

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 21/09/2026

Silent Hill: Townfall wants its player to consider individual and communal indebtedness within the framework of a cruel world. Simply asking these questions gives Townfall a vibrancy uncommon to big-budget game productions. Th... kotaku.com/silent-hill-townfall-the…

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Silent Hill: Townfall: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

Excellent atmosphere and a strong setup are let down by thin character work in the survival horror franchise's latest spin-off

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Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Silent Hill: Townfall is good — very good, in fact. Especially the sequence in a municipal-style high rise building which plays like a slow-burn, Ballardian take on The Raid. It's a game less of psychosexual terror than psychosocial dread: I was hooked. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...

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Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast

Tragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closure

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I reviewed Silent Hill: Townfall for Kotaku, and you can read that below!

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stoked to have a review of Silent Hill: Townfall by @reidmccarter.bsky.social on Kotaku today! kotaku.com/silent-hill-...

…levels deeper than they might imagine. It asks how our sense of self is directed by our jobs, and how (or if we can decouple personal and professional responsibility. It wants its player to consider individual and communal
indebtedness within the framework of a cruel world. Simply asking these questions gives Townfall a vibrancy uncommon to big-budget game productions. The thin answers given to these questions, though, are a letdown in proportion to the promise given by posing them in the first place.

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jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Roman Sands RE:Build is out. After so many years, you can finally play our labour of love. It's deranged, it goes SO MANY PLACES, it probably shouldn't exist, and I've no idea if you're going to like it or not but that ain't the point. Roman Sands RE:Build. store.steampowered.com/app/2231460/...

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Save 10% on Roman Sands RE:Build on Steam

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Honestly, that game would have been better if we cut a couple of the missions.” Deus Ex designer Harvey Smith is the final guest on this first series of Jewel Cases. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E06 - Harvey Smith

The first season of Jewel Cases comes to a close in an episode with Harvey Smith, Black Pony Interactive founder and a designer whose work includes Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Dishonored, Prey, an

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 10/09/2026

It’s newsletter day once again,! This time I’m diving into the visual inspirations for the “ink and grain” aesthetic of Signet City. 📷 Read here: jumpovertheage.substack.com/p/signet-cit...

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SIGNET CITY: Visualizing the City

Drowned in ink and grain.

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And so, the first series of Jewel Cases comes to a close. For the finale, @harvey1966.bsky.social speaks with me about Carrier Command, Ultima Underworld and the differences between 'good friction' and 'bad friction'. The Criterion Closet but games? Here it is: soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E06 - Harvey Smith

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jewel Cases's first season ends with a conversation between @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social and Harvey Smith ( @harvey1966.bsky.social ), Black Pony Interactive founder and a designer whose work includes Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Dishonored, Prey, and much more. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The first season of our interview show wraps up with an episode featuring Harvey Smith. @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social has done a really great job putting this series together so please give it a listen and a share if it sounds interesting to you.

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“I want to make stuff that has ugliness” Before the weekend, one last bump of the new Jewel Cases episode, interviewing Manon Gevers (Many Nights A Whisper, Virtue and a Sledgehammer). soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E05 - Manon Gevers

On a new episode of Jewel Cases, we're joined by Manon Gevers, one of the artists behind Many Nights A Whisper and the upcoming Virtue and a Sledgehammer. /// Jewel Cases is a new interview series, ho

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“I prefer a game that comes at you with personality. This is ME and you can’t confuse me with anyone else." The latest episode of Jewel Cases, featuring Manon Gevers ( @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com ) is up now. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E05 - Manon Gevers

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tate maigret @strida.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ever dream this man?

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MAN✿N GEVERS @sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com · 04/09/2026

It was so much fun to chat about some of my most inspiring games! Each one has shaped my journey in video games so digging into them together was such a treat. Thanks for having me on!! p.s. everyone should check out the rest of this series! some really amazing developers and conversations here!!

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We Need to Talk About Mirto: Exhibit A

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On this week's episode of Jewel Cases, Ed (@edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social) talks with Manon Gevers (@sunfishhh.selkieharbour.com), whose work includes Many Nights A Whisper and the upcoming Virtue and a Sledgehammer. Listen here: soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 01/09/2026

oh yeah the reason I reposted this is because it is one of the few ways to hear me talk about being excited about (particular) videos games, because usually I am just particular about them

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“It’s so easy to have things slide into magical realism - and we were like ‘no’.” Gone Home co-creator Karla Zimonja (@coals.northsky.social) talks to us about detective games, realism and the horror of Grim Fandango in a new episode of Jewel Cases. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Karla James Zimonja @eternal.observer · 28/08/2026

I talked a lot with Ed, if you want to experience that kind of thing~

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We're an entirely reader and listener supported site. Share our work or subscribe to our Patreon for more podcasts: www.patreon.com/bulletpoints

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On a new episode of Jewel Cases, which works like a sort of Criterion Closet for games, @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social talks to Karla Zimonja, whose work in games includes BioShock 2 and Minerva's Den, as well as Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop. Listen here: soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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remy siu | 1000xRESIST @remysiu.com · 21/08/2026

I had so much fun talking to @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social about this a couple of weeks ago!

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

On a new episode of Jewel Cases, I speak with 1000xResist director Remy Siu (@remysiu.com) about Final Fantasy 8, point-and-click logic and the cosmic terror of Outer Wilds. Listen here! soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

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Jewel Cases S01E03 - Remy Siu

For the third episode of Jewel Cases, we're featuring Remy Siu, founder and developer at Sunset Visitor, the studio behind 1000XResist and the forthcoming Prove You're Human. /// Jewel Cases is a new

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"I don’t play games to ‘be me.’"

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A bump of the big Bullet Points Monthly 10th anniversary post before the weekend. We got the four of us editors and a whole lot of contributors from over the years to write about the state of the shooter, a decade on from our founding. Give it a read: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/08/19/s...

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Really enjoyed listening to this. You might too!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Finally had a second to read these and they're all great.

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left-turn depression indicator @phantomcobra.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Supporting Bullet Points is money you’ll never regret spending. Some of the best video games writing in the world (and a great accompanying podcast to boot!)

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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’m a happy subscriber! You should be too.

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Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A very happy celebration of 10 years of Bullet Points! I came in somewhere near the beginning. I'm a card carrying member since at least June 2018 according to Patreon. I'm fairly certain my introduction was someone I respected sharing an article and I quickly becoming hooked.

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

another great collection of highlights!

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Steven picked out a bunch of Classic Articles from the archive that are well worth a look imo

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

To mark ten years of Bullet Points, we asked some of our longest standing contributors to write a retrospective/obituary of the shooter genre. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/08/19/s...

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State of the Shooter 2026

Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames

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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 19/08/2026

BPM the GOATs. ty Reid for asking my dumbass what the future looks like, I decided to curse us all w/ my answer

Eventually someone will try to make the Spec Ops: The Line of live-service killers and it will garner critical acclaim from a smattering of blogs and video essayists but fail to do appreciable numbers, because at the end of the day Paul Tassi will be the only employed person left in “games media” and that man fucking loves CPCs. Fortnite and The Finals will merge and become one. Army recruitment will crater. Trickshots are for aura farming only.

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autumn wright 🍂 @autumn-wright.com · 19/08/2026

It's BPM's birthday and Jacob just published a video talking about Helicopter Story so I think this gets a reshare today

In Armored Core as in “Helicopter Story,” mechanized war machines are the realization of transhumanist imagination under corporation, under empire, under capitalist realism. You could forget there’s a body in there. You could forget there was ever a body at all. The pilot becomes a combat umwelt. Fisher: “Work and life become inseparable. Capital follows you when you dream. Time ceases to be linear, becomes chaotic, broken down into punctiform divisions."

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Zack "Anacin Skywalker" Kotzer @zaaack.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

here's to 100 more years of bullet points @reidmccarter.bsky.social told me this is likely the only time i'll get to talk about splatoon on there, so i did

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's also been to examine games in ways that they perhaps would not be examined otherwise. If you think either of those are worthwhile, you can subscribe, and maybe help us keep going for another ten years, here: www.patreon.com/c/bulletpoin...

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Learn more about Bullet Points on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $3/month. Bullet Points Monthly features podcasts and long-form…

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Ed Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ten years of Bullet Points. Not to get grandiose. But the goal has always been to give writers a platform - and a fair fee - to say what they want precisely how they want to say it...

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Reid McCarter @reidmccarter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I can't believe we've been doing Bullet Points Monthly for a decade, but somehow we have. The site has almost died many times. It continues still through a mix of bullheaded determination and the joy of working with excellent fellow editors and guest writers. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/08/19/s...

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Or, if you like what we're doing and want to help us mark a decade, share some of your favourite articles and episodes from the vaults. And thank you to everyone who's written for us, shared our work, joined the Patreon (and the Discord!), or told others about the site over the years.

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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's been difficult to maintain the site over the decade, and we rely entirely on the support of readers and listeners to do so. If you're able, please consider signing up to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/bulletpoints

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