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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Fuck JK Rowling. Fuck Harry Potter (piece of shit franchise). And honestly, fuck you if you support either of them. This is what "but muh childhood" has directly led to: an organization dedicated to REMOVING RIGHTS FROM PEOPLE. You can not be a HP fan and not be transphobic anymore. It's a choice

advocate.com

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Seeing liberals wishing for cancer to kill Biden has got to be one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life. "But because of him Palestine--" He was locked into a Republican-controlled pro-Israel Congress AND a pre-existing defense contract with Israel. What was he supposed to do?

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Big congratulations to Pope Leo XIV! May he long continue his proud tradition of shielding sexual abusers around the globe!

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Fun fact: The 2025 game #SouthOfMidnight features this line of dialogue that a paid writer thought was dramatic and sad

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The girl on the left is 16 btw. Same deal as when people complained Bella Ramsey playing 14 year old Ellie wasn't hot enough. Ultimately all roads of anti-wokeness inevitably lead to pedophilia. The Venn diagram of racists, homophobes, and pedos in nerd circles is a circle. Prove me wrong.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

By the way, not only is the game now COMPLETELY broken on Deck, but also, trying to play it on PC reveals the save data wasn't properly synced to the cloud, so I'd have to start from scratch. Bye-bye, 10 hours. Eugh.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Man I fucking love it when a game I already put 10 hours into on Steam Deck just suddenly refuses to launch with no explanation or fix. It's very funny and cool. I wish every game just randomly broke for no reason.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

By the way, if $80/90 euro games become the norm, I'm NEVER buying another game again. I already had to become much more picky when they jumped to $70/80 euro. No game is worth 90 euro. "But what about BotW or Elden Ri--" DID I STUTTER? My backlog is huge, and indies keep rocking. I'll be fine.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Microsoft... Let's be real here. You're dead last in console sales, by A LOT. You sold half what the PS5 did and a third of what the Switch did, and I'm probably being generous. What do you think will happen when you not only port all games to competitor platforms, but raise the price of your own?

eurogamer.net

Microsoft confirms Xbox console prices will rise worldwide, some new games will cost $80

Xbox consoles will no longer be sold in some markets worldwide, and will become more expensive in others.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I was playing #SouthOfMidnight on Game Pass, and I was thinking how funny it was that a few years ago everyone was convinced GP meant Microsoft would only develop live service games with MTX, only for them to release almost nothing but story-driven single player titles for like 5 years straight

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

So, last year I started writing my next yuri romance, about a girl with cancer. Hilariously, I then got cancer myself. Am cancer-free now, but that story doesn't quite speak to me at the moment - odd, you'd think it'd speak to me more! Gotta start something new, but it's so hard and I'm so lazy 😩

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Day 1 on Game Pass and still sold 1 million in 3 days. That's just how good it is. There are definitely a few small things about the game that annoy me, but generally, I think a lot of AAA RPG devs need to look at this game and its development and take notes.

gematsu.com

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sales top one million

Total sales for turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have surpassed one million units in just three days after release, publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Sandfall Interactive announc…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

People be like "this game is a masterpiece of storytelling, never before or since have I seen such a spectacular storyline in any medium," and then the game they're referring to is about 2 little kids staging a murder so well it fooled every adult, including the professionals at the crime scene

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Randomly remembered that time when Tom Fulp from @thebehemoth.com created an entire ass game adaptation of The Room just because he could, and never once stopping to consider whether he should.

youtube.com

The Room Game- VS Chris R!

YouTube video by Jean Arthur

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Such a Reddit take lmfao. PC is an open platform (and the Steam Deck is a PC). That means games are crazy cheap there. It's fine if they're digital. You get what you pay for. On the other hand, if you pay $80 for a physical game that's actually digital, then that's a shit deal. Seems very simple.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Don't mind me, just making my daily post to remind you all to PLAY CLAIR OBSCUR IMMEDIATELY! Buy it, or play it on Game Pass, or borrow it from a friend, I don't care. Play it. It's arguably the first solid GOTY nominee we had this year, and it's like $40.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#ClairObscur is so good y'all. One of the best turn-based RPGs in recent memory, and the only where I want to fight everything not because of the XP but because combat is just THAT fun. And it was made by a team of like 30 people on a mid-sized budget!

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Uh-huh. And what happens when the Switch servers inevitably shut down, just like the servers of any other digital console prior to it? What would these "game key cards" which don't contain a kilobyte of the actual game be worth then?

videogameschronicle.com

Every physical third-party Switch 2 game seen in Japan so far is a Game-Key Card requiring a download | VGC

It’s not clear if this will also be the case in the West…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Holy shit, #ClairObscur is sitting at a whopping 97% recommended. This is on the level of BG3, Metaphor, Persona 5, Bloodborne, Disco Elysium, and other RPGs that many would consider among the best of all time. Reviewers are calling it a GOTY contender. Just a few hours left!

opencritic.com

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Reviews

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is rated 'Mighty' after being reviewed by 91 critics, with an overall average score of 91. It's ranked in the top 1% of games and recommended by 97% of critics.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I know a lot of people followed me for #yuri content, which I haven't posted a lot of, so if that's you, uhhh... Go read my yuri romance Meeple Memoir, about an autistic chessmaster who falls in love with her oblivious childhood friend (who is also an idol). They play board games and are very gay.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

10 games to get to know me ✨Nier ✨Persona ✨Silent Hill ✨Zenless Zone Zero ✨Horizon ✨Kingdom Hearts ✨Final Fantasy ✨Assassin's Creed ✨Metal Gear Rising ✨Yakuza/Like a Dragon

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Words can not describe how hyped I am for Clair Obscur. It's exactly the kind of game I thought Final Fantasy would be in the future back when I played the PS1 games and FFX. And it's day 1 on Game Pass? Hoooo boy.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Yep. Fuck off, Sony. Raising prices everywhere but the US is a dick move. If you want the US market so bad, you can have it. Just don't be surprised if you lose the EU one. Didn't turn out so great for Microsoft, though.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Uplifting news" subreddits be like "Wooooow, the American citizen who got illegally kidnapped and disappeared into the worst prison on Earth by his own government because he was the wrong race is now in a marginally better prison~ 😊 🙏 🌞 "

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This has got to be the single most evil thing I've seen in my lifetime. I've seen countries like China and Russia "disappear" their citizens, but they don't actually want people to know that they do that. This is the first time I've seen a government actively gloat about it on Twitter. Horrific.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I see the take "Harry Potter is great so it's a shame Rowling went crazy" often, but have you considered that maybe it actually isn't very good at all? It's an extremely basic "chosen one" storyline with basic character archetypes and nonsensical worldbuilding. You liked it because you were a kid.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So, @savethechildren.org is ending individual child sponsorships for "general gifts", with the email mentioning a focus on "rural America". Which means that the girl from Bangladesh I've been sponsoring for 6 years will be left with jack shit in favor of kids from the richest country on Earth. (1/2)

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I'm guessing that if this does happen, Nintendo are going to try to offset these costs by increasing prices in other regions. Sony are doing just that, with a price hike on PS5s in EU, AU and NZ. But Sony can afford it, they have a solid foothold in those markets. Nintendo will be laughed at in EU.

gamesindustry.biz

"Major" Nintendo supplier warns Nintendo Switch 2 will be subject to 145% US tariffs

According to internal assessments by a "major Apple and Nintendo supplier", game consoles in the US will still be subje…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Sony: Look, we know that the last time we released a soulless $40 live service sci-fi FPS it became (quite literally) the biggest commercial failure in videogame history... But the SECOND time we do it it's gonna be a massive success, we're very confident in that!

purexbox.com

Marathon Won't Be Free-To-Play On Xbox, But Bungie Says It'll Cost Less Than $70

"Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title"

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So #ACShadows has been the best selling game of the week for each of its first 3 weeks on the market, placing it at #2 in overall sales for the year (behind MH Wilds). How strange, I was told that going woke meant going broke, and yet as proven once again, "Gamers" live in a different reality.

videogameschronicle.com

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is 2025’s second best-selling game in the US | VGC

The game trails only Monster Hunter Wilds…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Mark Hamill: Trump's Christofascist regime is ruining the country and destroying the rights of women and minorities! It must be stopped! Also Mark Hamill when offered money: Christofascism is based actually~ 😊

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

In other news, water is wet and Nintendo is by far the greediest, anti-consumer corpo in the gaming industry. Puts EA and Ubisoft to shame with its practices, but we let it slide because "muh childhood"

videogameschronicle.com

Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch 2 won’t come with the DLC, Nintendo confirms | VGC

The DLC will be available for purchase for around $20…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

So let me get this straight - Metroid Prime 4, GTA6, Silksong, the Katana Zero DLC and quite possibly Half-Life 3 are all coming out this year? Now all we need is a Bloodborne remaster and we'll officially run out development hell games to meme about!

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SimzArt @simzart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Fading. 🫠

A witch, holding a wand in their kitchen surrounded by ghost cats.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I never vibed with my parents' taste in music at all. My mother likes slow, melodramatic ballads, my father doesn't even have a particular music taste. I didn't either until my teens. Hatsune Miku got me into Jpop and Hotline Miami got me into synthwave, and it kinda spiraled from there.

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Sad, but it was bound to happen. Now Americans will have no choice but to buy, most often from corporations like Amazon. Alternatively they can stay uneducated, which is also a win for the corpos.

cbsnews.com

Elon Musk's DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say

State officials say they will lose funds for summer reading programs, book-mobiles, rural internet and more.

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vullen @vullen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

rina, draw up the adoption papers #zzzero

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Ah yes, the famously conservative game... Persona 4?

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Y'all remember how 5 years ago publishers decided to increase game prices from $60 to $70? Well, how does $80 sound? Fuck you AND your wallet, bitch! Grovel at the feet of capitalism!

videogameschronicle.com

Nintendo Switch 2’s ‘Editions’ of Switch games like Zelda and Kirby cost $80 | VGC

Some classic Switch titles are getting Switch 2 upgrades…

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

In #AssassinsCreedShadows, you can throw shurikens at people. This is actually something made up for media, as IRL shinobi threw shurikens at the ground for pursuers to step on. Strangely, no one brings this up when talking about the game being "historically inaccurate". It's always the black guy.

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Mush 🍄🧄🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearmu5hroom.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Remember it's important to love trans people more than you hate terfs and bigots. In this house we love our trans family so freaking much. I'm so proud of you. Happy TDoV my friends! I adore you all and I'm so happy you're here with us, no matter how visible you might be at the moment 🩷💙🤍💙🩷

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

My last posts have gotten basically no engagement here, and I don't know if I'm just shit at posting or if it's the algorithm not liking me. So, if you see this, tell me about your day! I'm curious who'll see this post, and would also love to check up on the people who do!

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I have to say, I miss the old days when racists bent over backwards to explain why they don't hate a game because it has a black guy in it, it's for these other, legitimate reasons, honest! Now they're emboldened enough to just be like "yes, I don't want to play it because it has a black guy in it"

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Samantha Crawford @samanthacrawford.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

AC Shadows is legit one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. Perhaps THE most beautiful one. These are all captured ON BASE PS5. It's insane! If you're on the fence about getting this game because of chuds badmouthing it, don't be. Go buy it. It's not perfect, but it's fantastic!

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