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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Can't let you do that, Star Fox" I provide the voice of Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox for the Nintendo Switch 2. You can also hear me as Bill Grey, Granga Pilot, and Meteo Crusher Pilot. It's a privilege to contribute to the legacy of a series I've enjoyed since I was 5.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Escape From Ever After is definitely the MOST Paper Mario of the Paper Mario-likes. Also probably the best? The game's premise recognizes that much of what makes golden age Paper Mario funny is how it lovingly subverts what you think you know about the Mario world. Great game to kick off 2026. 4/5

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 02/02/2026

♻️♻️♻️MinnMax will donate $1 for every REPOST in the next 30 minutes to protect immigrants in Minneapolis.♻️♻️♻️ 100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need. Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Sammys 2025: 10. Citizen Sleeper 2 9. Tiny Bookshop 8. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond 7. Blue Prince 6. Stray Children 5. Hades 2 4. Silent Hill f 3. Promise Mascot Agency 2. Donkey Kong Bananza 1. Silksong Pretty good year! Hopeful for 2026

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

All you need to know about Promise Mascot Agency is that it's a management sim card battler set in a Showa era town that you chaotically barrel through in your winged truck. The Yakuza influence is clear, but it would be insane to accuse this game of lacking originality. Bewildering and perfect.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I briefly lost consciousness last week and woke up to this

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Bewildering news from Microsoft today. As always, Schreier is the guy to follow for updates. To say I hope everyone lands on their feet okay feels ridiculous

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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Infant xenomorph bursts through John Hurt's chest to endorse Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Oh, this reminds me, I handled the English script localization for this game. Hope you like it!

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Mario Kart World is my favorite Mario Kart, but I still wish it was more like Diddy Kong Racing

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you are the Staten Island Switch 2 receipt stapler 1) I hope you are holding up okay and 2) let me know if you're available for an interview. All personal info will be kept private/anonymized! ethan.gach@kotaku.com Signal at 2673263042

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Staten Island GameStop Stapled Receipts To Switch 2s And Punctured The Screens Because Nintendo Boxed Them In The Weirdest Way Possible

Some unlucky fans have holes in their Switch 2 now

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The First Berserker: Khazan is more Niohlike than Soulslike. It makes some clever tweaks to the formula, but is weak on vibes. Fascinatingly bland script delivered by an extremely talented voice cast. Also: too hard. A rare DNF, for me.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

How embarrassing to work for the organized kidnapping ring known as "ICE." Rolling out of bed every day to be a brainless goon. You are lower than a worm to me

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hard to believe that in just one week I will receive the coordinates to the dead drop site that scalper will be leaving my Switch 2

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danny 🔜 NYCC AA B-39 @danny8bit.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Official Yoshitaka Amano GEX art is a clear sign that this reality is collapsing in on itself

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Saw Sinners last night. It was good! Humiliating that they've gotta set a movie in 1932 for me to be like—oh I know that song. That one too!

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Early impressions of Blue Prince: I've never been more stressed out that I don't have a banana in my entire life

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I will play better games this year, but none will make me smile like Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. I always reach the end of these games surprised that Ryu Ga Gotoku managed to sneak a genuinely moving story into a funhouse of evil idols and underdog taco salesmen. They did it again!

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

First you gotta find the ninjas

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"Game Informer Is Back And The Entire Team Has Returned" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVf...

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Natalie Van Sistine @nvansistine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Tickets for the self directing and audition prep workout are live! Bring your own copy (or test your chops on a randomized script) and we'll work on building confidence in your self directing skills! Head over to scarygood.studio/learning to sign up!

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Citizen Sleeper 2 is like if Disco Elysium wasn't funny at all. The prose gets a little purple, for my liking, but that's probably inevitable in a game with so many transcendentally beautiful moments. Can't make an omelette etc etc. I highly recommend it to people who like Books.

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Kevin D. Thelwell🎙 @kevindthelwell.com · 22/03/2025

Started playing the tribe nine game⚾️🔥

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Still playing catch-up on 2024 games. Indika dares to ask "what if those Plague Tale games were awesome?" You play as a sad nun with a mysterious past in 19th century Russia, on a mission to deliver a letter while navigating severe religious psychosis. You can hold L2 to Pray.

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.

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aLec robBins @alecrobbins.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

damn, didn't get selected for the Switch 2 Experience

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

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Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Salóme Gunnarsdóttir (Maria in the Silent Hill 2 Remake) performed the motion capture for the character while pregnant. Daily reminder that developments in technology are great when they allow more artists to do more cool shit—not less.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Just got around to Who's Lila by @garageheathen.bsky.social. It's a reverse detective game where the central mechanic is dragging facial features around to express emotions. A must-buy for anyone who understands that the pupil cannot see itself and our personalities are - definitionally - imaginary.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

It's January 17 2025, and—if you can believe it: it's a Friday once again

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onion person @junlper.beer · 16/01/2025

david lynch loves you

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The entirety of my politics at the moment

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Regardless of what this Apple settlement actually means: if the results of a legal data-collection system are indistinguishable from mass covert surveillance, then it probably shouldn't be legal.

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дядя играет @rexadecimal.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Today is the last day you can post this picture

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is maybe the biggest surprise of 2024. MachineGames' new first-person adventure de-emphasizes gunplay, and focuses instead on the very-Indiana Jones moment when stealth fails and improvisatory melee tomfoolery commences. Unexpected and very late GOTY.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Silent Hill 2 is one of the most special games of all time, and the Remake has absolutely no business being as good as it is. Bloober's attention to detail is slavish. Nothing has been overlooked, and every deviation from the source feels like a valid choice. Looking forward to Born From A Wish.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Tactical Breach Wizards is an achingly funny game that also makes me feel like an evil genius. I love tactics games, but can often be overwhelmed by the scope of encounters. TBW's room-by-room progression makes it approachable, pickupable, and encourages wild experimentation. Great story too!

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Sam Lake @samlakewrites.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Having a coffee to wish you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Merry Winter Solstice, Happy Yule and Hyvää Joulua!

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“You’re giving your son a BULLET instead of a Christmas present? Is that your plan?” youtu.be/_lcuy-0D0R8?...

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Niconico’s reaction to the English dub of Brain Powerd (Christmas Present Scene)

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Continuing the trend of having no idea when things I do actually see the light of day: I'm the voice of Granger in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang as of the character revamp over a month(?) ago. Thanks to Moonton and director @kylehebert.com

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