Reposted by Max Murphy🐚 @bel-by-the-sea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it's time to go home #BigWalk 441121240
Reposted by Max Murphyjulie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 01/10/2026i believe in rehabilitation and redemption and change but i also believe in the victims in my life and have to put them first. that's really all it is. 156580
Reposted by Max MurphyLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026😺 “This is my brush now!” #lovecat #abyssinian IG: @ abycat_goldas_zula www.instagram.com/abycat__gold... 741723203
Reposted by Max MurphyHarper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don't dwell on games or my own writing too much but I do often thing about the end of Tears of the Kingdom even now. "There is a Hyrule where the Light Dragon sails eternally as a monument to the costs of fighting the Demon King." still wish they'd done it!transgamerthoughts.comHer Only Weapons Were Her TearsTears of the Kingdom's main objective, spelled out in the player's quest log right from the start is simple: find princess Zelda. Whether you explore every dungeon and follow the plot, complete a... 3728
Reposted by Max MurphyMothership @mothership.blog · 03/09/2026Max Murphy bought a PS5 thinking it'd distract him from his grief. Then he started playing God of War.mothership.blogI don't know if I want to meet LaufeyAfter playing God of War in the wake of my mother's death, I'm not sure I'm ready to move forward 0324
Reposted by Max MurphyMathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 29/07/2026Unlocked! Belatedly, I look at Vampire Survivors, and lament that everything is gambling now, even when the only thing you're wasting is your time:expzine.comVampire Survivors (poncle, 2022)If there is a vampire here, it is one that drains us of our time, our life, our joy. 79128
Reposted by Max MurphyBarrett Courtney @barrettcourtney.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Also scheduling a boycott to not interfere with the release of Tokon or Wolverine is extremely funny. Gamers (and any adult whose identity is wrapped in consuming media) will never push themselves to actually sacrifice anything on a personal level. 410017
Reposted by Max MurphyZombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I have lost so much respect for so many people in this space because they still willingly spend their money on/write about/carry water for a company that directly profits off a genocide. A lot of games media believes in nothing. They just want to be paid to play with their toys. 622546
Reposted by Max MurphyBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 21/07/2026The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware. 153259865
Reposted by Max MurphyZoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Absolutely buckwild to see that last bit. Like, immediately gives up the ghost on the narrative that any of this is about a more focused direction for Xbox as a brand. Roblox and Fortnite, combined, don't even break 200 million users a day. 1 billion a day might as well be INFINITY PLAYERS 1317631
Reposted by Max MurphyAnna Megill @annamegill.com · 06/07/2026Also really really REALLY hope DoubleFine and Arkane can make it as midsize indies 🙏🙏 2764
Reposted by Max MurphyMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Astonished by the amount of instant Xbox apologia happening in the wake of the company gutting 20% of its staff — 3000+ people without jobs is not worthy of any silver-lining or celebrating of alleged executive honesty. Literacy in reading the room is essential, I’m begging you. 1142591
Reposted by Max MurphyGolf Game Aesthetics @golfgameaesthetics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Konamic Golf (Konami) (Gameboy) (1991) 03610
Reposted by Max MurphyWilla Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I'm actively sending out pitches on this but want to remind everyone that I am eagerly looking for a place to review Marvel's Wolverine this September. 3147
Max Murphy @snoozymax.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A wonderful joke in @gameinformer.com back in 1998 (shoutout to the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social archive) 020
Reposted by Max MurphyNo Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 15/06/2026I want to see Microsoft itself collapse while the studios it essentially holds at gunpoint are able to get away (relatively) unscathed. I would rather have a games industry with Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Compulsion in it than ever see an Xbox again 31727532
Reposted by Max MurphyAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 24/09/2025i made a helpful reference 7878743272
Reposted by Max MurphyTao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 04/06/2026by popular request he’s turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread #KirbyFraming anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...anthonymoser.github.ioThe Kirby Framewriting is a technology, frames are a frame. bespoke human content. 04924
Reposted by Max Murphymadeline! @mads.haus · 26/05/2026is Yoshi and the Mysterious Book “too easy” - or is the way we talk about difficulty too limiting? here are my full thoughts on the game, why I think it’s “quietly revolutionary” - as well as my take on “too easy” as a critique.patreon.comwhich games are "for babies?" | madeline blondeauwhich games are "for babies?" by madeline blondeau on Patreon. Join madeline blondeau's community for exclusive content and updates. 76718
Reposted by Max Murphyve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 21/05/2026Every discourse is downstream of an actual problem that isn’t the thing represented on either side of the discourse, and which is obscured by it, sometimes intentionally. 1496
Reposted by Max MurphyChris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 05/05/2026It's May. We still have time to switch annual video game awards to an MTV Movie Awards structure. Best Villain Best Weapon Best Kiss Best Twist This isn't a permanent fix, but it will buy us time to devise an alternative to Best Action Game, Best Action-Adventure, Best Adventure, Best Action RPG 614920
Reposted by Max MurphyMinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour. 2151648020292
Reposted by Max Murphyフブキ👑 Letourneau🫃(librarian) @northerniion.bsky.social · 21/01/2026CRASHOUT FOR THE AGES 148132834244
Reposted by Max MurphyStreet Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸 @gaykwon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This dude is intense and correct 9491412932
Reposted by Max MurphySam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2025checkitout! chatted with my good friend Hank green about all things business but more importantly homestar runner 4078793
Reposted by Max MurphyJacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 20/07/2025Pauline when Donkey Kong sees a door covered in purple caution tape 31406290
Reposted by Max MurphyDynamo @hyperdynamotv.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Mario Kart World Rainbow Road sounds like this to me 6415165
Reposted by Max MurphyChris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Okay but for real: @samreich.bsky.social really should consider picking up the incredible Polygon video folks. Hard to think of a better match. Sam, if you do see this, feel free to ping me and I can connect you with great folks! 616013
Reposted by Max MurphyPatrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 01/05/2025There weren't enough jobs for people before. There aren't enough jobs for people now. We are just going to lose dozens of dozens of people who thoughtfully cover, critique, and investigate the video game industry forever. It is a profound loss that will not be recovered. 61213175
Reposted by Max MurphyArco🏹(Out now on PC and Switch✨) @arcogamedev.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Arco🏹is on sale during #SteamSpringSale and we are happy to be bundled with the great Balatro🃏 store.steampowered.com/bundle/50631...store.steampowered.comSave 24% on Balatro + Arco on Steam 215644
Reposted by Max MurphyKatie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · 14/01/20255 tongue-in-cheek game writing exercises that are a more realistic representation of what most game writers do (in my experience) than a branching dialog tree: 432552696
Reposted by Max MurphyJoshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Kirk Hamilton had this very practical reason for games writers to read widely and it came down to the simple fact that writing in games is burdened with so much work that art was secondary, also you are barraged by PR blasts and talking points. you need to remind yourself what words can do. 230347
Reposted by Max MurphyJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 22/12/2024important: ✅ sports ✅ video games ✅ going online ✅ posting not important: 🚫 typos 🚫 proper punctuation 🚫 proper capitalization 🚫 whether or not god is real 704605631
![A screenshot from Sam's conversation with Hank Green on The Verge. The excerpt reads: Interesting. Is there, on the list of reasons that you like this or want to do this, we talked about this before, but let’s end here with this. Is [the idea] that people aren’t doing things weird enough, and you want to do things weird, on that list? One hundred percent. You and I have connected a lot on the topic of Homestar Runner over the years. Homestar Runner may be hugely responsible for my career taking the direction it has. It was incredibly influential on me. And something I loved about it was like, it felt like a walled garden of weird that existed at a URL. Yeah. That resonates. And I think about how sometimes I wish that I could plant a forest full of weird trees on the internet. I wish that the internet were still a place where, just like there was really fun, mysterious, hopeful stuff that existed a URL away. I would hope that Dropout can just be one of those things."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uf7wpvqaghuj7rh4iwdauod/bafkreidh4pqxygxynzvh2g2pxgbnifou4w435zq5duk6igkpms2smqhovq)
