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Steve Watts

@sporkyreeve.bsky.social
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Editor at GameSpot. No, not the store in the mall, the other one. (he/him)

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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 12h
So his super pac is paying for completely normal nonpartisan PSAs?
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 22h
Seems like planning your life around what kind of world you were going to live in and suddenly having that suddenly yoinked away would be problem though doesn't it sam
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That part in Batman 89 where Joker electrocutes a guy scared me so much I refused to watch Once at a friend’s house I *left the room* claiming I had to use the bathroom to avoid it, came back and their parents were like “oh we paused it for you” 😐
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hm okay google ai but I still really think I need to test it myself
A bucket of popcorn jelly bellies is significantly worse for you than a bucket of actual popcorn, mostly due to the sheer physics of how much weight can fit inside a bucket.
While a large movie theater popcorn bucket is notoriously unhealthy, a bucket filled to the brim with jelly beans would be a life-threatening dose of sugar. I Los Angeles Times +1
Here is how a standard 140-fluid-ounce movie theater bucket compares when filled with both items:
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They talk like rapists
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some enterprising marketing person was asked to figure out how they could sell shot glasses to children and voila
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m convinced this is the Inigo Montoya of squirrels
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.
static.klipy.com
Theyre Fools You Should Eat Them
ALT: Theyre Fools You Should Eat Them
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ve been taking the kids through the Star Wars movies. They’ve seen the OT and Episode 1. Now the 8yo says she wants to watch more and I’m staring down the barrel of the one where Anakin, uh, kills a bunch of kids. Not quite sure what to do there.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I question the judgment of anyone who was friends with him *before* the Dobbs decision but it’s never too late to cut a toxic person out of your life
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am once again recommending you play this while also listening to the Secret Lives of Games (formerly Eggplant) podcast as a companion piece www.gamespot.com/articles/an-...
gamespot.com
An Unconventional Way Of Playing A Fake Retro Game Collection Made It Something Much Greater
Slowly digesting UFO 50 over the course of a year with a podcast has given me the opportunity to understand this game, and all games, better.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Once again I can understand celebs and companies playing to maga when it seemed like there had been a real vibe shift—it sucked but I understood it as a cynical strategy—but now? I just have to imagine you really believe this shit
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When Trump came into office the second time and immediately declared it “the golden age of America” and kept saying it, kind of trying to will the branding into existence. But that’s not the kind of thing you can declare contemporaneously, it’s something people say after, if you did a good job.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In my limited experience so far I think Jordan nailed it here: Galactic Racer is a fantastic racing game and the roguelike structure is brilliant and it treats the whole concept of space death races with the appropriate level of silliness.
gamespot.com
I Can't Believe A Silly Star Wars Racing Roguelite Is One Of My Favorite Games This Year
I never would have guessed that putting roguelike elements into a racer would create a winning formula.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Tony Hawk landed the first 900 on June 27, 1999, that was
Perfect Bird Time
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's Steam Sale time and like a great fall soup we've hand-selected only the most fragrant deals and put them into a big pot of an article and simmered them to perfection with our own recommendations look this metaphor is kind of falling apart but just go with it www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
gamespot.com
The Best Steam Autumn Sale 2026 Deals
Get massive discounts on a whole bunch of games for the next week.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They literally just took an old campaign ad, re-aired it, and slapped "PAID FOR BY THE US GOVERNMENT" at the end. Carr isn't saying it's a regular run of the mill PSA because there's any defensible argument for it, he's just rubbing our noses in shit.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They’re going to keep breaking the law until somebody stops them
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't talk about religion much but it is striking how many Christians still believe in "eye for an eye" justice when the Bible has a story where a crowd literally and directly asks Jesus if that law still applies and he effectively tells them that none of them have the moral authority to do it.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This would be a pathetic boast anytime but especially so when your most notable military initiative is “starting a war, immediately losing”
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She also adjusted her pace to ensure the injured cub could keep up. By 2008, he was observed hunting on his own & at the age of 20 is King of the Fat Bears, holding his own at the crowded Brook Falls. A story of a mother's love, sacrifice & a little cub who became a champion fat bear. 🥹
discvr.blog
How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack
Discover how Bear 89 became Backpack, why his nickname predates his leg injury, and how his mother Holly adjusted to her cub’s needs.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m not a legal expert so honest question: even if Schmitt hadn’t been totally debunked, is there anything unethical about a federal prosecutor talking to district attorney? Especially the DA of an area that’s central to the federal case? Like, what was the accusation even *supposed* to be?
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do] [later I appear on a grifter web show to brag about my rad move while the host credulously praises me for it]
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This sounded a little too much like when cabinet nominees weasel out of the question so I followed up. Took a few prompts to really nail down an answer but:
Yes or no. Is there a legal, factual basis for the claim that voter fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 election?

No.
The 2020 election was certified for Joseph R.
Biden Jr. (306 electoral votes) over Donald J.
Trump (232). Official investigations and court challenges did not establish that voter fraud changed that outcome.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whoof, hoo boy, ok, that is grim
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is extremely funny to read about but even better to watch because when he realizes his embarrassing mistake he starts getting all pissy about how Klob is misusing her time by *pointing out his mistake*
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mad Men meme: "Super Soakers that shoot ants"
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whoever keeps piping Yakkity Sax into the Ravens headsets every fourth quarter please stop it
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I wonder where he got the idea that laws don’t apply to him, any insights here John Roberts?
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I can’t believe I finally got the call and it went to voicemail
A phone call from The Fellowship
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I like the subtext of this piece, that the conservative movement has believed in the unitary executive theory for years and decided now to pull the ripcord, but Trump is such a venal idiot that they keep having to clean up after their own decision to let him do whatever the fuck he wants.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Does Trump Think He Can Act Like a King?
The Supreme Court has had a lot to do with it.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A solid 25% of posts were people who had left Twitter telling other people who had left Twitter that they should leave Twitter
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Should You Take A Fully Baked And Dressed Honey-Glazed Ham To A Job Interview? Here's 2,000 words on the question dividing the internet this week.
A beautiful ham
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My “they intentionally collapsed a section of ceiling to serve as a pretext” mundane conspiracy theory doesn’t sound so far-fetched now www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think they *wanted* it to be about how legacy and heroism isn’t tied to your heritage, but it was so sloppily done and doubled back on itself that the theme got muddled at best
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fortunately we appear to be well into electoral blowout territory but if the election is close they will 100% try to use this to throw out votes.
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Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms
The Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the Trump administration to implement its overhauled immigration database, which it says is aimed at combatting voter fraud, in time for November’s e…
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet
5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-k...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Who Knows What the Midterms Will Bring: But You Can Enjoy the GOP’s Sweet Agony Today!
We don’t know what’s going to happen in the midterms. But we...
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was already really digging this Final Fantasy Resonance demo and then the first major boss did the funniest thing that so perfectly subverts Final Fantasy expectations
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The strongest argument the left has ever had, on trans rights as well as basically everything else, is that these people are fucking weirdos
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How the movie My Girl hit people slightly older than me: oh my god she’s seeing death for the first time that’s so sad 😢 How the movie My Girl hit me: IF A BEE STINGS YOU YOU COULD JUST FUCKIN DIE?!
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is that… good
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not counting any chickens but there’s a decent chance that redrawing a bunch of House maps assuming Trump’s 2024 Hispanic turnout was a permanent GOP shift will be a world historic own-goal www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
nytimes.com
Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map (Gift Article)
Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tomorrow begins THE SEASON OF SOUPS I got started a little early by making a lovely tomato lentil soup in the slow cooker today. But the formal occasion begins tomorrow.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the footage of the president speaking at a news conference and you can't hear him because it's the press he banned who bring the sound equipment is too on the damn nose because guess what we wouldn't have if people hadn't kept insisting on handing this asshole a microphone over & over & over again
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Steve Watts @sporkyreeve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
so juiceless he radiates a bubble in which no juice can exist, if any juice enters his vicinity a pocket dimension produces anti-juice dark matter particles that teleport any juice to the nearest neutron star
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