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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 1h

I'm bleakly fascinated with the 21st century's ability to exploit new parts of the human experience. First COVID forced you to explain to adults that they should care about other people. Now it's AI stripping out the basic purpose of art and communication. It's all techno-solipsism.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The monsters have overtaken the city.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Influencers" really will receive a box of swag and IMMEDIATELY turn around and sell it for massive profit. Sometimes they even brag about it. It's the games press who are corrupt tho, remember

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Were I to construct a pair of middle fingers as big as the sky, stretching from horizon to horizon in an overpowering display of nonverbal profanity, unavoidable, unignorable, it would not approach the depth or breadth to which this guy needs to fuck off.

The AI-Made Game the Internet Told You to Hate Is Out of Early Access, and Now It Has Online Co-op

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Kyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rest in peace to Richard Harrison, impeccable B-movie master, part of one of the funniest movie endings of all time.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Steam Frame trip report: Well, it's trying to squeeze my brain out through the top of my skull, so that's not ideal. Oh, hey, ARIZONA SUNSHINE's on Steam now. Bonus. Ouch, my head.

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 21/09/2026

Bungie apologizes to fans, unseals ‘Destiny’ content vault, tries to convince the world it’s still Bungie www.geekwire.com/2026/bungie-apolog…

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Francisco Dominguez @dominguezf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Japan’s cautious approach to growth and staff retention once seemed old-fashioned and unambitious. Against a backdrop of AAA failed gambles, gratuitous executive compensation and uncontrolled costs, I spoke to experts who explained why that conservative stance has never felt more modern.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, hot damn. New HITMAN in December.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you were one of the many people I talked to at PAX West 2026 who were confused why Washington's Secretary of State had a booth in the expo hall: me too. Fortunately, I am occasionally moved to do a Journalism and I went to ask him directly. This is the story:

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What is the etiquette protocol for telling a PR flack that they appear to be routinely misspelling their own name in their promotional emails, because this is starting to make me uncomfortable

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I didn't know Zach Cregger was in The Whitest Kids U Know, I would be so confused about why every comment thread about his RESIDENT EVIL movie eventually mentions how he took a gallon of PCP.

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 14/09/2026

Monday-morning surprise: Valve Software suddenly launches its wireless VR headset Steam Frame for $1,059 www.geekwire.com/2026/monday-mornin…

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dude looks like a Garbage Pail Adult.

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World of Warcraft Gamemakers Guild - CWA @wowgg-cwa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We are out and about at the con! Come see us on convention way and get some pins and swag.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pretty bummed about this one. I'd covered Polyarc a lot in the last few years, and met a bunch of the team on a couple of occasions. They'd even given me one of their Quill statuettes.

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Jen Vaughn, Storyteller at Large @thejenya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

First thought for a hallucinogenic game (hallucinogame) is MOUTHWASHING.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Chillin' next to the beast of hell, as men do

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Day 1 of PAX West on the books and I've successfully fulfilled my two personal traditions: * grab pen from DigiPen booth * hurt myself on a Lime e-scooter Should be all uphill from here, knock on wood.

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 04/09/2026

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ exhibit makes a weekend run in Seattle, with fan art and 35 years of history www.geekwire.com/2026/sonic-the-hed…

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One part reporter, one part the Pope, It's the inevitable return of the great white dope

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My big games-industry conspiracy theory is that, around 2005, some dark cadre of game publishers (not developers) realized they had an opportunity to jump headfirst into a media environment that had not yet evolved a functional critical apparatus and they went straight in up to the elbows.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Woke up this morning to a press release from a PR agency triumphantly announcing a showcase of 100+ upcoming video games, and it's got me unusually spun out. Maybe we should wrestle these floodgates shut for a while, huh? Let's put out fewer games. Just hold fast 'til 2028. There's no time.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 27/08/2026

To honor Tim Curry's memory, we are making Brütal Legend FREE on Itch.io, for 666 minutes: itch.io/s/199277/the...

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Brütal Legend | The Tainted Coil shall rule forever! by Double Fine Productions

A sale by Double Fine Productions, 100% off Brütal Legend

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Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA @ruadhain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out.

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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 25/08/2026

Xbox layoffs fallout: ‘South of Midnight’ creator Compulsion Games successfully goes independent www.geekwire.com/2026/xbox-layoffs-…

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 25/08/2026

Wizards of the Coast reveals first look at ‘Warlock,’ the next video game based on ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ www.geekwire.com/2026/wizards-of-th…

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#PAXWest gang - While I had to skip last year's show due to illness, I will once again be on hand to cover the PNW gaming scene for @geekwire.com and whoever else is up for hiring me. Local Seattle/Portland/Vancouver devs: reach out via DMs at games@geekwire dot cahm. No GenAI, of course.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Drive-In Reviews" on WLUP in the '90s (and then Comedy Central for all of 5 episodes) was a huge part of my cinematic upbringing, and is responsible for the phrase "quality kill" being part of my vocabulary. I didn't know Tony Fitzpatrick had died until today. Good dude.

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Tony Fitzpatrick, a Chicago artist in many realms, dies at 66

Tony Fitzpatrick had recently published a new book, “The Sun at the End of the Road,” filled with his distinctive art, poetry and prose. Some consider it a memoir.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A comics article I've pitched a couple of places but never gotten approved: Back in 1988-1990, Chris Claremont kept planting all these hints in the X-books about some forthcoming apocalyptic war between superhumans that could destroy Earth and/or cause a mutant dystopia. It never happened, natch.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I first covered DESKTOP EXPLORER for @geekwire.com 3 years ago when it was had a table at the Seattle Indies Expo. Now that it's out, I took another look.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Every once in a while I glance at ASMR YouTube and I wonder about these people who tour a country or continent getting expensive spa packages. What happens to your body when you have some Vietnamese massage ninja work you over every three days? What Brian Yuzna relaxation creature do you become?

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is kinda funny: the discourse over LANTERNS reminded me of an old running gag in the comics community, and it turns out that gag had its 20th anniversary a few weeks ago. Inexplicably preserved for the modern age, I present you with the Hal Jordan Head Injury Project.

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Green Lantern: Hal Jordan Head Injury Project

Hal Jordan's head traumas

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One of the primary drivers of modern streaming video is a 14-year-old movie-making program that comes free with Steam and which, by now, could run on a particularly big potato clock. GenAI dudes never understand their own argument. Their arms are too short to box with children, let alone God.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

IRON MAN #319 AVENGERS #390 AVENGERS: THE CROSSING #1 AVENGERS #391 FORCE WORKS #16 AVENGERS #392 IRON MAN #320 IRON MAN #321 WAR MACHINE #20 IRON MAN #322 FORCE WORKS #18 WAR MACHINE #21 IRON MAN #323 AVENGERS #393 FORCE WORKS #19 WAR MACHINE #22 then...

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geekwire.com @geekwire.com · 14/08/2026

Amazon’s Twitch is using livestreams to train its generative AI, and nobody’s happy with it www.geekwire.com/2026/amazons-twitc…

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 14/08/2026

game developers are not greedy, stupid cowards. if there is an obvious issue with a game, either they knew on their own or someone told them, and something then happened *higher on the paygrade* that kept them from fixing it

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Jean Grey is significantly more interesting without Scott and they shouldn't have immediately gotten back together after her big resurrection in 2017. Tom Taylor's utopian take on Jean was a genuinely good direction for the character and Krakoa derailed it. Now she's Phoenix again.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Claremont's X-Men is a useful example of the old truism that in order to write good comics, you need be broadly well-read outside of the medium. Claremont wears many of his non-comics influences on his sleeve, particularly Heinlein, and his books are significantly better for it.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fellow Bluesky elders, I must submit to the culture that we do not have to repost and share screenshots of dipshit AI-generated political "memes" from Facebook, much as we do not have to share bad tweets. We are free here. These plains are clear of blight. Resist the urge to spread infohazards.

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GG TRIBUNE @ggtribune.com · 10/08/2026

Hades Reveals Tenth Circle of Hell Just Valnet ggtribune.com/2026/08/10/h...

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The announcement of a sequel to THE TALISMAN has me finally getting around to reading King and Straub's BLACK HOUSE. It's a bit weird, in that it feels more like something from King's '80s "cocaine era" than anything he's written since. The narrator is not merely unreliable but untrustworthy.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The video game field's version of the "Eternal September" is an angry, overcaffeinated 13-year-old posting on NeoGAF with a 5-minute-old account, once and again and forever.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Jaws is deliberately unleashed against the owners and operators of an undersea data center. This time, the shark is our ally.

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Thomas Wilde @stolisomancer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I choose to believe this is a looksmaxxing joke.

A rock turtle monster from PALWORLD.

"It smashes its body against harder rocks to maintain its preferred shape."

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