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Stu Kimball

@superdonk.bsky.social
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Dumb But Good 🤠 Editor on the SkillUp YouTube channel, writer at This Week In Videogames. Former Video Producer at GameSpot, known as SUPER DONK on YouTube.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Needless to say I am very fucking proud that Maddie took this one out! Maddie’s work is tremendous, her writing is sharp and funny. She has big ideas and is willing to reach for the sky. She was still studying when she came on board last year! Remarkable young journalist! So far to go!!
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My Skate 2 enjoyers wya
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One thing I missed initially in all the chaos of the 26 min trailer. Welcome back Midnight Club 🫡
A screenshot of a street racing section from GTA 6
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Year of the GOAT Stephen Root 🐐
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh shit this feels way more like GTA 4, I’m all in.
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You want to see MY algorithm? Think again You FOOL! This algorithm is ONLY material exclusively of interest to my girlfriend.
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
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James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Persona 4’s Chie in the Criterion Closet with a text box reading “this is hard boiled from visionary director John woo”
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Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
new byline! for the longest thing i’ve ever written, I tried to capture 12 years of Destiny a memory at a time.
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Jake Dekker @jacobdekk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The console market is screwed. I started shooting this video months ago, but things kept getting worse. Big thank you to @matpiscatella.bsky.social and @jakesteinberg.substack.com for chatting with me. youtu.be/4FatSqS3VYY?...
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We already have live-action Persona and it’s Ingmar Bergman’s seminal avant-garde drama from 1966
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
LOTR: Return of the King at the gym is dangerous
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 17/06/2026
With constant price hikes and next-gen gaming hardware likely to break the bank during a cost-of-living crisis, @edmondtran.bsky.social proposes developers keep lowering the bar. Meaning? It's time to really embrace low-spec benchmarks so we can keep playing new games on devices we already own.
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The Future of Games Is Expensive, Time To Embrace Low-Spec and Mobile
Opinion: It's about time the games industry prioritises lower-spec benchmarks again, and reclaims mobile as a standard platform for games
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Crazy that Mamdani did that
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Man every time I see the description for an article written by @maddie-b-a.bsky.social it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever heard. This rocks!
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lookingfor.game @lookingfor.game · 11/06/2026
Next issue of lookingfor.game will be out tomorrow with some early Steam Next Fest picks you can play over the weekend!
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lookingfor.game
lookingfor.game is a weekly newsletter that highlights upcoming PC games and delivers demo codes and playtesting opportunities straight to your inbox. Curated by Lucy James. It's time to find your ne...
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Spent a very small amount of time with Stranger Than Heaven. I can’t speak to its story or characters, but I did enjoy its new combat system. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/stra...
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A Brief Encounter With Stranger Than Heaven
A brisk 30 minute wander through the streets of Stranger Than Heaven, getting a feel for its unique combat system.
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Jake Dekker @jacobdekk.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ace Combat 8 is fucking sick. I tried something a little different with this preview. It’s underperforming, but whatever. Please watch. We want to do more videos like this! youtu.be/0NkHeVzVa2I?...
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You Don’t Need To Be A Long Time Fan To Be Excited for Ace Combat 8
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Backrooms are all the rage so posting one of the last vids I made for GameSpot in 2022. youtu.be/tX_EqcflUpw?...
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The Terror Of Liminal Spaces In Video Games
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 10/06/2026
"I feel the need. The need for... Theve?" @superdonk.bsky.social hates flying in real life, but videogames are different. He gets his wings and takes the first new Ace Combat game in seven years up for a spin, chatting to series director Kazutoki Kono along the way.
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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve – The First Flight
Kono says the emphasis was on character and narrative this time around, and when the team hit limits with Unreal, they were "really good at jury-rigging"
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MICHAEL HIGHAM @brazyazn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
i went to Square Enix last month to play Final Fantasy Resonance for three hours! peep my latest hot exclusie! READ: www.ign.com/articles/fin... WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cet1...
Final Fantasy Resonance - Ramuh fightFinal Fantasy Resonance - Cloud with big swordFinal Fantasy Resonance - overworldFinal Fantasy Resonance - big staggers
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ready for Rhythm Heaven to take over my life
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Karate Joe Relaxing and Watching TV
ALT: Karate Joe Relaxing and Watching TV
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Lucy’s the best, we all know this. I’ve gotten some of the best game recs from her on the @friendspersecond.bsky.social podcast every other week, so I can’t wait to sign up!!! 🎉👏🎊
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 24/05/2026
The 2006 Barnyard game was an ambitious open-world title featuring cows squirting milk, riding bikes, and playing golf. Those who remember it do so fondly. To mark its 20th anniversary @maddie-b-a.bsky.social spoke to its director Nick Hagger about what made the game and its development so unique.
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"GTA for 8-Year-Olds": A 20-Year Retrospective on Barnyard
"'You’re f***ing crazy. This is never going to get approval by Nickelodeon or by THQ’.”
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I caught up with Beethoven & Dinosaur a few times over the last year of Mixtape's development. Here are some fun stories about making the game. A rejected pitch, meeting Kojima, their approach to teenage narrative, America as pastiche fantasy, emotion through play, music budgets, and more! Wow!!
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How To Make a Mixtape
Beethoven & Dinosaur get deep on making the most of an indie team and music budget, portraying teenage experiences, and America as fantasy.
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Dusklight seems like the perfect excuse to play Twilight Princess for the first time.
A cutscene from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
First feature is up! Wrote about the cost of comfort, Pokémon entitlement, and the never ending feeling of being ten bucks behind the world.
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Maddie Agne @maddie-b-a.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
my mom loves telling everyone who's ever known me where to read my stuff. hope my pre-school teacher likes this one
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
No game since Firewatch has made me burst into joyous, nostalgic tears like Mixtape did. I cannot wait to play it again with my High school friends 🥹
A scene from the game Mixtape where the characters fly through the night over their small town.
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Met Chris Roberts. Asked him when Star Citizen was coming out. Here’s 3500 words on it. (Wherein I also interview several avid players to try and understand why they’ve invested thousands of dollars into an unfinished game) thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/star...
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Is Star Citizen A Real Videogame?
A frank chat with Star Citizen's Chris Roberts about its prolonged development, and with devout players who tell us why they're so invested
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Titanium Court is definitely the best thing I've played all year, absolutely in love with it. I would recommend going in as cold as possible though, because it's so wonderful to be surprised, confused, and delighted like this. store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
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Titanium Court on Steam
A surreal strategy game for clowns and criminals.
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
That's right -- only independent, reader-funded media can give you in-depth reporting as niche and as middle-age-coded as this. The first long read from the newest, most British member of our editorial team, @jamiehore.bsky.social!
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 09/04/2026
Plagued by fantasies of owning a Nintendo Switch 2 and playing Pokémon Pokopia one day, @maddie-b-a.bsky.social distracts herself by thinking about how the core attraction of today’s most popular cosy games is just socialism.
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The Fantasy of Cosy Games is Socialism
After the reception that Pokémon Pokopia received, it's become clear that we're all just looking for an escape from late-stage capitalism.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My four-year-old son just made his GameSpot debut. You call it nepotism, I call it hard-hitting journalism. www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie As Reviewed By A Four-Year-Old
"So many guys from Mario Odyssey" makes this film a must-see, according to my four-year-old son.
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
they said our website was good 🏆 best gaming coverage 🏆 best independent media maybe reader-funded media is good maybe you would like to support us @thisweekinvideogames.com
Two red and white glass trophies from the Australian IT Journalism Awards 2026, “Best Gaming Coverage” and “Best Independent Media,” both awarded to This Week in Videogames.
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Jake Dekker @jacobdekk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I checked out Pokemon Champions last week, and I’m convinced it will become my next obsession. Nearly everything I could have wanted for a Pokemon battle sim. ✍️Article: www.gamespot.com/articles/pok... 📹Video: youtu.be/MsV9O28FI0o?...
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 17/03/2026
The initial demos for Capcom's Pragmata were intriguing, but short. After a new 2-hour preview, @superdonk.bsky.social thinks it has the legs for a more expansive experience.
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Pragmata Preview
"I was worried that [hacking] mechanics were a gimmick that could wear thin, but between the mods and enemy variety, I was ravenous to play more."
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 09/03/2026
Excited by the prospect of the Life is Strange series adaptation, @superdonk.bsky.social reflects on his recent experience with the games, and the nostalgia of 2015, high school friendships, and episodic media. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/life... [Paywalled]
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Life is Strange, Episodic Games, and Nostalgia for Communal Media
After playing Life Is Strange across a series of communal group sessions, Stu gets nostalgic about a bygone age of episodic storytelling.
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 27/02/2026
Who is Asha Sharma, anyway? Xbox's new CEO has business experience in everything from insurance, home improvement, and grocery delivery, to Meta products, AI, and even a previous stint on Xbox. Here's a primer on her career trajectory and experiences to date, which may inform what happens next.
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A Brief History of Asha Sharma, The New Xbox CEO
Microsoft OpenAI president Asha Sharma became Xbox CEO after Phil Spencer retired. So, who exactly is she, and what has she achieved?
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Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I told my grandma Phil Spencer retired and she started sobbing. Through the cascade of tears rolling down her face and hyperventilating she muttered “Co-Pilot please draft an email thanking Phil for his brave service in the console wars” She then died. Her ashes sprinkled at a data center nearby
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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Wild that Sony bought Bluepoint Games in 2021 AFTER Demon's Souls, and is now shutting them down with zero new games put out since. They canceled a live service-game they were working on earlier this year. That failed live-service push from Sony continues to have major consequences.
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Reviewed that Quarantine Zone game and did not have a fun time. Check out the full review for the fully formed thoughts on it. thisweekinvideogames.com/review/quara...
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Quarantine Zone Review
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check doesn’t know whether it wants to be comedic or somber. So it just feels aimless.
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Jake Dekker @jacobdekk.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
chatted with Ubisoft and Konami devs about Solid Snake in Rainbow Six Siege and wrote about it! www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
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How MGS's Solid Snake Joined Rainbow Six Siege
We chatted with Ubisoft and Konami developers about Rainbow Six Siege's upcoming Metal Gear Solid crossover.
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Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
spent the day writing about my favorite doomed relationship and love in games and real life. this one's a little all over the place happy valentines day, firewatch is for yearners www.underleveled.xyz/firewatch-is...
firewatch sunset
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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Got a absolute killer long read on @thisweekinvideogames.com for the weekend: @sambarsanti.bsky.social dives deep into the communities convinced there's "one last mystery" left to solve in Red Dead Redemption 2, speaks to one of the main sleuths, and ties it all back to Ed Harris in Westworld.
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Red Dead Redemption 2, Westworld, And The Hunt For The Final Easter Egg
Like Westworld's Man in Black, this community is working to uncover what they believe is the last unsolved mystery hidden in Red Dead Redemption 2.
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 28/01/2026
Finally, a Witcher game where you play as Dandelion. @maddie-b-a.bsky.social talks to developer @nerial.bsky.social about how Reigns: The Witcher uses the swipey narrative strategy format to play with the lore of the Witcher universe, and about Geralt's hypothetical prospects on Tinder.
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Geralt of Rivia Would Do Well on Tinder, Thank You Very Much
Reigns developer Nerial talks about Reigns: The Witcher, and creating a "fanfiction generator" for the iconic IP.
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Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
More showing up for good people’s work and more telling your favorite creators their shit is good when they post it
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Stu Kimball @superdonk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
@platanoranger.bsky.social stays making incredible work, this review is no exception.
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Moises Taveras @platanoranger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I reviewed Cairn. www.gamespot.com/reviews/cair...
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Cairn Review - An Uphill Battle Worth Taking On
Cairn's perilous climb makes for a gorgeous and grueling drama.
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