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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 14h

Good point! Avengers 1-4 all came out within a seven-year span, followed by none (and no major crossover stories like Captain America: Civil War either ... just a few small-scale crossovers like Thunderbolts and The Marvels) in the following seven. I'm almost impressed at the show of restraint!

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 14h

Wait, you're following me? But I'm following you! We'll never get anywhere at this rate...

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 19h

I just got an email from the PS Deals website telling me that G-Police is now available to anyone with a Playstation Plus Premium account ... will this finally be the start of the G-Police renaissance?! ...Probably not, but I live in hope.

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Josh Greenberg @jdg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the people are calling for a 4K G-Police remake

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"I am hit...ting that like button!"

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

...Well, now I'm GLAD I didn't get around to watching it at the cinema.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Forget the lore, they should've had the smaller Tyranids saying stuff like this. ...Or maybe some of the Muppet-like combat dialogue that the little guys in Halo say, instead?

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Hey! Who took out my eyes? Hey! Who took out my eyes? Hey! Who took out my eyes? Hey!..."

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are so many factors to consider in determining guilt. Was this suspect polite to me and my agents? Will they help me if I decide that they are innocent? Did they entertain me? The more "yes" answers to these, the less likely they are to be guilty.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My nephew and niece will have the opportunity to start watching Doctor Who at a far younger age than I did ... now THAT'S what I call progress. ...Wait, hang on; there's a character called Toast-IE? That robot is a talking toaster?! Did we learn NOTHING from Red Dwarf?!

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What fishing industry? In the grim waters of modern Britain, there is only ROE.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me, when my wizard has at least one spell of every element type in the game:

A screencap from the movie Rocky III. Before Rocky's fight with Thunderlips, Mickey compares his giant opponent to a dinosaur, adding, "They can cause a variety of damage!"

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The email I just received advertising The Witcher 3 remaster: Meet Geralt of Rivia. The first two Witcher games:

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Hey I Exist Ahmed Aldoori

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Has there ever been a Doctor Who story about people substituting human capabilities with machine replacements that lack any genuine human feeling or emotion? If they did, remind me, was it good or bad?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I feel like admitting I still use Twitter might be a faux pas here ... but the remaster of The Witcher 3 is out now, and I think my thread about playing the game back in 2020-21 was mildly amusing, and I'm not going to repost it all again, so HERE IT IS. x.com/ThomasJohnMu...

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I do love plenty of other films from that year - The Matrix, Toy Story 2, The Straight Story - but, well ... looks to me like they're on the wrong side of the riv-er.

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Brendan Fraser in The Mummy: Desert Smile

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If a flame-thrower doesn't work, you're simply not throwing enough flames! ...Or it's an Avatar of Khaine.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wasn't expecting a Canoness from the Adepta Sororitas to show up in an episode of As Time Goes By - but now that I think about it, I'm convinced that every sitcom should try it at least once.

A screenshot from the TV show As Time Goes By, series 7 episode 6. After giving the main characters some advice regarding an imminent party they're about to throw, Phylis Loader adds, "Any trouble, use the flame-thrower."

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll admit it; my happiness for the critical success of Ace Combat 8 is 10% directed to the people who actually made the game, and 90% to my eternal hope that aerial combat games will become so popular that the G-Police games get a remaster and/or sequel.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That makes sense; put Townfall off for a few weeks, and you can have a Silent Hilloween!

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Replaying Rebirth, I noticed that Aerith doesn't have any dialogue prior to this (optional) interaction, so this was probably her first utterance in the game for a lot of players.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Metal Gear Solid and MGS3: Snake Eater, Final Fantasy VII and X, Soul Reaver 2, Life Is Strange ... yeah, it's a great feeling, isn't it?

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now, if only someone would be kind enough to make a Metal Gear Solid Legendary Edition, so I don't have to go through that struggle every time...

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's well deserved, of course, as the games are great - but also, I like how the Legendary Edition made enough changes that it counts as its own thing, so I can put the whole trilogy in one slot rather than having to only pick one game / dedicating three of my nine slots to it.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'd say so, yeah; if you made something and people liked it enough that you get to make a sequel, that's the beginning of a franchise, right? I think they're also planning a third game, and if that's the case, a trilogy is DEFINITELY a franchise.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ten minutes into the first Rocky movie, and he's practising his puns in front of a mirror so he can use them later to flirt with the cute lady at the pet shop.

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Blake Webber: That's A Great Movie

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To avoid friendly fire incidents, one side should start making their drones look more like Tau drones, and the other making theirs look like Imperial servo-skulls.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ah, that monologue ... I remember playing The Twin Snakes years later, and Gray Fox's words had left such an impact that the (minor) changes in dialogue stood out like a sore thumb. I'd played other games with good stories before MGS1, but nothing with that degree of cinematic quality.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't know how advert-algorithms work, but there's definitely been a few times I've done a web search for something and then seen an advert for it soon afterwards. My examples were probably all Google search/YouTube ads, though; your game being linked to an Amazon search is pretty creepy!

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't know what shape I am, but these games are definitely to blame for moulding me into it.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm no expert, but I think Dynasty Warriors 3 was "the big one" for the franchise in the PS2 era. DW2 got some decent reviews in the old Playstation magazines, DW3 seemed like a big upgrade, and the subsequent games all suffered a bit from accusations of being more of the same.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Badnik from the Green Hill Zone: Man, isn't working for Doctor Robotnik so much fun?! Badnik from the Scrap Brain Zone:

A screencap from the TV series Ludvig, series 2 episode 5. After Lucy Betts-Taylor asks whether the police station they're inside has alternative exits, Russell Carter replies sarcastically, "No, we work in a giant steel deathtrap."

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

God bless whoever saw a rodent running in a little wheel and suddenly thought, "Make THAT, but the size of a chariot ... and have it shoot lightning. Evil lightning."

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Weren't these things in The Lord of the Rings? Wheelbarrow-wights?

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dammit, now I want a TV series starring Hannah Telle and Ashly Burch called MaxChloe Science Theater 3000.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's a good plan! I would pay you to implement it myself, but, er ... my wallet's in my other coat, sorry.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wait, you mean that isn't just a shorthand way of saying "Everything Everywhere All At Once" bagels?

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Everything Everywhere All At Once Bagel

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's taken me a while to finally watch the Creed movies, but ... well, I always knew I'd like them.

A screencap from the 2023 movie Creed 3. Adonis Creed (wearing what looks like a Yoshi onesie) is sat at a tea party with his young daughter and her toys, asking, "Would you like some more tea, princess?"

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I believe the website you're looking for is GoFuck'Em.

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've only paid a bit of attention to Fortune's Weave (I only just started playing Three Houses!), but I'm surprised you mention it missing stuff; my big worry was that it would have so much stuff crammed in that it would be a narrative and mechanical mess. What sort of things have they removed?

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Tom Murch @thomasjohnmurch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We had a Commodore 64 back when I was a kid, and I vaguely recall a few of the games we played on that ... but then we got a NES, and Super Mario Bros. 3. I don't think we ever got another game for that console, my brothers and I loved it so much.