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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways.

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lincoln carpenter, skeleton @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Given current circumstances, you might think I'm just primed to notice nightmarish aristocrats bleeding us alive to sustain themselves. But after too many hours of spreadsheet data entry, I'm convinced devs really have been dabbling more heavily in Draculas as the economy feels increasingly dire."

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Vampire games on Steam are a recession indicator and I have the charts to prove it

Nothing is scarier during Halloween season than amateur statistics.

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Razorblade Apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Photos/direction/Mercy/Zen/Ana: me Genji/Widowmaker/Hanzo: @tylercolp.bsky.social Sombra: @cetaillefer.bsky.social

Overwatch screenshot showing the first point on Volskaya, which is a huge industrial map in Russia. Sombra in her Overwatch 1 uniform is standing on the building that overlooks the point and is looking towards the choke that attackers come in from.

Overwatch screenshot with Widowmaker who has just shot a Sombra dead on the second point of Anubis, a map in the ancient pyramid ruins around Cairo. There is a line of gunsmoke coming from Widowmaker's gun and Sombra lays dead on the ground.

Overwatch screenshot of Sombra in her Overwatch 1 uniform hacking a Hanzo on the first point of Hanamura. Long red lines are coming from her hand as she is coming out of stealth, so she is cast in a purple haze. The Hanzo is aiming his bow at her in the snow and rocks.

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Cathartic Biscuit @catharticbiscuit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Darcy graves shreds on you after she defeats you, then reanimates you to fight for her.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

rat king just dropped in deadlock and he can throw rats at you

An image of Eminem holding out his hand on a white background but replaced with the head of Deadlock character The Rat King with a stock image of a rat in front.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

someone is going to have doom running on a dress by next week (via: x.com/bagel_bucket...)

A screenshot of an X post by the user bagel_bucket. Two screenshots of a dress made in Dressmaker have a very detailed aurora borealis design on them in blues and greens.

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Slim @sl1mskull.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New York will be mine 🦇

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 01/10/2026

Video essayist and YouTuber Jacob Geller removed from MinnMax following sexual assault allegations aftermath.site/jacob-geller-m...

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The new Deadlock map rules

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I always fill things like this out even if I doubt I'll get them because it's kind of a fun exercise to figure out how you'd present yourself for this sort of thing. It lets you know what they're looking for and if something happens you can always back out before committing to anything.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/th...

"The little pocket of A Short Quest's fantasy world in the playtest is sprinkled with weirdos and secrets. I dueled a guard on a wooden plank at the top of a mountain after he tricked me into dropping some food for his empty stomach. I also recovered a magical ember in a mine and took it to a wizard who let me make my first staff. None of this stuff is tracked in a quest log or highlighted on a map. When you find a strange item, you have to use it to figure out what it does, which can sometimes mean poisoning yourself a little or realizing you can fill up the blue squares under your health bar to cast spells."

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Tyler Wilde @tjcwilde.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Humankind 2 live-action trailer shown at Gamescom today triggered my 'is this AI?' reflex, but the studio says otherwise, and showed me some behind-the-scenes photos.

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Humankind 2 trailer accused of being 'AI slop,' studio says nope: 'real actors, practical sets, and custom-made props'

The uncanny trailer shows the perspective of infants through space and time.

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Razorblade Apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

goodbye, big walk. thank you for the best time I could have ever spent in a video game with @tylercolp.bsky.social #bigwalk

Big Walk screenshot showing two creatures sitting on an idyllic beach somewhere in Australia. One creature is looking at the other and is blue, plum and teal. They have a yellow backpack on. The other creature is looking back at the camera and has a magenta, pink and light green body. The waves are crashing foam into the beach.

Big Walk screenshot showing two creatures sitting on a sky gondola over an Australian rocky mountainside. One creature is looking at the other and is blue, plum and teal. The other creature is looking off to the side of the camera and has a magenta, pink and light green body. The sun is setting in the sky, making it pink and gold.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think they did say there will be a way to have the final fight be a PvE fight, but details are slim.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I have no idea why the image isn't showing up in the embed lol

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

yeah I definitely respect how bizarre it is. It's just not that fun to play, or at least the network test wasnt!

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm bummed that I don't think The Duskbloods is going to be a game for me at all. I love how weird it is, but it's kind of a mess and definitely not worth buying a Switch 2 for. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

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My FOMO over The Duskbloods not coming to PC evaporated once I actually played it

The vampire PvPvE game is a confusing mess that isn't going to be for everyone.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Feel exactly the same way. There are individual systems (Kin) that seem really neat but in the context of this game they feel minimal. The input lag doesn't help and the missing features don't either, but I'm not finding anything to latch onto yet. It's just sorta aimless chaos.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I keep comparing it to the experience of playing a MOBA for the first time all by yourself. You're completely lost, you do good stuff but don't recognize it, you get ganked out of nowhere, and you just generally have nothing to grasp onto. The learning curve is steep and painful/not that fun.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love how bizarre it is but it's so weird that I'm not sure the design actually works when you drop in people who just want to PvP the entire time. I realize the game has only been playable for a short time but this doesn't bode well for the full thing.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Really not sure I'm feeling The Duskbloods network test. Even setting aside the input lag, it doesn't seem to have a lot of what I like in FromSoftware games.

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Ludwig Kietzmann @ludwigk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Set aside some time, turn off the lights, crank up the volume and play Keeper

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Double Fine launching Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on Kickstarter (Aug 31) www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh! Yeah I think I've seen this game before. Might check it out, thanks for the reminder!

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I saw big hat girl has "darkmoon" stuff and can turn into a snake so I will be playing her tomorrow 🙏

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

100% and I think at that point you probably just need to talk about stuff like Natasha Dow Schüll's Addiction By Design, stuff like that. It didn't start with video games!

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I think arguing these games are shallow time sinks is the wrong way to go about it though. I'd rather talk about the ways progression and anticipation drives a lot of popular game loops.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It bugs me when people reduce loot-based action RPGs like Diablo or Path of Exile into "gambling simulators" because my favorite parts don't really involve the loot itself. Vampire Survivors is not that either, but automating the action and focusing on the progression is *not* for me personally.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I do wanna say that I was mostly responding to not finding Vampire Survivors, or games of that ilk, to be very fun *because* of the automation. I wouldn't personally make my argument the way the author does, but I do think this is a design trend worth interrogating.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Probably not. Can't say I fully agree with the approach in the piece simply because 'play' can be more than pressing buttons.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

in the stripped club. straight up "zorking it"

An image of Duskbloods character Zork. A man encased in large steel armor holds two broken pipes for weapons.

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Play what you want, but this is basically why I can spend 500 hours playing Diablo but get bored after an hour in Vampire Survivors. I like the action in an action RPG!

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

this is why the first thing I did when I got a switch 2 was lick a cartridge! you can't stop me!!

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IWGB @iwgbunion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP

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Don't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.

YouTube video by IWGB Union

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Tyler @tylercolp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Nah, no need to apologize! I think both explanations are helpful actually. The context for the timeline is useful!

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