Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 20hDamn, Battlefield on Game Pass a week before CoD launches. Interesting strategy. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Was Camp Miasma a response to someone pitching an idea to A24 for their new Friday the 13th project and having it get shot down? Just too many obvious choices in the film to evoke that franchise specifically. The zoom call was probably the best scene in the movie too. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“So many punk musicians cite seeing FEAR play SNL as inspiration” it was 1981, cable TV was in its infancy, there was the semblance of a monoculture still. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I’m 33 and SNL has been distinctly uncool since I was a teenager. And people still watched regular TV back then! 100
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I feel apathetic about Turnstile, but I’m not sure if playing SNL is introducing “hardcore” to a new audience there. Do any non-white people under 30 even watch SNL? When was the last time SNL was relevant to youth? Lana Del Rey’s poor performance? It’s probably the Daniel Craig meme tbh. 100
Reposted by Virtual BalboaStereogum @stereogum.com · 05/10/2026Knifeplay announce new album 'What Is Truth?'; hear the 10-minute epic "Love Song"stereogum.comKnifeplay Announce New Album 'What Is Truth?': Hear "Love Song"I’ve been waiting nearly half a decade for this day. Knifeplay, the dreamy, dreary, deeply dramatic Philadelphia Band To Watch, released their breakthrough sophomore album Animal Drowning way back in ... 0121
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Jock’s DC #880 is one of my absolute favorite covers…I might have to cop 010
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That’s some spooky Chargers action there with the Gadsen bobble, the Herbert target, and the underhand toss into a TD. If you’re gonna be chaotic I’ll take some points with it. 000
Reposted by Virtual BalboaChristian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026perfect start 1189382
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think people should calm down about the quality of that corrupt lawyer Surf Dracula Breaking Bad prequel. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Look, I’m all for restorative justice as long as I’m not the one who has to restore anything” might be the most Bluesky sentiment ever invented. If you make good, you don’t have to hide from people you wronged. Or you can mute phrases till the cows home and wonder why this dogs you so. 030
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Anytime I think of Joan Didion talking about “why anyone would want to be a film critic” (while also actually writing movies) and I remember Pauline Kael died mad about it, brings me joy. I love The White Album. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ultimately, it’s a film for people who either half remember or weren’t around during the run of TCAP. If you have any amount of knowledge of the TV shows and the stories it uncovered, I think you will leave the film dissatisfied. “The Social Network” is an example of how to do this well. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Especially after digging into Bill Conradt and how that went down in comparison to dramatized events. You can still accurately portray someone as monstrous but find a way to try and humanize them. Their method was to obfuscate the culpability of an ADA with a hard drive full of CSAM. Just odd. 100
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I thought Primetime was disappointingly mid. Pattinson is good but they took a real life story with tons of built in drama already and turned it into an odd psychological character piece that isn’t a satisfying story nor accurately relayed. 100
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Agreed. If I watch someone on YouTube and something heinous comes out, I would just move on. Maybe if you’re a little younger there’s a parasocial element to it but for me I’m just trying to find someone to yap while I have a meal or try to do some work. 010
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Literally unaware who this YouTube gamer rapist even was until I read an article defending him and his “art”. I guess that’s who is concerned with this, people who view the YouTube essay as “high art” aka the most vacuous among us. 110
Reposted by Virtual BalboaFighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026On this day 5 years ago, the Capcom vs. Osamu Tezuka Characters art exhibit had returned in Tokyo under a new "Dash" title. As part of the exhibit's return, the original key visual art by Bengus had been reinterpreted by Tsunogai, both artworks being respectively displayed below. 15117
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meanwhile Jank is out here asking indie devs what they’re currently reading. I wish more games writing was like this. 010
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Like “here’s why a SONIC (lmao) dev thinks remasters and remakes aren’t it” *article praises Sonic Generations: Shadow Edition, a remake of a game that was created 15 years ago to cash in on nostalgia of old Sonic* yeah uh huh buddy. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I frequently criticize Afternath for its puddle deep writing and fresh out the microwave takes, but learning about some of the institutional abuse that’s come from some key members, it’s impressive how much negative aura an outlet can carry. 110
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Flanagan doing a poor adaptation of a famous horror work? Shocked, really. 090
Reposted by Virtual BalboaGrasshopper Manufacture Inc. @ghmofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We've gone independent. NO GAME NO LIFE. 242274662
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I finally got access to the Disc to Digital program yesterday. The only game I own I couldn’t get the license for was Armored Core VI. Bandai Namco and Square Enix, pls get with the program. It was very cool to download the PC version of Onimusha last night. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I can’t wait for October 15th for the physical version of Control Resonant. It’s difficult dodging people’s reactions and responses of which are no value to me. Alas, I’ll finish 007 First Light, then E-Day is next. Ace Combat 8 also got me curious. Fuck, video games, man. 001
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If a game is signposting but it’s subtle and fits the aesthetic of the game, that isn’t “yellow paint”, that’s good environmental design. The “yellow paint” phenomenon is signposting that is zero effort i.e. why is there random splotches of yellow paint all over in this context? It’s different. 010
Reposted by Virtual BalboaStereogum @stereogum.com · 30/09/2026@boniverwi.bsky.social released '22, A Million' 10 years ago today. A look back...stereogum.comBon Iver's '22, A Million' Turns 10“It’s important to make it sound new,” Justin Vernon explained. “It used to be just a G chord on a guitar for many years. The longer I’ve done it, I’ve become interested in a bunch of other sounds, to... 0274
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Call me a simple man but this and D2D definitely has me using the platform way more than I have in the last 3 years. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Give me Square Enix and Bandai Namco next and this feature will be a true godsend. 000
Reposted by Virtual BalboaTime Extension @timeextension.com · 29/09/2026Half-Life Dreamcast Has Been Decompiled, Freeing Source Code And Adding Online Multiplayer timeextension.comHalf-Life Dreamcast Has Been Decompiled, Freeing Source Code And Adding Online Multiplayer'Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman' 0264
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I want Harbaugh’s hat, where2cop? Navy on the white bolt looks clean and classic. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I keep seeing Vigilante on the back of these Bills Nickel City helmets 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s me, the one Chargers fan on Bluesky, signing on and ready to suffer. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Something kinda profoundly sad about watching someone go “I’m live on twitch!” which is already cutting away a layer of attention you can give something, then you’ll see them in the middle of the stream posting on social media about how “cool” something is. I can’t imagine anything is fun like that. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Also saw this “apology” coming from a mile away. I think some people simply don’t need to be posting. I hope they never reactivate if that’s the quality of posting to expect. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think Parks and Rec fans need to calm down about The Office. They’re very similar shows. They both have a terrible ending season that makes you wonder why this got this far. Only one of them whitewashes shitlibs. 000
Reposted by Virtual Balboamerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 26/09/2026"star wars is still a profitable corporate-owned intellectual property for children" 361040
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Lmao I guess Colin Moriarty’s Castlevania ripoff was too much of a loss because “his” indie developer seems to have moved away from him. As a former LSM listener, there was something very much “drink the Kool Aid!” about purchasing and pretending those little games were noteworthy or good. 000
Reposted by Virtual BalboaHeat (1995) @heatfilm1995.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Stolen out of Fresno two weeks ago. 011
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The lesbian bar story is so uninteresting. It isn’t new or revelatory that people in the leftist spectrum use it to for their own personal comfort and don’t give a fuck about any other actual individuals or community. If anything it’s par for the course. Talking about it is useful for your enemies. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Brother, I rip my discs and stream them in my own home. We need to stop creating fake issues. 010
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Interesting strategy. Quake Champions was pretty fun for what it was. I could see this becoming oddly successful somehow, like the price tag will add a barrier of entry to actually entice new players. Everyone who already likes the game gets to keep it. I miss Quake so much I’ll take it. 001
Reposted by Virtual Balboada share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN 02733862
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fine aiming isn’t usually something I have a big need for games I play on Deck, but it’s been a godsend in any game where aiming a gun is less than precise and all you need is a slight aim adjustment. Tiny little track pad swipe, headshot every time. 000
Virtual Balboa @virtualbalboa0.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It doesn’t even need to be that classic. I was also thinking about Max Payne 3, which is BC on Xbox (720p30fps) but that game feels and looks so much better than what the 360 version is doing. Also, as I learned playing RDR on Deck, having a trackpad next to my stick is nice in Rockstar games. 100
