Joe Skrebels
@2plus2isjoe.bsky.social
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Editor-in-Chief for Xbox Wire. Podcast garbagier on Regular Features.
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Steve Hogarty
almost 2 years ago
me: are you sure I can't just bring a vegan roast from asda? mammy: no it's absolutely no trouble, don't you be running around the shops
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And I will continue to go on about it, such good stuff in here
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11 days ago
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I haven't seen a single news report that tells me whether Netflix buying WB means it owns the Nemesis System patent yet
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The first playable character ever created for the Tony Hawk's series was Bruce Willis
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about 1 month ago
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There's a Vampire Survivors spin-off. It's a roguelike deckbuilder. It's also an old-school dungeon crawler. It's also probably other, stranger things. I am hideously psyched - and I got to speak to Luca from Poncle all about where the hell this came from.
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about 1 month ago
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Please, Tarsier, when you've finished up on Reanimal, there are fun guys like me who'd like lost classic, Statik to come out on new VR headsets:
youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?...
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Statik - Release Trailer | PS VR
YouTube video by PlayStation
https://youtu.be/i7MVb_rv5sQ?si=ZlVbIssxabBjaFZk
about 2 months ago
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I love this piece from
@mike-nelson.bsky.social
- a character build guide for The Outer Worlds 2 with a difference: every entry was contributed by a member of the game's QA team.
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
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Obsidian's Favorite Character Builds for The Outer Worlds 2 - Xbox Wire
With early access kicking off today for Premium Edition owners, Obsidian’s QA team shares some of their favorite character builds to help inspire your own role-playing adventure for The Outer Worlds 2...
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/10/24/obsidians-favorite-character-builds-for-the-outer-worlds-2
2 months ago
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Told you
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2 months ago
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I feel like it's gone undersung that Rise of the Golden Idol's DLC this year (which is now all out there), has effectively been an entire new game's worth of cases - and it works like a side-quel (ugh) to both of the first two games. Honestly, just an incredible thing.
2 months ago
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Look, sometimes you're just trying to take a picture of Wayne Rooney on the TV, but you accidentally capture a frame in a dissolve, and it looks like Noah Hawley was trying to communicate that Wayne had deep thoughts about Mo Salah
3 months ago
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Michael M 👽
3 months ago
I'm doing my first ever livestream 😬 Join me for 'UNKNOWN TREASURES', where I spin rogue forgotten vinyl that I've found in charity shops and we listen to it for the first time together. First stream 📅 Thu 25 Sep 🕘 9-10pm UK Smash that sub button or whatever:
youtube.com/@unknowntreasuresmichaelm
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This is going to be a treat.
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3 months ago
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A post in which I resist the primal urge to just extend the word "Yesssssss" to 15,000 characters
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3 months ago
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"Golf"
4 months ago
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The amazing thing about video games is that they can really let you express a different side of yourself, something that perhaps you couldn't or wouldn't reveal in the real world
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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The worst part is I didn't even need to look at the original message to know which boss this is.
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4 months ago
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Little entry I couldn't include from my notes for this piece: "Fucking hell it looks good"
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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007 First Light Is So Much More Than A Hitman Game in Disguise - Xbox Wire
We got our first, extended look at 007 First Light - and it's an incredibly exciting new take on a James Bond game.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/09/03/007-first-light-james-bond-preview-xbox/
4 months ago
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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand has been an exciting weirdo enigma to me since it was revealed, so I was very happy to ask
@fridaysundae.bsky.social
a lot of questions that effectively boiled down "what the hell is this game?" on the Xbox Podcast:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGR...
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No Ghosts at the Grand Deep Dive | Official Xbox Podcast
YouTube video by Xbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGRyJej22U
4 months ago
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Very proud of the sheer number of organic, free-range, homegrown words that the
@wire.xbox.com
team has put together for gamescom. Some favourites:
4 months ago
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'i will strangle a horse' on itch.io
4 months ago
Of course, in England, RoboCop was released as RobbieBobby
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Absolutely incredible news for all the cool guys
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5 months ago
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Hello, it's me with a message that should have come in January: Citizen Sleeper 2 is properly magnificent. If you're at all interested in seeing how RPGs can do things differently, but with a core of that "I wonder what would happen if THIS person was in THIS place" storytelling, try it.
5 months ago
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I am once again calling on World Science to ensure that all my mosquito bites just "turn off" when I get home from holiday
5 months ago
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Just remembering the most potent visual signifier I've ever seen live: When I was on jury duty, the lawyer for the (deeply, obviously guilty) defendant kept having his wig slide off while he tried to speak.
5 months ago
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I haven't spoken enough about how Rematch is the best, so here's an interview I did because Rematch is the best:
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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Rematch: 3 Million Xbox Players, a Record Breaking Beta, and the Future Beyond Season 0 - Xbox Wire
Rematch has passed 3 milion Xbox players, and even broke a record before it came out - we caught up with Sloclap to reflect on its launch, and what's coming in future.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/07/24/rematch-3-million-xbox-players/
5 months ago
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Danielle Partis
5 months ago
1. "Head of HR"
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more mr. nice guy
about 2 years ago
just let gargamel have the smurfs. who cares
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Neil Gortz
6 months ago
I have been affected by the recent restructures at Bethesda, After an amazing 8 years i am on the lookout for new opportunities in Community, Marketing, and beyond. Slide into those DM's for a chat. It's been an incredible run. Very proud of what was achieved.
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Jeff Rubenstein
6 months ago
The
@wire.xbox.com
team is expanding - we're looking for an LA-based writer to help us with event coverage and more. Details here:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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Mighty Media Studios hiring Editorial Project Manager in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area | LinkedIn
Posted 10:06:03 PM. JOB TITLE: Editorial Project ManagerREPORTS TO: Program Manager - SatelliteFLSA STATUS: Full-Time…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4254132437/
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I can't run for
@specialeffect.org.uk
with the RKG chums this year due to unsexy injury, but that won't stop me asking you to donate some money to this amazing charity
www.justgiving.com/page/rkg?utm...
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RKG & Friends Run the London 10K
Help RKG Fundraising raise money to support SpecialEffect
https://www.justgiving.com/page/rkg?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=015
6 months ago
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A quarter of a century later, I still think about a Syphon Filter preview that described a taser turning a bad guy's "guts to soup"
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6 months ago
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The biggest compliment I can give to the new Resi is that, after seeing a hands-off presentation, I was really unsure if I'd even get through the hands-on, but I did it for YOU
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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We Played Resident Evil Requiem – In First and Third Person Modes - Xbox Wire
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/11/resident-evil-requiem-hands-on-preview-first-third-person/
7 months ago
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I knew I'd like
@mixtapegame.bsky.social
. I didn't know I'd like it this much:
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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Mixtape Is a Box of Surprises that Plays Like a Classic Teen Movie - Xbox Wire
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/06/11/mixtape-hands-on-preview/
7 months ago
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Sam W
7 months ago
In April, I made the rarest of pilgrimages: to Tokyo, and the top of a skyscraper, to meet Hideo Kojima. I went with one question: why still make games? At 61, he has made them for almost forty years. But he has seen his end. My latest for GQ:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/hide...
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The life and death of Hideo Kojima
As Hideo Kojima prepares for the release of Death Stranding 2, the pioneering video game director continues to inject his iconoclastic vision into ever-more ambitious projects
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/hideo-kojima-interview?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhstories&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fbritishgq%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F539852314&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwK007xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp13JAhrZ-5E1mt8IZaBiKipkmVovLze6qjGSOf1Ay3gdQVaHEnGdBiD8pIP4_aem_LAkhe90OAcmQXNKRnRZxUQ
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I haven't quite hit Balatro levels of obsession, but I just hit an unlock in Monster Train 2 that was basically a midseason twist, and it's thoroughly blown my mind
7 months ago
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I just bought a pear and I'm very excited
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7 months ago
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If Chelsea ruin a season where, against all reasonable logic, both Spurs and Betis win European trophies, I will consider it an attack on my person
7 months ago
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Bobby Schroeder
7 months ago
"em dashes are a sign that something was written by AI" you are simply jealous that i've memorized that I can hold alt and press 0151 on the numpad to produce an em dash whenever i desire. look: —. it's beautiful. i'll even do it again: —
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Many happy new Golden Idol DLC returns to you all
8 months ago
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This morning, in my rearview mirror, I saw another driver take down an entire hardboiled egg in one gulp, maybe one chew. I've been thinking about it ever since, and I've come to the conclusion that it was a threatening power play.
8 months ago
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Drop Duchy is part-Carcassone, part-rock paper scissors, and a lot of Tetris, and I'm really into it
8 months ago
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Even if I didn't have a sentimental attachment, Eric Dier winning the Bundesliga would be worth celebrating simply for this picture
8 months ago
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Samuel Roberts
8 months ago
I'm hiring a UK-based Features Editor on
@gibiz.bsky.social
. I fully intend to continue the site's long history of exceptional original features – come help me make it happen! Link here:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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Ziff Davis hiring Features Editor, GamesIndustry.biz in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 1:39:11 AM. Description About Us:GamesIndustry.biz is a part of IGN Entertainment. IGN Entertainment, a…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4213984573
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Predictably loving Promise Mascot Agency, and particularly how - between this and Paradise Killer - Kaizen seem to love playing with how you explore an open world. There's so much smart, rewarding stuff underneath the silliness in both games.
8 months ago
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StreetPass Mansion walked so that Blue Prince could run
8 months ago
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I don't know if anyone else has had the thought - "surely the Marks and Spencer BIG DADDY bar can't just be a nearly half-kilo boutique Snickers rattling around loose in a cardboard box?" Everyone, dreams can come true:
8 months ago
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Jon Blyth
8 months ago
They’ve asked me onto the BBC Nottingham breakfast show on Tuesday. They’re gonna make me do the Big Ron voice. God knows what I’m going to say “Give your wife the best. Give her the news with Clare Runacres” This continues to be ridiculous
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'More than a barman': Meet the Bafta-nominated pub landlord
John Blyth is the friendly face at his local pub, but it is his voice that got him a Bafta nomination.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7x60xlnvlo
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Hey guess what, I'm obsessed with Blue Prince. My notebook is a mess, my brain is on fire, this game is extremely cool. Some words:
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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Blue Prince Is Like Nothing You’ve Played Before - Xbox Wire
Blue Prince - coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass this week - is a beautifully confounding thing. Learn more about this truly unique puzzle game.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/04/07/blue-prince-game-pass-xbox/
9 months ago
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I, for one, am excited for Red Faction: Gorilla
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