One more time.

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New this week on the site: @aguaspoints.bsky.social on Mafia: The Old Country. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/09/17/n...

i've the seen the future, baby. it's murder(ing guys with the GEP gun)

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embargo? no thanks, i don't eat snails.

I've been swamped and forgot to post that I reviewed Metal Gear Solid Delta in this issue

Great piece by @youmeyou.bsky.social on Mafia: The Old Country & "the magical space of a well-executed game world." Every environment — lemon grove, market, or mansion — is an "audio-visual cacophony," possessing something of the texture of life itself. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/09/10/a...

We have a new issue just started on Mafia: The Old Country. @youmeyou.bsky.social writes about Hangar 13's rural Sicily as a diorama or a stage, and how it is not an 'open world' as is typically understood in games. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/09/10/a...

hello bluesky, bullet points -- my all-time fave gaming publication -- published my essay about death stranding 2, drone syndrome, and highway grief today. i struggled a lot with writing it, and i can only hope that i did its subjects justice. even still, i'd appreciate it if you read it

As a worker owned cooperative media outlet we’re putting forth an initiative to return value to the consumer by directly recommending about 10 horror video games to purchase. This is financial advice

we've got a new Death Stranding 2 article up on @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social from @goosepimple.moe that you should read. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/08/29/m...

Another new Patreon exclusive. @strida.bsky.social and I, talking about the best hidden-gem horror games. Also includes discussion of Project Zomboid, No More Room In Hell and several ones to watch. Subscribe to Bullet Points for just $5 a month. www.patreon.com/posts/scare-...

made some boundary-pushing artwork for a new @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social podcast series about horror games. you can listen to the first ep with @strida.bsky.social and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social through patreon now. www.patreon.com/posts/scare-...

This is what I've been working on all summer. It's my first book, called Escape Velocity: Explorations of Digital Culture and its Discontents 2019-2024. It's partially a retrospective of my time doing No Escape but it also features multiple revisions of old work and five entirely new essays.

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New this week on the site, @carlivelocci.com writes about Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and online connection. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/08/27/s...

I wrote A THING For @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social I wrote about Death Stranding 2, its relationship with technology, and how it feels oddly relevant in our AI poisoned, technocratic world. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/08/27/s...

We've started off a new Patreon-only podcast series on the Splinter Cell games. We're calling it Small Nasty World, the first ep is on Splinter Cell (2002), with @youmeyou.bsky.social, @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social, and @reidmccarter.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/small-...

PATRONS GET FUNLAND NUMBER 2 FOR THE WEEKEND MONDAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE www.patreon.com/posts/funlan... (Art by @lexa.bsky.social)

Kind of damning of games criticism that it’s still positioned as “hey I get to play that hype new game first” rather than something necessary in order to advance the cultural understanding of games as art

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New this week on the site: @helmetgirl.bsky.social on Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and motion capture. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/08/20/s...

For @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social (my first-ever byline at a gaming outlet!) I wrote about the hyperreal performances of DEATH STRANDING 2: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/08/20/s...

Can we raise 250k for a @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social trailer at The Game Awards?

mafia: the old country///september 2025/// @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social

As some of you already know, my little brother has a rare cancer. Less than 200 people are recorded having it since the 70's. In just a month, it's progressed to stage 3. He's only 20. It's been SO hard. If my game dev advice was ever useful to you, please consider: www.mealtrain.com/trains/y5z8yy

did our best to unpack the “dark lore” behind an unusually evil game. Get Down I Wanna See Hands

This is a really fascinating, really complex, very provocative game with a lot more brains and nuance than might initially be apparent.

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@strida.bsky.social, @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social and @reidmccarter.bsky.social sat down (in full tactical gear) to talk about SWAT shooter Ready or Not in a new podcast episode. open.spotify.com/episode/6qtm...

this kicks ass

I think this is a lovely chat that gets to the heart of what I care about in a video game.

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On a new BPX episode, @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social is joined by critic @gracemachine.bsky.social to discuss romance in videogames, player choice, "wholesome games," and more. open.spotify.com/episode/1rI2...

re:frame is an animation newsletter! a side project from myself, @kambole.bsky.social, and @thesaintoftous.bsky.social! you can sign up here: reframenewsletter.online

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New Gone Shooting is up, discussing Steam and Itch removing "adult" games, but also other stuff, like: the Kong family, popular podcast guests, more objective dog and cat ratings, and the nation of Angola. open.spotify.com/episode/4BV8...

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New this week on the site, David Wolinsky writes about the five(ish) stages of playing Death Stranding 2. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/07/30/p...

Introducing the Greatest Hits 2 bundle of ebooks—65 books about #gamedev and gaming culture! Available from @story-bundle.bsky.social for a limited time. Check out the bundle here: storybundle.com/games

there's a new StoryBundle up, and it has Okay, Hero, the book @reidmccarter.bsky.social and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social wrote, with editing from @strida.bsky.social, in it along with a whole lot else. check it out, diamond dogs. storybundle.com/games

there's a new StoryBundle up, and it has Okay, Hero, the book me and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social wrote, with editing from @strida.bsky.social, in it along with a whole lot else. check it out, diamond dogs. storybundle.com/games

Okay, Hero is in a bundle with a lot (a lot!) of other books. if you'd like to read me and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social writing a lot of words on the Metal Gear Solid games, check it out

Just looked at this and realised it contains Okay, Hero. I would say this, but frankly that's worth the price of admission alone.

Embed With Games is now available in this little ebook bundle for a limited time, pay what you want