Please just develop the literacies and dispositions to play old games just like you can watch old movies.

The f in Silent Hill f certainly isn’t for formalism

Men will literally mod Sekiro instead of going to Kingdom Hearts

Rene Russo as Madelyne Pryor is my only coherent thought after TCA #LastFourWatched

anyway. obviously not great news but watching gamers act like taking saudi money is some instant evil that permanently taints you forever while continuing to happily buy xbox games does make me feel a bit crazy. american genocide is ok we can compartmentalise that

Microsoft remains a key technological pillar is Israel’s apartheid regime and its genocide in Gaza. It continues to equip the Israeli military, government and prisons with the technology used to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Games criticism will never achieve the fantasy of the modernist literary salon because none of you are willing to be big enough cunts and you couldn't afford it anyway.

This is an orbital strike of a paragraph.

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there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is

I do, a little, wonder how we keep doing this when eventually enough of the slowburn criticism filters to aggreate sites and everything lands in the 80s melange and we all remember these numbers mean nothing. But only a little.

You absolutely can not give this character to a AAAA studio and not have me on high alert. An intensely political lesbian who serves cunt by nature is simply too flammable for modern games writing.

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

I am going to be unbearable about how they write Mystique in that Wolverine game.

*broadly* video game storytelling is stagnating in weird ways but one specific issue is their godawful pacing.

*taps the sign* bdsmovement.net/news/boycott...

None of this would have happened if we'd let Brad Bird do Rise of Skywalker

Bro even Disney adults are doing better at this than games media and Xbox

Games are so specifically self conscious about this– I’ve watched dozens of movies that “aren’t for me” over the past year and they’ve been thrilling, challenging, and formative. We’re so in the weeds over the fun element that we’ve barely got language to discuss games in any other capacity.

still think a lot about this interaction

Phenomenal write-up of Palestinian Voices in Games by @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social. Still very proud to be supporting the initiative, and happy to see attention for it. If you want to help out, check out the link via the article! www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...

THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF FUTURE PAST THE MAGICIAN LONGS TO SEE ONE CHANCE OUT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

Luke’s neutral expression being a thousand yard stare takes me out every single time. Good video game

Not Lorna or Zala but a secret, worse third Dane

Lots of quotes rightfully being shared from this article, I'm particularly struck by this one. "In the late 19th century and much of the 20th, this country’s most storied intellectuals transfigured hate-mongers into heroes and ignored their words—just as, right now, some are ignoring Kirk’s."

Layton could witness a hate crime in the street and he’d still find a way to turn to Luke and drop a “this reminds me of a puzzle…” They are perfect lads.

Become unembargoable

Emma Frost is a trans woman and Scott shows hole.

Professor Layton and the Male Loneliness Epidemic

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

Sharon Stone turned in the most cunt performance of the 90s and we never stopped punishing her for it #LastFourWatched

my silksong review is up!!! thank you again to VGC for the opportunity 💜

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

Nintendo is charging $60 each for these and I think we’ve firmly crossed the rubicon, dog.

Bring back shame

LMAO

Did that Mario Galaxy Switch trailer still have the Wii button UI??

Judging if I’m likeable by how heavy the wine tasting pour is.

in a way aren't we all holding a barrel in the darkness

gonna review a movie exclusively with gamer lingo. say how varied the biomes are. talk about how much friction there is.

What’s a good alternative to Substack for low grade blogging?

Arco is quietly one of the best games of the generation and I really hope it eventually builds the cultural cachet it deserves

Nobody: The Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten: