I played some of that new Star Fox with my colleague @presocial.network , check out his take on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/news/the-new...

don’t let Sam Levinson within 500 feet of any Black person

Me when our baby does literally anything youtu.be/KEwB5lfhp-Y?...

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I'm in the home stretch of 007 First Light and yeah the secret sauce is its utter confidence in itself as a piece of Bond Media. Stuff that just feels garish to me in other expensive AAA games feels luxurious here paired with this opulent world.

Great analysis by Jordan! I’m a few hours into the game myself and I’m really enjoying how much it feels like a Bond film. Haven’t enjoyed a James Bond game this much since 007: Everything or Nothing.

I'm in the home stretch of 007 First Light and yeah the secret sauce is its utter confidence in itself as a piece of Bond Media. Stuff that just feels garish to me in other expensive AAA games feels luxurious here paired with this opulent world.

I guess it shouldn't be that surprising but man this firefight I just did in 007 First Light visually reminded me so much of that really beautiful Shanghai sequence in Skyfall

An excellent conversation about [drumroll] my book! Listen, be amazed, and let your hand wander towards the “Buy” button!

My baby crystallized my gaming life. She’s the star of the show, and video games are lovely recurring interludes. I’m back from leave with a big new column on @pcmag.com all about my feelings balancing new fatherhood while still playing a ton of games. www.pcmag.com/opinions/bec...

Our baby often has what I can only describe as "Ra's Al Ghul hair"

The movies that I've heard people claim are "better than anything being made today," man. Get a grip! Get some perspective! Enshittification was coined to be about websites getting less usable, not you liking the media from when you were 13.

Not about anything in specific but I think we gotta be really careful about not conflating the concept of "enshittification" with the impulse to assume that everything was always better during your adolescence

Hey! That's my face!

007 First Light having an actual Take on James Bond is a huge reason why it feels like a peer to the movies, not something in their shadow Also we all need to just accept the idea of James Bond being younger than us My latest story on @pcmag.com! www.pcmag.com/news/007-fir...

Happy to see this resonating with folks. I’m a lowkey amateur Bond scholar and it’s awesome how this game has been reactivating that part of my brain

Hey! That's my face!

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Feel like I’m in a really great writing groove even faster than I expected after leave, maybe because I have to spend time so much more intentionally now

Happy to see this resonating with folks. I’m a lowkey amateur Bond scholar and it’s awesome how this game has been reactivating that part of my brain

I truly do not understand people who get mad that a game is trying to adapt this character and archetype in a very specific way. It doesn't take away from any other BOND that exists. I like that the game has a very specific perspective and approach to this character. It's fucking rad!!!

Yes! I love Gibson’s Bond and IO’s take on him because he holds the spirit of the character, but he’s more of an optimist. His rebellious nature isn’t selfish but selfless — he can’t resist doing the right thing. When something is wrong he cannot stop himself from acting. The kind of Bond we need

I’ve been loving this game so far and Patrick Gibson has been great as this new take on James Bond! 0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣

Finally! An editorial that acknowledges how much Danile Craig Bond was actually a giant change of pace and demeanor to the character Also, I will accept that I am a hag now.

007 First Light having an actual Take on James Bond is a huge reason why it feels like a peer to the movies, not something in their shadow Also we all need to just accept the idea of James Bond being younger than us My latest story on @pcmag.com! www.pcmag.com/news/007-fir...

Tired: Tummy Time Wired: Abdomen Hour

In case you missed it this weekend, my big raw feelings dump about the early transition from gamer to parent who games

Haven’t finished Mina yet but this is way closer to how I feel about it so far

Seems like a good day to gently remind y’all I wrote a book about Dragon Quest. “Fight, Magic, Items” is the history of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and their rise to prominence in North America. 📘 fightmagicitems.rocks

I’ll never rest as long as the world still considers soulslike to be good design

Thinking about this

not going to relitigate all of this for the millionth time because lines have been drawn for nearly a decade and mileage is allowed to vary. This is what I wrote about BoTW's degradation a few years back, though, and I stand by it.

it’s cool how much enjoying modern Star Wars hinges on you having watched some of the ugliest cartoons ever made

In case you missed it this weekend, my big raw feelings dump about the early transition from gamer to parent who games

Metrics brain has ruined music/film/games discussions bc why articulate your taste when you can parrot metacritic scores or sales numbers

as a new Dad, I’m very excited to play the new Bond game, a very Dad franchise

Part of why I like writing about games and other media the way I do is because how they came out at the time and what’s evolved because of or around them is fascinating and shows how culture can be cyclical

On top of being useless, those talking points are BORING, too. I am not on the board of Capcom, so I do not care about sales or player counts. What did the game make you FEEL? What thoughts did it make you think? Was it fun/scary/thrilling/provocative in some way? Was it boring, or frustrating?

I concur. aftermath.site/ign-anime-re...

This is like a mission statement for how I teach game design to students

100% agree with Jordan here. One thing I’ll add is that review scores contribute to these kinds of lazy, reductionist conversations about art, which is why I loathe them.

Seeing people demand that their Entertainment Products be reviewed like laptops or toasters is deeply depressing

I’m completely disinterested in arguments about game quality that ultimately boil down to “this game is good/bad because this number is high/low”

This really hit the spot for me.

Some wholesome holiday weekend reading

“Quentin Tarantino’s Wario” a truly horrifying concept to consider but that’s how cursed this last Euphoria season is

Some wholesome holiday weekend reading