@janochoa.bsky.social, I have been watching some older GB videos (as I am wont to do), and need you to know that you playing Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack is maybe one of my favourite things you've ever done. www.giantbomb.com/videos/giant...

Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)

After re-evaluating things, I have decided to retract my review and instead award Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 a "Jim Davis drawing Garfield spitting out food in disgust for GamePro" out of five.

Lex's Call of Duty review treats Call of Duty like it's art that says something, not a product. It is an essential review of Call of Duty that has the gall to examine it as more than a yearly excuse to play army man and kill other people online with your buddies. You should read it.

I actually do go out of my way in my review to contextualise how Call of Duty's yearly release cycle and use of AI actually undermines and devalues the countless hours of hard work that humans put in at these companies, but go off, I guess? Also, wanna say that Hogwarts Legacy part a bit louder?

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a soulless and soul-destroying game that thinks exceptionally little of its players and developers. My one-star review for @restart.run: www.restart.run/articles/cal...

pinning this post to my wall and looking at it on days like today for inspiration

I'm gonna say this in the nicest way possible... Some people need to get real problems.

How do you fuck up the pronunciation of a game YOU NOMINATED this badly? It pronounces it for you when you boot the game!

I'm going to go lie down.

For @monstervine.com, I caught up with @badvikinggames.bsky.social's Rob and John Donkin about their recent release, Strange Antiquities!

Call of Duty making a zillion dollars all the time -- and being supported by a literal trillion-dollar company -- and still using AI for art assets is so incredibly pathetic and infuriating.

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Lex has a truly sharp voice, and reading this was cathartic as someone who is incredibly frustrated with the state of large games (*cough*Microsoft*cough*) in 2025.

Hey Lex, tell us how you really feel. WHEW. A must-read.

Goddamn this Black Ops 7 review by @lexluddy.xyz is brutal. www.restart.run/articles/cal...

"Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 feels soulless and mercenary, doing just enough to avoid major outcry, while always feeling like a nip and tuck version of the games you once knew." Read our full review below: www.restart.run/articles/cal...

If you only ever read one review of BLOPS 7, make it this one.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a soulless and soul-destroying game that thinks exceptionally little of its players and developers. My one-star review for @restart.run: www.restart.run/articles/cal...

what if TGA stood for the girl awards

The week's Update Patch features Steam Machines and more Mario movie details, all rounded up by Simon Estey. www.patreon.com/posts/update...

IT'S BACK! The startmenu Winter Spectacular returns for 2025! - Guest Pieces from people across the industry, including: journalists, developers, PR folks, AND MORE - Game of the Year Lists - The startmenu Awards - AND OTHER BULLET POINTS! All starting December 1st on www.startmenu.co.uk

oh neat

KEIGHLEY IS LEAKING!

Black Ops 7 is the video game equivalent of a "Ahhhh shit. What's left in the fridge?" dinner.

"Suggested for you: Guy Fieri's Tequila and Shaq's 4x4 were probably insider-jobs 😡"

Finished off the Cork Film Festival with what was technically the Irish premiere of Linda Linda Linda. Delightful movie.

They couldn't get @jerf.xyz to send them to the gathering of the juggalos... So they brought the gathering to themselves.

For a while, GameSpot reviewed (pre-smart phone) mobile phone games, and because everything was scored "in comparison" to other games you could play on the respective platform, it led to some very funny images/captions/scores.

Over $20K raised and we’re just getting started.

So far, the best thing about Black Ops 7 is that if you ONLY play TDM in the multiplayer, you can occasionally trick your brain into thinking you are playing BLOPs 2, because lord knows nobody in the lobby is voting for any of the new maps.

115 Kirby's Dream Buffet tracks, Nintendo? 115? That's insane.

EXTRA LIFE BEGINS! Settle in for a day (and night!) of local multiplayer, mini-blights, donation incentives, and a whole lot more as we raise money for a great cause. www.twitch.tv/giantbomb www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sk...

For as much as I deeply disliked everything about The Whale, Rental Family is a good reminder that Brendan Fraser is one of the best actors of his generation. So much sadness and kindness is portrayed just by his eyes. It's kinda incredible.

Me: I will NEVER be duped by any kind of military propaganda. I'm too smart for that shit. EDF Guy: To save our Mother Earth from any alien attack, From vicious giant insects who have once again come back, We'll unleash all our forces, we won't cut them any slack... Me: THE EDF DEPLOYS!

There's still time...

What an unbelievably depressing image.

Yo, these suck so much.

More Rockstar protests today, and a march in Edinburgh set for Tuesday www.thegamer.com/even-more-pr...

Noticed a few background assets in the campaign too, which is making story mode that already feesl like a cobbled together nostalgia-greatest-hits-cum-abandoned-DMZ-map hodgepodge feel all together bargain bin.

Resharing my Lumines Arise review from earlier in the week. It is one of the few bits of my own writing I didn't instantly hate once I hit publish.

Your friend and our's @deephelldotcom.bsky.social has something they need to get off their chest about good video game pixel art. www.startmenu.co.uk/home/the-fee...

Lumines Arise is a wonderful game worth diving into, but Tetris Effect will always keep Henry coming back.

Do I know any Edinburgh-based games journalists?

Stars can appear in the strangest places, and Hatsune Pingu is no different with Penguin Festival.

You should check out Dana's novel. It's very, very, very gay. And also good too.

Posting this again because it's transgender week of awareness and by gosh, I sure would enjoy people being aware of this. I'm going ahead embracing the "mortifying ordeal of being known" - @wordloc.net

So I'm reviewing Black Ops 7 for @restart.run. I'm running a bit behind because my account wasn't whitelisted in the preview period so I only started playing 5 hrs ago. Until I can get proper thoughts together enjoy the finest line of dialogue Hollywood actor Michael Rooker has ever delivered.