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chilton 👁

@chiltonm.bsky.social

Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist, Exploits books editor. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev

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chilton 👁@chiltonm.bsky.social · 3d ago

Gentle reminder for all that if you have books that are water damaged, crawling with bugs, physically broken, or giving you travel advice for a country that hasn’t existed since the 90s, you can safely throw them away, you don’t need to make them your local thrift store’s problem.

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 3d ago

I fucking love this. Christopher Nolan has done exactly what a blockbuster director should do, and Emily Wilson is doing exactly what a classics academic should do. Top marks all round!

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 4d ago

I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...

Rachel Deering@racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d ago

‘She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.’ ~ Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories #SpookySunday 🖼️ Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, 1902.

‘SO HAUNTED AT MOONLIGHT WITH BAT AND OWL AND GHOSTLY MOTH’ ~ illustration of woman beside tree with wild haunted look with bat in flight. Was originally published in Harper's Magazine in March 1902 and uses charcoal on board.
Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · 4d ago

I think the millennial fear of damaging someone’s employability via metrics has made reviewing anything honestly extremely difficult; similar to how folks in LA couch their language we cannot give negative feedback in case it is used against them (and sometimes us)

Rick Lane@ricklane.bsky.social · 5d ago

RE: the whole Odyssey negative review thing, it's worth reading Simon Parkin's excellent feature about the general trend against scathing reviews through the lens of restaurant criticism. observer.co.uk/style/featur...

David Shimomura@unwinnabledavid.bsky.social · last wk.

Too many people in this space ultimately only care about their ability to play games. Their entire ideology is based on the premise that games are some right accorded to them. When that's your most core belief, nothing serious can be built on top of it.

Nate Shearer@faultrunner.bsky.social · last wk.

I’ve seen peers completely ignore BDS while championing the “power of the PlayStation Boycott” in the same breath recently. Frankly, I’ve just so little respect for these people. Why is it a race to be the most unserious person imaginable lately?

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

It truly is extraordinary to watch how any accusation of rape or sexual assault immediately is treated by our culture as an event requiring the protection, not of the victim's safety, but of the accused's reputation. Every accusation enters a workflow designed to negate the impact of the accusation.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m glad that the walls seem to be closing in on Andrew Tate, but it took criminal investigations across three countries, dozens of outspoken victims, and a hit TV show implying he drives boys to murder girls for this to happen—and he still hasn’t been convicted yet. This is why 98% get away with it

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.