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James Tocchio

@jamestocchio.bsky.social

✏️Games writer working for UploadVR, and gratefully published in magazines, books, and online. 👋 https://www.clippings.me/users/jamestocchio 📝Editor at http://CasualPhotophile.com 📷Owner http://Fstopcameras.com 🧡Nerd at http://GGDreamcast.com

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James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’m the coach of my daughter’s softball team, and at practice tonight many of the girls were avoiding the ball, flinching away from plays, jumping out of the box, cuz they’re afraid of getting hit with the ball. To convince them that getting hit with the ball is no big deal…

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 4d ago

Freelance game journalists are so stubborn and stupid and absolutely in love with this dumb medium. We have to scrape and claw for every opportunity, beg for access to developers, work multiple jobs to make ends meet, and we do it with so much heart and love for the people who make and play games.

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the makers of Human Fall Flat @nobrakesgames.bsky.social, Tiny Flock is a cute and cozy puzzle game about guiding a tiny flock of floppy sheep through gorgeous 3D worlds. www.uploadvr.com/tiny-flock-r...

Tiny Flock Review: A Small-Scale Puzzle Game That's Big On Charm

Made by the developers of Human Fall Flat, Tiny Flock's cuteness is balanced by a fair challenge, and its clever, open-ended physics-based puzzles make the solution to each stage a joy to discover.

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James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 3w ago

So, no disrespect to whoever wrote this, but I just want to point out that games don’t age poorly or well. Games that weren’t good remain not good, and good games remain good forever. Sometimes a game you played as a kid was bad, but you didn’t realize it back then. It’s as simple as that.

Polygon@polygon.com · 3w ago

A lot of 35-year-old games didn't age well, but one Super Nintendo classic remains every bit as much fun to play as it was at launch.

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 3w ago

There are many reasons I think PS3 is the greatest PlayStation console of them all, not the least of which is that it’s the first time we could play Vib-Ribbon in the USA. This is such a special game. If you haven’t played it yet, get it on the PSN Store now before it goes away forever next year.

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 4w ago

Man, why don’t these companies just realize all they have to do is start with “I have a cool game concept. Hey this might make a cool halo game.” Instead of “We need a halo game, someone do something.” The answer is of course the insatiable hunger for endless ever increasing line go up, I know.

IGN@ign.com · 4w ago

Halo fans are divided on whether or not Activision should completely reboot the franchise or keep Master Chief's story going. https://bit.ly/46BVEXJ

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 4w ago

When I was six years old, I worked carrying bricks for my dad and earned five dollars, which I spent at a used book shop to buy Jack London’s Call of the Wild, and ever since I’ve wanted nothing out of life except to be a writer. To write a book, and for people to read it and feel something.

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · 4w ago

7,000 words today on the most difficult writing project I’ve ever attempted. Eight months of interviews, transcription, collating, organizing, researching, etc etc etc. I have no idea if it’s good. I have no idea who will read it. I don’t even know if I can finish it! It’s not in my control. Yikes

James Tocchio@jamestocchio.bsky.social · last mo.

For Retro Gamer magazine this month, I wrote two features! Twelve whole pages of games I love. First is a retrospective on Nintendo’s Super PunchOut!! And then a “Making of” Patapon in which I interviewed Patapon’s creator Hiroyuki Kotani. I’m so grateful! 🙏 Get it at bookstores now.

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