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Hit Points by Nathan Brown

@hitpoints.bsky.social

A newsletter about the game industry, by consultant, writer and former Edge editor Nathan Brown. Sign up for free: https://newsletter.hitpoints.co/

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Zach Gage@stfj.net · 2w ago

Ok im gonna say something here that is going to draw a lot of different feelings from everyone, and I want to be clear i'm not "in support of this" or "against it". i'm just saying it as an observation that seems true to me: I think with the latest frontier LLMs, the “music” era of games is upon us

Keza MacDonald@mackeza.bsky.social · last mo.

Six months of Super Nintendo! And it's my birthday this week! This book is the culmination of 20 years' work as a games journalist - all the time I've spent interviewing Nintendo creatives and thinking deeply about games and the place they occupy in our lives. Pick up a copy linktr.ee/super_nintendo

Keza with the colourful UK and US editions of her book Super Nintendo, a cultural history of the world's most beloved game company
lex luddy needs a nap@lexluddy.xyz · last mo.

Logging back on properly for the first time in days: - EA officially is officially owned and run by the Saudi government and Jared Kushner - Rockstar is posting trailers exclusively to Netflix for 6 hours - Nintendo gave a nun a gun

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Hit Points by Nathan Brown@hitpoints.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Big Walk does not sound like My Thing at all but this review is *such* a piece of writing, man. Feels like the old days where you'd happily read about a game you didn't care about because the work was so good. Exquisite www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-rev...

With upcoming PS Plus game Big Walk, Untilted Goose Game developer House House's co-op puzzle quest takes the hangout game to a new peak - here's our review

The Untitled Goose Game team returns with a funny, exciting and deeply rewarding multiplayer adventure. Our Big Walk review.

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This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 2mo ago

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Design Room@designroom.site · 2mo ago

Hi, we're a new video game oral histories site. Want to read the story of Shadow of the Colossus, as told by 11 people who worked on it? Or hear what Will Wright has to say about Spore in retrospect? Or see previously unreleased footage of Nintendo's Sound Fantasy? Check us out at designroom.site

Andy Kelly@ultrabrilliant.xyz · 2mo ago

Can I interest you in some cool objects? 🏁 One More Win, a Ridge Racer Type 4 fanzine 🔈 Capricorn Sun, an album of electronic music inspired by cult synth movie soundtracks 📖 Perfect Organism, my book about horror masterpiece Alien: Isolation Available now! 🔗 www.ultrabrilliant.xyz

Copies of One More Win: Ridge Racer Type 4 Fanzine, Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation, and Capricorn Sun: Music From the Motion Picture.
Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 2mo ago

the temu app will be studied for generations. i opened the app. here’s my unedited, nearly two-minute launch sequence. i was just searching for a bookshelf

Sam W@samwrite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GQ profiles take a lot of work and planning and coordination and Sam is genuinely up there as one of the best PRs I’ve ever worked with. Totally gets both sides of the game, preempts issues, and delivers accordingly. Basically, you should hire him.

Samuel Roberts@samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yesterday was sadly my last at Bethesda amid the current changes – cheers to all the journos and creators I worked with there, it was good while it lasted. Gonna do freelance for a bit as I figure out the next thing. Press can ping my old ZeniMax contractor email for an updated contact.

Hit Points by Nathan Brown@hitpoints.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not sure about that. "It’s what we get for paying these corporations so much money to reduce our choices for us, just because they offered convenience in return." Woof!

Tont Coles@tontcoles.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have finally calmed down enough to write about ALL THE HORRIBLE SHIT corporate has been up to, with apologies to @hitpoints.bsky.social and @lukeplunkett.com, who both expressed the rage better than me. open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 2mo ago

This Week in Videogames has reached its first full year of operation. Thank you to our paid subscribers for helping us sustain an independent, commercial-free, AI-free, and no-nonsense approach to games coverage for everyone. Here's a brief rundown of what we've managed to achieve in Year One:

This Week in Videogames Marks Its First Anniversary

The award-winning independent games media outlet has reached its first full year of operation, sustained by the support of a reader-funded subscription model.

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