Geoff B
@diosenrab.bsky.social
Avid video game-playing, anime-watching, and other things person who writes and helps to run a blog.
Someone here could not help themselves -- understandably so.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4h agoJUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
(regular voter voice) Well ah I don't really know about Israel and all that but it sounds like this group wants to help Trump keep the Senate and enable his ongoing crime spree and I'm against that
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 8h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
Saw the description for this One Night Only movie, with it essentially being The Purge but for sex, and the trailers provide a completely different tone than what I expected. The synopsis reads like a drama, but it's a romantic comedy? Sure.
I still think there’s a pretty good chance of Xbox reversing their current stance on discs, especially since they were first to release a digital-only console. But if they don’t, Sony just gave them an easy lay-up. www.ign.com/articles/xbo...
'They Wanted to Ensure All Your Games Were Still Playable' — Xbox Reportedly Planned to Support Physical Discs Before Its Big Reset
Digital Foundry's John Linneman says Microsoft planned to continue to support physical discs before the recent "reset" of the Xbox business, but it is unclear if the company will now do so with its ne...
ign.com
The first major boss in Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga claims his defenses are impenetrable. We put that claim to the test. youtube.com/shorts/B... #VideoGames #RPGs #Megaten
Digital Devil Saga 2: This Boss Didn't Stand a Chance #Shorts #Megaten #DigitalDevilSaga
Angela has a new game for Slow Burn Saturdays, Digital Devil Saga 2. The first boss wasn't nearly as powerful as he claimed.
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If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
“Wait, didn’t this game already release earlier this year?” What I said before realizing I was thinking of Crimson Desert, which is also an action RPG. It’s clear this game doesn’t have as large of a budget, nor is the price as high. www.gematsu.com/2026/08/crim...
Crimson Moon launches September 1
Gothic action adventure RPG Crimson Moon will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on September 1, developer ProbablyMonsters announced.
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Fire Emblem has veered in a brave, new direction in which some characters are now packing heat, and I mean this endearingly. kotaku.com/fire-emblem-...
A Nun With A Gun Is Everyone's Favorite Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Character - Kotaku
'So anyway, I started blasting.' — Anatoila, probably.
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couple months ago: let's show these assholes why americans are drowning in medical and other personal debt now: wait what we don't even have the weaponry now either
Ugh, I wish there would have been an easier and definitive way to stop this. It's been a real one, EA. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ea-...
EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law
The U.S. publisher has been taken private in a deal worth $55 billion.
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just got an app on my motorola razr that does the Howie Scream when ever my fingers or my toes or my penis is bitten by dogs
ICYMI I wrote about how terrible it is that Marvel Studios is failing projects with Black leads like Wonder Man and Blade, and sidelining other characters of color, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/08/cogn...
Cognition Dissemination: Marvel’s Losing Its (People of) Color – Damage Control Blog
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been treating its Black characters (and other minorities) terribly in recent months.
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You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
It's not too surprising that this ends up feeling less like a parody of the AMC commercial and more like one of those Homelander propaganda videos from The Boys. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Donald Trump’s White House Rips Off Nicole Kidman’s AMC Theatres Ad: ‘We Come to This Place for MAGA’
Donald Trump's White House ripped off Nicole Kidman's AMC Theatres ad with a seemingly AI-generated clip that says 'We come to this place for MAGA.'
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If the success of Brand New Day leads to a new movie with Spider-Man and the X-Men, and there’s a high chance that it will, it should be mandated that Arcade be included as one of the villains. He could even be the *main* villain.
There's about to be a Saturday Night Massacre at the DC prosecutor's office if this keeps up. www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
Ripple effects: Three people have Reflecting Pool charges dropped after Hearn request
Federal prosecutors moved to drop their case against David Hearn, blaming Reflecting Pool damage on a "botched installation" rather than vandalism. That has implications for others who were charged.
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This will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.
I posted on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social about how poorly Marvel Studios has treated projects with Black leads like Wonder Man and Blade, and characters of color as a whole, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe lately. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/08/cogn...
Cognition Dissemination: Marvel’s Losing Its (People of) Color – Damage Control Blog
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been treating its Black characters (and other minorities) terribly in recent months.
dcgameblog.com
I just purchased a Nintendo Switch 2 for $449 because of this btw. I recommend you buy one now while it's $499. It's a great deal right now at just $599 and if you don't buy it now for $679, you might end up paying over $800.
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 2d agoSamsung says the memory shortage will continue to get worse in 2027. https://bit.ly/4vXiBP7
Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
All the recent news about the God of War series (recasting Kratos, planning to recast Atreus after the first season) only bolsters the thought that this really should have been animated. I know some people need live-action to take shows seriously, but it still would have been a better alternative.
Knowing this government, they might actually ask Grok for solutions. www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
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I appreciate the big swings Batman: Caped Crusader took with villain origin stories, despite some not working out (like the Riddler). Season 2 was good, despite that and the iffy animation. I don't have much hope for it continuing given the ad campaign (or lack of one) Prime Video gave it, though.
Quite a weekend for good Patlabor news, all things considered. www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08...
Masami Yūki Draws 2nd New Patlabor 1-Shot Manga
1st new 1-shot story debuted on May 18 // This year's combined 36th and 37th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine announced on Monday that...
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It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
