Jam Walker

@jamwa.bsky.social

Awards-nominated freelance writer (ScreenHub, Kotaku Aus, Stevivor, PowerUp!, Byteside, Player 2, CheckPoint, SUPERJUMP, Qualbert, NG+, LT3, JPG). Highly opinionated on games, miniatures, & wrasslin'. They/Them. https://muckrack.com/jam-walker

Here are something things we will discuss in our stream in about 24h! Squeaks! Foley! Vocal Effects! Ambiences! Stretchy stretchy sounds. Come and ask us about anything else 🤓 www.twitch.tv/ashellinthep...

A Shell in the Pit@ashellinthepit.com · yesterday

Keep your ears perked for a Behind the Sound of Big Walk stream!!! 🔴🟡🔵 @emaudible.bsky.social & @nicholaszhangaudio.bsky.social will be walkin' and talkin' about their audio journey in development with @househouse.com and answering YOUR questions live! Aug 21 @ 3pm PST at twitch.tv/ashellinthepittv

I don't know how to connect with miniature wargames clubs. They're always super welcoming in their online spaces but the events themselves inherently tend to be friends getting together to spend 2-3 hours playing a single game against another friend, so... 🤷‍♀️

In mid-2025 Alex Spencer did an incredible preview of Big Walk for Edge, doomed to print purgatory. Been thinking about this vignette of Jake's hand-placing rocks ever since. As the slop wave intensifies, it's just a beautiful depiction of a game made by people who care (and have the time to care).

For the tour's conclusion, we've all gathered
at the central mountain's summit, arriving just as
the sun peeks over the horizon and bathes the
world in pink, syrupy light. Disseldorp is fiddling
with a handheld radio, seeking the perfect station
to complete the mood, while the rest of us pass
around a pair of binoculars and Strasser describes
placing every single rock on the island by hand,
working his way around clockwise. He points out
the areas already done, with an outstretched arm.
"I've gotten to the edge of this valley," he says.
"That's my big job, between now and release."

Instagram is just feeding me reels of muscle mommies set to Linkin Park songs now & how dare an algorithm instantly get me better than any therapist I've ever had.

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

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In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,

Obviously what we’re seeing at Polygon sucks ass but let’s keep it in perspective that this is clearly some kind of Valnet mandate and should not be laid at the feet of the writers who would have never done that shit and are just as annoyed as anyone else.