that's the problem with you kids today. you think you need Big Walk. back in my day we were happy with Small Walk, and maybe if we behaved ourselves when pappy was home from the factory, we'd get Medium Walk
Steven Nguyen Scaife
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Freelance critic for games, TV, & movies with bylines at Slant, Edge, Polygon, Unwinnable, Fanbyte, Buzzfeed News, etc. Writing FAITH: Design Works. Midwest library person. He/him. https://muckrack.com/steven-scaife stvnscaife at gmail
they don't want you to know that Her Private Hell fuckin rules
it's about time I told you.. Encroacher: Snakes, my snake-tossing cryptic retro adventure, releases August 17th!
"they hated it when it was a stupid little button we put on everything, but they'll LOVE it as a standalone app"
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 6d agoConsider yourself warned: Microsoft is about to supercharge Copilot: “Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to autopilots...one super app spanning both consumer and commercial experience." Via Gizmodo
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?
maybe this is just what you get when you give into the sequelization urge, but why do Blade Runner follow-ups always attach society-altering stakes to the story?
before he was Von Hohenheim... he was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus
guy who gets REALLY upset they're not faithful to the Yar's Revenge pack-in comic
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2w agoAtari Makes Universal Movie Deal For 10 Iconic Game Properties -Asteroids -Adventure -Berzerk -Breakout -Centipede -Crystal Castles -Millipede -Missile Command -Pong -Yars’ Revenge deadline.com/2026/07/atar...
if i'm ever gonna subject myself to watching Cannibal Holocaust, it should probably be in a theater right
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bit mixed on Widow's Bay. excellent cast and often funny, but i just don't buy characters' behavior vs. the semi-grounded tone they're going for. the community does not feel authentic to me
it looks like a wonderful excuse to rewatch Godzilla vs. Hedorah outside
zeus's law is that you're supposed to put a sock on the doorknob when you've got somebody over
i liked The Odyssey but it mainly made me wanna rewatch Verhoeven's Flesh and Blood tbh
I was thinking yesterday about how they made three Dune movies in five years
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w agoThe Batman Part II Delayed Again (Again) Until February 2028
i think games writing would be in a healthier place if we could admit the indie coverage is really dire rather than going "yeah, man, we wrote about MINA THE HOLLOWER and MIXTAPE and [other thing with thousands of Steam reviews]"
saw the Emmy noms, Joseph Tudisco of The Chair Company ROBBED
the public. they yearn for violent Tim Blake Nelson
new Ghost in the Shell looks great but feels very rushed, no moments to breathe. hope they're not all like this!
yeah duh all you gotta do is light the candles and draw the circle and then wait for the goat to bleed out once you cut its throat
Politico@politico.com · 4w agoSenate GOP leaders say they’ve spoken with Mitch McConnell
CML workers won their union vote! They stood together, across different branches and different job titles, because CML is a stronger library system when workers have a voice. Thank you to all CML patrons and neighbors who supported CML workers!
Columbus Metropolitan Library Workers Win Union Vote
COLUMBUS — A strong majority of staff at Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) voted to form their union, CML United, according to secret ballot election results released today by Ohio’s State Employmen...
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HORSES is 20% off on GOG and Itch until July 9th. To celebrate, we'll post some never-seen art and logo tests in this thread!
ah the "brand reset" was a weird attempt to portray further layoffs as a good thing, ok
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last mo.Microsoft is laying off 4800 employees today -Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent -Microsoft selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs Full memo from Asha: www.theverge.com/news/961546/...
