David W. Duffy
@olucaron.bsky.social
Lv. 42 • He/Him • Resident librarian (Database Editor) @thegamerweb.bsky.social • Geordie in Seaton Canoe • Teacher in another life •
Given how much Kojima wanted to 'blur the lines between movie and game' with Physint, perhaps it just became too expensive for Sony to see the return? Especially given it's still like five years away, likely next-gen. Or maybe they just didn't fancy another game with eight hours of cutscenes. 😅
Loaded up NMS for the first time in ages, completely forgot I'd made a suspiciously familiar corvette..
Just when I think I'm catching up with the 2026 release database, Nintendo throws a 50-game-plus Direct. At least November is quiet, pleeeeenty time to catch up...
The lack of Golden Sun achievements in that leak tells me it's going to be Switch 2 exclusive, so I'm glad I bought one... 🙄
Today is one year since I was laid off by TheGamer. It's been a terrible year, and not having a job has made it so much harder. The games media industry is dead for all but a handful of people at a handful of sites; hundreds of job rejections later, I think I'm screwed. Hire me for anything.
I’m over at @gamespot.com again, this time writing about GTA 6 and the responsibility of Rockstar to deliver a truly nuanced female protagonist in Lucia Caminos. After a history of male protagonists and bad misogynistic habits, I’m hoping it sticks the landing. www.gamespot.com/articles/aft...
After Decades Of Making Us Play As Men, GTA 6's Lucia Has A Lot To Prove
Lucia Caminos could change the course of female characters in video games.
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If you own even a single Funko Pop, you have absolutely no business slandering the Ocarina of Time visuals.
I have no nostalgia for OOT, or any Zelda game other than Minish Cap, so I have no skin in the game, but this looks fine? Not sure how a blocky, polygon-based game could be updated in a way that keeps everyone happy while also appealing to new players, which it's probably meant to do more.
The last seven games I've played... Xenoblade Chronicles: DE - 195 hrs Final Fantasy XII - 185 hrs Crimson Desert - 275 hrs Octopath Traveler - 180 hrs Octopath Traveler II - 165 hrs Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: 95 hrs Romancing SaGa 2: RotS- 110 hrs I really need to play some shorter ones. 🤣💀
I am very glad I chose this year to stop playing games to keep up with the crowd (and to write a year-end list), and just play games I actually have an interest in.
Golden Sun. As much as I want Camelot to be freed from sports game hell, it feels like it's never going to happen.
Nintendeal@nintendeal.com · 6d agoshare your most unrealistic expectations for the Nintendo Direct
Buzzing. Managed to get a last-minute ticket to today's match, first league game in three years. HWTL! 🖤🤍
Nice of Nintendo to keep Zelda separate so they can dedicate the full 45 minutes to Golden Sun.
It's not a Final Fantasy game if you don't get utterly obliterated in a scripted battle early doors... Normally I don't play demos of games I'm 100% buying anyway, but curiosity got the better of me. Having so much fun, it's completely my jam.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? Obvious choice, really. Could have gone with The Room for the memes, honourable mentions to Zatōichi and A Mighty Wind.
CΛΠDICΞ@candis.bsky.social · last wk.Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
Must be nice to actually have seven friends to play Mario Kart with. 😅
Gamescom is over so a quick reminder than I'm looking for work and can be reached at jadekingfreelance@gmail.com. I've been purposefully off the radar for a few weeks just to give myself a break but I'll be firing off a few emails today reminding people that I exist and want to write cool shit 👋
I am so fucking sick of these government ghouls asset-stripping what is already one of the most deprived areas of the country. Read the whole thread. Read the @teesvalleymonitor.bsky.social and Private Eye reporting. It's nauseating how they are getting away with it.
EuropeanPowell@europeanpowell.bsky.social · 2w agoRishi Sunak announced Teesworks as his flagship Brexit freeport as Chancellor in 2021. Over £600m in public money followed. The freeport is now effectively closed. The site is being repurposed as an AI Growth Zone. The named partner: Anthropic. europeanpowell.substack.com/p/sunak-buil...
Only the 103 games added to my September list of database entries to make/update... Maybe I'll get finished just in time for October's sixty-odd (so far). 😅
This is a fantastic starting point if you're curious about retro handhelds Especially if you've been intimidated by all the different devices, the prices, or the setup process. @retrogamecorps.com is great at explaining where to start depending on your preferred budget/interest in tinkering
How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm
I recently bought my dream video game console.
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Might start recording Arsenal games to use as a sleep aid, they're so boring to watch I'd fall asleep in minutes.
Can't decide which game to pick up in the Switch sales, Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Persona 3 Reload.. Pretty much all I've played this year are RPGs, so part of me wants something a little different, but then I've never played P3...
Half a billion quid for bottom of the league. Enjoy, Sandro! HWTL! 🖤🤍
Newcastle United@newcastleunited.com · 2w agoYOU MAGSSSS! 🤩
