I've been looking at the action movies released globally in 1991 and 2026, looking at who is fighting who and what's changed in the genre over 35 years. next up: July, where the biggest hit of 1991 came out (and it wasn't even the best new release of the month!) pvguide.ghost.io/back-in-acti...

Back in Action: July 1991

A look at the major new action movie releases (and trends) of July 1991 and July 2026

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The new indie game Truck-Kun reminds me of the "Playing Subway Surfers while watching Family Guy" meme. That isn't an accident. @writnelson.bsky.social talks about designing for an audience that expects more and more stimulation. And why that's not as unusual as it sounds.

Games Need You to Give a Shit and Pay Attention

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Loved this piece on the relationship between Kubrick and Jim Thompson by @magonzales.bsky.social over at @crimereads.bsky.social - crimereads.com/kubrick-jim-...

Sinners, Saints and Screenplays: On Jim Thompson and Stanley Kubrick

Recently I’ve been watching my former Chelsea, NYC neighbor Ethan Hawke in the cool FX neo-noir series The Lowdown, which is streaming on Hulu. Though I won’t get into the plot of this sizzling sou…

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This is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.

The Influencer Recession

Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.

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this interview is so thoughtful and enlightening and this Manga is my favorite thing ive read in a while

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2d ago

Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down is a romance manga where liberation through bondage is the real kink: aftermath.site/tie-me-up-star...

For @theguardian.com Summer Games Previews, I spoke to the lovely @liambme.bsky.social of @denkiworks.bsky.social about Tanuki: Pon's Summer 🦝🌿 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

‘He’s tiny, dumpy and funny – so his BMX tricks are hilarious’: Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, an adorable slice-of-life adventure

Denkiworks’ debut lets players pull off tricks and pull pints in a stunning, Japan-inspired setting

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everyone needs to watch Bobby Fingers. probably the best channel on YouTube honestly. his best project yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt7...

Johnny Depp's Bed

YouTube video by Bobby Fingers

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EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest

By the way, if you need more context on this room with a big ticking clock and why it’s an insane place to host a talk show, read Jesse’s article about this specific room: www.restart.run/articles/how...

How a Single Big Walk Puzzle Perfectly Captured the Game's Message | Restart.run

Big Walk is a game about adventuring with your friends and it's easy to lose sight of the moment. One puzzle reminded me about what's important.

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Jesse Vitelli@mamavitelli.bsky.social · 19h ago

We’ve set up a video game hot take show inside of Big Walk. Welcome to Big Talk Our first episode is up on the Restart.Run socials IG/TikTok/YT Shorts We would love to bring more people on the show

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This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 3w 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:

I interviewed Ojiro Fumoto about POINPY!! and got great insights like: - Why he made it free (so kids who are used to Fortnite and Roblox would try it. Also, the Netflix money was good enough) - His favourite fruit (strawberries) - The game he wishes he made (Cinco Paus by @smestorp.bsky.social)

Poinpy's Revival Is Free, Because of the Kids

"I'm not fond of taking money from kids," says Ojiro "Moppin" Fumoto.

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"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 21h ago

EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...

this is your "I should post about this more often" reminder that I made a freakin' short doc this year and I would love for more people to SEE IT youtu.be/nLsQjV35y_U

Kids are fixing NYC in Minecraft: Battle of the Boroughs | Full Documentary

YouTube video by Polygon

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Bad news: The old model of games media is collapsing, and "free" writing funded by Silicon Valley pivots will be a strange blip in the history of journalism. Good news: It's possible to make high-quality, low-cost indie games media by cutting out the ads and charging a very, very modest fee!

Post Games for $1 - The Summer Sale! | Post Games

Right now, $1 will get you every bonus episode, bonus segment, and ad-free episode of Post Games! Some say this is a terrible way to run a b

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Sweats in the wings at open mic night, scribbling notes as the MC calls my name: Gauntlet? More like gun-tlet.

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Let Sam explain how Dropout got The Don Hertzfeldt Collection... 🍌 @donhertzfeldtfilms.bsky.social

Had a thought while playing, couldn't stop thinking thought, pitched thought, wrote thought. Big Walk is a COVID game.

Big Walk is a COVID game about nothing (and everything)

I don't know what to tell you – it's just true

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Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A Trojan Horse Is Supposed to Have Humans Inside It

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is full of contradictions about deceit and violence.

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Next on Post Games: The Love & Deepspace controversy International romantasy in-fighting! Canceled werewolf sex! The Chinese government! Mass Effect 3 would blush at the scale of this fan revolt Ft. @heartimecia.bsky.social & @adashtra.bsky.social Subscribe for free on your fave podcast app!

From Annesha Mitha, a diaristic meditation on labor, glitches, and escaping the systems that hold us back:

My body is for rent

Visions of labor in the Citizen Sleeper games

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Tired: Video games want to be movies Wired: Movies want to be video games

Spider-Man Is a Video Game Movie

YouTube video by Post Games

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" You have games now that [are like] giving a Victorian child Mountain Dew. I think you could kill a gamer who had just stepped away from Asteroids by handing them Crimson Desert." ~@writnelson.bsky.social

Games Need You to Give a Shit and Pay Attention

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Fantastic stuff as ever from AO

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

this was really fun, and you should listen to it

Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · 2d ago

The History of Metroid Starring @mothership.blog co-founder @midimyers.com -Now available! -Only $1 during the Post Games Summer Sale! -You can listen to the first 10 minutes for free!

Big Walk is my favorite game of the year so far. It’s like playing a multiplayer modern-day Zelda — there are so many cool things to discover and figure out! — and it's a joy to experience it all with a friend. My review (though I haven't quite beaten it): www.theverge.com/games/973166...

Big Walk is like co-op Breath of the Wild

Walk, talk, and explore.

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genuinely, this is a huge missing link I the development of Japanese adventure games and the whole visual novel genre its influence is felt in so many of the most popular works even today I wrote a huge piece on it and the way it's influenced the genre canonfire.net/post/7022178...

024: Kamaitachi no Yoru  かまいたちの夜 (Night of the Sickle Weasel/Banshee’s Last Cry)

CANON FIRE is made possible by the generous contributions of readers like you. Support more writing like this on Patreon. Thank you! Chunsoft may have one of the biggest discrepancies in reputation...

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Game Vecanti@gamevecanti.bsky.social · 2d ago

An English fan translation of "Kamaitachi no Yoru" for SFC has been released by "ButThouMust": github.com/ButThouMust/...

The History of Metroid Starring @mothership.blog co-founder @midimyers.com -Now available! -Only $1 during the Post Games Summer Sale! -You can listen to the first 10 minutes for free!

The History of Metroid | Post Games

This Month on Past Games: Act 1: The Making of Metroid Act 2: The Original Trilogy Creates a Genre Act 3: The Ups and Downs of Metroid Seque

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" You have games now that [are like] giving a Victorian child Mountain Dew. I think you could kill a gamer who had just stepped away from Asteroids by handing them Crimson Desert." ~@writnelson.bsky.social

Games Need You to Give a Shit and Pay Attention

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Look, there's plenty of exhaustive Odyssey takes out there, but @raxkingisdead.bsky.social is the only one brave enough to say "hey anyone notice the Big Movie is a good time?"

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 5d ago

POSITED: the primary task of any Odyssey adaptation is not to get things right, but to kick ass flaminghydra.com/issue-618/#f...