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Stu Kimball

@superdonk.bsky.social

Dumb But Good 🤠 Editor on the SkillUp YouTube channel, writer at This Week In Videogames. Former Video Producer at GameSpot, known as SUPER DONK on YouTube.

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

With constant price hikes and next-gen gaming hardware likely to break the bank during a cost-of-living crisis, @edmondtran.bsky.social proposes developers keep lowering the bar. Meaning? It's time to really embrace low-spec benchmarks so we can keep playing new games on devices we already own.

The Future of Games Is Expensive, Time To Embrace Low-Spec and Mobile

Opinion: It's about time the games industry prioritises lower-spec benchmarks again, and reclaims mobile as a standard platform for games

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Stu Kimball@superdonk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Man every time I see the description for an article written by @maddie-b-a.bsky.social it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever heard. This rocks!

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

Since the release of Tomodachi Life, there's been a trend of people recreating their deceased loved ones in-game and sharing the results. @maddie-b-a.bsky.social speaks to these players, a death doula, and a grief counselor to understand what it means to digitally memorialise the dearly departed.

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

"I feel the need. The need for... Theve?" @superdonk.bsky.social hates flying in real life, but videogames are different. He gets his wings and takes the first new Ace Combat game in seven years up for a spin, chatting to series director Kazutoki Kono along the way.

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve – The First Flight

Kono says the emphasis was on character and narrative this time around, and when the team hit limits with Unreal, they were "really good at jury-rigging"

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Stu Kimball@superdonk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lucy’s the best, we all know this. I’ve gotten some of the best game recs from her on the @friendspersecond.bsky.social podcast every other week, so I can’t wait to sign up!!! 🎉👏🎊

Lucy James@lucyjames.games · 2mo ago

Some news from me! I quit GameSpot to launch something new. Introducing @lookingfor.game, an independent weekly newsletter where I highlight upcoming PC games and deliver demo codes straight to your inbox. Sign up at lookingfor.game 🥳

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

The 2006 Barnyard game was an ambitious open-world title featuring cows squirting milk, riding bikes, and playing golf. Those who remember it do so fondly. To mark its 20th anniversary @maddie-b-a.bsky.social spoke to its director Nick Hagger about what made the game and its development so unique.

"GTA for 8-Year-Olds": A 20-Year Retrospective on Barnyard

"'You’re f***ing crazy. This is never going to get approval by Nickelodeon or by THQ’.”

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Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I caught up with Beethoven & Dinosaur a few times over the last year of Mixtape's development. Here are some fun stories about making the game. A rejected pitch, meeting Kojima, their approach to teenage narrative, America as pastiche fantasy, emotion through play, music budgets, and more! Wow!!

How To Make a Mixtape

Beethoven & Dinosaur get deep on making the most of an indie team and music budget, portraying teenage experiences, and America as fantasy.

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James Wood@omgmorejames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

First feature is up! Wrote about the cost of comfort, Pokémon entitlement, and the never ending feeling of being ten bucks behind the world.

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 3mo ago

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were re-released for Nintendo Switch at a price point that caused a lot of frustration. But who, or what, are we really mad about? @omgmorejames.bsky.social unpacks the economic landscape and existential freefall these games are launching into.

Maddie Agne@maddie-b-a.bsky.social · 3mo ago

my mom loves telling everyone who's ever known me where to read my stuff. hope my pre-school teacher likes this one

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 3mo ago

From Minos to Hades, Baldur's Gate 3 to Date Everything!, videogame characters of all kinds just keep getting... hotter. To unpack that phenomenon, @maddie-b-a.bsky.social spoke to a sex therapist and developers to ask: why do we want characters (even the non-human ones) to be more fuckable?

Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Met Chris Roberts. Asked him when Star Citizen was coming out. Here’s 3500 words on it. (Wherein I also interview several avid players to try and understand why they’ve invested thousands of dollars into an unfinished game) thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/star...

Is Star Citizen A Real Videogame?

A frank chat with Star Citizen's Chris Roberts about its prolonged development, and with devout players who tell us why they're so invested

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Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 4mo ago

That's right -- only independent, reader-funded media can give you in-depth reporting as niche and as middle-age-coded as this. The first long read from the newest, most British member of our editorial team, @jamiehore.bsky.social!

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 4mo ago

Birdwatching is cool now. Trust us. In fact, 2026 is already seeing a flutter of games with birdwatching as their hook. What makes the quaint activity so satisfying? We ask devs @secretplangames.bsky.social, @studioortica.bsky.social, and wildlife researcher @jabaddams.bsky.social to find out.