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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2h

i’m mostly unbothered about genre names in that i think context clues basically always work, until i try to find a single game using steam tags and then i become Classification Stalin

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 15h

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 13h

I mean we've always been in the hide your neighbors stage, it's just most people weren't willing to. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 19h

boy does it ever

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 14h

Basically everyone should watch The Breakfast Club and take notes on how its dialogue progresses.

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elvoira @m01r4.bsky.social · 14h

there's a sequence in POSSESSION where isabel adjani does barre instruction with a young dancer and it is unbelievably goddamn frightening.

elvoira @m01r4.bsky.social · 14h

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 15h

Song is a bop at least

cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 15h

So true. The Shriekers Skittles they have around this time of the year are a highlight.

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Wanderjegson @wanderjegson.bsky.social · 18h

Lilithmon and her evil lady issues

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

I've been enjoying Hades II because the systems still really work for me (even if there are a few too many currencies this time around that cut into the comparative seamlessness of the first). However! I see everything said here in the game when I play it.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

www.endlessmode.com

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 17h

Stop being mean to the widdle guys*!

*Hades 2 and the strangling of criticism by the unstoppable hold of corporations

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Nick Capozzoli @nickcapozzoli.bsky.social · 1d

New blog post up. It's about a few things—chiefly, the impulse to jettison literary criticism as if it were ballast. www.arcadence.com/abundance-re...

Abundance Reigns!

The Reminder is a watchword: though it may ascribe a problem to us, the offenders are assuredly others.

www.arcadence.com

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 18h

Truly an unwinnable situation...

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 21h

It's so unfortunate.

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autumn wright 🍂 @theautumnwright.bsky.social · 21h

not often I hear/read something about The Horrors that is both illuminating and also actually convincing that there is very reasonable hope about what we're facing, really recommend listening to Mike's essay (and listening to Never Post every other week it's great)

🆕 Never Post! A.I. and New American Fascism

Is a generated aesthetic the look of our times?

www.neverpo.st

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elvoira @m01r4.bsky.social · 22h

for those not in the know: hayley williams grew up in meridian, ms.

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

Hayley Williams performed True Believer positioned at the back of the stage with most of her black musicians at the front. I’ll post the lyrics below

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I get it. It's called Castlevania because it's a metroidvania set in a castle!

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 1d

Frog and... maybe more a toad, but look I support inclusivity

Sprig Plantar from Amphibia; he is a pink tree frog wearing a jacket and a scouting hat with goggles. He is jumping and smiling, showing his green tongue.

Baal from Bayonetta (specifically 2); a massive purple toad emerging from a glowing red portal made of black hair. On her head is a horned crown and skull baubles hang from her.

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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 1d

Eternal Strands has maybe the biggest gulf between how much I love it and how much people have played it in 2025, REALLY cool physics-heavy exploration game with a nice kernel of Shadow Of The Colossus nestled in its heart. Good writing, too!

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Eternal Strands is $13.99 on US PSN buff.ly/N8TMORi

also on Game Pass Ultimate

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grace @gracemachine.bsky.social · 1d

Coming in hot with a take that critics are calling "pedantic," "exhausting," and "overwrought."

I do think I'm right about this though lol

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

www.endlessmode.com

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madeline @mads.haus · 1d

really strong piece that speaks to a lot of issues I have with Hades but do not want to deal with its fans enough to say. concise, robust, researched writing from Grace as ever.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

www.endlessmode.com

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Janet Garcia @gameonysus.bsky.social · 1d

Silksong is a comedy.

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think a sequel was ever going to win me over, but the fact that they kind of doubled down on safe interpretations really has made me bitter about it.

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 1d

I'll go a step further and say the first one got too many free passes. While I'm not as harsh on the cliff notes god portrayals as Grace is, everything post-first credits was a saccharine bow that felt antithetical to itself and Supergiant's work.

Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Grace for having courage. This game is getting to many free passes.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Grace for having courage. This game is getting to many free passes.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

www.endlessmode.com

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