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Mark Lawson

@born2beslicker.bsky.social

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Straight Edge guy who talks about gaming mostly but with some politics and anything else that comes to mind. http://Linktr.ee/Born2beSlicker

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · Oct 17

If you’re new to BlueSky or are trying to see if who you follow on Twitter has finally crossed over, check out Sky Follower Bridge for Chrome/Firefox

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It’s not perfect but it will get you off the ground

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Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14h

Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78

He created many iconic movie posters

The Thing poster and Back to the Future poster

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 12h

I love that tech shovelled billions into AI and it quickly ruined the internet by making every image, video, audio and article supicious and half of the comments we see are from fake accounts.

We gained nothing and lost so much.

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 12h

Burning the environment and spending billions so a robot can type rude words to you.

You can find this same thing for free, there’s plenty of horny people on the internet. There’s also plenty of SWs you can pay for this too and it helps the economy, not ruin it.

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 15h

This one isn’t true though I can understand why people think it would be

www.windowscentral.com/gaming/no-ta...

Walmart and Target are NOT removing Xbox products from shelves

One thing after another, Microsoft is forced to respond time and time again to ongoing rumors that it's leaving the hardware space.

www.windowscentral.com

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 15h

Assassin’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Coté has quit Ubisoft following the opening of its new Tencent-backed subsidiary, VGC understands.

vgc.news/news/assassi...

Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Coté quits Ubisoft following start of new subsidiary | VGC

Coté was offered a leadership role but has decided to leave…

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 17h

We might actually be in the bad place. WTF are these prices?

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 18h

It is true that Cronus Zen devs are warning against playing BF6. I just don’t think that image is real.

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 18h

So, @insider-gaming.com fell for an AI image and ran it as news

1) Nobody gives specific reasons for bans on their error page

2) When did controllers have an H button?

3) What is the URL when it looks like a game log in?

https://insider-gaming.com/battlefield-6-cronus-zen-users-ban-pc-console/

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Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

Kabuki Warriors vs RhIyo is the best thing in #WWE right now. Asuka is doing some of the best heel work and has been for a while. Kairi Sane is also tremendous and very underrated. #wrestlesky #WWERAW

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

Getting back on the treadmill just seemed exhausting and didn’t feel worth the effort so I uninstalled again and…that might be it? Maybe Halo or something for casual play but the dedicated, focused play might actually be over.

That’s actually pretty weird to think about

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

It’s been roughly a month or so since I said I needed to quit competitive shooters. I reinstalled Fragpunk and CoD then played for a few hours a few days ago and it was moderately fun.

Then the next few days I just didn’t have a desire to pick them back up.

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

At least Scotland has one newspaper willing to hold Israel accountable #Palestine

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

The fact they commented on a weekend is significant. The fact they told Windows Central is significant. The fact neither retailer said anything at all is significant.

The fact most websites will cover both halves of this “story” is significant because it’s how damaged the Xbox brand is. It’s dead.

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t disagree. This was a novelty act with no greater good than themselves but the thing I’m holding onto is that D-Von seems legit in this. Everybody in that ring should have retired 10 years ago.

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

Redditors say major retailers are dumping the Xbox. Multiple major websites report it because it’s genuinely believable. Microsoft tells WinCent’ on a weekend that it’s not true. Lots of sites repost their statement. Neither retailer actually says anything at all.

That’s how bad things are.

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of the old guard and top guys are old and will be retiring over the next 5-10 years. We’re going to be seeing a lot of names we’ve been saying for over 20 years hanging it up.

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 2d

This reminded me of how Banjo Kazooie’s final level is a board game/quiz show where you had to answer trivia questions about the game to get to the final boss

Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I expect Bully to turn up again but D-Von has been vocal that he’s done after this.

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Mark Lawson @born2beslicker.bsky.social · 2d

After 29 years, it looks like The Dudley Boys have finally hung up their boots after their final match with The Hardy Boyz at TNA Bound for Glory.

We’re definitely reaching a transition period in wrestling. #wrestlesky