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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 16d

Borderlands 4 is a slumber party.

read now: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/the-last-s...

The Last Slumber Party

staying up late with a friend and a claptrap

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 7h

Been really loving this show lately, and this episode speaks to a lot of thoughts I have on the current critical landscape, people feeling like they need to appease their audiences, etc. Big ol' recommendation. It's... For Me

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 7h

thank you 🙏🙏

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 22h

Jake has a written piece at the end of the show that ruined me. The sad, inexorable tethering we’ve made of loneliness and principles in games media is, well, sad.

It’s exhausting to care. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 22h

🤍

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

excellent follow. love reading the transcripts (like a freak)

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

posting about music is tough because idk if anybody is actually interested in interrupting their day to listen to whatever tune lil jakey skeets out, but i think one of my favorite tracks of the year just came out:

open.spotify.com/track/5QyYNd...

Autumn

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

thanks for listening! 🙏

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Jordan Calhoun @jordanmcalhoun.com · 1d

Gave this a listen, and I hope you do too. I could go on forever about how much I disagree with what they say, but not only is it an interesting topic, it comes from a place of wanting to make culture writing sharper, braver, and more effective at helping us understand and value art

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

i'll tell you exactly how tron got so big

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

i am in the lab trying to figure out why my SEO business doesn't cover low-SEO products I will let you know what I discover

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Andrew @bungleroo.bsky.social · 1d

not for me but still very good

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

youtu.be

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

76ers season officially starts today I guess.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

thank you!! most nervous i have been to read anything in a minute

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autumn wright 🍂 @theautumnwright.bsky.social · 1d

Point from this convo that I will repeat in the future next time someone’s mad at me is that a review is not written to convince the reader a game is X, it’s to convince the reader that I the critic think a game is X.

Critical Error Is Not For Me

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Cristian⚡️ @isocristian.bsky.social · 2d

Clocking in for another day at the take factory. Hope my take is widely accepted yet uniquely agreeable. It must be perceived by my peers, for only then do I hold any value. I will work again tomorrow.

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

👁️👄👁️
youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

!!!

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

Peter Hunt and the Great Outdoors

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

lol

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 4d

(yes the reveal that Pikmin were moving stuff is incoming)

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

it's hard being so right all the time

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

is the only way this ends that I back off from my actual opinion and yield to someone calling me intellectually dishonest? Is that the goal? Or should I start talking about how honestly you are approaching interpreting my point?

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

I stand by what I said!

To me the other perspectives are always imagined because they aren't in the review with us and cannot represent themselves.

If there's something in the work that inspires this reflection, you can always make an argument, but I just don't see "not for me" helping any review

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

Fav part of Ghost of Yotei so far is that Atsu is maybe magic? I hope the story eventually leans more into that. Getting a sense of her connection to nature in a way that feels way more salient than it did in the last game

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