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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 1d

Star Wars Visions is still the only Star Wars thing that gets me to care about Jedi surviving Order 66 stories.

Jedi survives and helps the rebels? Tired, boring, snooze fest.

Jedi survives and goes to a hippie droid commune? Jedi survives and starts a fucking rock band? Hell yeah, let's go.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 2d

I would've killed for this back when they put actual effort and budget into these things

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 2d

A multi-part animated adaptation of ‘BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL’ is in the works.

Part 1 will release in 2026.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 2d

The Tron lightcycle ride at disney is cool

I think there was a tron level in kingdom hearts? That's the extent of my interaction with tron

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 3d

I don't have the words to express how deeply ingrained in my DNA this movie is

Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 6d

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Digimon: The Movie and y'all, when they talk about films that "couldn't be made today," THIS is it. A weird, funny and fascinating time capsule.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 5d

The depth of the image, the mise en scene, the rule of thirds used to stunning efficacy...

See how peggy looks away, while also being seen through the window's distortion, reflecting a distance between them.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 8d

You will regret that

Jon Snow's in it, tho

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 8d

The first Silent Hill is actually a halfway decent representation of the first game

Silent Hill: Revelation, however, holy shit that is a bad time

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 11d

I am tantalizingly close to finishing my NG++ run in Silent Hill f for the final ending.

Some of these new late game scenes are incredibly moving.

This game's not for everyone, but it's all timer for me.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 11d

Y'know, I was already struggling to justify my GamePass subscription, but this'll push it over the edge.

I was holding on so I could play NG4 on day one, but apparently I'd have to upgrade to do that so nah

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 11d

Microsoft confirms changes to Game Pass (Essential, Premium, Ultimate tiers) news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...

Ultimate priced at $29.99/month

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

Holy shit, I can't even access DMs lol

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

Might delete Bluesky tbh

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sam is vibrating ominously @samuelbass.bsky.social · 13d

Not to be overly combative, but Silent Hill f is absolutely a Silent Hill game, as long as your understanding of the series goes deeper than “American Town“ and “rusted metal + chains”

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

I'm thinkin about it

Gotta start recording my gameplay by default just in case lol

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

Honestly, I feel like I'm just scratching the surface.

This game is dense and I love that it doesn't fully click until a second playthrough, where some scenes and exchanges play out differently to give more context and expand on the themes already there.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

She feels suffocated by the expectations of womanhood forced upon her by the society she lives in and she's terrified by the thought of losing her identity and becoming a victim of another aggressive patriarch.

And, it's made worse because she sees this as something she has no real choice in.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 13d

I love Silent Hill f the more I play it and think through it.

Fundamentally, it's about the trauma of growing up. About leaving your childhood self behind. Killing them, in a sense.

But, for Hinako, that's compounded by the fact that the only role models she has for adult life are miserable.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 14d

Genuinely so confused by this. I thought there already was a second Strangers movie. Prey at Night? It had the cool ass pool scene

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 15d

First playthrough done!

My initial impression was that the game is exactly good. Not incredible, but not bad at all.

But, I think I like it more on reflection. It's still not a terribly scary game in the moment to moment, but the personal perils Hinako is dealing with are harrowing.

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 16d

Thoughts on Silent Hill f after about 8 hours or so

It's not that scary, it's a departure from previous games in many ways, and it's pretty blunt with its themes.

But, given all that, I do still think it's good. It doesn't hit the same way as previous titles, but I respect what it's going for.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 16d

The ideas being explored so far haven't really been subtle at all, but I do like those ideas.

Hinako's struggles with what a rigid society expects of her and how that effects her views on growing up are worth exploring.

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 16d

Thoughts on Silent Hill f after about 8 hours or so

It's not that scary, it's a departure from previous games in many ways, and it's pretty blunt with its themes.

But, given all that, I do still think it's good. It doesn't hit the same way as previous titles, but I respect what it's going for.

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 16d

Peak Star Wars has returned

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Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 | English Dub Trailer | October 29 on Disney+

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 17d

DEATH TO CRONOS

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Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 18d

Oh my god lol

You know you've fucked up when IGN is coming at you with this much heat

IGN @ign.com · 18d

Skate is armed with a faithful facsimile of the incredible feel of the old games, but its mobile game-style progression, dud dialogue, and cutesy art style make its early access debut drastically inferior to the originals in all other ways.

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Skate is just so aggressively different in tone, style, and spirit from its ancestors that any brief trance I found myself in was constantly broken by its embarrassing dialogue, trite art style, and sterile, mobile game-style progression. Arming Skate with a faithful facsimile of the incredible feel of the old games means little if the rest of it is constantly turning me off. Score: 4

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 18d

Sonic Racing, Silent Hill f, and Hades 2 1.0 all dropping on the same day is fucking evil lol

Matt (but spooky now) @thatmattkid.bsky.social · 18d

This video was made specifically for me lol

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Josh Ramsay Of Marianas Trench Covers "Defying Gravity" On The Spot

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