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Alex James Kane

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Writer for hire. Boss Fight Books, Fangoria, IGN, Lost in Cult, PC Gamer, Polygon, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Star Wars, USA Today, Variety. backloggd.com/u/alexjkane kane.journoportfolio.com [email protected]

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · Mar 19

A big update: Now that I’ve got some freelance contracts going again, I’m very much Open for Business! If you need a writer for a gaming feature, a pop-culture interview, a mock review or other games-industry consulting gig, a Star Wars expert or Fallout S2 recapper, my email is [email protected].

Some print work from my previous freelance days: an issue of PC Gamer with Cyberpunk on the cover, my book on the making of BioWare, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, an issue of Edge magazine, Fangoria issue number 2 (which contains my oral history of Friday the 13th: The Game), and Den of Geek.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 9h

Este estudio estara iniciando con talento Mexicano y Latinoamericano para vincular animadores de varios paises y ifrecera estudios a un animador Mexicano por cda ciclo escolar durante una decada entera.

Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 15h

Guillermo del Toro and Netflix have announced plans to form a new stop motion studio that will be both a studio and a school to push the medium forward and will develop plans to make Del Toro's next stop motion project after Pinocchio. I'm very hyped to see what this leads to!

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 15h

Battlefield 6 feels *incredible.* Man. I think I'm gonna be using the DMR + Medic combo a lot.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 15h

She's perfect

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So great!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 19h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 19h

The way it's used in Romulus is so "Look, kiddos! I read the Wiki!"

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 21h

Humble Games Bundle: Cosmic Mysteries & Noir Realities ($10 for all) buff.ly/Yyw3mri #ad

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Elizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · 21h

God I love Mass Effect.

a screenshot from the mass effect 3 citadel dlc of the dialogue wheel. One option said "I will end you." The other says "I will end you painfully." There are no other options.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 21h

There are just too many apps! At least with email, you give out maybe one or two at a time...

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 21h

The end of the workday can't come soon enough!

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 21h

Doctor Loomis out there like: "Stand aside, Sheriff! That man is exercising his Constitutional right..."

Brian Lynch @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social · 21h

At one point, Blumhouse owned HALLOWEEN and THE PURGE and could have made a great Halloween-On-Purge-Night-So-Michael-Myers-Can-Do-Whatever-He-Wants movie.

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 21h

Had a dream I was hanging out with the Goo Goo Dolls (maybe I was interviewing them for an article?), and their bass player went on this long, in-the-weeds rant about why the acoustic guitar is an inherently superior instrument compared to the electric six-string. He may have been onto something.

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 21h

Hell yeah! Congratulations

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 21h

For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.

How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline

Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 22h

On Monday, Yacht Club Games delayed the much-anticipated upcoming game Mina the Hollower.

On Tuesday, I visited their studio and saw the game. It made for a rare glimpse at why a video game gets delayed and what "polish" actually means.

This week's column:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Why 'Mina the Hollower' Was Delayed

Yacht Club Games hasn't given a new release date, but the delay shouldn’t be more than a few months

www.bloomberg.com

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skele-tuna 💀‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 22h

Mattel did NOT hold back with this one

A monster high doll as a xenomorph from alien

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 23h

"I gave up frogging years ago..."

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 23h

Top 4 games of 2025 so far

Avowed, Obsidian. Iridescent skeleton with a sword.

Golden Tee Arcade Classics. A golf course viewed from the green.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor, sort of a Star Fox 64 homage with roguelike elements and a synthwave vibe.

Battlefield 6 key art. Soldiers surviving a flaming New York City.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

Sure hope this isn't a Copilot thing

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 1d

Halo art director leaves studio after 17 years with ominous message alluding to discontent

www.eurogamer.net/halo-art-dir...

A promotional Halo Infinite image showing a close-up of Master Chief's helmet held by his side while a lush landscape of lakes and mountains is visible in the background.

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Fabraz - Demon Tides & Bubsy 4D @fabraz.bsky.social · 1d

Sure was crazy when we just dropped the Demon Tides demo like that... What's that? WE JUST LAUNCHED THE BUBSY 4D DEMO TOO?!

Live on Steam right now, go check out what we've been cooking up with the bobcat.

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 1d

Friday.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

Forced to work on Battlefield 6 day...

Sad Ben Affleck staring across the room at nothing in particular.

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

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Creepshow (1982), Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Possession (1981), Millennium Actress.

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

#LastFourWatched

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 1d

NYCC Day 1 was such a blast - the show has major good time vibes this year, which is amazing.

And MASTER OF EVIL is a real book! It looks frickin' HOT - soft-touch cover, spot varnish title, the works. This is going to look so good on the shelf.

Giant Master of Evil board at the Penguin Random House booth.

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