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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favourite things to do is get screamed at by middle-aged men. Here are Blood Incantation, Oranssi Pazuzu, and Sijjin screaming at the Albert Hall last night. Blood Incantation played the whole of the brilliant Absolute Elsewhere, plus a bunch of deeper cuts. It was all very enjoyable

Sijjin performing at the Albert Hall in Manchester

Oranssi Pazuzu performing at the Albert Hall in Manchester

Blood Incantation performing at the Albert Hall in Manchester

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 3d

Will put on my CV:

Producer on Wipeout*

*know someone who taught someone who was briefly involved with the development of Wipeout

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 3d

As in the broadcaster? She went to my sixth form! Does that mean I have, like, 3 degrees of separation from Wipeout?

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 4d

Human CentAIpede

a south park cartoon says " ready for what " at the top

Alt: A South Park cartoon saying " ready for what " at the top, taken from the HumancentiPad episode

media.tenor.com

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 5d

Without Rebecca there would be no Fallout, amongst many other excellent things 🙏

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 9d

Hahaha that's very kind (I'm assuming it's a compliment!), thank you. But it's Edge; every review is intellectually driven! The last one I did was Dune

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 9d

Haha. I reckon you can guess. Have you been able to guess in the past?

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 9d

Hey, look, I'm in this one with a review

Edge @edgemagazine.bsky.social · 9d

Edge 416 is out now, featuring IO Interactive’s 007: First Light. For our 14-page cover story, we visit the studio to discover how its Hitman legacy paved the way, what it’s taking from the rich history of the iconic movie series, and the challenge of creating a new James Bond.

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 10d

Read an article about how AI might be like the dot com bubble. At the end it said it was written by AI and then checked and refined by a journalist. I can't work out if that's ironic, or depressing, or good productivity, or what

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 14d

We have 007: First Light at home

Box art for the videogame Alpha Protocol

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 17d

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

Alt: a close up of Kylo Ren shouting "More!"

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · 22d

My daughter's school awards points on an app for good behaviour. One half of me hates the gamefication and metricisation of everything, especially my children. The other half is imagining shoving other parents' faces into the app while screaming, "I am going to bury you underground"

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Git gud, son, I am disappoint"

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hot take: the golden age of TV drama is over; the golden age of TV science fiction has begun

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 29

One of the great things about listening to game soundtracks is that you will hear some amazing bit of composition, then you'll look up the title and it'll be called "Sewers" or "E3 Trailer Music"

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 26

If the Luddites were today, I wonder if they would have to put up with dozens of LinkedIn posts each day explaining how good and how terrible power looms are

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Are you a game developer who, when faced with the prospect of making layoffs, found another way forward for their studio instead? If so, I'd love to speak to you for GamesIndustry.Biz. We're working on an article with the working title, 'You don't always have to make people redundant'. Get in touch!

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Smart move to thoroughly ground Season 2 in the world building of the best "modern" Fallout game

Fallout – Season Two Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Omg, wtf! Clearly I should have held on to mine

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Is this the one that had a resales black market?

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 18

And yeah, exactly. I got sucked in purely on the strength of the prose. The gameplay is very good - there is a lot of emergent behaviour that can get completely absurd - but I'm just here for the Gene Wolfe vibes and the nice writing

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hahaha it's the purple skibidi, John. Or something

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 18

*item
**Purple prose

Sorry

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yeah, it's fantastic. The basic gimmick is that you can "look" at every time, and each item has a description in gorgeous prose. And given it's ASCII-like, you have to do this if you want to get a decent sense of what the world is like. Sometimes it verges on purple, but it's always good

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Andrei Pechalin @apechalin.bsky.social · Aug 17

Some of the best prose I've ever come across in a videogame, and some captivating world-building. Well deserved

Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · Aug 17

That's Hugo Award-winning Caves of Qud right there!!

Jason and Brian Bucklew's son receive the Hugo award for Best Game 2025.

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