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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 6h

A rep for Sackbird Studios tells me the team's logo was hand drawn by a human artist.

Some elements of the website did use AI and were later touched up.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 7h

Frogs

Kotaku @kotakudotcom.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not crazy. You're crazy for thinking it takes twenty-four hours just like some dude in a cave did 300 years ago. https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-tactics-guide-xp-jp-grind-tips-2000633724

The Fastest Trick For Earning XP And JP In Final Fantasy Tactics Involves Frogs

Just set it and forget it *ribbit* *ribbit*

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 12h

Read @reidmccarter.bsky.social's review.

"The point of the game, whether in its single-player campaign or multiplayer mode, is to make you feel like you’re an agent of small change within the overwhelming chaos of a warzone."

Kotaku @kotakudotcom.bsky.social · 12h

Don't expect much from the AI enemies in Battlefield 6's campaign, but there's plenty of grim war spectacle to enjoy otherwise.

Read our full review: kotaku.com/battlefield-...

Soldiers stand near a Humv in a war zone.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 12h

You can still do that but it's all driven by charity, personal passion and it won't impact anyone's bottom line even thought it obviously is important as people to see work we poured years into be taken seriously and engaged with deeply.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 12h

Music streaming platform discovery all but killed music reviews as listening guides.

The same is mostly true of Steam.

Unfortunately the economics just aren't there to spend 10 hours telling folks what a game most people have never played, let alone heard of, means or why it's important.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 13h

This is appalling but I always thought this kind of access was mostly useless, especially when the subjects are chronic liars. Now's the time for aggressive write-arounds. Show 'em that you're gonna report no matter what.

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 13h

I'll see it. I see everything.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 14h

GDC: 2025 is gona be the best conference ever!

Also GDC: this shit sucks, burn it to the ground, we're gona do something so much better in 2026.

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 1d

A New Era Awaits!

bit.ly/3KKYUIq

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 15h

Summoning another day of blogs from my finger tips

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

I'm supposed to be making dinner.

Doja Cat Fortnite Account Takeover Gets Messy After Deleted Sex Toy Post

The rapper was supposed to 'take over' the battle royale's social media account

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec committed voter fraud in the last election slate.com/news-and-pol...

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

It was patched out?

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

I'll double check

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

"'Too political in a country too unstable, to make it short,' one source familiar with the game and its cancellation told Game File."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

Napoleon Soulslike players are arguing about why the game isn't set in Poland

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

In the enhanced version on Tactician the Belias portion is surprising hard.

I actually died MORE to that then the Wiegraf part, because outside of some bad luck you can easily break the first encounter once you understand its limitations.

Only Bahamut on short charge saved me with Belias.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1d

The Wiegraf/Belias fight remains a swift kick in the taint after all these years.

A screenshot from Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. A young blonde knight named Ramza faces down a knight in golden armour.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

which part?

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

I think Spider-Man 2 did it as well. First party games in particular seem to be culprits.

I hate it almost as much as loading screens with progress bars

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

Ghost of Yotei has that weird save system where it opens up the PS5 backend and exits out without any feedback to tell you the save competed so I always save twice.

Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 1d

Keanu Reeves gesturing no, text reads Save and exit game. Keanu gesturing acceptance, and text reads Save game, Save and exit game.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

Impressive month for both Mafia and Gears.

Easy to see why Microsoft is stretching these Gears ports out given the appetite on PS5 is still clearly there for more Xbox exclusives.

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 1d

August 2025 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games - U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content)

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 2d

Gamesradar needs to step it up

AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure I'm not the first person to come to this realization but it only just dawned on me that MrBeast is YouTube's Jimmy Fallon.

The corollary being that Jimmy Fallon is TV's MrBeast.

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 3d

The rot is real

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 3d

"The big picture: Fast-food chains are betting on portable protein"

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