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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 9h

crests don't do different damage! It's one of the reasons Reaper isn't always the best, the DPS from faster attacking crests is way higher

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17h

my body image is pretty good! I mostly wanted to help normalize people not wanting to know their weight! but what a WILDLY narrow read on why people might not want to know how much they weigh, jfc

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17h

Thinking about when I went to the doctor a lil while ago and the nurse asked if I wanted to know my weight and I said "nah" and then he said "if it helps, you weigh less then last time"

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

what's your piece of media you try and pitch to every single person you meet? I've realized mine is Priestdaddy

The book Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

You can now get the first book from a number of sources that may be a little kinder on the conversion! www.harpercollins.com/products/how...

How a Game Lives

The first of two volumes: How a Game Lives, Vol. 1 is an artfully packaged must-have book for the devoted and casual fans alike, inviting readers to look at...

www.harpercollins.com

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

Reminder: you can still get the deluxe edition of You're Not Overthinking It, with slipcase and vinyl and print and patch and stuff!! Also we'll include a whole book I guess

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24d

THEY LET ME WRITE ANOTHER BOOK

"You’re Not Overthinking It" is available for pre-order right now. It collects the most meaningful essays of my career alongside hundreds of new annotations on each piece’s creation, background, and legacy. Far more details below: www.lostincult.co.uk/overthinking

Book: "You're not overthinking it," blue cover depicting an overgrown futuristic cityscape. Alongside it is a yellow slipcase with a patterned die-cut and an emboss of the same city.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

Much like Kentucky Route Zero, your dialogue choices in Mario Galaxy 2 don't affect the path of the story but they change your understanding of the character

Dialogue choice in Mario Galaxy with two options: "that's right" and "yes"

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Consume Me is one of the must-plays of this year, just wonderful. Hard to capture in still images how charming the art is in every single moment.

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Pew Pew Bang! @pewpewbang.bsky.social · 2d

Pew Pew Bang is officially an award-nominated podcast! Thank you to The Astra Awards for putting us up for Best Game Podcast & to everyone who has listened to/shared our show. 💛

Best Game Podcast

Nerd of Mouth
Pew Pew Bang
The Besties
The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Also: the man in this picture is 35 years old

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Meeting of the minds

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Do the children know that one of the major characters in Fiddler on the Roof is named "Lazar Wolf"

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Yeah this isn't a real distinction! no one talks about movie/book reviews this way

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Just had a call with Lyle where we talked about possible edits to his essay, while at any time, North Carolina could decide to throw him in a gas chamber. How is it possible to create a system this cruel.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Due to a new bill signed by NC Governor Josh Stein (a Democrat), the moratorium on our state's death penalties has been ended and may now proceed via *any* method. Welcome back, barbarity.

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 21d

In the book, my essay “The False Evolution of Execution Methods” will be accompanied by a new essay by Lyle May. May interrogates capital punishment from his singular perspective; he has been incarcerated on North Carolina’s death row for over twenty years.

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24d

THEY LET ME WRITE ANOTHER BOOK

"You’re Not Overthinking It" is available for pre-order right now. It collects the most meaningful essays of my career alongside hundreds of new annotations on each piece’s creation, background, and legacy. Far more details below: www.lostincult.co.uk/overthinking

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

For @aftermath.site, I wrote about the crucible of beating the Manbreaker in Baby Steps, a brutal challenge that the game actively tells you not to do. I am happy that I did it. aftermath.site/baby-steps-m...

Baby Steps' Manbreaker Did Not Break Me - Aftermath

Baby Steps' Manbreaker is an optional yet brutal challenge that is as much a test of your humility as it is your skill.

aftermath.site

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Hey it's that guy from Assassin's Creed 2

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 4d

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Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 3d

Great writing from Jay!

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 3d

Hades 2's story doesn't change the status quo
aftermath.site/hades-2-ending

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 4d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 6d

If you just beat the clockwork dancers you're very near some good hard-ass platforming

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 8d

Honeymoon sidelined by Italian Train Strike (striking to support Gaza, hell yeah) but now considering hitchhiking from Tirano to Florence I guess

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 8d

Also if I have any mutuals who have been secretly living in Boston this whole time hmu

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 8d

Yes I am very aware of the shivah, it will be included! Haha

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 8d

Hey! On November 11, I'm going to be giving a live talk in Boston about what a "Jewish video game" could possibly be. I'd love to see you there! Tickets on sale now: ticketing.bostonjfilm.org/websales/pag...

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