Jake Steinberg
@jakesteinberg.substack.com
Writer | Jewish/Latino | MFA Creative Writing @ The New School | Games X Storytelling | JakeNoseIt on Twitch | 📩 [email protected] | Debut Acquired ✅
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Hades 2's story is a rite of passage tale that's missing the most important ingredient:
Hades II Isn’t A Story—It’s Maintenance - Kotaku
Supergiant's roguelike sequel confuses repetition for revelation
kotaku.com
🚨new piece on kotaku... from me!🚨
I wrote about the hollow feeling of a story that mistakes movement for change.
Hades II Isn’t a Story—It’s Maintenance:
I wrote about the hollow feeling of a story that mistakes movement for change.
Hades II Isn’t a Story—It’s Maintenance:
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
comments like this make me think I must be doing something right
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
comments like this make me think I must be doing something right
if you all knew how much time i put into fortnite the past few weeks...........
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
if you all knew how much time i put into fortnite the past few weeks...........
fellow hotel dusk heads where are you
Detective Instinct releases in just TWO DAYS! On Steam and Nintendo Switch 👍
If narrative adventure games that feel a little like something you might have played on the DS back in the day are your thing, don't miss it 👁️
If narrative adventure games that feel a little like something you might have played on the DS back in the day are your thing, don't miss it 👁️
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
fellow hotel dusk heads where are you
Gotta give it to Jon Chu for believing that the second act of Wicked sucks, throwing his hands up in the air, and just making absolutely no attempt to produce anything even remotely interesting
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gotta give it to Jon Chu for believing that the second act of Wicked sucks, throwing his hands up in the air, and just making absolutely no attempt to produce anything even remotely interesting
a bread basket hates to see me coming
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
a bread basket hates to see me coming
there is still time to check out MORSELS this year 👁️👄👁️
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
there is still time to check out MORSELS this year 👁️👄👁️
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I feel like I'm going insane this week as I watch people glaze an indie game that was made entirely using genAI visual assets like what are we even doing right now
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I feel like I'm going insane this week as I watch people glaze an indie game that was made entirely using genAI visual assets like what are we even doing right now
Kirby Air Riders online matchmaking BEGGING me to believe the game has crashed:
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kirby Air Riders online matchmaking BEGGING me to believe the game has crashed:
chat, is Dedede goated with the sauce?
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
chat, is Dedede goated with the sauce?
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pr guy here who had dreams of being a games writer is a big fan of this Morsels review
been good to see that Morsels is finding folks in a busy time, learning to embrace its spiky and funky bits
been good to see that Morsels is finding folks in a busy time, learning to embrace its spiky and funky bits
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
pr guy here who had dreams of being a games writer is a big fan of this Morsels review
been good to see that Morsels is finding folks in a busy time, learning to embrace its spiky and funky bits
been good to see that Morsels is finding folks in a busy time, learning to embrace its spiky and funky bits
Reposted by Jake Steinberg
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
I keep coming back to this Kirby Air Riders review by @yelix.bsky.social for how boldly it eschews the Sakurai-pilled narrative around the game built up over years of "HIDDEN GEM?!?" YouTube essays.
A must read: mashable.com/review/kirby...
A must read: mashable.com/review/kirby...
'Kirby Air Riders': Frivolous, fleeting, and kind of a chore
Not every middling GameCube game was actually a misunderstood classic.
mashable.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I keep coming back to this Kirby Air Riders review by @yelix.bsky.social for how boldly it eschews the Sakurai-pilled narrative around the game built up over years of "HIDDEN GEM?!?" YouTube essays.
A must read: mashable.com/review/kirby...
A must read: mashable.com/review/kirby...
new no-skip-play-all-day-on-loop type album just dropped:
open.spotify.com/album/1PQuz0...
open.spotify.com/album/1PQuz0...
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
new no-skip-play-all-day-on-loop type album just dropped:
open.spotify.com/album/1PQuz0...
open.spotify.com/album/1PQuz0...
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What are your favorite written game reviews of 2025?
a girl with glasses is sitting in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a girl with glasses is sitting in front of a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What are your favorite written game reviews of 2025?
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updated city trial thoughts
this mode rules when you know the stadium from the start. it turns from aimless driving to actually having a big goal to work towards and it's very fun
this mode rules when you know the stadium from the start. it turns from aimless driving to actually having a big goal to work towards and it's very fun
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
updated city trial thoughts
this mode rules when you know the stadium from the start. it turns from aimless driving to actually having a big goal to work towards and it's very fun
this mode rules when you know the stadium from the start. it turns from aimless driving to actually having a big goal to work towards and it's very fun
GAME AWARDS DISCOURSE POD
youtu.be/s7w9QMzATNQ?...
youtu.be/s7w9QMzATNQ?...
About The Game Awards...
YouTube video by Critical Error
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
GAME AWARDS DISCOURSE POD
youtu.be/s7w9QMzATNQ?...
youtu.be/s7w9QMzATNQ?...
COME PLAY KIRB AIR RIDERS WITH ME
www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit
www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit
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Kirby Air Riders VERSUS CHAT
www.twitch.tv
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
COME PLAY KIRB AIR RIDERS WITH ME
www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit
www.twitch.tv/jakenoseit
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Jake has perfectly captured what makes Morsels great: it fucking sucks (complimentary)
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Jake has perfectly captured what makes Morsels great: it fucking sucks (complimentary)
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Video exports crashing so often I am being forced to reckon with the idea of buying a new computer 😭
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Video exports crashing so often I am being forced to reckon with the idea of buying a new computer 😭
Every single Kirby Air Riders review
a video game character with the word chaos written on his face
ALT: a video game character with the word chaos written on his face
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Every single Kirby Air Riders review
I will always res you
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I will always res you