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Jam Walker

@jamwa.bsky.social

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Awards-nominated freelance writer (GamesHub, Kotaku Aus, Stevivor, PowerUp!, Byteside, Player 2, CheckPoint, SUPERJUMP). Highly opinionated on games, miniatures, & wrasslin'. They/Them. https://muckrack.com/jam-walker

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 19m

Is 7:30pm too early to go to bed on this, MIGW day 37?

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 1d

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 9h

ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory.

To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...

Rocktober Surprise! Previously unreleased Brütal Legend Pitch video unearthed!

YouTube video by Double Fine

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 2h

It was so fun to see in a cinema with a crowd.

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 8h

Hey I'll totally see you at PAX Australia this weekend, right?

Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 8h

A couple of people I respect highly are arguing about all of this on here.

I don't wanna tag them or anything but uh, I actually more or less exclusively buy shooters like Battlefield for the single-player campaign alone. 🤷‍♀️

Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 13h

Oh! I actually got to watch the first couple of eps of the Cyberpunk anime in advance at this theatre a couple of years ago. It's absolutely beautiful & cool as Hell. This sucks so much.

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: The SIFF Egyptian, the historic and beloved Capitol Hill movie theater, will not be reopening. After decades of bringing movie magic to Seattle audiences, the space will now permanently conclude operations under SIFF 📽️

My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A person walks in front of the exterior of the building that was formerly the home for the SIFF Cinema Egyptian which will now be closing on a beautiful day in Seattle. Photo by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 13h

I reviewed Battlefield 6's campaign:

Battlefield 6 Campaign Review

YouTube video by Jam and Alice

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Nom👾 🔜 PAX Aus @nomibelle.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling so insanely lucky to be on a panel with such a fantastic group of inspiring people

Checkpoint Gaming @checkpointau.bsky.social · 1d

PANEL ALERT!!

Saturday, 12:30pm PAX Together Theatre - Out, Loud, and Critical: Queer Journalists Changing Games Media

Join host @checkpointboss.bsky.social and awesome journos @alicedkc.bsky.social, @nomibelle.bsky.social, @jesszam.bsky.social and @sifterhq.bsky.social for a brilliant discussion!

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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 1d

IFBLW.BMF

An adult performing the Heimlich maneuver on an infant. The adult holds the infant on their lap facedown, cradling the child’s head with their left arm. The adult pounds gently on the infant’s back with their other hand. On the third blow, the infant spits out a red Lego. The baby gasps and seems to be breathing normally again. The adult performs the Heimlich maneuver once more for good measure. This time a stream of marbles pours out of the infant’s mouth. Aggies, Corkscrews, Cat’s Eyes, Benningtons, bouncing on the floor with sharp crystalline cracks and rolling everywhere. The marbles keep coming.

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 1d

For real? I genuinely wanna read that if so. 😄

Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 1d

Funnily enough I saw Josh Sawyer's keynote at GCAP yesterday & he made the same point about how indies really should get themselves into events that suit their game even if they don't think it'll be worth the investment, because it likely actually will be in some way or another.

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

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Jam Walker @jamwa.bsky.social · 1d

I gotta loop back to it. I mostly really enjoyed the first couple of planets.

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Qualbert.com 🔜 MIGW 🔜 GCAP 🔜 PAX 🔜 Bed @qualbert.com · 1d

Heading to Parallels this evening?

Join @jamwa.bsky.social for a discussion with @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social, co-head of Freeplay and one of the minds behind @fine-fiends.bsky.social, as they chat about the power of events as an indie dev.

www.qualbert.com/freeplays-ma...

#MIGW #Indiegame