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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 4h

Metal Gear Solid done. Thank you to everyone that hung out and donated, it’s helping a great cause. Back tomorrow at 9AM PT to do it all again for Metal Gear Solid 2.

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 9h

Live now!

Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 3d

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 1d

Call me a GameSpot fanboy (I am) but I like what my old home did. Reviewed the single player and multiplayer, gave the entire package a score but labelled it "In Progreess" until they've had a chance to review multiplayer in the wild.

www.gamespot.com/reviews/batt...

Battlefield 6 Review - Good Company

Battlefield 6 plays it safe but marks a return to form for the long-running series, delivering chaotic, large-scale multiplayer that's as familiar as it is uproariously fun

www.gamespot.com

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 1d

As well as this, I feel quite strongly that the increased prominence in recent years of social media influencers who engage in nothing but ragebait content and harassment has proverbially sucked all the air out of the room, content mills producing bullshit at speed who dominate gaming conversations.

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 1d

I have actually been thinking a lot over the last few weeks about how to find a way to cover indies more on the video side of GameSpot. It’s something I really want to do but the reality is right now we barely have the people needed to cover even all the “bigger” games. I’ll keep on trying though

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 2d

I think I lot about how I’d be way worse/never grow if I didn’t work with a team of incredible peers

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 2d

Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 2d

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 2d

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

House of Necrosis - An Awesome Resident Evil Inspired Mystery Dungeon

YouTube video by noclip_2

www.youtube.com

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lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 3d

Much like Saudi Arabia managing to make Mark of The Wolves/SNK/Terry fucking Bogard lame as shit, it's actually kinda impressive how completely uncool Disney has managed to make FUCKING TRON.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Disney promoting AI slop posters at the ‘Tron Ares’ premiere

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 3d

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 4d

PLEASE LET NOCLIP DOCUMENT THIS ABSOLUTELY DOGSHIT IDEA

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 5d

Jess’s review for silent hill f is fantastic www.gamespot.com/reviews/sile...

Silent Hill F Review - Spirited Away

With its brilliant writing, haunting atmosphere, well-designed gameplay, and spectacular visuals, Silent Hill f sets a new benchmark for the Silent Hill series.

www.gamespot.com

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 6d

There is also an audio version, which comes with extra bonus content not in the video version!

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4S5mfmL...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
RSS Feed: www.spreaker.com/show/6752166...

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 6d

Today's the launch of our new show, Kurt & Lucy Gotcha Covered. Really proud of how this turned out and I hope you enjoy it!

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

Heck of a Week to Start a Gaming News Show | Kurt & Lucy Gotcha Covered

YouTube video by GameSpot

www.youtube.com

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 7d

This makes me so happy to hear

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing! Can’t wait to watch

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 7d

Arc Raiders releases this month so it's probably time I spilled the beans!

Our team @secrettape.bsky.social has been working on a 3 part series on the game's challenging development for over a year.

Embark has been incredibly transparent and let us tell the story as we saw it. I'm very proud of it

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dylan's sin (優) @koybz.bsky.social · 7d

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 7d

GameSpot's Silent Hill f spoilercast is now live on GameSpot After Dark! I'm sure Lucy, Jess, and Kurt did a great job with it

(I wouldn't know, I haven't beaten the game yet.)

open.spotify.com/episode/3hls...

Silent Hill f Spoilercast

open.spotify.com

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 8d

Happy birthday Jess!!!

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to the 379 people who are currently keeping noclip_2 running. We need at least twice as many as that by the end of the month to keep it in the green so if you value the types of game we cover, please help us out.

patreon.com/noclip2

noclip_2 | Patreon

Alternative Video Games Coverage

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Dan McK @danmck.bsky.social · 8d

Infuriated to see how many of these stories end in ghosting. I hire people for $15-$17/hr customer service roles. Everyone who gets an interview gets an email after.

If the local cafè can write back a barista, what’s your excuse?

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 8d

Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

aftermath.site/video-game-rec...

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Jean-Luc Seipke @jeanluc.bsky.social · 9d

Amazing!!!!

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 9d

influencers accosting developers outside their work is a thing the games media should be purposefully ignoring. highlighting them and spreading the word is exactly what they want, and increase the likelihood or copycats.

cmon folks, in the current climate you can’t be that naive.

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