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Jon Bolding

@jonbolds.bsky.social

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Chalcolithic Liche, Forbes 10 over 10,000. Games writer, on and about. Appears pcgamer, IGN, etc. Panel Three Moves Ahead. freelancer, hire me.

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · Aug 9

up late doing hot guy shit (contemplating The 36 Lessons of Vivec)

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

These are all flagrant lies, unsourced yet printed in a newspaper that allegedly fact checks things. The rest of it is meandering panic-bait that treats jail breaking LLMs. They don’t even describe the virus! They just said someone made one. Bullshit!

One answer is to look at the data. After the launch of GPT-5 in August, some thought that A.I. had hit a plateau. Expert analysis suggests this isn’t true. GPT-5 can do things no other A.I. can do. It can hack into a web server. It can design novel forms of life. It can even build its own A.I. (albeit a much simpler one) from scratch.

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 1d

furious to announce that I was also denied the nobel peace prize yet again

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 2d

I’m leaving the typo it’s too funny

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 2d

This is the rub. You dont get laid for this work. But it is work.

M.H. Williams @mhwilliams.bsky.social · 2d

And that is the mountain ahead of anyone covering games.

You gotta choose one or more of these filtering methods, then knuckle down and play.

And that's *while* having to do all the things that keep the lights on: major reviews, news, guides, interviews, etc. Anyways.

a cartoon character is flying in the air with the current level being 12

ALT: a cartoon character is flying in the air with the current level being 12

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 3d

me receiving this month's game review

a group of men standing next to each other with the words `` so it begins '' written on the bottom .

ALT: a group of men standing next to each other with the words `` so it begins '' written on the bottom .

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 3d

fun fact I learned this joke from finns.

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 5d

Have you ever had fresh mozzarella? That’s moomin meat. Now you know!

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 5d

To be frank I can’t agree with any given “artists must be miserable” take.

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Hushpuppy Art @hushpuppyart.bsky.social · Sep 3

Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 10d

Really struggling with Hades 2. On the one hand it’s a beautifully made and genuinely fun to play videogame. On the other hand I resolved long ago to never trust anyone who spells it “Magick.”

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 12d

It runs natively on modern computer hardware 😜

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 12d

Old World for $4, one of the best 4X strategy games you can play. Absolutely insane deal.

store.steampowered.com/app/597180/O...

Save 90% on Old World on Steam

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty...

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 19d

[BULL DURHAM] The plot is satisfyingly worked out. But what you keep reacting to is the film's exuberant doodles—its baroque folk humor, and it's visual details, like the baseball card that Annie uses as a bookmark. (1988)

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

This is so fucking funny man they could have maybe, almost stolen a move on Sony by dropping or maintaining the price point and taking the probably rather small-at-microsoft-scale loss but lol, lmao.

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

I am cited on an article for the concept of a Hellscape which I think is very on-brand

i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 22d

writers, this is your periodic reminder to search your "last name, first name" on wikipedia and see what pages you're cited on. i learned i am cited on the page for "false protagonist" and nearly every episode of hbo's the last of us lmfao

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

If you buy a really good pair of boots now they’ll probably last the rest of your life!

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

hrm. concerning.

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

I've been putting it off for years but the desire to buy a cheap FDM 3D printer for low-poly models is increasing basically weekly now.

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

more of a "Lots of people I know are getting very middle-aged all of a sudden" concerning

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

Sonic's relaxing hobby is getting in a thing that makes him go slower, please leave him to this

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

hrm. concerning.

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

Good year for IgNobels. Especially the peace prize:
"PEACE PRIZE [THE NETHERLANDS, UK, GERMANY]
Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field, and Jessica Werthmann, for showing that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak in a foreign language."

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 22d

The #IgNobel winners: improbable.com/ig/winners/?...

Past Ig Winners

Ig® Nobel Prize Winners For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK Winners by year: 2025 : 2024 : 2023 : 2022 : 2021 2020 : 2019 : 2018 : 2017 : 2016 2015 : 2014 : 2013 : 20…

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Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 22d

Oh my god they're SO GOOD AGAIN THIS YEAR

Jon Bolding @jonbolds.bsky.social · 23d

They have issued an invitation to appear, not a summons that compels him to appear.