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Julian B. Taknæs
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Bachelor in Vernepleie⚕️
Games Journalist🎮
Podcasting about games @ Radio Nova🕹️
Trying to break through…

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Julian B. Taknæs @kvelertaknes.bsky.social · Sep 21
Sommeren er over - takk gud.

Jeg har skrevet om angst, depresjon, skrekk og kos for Gamer.no, og artikkelen kan du lese her☺️
gamer.no Gamer.no @gamer.no · Sep 21
Stadig flere rømmer til koselige spillopplevelser. Men hva med dem som vil ha noe mørkere?

Les kommentaren til @kvelertaknes.bsky.social her 🍂⚰️
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Stadig flere rømmer til koselige spillopplevelser, såkalte «cozy games». Men hva med oss som vil ha noe mørkere?
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jacobgeller.com
butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
Some games from my backlog that I’m hoping to play next year! 🫡
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Yeah, this shit slaps @superbunnyhop.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
It's worth saying here that these employees, some of whom have been with the company for more than a decade, were escorted out of the building by security guards after being fired.

They weren't allowed to speak to their coworkers. They weren't allowed to collect their belongings from their desks.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
I can’t help but laugh at the idea of Rockstar and T2 acting the exact way of the people their games make fun off.

The ignorance is depthless.
kvelertaknes.bsky.social Julian B. Taknæs @kvelertaknes.bsky.social · 3d
Some great work being done here.

I hope the IWGB are able to make a strong case against Rockstar and their unlawful censorship and layoffs so that these workers are able to get their lives back.

youtu.be/8TvWNFBBwuY?...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
Some great work being done here.

I hope the IWGB are able to make a strong case against Rockstar and their unlawful censorship and layoffs so that these workers are able to get their lives back.

youtu.be/8TvWNFBBwuY?...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Tirsdag
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
Tenker fortsatt på denne sliden fra kurset vi hadde på jobb i fjor.

Rekkefølgen er avgjørende viktig!
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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rostvaag.bsky.social
Big Boss er i trøbbel. Bare å flykte til Outer Haven.
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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chaide.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
Ser frem til å lære så lite om mulig om Project: Robot før lanseringsdatoen om 12 år.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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superbunnyhop.bsky.social
Here's 40 minutes of insight gained from 20 years of highest-difficulty-possible replays, and some lit class analysis where caves are never just caves. It's resisting arbitrary negativity, while asking a big question about Konam crediting the actors. It's beautiful!

nebula.tv/videos/super...
Super Bunnyhop — Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta is Phenomenal in Black & White, and The World Must Know!
This video is the fruit of resisting arbitrary online negativity, an effort to explore a game's merits on its own terms, while also asking a big question about what Konami is doing with crediting the ...
nebula.tv
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Chillin
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Share tv series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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we've a little disco elysium teaser dropping tomorrow, and the full series starts sometime next week. we'll have 5 episodes, each is currently around 40 mins. it's probably the project I've taken the most care with, given the impact of the game, and it's unique development story. i hope it's good!
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
Credit card fraud Black neon tetras committed credit card fraud during a 2023 livestream by "Mutekimaru Channel" on YouTube. The owner was using motion-tracking software to turn the fish's movements into Nintendo Switch inputs, letting them "play" video games. 8 In 2020, the fish beat Pokemon Sapphire after 3,195 hours, a feat that takes about 30 hours for a typical human. 9/ 181 On January 14, 2023, Pokémon Violet crashed at 1,144 hours, giving the fish free access to the main menu. They entered inputs that opened Nintendo eShop, added 500 yen ($3.85 USD) to their owner's account, and exposed his credit card details on the livestream. 10) 11) Mutekimaru later requested a refund of the 500 yen from Nintendo. l12) "Fish eagerly read the terms and conditions. Many of us humans don't read the terms of service, but fish are smarter than we are" - caption from Mutekimaru in a video about the incident 12) The fish also downloaded an N64 emulator, set up PayPal, used reward points to buy an avatar, and changed Mutekimaru's Nintendo account name to "ROWAWAWA*". 13, After about seven hours, their movements shut down the Switch. 14)
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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matthewseiji.com
The meme of "my body is a machine that turns 'the passage of time' into 'not writing'." This is a joke about writing and how so much of writing is not writing— or at least, that's what I tell myself when I am avoiding writing, which is a big part of my actual job. I mean writing, not *not* writing. Bosses: do not look at this, especially if you are expecting something from me soon. Obviously, everything is going great. I am not procrastinating by making this meme. I am not deliberately wasting time in every possible way I can think of after already having made breakfast int he most laborious way possible, catching up on email and slack messages, engaging in some discord discourse, and checking every social media feed I have the misfortune to remain entangled with, and I fully intend on starting to write for real the moment I hit the button to send this tweet. Yes, I still call them tweets. It's an act of resistance at this point, calling them tweets. I remember there was some discussion of what to call them, and I have to say I did laugh about "skeets," since the act is comparable in some ways: it feels good in the moment, but results in something useless and gross just moments later... is this too much to get into here? I don't know if the wrongheadedly censorious people who run this platform even check descriptive alt text, come to think of it. Anyway, I should get back to writing, for real, which I will do now. That reminds me, did you catch the discourse the other day about dialogue choices in games? I don't have much to say, really, other than that creative works can be literally whatever you want them to be, so arguing about them isn't as productive as simply making the work you want to see in the world (and which I'll get back to doing in just a moment). If you want to see my approach to dialogue choices, why not play my visual novel, Eliza? If you've made it this far and haven't yet, I suggest you check it out. Okay, back to writing for real now. Definitely.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
This importance of this mindset, when approaching any form of art, cannot be overstated @aftermath.site

aftermath.site/vampire-masq...
The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has a lot to offer if you play the game that's in front of you, instead of the one in your head
aftermath.site
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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videogames.bsky.social
So sorry to hear this, it's way too soon
toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 9d
Rebecca Heineman has passed away from cancer, at 62.

A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports...

Prime pick for a Lifetime Achievement Award, @geoffkeighley.bsky.social
A selfie image of Rebecca Heineman, a red-haired 62-year-old woman
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
kvelertaknes.bsky.social
TGA´s website straight up does NOT work holy shit.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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jametc.bsky.social
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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De som puttet Scalebound inn i dagens spillrulett fortjener applaus.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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I love him so much
My cat, Molte, curled up on a pillow.
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM