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Olly Smith

@ollywrites.bsky.social

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Journalist at GAMINGbible (LADbible Gaming) | Prev: Dexerto, GameByte, New Game Plus Bylines: GamesRadar, Eurogamer, GameSpot, UploadVR, Den of Geek, Gfinity, Pocket Gamer, Bloody Disgusting, Wireframe Mag (RIP) Likes RPGs, shooters, immersive sims.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · May 20

Hello, as of this week I've joined the excellent GAMINGbible team full-time as a journalist.

Fox Mulder from The X-Files sitting in a chair

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 16h

I forgot to share this yday but I reviewed Battlefield 6. www.gamingbible.com/reviews/batt...

Battlefield 6 Review: This Year's Killer FPS

Electronic Arts is releasing Battlefield 6 later this week. But how does it compare to the previous entries, and is it worth your time?

www.gamingbible.com

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

this is the funniest thing i've seen someone act like they're mad about in a very long time

someone posted, "or when asked why you're engaging in bi-erasing you said that the B in LGBTQA stands for Bolg?" a screenshot from the time shows that gretchen felker-martin posted this joke

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 22h

Congrats Helena!

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 22h

I can't say I had this problem, playing in the morning UK/EU sessions every lobby I ended up in was full. And getting my ass handed to me by Battlefield creators who have 5000 hours logged into the series 😣

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 22h

I don't give a shit about OneDrive, Copilot or Windows 11. Stop asking me about them when I sign in and just let me play my silly games on Steam, bro.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

True! More my feelings of the game should end when I see the credits.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Silent Hill f and Alan Wake 2 requiring multiple playthroughs just to get the full story, plus Hollow Knight Silksong hiding an entire third act behind its credits sequence. Remember when games ended?!

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

If this is going to be the new AAA trend for the next few years I'm going to be very annoyed.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

It's always the ones you most expect

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

Technology is fun!!

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

The only plausible explanation

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

Can somebody please tell me why it's always the moment you sit down for an interview with a developer over Teams/Zoom that you encounter every technical issue under the sun?

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 3d

Boosting again, please share! Still looking for writing work-- full time or contract, i'm incredibly adaptable and eager to learn and grow ✍️

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

Portfolio

emmkid.info

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I just bought System Shock so you're welcome, everyone.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d

Humble Choice October Bundle is up ($14.99) buff.ly/gDyiGHx #ad

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 3d

Twin Peaks: A girl running and screaming, Twin Peaks High School.

A girl running and screaming, Twin Peaks High School. Twin Peaks S01E01 - Northwest Passage.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 7d

We're hiring for a Head of Gaming & Tech at LADbible, by the way. Come and be my boss. jobs.ladbiblegroup.com/jobs/6321692...

Head of GAMING & Tech - LADbible Group

Founded in 2012, LADbible Group is redefining entertainment and news for a social generation. Our global community engages with our content–spanning editorial, video, documentary and live – we reac...

jobs.ladbiblegroup.com

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Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social · 10d

The WORST thing about getting published by Devolver is that we had to get rid of this

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 4d

17 degrees in October. WTF.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Microsoft really not selling me on this upgrade so far after hearing all these horror stories. At least I've got free Win10 updates until next October.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 4d

That's two playthroughs of Silent Hill f done and I don't think I can stomach anymore. I'm not a big fan of games that require you to replay the endure thing just to get the full story. And apparently SHf needs like four playthroughs to get the true ending. Hmmm.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 4d

Kuon!

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I played this so much I ended up in the top 100 on the XBLA leaderboards. God, DR2 was such a *time*.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 5d

My favourite Bond? All of them.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 16d

Quite lovely to see that my top 4 so far is split between four different Bond actors. A franchise that has always felt quite level in terms of quality.

Olly's top four Bond films:

From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
The Man With The Golden Gun

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 5d

There's me!