James W
@omgmorejames.bsky.social
Video game critic. Hater (complimentary)
I am in Queer Media
He/him
I am in Queer Media
He/him
The “oh shit, I got a Pegasus!” to “oh shit, my Pegasus is dead” pipeline* has immediately sold me on Fire Emblem.
*exactly 1 single turn
*exactly 1 single turn
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The “oh shit, I got a Pegasus!” to “oh shit, my Pegasus is dead” pipeline* has immediately sold me on Fire Emblem.
*exactly 1 single turn
*exactly 1 single turn
Wanna see him and Layton team up to rescue Luke
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wanna see him and Layton team up to rescue Luke
Embarrassing and disastrous for the medium the way games have had to emerge as an art form into calcified capitalism.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Embarrassing and disastrous for the medium the way games have had to emerge as an art form into calcified capitalism.
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Iconic lines for the dance floor
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Iconic lines for the dance floor
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“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
Have spent a disproportionate amount of the last 48 hours thinking about the way the wickedly talented Adele Dazeem hits the second ‘Fiyero’ in No Good Deed.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Have spent a disproportionate amount of the last 48 hours thinking about the way the wickedly talented Adele Dazeem hits the second ‘Fiyero’ in No Good Deed.
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FIYERO: finally after years of pent-up feelings we can FUCK
ELPHABA:
ELPHABA:
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
FIYERO: finally after years of pent-up feelings we can FUCK
ELPHABA:
ELPHABA:
Don’t really know what to do with the tension of a quiet Sunday evening’s desire to experience a new game colliding with dozens of proper nouns and the incoherent emotional pacing caused by the systemic lessons required to do anything well in one of these things.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Don’t really know what to do with the tension of a quiet Sunday evening’s desire to experience a new game colliding with dozens of proper nouns and the incoherent emotional pacing caused by the systemic lessons required to do anything well in one of these things.
RRR really lifting the nation’s spirits after Wicked: The Rise of Oz #LastFourWatched
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
RRR really lifting the nation’s spirits after Wicked: The Rise of Oz #LastFourWatched
Zoomers using the crescendo of Laura Palmer’s theme over vaguely tranquil imagery is good posting but I’m always like…do they know
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Zoomers using the crescendo of Laura Palmer’s theme over vaguely tranquil imagery is good posting but I’m always like…do they know
Dude still gets it
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Dude still gets it
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by which i mean like. souls games and monster hunter games are both rpgs made in japan that have evolved and experimented in unconventional ways and then people just start saying well they're not jrpgs anymore so its like ok this discussion is pointless then lol
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
by which i mean like. souls games and monster hunter games are both rpgs made in japan that have evolved and experimented in unconventional ways and then people just start saying well they're not jrpgs anymore so its like ok this discussion is pointless then lol
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idk man if I wanted positive reviews for my game I would simply not involve my production directly in openly morally objectionable shit
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
idk man if I wanted positive reviews for my game I would simply not involve my production directly in openly morally objectionable shit
30 year olds in Lumiose City
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
30 year olds in Lumiose City
At a baseline I want the TGAs to be better cause it would just be less embarrassing but I don’t think point 2. applies to a show that’s watched almost entirely by people who are there to inhale trailers and ads.
The Awards have about as much cultural cachet as they do screen time.
The Awards have about as much cultural cachet as they do screen time.
Two things can be true: 1.) The Game Awards are meaningless and we shouldn't take them all that seriously. 2.) Award shows of its scale DO rewrite the mainstream history of the art form, whether they deserve to or not, and its okay to care that it's so thoughtless despite having that responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
At a baseline I want the TGAs to be better cause it would just be less embarrassing but I don’t think point 2. applies to a show that’s watched almost entirely by people who are there to inhale trailers and ads.
The Awards have about as much cultural cachet as they do screen time.
The Awards have about as much cultural cachet as they do screen time.
Nobunaga's Tummy Ache
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nobunaga's Tummy Ache
Weird week but the Steven Universe movie had me tear up multiple times so cinema is back #LastFourWatched
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Weird week but the Steven Universe movie had me tear up multiple times so cinema is back #LastFourWatched
Every medium is fighting the same attention economy war but not every work is lowering the bar doing so. TikTok didn’t make them make a bad Metroid man.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every medium is fighting the same attention economy war but not every work is lowering the bar doing so. TikTok didn’t make them make a bad Metroid man.
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
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Over 200 employees at Rockstar North have sent letters to senior management, demanding that over 30 fired employees be reinstated.
Videogame workers unions will also hold new protests on 14 and 18 November outside of Take-Two offices in London, Paris, and Edinburgh.
Videogame workers unions will also hold new protests on 14 and 18 November outside of Take-Two offices in London, Paris, and Edinburgh.
Over 200 Rockstar Staff Send Letters to Management Condemning Layoffs
After protests and legal claims against Rockstar, employees at the developer have issued letters demanding laid off staff be reinstated.
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Over 200 employees at Rockstar North have sent letters to senior management, demanding that over 30 fired employees be reinstated.
Videogame workers unions will also hold new protests on 14 and 18 November outside of Take-Two offices in London, Paris, and Edinburgh.
Videogame workers unions will also hold new protests on 14 and 18 November outside of Take-Two offices in London, Paris, and Edinburgh.
Seizing the means of production with Pichu
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Seizing the means of production with Pichu
Asking my spider-man pilled boyfriend if this is real before reposting it is love.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Asking my spider-man pilled boyfriend if this is real before reposting it is love.
My cube is a machine that turns games into steam or something idk
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My cube is a machine that turns games into steam or something idk
Yesterday’s Australian games media discourse was about an essential part of our ethical duties but the gulf between the collective outrage on display and the realities of an industry that has spent the last six months too scared to cross Xbox PR is baffling.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Yesterday’s Australian games media discourse was about an essential part of our ethical duties but the gulf between the collective outrage on display and the realities of an industry that has spent the last six months too scared to cross Xbox PR is baffling.
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Or to put it another way, if scored video game reviews only ever illuminate the inadequacy of scores when they foreground a progressive ideology, that would describe an inherent conservative bias in reviewing.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Or to put it another way, if scored video game reviews only ever illuminate the inadequacy of scores when they foreground a progressive ideology, that would describe an inherent conservative bias in reviewing.