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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 6h

that almost is a loud one

James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 6h

There’s a pervasive clumsiness to Silent Hill f that I can’t quite place between enthusiastic and woefully misguided, the exact wrong place to land when dealing with the subject matter it chooses to pursue.

Read: www.well-played.com.au/silent-hill-...

It is a fundamentally incorrect read on the part of the game, reeking of a design doc that wants the accolades of adult storytelling without sacrificing the adolescent impulse to have every girl imagined also be equipped with a perfect dodge. Silent Hill f’s closest comparison point being Zach Snyder’s Suckerpunch should have given someone, somewhere pause.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 7h

I think Silent Hill f is the kind of narrative we desperately need in video games.

I think Silent Hill f is also not a very good video game.

Read me spiral about that dissonance!

WellPlayed @wellplayed.bsky.social · 7h

REVIEW // Silent Hill f

Silent Hill f is the step forward Silent Hill needs; it’s a shame it was onto such unstable ground

Read: www.well-played.com.au/silent-hill-...

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 15h

“Our game is doing well but press aren’t promoting it so I guess those press are ghouls complicit in studio closures” is definitely a take on the situation at hand.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 20h

Hell yeah, brother

James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 23h

That would have been nice!

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 23h

You won’t find me at PAX this year

Nicole Kidman walking in the sun and looking absolutely unstoppable. Green three quarter pants, see through floral blouse over a pink bra. She looks as if she’s experiencing fresh air for the first time in years

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 1d

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

I was livid when I realised how good it felt to hit protein macros.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

What did I mean by this

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