Phil Hornshaw
@philhornshaw.com
Freelance games journalist and consultant, former game assessment analyst at NetEase. Bylines all over but mostly @GameSpot. My books THE TIME TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO TIME TRAVEL and THE SPACE HERO'S GUIDE TO GLORY are hilarious. https://www.philhornshaw.com
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Boomers who spent decades complaining that everyone getting a trophy makes kids soft: I think this is great.
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Boomers who spent decades complaining that everyone getting a trophy makes kids soft: I think this is great.
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Got to check out the new Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora DLC, which tells a new story by setting the whole world on fire. www.gamespot.com/articles/ava...
Avatar DLC Hands-On: How The New Movie Sets Frontiers Of Pandora's World Aflame
Massive Entertainment expands its take of Pandora with a new story that transforms the world and adds some cool new elements to an already solid game.
www.gamespot.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Got to check out the new Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora DLC, which tells a new story by setting the whole world on fire. www.gamespot.com/articles/ava...
Something that doesn't get said enough is that Republicans hate America.
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Something that doesn't get said enough is that Republicans hate America.
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HBO Max putting out a remastered version of this post where you can see the friends
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
HBO Max putting out a remastered version of this post where you can see the friends
Once again reminded that Blue Prince is my favorite game of the year and it's not close.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Once again reminded that Blue Prince is my favorite game of the year and it's not close.
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It’s fun to say “I saw yoda get hit by a car.” relaxing. the cellar door of sentences
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It’s fun to say “I saw yoda get hit by a car.” relaxing. the cellar door of sentences
I know I always say this, but Vagrant Story is an absolute masterpiece with a poorly explained crafting and weapons system and a UI that's kind of a nightmare.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I know I always say this, but Vagrant Story is an absolute masterpiece with a poorly explained crafting and weapons system and a UI that's kind of a nightmare.
Can I please never hear from or about James Carville again
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Can I please never hear from or about James Carville again
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Trick question, all video game knowledge is equally useless
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trick question, all video game knowledge is equally useless
Who is desperate to make these people look like humans?
There are a lot of different versions circulating. They're all AI generated.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Who is desperate to make these people look like humans?
Hell, I treat most YouTube videos like podcasts.
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Hell, I treat most YouTube videos like podcasts.
Lol if you're still on Twitter what are you doing
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Lol if you're still on Twitter what are you doing
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Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
There's at least one important FF7 game that was made for flip phones or some shit
NieR 3, a direct and immediate sequel to Automata, is a mobile gacha game that was taken offline and is totally unplayable today.
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
There's at least one important FF7 game that was made for flip phones or some shit
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Trump meeting is even funnier when you picture JD Vance getting redder and redder as he watches
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump meeting is even funnier when you picture JD Vance getting redder and redder as he watches
Didn't even have to bring him a gold bar
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Didn't even have to bring him a gold bar
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Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
Not sure if Mamdani is a generational talent or if we're just so used to people absolutely sucking ass at politics that we're getting our minds blown by someone who's actually good at it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Not sure if Mamdani is a generational talent or if we're just so used to people absolutely sucking ass at politics that we're getting our minds blown by someone who's actually good at it.
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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Whoops, The Onion has accidentally torn apart the Detroit Lions fanbase.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Whoops, The Onion has accidentally torn apart the Detroit Lions fanbase.
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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*looks directly at camera*
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
*looks directly at camera*
My t-shirt has people asking questions etc etc
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My t-shirt has people asking questions etc etc