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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3h

Playing Arc Raiders for review - if anyone wants to test out teaming up with comms, give me a shout!

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Malindy(looking for work) @yourkyotowife.bsky.social · 7d

Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:

Wax Heads by Pattatue Games, coming 2026. I'm a writer on this game! The image shows a character, Tee, wearing a pink longsleeve and holding a vinyl she just pulled from its purple slipcase, about to putvit onto a record player. Tee has aqua hair with lime green bangs, she's wearing glasses and headphones around her neck. In the background, a man is looking through a vinyl rack.

Oddsparks, released this year, nominated for the Deutsche Entwicklerpreis. I wrote on this game, too! The image shows your character, wearing a red cloak with yellow accents and holding a wooden staff. Under their arm, they're holding a wood spark, a tiny creature that looks like a tree stump with googly eyes. They're lookingvdown onto an assembly line from their vantage point on a cliff.

Mars Vice, a queer visual novel. The image shows a woman of colour in an olive turtleneck holdingba to go coffee cup. She's quishrd between several anthropomorphic animals. She's looking grumpily up at her partner, a male lion.

Mythwrecked! I'm it's lead writer. The image shows Alex, a woman if colour with a poofy bun of natural hair, shorts and a tankntop, in front of several other characters.

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 2d

COME ONNN

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 2d

I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d

For @ign.com: An inside look at how Sony secured GTA as a PS2 exclusive and how it helped the console 'win' that generation.

With new details on the exclusivity deal, how Sony nearly missed out on exclusivity in the US, and how Xbox could've derailed it.

www.ign.com/articles/how...

‘They Complained, Then Left With the Best Exclusivity Deal of All Time’ – The Story of PS2’s Blockbuster GTA Deal - IGN

Inside the lucrative West Hollywood meeting where Sony secured Grand Theft Auto as a PS2 timed-exclusive.

www.ign.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers!

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Gary!

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 3d

I dug up the predecessor to Battlefield, judged by Gamespot reviewer Erik Wolpaw to be "really goofy" and "enthusiastically mediocre". www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...

Battlefield had a messy predecessor, Codename Eagle, that predates even DICE’s involvement in the series

The millennium-era reviews make for funny and illuminating reading.

www.pcgamer.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Samuel!

Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 3d

For @ign.com: An inside look at how Sony secured GTA as a PS2 exclusive and how it helped the console 'win' that generation.

With new details on the exclusivity deal, how Sony nearly missed out on exclusivity in the US, and how Xbox could've derailed it.

www.ign.com/articles/how...

‘They Complained, Then Left With the Best Exclusivity Deal of All Time’ – The Story of PS2’s Blockbuster GTA Deal - IGN

Inside the lucrative West Hollywood meeting where Sony secured Grand Theft Auto as a PS2 timed-exclusive.

www.ign.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 5d

Gotya. Let's go Jays!

Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · 5d

@blakemurphy.bsky.social is the Davis Schneider start a surprise for you? I know JS likes him against LHP... but he's only OPSing 708 against lefties this year, only a smidge over Lukes, who offers better defence and is playing very well

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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social · 5d

In which I come clean about the degree to which a hi-fi system might be serving as a fun alternative to therapy. remapradio.com/articles/the...

The Home Theater of the Mind

Yearning for the simple life. A life of speaker wire, 50-pound amplifiers, and absolutely no need for therapy.

remapradio.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Sep 16

Congrats Graham!

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Alex Spencer-Dale @alexspencerdale.bsky.social · Sep 4

And while I'm making my (glorious?) return to social media...

oh hey, I'm writing this, it should be pretty cool.

Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com · Aug 18

ALAN WAKE X @lostincult.co.uk

Documenting the creation and evolution of the Alan Wake series, told by those who made fiction into reality.

Dive in deep to Alan Wake: Design Works, presented by Remedy and Lost in Cult.

Pre-order now: www.lostincult.co.uk/alanwake

Alan Wake. Pre-order exclusive Deluxe Edition. The ultimate tribute to the entire legendary series. Includes the full Return manuscript, available in print for the first time. First 500 orders include signature card hand-signed by Sam Lake, Kyle Rowley and Janne Pulkkinen. Campaign ends October 17th 2025. Order now: lostincult.co.uk

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Malindy(looking for work) @yourkyotowife.bsky.social · Aug 22

For the Guardian, I spoke to Speculative Agency about All Will Rise, a card game about environmenral activism that hopes to show that community will win out. Thanks again for having me, @meghna.bsky.social 😗
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

All Will Rise, the game empowering players to tackle real-world problems

With its rousing card game about activism, indie studio Speculative Agency hopes to inspire players to engage with issues such as pollution and the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you haven't read Jason's latest on AI yet, it's well worth making the time. Made me flit between despair and hope several times

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jul 14

Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms:

www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

www.404media.co

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · Jul 13

I spent a couple of months putting this feature together, with exclusive interviews from MachineGames and other Wolfenstein veterans. I like to think a reader would come out of it understanding the games industry a little better.

ON games journal @ongamesjournal.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Before there was 3D, there was Wolfenstein. on.games

‪@jeremypeel.bsky.social‬ dives deep into the history of videogames via Wolfenstein. Old-school never looked this good.

#Wolfenstein #gamesmagazine"

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jul 12

Cheers Caspar!

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jul 12

I'm still very keen to speak to people with insight into the FIFA vs PES rivalry - I'm writing a longform piece for an independent outlet. DMs open, or I'm [email protected]

Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jun 22

I'm reporting a story for an independent outlet about the rivalry between FIFA and Pro Evo Soccer in 2000s/10s - do you know devs who worked on those series or who would have an insight about football/soccer games in that period? Please send them my way, DM or [email protected]. Shares appreciated!

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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · Jul 4

Statement made: #BlueJays sweep Yankees to take over 1st place in the AL East

Story:

www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...

4-game sweep of Yanks finds Blue Jays alone in 1st this late for first time since '16

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays have swept the Yankees with a four-game masterpiece and taken over first place in the American League East. These are words you wouldn’t have believed three months ago. But th...

www.mlb.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jul 4

One of the sweetest series in the past decade, surely. And all without some key players

Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jun 27

For GQ, I spoke to some of the world's best Mario Kart players (including Alberto, arguably the GOAT) about the wild, painful, joyous race for world records after release day.

Been a real joy getting to know this community, would love to report on them more!

www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mari...

Inside the wild, “painful” race for world records in Mario Kart World

While most Mario Kart World players goof around as a cartoon Cow, a handful of elite drivers are locked in a viral race for the fastest track times. Eat your heart out, Lando Norris…

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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Matthew Reynolds @mattreyn.games · Jun 24

Had a quiet spell last week, so decided to brush up on my video editing skills and put together a 51 minute (!) video on all question mark panel locations in Mario Kart World.

I'm planning to make more YouTube videos between paid work, so any subs, likes, and general support would be welcome!

All 150 '?' Question Mark Panel locations in Mario Kart World

YouTube video by Matthew Reynolds

www.youtube.com

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Samuel Horti @samuelhorti.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks again to @sporkyreeve.bsky.social for the commission, and thrilled to see this leading GameSpot's homepage right now! Grateful to have the opportunity to do it.

And would highly recommend revisiting Her Story, even if you remember what happens. Such a tightly written, wonderfully acted game.

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