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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · Oct 20

Since a lot of you seem new/not from bird app (hi) - other places to find me:

Cool game history docs/retrospectives youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt
Cool podcast with other cool creators @crub.org
Cool pretending to have a schedule twitch.tv/TheGoldenBolt

He only gets the ball if you follow all of these

dog staring at ball, he only gets the ball if you follow

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 15h

NEW VIDEO 🎉 The Lost Ratchet & Clank Game Has Been Found www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZx2...

19 years after its quiet cancellation, and after 6 years of redoubled community effort, Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home is real.

Share or else we'll re-cancel it.

The Lost Ratchet & Clank Game Has Been Found

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 1d

(I say that because I don't think I'm in the "we" in "we found it," but I had to squeeze into the character limit! I helped here and there, but those folks deserve the glory.)

The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 1d

There were folks that had been looking for ANY threads at all long before I realized the dev studio switch in my old GM vid - they deserve (and in the vid, receive) WAY more of the credit than I do, for sticking with it and continuing to push for it more than I was capable of over the years.

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 1d

All our ducks are in a row, so I get to be the lucky one to break the news:

We found the lost R&C game. The final surviving copy was exactly where I predicted it'd be 6 years ago(!), & several folks followed that lead to come together, dump, unencrypt, and safely archive it.

Full vid tomorrow!

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 1d

Until they sell this mp4 on Switch for $3 like they did with those Pikmin videos on 3DS/Wii U, Nintendo isn't back.

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 2d

Nintendo has released "Close to You", a mysterious animated short starring a baby and their seemingly sentient pacifier. gameinformer.com/2025/10/07/n...

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The Charity Room @thecharityroom.com · 5d

#MarioHearties is LIVE!

@thattravguy.bsky.social vs. @creepyelliot.bsky.social vs. @digimanda.bsky.social vs. @gamesenlisted.bsky.social in Mario Party 3!

Raising money for @americanheart.bsky.social!

tiltify.com/@thecharityr...

twitch.tv/thecharityroom

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 5d

I usually avoid vague teases, but today's vid got pushed back an extra day bc NEXT week's vid subject completely blindsided me, had to toss my whole game plan to prioritize this.

Just waiting on email responses & some other admin stuff, before we say. It's been 20 years, what's another ~6 days? 🔧🔩

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PaperKlay - Out Now! @paperklay.bsky.social · 5d

⭐️Ready for a charming adventure this weekend?

Open, unfold, and rotate your way through a paper and cardboard world. Meet a charming cast of craftspeople across different worlds!

Perfect for a laid back weekend! 🖥️

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 5d

The original XFL's Memphis Maniax team logo looks like a mid-2000s Guitar Hero dev's logo

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Crub @crub.org · 6d

Hello are any of your friends depraved, terrible, horribly violent people

Asking for a friend

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 7d

these two are fundamentally the same character

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 7d

these two are fundamentally the same character

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The Charity Room @thecharityroom.com · 11d

5 boards.
16 players.
1 event.

The Charity Room presents #MarioHearties raising money for @americanheart.bsky.social on Saturday October 4th @ 12pm EST.

Stay tuned for more info!

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 12d

me when I play basketball

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 14d

My conspiracy theory is that somebody at @insomniac.games was so annoyed with the dumb Spider-Man puddlegate "controversy," that they pitched a whole-ass Wolverine game JUST to work on some dynamic blood-splatter VFX tech and put it everywhere.

Nobody correct me.

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 14d

If this Dynasty Warriors remaster doesn't have the horrible English voice acting, what are even we doing here

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 15d

why did they turn Rikiya into Jonathan Blow

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 15d

This might still be for my money the funniest game Nintendo's ever made.

Rusty's wife left him, he can't afford to feed his ten children, and he keeps guilting you for not giving him enough REAL HUMAN CURRENCY for his knockoff Nontendo 4DS games.

And they said "It's about good feelings"

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 16d

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 16d

Swerve is pro-Astro Bot, that's my goat

The Realest Swerve Strickland @swerveconfident.bsky.social · 16d

Next move critical ♟️
#ascending

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 21d

Especially if you haven't played Yakuza before, watch this video so we can spoil several of the games in detail while talking about what Like a Dragon 9 (the 12th game necessary to understand the story) should improve on

Crub @crub.org · 21d

Since @sega-west.bsky.social hasn't posted about the RGG Direct next week, we're going to let know that it's happening AND tell you what you should expect from it.

We're right.

youtu.be/EQUSwceDK88

RGG Direct Predictions & What We Want From Yakuza 9

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Crub @crub.org · 21d

Since @sega-west.bsky.social hasn't posted about the RGG Direct next week, we're going to let know that it's happening AND tell you what you should expect from it.

We're right.

youtu.be/EQUSwceDK88

RGG Direct Predictions & What We Want From Yakuza 9

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Chris @mykonosfan.com · 21d

Coming out of my Yakuza Content Coma to speculate on the RGG Direct next week. Also reflected a bit on some shortcomings I had with Infinite Wealth. I'd like to see the studio tackle some of that in the next main entry.

Was joined by @thegoldenbolt.net for his insight as well

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RGG Direct Predictions & What We Want From Yakuza 9

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