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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 2h

This would've made 12 y/o me shit my jorts

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 4h

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (working title) announced (Summer 2026 - from Gameplay Group International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmBG...

store.steampowered.com/app/2424420/...

-12 players at launch
-Single player campaign
-"Best in Class Net Code and Cross Play"

PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 19h

The ingenuity of people who refuse to abandon a long-defunct game may be my favorite phenomenon on earth

Toontown: The Grindworks @toontowngrindworks.com · 1d

Attention Toons! The Masters of Mischief update is now available! Head on over to the download page to begin playing today!

www.toontowngrindworks.com

Toontown: The Grindworks by Evan

A Toontown Roguelike

www.toontowngrindworks.com

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 21h

Yooka-Replaylee is a substantial step up. I don't know if it's as good as Impossible Lair, but it finds all the fun the original dropped the ball on with its jankier aspects. No stamina loss when rolling alone makes the game twice as enjoyable.

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about Bubsy for a major videogame journalism outlet, so there goes the first and last item on my bucket list

www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

I tried the Bubsy 4D demo, and it spits on the series legacy by actually being pretty good

The washed-up platforming mascot is back. Again.

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 1d

Absolum has some of Mick Gordon's sexiest music

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 9d

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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 9d

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 9d

Hatsune Miku did not grind in this industry for 20 years so you could act like a genAI “actor” is jack shit in this house

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 11d

First impression is super strong. Feels like Shredder's Revenge took the training weights off

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 11d

MARVEL Cosmic Invasion demo is up on Steam buff.ly/ti1YN87

Trailer buff.ly/CnJ3FuX

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 13d

Between Shredders and Session Skate Sim for my Steam sale get… decisions decisions

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 13d

The addition of a shit-for-brains zoner has piqued my interest in 2XKO. Even better that it’s Teemo

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote 12 stories for PCGS this time (yowza!) but the newest preview for Awaysis hit me right in my soul. Brings me back to the co-optional days of Trine and Magicka, though it's very much its own thing. Super psyched to see how it turns out!

I'm convinced dungeon crawlers have always needed skiing physics after Awaysis' newest trailer

Somewhere between classic Zelda and Human Fall Flat, you'll find self-billed "dungeon brawler" Awaysis.

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 14d

No I haven’t played X current-year game that looks amazing. I have not finished DW: Origins yet. I am trying to finish Dreamcast games I started in 2022. I’m installing mods I will play exactly once. I need to get out of Arcanist V in Deadlock. I will start Baby Steps in 2085 and finish it in hell

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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 16d

We are so lucky to be working with great partners on the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct. Check out some of them below. See you on Sunday!

#PCGamingShow

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 17d

No need to dogpile I guess but game remakes and remasters need to be held to higher standard when it comes to lighting and color choices if we’re gonna keep doing this. MGS3 remake and this Deus Ex thing are just bar-settingly abysmal in that regard

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 22d

Play Soulbound, it's utterly fantastic! Even if you're an anti-Sigmar guy, it's such a good system for high-powered fantasy campaigns with narrative goals on a huge scale

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 22d

Humble Book Bundle: Warhammer RPG Starter Bundle buff.ly/0ajMoLQ #ad

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 22d

I have noticed a lot of the RTS I gravitate toward (Dawn of War, BFME2, Empire At War, Total Warhammer etc.) are licensed. It’s funny to imagine someone in 2025 being like “I need to market my movie. I think I’ll have someone make a real-time strategy game for the personal computer”

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 22d

"One Limp Bizkit song is a bold, colorful choice. Two Limp Bizkit songs is wild. Volatile. But three? Have you not already slaked your thirst, and then some, for the hot dog flavored water?"

However many nu metal songs you think are in Battlefield 6, I promise you there are more

A premature peek at the game's credits reveals someone at Battlefield Studios is jonesing for a fix of that Limp Bizkit mix.

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 23d

And if you see this and think, 'it's crazy to make a pass like that with a lead and no rerolls,' consider that I would have been declared a coward if I didn't make the pass and therefore had no choice in the matter

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 23d

Ok

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Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 24d

I love when a comment on an article is something like 'I don't play this game and don't plan to.' Same vibe as a yelp review on a restaurant that just reads 'I didn't eat here. Gootbye'

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 24d

Desmond segments in AC are the sacred price paid for the fun parts. They are the Boo levels from SMW for the modern parkour platformer. They are the pickle with your to-go sandwich and has become lukewarm after 30m wrapped up under a heat lamp. Throw out that pickle and your dignity goes with it

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 25d

Throwing it out there on this platform: I am always looking for work!

If you need someone to write about video games, edit copy, etc., I will do that with exhausting enthusiasm! Please shout at me: [email protected]. This guy will become the guy you know when you say you know a guy.

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 25d

"Trying this thing where I quote myself" - Man who gets paid to run his mouth, for whom enough will never be enough

Justin W @uhhjustinwagner.bsky.social · 25d

"It's a lot of action and energy for largely methodical, unhurried stealth games ... Ironside's performance had a venerable, benign sensibility to it; Liev Schreiber's performance sounds good, but it also sounds a lot more like the archetypal movie spy."

The new Splinter Cell: Deathwatch trailer is action-packed, but there's a Michael Ironside-shaped hole

Hey, at least the goggles make the sound.

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