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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, I agree Mario should be punished! André Breton was so right about him, it's not even funny.

Also, my Super Mario Zodiac is Birdo (with a Luigi rising). This explains everything about me.

Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 2d

Mario fought his way to forty, so we fixed a fancy fête. Enjoy the Super Mario Zodiac, new directions in Mario Studies, crying over fake Yoshi, and, of course, André Breton.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/sup...

Super Midlife Brothers: Thoughts on Mario at Forty — Gamers with Glasses

It’s-a Mario’s birthday! Sort of. So here’s a Mario bonanza from your friends at Gamers with Glasses, which in typical fashion includes a scientific* study on Mario and the zodiac, elegiac expressions...

www.gamerswithglasses.com

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 9h

Many Nights a Whisper

deconstructeam.itch.io/many-nights-...

Many Nights a Whisper by Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour

A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations.

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 14h

In the '90s Ken Griffey Jr. was as much of a Nintendo icon as Kirby, Link or Samus. As the Seattle Mariners play deep into the baseball playoffs, we look at the team's long history with Nintendo. www.endlessmode.com/article/nint...

Nintendo's Baseball History: Why Ken Griffey Jr. and the Seattle Mariners Should Be Honorary Smash Bros.

As the Seattle Mariners continue their playoff run, we look at the team's long relationship with Nintendo, and the video games it inspired.

www.endlessmode.com

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 11h

For @unwinnable.com I explored Anime NYC with the one and only @mattalt.bsky.social.

"Anime is another form of drag for the human race... Binaries break down."

Staring at Japan’s “Fantasy Industrial Complex” at Anime NYC 2025 with Matt Alt - Unwinnable

“Anime is another form of drag for the human race.”

unwinnable.com

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to @aguaspoints.bsky.social for this profile from the floor of AnimeNYC in August: unwinnable.com/2025/10/02/s...

Staring at Japan’s “Fantasy Industrial Complex” at Anime NYC 2025 with Matt Alt - Unwinnable

“Anime is another form of drag for the human race.”

unwinnable.com

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 5d

ICYMI: "Anime is another form of drag for the human race."

@aguaspoints.bsky.social talks with Matt Alt at Anime NYC and soaks in the vibes:

Staring at Japan’s “Fantasy Industrial Complex” at Anime NYC 2025 with Matt Alt - Unwinnable

“Anime is another form of drag for the human race.”

unwinnable.com

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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 2d

Featuring @aetataureate.bsky.social: "In a volunteer survey, we found almost no significant correlation between the zodiac sign and the favorite Mario items of respondents."
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/sup...

Super Midlife Brothers: Thoughts on Mario at Forty — Gamers with Glasses

It’s-a Mario’s birthday! Sort of. So here’s a Mario bonanza from your friends at Gamers with Glasses, which in typical fashion includes a scientific* study on Mario and the zodiac, elegiac expressions...

www.gamerswithglasses.com

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 10d

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Gamers with Glasses @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social · 11d

We've got it all, they've got it all, on BLIPPO+. See what YACHT, @telefantasytv.bsky.social, @panic.com, and more have been up to just a ways away in spacetime. New contributor @patfio.bsky.social has the review!

BLIPPO+ Asks If You Want to Get Bent — Gamers with Glasses

It’s time to tune in, turn on, and.. blipp out? Patrick Fiorilli explores the channels of BLIPPO+ and its blend of the televisual and interactive. It’s hypermediated, unabashedly queer, and remediates...

www.gamerswithglasses.com

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 11d

Welcome @patfio.bsky.social to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social. Awesome review of @blippo.plus! 🔥

www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/blip...

BLIPPO+ Asks If You Want to Get Bent — Gamers with Glasses

It’s time to tune in, turn on, and.. blipp out? Patrick Fiorilli explores the channels of BLIPPO+ and its blend of the televisual and interactive. It’s hypermediated, unabashedly queer, and remediates...

www.gamerswithglasses.com

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 11d

Welcome @patfio.bsky.social to @gamerswithglasses.bsky.social. Awesome review of @blippo.plus! 🔥

www.gamerswithglasses.com/reviews/blip...

BLIPPO+ Asks If You Want to Get Bent — Gamers with Glasses

It’s time to tune in, turn on, and.. blipp out? Patrick Fiorilli explores the channels of BLIPPO+ and its blend of the televisual and interactive. It’s hypermediated, unabashedly queer, and remediates...

www.gamerswithglasses.com

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 13d

this one is for fans of the franchise:
youtu.be/WwEMO1SKFZQ?...

Every Video Game Review in 2025 Has This Problem

YouTube video by Critical Error

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 13d

This isn't a review of Silksong, since I physically can't play. Instead, this is a reflection of the Metroidvania genre, particularly exploring Silksong's failures and minor successes. Read my latest Access Designed on @ign.com here:

www.ign.com/articles/hol...

Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers - IGN

There are overarching accessibility problems in the Metroidvania genre, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is just perpetuating and reinforcing inaccessible barriers.

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

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Un videogioco per attendere la fine del mondo (e altri nuovi titoli)

Tra decluttering, scalate e catabasi, ecco 5 nuovi titoli per gli appassionati del mondo videoludico

www.artribune.com

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M Lupetti @mlupetti.upandpunch.red · 13d

In my monthly review column on Italian art magazine @artribune.bsky.social: @artis-impact.bsky.social, Benjamin Pilbrow's Clean Break, @fakefrogsonly.bsky.social, @rlnbrl.com &
@stuffedwomb.at's FALLSTRUKTUR, @okomotive.ch & @panic.com's Herdling and @cathroon.itch.io's _ΩMEGA_POINT.

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 14d

a cartoon of a woman and a devil with the word do it in red

ALT: a cartoon of a woman and a devil with the word do it in red

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 14d

This got dropped a day early and is out now FYI!!!

Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 14d

What I adore about Consume Me, one of the year’s best, is that it always fights the urge to make life more dramatic than it is. A girlhood coming of age story that lets its hero go with the flow instead of reducing her to a rock bottom cautionary tale. My review. www.polygon.com/consume-me-r...

Coming-of-age horrors cut deep in Consume Me

The Seamus McNally Grand Prize winner takes on dieting culture by way of WarioWare

www.polygon.com

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Revista LOOP 🙏 vkm.is/loop5 @revistaloop.bsky.social · 14d

Loading… #LOOPAño5

🔗 vkm.is/loop5

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 15d

We reached the 100 new subscribers we needed to unlock a Final Fantasy and politics issue for you folks! We'll start production soon with the goal of publishing it in early 2026.

Thank you SO much for all of your help with this drive! We couldn't have done it without you.

The Final Fantasy VII title imposed over a screenshot of Midgar, except the meteor is an Unwinnable W

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Phoenix @phoenixsimms.bsky.social · 16d

I really enjoyed this conversation with @alienmelon.bsky.social and look forward to following this up with what I’ve learned from them.

The Imaginary Engine Review @tier-review.com · 16d

We interviewed @alienmelon.bsky.social and discussed text games, Interactive Fiction, social media, tech fascism, and lots more.

A Conversation with Nathalie Lawhead

Nathalie Lawhead joined us on Zoom to talk about their work, interactive fiction, internet subcultures, social media and lots more.

www.tier-review.com

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 16d

Step into a new identity. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @daytenrose.bsky.social on butterflies in games, @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social on Disco Elysium and the trans experience, and our regulars on the topics on their minds.

Buy: buff.ly/7V3prT1

Subscribe: buff.ly/UexEQz3

The cover of the September 2025 issue of Unwinnable Monthly, which features art of Harrier Du Bois from Disco Elysium in a bathtub. Text at the bottom reads "Disco Elysium."

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 16d

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 16d

Awesome!

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Luis Aguasvivas 🔜 TGS @aguaspoints.bsky.social · 16d

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite video game publication @tier-review.com and one of my favorite game developers @alienmelon.bsky.social in one article!!!!!!!!!

The Imaginary Engine Review @tier-review.com · 16d

We interviewed @alienmelon.bsky.social and discussed text games, Interactive Fiction, social media, tech fascism, and lots more.

A Conversation with Nathalie Lawhead

Nathalie Lawhead joined us on Zoom to talk about their work, interactive fiction, internet subcultures, social media and lots more.

www.tier-review.com

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Lewis Gordon @lewisgordon.bsky.social · 16d

reviewed Silent Hill F, whose tilt towards action is fundamental to depicting Hinako's eruption of rage.

she is a bonafide star in this stellar, sinister, but not especially scary return for the venerable horror series. words over @theverge.com

www.theverge.com/games/782012...

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