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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 4h

damn, this game sounds like the sickest shit ever, what a shame!

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 7h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 9h

one of my last videos at Polygon involved @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social talking wistfully about how awesome every part of NYC is (yes, even Times Square) but SPECIFICALLY how much Astoria rules, so this is a great match

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 11h

can't imagine a better teacher for this than @thejenna.bsky.social !

Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 7d

happy SPOOKY SEASON, folks!

I'm teaching a virtual class on FOLK HORROR (and how to better understand themes in movies), and there are 10 spots left!

You'll get access to all the required movies.
Subscribers to my patreon or twitch get a 15% discount code!
www.newberry.org/calendar/fol...

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 13h

tumblr post by barackinaroundthechristmastree which reads:
please. stop praying for my grandpa!!!! you are making him too strong. he broke out of the hosptial and the cops cant get him. he's too powerful

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 13h

this movie has a running gag where people keep throwing *three* random objects at Hubie while he's riding his bike. the objects get progressively larger and stranger, and it's always *three* things. tbh, it's a really good gag.

bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 1d

its october seventh and you know what that means: happy fifth birthday hubie halloween

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 1d

Super fun episode of Temporal Culture War went up today, going over the summer of 2002, with special guest Joshua Rivera!

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Dropped in on Temporal Culture War with @claytonashley.bsky.social and @mattielubchansky.com to talk about fall 2002, misremember how many American idol winners have careers, and complain about an awful episode of Enterprise. This was fun!

rss.com/podcasts/tem...

Take My Sky, Please! with Joshua Rivera | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

We did it! We made it to season two, where things are, well, not so good still. We've got a loooot of culture to cover between the seasons of the show, so we're joined by pop culture writer extraordin...

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Dropped in on Temporal Culture War with @claytonashley.bsky.social and @mattielubchansky.com to talk about fall 2002, misremember how many American idol winners have careers, and complain about an awful episode of Enterprise. This was fun!

rss.com/podcasts/tem...

Take My Sky, Please! with Joshua Rivera | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

We did it! We made it to season two, where things are, well, not so good still. We've got a loooot of culture to cover between the seasons of the show, so we're joined by pop culture writer extraordin...

rss.com

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 2d

great guests too! the episode with @nikigrayson.com is one of the funniest podcasts i've ever listened to! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMB4...

Michaels with Niki Grayson | STORES episode 15

YouTube video by STORES

www.youtube.com

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 2d

STORES is both hilarious and, genuinely, will make you think a little differently about walking through a store.

Pat @pizzasuplex.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to hear ~me~ on podcasts, the best way to do that is to subscribe to the STORES patreon cuz I'm on the weekly bonus eps pretty often.

patreon.com/storesthepod...

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 5d

"I’ve been wrestling with this truth that I have far more negative to say about Silksong than positive, but that great art isn’t measured in points."

Just over a month after its release, @rygilliam.bsky.social grapples with Silksong in our review.

www.rogue.site/editorials/h...

Hollow Knight: Silksong doesn't need to be perfect to be one of the best games of the year

The measure of a great game isn't about the inability to say negative things about it

www.rogue.site

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

Text from the article linked in the previous post. “Folks were clowning on the IMAX poster just being of a road instead of the cliche floating head poster. After seeing the film, they're 100 percent justified in doing so. I've never been more stressed at a camera pointed at a road in my life.”

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

good stuff here, puts a lot of my thoughts into words

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 6d

One Battle After Another is an instant classic that digs into the complicated parts of revolution and plays fast and loose with its politics. aftermath.site/one-battle-aft...

Teyana Taylor shooting a machine gun while pregnant in One Battle After Another. She wears plaid, boots, cargo pants, and a beanie and is in a field with sparse vegetation.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 8d

New Pat's Labor! After two episodes we thought we were getting a handle on what Patlabor was all about and then we swerved right into a noir Kaiju story! www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...

Pat's Labor Episode 03: The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap

Men will literally hyper-evolve a life form instead of going to therapy.

www.rogue.site

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 9d

Easy sales recommendation. A team of AAA veterans (including Bioware & Ubisoft) do a smart, mechanically complex fusion of Shadow of The Colossus, Tears of the Kingdom and a little bit of extraction shooter?

It's exceptionally polished. This team could go a long way!

Absolutely worth the price.

Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social · 9d

It's another Steam sale, which means it's time for 65% off our debut game, Eternal Strands! That's SO MANY PERCENTS!

store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...

Save 65% on Eternal Strands on Steam

A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.

store.steampowered.com

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 9d

This week only! In celebration of our brand-new annual report, which shows everything looking 🚀up and up🚀 in the world of Hell Gate, we are 🔪slashing🔪 the prices on our annual subs. 34% off! Our biggest sale ever! Did we mention it’s THIS WEEK ONLY! hellgatenyc.com/membership/

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10d

I know a lot of people won’t click through to read about “med beds” so here’s the crucial quote to explain how fucking crazy this is.

Trump just posted an AI video of himself promising every American access to this.

An increasingly popular conspiracy theory falsely centers around the existence of "med beds" a fabled medical instrument that does everything from reversing aging to regrowing missing limbs.
The theory has grown in popularity among followers of far-right movements like QAnon, some of whom claim to be urgently awaiting a med bed to treat severe health conditions.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 11d

I have to admit that while I hate the whole “team of rival’s bipartisanship” thing, I kinda hope Zohran appoints Eric Adams the rat czar or something. It seems like he’s really into it.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 11d

why does this make trash cans and dumpsters the empire and the rats the rebellion.

daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 12d

this is a real video eric adams posted today.. not sure he remembers he's running for mayor or what at this point

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 12d

One Battle After Another is a great film for lunatics, haters, and dirty punks [complimentary]

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 14d

Here it is, my last piece for @eater.bsky.social: my treatise on the last 20 years of food culture, and how food turned into fandom. I really hope you read it. www.eater.com/food-culture...

Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie

How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.

www.eater.com

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 12d

Pro tip from @mattielubchansky.com is that theme song is so much better at 1.5x speed... it might even be considered... a "bop"

(also the original version is way better than jimmy buffet sounding version they started using in season 3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddJ...

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 13d

i rewatched The Abyss last night and it's so frustrating how good James Cameron is at making "big" movies with huge stakes and timeless SFX sequences that still have fundamentally "human" relationships tying everything together narratively... and now he's hyping AI in Hollywood SFX? c'mon

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 13d

that’s my boy jakesulley

youtu.be/Ma1x7ikpid8?...

Avatar: Fire and Ash | New Trailer

YouTube video by Avatar

youtu.be

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 13d

i almost resent how much James "AI is good now" Cameron has made me excited for this franchise

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 14d

also rad for Zohran to shout out Astoria Food Pantry! www.astoriafoodpantry.com

ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY

Information about Astoria Food Pantry in Astoria, Queens, NY. We are a mutual aid group and provide food, clothes, books, diapers and more, as well as community events and a space where artists and or...

www.astoriafoodpantry.com

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