Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
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Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
@fortninety.bsky.social
journalist / curator / archivist / librarian

has been called “the Harvey Pekar of video games”
& "the MTA's one true nemesis"

also runs @attractmode.bsky.social
married to @mangalibrarian.bsky.social

for more info: linktr.ee/fortninety
... But it IS a secret to most folks, and many are either incentivized or simply self motivated to obscure the truth (BTW there are MANY like artists & associated narratives), so I presume the OP was pressured to delete their posts

Guess some on Bluesky are just as adverse to facts as on Twitter
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For those who missed it, I had both retweeted & quote tweeted someone who stated how they previously worked with Keita Takahashi & had to be the bearer of bad news: like all too many mad creative geniuses, was also a super toxic individual

Again, this is not exactly a secret in certain circles...
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reposted by Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
go fuck yourself
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
here's the profoundly misbegotten article
Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it
A father, daughter and twin sons are all ICE agents. They see themselves as crime fighters. Others see them as something far worse.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
If you've got a 4K player and prioritize the viewing experience that much, you can probably afford the discs that go into it.
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Reposted by Matt Hawkins (fortninety)
It’s free unfortunately, in fact they got rid of late fees so it’s the most free it’s ever been

Sorry if that’s a deal breaker
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
… And a friendly reminder that the TGS's Future Class initiative was just as disingenuous as every other big corpo's DEI push that was immediately dropped in order to suck up to Trump once he was re-elected

For more info, see: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n.... but also this thread:
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it

it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers

they just profited from us
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM