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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 12d

I am enjoying our book club. The actual books, not so much, although the trend is improving.

Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com · 12d

The second episode of Text Adventure is live for Patreon backers, in which @edwinet.bsky.social joins us to judge the prequel to Mass Effect: Andromeda and Nate attempts to guess what Asari look like. Find it on Patreon and Spotify. www.patreon.com/posts/text-a...

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Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com · 15d

A new public episode! We gather to discuss important matters of Mario, Silksong and Strange Antiquities, and Nate prepares a quiz about strange things of antiquity. Find it wherever you get your pods.

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James Archer @jamesandstuff.bsky.social · 23d

We're shortstaffed on RPS and need some rad PC-minded freelancers for urgent review work. Specifically:
- Borderlands 4 (yes I know it's out already)
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Silent Hill f

Standard rate is £200 GBP per review, make yourselves known at [email protected]

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 23d

Comiserations to today's Games Media Main Character.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 27d

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · 29d

I would absolutely watch this show.

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 29d

ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.

(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)

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Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com · Sep 4

A new public episode! Alice went to Gamescom and she's here to talk about the games she saw, the PR she robbed, and the tractor she stood in front of. Find it on Patreon or wherever you get your pods. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Sep 2

In which we launch a series with the single games novel I already owned, which turned out to be terrible. Fun episode though.

Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com · Sep 2

New for Patreons: the first episode of Text Adventure, our videogame book club! @brendyc.bsky.social joins us to discuss Assassin's Creed Brotherhood by Oliver Bowden, which turns out to be bad in an extremely videogames way. Listen on Patreon now: www.patreon.com/posts/text-a...

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Aug 15

Alice, it is time to get on the Marmite.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Aug 14

This is the media literacy I crave.

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Danny Kodicek (but, y'know, spooky) @dannykodicek.bsky.social · Aug 11

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Aug 7

Big news from the old country. I'm excited for them. Rich was never short of ideas and that brand has a peerless reputation, I look forward to seeing where they take it.

Digital Foundry @digitalfoundry.bsky.social · Aug 7

We're excited and proud to announce that Digital Foundry is now fully independent, having parted ways amicably with IGN. In this DF Direct Special, we share our thoughts and aspirations for the future of the channel: youtu.be/tl7bIJ2yu4I

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Alex Wiltshire @rotational.co.uk · Jul 27

Here’s to @grahamsmith.bsky.social, signing off from RPS after 20 years in game journalism with the wisest thoughts about games media you’ll read www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...

The Sunday Papers

The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 25

update: turns out the email I have for you no longer works. Which should I use? I proved I'm an adult so you can DM me.

Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 25

This was not the scandal I was expecting, I believe that to be a UK term. So media is doubly saved by opinion pieces arguing about it.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 23

Because the successful ones are hugely profitable, and when this studio started it was plausible that you could launch one successfully. I don't think that's the case these days.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 23

I wish them every success, but "[ex-big studio person] presents live-service game" feels like an announcement from a different era.

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · Jul 23

Blizzard co-founder and former CEO launches new sci-fi live-service game Wildgate

www.eurogamer.net/blizzard-co-...

Wildgate key artwork showing collage of human and alien characters riding flying vehicles through space

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 22

All part of building a strong legend.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 22

I will email you!

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 21

He said as much. Demographics and mathematics didn't give any other option.

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 21

I went to an offsite in... 2010, maybe, at which a speaker from a financial firm stated with absolute certainty the state pension age would be 72 by the time most of us retired. Bleak.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 21

Labour to review state pension age as Liz Kendall warns ‘people are not saving enough for their retirement’ - UK politics live

Work and pensions secretary announces next statutory government review into retirement age

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 14

This feels like a trap, but: yes, I was.

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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 🚨 🚨 EXCELLENT NEW STAMP ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨

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Total Playtime @totalplaytime.com · Jul 10

A new regular episode! Alice is off, so it fell to Nate and Jonty to despair over the Microsoft layoffs, cherish some good news for games media and workshop a Quake 2/Kumars at Number 47 crossover. Available on Acast and wherever you get your pods. shows.acast.com/total-playti...

Episode 13: Can't Live Without A Grunger | Total Playtime

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Jon Hicks @jonhicks.com · Jul 9

Classic Eurogamer review.

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