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Get a load of The Spooky White Man police

Easby, Rhi. "The Assassination of Baron Corbin by the Coward The Undertaker." 2025

(also read @easbygames.bsky.social 's piece on how MyGM rules, actually: buff.ly/Lr7PGj4)

LIFEBAR 005 begins now!!!

Starting with a hot take: What if @easbygames.bsky.social told you that MyGM Mode in WWE 2K25 was one of the best post COVID-era strategy games available???

🚨 LIFEBAR ISSUE 005: FALL 2025 IMMINENT🚨

With contributions from:
@jamwa.bsky.social
@easbygames.bsky.social
@broganchattin.bsky.social
@imluisgutierrez.bsky.social

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STARTING OCTOBER 6th!

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“The [narrative] is about telling your own story, in your own voice, and learning that sometimes you need to relive something 1,000 times until you can make the truth shine.”

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"Just because a bunch of assholes make a lot of money parading their defiled shell around doesn’t mean we can’t reclaim it for ourselves. "

Timo's right! Read more about how they were emboldened to not let the shit birds scare them away from the REMATCH pitch

“Of all the ways AI has killed us in fiction, the reality is the meanest and stupidest.“

@letominor.bsky.social reminds us that, if current events are to be considered, Grok will be a greater threat to civilization than any SHODAN apocalypse fantasy.

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LINKS TO PREVIOUS ISSUES ARE ON THE WAY!

This will include last issue's web debut, as well as the first two's pieces reformatted for the new situation we have going on here. More details to come!

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Hot off the heels of EVO 2025, @tierknee.com reminisced about the winding path of online netcode and in-person weeklies that brought him to his love for fighting games. (ft. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @sharpiepls.com)

#EVO #FGC

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I'm in here with this piece on System Shock 2, in which I state that "image trained replication may only come across as the surface imitation of a pathetically limited toy managed by minds too small to understand the smallness of the machine that they built."

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ITS TIME!!!!!

Come see what we cooked up for Issue 004!

For @lifebarmag.com, I spoke on my time in fighting games, college, competition, COVID, and more! lifebarmag.com/my-time-with...

⏰ LIFEBAR ISSUE 004 IS LIVE⏰

IN THIS ISSUE:

🤖 TWO (2!) great thought pieces about System Shock 2's relevant and divisive legacy
⚽ Reclaiming online gaming, one Rematch game at a time
🐴 Does "everything is wrestling" apply to anime horsegirls?

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🚨 LIFEBAR ISSUE 004: SUMMER 2025 IMMINENT🚨

With contributions from:
@tierknee.com
@letominor.bsky.social
@amisma.bsky.social
@jdharlock.bsky.social
@dontfeedthecharlie.bsky.social
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AUGUST 1ST!