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Matthew Lusk
@mhewlu.bsky.social
Sometime writer. Full-time student. Taking it one day at a time.
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Why We're Boycotting Xbox:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...
The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Announcing the Inaugural KFGD Awards! Games Daily is literally NOTHING without the hard work of an entire industry -- so we’re going to celebrate the people who make the news each and every day!

Nominate your favorite sites, authors, and stories at kindafunny.com/awards!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Really proud of this episode of KFGD with @snowbikemike.bsky.social. Go check it out:

youtube.com/live/XhseOx3...
Significant Layoffs at Amazon Games - Kinda Funny Games Daily 10.28.25
YouTube video by Kinda Funny Games
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October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Heya. So after 2 1/2 years the first real episode of The Top 100 Games Podcast is LIVE. If you like silly conversations about great games, you will really dig this convo with @mikedrucker.bsky.social about Planescape: Torment! Also available on Spotify.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
The Top 100 Games Podcast
Games Podcast · Counting down the top 100 video games of all time! Host Jared Petty and a series of guests travel through the history of classic gaming and take a close look at the most important cont...
podcasts.apple.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Great video essay here about the way we DEVOUR games.

youtu.be/Kxw-kabF3vY?...
The Problem with How We Play Games
YouTube video by Poogles
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September 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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We want to hear from YOU!

We have a couple more questions we'd love to get your answers for at kindafunny.com/survey.

It should only take a minute or two to complete and it helps us out a ton.

💙💙💙
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August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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New Kinda Feudy Poll!

Do you play video games? Come fill out this survey to help determine the answers in a future Game Showdown!

forms.gle/R4b1ciMJhXj1...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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i wish i knew who shared it but my essay on how Shiny Pokemon don't exist anymore has been making the ROUNDS

icymi: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/shiny-poke...
Shiny Pokémon Don't Exist Anymore
Baudrillard, Simulacra, and the End of Pokémon’s Real Rarity
jakesteinberg.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Six weeks after launch, the Switch 2 gets its (single-player) killer app: Donkey Kong Bananza, a game in which you smash rocks, hunt for bananas, and marvel at the incredible attention to detail. The Super Mario Odyssey team has done it again.

This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Nintendo’s Switch 2 Gets a Killer Ape App
Donkey Kong Bananza is the first exceptional Switch 2 exclusive for fans of single-player gaming
www.bloomberg.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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A must-watch interview with Roger and Caroline Polacheck!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgm_...
June 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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My baby boy Bruce is home but it cost more than we expected. If you have the means to do so, consider helping us pay it off ($13k) and anything above that can go to his post op care and heart disease treatment (new condition).

DONATE HERE: tiltify.com/@gameonysus/...
May 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Well, that was a dream come true. Knew it wouldn't last, though. Out of a job at the moment. But I'll always be doing patreon.com/gamemess
Get more from Game Mess on Patreon
creating podcasts and gaming content
patreon.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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In response to the Polygon and Giant Bomb news, I created an indie and worker-owned games media starter pack.

I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!
May 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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BREAKING: Electronic Arts is laying off between 300 and 400 staff, including around 100 at Respawn, and canceling a Titanfall extraction shooter that was in early development, according to people familiar. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Electronic Arts Lays Off Hundreds, Cancels ‘Titanfall’ Game
The video-game publisher cuts between 300 and 400 jobs
www.bloomberg.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Great piece by @awildjessichu.bsky.social on the power of games to inspire hope. It's nice to see perspectives that value optimism and striving for better, as well as illustrating the power of games to be a medium for those themes and perspectives.

www.gamespot.com/articles/eve...
Everything Sucks, But Video Games Help Me Process It
As much as the world needs games that make us feel secure and cozy, I believe we need games that encourage and empower us, too.
www.gamespot.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Seriously, one of my favorite things about Spring in Denver: yesterday the high was 75°(F); today it's 32 and snowing. Never know what tomorrow might bring.
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.
April 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It is a colossal moral crisis when this is done to even one person, AND if they can do this to him, if we let these things happen, then they can do it to any of us, and they will do it to a great, great many of us, for whatever reasons they desire.
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Rowling is actively using the money you send to her for HP stuff to demonize trans folks and take away their rights. No ethical consumption etc but the calculus on this one seems pretty easy to me
it's been twenty eight years.
please read a second book. find a new ip.
HBO reveals first part of Harry Potter TV cast, including Dumbledore and Hagrid
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM