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Olly Smith

@ollywrites.bsky.social

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Journalist at GAMINGbible | Prev: Dexerto, GameByte, New Game Plus Bylines: GamesRadar, Eurogamer, GameSpot, UploadVR, Den of Geek, Gfinity, Pocket Gamer, Bloody Disgusting, Wireframe Mag (RIP) Likes RPGs, shooters, immersive sims, and adventure games.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · May 20

Hello, as of this week I've joined the excellent GAMINGbible team full-time as a journalist.

Fox Mulder from The X-Files sitting in a chair

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1h

The only plausible explanation

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2h

Can somebody please tell me why it's always the moment you sit down for an interview with a developer over Teams/Zoom that you encounter every technical issue under the sun?

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 17h

Boosting again, please share! Still looking for writing work-- full time or contract, i'm incredibly adaptable and eager to learn and grow ✍️

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 21h

I just bought System Shock so you're welcome, everyone.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 21h

Humble Choice October Bundle is up ($14.99) buff.ly/gDyiGHx #ad

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 21h

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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 21h

Twin Peaks: A girl running and screaming, Twin Peaks High School.

A girl running and screaming, Twin Peaks High School. Twin Peaks S01E01 - Northwest Passage.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 5d

We're hiring for a Head of Gaming & Tech at LADbible, by the way. Come and be my boss. jobs.ladbiblegroup.com/jobs/6321692...

Head of GAMING & Tech - LADbible Group

Founded in 2012, LADbible Group is redefining entertainment and news for a social generation. Our global community engages with our content–spanning editorial, video, documentary and live – we reac...

jobs.ladbiblegroup.com

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Jacob Janerka @jacobjanerka.bsky.social · 8d

The WORST thing about getting published by Devolver is that we had to get rid of this

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

17 degrees in October. WTF.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft really not selling me on this upgrade so far after hearing all these horror stories. At least I've got free Win10 updates until next October.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

That's two playthroughs of Silent Hill f done and I don't think I can stomach anymore. I'm not a big fan of games that require you to replay the endure thing just to get the full story. And apparently SHf needs like four playthroughs to get the true ending. Hmmm.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Kuon!

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

I played this so much I ended up in the top 100 on the XBLA leaderboards. God, DR2 was such a *time*.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

My favourite Bond? All of them.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 13d

Quite lovely to see that my top 4 so far is split between four different Bond actors. A franchise that has always felt quite level in terms of quality.

Olly's top four Bond films:

From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
The Man With The Golden Gun

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

There's me!

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 2d

always serving!!

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

In Hitman: World of Assassination, if you side-step just as you throw an item at an NPC, you'll cancel part of the animation, allowing you to throw it faster.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 4d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Very faithful to Die Another Day-era Brosnan.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Posting on LinkedIn is completely optional and yet some people will go on there and decide to be the most embarrassing mfers you've ever seen.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I get sports massages to help with the nerve damage I got back in April this year. It's much better now but still flares up from time to time, particularly while gaming or typing (very annoying when that's my whole livelihood!). Would deffo recommend a sports massage though if you haven't had one.

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 4d

IMHO, the posters for After the Hunt look like ads for Marks & Spencers' autumn range.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I might have to get some of those adapters if they're very energy-efficient

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

pretty cool to be fair, especially if you're like me and need to swap plugs around often

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

Game collectors will hate me for this, but most of these are getting sorted into into disc sleeve wallets. I'm moving in with my partner, and unfortunately can't spare the space for them on my shelves anymore.

Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

You know what's better than one Xbox 360 copy of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena? TWO Xbox 360 copies of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

Two Xbox 360 copies of The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

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Olly Smith @ollywrites.bsky.social · 3d

I remember enjoying it back in '09 and it's really cool that they also remade the first game (which I preferred) and even packaged it on the same disc. Once I've moved house, I'm gonna have to plug in my 360 and give this a spin again.