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Samuel Roberts

@samuelwroberts.bsky.social

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Northern Europe PR for Bethesda, co-host of The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast, large man who lives in Bath. Previously: Frontier, PC Gamer, GI.biz

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · Dec 20

Time to rescue this one from Twitter:

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 18h

I get it, honestly. Part of it is definitely a mental response to how bad things have gotten in games.

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 18h

I don't have the mental energy for the mind games of the modern job market. After the games industry it's straight to Greggs for me.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 22h

"I'd rather they found a magic way to continue existing that fulfils my moral standards on making money." Dawg there ain't one or they'd be doing it.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not a big ecomms guy, but I also think people will complain about literally any way media outlets can make money from paywalls to ads 🤷

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 1d

One of my deranged WFH habits of late has been occasionally shouting "Chriiiiist!" like Edward Woodward in the final moments of The Wicker Man.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Burned out on a couple of podcasts I like because the hosts or the guests were just rolling out terrible hot takes for the sake of it. This is why we swap the format of our podcast every week, it's exhausting to pretend you authentically feel that strongly about every little thing.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he did play Onimusha 2 recently.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 1d

I've bought The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, as part of my ongoing project to understand the mind of Matthew Castle.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Dunno how I managed three hours of that in a row. Now to sleep like a baby. 😵‍💫

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Just did that scarecrow bit in old Silent Hill f. 😐

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I love this game.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed, can't quite see how that figures into it, but curious.

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I know about 30 new games have released since this one, but this has that ultra rare feeling of an unknown quantity. Zero idea where the story or set pieces are going next.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Just did that scarecrow bit in old Silent Hill f. 😐

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

When someone mentions one of the old Tory disaster ministers now (I just read the words 'Penny Mordaunt' for the first time in two years), it's like when they bring back one of the bottom-of-the-barrel Batman villains.

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I guess the YouTube homepage algorithm *does* know best.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 2d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 05,1953

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY HEARS A GROUP OF BOYS SHOUT : HOORAY FOR
P2- NANCY SEES THE BOYS CARRYING SLUGGO
NANCY: OH,BOY
P3- NANCY: DID SLUGGO
MAKE THE WINNING TOUCH-DOWN?
P4- ONE OF THE BOYS REPLIED…
NO…HE FOUND A DOLLAR
THE BOYS ARE ARE TAKING SLUGGO TO THE SODA SHOP

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

(or just regulate it idk)

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I saw someone use the word 'slop' in the Mad Men subreddit. BAN THE USE OF 'SLOP'.

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 3d

*opens Letterboxd*
"At last: Edie Falco, in three dimensions!"

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 3d

*deep sigh* I saw that second Avatar film and quite liked it. 😔

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Ah yes, now for the most devastating moment in TV history.

Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Onto the good stuff in Mad Men season 2 🤌🤌🤌

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Elegantly done storytelling, doesn't waste any time!

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Samuel Roberts @samuelwroberts.bsky.social · 4d

In a fake biker bar in London that's also a clothes shop, and an out-of-shape middle-aged bloke in my eyeline just took his shirt off to change. The vibe is not good.

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matt’s slutty lil halloween name @windows98support.bsky.social · 5d

Turns out, 6 months was optimistic

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