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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 17h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 14h

Never managed to get an Absolum review picked up but from what I've played I'm not shocked its scoring super well

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Rewinder @rewinder.co.uk · 15h

Do you like to punch things and cast magic? Jason has good news for you with Absolum.

Absolum Feels Like A Fantasy Streets Of Rage 4

Do you like to punch things and cast magic? I've got good news for you then...

www.rewinder.co.uk

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 15h

I can't help but feel like the diorama thing they're going for wouldve been fire for FF Tactics

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 16h

This could've saved the Dreamcast

VGBoxArt Daily @vgboxartdaily.bsky.social · 16h

Game: Fat Boy Gangsters
Console: Sega Dreamcast
Created by: Hoinko
Uploaded on: August 29th, 2016

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 16h

Shocked the person behind Paranormal Activity, Split, and Five Nights at Freddy's would feel this way

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 1d

ASSASSIN'S CREED IS ARTLESS BILGE BUILT FOR BROKEN BRAIN BABIES BY CONFIRMED CORPO COWARDS. GET IT TO FUCK

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Evan Backlog @backlogreviewer.bsky.social · 1d

Then it's got to die!! These fucking AI people act like they have a god given right to profit of their garbage businesses and toxic products, at the expense of everyone and everything else. They will drink the planet dry using this exact same logic

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 1d

Pikmin truthers stay winning

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

Man that Silent Hill f credits music is spicy

Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

That's right! The Breath of Fire coming out of the Red Arremer's mouth in a new Ghosts and Goblins game!

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

The tune from this plays at the end of the short 👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGt...

Pikmin 4 – Hum with the Pikmin – Nintendo Switch

YouTube video by Nintendo of America

www.youtube.com

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

I feel like if it was just the pikmin running in the background I'd agree but using the theme song throughout the score has me convinced it is Pikmin

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

It's gotta be Pikmin

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

Had a similar revelation about Virtua Striker lately, devastating stuff

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 2d

First season is kinda shite while they try and emulate the UK version. picks up a bit from Season 2 onward, but it's mostly solid turn the brain off TV

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TONY GRAYSON 🗻 @tonycomputerentertainment.com · 3d

One of the more sad things about this is that PlayStation’s lineage consists of games that are hugely renowned for their music specifically, but they’ve chosen to highlight games that - respectfully - don’t have that kind of cachet in the audio department

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d

PlayStation quietly cancels remaining ‘PlayStation: The Concert’ 2025 tour dates in the US www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playsta...

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 4d

what

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 5d

Megabonk rules.

Rewinder @rewinder.co.uk · 5d

Megabonk shows that adding fantastic movement into the survivor-like genre is a stroke of genius.

I’ve Had Megabonk in My Life for Two Hours and I Think I Already Like It More Than Vampire Survivors

Megabonk shows that adding fantastic movement into the survivor-like genre is a stroke of genius.

www.rewinder.co.uk

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 6d

Happy Birthday!

Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 6d

They're turning it into a roguelike

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 6d

Persona 4 Revival will be "enjoyable in a new and different way", says series boss

www.eurogamer.net/persona-4-re...

Artwork for Persona 4 showing black and white anime characters on yellow background

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 6d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 6d

Unfathomably impressive given how consistently fantastic Retro Gamer is

Nick Thorpe @hkt3030.neocities.org · 6d

I think this is possibly one of the biggest things people don't understand about Retro Gamer - Future is a big company, but we're a very small team. Tim actually splits his time between RG and PC Gamer.

RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social · 7d

176) Retro Gamer has four full-time members of staff. Andy does design, Tim does production, Nick is our features editor and I’m the editor.

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 6d

And three of those weeks are going to be the songs that already released

a cartoon of homer simpson wearing a crown and surrounded by jewels

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson wearing a crown and surrounded by jewels

media.tenor.com

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Scott McCrae @scottmccrae.com · 6d

Extremely funny that they're releasing it like that though

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