Sky the Sheep
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The additional context is that Valve is still killing a beloved games studio, still tried to weasel out of making a press statement, still didn't allow a second review, and still did not communicate with the developer beyond vague references to their terms.
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
Valve responds with "additional context" following Horses Steam ban controversy
Following Valve's decision to ban first-person horror adventure Horses from distribution on Steam, the company has provided "additional context" in a statement.
www.eurogamer.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The additional context is that Valve is still killing a beloved games studio, still tried to weasel out of making a press statement, still didn't allow a second review, and still did not communicate with the developer beyond vague references to their terms.
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
www.eurogamer.net/valve-respon...
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
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Queer developers speak out as adult games remain in limbo following payment processor showdown at Steam and itch.io www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...
September 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Queer developers speak out as adult games remain in limbo following payment processor showdown at Steam and itch.io www.eurogamer.net/queer-develo...
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If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...
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Like to be honest I'm more shocked and horrified at the Irish national's description of the concentration camp ICE disappeared him to than anything that happened on a stage in Utah today, and I'm more disgusted by the rationalized violence our media and politicians let happen at every passing moment
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Like to be honest I'm more shocked and horrified at the Irish national's description of the concentration camp ICE disappeared him to than anything that happened on a stage in Utah today, and I'm more disgusted by the rationalized violence our media and politicians let happen at every passing moment
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It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
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September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
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@vinsyn.bsky.social juste announced a stacked lineup of new releases, including 2 box sets that I'm proud to be part of. The first is a trio of pink movies directed by Hisayasu Sato. I recorded a new audio commentary for RE-WIND (1988), aka: CELLULOID NIGHTMARES: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
The Films of Hisayasu Satō: Volume #1 - Re-Wind / Lustmord / Love Letter In the Sand
2025 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.
This special limited edition Blu-ray comes w
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September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@vinsyn.bsky.social juste announced a stacked lineup of new releases, including 2 box sets that I'm proud to be part of. The first is a trio of pink movies directed by Hisayasu Sato. I recorded a new audio commentary for RE-WIND (1988), aka: CELLULOID NIGHTMARES: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
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For the month of September, I'll be marathoning every Clock Tower game to raise money for Palestine. As well as this, any earnings I make on Twitch (subs, bits, etc.), I will match it and donate as well.
We start with the SNES game tomorrow. Saoirse don Phalaistín.
www.twitch.tv/tangomushi
We start with the SNES game tomorrow. Saoirse don Phalaistín.
www.twitch.tv/tangomushi
August 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
For the month of September, I'll be marathoning every Clock Tower game to raise money for Palestine. As well as this, any earnings I make on Twitch (subs, bits, etc.), I will match it and donate as well.
We start with the SNES game tomorrow. Saoirse don Phalaistín.
www.twitch.tv/tangomushi
We start with the SNES game tomorrow. Saoirse don Phalaistín.
www.twitch.tv/tangomushi
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When independent media outlets like VGC are finally killed off, YouTube videos like this, which (despite appreciated praise) read our feature out verbatim, AFTER TURNING ON AD BLOCK, and then don’t mention us AT ALL, won’t have any content left to source
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wc...
What the hell is happening at CAPCOM?!
YouTube video by Maximilian Dood
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When independent media outlets like VGC are finally killed off, YouTube videos like this, which (despite appreciated praise) read our feature out verbatim, AFTER TURNING ON AD BLOCK, and then don’t mention us AT ALL, won’t have any content left to source
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wc...
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Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned
I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...
www.historyrespawned.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
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Ana Valens' exposé on Collective Shout, the group responsible for the Steam purge, has been taken down from its outlet VICE by managerial fiat. This is a really obvious case of the powers that be intervening to protect their power, and yet everyone will ignore it.
July 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ana Valens' exposé on Collective Shout, the group responsible for the Steam purge, has been taken down from its outlet VICE by managerial fiat. This is a really obvious case of the powers that be intervening to protect their power, and yet everyone will ignore it.
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AND I'VE DONE IT! I MADE MY GOAL!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE THAT DONATED!!! 😭🙏 Now I can get my top surgery in August!!! Literally at a loss for words right now, but thank you so, so, so much to everyone that donated, shared the campaign, and helped in that final push!!
July 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
AND I'VE DONE IT! I MADE MY GOAL!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE THAT DONATED!!! 😭🙏 Now I can get my top surgery in August!!! Literally at a loss for words right now, but thank you so, so, so much to everyone that donated, shared the campaign, and helped in that final push!!
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sorry for pushing my top surgery GFM so much. it's next month and i'm less thank $2k away.. 🙇♂️
July 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
sorry for pushing my top surgery GFM so much. it's next month and i'm less thank $2k away.. 🙇♂️
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if you wanna donate you can do so here! gofund.me/4afab7a9
Donate to Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund, organized by Kazuma Hashimoto
My name is Kazuma Hashimoto and I have been suffering from gender dysphoria for over 20 yea… Kazuma Hashimoto needs your support for Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund
gofund.me
July 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if you wanna donate you can do so here! gofund.me/4afab7a9
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You can PREORDER my book about the Assassin's Creed franchise NOW! Please do that. I think it is both a fun and interesting dive into what Assassin's Creed is, how it develops its ideas, and what it says about the world we live in. TOC attached, preorder at the link! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
You can PREORDER my book about the Assassin's Creed franchise NOW! Please do that. I think it is both a fun and interesting dive into what Assassin's Creed is, how it develops its ideas, and what it says about the world we live in. TOC attached, preorder at the link! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...
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I have a little under three months to raise around $8,000 for my top surgery in August. If you'd like to help, please consider donating or sharing the campaign 🙇♂️ !
another big update from me! i've been sitting on this for a week, unsure of how to write this up.. but i've gotten the total cost for my top surgery, which is $19.6k. i can't raise this money alone, even with all of the work i do, so i've made a gofundme. gofund.me/954d116c
Donate to Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund, organized by Kazuma Hashimoto
My name is Kazuma Hashimoto and I have been suffering from gender dysphoria for over 20 yea… Kazuma Hashimoto needs your support for Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund
www.gofundme.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I have a little under three months to raise around $8,000 for my top surgery in August. If you'd like to help, please consider donating or sharing the campaign 🙇♂️ !
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The Talos Principle: Reawakened solidifies the 2014 original as a puzzle classic. That's because puzzles are timeless. The narrative, however? Not so much. It's hard to play a story that aggrandizes AI in our current climate of gen AI slop.
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/talos...
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/talos...
The Talos Principle: Reawakened hits very different in our new AI future
The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a great remake that suffers from the context 2025 brings to a puzzle classic about artificial intelligence
www.digitaltrends.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Talos Principle: Reawakened solidifies the 2014 original as a puzzle classic. That's because puzzles are timeless. The narrative, however? Not so much. It's hard to play a story that aggrandizes AI in our current climate of gen AI slop.
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/talos...
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/talos...
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Sadly, I have been laid off from Siliconera. It has truly been the best time I’ve had in this industry so far. If anyone knows of anything, let me know!
In memory, my favorite gaming and anime pieces for Siliconera:
www.siliconera.com/interview-at...
www.siliconera.com/enter-the-ga...
In memory, my favorite gaming and anime pieces for Siliconera:
www.siliconera.com/interview-at...
www.siliconera.com/enter-the-ga...
Interview: Atelier Yumia Takes Inspiration from Valheim, Akira, and Star Wars
Atelier Yumia has some surprising inspiration for its story and building, including Valheim, Akira, and Star Wars.
www.siliconera.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sadly, I have been laid off from Siliconera. It has truly been the best time I’ve had in this industry so far. If anyone knows of anything, let me know!
In memory, my favorite gaming and anime pieces for Siliconera:
www.siliconera.com/interview-at...
www.siliconera.com/enter-the-ga...
In memory, my favorite gaming and anime pieces for Siliconera:
www.siliconera.com/interview-at...
www.siliconera.com/enter-the-ga...
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good morning bluesky! i've just lost my one consistent gig, and will be looking for more freelance opportunities. this includes:
🖋️ reviews, guides, features, previews, lists, and editing everything listed!
👓 translation, localization, script writing.
you can contact me at kazuma . h . [email protected]
🖋️ reviews, guides, features, previews, lists, and editing everything listed!
👓 translation, localization, script writing.
you can contact me at kazuma . h . [email protected]
April 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
good morning bluesky! i've just lost my one consistent gig, and will be looking for more freelance opportunities. this includes:
🖋️ reviews, guides, features, previews, lists, and editing everything listed!
👓 translation, localization, script writing.
you can contact me at kazuma . h . [email protected]
🖋️ reviews, guides, features, previews, lists, and editing everything listed!
👓 translation, localization, script writing.
you can contact me at kazuma . h . [email protected]
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another big update from me! i've been sitting on this for a week, unsure of how to write this up.. but i've gotten the total cost for my top surgery, which is $19.6k. i can't raise this money alone, even with all of the work i do, so i've made a gofundme. gofund.me/954d116c
Donate to Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund, organized by Kazuma Hashimoto
My name is Kazuma Hashimoto and I have been suffering from gender dysphoria for over 20 yea… Kazuma Hashimoto needs your support for Kazuma's Top Surgery Fund
www.gofundme.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
another big update from me! i've been sitting on this for a week, unsure of how to write this up.. but i've gotten the total cost for my top surgery, which is $19.6k. i can't raise this money alone, even with all of the work i do, so i've made a gofundme. gofund.me/954d116c