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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13m

Get some 99% isopropyl alcohol from the pharmacy and some q-tips.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 16m

Yuber, is that you?

Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 21m

I’m all for unhinged silly goofy choices but I draw the line at putting a fedora on *Kain fucking Highwind*

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 20m

Getting off work? Finally have time to read a 10,000-word story? Or perhaps you live overseas... 👀

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 10h

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

www.designroom.site

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 22m

You might be able to open it up and clean up the board, too. Worth a shot.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 7h

“Hey, baby. My line’s going up.”

“Ow, wow, it’s so big. Will it go up forever?”

“Well, it hasn’t worked before, but, but it might keep going up forever for us.”

*bites lip*

“What are you wearing?”

“Baby, I wearing that Teddy Ruxpin is a children’s cartoon based on an animatronic bear toy.”

The Verge @theverge.com · 7h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 2h

For the evening crowd... I launched a new oral histories site today. It's very good.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 11h

🚨🚨🚨

We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 1h

Lunar: Dragon Song, and it’s not particularly close.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 1h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Sam Howitt @samuelhowitt.bsky.social · 7h

In case you missed it, my latest blog post went up yesterday

Sam Howitt @samuelhowitt.bsky.social · 1d

NEW BLOG POST: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 borrows plenty of things from other games, but does so fully understanding why they work and what it can do with them to tell its own story.

pixpen.co.uk/2025/10/13/t...

Thief of Joy – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

This article contains spoilers for the entire game. To begin with I think it’s worth establishing some context around particular styles of role-playing games (RPGs). Normally there’s a distinction …

pixpen.co.uk

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 3h

Proximity to @papapishu.bsky.social.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4h

a close up of a cat with purple eyes

ALT: a close up of a cat with purple eyes

media.tenor.com

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Nick Goede @nick.goede.cc · 4h

Like retro video games? Read any video game magazines when you were younger? Go listen to @funfactorpod.com and then when it is awesome buy a subscription. @aidanmoher.com is awesome and it is really the least we can do while he is on strike for his day job.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Week seven now. Officially two months since I’ve worked. Whee!

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

I’m poor as fuck on strike pay, so now would he a great time to get an ULTRA sub to @funfactorpod.com if you’ve been thinking about it.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4h

Hell yeah! Not Vancouver, but just across the Salish Sea.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4h

This is saddest ex-boyfriend cringe I’ve ever seen.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Week seven now. Officially two months since I’ve worked. Whee!

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

I’m poor as fuck on strike pay, so now would he a great time to get an ULTRA sub to @funfactorpod.com if you’ve been thinking about it.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

Celebrating 5.5 weeks on strike by freezing my ass off in literal sideways-driving rain while @davidebybc.bsky.social and his negotiating team stand up my union for scheduled meetings and present laughable offers from the warm offices of the BC Legislature in beautiful Victoria, BC.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Did y’all know @funfactorpod.com has a fun, active, good vibes Discord community? Whether you’re a free listener or paid supporter, if you love the show, you’ll love the server.

Invite/link on the FF website! FunFactorPod.com

FunFactor Podcast — Subscribe Today!

Two Old Gamers Review Old Video Game Magazine Reviews with Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher

FunFactorPod.com

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4h

Oh, hell yeah.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Did y’all know @funfactorpod.com has a fun, active, good vibes Discord community? Whether you’re a free listener or paid supporter, if you love the show, you’ll love the server.

Invite/link on the FF website! FunFactorPod.com

FunFactor Podcast — Subscribe Today!

Two Old Gamers Review Old Video Game Magazine Reviews with Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher

FunFactorPod.com

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Week seven now. Officially two months since I’ve worked. Whee!

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

I’m poor as fuck on strike pay, so now would he a great time to get an ULTRA sub to @funfactorpod.com if you’ve been thinking about it.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

Celebrating 5.5 weeks on strike by freezing my ass off in literal sideways-driving rain while @davidebybc.bsky.social and his negotiating team stand up my union for scheduled meetings and present laughable offers from the warm offices of the BC Legislature in beautiful Victoria, BC.

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Pete Davison @moegamer.net · 5d

Today I wrote a bit about @funfactorpod.com by @tyschalter.com and @aidanmoher.com. I have written about this excellent magazine-focused podcast before, but having been listening to the latest eps today, I wanted to do so again.

It is a good!

imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2025/10/09/o...

#oneaday Day 489: You've got Fun Factor - I'm Not Doctor Who

I’ve written about this before, but I write a lot of shit on this blog, so you may not have seen it, particularly since I last wrote about it in March of this year, when you may not have even been rea...

imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 4d

This is honestly such a lovely examination of @funfactorpod.com and what makes it so special to me and @tyschalter.com. Pete’s a king.

Pete Davison @moegamer.net · 5d

Today I wrote a bit about @funfactorpod.com by @tyschalter.com and @aidanmoher.com. I have written about this excellent magazine-focused podcast before, but having been listening to the latest eps today, I wanted to do so again.

It is a good!

imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2025/10/09/o...

#oneaday Day 489: You've got Fun Factor - I'm Not Doctor Who

I’ve written about this before, but I write a lot of shit on this blog, so you may not have seen it, particularly since I last wrote about it in March of this year, when you may not have even been rea...

imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Everybody’s saying it.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

They’re good.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

I sub’d, and, if you can swing it, I highly recommend you do, too.

If you don’t have the financial bandwidth, consider sharing the site, and reaching out to @mattleone.bsky.social to show your support.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 10h

These stories take a lot of time and resources, so if you like what you see it would help greatly if you follow us here or sign up for one of our subscription options: www.designroom.site#/portal

Thanks for checking it out!

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

Books

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 9h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5h

The best time to cancel Spotify was years ago, the next best time is right now.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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