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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

The bizarre world of video game novelisations

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The bizarre world of video game novelisations

Why are some game adaptations beloved by fans, while others are laughed at?

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 13h

Everyone's a winner!

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 13h

You know, I think Jared Leto really deserves a role in the Harry Potter franchise

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 15h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 19h

NICCOLO - the latest short animation from a small team at Gobelins - is phenomenal

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NICCOLO - Animation Short Film 2025 - GOBELINS

YouTube video by GOBELINS Paris

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

"We need to learn to agree to disagree" doesn't work when the thing being disagreed upon is someone's right to exist. Pathetic response from these actors

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan. Not just one of the greatest technical artists but one who could and would turn his hand to any genre. Not a stretch to say his posters were many people's first introductions to their favourite films

Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 1d

The bizarre world of video game novelisations

gameroom.substack.com/p/the-bizarr...

The bizarre world of video game novelisations

Why are some game adaptations beloved by fans, while others are laughed at?

gameroom.substack.com

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

My totally impartial girlfriend who I just bought a pizza and two red wines has finished reading my novel - and likes it! 🍻

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 2d

This is the first #NextFest where I've really noticed the preponderance of shit AI key art. It's depressing but also seems self-defeating - if devs can't be bothered making or commissioning cover art, why should anyone bother with their game? It suggests the entire product is lazily put together

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 2d

“It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up" is ABSOLUTELY the defining quote about how AI gets rolled out in every use

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What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 3d

a girl in a pink sweater is raising her arms in the air while standing in front of a group of people .

ALT: a girl in a pink sweater is raising her arms in the air while standing in front of a group of people .

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4d

My local dry cleaners is having a club night

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4d

The Jiggy community today mourns the death of the final Click Clock Woods Jiggy, found dead today after literally nobody could be bothered finding them in 27 years

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of discussion - correctly - about how cowardly this is, but it's also a total indictment of how unsustainable triple-A gaming is. Everything has to be so inoffensive and broadly appealing in order to hit insale sales targets to recoup costs

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

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The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4d

"Robot, experience this tragic irony for me"

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 4d

As one in five Americans get their news from TikTok this amounts to a deliberate editorial decision to censor, couched in the language of social media TOS

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 4d

Transphobia is a mental illness.

Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 5d

Their transvestigating dolly Parton now. Crazy

JULIE DONUTS EO @1.. 16h Off subiect but I couldn't help closely looking at Dolly. Idc what anyone says, NO ONE has a chest ike that. I'm not talking about her breasts. Her chest. Not a single mark or wrinkle she's 79. Something is not right with her and it goes way beyond looks. I personally think Show more
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I dont wan5 to be "that person", but she does fit the mold of a trans person. Never had kids, big hair, big clothes, big jewelry, boob jobs, lots of plastic surgeries. I get RuPaul vibes. I do love her voice and music though

Stephanie MacLean @Dizz.... 48m She has talked about wearing flesh tone gloves and body suits to hide her tattoos. Don't be so judgmental
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Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 4d

I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 5d

To what extent do you think indie devs rely on giving out free copies to streamers for marketing in early release, and is it a viable marketing technique (have heard arguments for and against)?

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 5d

Today's weekend game recommendation is Furious 7. I mean, Road to Guangdong. I mean, Furious 7

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Road to Guangdong: the slow and the curious

"Build it right, you take care of it... it’ll live beyond you"

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 5d

Today's weekend game recommendation is Furious 7. I mean, Road to Guangdong. I mean, Furious 7

gameroom.substack.com/p/road-to-gu...

Road to Guangdong: the slow and the curious

"Build it right, you take care of it... it’ll live beyond you"

gameroom.substack.com

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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 5d

Don't know exactly what the upcoming dystopia will look like but 'speak to your AI girlfriend every day for a week to unlock a new outfit' is going to be part of it

A screengrab of Grok's new streak system for its AI girlfriend feature

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

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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Chris Sutcliffe @chrissutcliffe.bsky.social · 6d

This is what I'm trying to do with gameroom.substack.com - give a fair shake and a little boost to indie titles with the Friday recommendations. It seems so unfair that all the work these tiny dev teams put in can just go entirely unnoticed

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