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Marley Hughes
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Entertainment journalist specializing in video games. Byline: CBR.com
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · Nov 13
My name is Marley Hughes. I write about video games for CBR; my articles for CBR can be read at this link: www.cbr.com/author/marle...
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d
Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006) is coming soon to Steam buff.ly/1jAkJfb
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 1d
Nintendo isn't known for horror, but one GameCube classic remains undefeated in the horror genre.

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23 Years Later, This Cult Classic GameCube Game Is Still the Gold Standard for Horror
Nintendo isn't known for horror, but one GameCube classic remains undefeated in the horror genre.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 1d
The 2020s have seen the release of tons of incredible games, but there are major problems with the gaming industry.

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We're Officially in the Middle of Gaming's Best Decade Since the '90s - But There's a Catch
The 2020s have seen the release of tons of incredible games, but there are major problems with the gaming industry.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 2d
Tomonobu Itagaki's passing does not mean the end of his influence in the Ninja Gaiden franchise.

Read more about why on CBR (@cbr.bsky.social):
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It's Officially the End of an Era for Ninja Gaiden
Tomonobu Itagaki's passing does not mean the end of his influence in the Ninja Gaiden franchise.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 3d
A letter from Dishonored 2 feels like it could have been written in 2025.

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Dishonored 2 Has a Chilling Letter That Hits Different in 2025
A letter from Dishonored 2 feels like it could have been written in 2025.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 3d
1000xResist, an underrated gem of an adventure video game, is coming soon to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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The Most Underrated Game of 2024 Is Finally Coming to PS5 and Xbox Game Pass
1000xResist, an underrated gem of an adventure video game, is coming soon to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 4d
A game from a fan-favorite horror series is currently free to play on the Epic Game Store.

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2 Years Later, 1 of the Best Horror Games of All Time is Finally Free to Play
A game from a fan-favorite horror series is currently free to play on the Epic Game Store.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 5d
It's the 40th anniversary of the New York test launch of the NES - nationwide rollout wouldn't happen until late in 1986.

I have no nostalgia for the console from its early days (more so for NESticle!), but its history is fascinating, and it has become one of my favourites in recent years.
A photo of a pyramidal glass display of an NES, Rob and peripherals, with a ROB the Robot head and lots of branding. Photo courtesy of VGHF's NES Launch collection.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 5d
Remember when game consoles were cheap? This article from rare B2B Game Intelligence magazine - https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f61d4f21-efce-44ee-bdc7-860d5713b1df - says CompUSA was selling the Game Boy Color for $64.99 "as a way of luring customers into stores during the [1998] holidays".
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 6d
It appears that the era of Microsoft being a dominant player in the video game industry with their Xbox brand is coming to a close. Or is it?

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It’s the End of an Era for Xbox & Microsoft — Forever
It appears that the era of Microsoft being a dominant player in the video game industry with their Xbox brand is coming to a close. Or is it?
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 7d
Doom is a classic game, but it took heavy inspiration from two classic movie sequels.

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32 Years Ago, Two Movie Sequels Quietly Inspired 1 of the Greatest Games Ever Made
Every gamer knows Doom to be a classic, but fewer know how much its derives its styles from Aliens and Evil Dead II.
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Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 7d
'Night Trap' released on this day in 1992.

Perhaps the poster child for both the Sega CD and the whole FMV genre. A campy experiment in tedious memorization, most infamous for its involvement in a Senate hearing which threatened the legal status of the American games industry.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 8d
"Make sure we debug this!"
The "Chao World... Now Loading" mission load screen from Sonic Adventure 2. Unlike the normal Chao World screen, it has a mission start text, which reads "1st Mission: Make sure we debug this!"
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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 10d
I've started testing PS3 games to see if online multiplayer still works. Here are my results so far. I'll update this post as I try more!
PS3 Games Still Playable Online in 2025
Ever since I saw this list, I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of active PS3 multiplayer games. The following are games that I have tested myself and can confirm that as of the date listed,…
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 10d
This underrated title is one of the best video games of the 2020s thus far, and it's not even close.

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5 Years Later, JRPG Fans Are Still Sleeping on 1 of the Best Games of the 2020s
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is perhaps of the best video games of the 2020s thus far, and it's not even close.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 10d
I got the hook-up.
A spade lug switch box. The face indicates various ports: GAME, 300Ω, 75Ω, TV - and has a black rocker switch to switch between GAME and ANT. The whole device is on a woodgrain background. From the bottom, a spade switch output wire runs offscreen.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 12d
The analog hell-screams of bytes pumped in and relentlessly converted into sound and light.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 12d
One of the best sandbox games of all time is over 20 years old, and it still hasn't gotten a sequel.

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I Can't Believe This Iconic 22-Year-Old Sandbox Game Never Got a Sequel
One of the best sandbox games of all time is over 20 years old, and it still hasn't gotten a sequel.
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 13d
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was released over thirty-five years ago and had an understated impact on the JRPG genre.

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I Don't Care If You Hate JRPGs, Everyone Needs to Play This Classic '90s Game At Least Once
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light was released over thirty-five years ago and had an understated impact on the JRPG genre.
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 14d
Press any button to continue
It's a controller with assorted cross buttons
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 15d
I also am aware Titus was a French company and there is a French version of "Adventure" spelled "Aventure" but it wasn't used in game or with the included materials, just the box

I can't be convinced this was on purpose
Superman (64) included comic
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 15d
Paint on your computer in over 100 colors with 96 different brushes!
In this William Geise illustrated ad, the title "Computer Graphics" appears up top, being cast from a giant Apple II monitor on an iceburg; the casts are a gradiant from purple to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple again, hewing towards neon tones. From the tan Amdek monitor flies a red biplane, a parachuting penguin, and a leaping unicorn; dolphins jump from the ice into the monitor. Around the iceberg, a sea otter peeks up, a penguin tap-dances, and a whale tale lifts a unicorn on a floe. The monitor is sitting on a giant Apple II. Down below, breathless text describes three different programming packages: "For the artist: Special Effects by David Lubar and Mark Pelezarski. Paint on your computer in over 100 colors with 96 different brushes!" "For the designer: The Complete Graphics System II by Mark Pelezarski. Everythign needed for computer-aided design." "For the programmer: The Graphics Magician by Mark Pelezarski, David Lubar, and Chris Joehumson. Add fast, smooth animation and hundreds of pictures to your programs." In the bottom left, the penguin software logo appears next to ordering information, with a sunfish floating to its left; at the very bottom it says, "All Penguin applications products are now on unprotected disks for your convenience."
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 16d
What Microsoft's Xbox brand is going through at the moment closely mirrors that of what Sega went through in video gaming in the 1990s.

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Xbox Is Quietly Repeating Sega's Biggest Mistakes
What Microsoft's Xbox brand is going through at the moment closely mirrors that of what Sega went through in video gaming in the 1990s.
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Old Game Mags @oldgamemags.bsky.social · 16d
Mommy, what are those two SEGA Machines doing?
Mommy, what are those two SEGA Machines doing?
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Marley Hughes @marleyhughes.bsky.social · 17d
Going back to the Game Boy Color, I actually think that, outside the color thing, it doesn't stand out that much from the original Game Boy or Game Boy Pocket.

That being said, its hard to not acknowledge that it was effectively the reason original Game Boy games kept coming out for much longer.
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