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Nate E-K

@newertkrocker.bsky.social

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Game history enthusiast | Hosted and produced GO BACK AND PLAY (2016 - 2023) | Used to write about VGM for Fanbyte, Paste | he/him | probably shouldn't have hacked those 3DSs for my kids

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · Oct 19

I'm Nate!

I'm not really "making" any "content" these days, but I used to write about game music for various sites, and for ~7 years I had a podcast called GO BACK AND PLAY, in which some friends & I took a whirlwind tour through the history of videogames!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Go Back and Play

Video Games Podcast · 150 Episodes

podcasts.apple.com

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 9h

It's been something like twenty years, but I still feel like Infinite Undiscovery wins by a country mile

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 12h

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)

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 9h

My 10YO switches back and forth between Ace Combat and Teardown repeatedly -- I have a feeling our kids would get along.

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 14h

when the game has a divertissement

Title card from Trails of Cold Steel II which reads "Divertissement: The Occupation"

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 21h

Man I remember seeing it in theaters and being absolutely blown away by the climax. That's cinema, babey

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 22h

I am once again thinking about Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (2001)

Kenichi and Tima, whose face has been half stripped away to reveal her robotic form

Rock, firing a pistol with gritted teeth

Kenichi, Shunsaku, and the robot detective

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I could play Baby Steps, named as I am

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 1d

CGI feels like a paradox to me because "good" CGI so often equals "invisible" CGI, or at least not noticeable, and if it's not noticeable then I never wonder about the craft and human effort involved. As opposed to, say, a good matte painting backdrop. 😘👌

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 3d

Me anytime my cat walks into the room

CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 4d

Alex Trebek saying "the creature" on this episode of Jeopardy! from Halloween 1997

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 3d

Oh god how had it not yet occurred to me that this is a version of FFT with trophy support

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 4d

#25 - 9 Years of Shadows

Plucked this out of my backlog because the art looked lovely, and found a perfectly cromulent Metroidvania. Borrows (steals) some stylistic cues from the GBA Castlevanias and Metroid Fusion. Some great bosses! You could do a lot worse.

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 5d

In a similar place lately, so I sympathize 100%

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 6d

Oh no! 😩 I really liked it!

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 6d

Lincoln Clay is real, and strong, and my friend

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 6d

Le sigh. At least we'll always have Mafia III.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

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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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 6d

Been one of my October traditions for something like twenty years now

Reposted by Nate E-K

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 7d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 7d

🤏🌟

Hades II comic
Melinoë (she looks very cool and powerful)
Melinoë when Selene calls her “little star” (she is a cute baby star being held by Selene)

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Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 7d

You mean this toothpaste I got with AI in it might not be a wise choice

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 7d

This looks extremely cute

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 7d

🚀🚀LITTLE ROCKET LAB IS OUT NOW!!! 🚀🚀

4 years of development, finally available on Steam and Game Pass

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

RTs unbelievably appreciated!! <3

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty soon the only way to tell whether you can trust digital video will be to tie the video to a couch and try to run an electric current through a petri dish of its blood

Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 7d

It's laughably easy to remove the watermark from Sora 2 generated videos. 404 Media found dozens of websites and pieces of software that will do it.

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 7d

This was my first "anime," as a kid, if indeed it falls under that classification

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 7d

"The Mysterious Cities of Gold" french/japanese series (1982) for free on Youtube (worldwide / French+English dubs).
>> www.youtube.com/@MCO_Officie...

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 8d

I'm going to become the Shredder*

*(menacing but incompetent, voiced by Uncle Phil, spends most of his time bickering with his insufferable brain)

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 10d

Also lol, I bought this and started it on launch day. Shows you how slowly I get through games these days if I can't play 'em on my Steam Deck (I bought this one on PS5 'cause gosh it's pretty).

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 10d

This one really sticks the landing. I remain a staunch defender of this series. I hope the folks at Hangar 13 get to keep makin' more like this one.

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 10d

#24 - Mafia: The Old Country

It would be a tall feat indeed to top the panache of Mafia III, and this one doesn't quite manage it, but boy howdy if it isn't a supremely confident lastofuslike. I wish this style of game was still in vogue; I'd gladly take more of these slimmed-down, focused outings.

Nate E-K @newertkrocker.bsky.social · 10d