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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 14h

Hear me out

Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social · 16h

DRINK!

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 23h

Seems like 4-5 days

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

Usual one two punch of restricted talking points and tight deadline

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

The embargo conditions quietly dispelled any disappointment I had over not getting first wave of Legends ZA code but I can not wait to write about that thing.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

They’re just dissidinterested in it

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

This rules. Amazing work.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

Silent Hill f for gay boys so it’s about the psychosexual miasmic properties of Lynx Africa

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

Books, Kieron.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 1d

She is no man
youtu.be/SSUhVLaxlZc?...

Resident Evil 5: Retribution. Full Intro. 'Flying Through The Air'. HD 1080p.

YouTube video by BlockABoots

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 2d

Please don’t let them yassify Bloodborne.

Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 2d

Bluepoint Games now hiring for third-person melee action game after alleged GOW live service cancellation

➡️ tech4gamers.com/bluepoint-ga...

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 2d

Halloween 3 is the Dark Souls 2 of Halloweens

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 2d

The Switch game?

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 2d

In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima gave life to an oft-overlooked slice of Japanese history. But in the new Ghost of Yotei, familiar samurai action-adventure thrills don’t quite live up to its new setting.

Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity

Set in Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido), the highly anticipated samurai action-adventure game contains familiar thrills but subpar substance.

ebx.sh

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fucked, isn’t it?

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 3d

A few small da movies #LastFourWatched

Letterboxd recent activity:
Dangerous Animals 4/5
One Battle After Another 4.5/5
Licorice Pizza 2.5/5
The Breakfast Club 4/5

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 3d

Had review code, locked in so hard on its vibe and mechanics, I just can’t get past the structure.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 3d

Hey what if we had a little toggle in Roguelikes that just let me play them like a normal game

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dash. @dashiellwood.com · 4d

it's too late - i've already depicted myself as the nonchalant dachshund, and you as the relentless bird

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 4d

Bro they got the Pathologic collectibles here

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 4d

Uncharted 5? What’s left to chart???

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 5d

(it’s not an accident that the person I love most has given me the space, and actively encouraged me to care in inconvenient ways)

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 5d

Jake has a written piece at the end of the show that ruined me. The sad, inexorable tethering we’ve made of loneliness and principles in games media is, well, sad.

It’s exhausting to care. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 5d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

Critical Error Is Not For Me

YouTube video by Critical Error

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a pervasive clumsiness to Silent Hill f that I can’t quite place between enthusiastic and woefully misguided, the exact wrong place to land when dealing with the subject matter it chooses to pursue.

Read: www.well-played.com.au/silent-hill-...

It is a fundamentally incorrect read on the part of the game, reeking of a design doc that wants the accolades of adult storytelling without sacrificing the adolescent impulse to have every girl imagined also be equipped with a perfect dodge. Silent Hill f’s closest comparison point being Zach Snyder’s Suckerpunch should have given someone, somewhere pause.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 6d

that almost is a loud one

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a pervasive clumsiness to Silent Hill f that I can’t quite place between enthusiastic and woefully misguided, the exact wrong place to land when dealing with the subject matter it chooses to pursue.

Read: www.well-played.com.au/silent-hill-...

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