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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 1d

Had a few critical comments on videos lately saying "he doesn't frame this as his opinion" which, like... I specifically decided not to do the whole "this is my opinion" spiel anymore because I figured the viewer was smart enough to assume that. Why waste words on something so *blindingly obvious*

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · 1d

The best take

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

When John Constantine has a smug interruption you are absolutely cooked bro, you’re about to get a lecture that is cooler than anything Batman ever did. best character in comic books.

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · 2d

The Cerberus fight is brilliant! Quite tough before you learn it too. And great music

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · 4d

Starmer is shit, but he’s not the absolute bottom of the barrel some people make him out to be. He could do more to stop stoking the fires of Farage, though.

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 5d

Been said a lot but there really hasn't ever been a better video game intro song than the one in Soul Blade

Soul Blade / Soul Edge - Intro (HD) PlayStation

YouTube video by TadatosLen

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 5d

I know there's literally nothing that should be surprising anymore, I KNOW OKAY, but every once in a while I do log on and have to do a double take because the president of the United States did WHAT.

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · 11d

The Carolingian era

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · 22d

I don’t think it’s necessarily a terrible name. It’s kind of transcended the original Metroid and castlevania components now - I’m younger and didn’t play SoTN until recentlyish and I’m yet to play anything Metroid. It’s not necessarily only tied to those two games anymore and it’s useful, no?

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Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social · 22d

Newly minted evergreen meme

meme of fred armisen saying

Make bad game? Fired

Make good game? Fired

Make incredibly successful game?
Believe it or not, also fired

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SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social · Sep 21

my wife and i both have a mutual understanding that once Hades 2 releases, we won't be seeing each other for weeks

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 18

I typically play games on the harder end of the difficulty settings and then adjust accordingly. I think harder difficulty just allows me to fully explore a lot of what the game has to offer - for example, The Witcher 3 is way better on its hardest as it pushes you to use more tools available to you

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 17

Whether it's on the radio, television or at the rally - it's all the same message.

Yes - we should have diplomatic relationships with Presidents.

No - to state visits for Trump who doesn't in any way reflect our British values. Why are we normalising this man?

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · Sep 17

Incredible Steam review

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 17

The endings were thematically perfect just both depressing, imo

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Sonneveld @sonneveld.bsky.social · Sep 13

Anyone played this? Is it any good?

a game called "kingdom of piss". I don't know.

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 14

Day

Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 14

I think most people are. At least I hope they are. We’re in an unprecedented age of outrage manufacturing and we have to weather the storm

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 14

It just depresses me that a symbol that’s supposed to represent a country and culture I love (even if inadequately) is so consistently co opted by the worst people around.

Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 13

The most real thing that has ever been said. I still want to play KCD2 and that released in February

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Sep 10

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · Sep 10

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 10

To be fair, I think I’m guilty of this. There is still much to love.

English food is also written off, but for entirely different reasons, so I can empathise with your frustration for sure

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Lum @brokentoys.social · Sep 9

neither of these stories even rose to the top of the news cycle today and 15 years ago they would have been a weeks-long scandal so yeah, great job society

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hate to do this but money is prrretty tight right now. If my vids have brought you some enjoyment or comfort over the years and you want to see them continue, please consider pledging even a dollar a month over at patreon.com/writingongames. Sincerely, every pledge helps tremendously!

creating videos analysing game design and narrative

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Will Aston @wjaston.bsky.social · Sep 5

The squirter…

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