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Alex James Kane

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Writer for hire. Boss Fight Books, Fangoria, IGN, Lost in Cult, PC Gamer, Polygon, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Star Wars, USA Today, Variety. backloggd.com/u/alexjkane kane.journoportfolio.com [email protected]

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · Mar 19

A big update: Now that I’ve got some freelance contracts going again, I’m very much Open for Business! If you need a writer for a gaming feature, a pop-culture interview, a mock review or other games-industry consulting gig, a Star Wars expert or Fallout S2 recapper, my email is [email protected].

Some print work from my previous freelance days: an issue of PC Gamer with Cyberpunk on the cover, my book on the making of BioWare, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, an issue of Edge magazine, Fangoria issue number 2 (which contains my oral history of Friday the 13th: The Game), and Den of Geek.

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 1h

This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....

"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"

Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!

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Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine

Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently the new Splinter Cell animated series is out now on Netflix. I've missed this guy.

Ubisoft email says Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Sam Fisher is back, with a grizzled spy wearing nightvision goggles and wielding a silenced handgun. A few other characters, including two female operatives, are painted underneath him, as well as some masked armed troopers.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, damn. The best of the best. His posters for Attack of the Clones, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, and The Empire Strikes Back were all fixtures on the walls of my childhood bedroom—from 1998 till the day my folks sold the house.

Attack of the Clones one-sheet, Drew Struzan.

Return of the Jedi Special Edition one-sheet, Drew Struzan.

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1h

Happy #PortfolioDay! I’ve been writing for and about video games since 2013, and I’m looking to pick up more freelance work in November. If you need someone to do dialogue or flavor text, or somebody to help out with PR for your upcoming game, let’s chat!

kane.journoportfolio.com
alexjkane.itch.io

Key art for Astoria, an original sci-fi Twine game, by Kelly Chong. An astronaut against a space backdrop with rings and a futuristic cityscape.

An Ashlander camp in Skywind, the massive Morrowind fan remake mod.

Illustration from the oral history of Morrowind, with an adventurer looking at an elven building on the horizon.

Some books and magazines, including my book on the making of Star Wars: KotOR, Fangoria, PC Gamer, Edge, and Den of Geek.

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17-BIT @17-bit.bsky.social · 10h

The folks over at @videogameschronicle.com dropped a huge interview with Hip Tanaka, going over some of his legendary music that helped shape the industry.

We cannot overstate what a honor it is to work with such a legend on #AWAYSIS. We can't wait for you to hear the soundtrack.

‘The original Game Boy sounds the best’: A very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka | VGC

The father of chiptune music discusses the past, and his long-awaited return to games…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 2h

The wonderful @arezouamin.bsky.social's debut romance novel, The Aroosi Areangement, is out today!

Read my interview with her for @thenerdsofcolor.bsky.social and buy it wherever you buy books!

Mobarak Azizam!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Author Arezou Amin on Writing Iranian Canadian Love in ‘The Aroosi Arrangement’

We interview Iranian-Canadian author Arezou Amin on her debut romance novel, “The Aroosi Arrangement”

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 2h

Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2h

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2h

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

www.designroom.site

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 2h

In many ways, Z-A's new combat is like Xenoblade lite. In that spirit, here's the genre nerd perspective and review:

RPG Site @rpgsite.net · 3h

Much like Pokemon Legends: Arceus before it, Pokemon Legends: Z-A is a bold and unorthodox take on the series' formula, and yet more proof that Pokemon is better when it pushes the boundaries of what a Pokemon game can be. Our review: https://www.rpgsite.net/review/18695-pokemon-legends-z-a-review

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 3h

guys i have amazing news about the new pokemon game: i think it's pretty good

www.ign.com/articles/pok...

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review in Progress - IGN

Is Pokémon back, flabay-bee?

www.ign.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 15h

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 12h

Genuinely scared to try it haha, I don’t think I can handle Another Destiny

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

Authors shouldn’t need day jobs

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 20h

The music goes hard!

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Lady Data🌙 | Goth Donut Games @gothdonutgames.bsky.social · 20h

My Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula" is participating!
store.steampowered.com/app/4044270/...

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Paul Farrell 🎃 @paulisgreat2000.bsky.social · 23h

Fun announcement!

I was lucky enough to get to contribute essays to these two gorgeous Hammer releases for THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN and SCARS OF DRACULA for StudioCanal— Hammer has been a love/obsession of mine for quite sometime and this is an absolute dream come true!

StudioCanal 4K release of THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN featuring red and green artwork of the monster as it looms amidst the brush.

StudioCanal 4K release of SCARS OF DRACULA featuring red-hued artwork of Dracula descending on his unsuspecting prey.

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Brian Bear @beapeabear.bsky.social · 1d

Simple slashers

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Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 23h

With #PredatorBadlands tickets on sale, it’s also a great time to revisit my deep dive review into #Prey and how its authentic representation sets a high bar. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

gizmodo.com/prey-review-...

Prey Is the Best and Most Intimate Predator Movie in Years

Dan Trachtenberg takes the Predator franchise back to its roots with a compelling setting, a great lead character, and some killer action.

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🎃Kristen “Crypt Keeper” Lopez🎃 @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN packs a punch and has a truly great Oscar Isaac performance. My review is live at The Film Maven.

thefilmmaven.com/frankenstein...

Frankenstein Review: Guillermo del Toro's Opulent Adaptation Struggles For Balance Between Creator and Creation

Oscar Isaac dominates while Jacob Elordi tries to bring depth to an iconic monster

thefilmmaven.com

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous to look at, but...

Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

Of the seven movies I've seen by him, that one is definitely bottom of the list. Did you watch Pinocchio?

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

Soooo good. Best multiplayer shooter since that insane 2015–17 window imo

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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't played Mafia 2 yet, so I'm half tempted to just go through them all chronologically after this. Love having Rockstar-style games that aren't 60 hours long!