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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 2d

They're so good!

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 3d

Do more with less

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 4d

Sleeping on it, deeply unsure whether the end of Peacemaker S2 is a galaxy brain satire of (neo)liberalism or just an accidental one.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 6d

yesssssss www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPFR...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Official Teaser Trailer | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

www.youtube.com

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone has very strong/insane opinions about audio gear but basically I want to spend less than $800-$1000 if possible and I am trying to tease out whether it makes more sense to get a sensible setup that sounds good (better than budget but not insane) or pair up a turntable and a Sonos 5 instead.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 7d

I am once again entertaining the idea of trying to find a record player and speaker setup for my pile of vinyls.

I had a terrible and expensive experience trying to make the Victrola Onyx work with my Sonos system a while back but am struggling to find alternatives that offer a similar simplicity.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 7d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 7d

I think there's a lot that you can glean here in terms of Sony seeing these games as setting the template for its prestige AAA strategy going forward but it's tricky to try and tease out how much these games have aged poorly and how much of them just isn't my thing.

Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 7d

Started the second Uncharted and I think I like it even less than the first one. As a fan of pulpy capers, I will push on. All too often though, I think the series plays like a weird Western market counterpart to MGS that learned all the wrong lessons from Kojima's success.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 7d

Ubisoft could not have handled a Reconstruction Era Assassin's Creed:

aftermath.site/assassins-cree...

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 7d

On one hand, this does look pretty bad. On the other hand, I do not trust the publisher responsible for Far Cry 5 and the "non-politics" of The Division to deliver on this premise.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 7d

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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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 8d

I mean it sounds great but if you can't recommend it...

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 8d

New Multiplier just went out! It's a timely check-in with one of the biggest CR fans I know (@rhunwords.com) about what the inevitable expansion of the biggest name in actual play into the gaming landscape might look like: open.substack.com/pub/multipli...

Is a Critical Role video game destined to disappoint?

"How do you want to do this?"

open.substack.com

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 8d

8th MS Team was good Gundam, though it dragged a little for me towards the end. Thunderbolts: December Sky was similarly great, though the follow up wasn't as strong imo. Finally, The Origin was a little overwrought but a lavish and fun full circle way to end my journey through the UC for now.

Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 10d

I did not love Narrative as much as I liked Unicorn. F91 was fine/mostly forgettable. War in the Pocket is as good as everyone says, Hathaway was surprisingly good (espionage thriller set in uc is such a great premise) and Stardust Memory seems to be solid so far.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 11d

As always, thrilled for a neat lil story like this to find a home.

SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com · 11d

"Where its inspiration was a solitaire affair, Echoes of Revachol is a rallying cry for read-along revolutionaries mourning the future of the series."

Story by Fergus Halliday.

➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/disco-elysium-ight-be-dead-but-its-devotees-yearn-to-return-to-revachol/

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SUPERJUMP @superjumpmagazine.com · 11d

"Where its inspiration was a solitaire affair, Echoes of Revachol is a rallying cry for read-along revolutionaries mourning the future of the series."

Story by Fergus Halliday.

➡️ https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/disco-elysium-ight-be-dead-but-its-devotees-yearn-to-return-to-revachol/

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 11d

Char's Counterattack may have fully delivered on my expectations but Unicorn may have delivered me to nirvana. True contender for my new favourite Gundam series.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 13d

How much higher did they go?

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 13d

[Listening to the Taylor Swift album at 2.5x so I can get this review out before everyone else] I have to say, her pitch is too high on every single song. Disappointing. Incredible breath control singing that fast though

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 13d

I'm open to the possibility of this being something else but it's crazy that the pitch for the Peaky Blinders is literally just "It's more Peaky Blinders whaddaya want?" www.ign.com/articles/pea...

Peaky Blinders Will Get 2 Seasons of a New Sequel Spinoff Series — And Yes, Cillian Murphy Is Involved - IGN

Calling all Peaky Blinders fans — we’re headed back to the world of the Shelbys. A sequel series has officially been greenlit for a two-season order from Netflix and the BBC.

www.ign.com

Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 14d

Gundam Update: I have reached Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ! It's fascinating to see the show reset its status quo and power levels after the end of Zeta, Judau is a refreshing change from Camille and Mashymre Cello may well be the best Zeon character since Char.

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Fergus Halliday @cvamped.bsky.social · 14d

I started playing through the original Uncharted out of curiosity and it's crazy that a game with this much platforming and shooting in it can make it feel so bad to do both of those things.

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 14d

Game Pass hey

The “I can excuse racism but I draw the line at animal cruelty” meme edited to say “I can excuse genocide but I draw the line at price rises”

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