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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Best game of 2024.

1000xRESIST | Available Now @sunsetvisitor.studio · 2h

You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.

💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution

1000xRESIST is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass on November 4.

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 6h

The @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social podcast specials on Splinter Cell have renewed demand for the series sufficient that Ubisoft has released Pandora Tomorrow on Steam.

You can subscribe and listen here: www.patreon.com/c/bulletpoin...

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Bullet Points @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social · 1d

@edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social, @youmeyou.bsky.social, and @reidmccarter.bsky.social are finishing up our look at the first Deus Ex by talking about the Hong Kong level, multiple endings, and those accents. www.patreon.com/posts/laputa...

Laputan Machine - Deus Ex Part Two | Bullet Points

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 23h

what a shame

Bullet Points @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social · 1d

@edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social, @youmeyou.bsky.social, and @reidmccarter.bsky.social are finishing up our look at the first Deus Ex by talking about the Hong Kong level, multiple endings, and those accents. www.patreon.com/posts/laputa...

Laputan Machine - Deus Ex Part Two | Bullet Points

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 1d

This but also there's one that goes up.

Cherub @polygoncherub.bsky.social · 2d

This is the hill that I stand my ground on.

Best game design:

Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 2d

They did a Minecraft movie inspired dance routine on Strictly Come Dancing in case you wanted to know where human culture finally dropped dead.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Pikmin’s Model @zaaack.bsky.social · 3d

maybe the fourth tron will make money

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 4d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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pick-me’s model @strida.bsky.social · 3d

The no-fun merchant peddling her wares again

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pick-me’s model @strida.bsky.social · 3d

“…when it comes to storytelling, the ‘traditional’ third-person action game approach reveals real inadequacy in the old ways.”

Bullet Points @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social · 4d

The final article in our Mafia: The Old Country issue, from @strida.bsky.social is up now. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/10/s...

Stuck in the Old Ways

Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames

bulletpointsmonthly.com

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 4d

At. Last.

No more Mr Nice Gaius

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pick-me’s model @strida.bsky.social · 4d

wrote abt mafia the olde country. maybe the first videogame u could call “handsomely mounted”

Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 4d

"...not a mismatch between how the player acts in gameplay versus the character presented through narrative, but a total absence of the character depicted in the story."

@strida.bsky.social has our last essay on Mafia: The Old Country. Please read and share

bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/10/s...

Stuck in the Old Ways

Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames

bulletpointsmonthly.com

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 4d

"...not a mismatch between how the player acts in gameplay versus the character presented through narrative, but a total absence of the character depicted in the story."

@strida.bsky.social has our last essay on Mafia: The Old Country. Please read and share

bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/10/s...

Stuck in the Old Ways

Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames

bulletpointsmonthly.com

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 4d

"...not a mismatch between how the player acts in gameplay versus the character presented through narrative, but a total absence of the character depicted in the story."

@strida.bsky.social has our last essay on Mafia: The Old Country. Please read and share

bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/10/s...

Stuck in the Old Ways

Monthly magazine for long-form articles and podcasts on videogames

bulletpointsmonthly.com

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Pikmin’s Model @zaaack.bsky.social · 5d

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 5d

If it makes the news when you experience and show the most fundamental empathy I would suggest that that does not reflect well on you.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 6d

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Ed "Gein" Smith @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social · 6d

I remember reading this in 2012, right at the beginning of my career, and deciding it was the high watermark. I feel like essays like this were a lot less common back then, especially on a major site. It had a big impact on me.

Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 6d

'Night and the City' by Chris Donlan remains one of the finest online articles on game urbanism ever. Somehow simultaneously personal, historical, and objective it is an excellent read, and a reminder that L.A. Noir remains truly unique.

Find it here: www.eurogamer.net/night-and-th...