Jake Steinberg
@jakesteinberg.substack.com
Writer | Jewish/Latino | MFA Creative Writing @ The New School | Games X Storytelling | JakeNoseIt on Twitch | 📩 [email protected] | Debut Acquired ✅
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Hades 2's story is a rite of passage tale that's missing the most important ingredient:
Hades II Isn’t A Story—It’s Maintenance - Kotaku
Supergiant's roguelike sequel confuses repetition for revelation
kotaku.com
🚨new piece on kotaku... from me!🚨
I wrote about the hollow feeling of a story that mistakes movement for change.
Hades II Isn’t a Story—It’s Maintenance:
I wrote about the hollow feeling of a story that mistakes movement for change.
Hades II Isn’t a Story—It’s Maintenance:
we gotta start deploying "AI lobotomy" more often
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
we gotta start deploying "AI lobotomy" more often
all year i see posts about cool looking games i dread playing because they are PC exclusive, so I just wanna let everyone know this one is on consoles including Switch!!! Literally buying rn
Cabernet sinks its teeth into humanity's dark side
2025's best vampire game is a high society RPG with serious bite
Cabernet sinks its teeth into humanity's dark side
www.polygon.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
all year i see posts about cool looking games i dread playing because they are PC exclusive, so I just wanna let everyone know this one is on consoles including Switch!!! Literally buying rn
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🚨new fiction🚨
STREET FIGHTER GIRLS 2
About totemic relationships, fighting games, and fucking after you have already decided you are breaking up.
Read or listen here: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/street-fig...
STREET FIGHTER GIRLS 2
About totemic relationships, fighting games, and fucking after you have already decided you are breaking up.
Read or listen here: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/street-fig...
Street Fighter Girls 2
Safe Distance
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🚨new fiction🚨
STREET FIGHTER GIRLS 2
About totemic relationships, fighting games, and fucking after you have already decided you are breaking up.
Read or listen here: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/street-fig...
STREET FIGHTER GIRLS 2
About totemic relationships, fighting games, and fucking after you have already decided you are breaking up.
Read or listen here: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/street-fig...
fav albums of the year:
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
fav albums of the year:
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review
YouTube video by Critical Error
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Arc Raiders but PlayStation's Horizon would be good.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Arc Raiders but PlayStation's Horizon would be good.
i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today i will not let the Philadelphia Eagles emotionally deplete me today
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Deep into this episode as I clean the house and have to keep stopping in my tracks to shout YES out loud.
A fantastic, respectful, thoughtful criticism of criticism — and the pointlessness of a certain type of game review that’s all too common.
A fantastic, respectful, thoughtful criticism of criticism — and the pointlessness of a certain type of game review that’s all too common.
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Deep into this episode as I clean the house and have to keep stopping in my tracks to shout YES out loud.
A fantastic, respectful, thoughtful criticism of criticism — and the pointlessness of a certain type of game review that’s all too common.
A fantastic, respectful, thoughtful criticism of criticism — and the pointlessness of a certain type of game review that’s all too common.
Reposted by Jake Steinberg
The opening ten minutes of this is fucking brutal (complimentary)
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The opening ten minutes of this is fucking brutal (complimentary)
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review
YouTube video by Critical Error
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
having impure thoughts about playing Kingdom Hearts on Switch 2
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
having impure thoughts about playing Kingdom Hearts on Switch 2
tonight I'm gonna dream drop distance
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
tonight I'm gonna dream drop distance
don't normally talk about this kind of thing with myself but been stressed and depressed for like a month and truly could not be more grateful to have a best friend in virtually the same position at the same time--I genuinely hope you all have this kind of love & support in your lives 💙
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
don't normally talk about this kind of thing with myself but been stressed and depressed for like a month and truly could not be more grateful to have a best friend in virtually the same position at the same time--I genuinely hope you all have this kind of love & support in your lives 💙
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Also: ranking art is a stupid endeavor and Not Important. These things should be personal, vulnerable. You are making a mixtape, not speaking for an industry
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Also: ranking art is a stupid endeavor and Not Important. These things should be personal, vulnerable. You are making a mixtape, not speaking for an industry
Marvel Cosmic Invasion still isn't out huh
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Marvel Cosmic Invasion still isn't out huh
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
comments like this make me think I must be doing something right
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
comments like this make me think I must be doing something right
if you all knew how much time i put into fortnite the past few weeks...........
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
if you all knew how much time i put into fortnite the past few weeks...........
fellow hotel dusk heads where are you
Detective Instinct releases in just TWO DAYS! On Steam and Nintendo Switch 👍
If narrative adventure games that feel a little like something you might have played on the DS back in the day are your thing, don't miss it 👁️
If narrative adventure games that feel a little like something you might have played on the DS back in the day are your thing, don't miss it 👁️
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
fellow hotel dusk heads where are you
Gotta give it to Jon Chu for believing that the second act of Wicked sucks, throwing his hands up in the air, and just making absolutely no attempt to produce anything even remotely interesting
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gotta give it to Jon Chu for believing that the second act of Wicked sucks, throwing his hands up in the air, and just making absolutely no attempt to produce anything even remotely interesting
a bread basket hates to see me coming
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
a bread basket hates to see me coming
there is still time to check out MORSELS this year 👁️👄👁️
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
there is still time to check out MORSELS this year 👁️👄👁️
Kirby Air Riders online matchmaking BEGGING me to believe the game has crashed:
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kirby Air Riders online matchmaking BEGGING me to believe the game has crashed: