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Lead Editor at @io9dotcom.bsky.social and @gizmodo.com. Questionable taste in puns, sci-fi, and video games. 🏳️‍🌈│He/Him │Icon by @joehunter.bsky.social ❤️

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · Jun 25

Me, at any given opportunity

A screenshot from Turn A Gundam. The city of Nocis lies in ruin, smoke spewing from multiple areas. Yelling from in the distance, the subtitled dialogue of Corin Nander simply reads "GUNDAM!"

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 14h

the way I'm cackling at her having NO time for all the old timegated stuff

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 14h

unfortunately she's extremely me clicking through old quest text but also she's extremely funny about it

A screenshot from World of Warcraft: Legion Remix. Moratari, an Infinite Dragon in the guise of a red-haired Blood Elf woman, half appears in a dialogue window and simply says "skip".

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 18h

You can change your destiny, 時の向こう
You can change your future, 闇の向こう

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan boosts through the air, bracing its arms and head as it pushes back against a falling piece of debris.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan boosts back, its legs trailing in front of it, as it aims its beam rifle with its right hand.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan flies forward, its shield held horizontally across its torso, as it holds its beam saber out wide behind it.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan floats in the air, lifting its shield horizontally in its left arm to fire the twin sets of rockets held in its center.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 18h

The Jegan is my all time favourite grunt Suit, and the Axis Shock colours look really good on it.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan is a bipedal mobile suit tinted in a pale pearlescent yellow with dark brown-red accents, and stands in a neutral position with its fists clenched.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan plants its feet, bracing its beam rifle with the shield held on its left arm as it squeezes off a shot.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan runs forward, its ignited beam saber held across its chest in its right hand.

A photo of the HGUC 1/144 Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color). The Jegan plants its feet wide, turn its torso upwards and to its left as it splays its arms wide.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 20h

Lotta fun stuff this year! Shame I couldn't make it out, here's hoping for 2026.

All the News You May Have Missed From New York Comic Con 2025

Another NYCC has come and gone—and we've got all the news that matters in one place.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

it's in june, garma

🟢RNGundam @rngundam.bsky.social · 1d

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
Episode 9 - Fly, Gundam!
20:45.135

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

simply refuse to believe that Legion is almost a decade old, but do you know what's a good bit of World of Warcraft? Legion.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't realise that Legion Remix had started already, but considering I wanted to be a Belf DH going into Midnight for Devourer, might as well get a head start

A screenshot from World of Warcraft: Legion Remix. Dathenir, a Blood Elf Demon Hunter with ice blue long hair running down and over his shoulders, stands in front of a fel-green-colored Legion vessel as he wields two glaives, the Twinblades of the Deceiver, holding them above his head. An on-screen graphic helpfully tells us that yes, these indeed are the Twinblades of the Deceiver.

A screenshot from World of Warcraft: Legion Remix. Dathenir, a Blood Elf Demon Hunter, casually leans against the demonic portal to the Fel Hammer. Two large, glowing glaives sit crossed on his back, and he wears dark, gold-accented. leather armor covered in glowing green sigils.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

To be in a world where 2026 could contain Prominent Rommath/Halduron material

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

YESSSSSS MIDNIGHT BETTER GIVE HIM THE JUICE

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

why are the only two thoughts popping into my head rn van cleef or rommath

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 1d

started panel lining the jegan today because I wanted an easy build over the long weekend to ease myself back into doing kits on the regular, and wow, they moulded this out of every king of most annoying to panel line plastic possible

the yellow for the axis shock is giving me The O flashbacks 😩

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Package secured

A photo of a paper bag holding the Gundam Base Limited HG Jegan (Axis Shock Image Color), G-Self Perfect Pack, and a Gundam TCG card and pin.

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

afaik it was only one of each exclusive, and you could only buy two exclusives total (couldn't buy two G-Selfs, but you could buy a G-Self and a Jegan, for example).

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

to be fair, they did a similar thing at NYCC 2024 - the extended clip they showed was a large part of the S3 premiere cold open

Okay, *Now* Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Ready to Show You Season 3

After a tiny, controversial tease at San Diego Comic-Con, Paramount took to NYCC to give us a nice big look at the next season of Strange New Worlds.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

just let paul giamatti be an alien sicko in every star trek, make him the neo jeffrey combs of our modern age

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

stephen colbert as the academy's announcement computer voice is certainly a move, but otherwise, this looks fun! Looks much more like a TV show than an excuse to put star trek character names on background objects this time

The New 'Starfleet Academy' Trailer Has a Lot More Than Lessons to Be Learned

Class is back in session with the new 'Star Trek' show on January 15.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

truly a stark contrast to compare this as our first extended look at S4, next to our first extended look at S3 a few years ago being "whuh-oh, genetically-prescribed racism is actually really funny!!!" as a taster for what is now one of the worst episodes of Star Trek ever made

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

incredible "i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm trying to fix it" energy coming off of this

The First Look at 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Gets Enterprise Lost In Space

'Strange New Worlds' has seemingly heard your complaints that the show has been missing some strange new worlds lately.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

Daredevil and X97 aside, it would be nice at the very least to have a contemporary MCU thing that doesn't just elicit a "ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it's another one of those" reaction again

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

there is no one I trust less to critique the state of superhero media in 2025 - 2026, I guess - than Marvel Studios, but this has the potential to either be very good or a complete disaster

The First 'Wonder Man' Trailer Brings a Whole New Feel to the MCU

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley star in the brand-new Marvel Studios series, out in January.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 2d

it's silly that lfl publishing holds these embargoes until post-panel when everyone's seen them already but anyway AHMED BEST WRITING A JAR JAR COMIC

The Future of 'Star Wars' Publishing Has Leia, Love, and Jar Jar Binks

None of those are related to each other, but they are a reflection of Lucasfilm Publishing's big plans from New York Comic Con today.

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James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Me showing @joehunter.bsky.social the gundams I bought

🟢RNGundam @rngundam.bsky.social · 3d

Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury (2022)
Episode 7 - Shall We Gundam
03:15.419

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Package secured

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao I'm never queuing for a Pokémon pop up again after I was queuing for like 9 hours a few years ago

Only precious plastic robots are worth it now!!!