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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 9h

i have emerged from conducting-interviews retirement with a piece on the development of Mediterranea Inferno

Mediterranea Inferno spins a searing and surreal yarn in post-COVID Italy

Developer Lorenzo Redaelli chats with us about the creation of his award-winning, hedonistic horror story.

store.epicgames.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 9h

i have emerged from conducting-interviews retirement with a piece on the development of Mediterranea Inferno

Mediterranea Inferno spins a searing and surreal yarn in post-COVID Italy

Developer Lorenzo Redaelli chats with us about the creation of his award-winning, hedonistic horror story.

store.epicgames.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 1d

(as with much of this guy's work, i liked it more in theory than in practice, but the effects are great!)

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 1d

i don't see enough discussion on this timeline about the Deathstalker remake from the director of Psycho Goreman

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 1d

did you know Cairn is now coming out in 2026, as of like two weeks ago? more than half the websites i've combed through seemingly do not!

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 1d

video game release calendars are so dire, man. how do people even know what's releasing anymore?

it's a toss-up for whether an indie game is gonna be listed at all. delays often go wholly unnoticed

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 1d

i really hate when we talk about books like they're shopping lists of tropes

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 5d

watching The Chair Company crystallized something for me about Tim Robinson's comic persona:

this man lives in hell, and I hope he never gets out

Slant @slantmagazine.com · 5d

HBO's 'The Chair Company' see Tim Robinson delivering some of his most gleefully inspired nonsense to date. Read our review.

'The Chair Company' Review: Tim Robinson Trains His Eye on the Big Chair

The series finds Tim Robinson delivering some of his most gleefully inspired nonsense to date.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 2d

found bug in book
(library)

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

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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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 4d

sage advice

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 4d

A Chinese Ghost Story rules for this hair(?) alone

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 4d

hrm. i really like Consume Me but i don't think it quite figures out how to end

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 6d

"If horror is meant to elicit strong emotions, the most that Bye Sweet Carole can manage is cringe."

Slant @slantmagazine.com · 6d

As a horror game, BYE SWEET CAROLE is a fundamental miscalculation. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.

'Bye Sweet Carole' Review: An Insipid Disney-esque Horror Adventure

Clearly the game is taking aim at the Disney Princess archetype, but the shots fired are all so clunky and obvious.

www.slantmagazine.com

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 4d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 5d

it is not polite to say so but no discussion of the state of the games industry/press can really avoid the reality that the audience is just. really really bad.

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 5d

the tie-in ads do kinda write themselves tho

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 5d

watching The Chair Company crystallized something for me about Tim Robinson's comic persona:

this man lives in hell, and I hope he never gets out

Slant @slantmagazine.com · 5d

HBO's 'The Chair Company' see Tim Robinson delivering some of his most gleefully inspired nonsense to date. Read our review.

'The Chair Company' Review: Tim Robinson Trains His Eye on the Big Chair

The series finds Tim Robinson delivering some of his most gleefully inspired nonsense to date.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 6d

i haven't watched a single horror movie this month

i don't recognize myself in the mirror

Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 6d

"If horror is meant to elicit strong emotions, the most that Bye Sweet Carole can manage is cringe."

Slant @slantmagazine.com · 6d

As a horror game, BYE SWEET CAROLE is a fundamental miscalculation. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.

'Bye Sweet Carole' Review: An Insipid Disney-esque Horror Adventure

Clearly the game is taking aim at the Disney Princess archetype, but the shots fired are all so clunky and obvious.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 7d

the studio that made this is called Rock N Roll Mountain

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 7d

On-Gaku: Our Sound was not a fluke, it turns out

Slant @slantmagazine.com · 8d

To get to the primal thrill of racing, writes @midfalutin.bsky.social, Iwaisawa Kenji uses just about every technique at his disposal throughout 100 METERS. The film opens in L.A 10/10, with a nationwide event release beginning 10/12.

'100 Meters' Review: A Breathtaking Animation Showpiece

The film pays special mind to burnout disillusionment and despair, and to the point where the 100-meter dash sounds positively Sisyphean.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Slant @slantmagazine.com · 8d

To get to the primal thrill of racing, writes @midfalutin.bsky.social, Iwaisawa Kenji uses just about every technique at his disposal throughout 100 METERS. The film opens in L.A 10/10, with a nationwide event release beginning 10/12.

'100 Meters' Review: A Breathtaking Animation Showpiece

The film pays special mind to burnout disillusionment and despair, and to the point where the 100-meter dash sounds positively Sisyphean.

www.slantmagazine.com

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 9d

it is absolutely vital that I forget this if I'm ever going to help anyone move ever again

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 9d

Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...

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Steven Nguyen Scaife @midfalutin.bsky.social · 9d

every time I think moving is gonna be fine and every time there are new ways it is not fine

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