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A pop culture blog covering games, film, and tv | EIC @ lubwub.bsky.social | #TNBS #BountyBoard | https://nerdybits.com | http://twitch.tv/nerdybitstv
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Tron: Ares has a lot to live up to. Can the cult classic franchise surge back into the spotlight in Joachim Rønning’s explosive film about a Program gone rogue? @lubwub.bsky.social certainly thinks so!

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Tron: Ares (Disney, PG-13)
Encom and Dillinger Systems are back at each other’s throats. Can the Grid’s return to the big screen reignite a cult-classic sci-fi franchise?
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chipping in my take on this:
It's amazing how fiddly making a game can be. There's a conflict between the boilerplate systems built to make Stuff you find in modern engines and the need to hand-tune things to make any game actually feel good. That friction is where a huge amount of dev time is spent
It's here! A story I've wanted to do for years and have been working on for months. I asked over 40 game devs one question: what is something that people get wrong about how games are made? Most of those devs are in here, some will be in a... future story. www.gamesradar.com/games/game-d...
"We cough up a chunk of our soul": 32 game devs, from Doom's John Romero to Helldivers 2 and Palworld leads, explain what people get wrong about games
Sam Barlow, Metaphor: ReFantazio leads, ConcernedApe's business head, indie legends, and many more weigh in
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The fact that I've never been able to get into a Jenna Moran game is actually kind of the point. Moran proved that the ground we sow our stories in has so much potential for diversity and I run out of fingers trying to count the number of RPG writers I know of whom Jenna inspired.
In today's Pride spotlight is The Far Roofs, a new game by Jenna Moran. Jenna is best known for Nobilis and Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine. The Far Roofs is a game of heroic talking rats. #ttrpg #indiegames
The Far Roofs | Sabre Games
Hardcover The Far Roofs is an original roleplaying system and bundled campaign using pens or pencils, paper, six-sided dice, ten-sided dice, playing cards, and a bag of letter tiles. It's complete in ...
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Sometimes you remember something for a weird reason. Sometimes it’s a smell memory unlocked by a deodorant you’ve never bought. Who knows? Join @lubwub.bsky.social as he investigates one such instance.

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A Stick of Deodorant and A Memory
How a smell drummed up a very specific period of my life and left me wishing for a new standard in baseball sims.
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Warfare doesn’t feel like a movie. It’s a visceral and deeply unsettling experience drawing a raw focus to the terror of combat and the people impacted by it. A movie with fewer answers than questions, but with one resounding message, this is what hell looks like.

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WARFARE (A24, R)
A story of terror and camaraderie, told in real-time, rattles the teeth and tenses the muscles.
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Jason Statham is at it again. This time punching and shooting his way through an increasingly inaccurate group of villains. Read @lubwub.bsky.social’s thoughts on #AWorkingMan.

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A Working Man (Amazon MGM, R)
Jason Statham is working with David Ayer again. Time to punch bad guys with bad aim!
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Our first paid member content is coming out today. Paid content is new for us, so feedback is welcome.

Come listen to @lubwub.bsky.social as he digs into FOMO, what he wants this paid content to be, why assholes ruin everything, and more!

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TNBSolo 01: FOMO, A**holes, and Liking Things
Listen now | It's the first subscriber-only podcast Caleb has ever made! Ohhhhh boy...
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Another episode of NerdyBats is up! Spring Training is over, opening week is here, and @nerdybatscoz.bsky.social is 1 year older! Come hang as he and @lubwub.bsky.social chat about what spring training means and what we are looking forward to in the 2025 campaign.

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Episode 076: Spring Training is Over
The spring camp is broken, the season is just a few days away. Caleb and Coz dig into what the future looks like.
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Love that this visual makes it really clear that people that “care” about historicity really care way more when women are shown in games.
We had the good fortune of having @jumpovertheage.com back on the show to talk with @lubwub.bsky.social about Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. The conversation, as we expected, was deep and rewarding and expansive. Come listen!

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Episode 075: Citizen Sleeper 1+2 Creator Gareth Damian Martin Returns
Listen now | Starward Vector is out. Caleb picks the creator’s brain about inspirations and aspirations.
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Our Jan/Feb Bounty Board episode is out! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Come hang with the crew as they talk about all the games they have been playing so far this year!

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Episode 074: Jan/Feb Bounty Board
A regular update on all the games the crew has been digging into for the last few months.
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@lubwub.bsky.social has been talking about doing a St. Louis Cards podcast for years. Finally started!

#stlcardinals #springtraining

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Come join Caleb, Ryan, and Patrick in this weeks episode of The NerdyBits Show! This week we return to the old format of topic based episodes and to start it off we tackle the struggling AAA level of the gaming industry.

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Almost 4 years ago we recorded an amazing podcast with @ramiismail.com.

In the interest of consolidating podcast feeds, completing our move to Substack, we are reposting our interviews in our main feed. Starting with this conversation with Rami.

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Episode 70: *2021 Repost* Inclusivity, Magic, and Food w/ Rami Ismail
Listen now | A few years back I had the opportunity and privilege to talk to Rami Ismail.
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