Phil Hornshaw
@philhornshaw.com
Freelance games journalist and consultant, former game assessment analyst at NetEase. Bylines all over but mostly @GameSpot. My books THE TIME TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO TIME TRAVEL and THE SPACE HERO'S GUIDE TO GLORY are hilarious. https://www.philhornshaw.com
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As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
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"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
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honestly making me crazy, as is the seeming inability of the people doing this to actually engage with the actual points being made rather than immediately pre-relitigating an imaginary 2028 election loss nearly 3 years ahead of time
if it's 2026 and you're already insisting everyone throw their support behind literally any idiot democrats nominate no matter what, you are telling everyone that not only do you have zero principles but that you just want to be told what to do and how to vote bc thinking for yourself is too hard
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
honestly making me crazy, as is the seeming inability of the people doing this to actually engage with the actual points being made rather than immediately pre-relitigating an imaginary 2028 election loss nearly 3 years ahead of time
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It’s going to be rich as the full extent of Trump’s cruelty spending spree hits the national debt to see Republicans suddenly discover we can’t afford things again.
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It’s going to be rich as the full extent of Trump’s cruelty spending spree hits the national debt to see Republicans suddenly discover we can’t afford things again.
Highguard has more problems than public perception and I know we had that whole discourse dunking on IGN about when it's okay to be critical, but I do think we need to reckon with the fact that games culture has a whole economic subdivision devoted to shitting on stuff before it's even released.
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Highguard has more problems than public perception and I know we had that whole discourse dunking on IGN about when it's okay to be critical, but I do think we need to reckon with the fact that games culture has a whole economic subdivision devoted to shitting on stuff before it's even released.
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
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February 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
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over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Who will think of those people who only own one, maybe two buildings.
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Who will think of those people who only own one, maybe two buildings.
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“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
Funny how the result of releasing the Epstein files is a lot of people publicly deciding that actually pedophilia is fine. Wonder what changed hmmmmmmmm who can say
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Funny how the result of releasing the Epstein files is a lot of people publicly deciding that actually pedophilia is fine. Wonder what changed hmmmmmmmm who can say
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm starting to think that either these rich folks aren't very good at the whole business thing, or else they don't have our best interests at heart! Maybe both!
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm starting to think that either these rich folks aren't very good at the whole business thing, or else they don't have our best interests at heart! Maybe both!
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After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
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Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
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Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Some people are asking what I want Schumer to do. He should be screaming over medical care and access to facilities. He should be going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. He should lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention. [1/4]
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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For both Remnant games they basically made three times as much game as they had to. When you start a campaign, it generates a pretty lengthy adventure, but only using about a third of the total content.
You can replay each game 3-4 times and keep seeing new bosses, story arcs, locations and loot.
You can replay each game 3-4 times and keep seeing new bosses, story arcs, locations and loot.
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
For both Remnant games they basically made three times as much game as they had to. When you start a campaign, it generates a pretty lengthy adventure, but only using about a third of the total content.
You can replay each game 3-4 times and keep seeing new bosses, story arcs, locations and loot.
You can replay each game 3-4 times and keep seeing new bosses, story arcs, locations and loot.
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Just noticed that Remnant 2 (complete with all the DLC, which integrates seamlessly) is at its lowest price yet. £10/$14. Also the first game going for half that.
Hugely replayable Souls-ish shooters, even better in co-op. Also secretly the closest we've had to a Dark Tower game series.
Hugely replayable Souls-ish shooters, even better in co-op. Also secretly the closest we've had to a Dark Tower game series.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Just noticed that Remnant 2 (complete with all the DLC, which integrates seamlessly) is at its lowest price yet. £10/$14. Also the first game going for half that.
Hugely replayable Souls-ish shooters, even better in co-op. Also secretly the closest we've had to a Dark Tower game series.
Hugely replayable Souls-ish shooters, even better in co-op. Also secretly the closest we've had to a Dark Tower game series.
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If you start working younger and retire later or never, we could make even more money off you!
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
If you start working younger and retire later or never, we could make even more money off you!
Amazing how we spent several years hearing about the president is too old, incredibly shockingly way too old, just old as shit, so goddamn old, how will his old damage America, who's puppeting his ancient ass, and then the absolute disaster president *poops on TV* and that's just, like ... nothing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Amazing how we spent several years hearing about the president is too old, incredibly shockingly way too old, just old as shit, so goddamn old, how will his old damage America, who's puppeting his ancient ass, and then the absolute disaster president *poops on TV* and that's just, like ... nothing.