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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It’s fun to say “I saw yoda get hit by a car.” relaxing. the cellar door of sentences
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It’s fun to say “I saw yoda get hit by a car.” relaxing. the cellar door of sentences
I know I always say this, but Vagrant Story is an absolute masterpiece with a poorly explained crafting and weapons system and a UI that's kind of a nightmare.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I know I always say this, but Vagrant Story is an absolute masterpiece with a poorly explained crafting and weapons system and a UI that's kind of a nightmare.
Can I please never hear from or about James Carville again
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Can I please never hear from or about James Carville again
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Trick question, all video game knowledge is equally useless
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trick question, all video game knowledge is equally useless
Who is desperate to make these people look like humans?
There are a lot of different versions circulating. They're all AI generated.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Who is desperate to make these people look like humans?
Hell, I treat most YouTube videos like podcasts.
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Hell, I treat most YouTube videos like podcasts.
Lol if you're still on Twitter what are you doing
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Lol if you're still on Twitter what are you doing
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Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Musk turned on a feature on X that showed country of origin.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
He disabled it a couple hours later when it was revealed how many MAGA accounts aren't in the U.S.
Foreign bot disinformation machines exposed.
Seems like Twitter could have done that feature 15 years ago & we wouldn't be here today.
There's at least one important FF7 game that was made for flip phones or some shit
NieR 3, a direct and immediate sequel to Automata, is a mobile gacha game that was taken offline and is totally unplayable today.
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
There's at least one important FF7 game that was made for flip phones or some shit
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Trump meeting is even funnier when you picture JD Vance getting redder and redder as he watches
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump meeting is even funnier when you picture JD Vance getting redder and redder as he watches
Didn't even have to bring him a gold bar
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Didn't even have to bring him a gold bar
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Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
Not sure if Mamdani is a generational talent or if we're just so used to people absolutely sucking ass at politics that we're getting our minds blown by someone who's actually good at it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Not sure if Mamdani is a generational talent or if we're just so used to people absolutely sucking ass at politics that we're getting our minds blown by someone who's actually good at it.
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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Whoops, The Onion has accidentally torn apart the Detroit Lions fanbase.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Whoops, The Onion has accidentally torn apart the Detroit Lions fanbase.
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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*looks directly at camera*
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
*looks directly at camera*
My t-shirt has people asking questions etc etc
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My t-shirt has people asking questions etc etc
Somebody ask Grok how many friends Elon has and just how out of frame they are.
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Somebody ask Grok how many friends Elon has and just how out of frame they are.
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Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
I love continually seeing fascists caught up in career-ending scandals that should see them in jail forever and instead of taking the layup, Democrats throw the ball into the stands and start talking about the price of eggs.
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I love continually seeing fascists caught up in career-ending scandals that should see them in jail forever and instead of taking the layup, Democrats throw the ball into the stands and start talking about the price of eggs.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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You can tell who is in “the Club” and who isn’t by who gets chased out of journalism or scrape and claw back into it versus the people who one year later come out of “exile” after gross breach in ethics and get glossy profiles and a book deal.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You can tell who is in “the Club” and who isn’t by who gets chased out of journalism or scrape and claw back into it versus the people who one year later come out of “exile” after gross breach in ethics and get glossy profiles and a book deal.
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Dems: Mamdani is too radical for our taste. Plus someone said he's antisemitic. And that name is scary to us! We need to keep him out.
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dems: Mamdani is too radical for our taste. Plus someone said he's antisemitic. And that name is scary to us! We need to keep him out.
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent