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Rev. Cameron Abbott
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Former Editor @thatnerdysite, Former Journalist, Professional Analyst for the Pay, Media Analyst for the Love of the Game! The Abro🌈 Milquetoast Existential Dread RS Trash Monster. They don't make tombstones for stray dogs. He/Him. [email protected]
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Rev. Cameron Abbott @revcabbott.bsky.social · Jan 24
Hey Blueskypians! I figured it'd be fun to introduce myself.

I'm your good friend, the good Reverend Cameron Abbott!

I'm an Analyst by trade, and specifically a Media Analyst by passion! I love breaking down, finding insight, & talking about games, movies, music & Pop Culture for ThatNerdySite.com
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cholentlover.bsky.social
No worries, I asked again
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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theonion.com
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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necrosoftgames.com
We're doing a series of behind the scenes style devlogs where we discuss how and why we came upon certain systems in Demonschool. This first one is about our battle system. We want to be more transparent about our process, and this is one step toward that! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN3p...
Demonschool Devlog 1: Quick battles with no leveling and no experience points
YouTube video by Necrosoft Games
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
revcabbott.bsky.social
Show me a fictional character that altered your brain chemistry.
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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airbagged.bsky.social
Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.
danielbdaylewis 2/2 and thrown in the dirt • 251 Liked by ramirez14170 and others danielbdaylewis Paul Dano is one of the best and most talented actors of his generation.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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tolkoto.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
revcabbott.bsky.social
Harada was for many years the man who kept Tekken alive. His love for not just the FGC and casual players alike, he often strongly advocated for interconnected world building & character development. Keeping a coherent, if insane, lore at the center of the character's conflicts.

Thank you Harada.
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 7d
Katsuhiro Harada to leave Bandai Namco at end of the year
I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close. My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas. I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me. The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator. Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity. And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars. Those memories are also deeply precious to me. In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect. Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.” During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance. His words quietly supported me in making this decision. Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day. Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company. Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me. To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude. I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date. Thank you very much for everything. 【Postscript】 Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest. For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event. So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement. Listening to it brings back many memories. Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years. ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7lj0O December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary - Katsuhiro Harada
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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airbagged.bsky.social
Ending a retirement announcement with a farewell DJ mix is such a beast mode move
namco VS R&D - TEKKEN PROJECT - namco Video Soft Research & Development: TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey - Harada's Final Mix Katsuhiro Harada 1 • 8892 • 58:06 • Dec 8, 2025
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Katsuhiro Harada to leave Bandai Namco at end of the year
I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close. My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas. I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me. The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator. Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity. And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars. Those memories are also deeply precious to me. In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect. Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.” During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance. His words quietly supported me in making this decision. Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day. Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company. Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me. To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude. I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date. Thank you very much for everything. 【Postscript】 Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest. For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event. So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement. Listening to it brings back many memories. Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years. ‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7lj0O December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary - Katsuhiro Harada
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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austinwalker.bsky.social
I'm not going to re-write a whole piece I already wrote 8 years ago, so here

www.vice.com/en/article/s...
Stories in Games Aren't Problems, They're Solutions
Lots of video games have terrible stories, but that's no reason to give up telling them.
www.vice.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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imrankhan.bsky.social
Both Hades II and Clair Obscur are about the whims of gods who, in their petty squabbles, fail to treat the mortals beneath them as equals.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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megannicolett.bsky.social
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
New Save Collective plans to continue holding future events and organizing gamers. The fight for these communities online is far from over. “Gaming wasn't kind of a random genre that we chose,” says Siggelkow. “We've been tracking anti-immigrant myths and disinformation digitally for years. We really grounded this campaign in a lot of data and research. This really is a space that is critical for immigration narrative.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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awildjessichu.bsky.social
Literally Reb and I had a whole ass conversation about this a couple weeks back and both felt so so strongly that it’s a hard no. If I could use my video game ✨expertise✨ and motherhood status to impart any sort of advice on fellow parents, it’s keep your kids off Roblox
duckvalentine.bsky.social Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 23d
If we have a kid we are absolutely forbidding Roblox. I know I will inevitably cave on a number of other stupid things all their little friends are doing, but this is a hard line in the sand that no amount of screaming will change.
josie.zone 🏳️‍⚧️ Kristi Noem Chomsky @josie.zone · 23d
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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glassbottommeg.bsky.social
Looking forward to Dispatch selling well enough to make people think there's a huge untapped genre there, forming Nu-Telltale Games around it, and then spinning their wheels as they gradually realize that no, actually, you can't consistently scale narrative games by simply throwing more budget at it
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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jarrettjawn.bsky.social
Hooray for @professorrpg.bsky.social’s IGN preview debut! (For video games)
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 25d
While many aspects of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined are still a mystery, all of those special little qualities and personalities that have kept this series going for almost 40 years are still on display.

Our hands-on impressions: https://bit.ly/43zDoNE
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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rpgsite.net
Ahead of our full review, we have a feature covering how Demonschool feels on PS5, Switch 2 via backward compatibility, Switch, Steam Deck, and ROG Ally: www.rpgsite.net/feature/1896...
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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begroom.bsky.social
Demonschool is definitely not one to be missed as you look to wrap up whatever games you can fit into your end of the year discussions.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
revcabbott.bsky.social
My most anticipated game of the year!
necrosoftgames.com Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · Nov 5
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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revcabbott.bsky.social
It's been fascinating to see the LA Dodgers and their fans become the new Yankees.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
revcabbott.bsky.social
It's been fascinating to see the LA Dodgers and their fans become the new Yankees.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
revcabbott.bsky.social
Best part of living in Arizona is not dealing with this bullshit.
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
revcabbott.bsky.social
Talk about silver linings! No Spider-verse movie concert this year means we're at the @dimension20.bsky.social #VivaMasVegas! Shout out to @trevorjstarkey.bsky.social for continuing to completely out-gift me year after year. Can't wait to see the Intrepid Heroes in the Stars!
November 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
revcabbott.bsky.social
We're just regular movement now. @trevorjstarkey.bsky.social could get a full action in this round.
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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trevorjstarkey.bsky.social
Some years ago, I lost an hour to Daylight Savings when the clocks moved forward while I was at PAX East in Boston. As an Arizonan, I never got that hour back. That changes tonight because I'm in Las Vegas for the @dimension20.bsky.social live show so I'll finally get my hour back from the universe!
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media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM