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Roman France
@romanmf.bsky.social
LA-based Video Game Dude | Photographer
Currently @ Ripple Effect Studios (EA)
Previously: Activision | R* | The Optional
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Many hair follicles were lost these last four years helping bring this thing to life. I hope you give #Battlefield6, and our new free-to-play BF experience, #RedSec a shot! Crafting the largest map in franchise history was no small feat! youtu.be/rn8k1g3vMDU?...
Battlefield REDSEC Official Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Battlefield
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Tonight Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment issued this statement asking: "Is Paramount, once again, kowtowing to appease the president, as its owner seeks administration approval to further expand his media empire with a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery?"
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Vince was the truth. He was way chiller than you’d expect for someone so accomplished. He would talk cars, games (or shit!) with anyone. I loved his studio visits and will miss his presence at Ripple. Battlefield 6 would not be what it is without his guidance and protection.

Rest in power, king 🙏🏾🕊️
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Verge is the best. Subscribe today!
www.theverge.com/subscribe
December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
January 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This movie rules!

BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA!
THE UGLY STEPSISTER: LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD & BLU-RAY released Feb 23, preorder now! Featuring new audio commentaries, cast & crew interviews and more! Plus 120-page book & art cards! Std Eds also available. bit.ly/TheUglySteps...
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The average price paid for a new unit of video game hardware in the US during November 2019 was $235. In November 2025 it was $439.

3.9 million units of video game hardware sold in the US in November 2019. In November 2025 it was 1.6 million.

Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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if mick foley can stand on business anyone can and should
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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24,000 views on my YouTube video has earned me… $2.07. Subscribe to my Patreon to support my work because i don’t know how anyone makes a living off of these platforms! 🙏 www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bob Iger’s return to Disney has been fascinating to watch. I would love to know how the craftspeople at Disney feel about his latest move. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...
Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator
Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.
www.cnbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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have a pit in my stomach the competition for one of the oldest studios is between one of the most dangerous and influential families in the world and a company and CEO openly trying to destroy the theatrical experience
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Surprise! AI-powered web browsers aren't nearly as capable as the industry is promising they'll be, as @vicmsong.bsky.social discovered after putting five of them to the test www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today
For sale: walking shoes? Not with AI
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I will never understand why an actual movie director chooses to spend his time and energy behaving like a fifth-tier shitposter. (Also, this is a Hall of Fame bad take.)
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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When we talk about video game stories I think there is too much emphasis on plot points and not enough on the execution (writing, lighting/music, how mechanics support and enhance the story etc).
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:

Very little U.S travel

No rallies or contact with supporters

Right-wing media

Dinners with rich donors and billionaires

Truth Social

Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m pretty set on grabbing a Rivian R2 next year but the Scouts are…niiiiiiicce. #LAAutoShow
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Can’t think of a better advertisement for @nebula.tv than the fact that the top video on the platform is FD Signifier’s essay on Charlie Kirk, which just got taken down on YouTube, even though YouTube had reviewed that much more censored version of the video and approved it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM