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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 15h

Still a lot of people that seemingly don’t know we’re all @secondwindgroup.com now making the best stuff we’ve ever made.

There’s literally nobody left working on video at the old site.

Just a dead brand being used for name recognition for gambling shit.

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 21h

Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh

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Steve Lee @stevelee.bsky.social · 17h

Rich was a level designer on Bioshock 2, then Senior LD on Dishonored 1, then Lead LD on Prey. Hire him you fools

Rich Wilson @richwilson.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like I'm looking for work. If anyone out there happens to have a lead or principal level design gig in Austin or remote, I'm all ears.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15h

these people know how extreme they are

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 16h

Don't ask who is going up against Janet Mills, ask who Janet Mills is going up against.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

newrepublic.com

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luis, the king of crops @itsluisgomez.com · 17h

“armchair Infrastructure Guy” is actually one of the top kind of guys you can be, this piece rules.

Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 19h

"Something about this version feels more welcoming, one of the rare third spaces in the city where leisure costs nothing and the pluralism on which we pride ourselves bears out." — @jawnita.bsky.social

After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome

We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.

hellgatenyc.com

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 16h

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 23h

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 16h

The three words every woman wants to hear

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hitrewindpod.bsky.social @hitrewindpod.bsky.social · 17h

He made amazing posters for excruciatingly bad flicks for MovieStore.

He never phoned it in.

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 16h

Drew Struzan's impact can be summarized as:

When people think of the concept of movie posters there are three categories.

1. Franchise movie with a dozen floating heads

2. "Classic" movie posters found in every college dorm

3. A Drew Struzan

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 17h

Remembering #DrewStruzan with one of the final posters of the master. His work for STAR WARS was some of the most iconic art of the medium, and his Ep. VII piece is no exception.

Drew Struzan's treaser poster for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 18h

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 18h

Ya hate to see it!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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1-900-HOTDOG @1900hotdog.bsky.social · 19h

Well, the economy is in the toilet, but maybe @merrittk.com can teach us all how to gamble. An instructional VHS can cure all of our problems. I'm certain of it. 1900hotdog.com/2025/10/lear...

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 20h

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 20h

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

www.designroom.site

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 21h

Again it works great if you're asking it how many states are in the USA or who was the star of Top Gun. But if the answer is even one inch deep or requires a tiny bit of reading comprehension of the source links, it does the one thing it should never, ever, ever do: It just fucking lies.

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 21h

"Let them fuck."

GuileWinQuote @guilewinquote.bsky.social · 21h

If I was in charge of a Godzilla movie I'd make Shin Godzilla 2 but this time Godzilla shows up with Mothra and they are FUCKING (nasty style) and a bunch of politicians gotta call in experts to see if Godzilla and Mothra can procreate and

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 21h

I don't even know why Columbus has shooters at all.

Most people only know two things about him: That he has a holiday named after him and that one jingle for when he sailed the ocean blue.

Like, there are just more notable historical figures to be a fanboy for. And some are even LESS woke!

Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 21h

Books should have pictures and sound and be about 90-minutes long.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Denshattack! @denshattack.bsky.social · 23h

Celebrating 150+ years of the incredible Japanese railways that inspired Denshattack!

Happy Railway Day ❤️🚄
#Japan

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 1d

I'm gonna need y'all to help with curating Steam Next Fest demos cause I'm seeing some SLOP on there.

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Maggie Reed @mermaidmamamaggie.bsky.social · 2d

Now playing at an airport near you. Kristi Noem’s TSA propaganda video. Watch till the end.

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Ross Reelachart @rossreelachart.bsky.social · 1d

And the consultancy firm that advised this change was paid a mere $500M for this suggestion.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'