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Rus McLaughlin

@rusmclaughlin.bsky.social

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Marketing/Content Strategist and Raconteur. Was the voice of PlayStation. Also Niantic, Oculus, EA, IGN, GamesBeat, others. My opinions represent everyone (except my employer). Video Games, Science Fiction, Geek Stuff, and that Writer's Life. (He/Him)

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1h

Ima just say the new episode of SLOW HORSES (S5, ep. 4) is about as cracked as the show’s ever been, and that’s saying something.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13h

Adios, Drew Struzan. Images as iconic as the films that inspired them.

Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 14h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 13h

Someone made EVA-01’s primary weapon.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. I just got a notice from the Epic Store that Borderlands 4 is already on sale.

You don't do promos 1 month from release. Unless.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

My friends…?

Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 1d

If you have ADHD? Now is a great time to remove all of your old drink containers from last week off of your desk.

My personal PC desk with (counting) 19 cans of Dr Pepper or cherry Coke Zero (pictured, there's really 20) and one 16oz empty bottle of cherry coke.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

They will pay.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Who does this remind me of…?

Daily Tokusatsu @dailytokusatsu.bsky.social · 1d

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Starting a new job tomorrow.

Rain coming into the Bay.

Ima walk the Bay Bridge and have lunch on Treasure Island.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

I seriously woke up and wondered if President Convict had, or was about to have, a tantrum about “Indigenous Peoples Day.”

Small men are so predictable.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

I hasten to say it's got proven talent behind the cameras (people who did Shang-Chi, Brooklyn 99, 30 Rock), so it's entirely possible that WONDER MAN will be really good. But the marketing has no real hook.

Because "meta-human who wants to be an actor and does his own stunts" could be a hook.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

The marketing so far around Disney Plus's WONDER MAN show is kinda textbook Bad Marketing.

Unless it's a kee-RAZY Hollywood Disaster! show that takes place in the MCU (with no real connection to the Marvel Comics character), I don't know what this show is. What is supposed to excite me about it?

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit, I love helping my kids with Shakespeare homework.

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

I’m willing to guess that none of these man-bun whiteboys has ever read a book that wasn’t ghostwritten for some billionaire CEO, but do think writing is easy because they’ve written emails before.

Marco Rinaldi @marcorinaldi.bsky.social · Nov 25

Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.

Bookseller article with the headline "New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone" 🤮🤮🤮

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

I just want to take a moment to salute the writer at Sucker Punch who was assigned to write Master Yoshida’s questline in Ghost of Yotei. They. Ate.

This guy is Mr. Fuck Around And NEVER Find Out. I would play an entire game around him.

<chef’s kiss>

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Dark Carnival in Berkeley decided to get Satan as their new mascot.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

I probably don’t say this enough, but:

Fuck Trump and everything he stands for. Fuck everyone enabling his racist, authoritarian agenda.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Trans Rights are Human Rights.

No one is illegal.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, I have to wonder what the fuck bullshit AI videos of Portland burning is Stephen Miller showing Trump every single day.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

"...so it never happens again."

It's happening again. So one day, Nuremberg will happen again.

NUREMBERG | Official Trailer #1 (2025)

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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, at this point, their celibacy is really voluntary.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

This is especially funny to me, because Atsu has some Hot Springs dialog about how it's been a while since she's gotten laid... but it's always so annoying to tell the guy to get lost after, and then she has to wash their stink off.

Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Siri, what's the difference between people who have seen a real-live Japanese woman and gamers who think the women in Tomonobu Itagaki games are photo-realistic?

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 4d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

Designed With
Gamers In Mind Designed With
Activists In Mind

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