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The Beauty and Brutality of Ghost of Yōtei

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 10h

Ghost of Yotei has an unbelievably beautiful world to exist in.

Made a little video to highlight that and just how peaceful it felt getting to explore it.

Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 12h

Ghost of Yotei encourages you to stop and smell the roses -- something more open-world games should do.

The latest video from @nickjcal.bsky.social is live -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-H...

The Beauty and Brutality of Ghost of Yōtei

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 12h

Ghost of Yotei encourages you to stop and smell the roses -- something more open-world games should do.

The latest video from @nickjcal.bsky.social is live -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA-H...

Should Difficulty Options Even Exist? | Design Delve

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JM8 & Ludo (Design Delve) @designdelve.bsky.social · 1d

Gunna bamboozle a couple people with my thoughts on this one 🦐

Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 1d

This week's episode of Design Delve is now available, with @designdelve.bsky.social taking a look at the age-old question of difficulty options.

Presented by Once Upon a Galaxy.

Eight Games We Loved from Steam Next Fest

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 1d

As per usual, we'll be doing one of our favorite demos of Steam Next Fest round-up videos on @secondwindgroup.com!

If you've got a cool demo to send us, either reply here or drop me an email and we'll try our best to give it a look (cause there's a bajillion of them).

Should Difficulty Options Even Exist? | Design Delve

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 1d

This week's episode of Design Delve is now available, with @designdelve.bsky.social taking a look at the age-old question of difficulty options.

Presented by Once Upon a Galaxy.

[COLUMN] Peacemaker Asks if Its Hero is Beyond Salvation | by Darren Mooney | Second Wind

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 1d

Peacemaker Season 2 expertly wrestles with the idea of whether its hero is beyond salvation.

@darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into the themes running through the entire season + finale of the latest DC story.

Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 2d

This week on Yahtzee Tries, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social checked out CloverPit, Hotel Barcelona, Carimara, and House of Necrosis!

CloverPit, Hotel Barcelona, Carimara, and House of Necrosis | Yahtzee Tries

Silent Hill F Delivers the Perfect Jump Scare

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Jesse Galena🦖(any/all)🔜 PAX UNplugged! @rexiconjesse.bsky.social · 3d

This was really nice to produce. Marty's take is thoughtful and fun. A great way to understand the use of a proper jump scare and how it can be a tool for good horror, not just cheap gags.

Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

Once specific moment in Silent Hill f highlights the formula for delivering the perfect jump scare.

Let's dig into that moment -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcY...

Xbox Is Killing All the Appeal of Game Pass | Unpacked

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 4d

The best deal in gaming isn't exactly the best deal in gaming anymore.

Xbox Is Killing All the Appeal of Game Pass | Unpacked

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 4d

Xbox just can't stop shooting itself in the foot.

This week's episode of Unpacked from @nickjcal.bsky.social is now available.

Yooka-Replaylee Review | Bytesized

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 4d

There's an eerie emptiness to TRON: Ares that can't be ignored.

@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes deep on why this weekend's blockbuster didn't work for him.

Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

Yooka-Replaylee is the best version of the 3D platformer, and well-worth the time of any collectathon fans.

@sigmagears9.bsky.social goes over everything you need to know in his latest Bytesized review -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v8i...

Silent Hill F Delivers the Perfect Jump Scare

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

Once specific moment in Silent Hill f highlights the formula for delivering the perfect jump scare.

Let's dig into that moment -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcY...

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

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Malcolm Rambert (Looking for Work!) @malcmanishere.bsky.social · 6d

Watched this yesterday. Great 34-minute video that analyzes a fav show of mine and shows why you should be watching it yesterday.

Someone I follow said earlier this year that no new mangaka is gonna be “the next Osamu Tezuka” because all these new mangaka are beefing with people on Twitter. 1/2

Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 7d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

a person is riding a red motorcycle with africanrabbit written on the bottom right

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 6d

I did not care for #TronAres.

A lot of nothing happening very loud and very quickly, unfolding in a human world that somehow feels more like a digital wasteland than the Grid. A frustrating waste of a pretty great premise.

Pretty good score, though.

ALT: a person is riding a red motorcycle with africanrabbit written on the bottom right

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 6d

This week on Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social reviewed Silent Hill F.

We still don't know what the "F" stands for.

Silent Hill F | Fully Ramblomatic

One Battle After Another Is All Kinds of Revolutionary | The Rewind Podcast

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Jack Packard @jackpackard.bsky.social · 7d

In about an hour, @janjozone.bsky.social is joining Marty and I on The ReWind.

We'll be talking about Nintendo's very bizarre animated short and "One Battle After Another" which is very good... unsurprisingly very good... but like VERY GOOD.

Watch/Listen Here:

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 7d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

Co-op Party Chaos in King of Meat | Hot Monday Energy

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 7d

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is one of the most creative 3D platformers ever made, and you shouldn't sleep on its Switch 2 remaster.

Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Jesse Galena🦖(any/all)🔜 PAX UNplugged! @rexiconjesse.bsky.social · 8d

NO KINGS
JUST MEATS
It's time for King of Meat with @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and @sigmagears9.bsky.social on @secondwindgroup.com
's Twitch and YouTube!
(in a few moments as we sort totally normal technical issues)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bA7...

Strange Antiquities Review | Bytesized

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 8d

Strange Antiquities, from developer @badvikinggames.bsky.social, is an excellent follow-up to Strange Horticulture and a quietly charming puzzle game in its own right.

Check out @prettygrimgames.bsky.social's latest Bytesized here -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfB...