Anthony Dungan
@thedarkestlink.bsky.social
Gamer, Christian, musician, writer, leftist. Loves fighting games, manga, movies, and peanut butter toast. Getting washed so I can get clean. He/him. Black lives matter.
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The past few years, since 2017 actually, I've spent the month writing tweets/posts about my 31 favorite things from the past year.
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
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🚨MinnMax is looking for a production assistant🚨
This is a paid, part-time, contract role for people experienced in editing video, Photoshop, social clips, etc. This is not going to be an on-camera role.
Please send a resume and examples of your work to [email protected]
Help sharing is appreciated!
This is a paid, part-time, contract role for people experienced in editing video, Photoshop, social clips, etc. This is not going to be an on-camera role.
Please send a resume and examples of your work to [email protected]
Help sharing is appreciated!
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨MinnMax is looking for a production assistant🚨
This is a paid, part-time, contract role for people experienced in editing video, Photoshop, social clips, etc. This is not going to be an on-camera role.
Please send a resume and examples of your work to [email protected]
Help sharing is appreciated!
This is a paid, part-time, contract role for people experienced in editing video, Photoshop, social clips, etc. This is not going to be an on-camera role.
Please send a resume and examples of your work to [email protected]
Help sharing is appreciated!
Creatives have done work for hundreds of years without AI - concept art, prototyping, iterating. I don't want to play a game that outsources that work to a computer
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creatives have done work for hundreds of years without AI - concept art, prototyping, iterating. I don't want to play a game that outsources that work to a computer
It's been hard to keep to one a day this year considering I am a *lot* busier in my day-to-day than last year but I will keep marching on! Just gotta find the time for it
Day 9, I went back and replayed Hollow Knight after not liking it that much the first time. I loved it! thedarkestlink.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/2...
2025.9 – Hollow Knight
One privilege of playing games so long is seeing my tastes mature over the years. Where I once wanted on-rails, guided experiences, I now seek out more open-ended and hands-off games. Instead of wa…
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December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's been hard to keep to one a day this year considering I am a *lot* busier in my day-to-day than last year but I will keep marching on! Just gotta find the time for it
Pretty solid week at the movies
December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Pretty solid week at the movies
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losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
Sorry but I'm an Expedition 33 apologist. Great game, even as an RPG lover
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sorry but I'm an Expedition 33 apologist. Great game, even as an RPG lover
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This will be my only award-related commentary for the night: The Hundred Line should have been nominated for Best Narrative. And Game of the Year.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This will be my only award-related commentary for the night: The Hundred Line should have been nominated for Best Narrative. And Game of the Year.
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We're raising money for The Somali Museum of Minnesota, help us hit their goal of $10,000. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
Our reaction stream for The Game Awards will be pushing people towards the nonprofit, whose mission is to show the beauty of Somali culture. youtube.com/live/zu8ncDQ...
Our reaction stream for The Game Awards will be pushing people towards the nonprofit, whose mission is to show the beauty of Somali culture. youtube.com/live/zu8ncDQ...
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're raising money for The Somali Museum of Minnesota, help us hit their goal of $10,000. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
Our reaction stream for The Game Awards will be pushing people towards the nonprofit, whose mission is to show the beauty of Somali culture. youtube.com/live/zu8ncDQ...
Our reaction stream for The Game Awards will be pushing people towards the nonprofit, whose mission is to show the beauty of Somali culture. youtube.com/live/zu8ncDQ...
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This year MinnMax is using our reaction stream for The Game Awards to raise money for the Somali Museum of Minnesota.
People aren't "garbage".
Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
People aren't "garbage".
Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This year MinnMax is using our reaction stream for The Game Awards to raise money for the Somali Museum of Minnesota.
People aren't "garbage".
Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
People aren't "garbage".
Please donate/share to help the museum's mission of connecting Minneapolis with the beauty of Somali art, dance, and history. www.givemn.org/story/12p1xe
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The BDS movement is partnering with @nogamesforgenocide.com. Together we can help end Microsoft’s technological support of Israel illegal apartheid regime and genocide in Gaza.
Sign the pledge to boycott Microsoft’s Xbox.
Read more: loom.ly/1FQEDiA
Sign the pledge to boycott Microsoft’s Xbox.
Read more: loom.ly/1FQEDiA
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The BDS movement is partnering with @nogamesforgenocide.com. Together we can help end Microsoft’s technological support of Israel illegal apartheid regime and genocide in Gaza.
Sign the pledge to boycott Microsoft’s Xbox.
Read more: loom.ly/1FQEDiA
Sign the pledge to boycott Microsoft’s Xbox.
Read more: loom.ly/1FQEDiA
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The end of the year is always my favorite time as a games writer, and I always try to get an interview for one game that really hit me. So here's a big interview with Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi, on creating the wild experiment of The Hundred Line www.inverse.com/gaming/the-h...
'The Hundred Line' Creators Say Risking Bankruptcy For A Game With 100 Endings Was 'Worth It'
The creators behind 2025's most revolutionary game talk about how their "magnum opus" brought them back from the brink of bankruptcy,
www.inverse.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The end of the year is always my favorite time as a games writer, and I always try to get an interview for one game that really hit me. So here's a big interview with Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi, on creating the wild experiment of The Hundred Line www.inverse.com/gaming/the-h...
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Might be my favorite interview of the year, just for quotes like this
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Might be my favorite interview of the year, just for quotes like this
Now seated 🙏🙏🙏
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Now seated 🙏🙏🙏
I DIDN'T KNOW PSYCHO MADE MOVES LIKE THAT
LOVE MY MAN BLAZ BUT THAT WAS CRAZY
LOVE MY MAN BLAZ BUT THAT WAS CRAZY
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I DIDN'T KNOW PSYCHO MADE MOVES LIKE THAT
LOVE MY MAN BLAZ BUT THAT WAS CRAZY
LOVE MY MAN BLAZ BUT THAT WAS CRAZY
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From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. n.pr/3K8WaF5
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. n.pr/3K8WaF5
Tomorrow will probably be late/delayed to Thursday cause I have a *ton* of stuff going on tomorrow
Day 2, the Great American Video Game, Kentucky Route Zero!
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2025.2 – Kentucky Route Zero
“It’s kinda long, kinda like a short poem, I think. One of those short poems that really sums it all up. “You’ll figure it out.” Video games have rapidly matured over …
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December 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tomorrow will probably be late/delayed to Thursday cause I have a *ton* of stuff going on tomorrow
I've only seen Monster from Kore-eda but it should say something that as someone fundamentally against live action adaptations like this that I'm beyond stoked to see what he does
"Look Back" live-action film is coming in 2026.
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
shonenjumpplus.com/episode/1710...
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I've only seen Monster from Kore-eda but it should say something that as someone fundamentally against live action adaptations like this that I'm beyond stoked to see what he does
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
The past few years, since 2017 actually, I've spent the month writing tweets/posts about my 31 favorite things from the past year.
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
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thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The past few years, since 2017 actually, I've spent the month writing tweets/posts about my 31 favorite things from the past year.
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
I'm still going to do that again this year, just in a different form:
thedarkestlink.wordpress.com
Man I do not know how gen audiences are gonna respond to Wake Up Dead Man but I adored it, beginning to end. Like Rian Johnson made a movie just for me
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Man I do not know how gen audiences are gonna respond to Wake Up Dead Man but I adored it, beginning to end. Like Rian Johnson made a movie just for me
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This is why Kentucky Route Zero and 1000xResist are the goats
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is why Kentucky Route Zero and 1000xResist are the goats
@haleyfax.bsky.social any chance you have a list of all of the books you read during that first year of college program you mentioned on Bonus Pod?
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@haleyfax.bsky.social any chance you have a list of all of the books you read during that first year of college program you mentioned on Bonus Pod?
YEEAAAAHHH BOOOOYYYY, NO OTHER CHOICE EARLY ACCESS AT MY AMC
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
YEEAAAAHHH BOOOOYYYY, NO OTHER CHOICE EARLY ACCESS AT MY AMC
Mind if a white boy makes a lil chicken and rice 😈
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Mind if a white boy makes a lil chicken and rice 😈