Josh
@thevamp25.bsky.social
(He/Him) I repost a lot of games industry stuff. Just a lurker, no one special. Working on a video essay (eta 2027?), give it a couple years. Protect the trans community! Fix your hearts or die.
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One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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I especially think our fellow documentarians @noclipvideo.bsky.social, @dannyodwyer.bsky.social and @secondwindgroup.com would love this!
If you haven't had a chance to check out the "Pixels to Pages: The Story of Electronic Gaming Monthly" documentary from @gamesack.net and MLiG, take a break from Metroid Prime 4 and give it a watch here! youtu.be/E010OPY1Tzw
Pixels to Pages - The Story of Electronic Gaming Monthly
YouTube video by Game Sack
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I especially think our fellow documentarians @noclipvideo.bsky.social, @dannyodwyer.bsky.social and @secondwindgroup.com would love this!
I've been a listener for a long time. (Been following Patrick since 1up) just wanted to say I appreciate the diverse voices you have on the show. You guys rock! Keep up the great work! It's been great hearing Danika back on the pod. @remapradio.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I've been a listener for a long time. (Been following Patrick since 1up) just wanted to say I appreciate the diverse voices you have on the show. You guys rock! Keep up the great work! It's been great hearing Danika back on the pod. @remapradio.bsky.social
Sounds about right. Don't know about spiritbox though.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sounds about right. Don't know about spiritbox though.
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Red Letter Media if it were a Japanese variety show
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Red Letter Media if it were a Japanese variety show
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Boss Fight Books’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is on! Use code BFCM25 at checkout to receive 20% off your order of books, including SHOVEL KNIGHT, written by yours truly. bossfightbooks.com.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Boss Fight Books’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is on! Use code BFCM25 at checkout to receive 20% off your order of books, including SHOVEL KNIGHT, written by yours truly. bossfightbooks.com.
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This week Special Guest @bobvids.com chats with us about modern horror game subgenres, liminal spaces, and scariest of all, Lasagna Cat.
open.spotify.com/episode/5w7B...
open.spotify.com/episode/5w7B...
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This week Special Guest @bobvids.com chats with us about modern horror game subgenres, liminal spaces, and scariest of all, Lasagna Cat.
open.spotify.com/episode/5w7B...
open.spotify.com/episode/5w7B...
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This week’s newsletter is about PLAYERS, the Kiarostami-esque e-sports melodrama only available via unlisted YouTube videos:
open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
Let Me Describe A Very Weird TV Show To You
A Thanksgiving Week Distraction
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This week’s newsletter is about PLAYERS, the Kiarostami-esque e-sports melodrama only available via unlisted YouTube videos:
open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
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If you're new to cooking or don't trust yourself to recognize a bad AI recipe, for the love on god, do not just use random recipes from random profiles. Find trustworthy sites and creators (Serious Eats, NYT Cooking, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Alton Brown) and search their archives for what you need.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you're new to cooking or don't trust yourself to recognize a bad AI recipe, for the love on god, do not just use random recipes from random profiles. Find trustworthy sites and creators (Serious Eats, NYT Cooking, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Alton Brown) and search their archives for what you need.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Purple man
Smoking weed
In my bedroom
Don't want you
I don't need you
Smoking weed
In my bedroom
Don't want you
I don't need you
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Purple man
Smoking weed
In my bedroom
Don't want you
I don't need you
Smoking weed
In my bedroom
Don't want you
I don't need you
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Found a Mr Do in the wild in Branson MO.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Found a Mr Do in the wild in Branson MO.
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We lost something as a culture when all the licensed anime tie-in videogames became gambling phone games instead of jank-ass Psychic Force knockoffs
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
We lost something as a culture when all the licensed anime tie-in videogames became gambling phone games instead of jank-ass Psychic Force knockoffs
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WELCOME TO THE CHINESE CENTURY
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
WELCOME TO THE CHINESE CENTURY
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
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Videogames are
Trailer - Hypernet Explorer
YouTube video by Nocoldiz
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Videogames are
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
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November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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Fuck this random grunt in particular I guess
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fuck this random grunt in particular I guess
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Hell, this isn't just a 'them damn zoomers always on their tiktoks thing' either.
I think in almost every Giant Bomb Quick Look video I've seen, the most veteran games journalists around just mash or talk through tutorials only to get confused and stuck ten minutes later when it's time to do stuff.
I think in almost every Giant Bomb Quick Look video I've seen, the most veteran games journalists around just mash or talk through tutorials only to get confused and stuck ten minutes later when it's time to do stuff.
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hell, this isn't just a 'them damn zoomers always on their tiktoks thing' either.
I think in almost every Giant Bomb Quick Look video I've seen, the most veteran games journalists around just mash or talk through tutorials only to get confused and stuck ten minutes later when it's time to do stuff.
I think in almost every Giant Bomb Quick Look video I've seen, the most veteran games journalists around just mash or talk through tutorials only to get confused and stuck ten minutes later when it's time to do stuff.
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Unreal Tournament can now be played IN A BROWSER
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
Multiplayer Hub | DOS.Zone
Multiplayer Portal - is a best place to play classic DOS and Windows games online with your friends. No registration needed, no advertisment, just play! Quake, Half-Life, Heroes of Might and Magic, Wo...
dos.zone
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unreal Tournament can now be played IN A BROWSER
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
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learning that there are a lot of ppl on here who are unfamiliar with the late john mcafee's posts
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
learning that there are a lot of ppl on here who are unfamiliar with the late john mcafee's posts