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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Nov 19

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 7d

With the recent passing of Ace Frehley and the 34th anniversary of Death's Human album, here's a really cool cover of one of the best Kiss songs:

youtu.be/HMX9ySmgl4Q?...

God of Thunder

YouTube video by Death - Topic

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 7d

Been listening a lot to Testament's new album Para Bellum and it's really awesome. I love all all the different elements they added together with their thrash stuff. The drumming from Chris Dovas is sick too. Easily one of my favorite albums of the year.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 9d

September 2025 US video game data fun fact - The PlayStation 5 has now surpassed the PlayStation 3 in lifetime installed base.

So that's cool.

Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service.

Shout out to Maki on the InstallBase forum for reminding me about this one.

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 9d

Been out of the loop on AEW the past few months but caught up on #AEWWrestleDream. It was a really good show. Darby Allin is nuts. The Jurassic Express/The Young Bucks and Brodido/ Okada & Takeshita tag matches were awesome.

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David Velez @davidbabylon.bsky.social · 16d

The McDonald’s x Street Fighter collab in Japan is incredible. No notes. 🤌

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15d

Ace Frehley, the wild Spaceman of Kiss who played guitar in the band throughout their Seventies heyday and again during the reunion period in the Nineties and inspired an entire generation of musicians, has died at age 74.

More on his life and legacy:
rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 14d

Rest in Power to the Spaceman Ace Frehley. I can't believe he suddenly passed away. His influence was monumental, especially on all the metal bands that followed. I was always more of a casual KISS fan but Ace's look and style is still cool to this day.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 15d

RIP to the legendary Tomonobu Itagaki. His Ninja Gaiden games on the original Xbox were some of the best of that era.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · 17d

Big fan of the #GamesUnder5Hours event on Steam. Lots of good stuff on there:

store.steampowered.com/curator/3463...

The Games Under 5 Hours Event Is Live! 🎮

October 13–27: Looking for something you can actually finish? Explore a curated selection of extraordinary short games that prove great experiences don’t need endless hours.

store.steampowered.com

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 17d

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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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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Oct 2

Saw that it was the 20th anniversary of Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi in Ring of Honor. Just watched the match for the first time and it's still incredible. The crowd is insane and both guys just kill each other the whole match.

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

Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe: FULL MATCH! Joe vs Kobashi 10/1/2005 | Hidden Classics

YouTube video by All Elite Wrestling

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Sep 26

Got the steelbook for #SilentHillF from GameStop by pre-ordering the game. The steelbook is already going for crazy prices online. I've been looking forward to the game all year.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Sep 1

Turned back the clock and gamed like it was 2006 again by finishing #GearsOfWarReloaded in one long co-op session on #PS5. The campaign is still great but shows its age more now. It also looks way different visually from the original release. I still can't believe Gears is on PlayStation.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 31

Real missed opportunity by not having a PlayStation-branded, Marcus Fenix-style durag as a pre-order bonus for Gears of War Reloaded on PS5.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 30

Rolled credits last night on the first Death Stranding. Took me a long time but I finally got it done. I loved the game. It wasn't perfect but a lot of the design was cool and the story gets insanely weird. I still don't fully understand it all yet. I'm moving onto the sequel pretty soon.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 21

Anthrax's Persistence of Time released 35 years ago today. It's one of my favorite albums. I love the heavier, darker and more serious tone of the songs. Start to finish the whole album kills.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 19

Death by Scrolling, Silent Hill f, Cronos: The New Dawn, Ghost of Yotei and Resident Evil: Requiem all looked great at Gamescom. Those are my favorites from the show today. The rest of it was too long and boring.

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · Aug 19

"Small teams with big ideas can change the industry"

this is the world premiere event for Black Ops 7

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 19

That dramatic trailer and the song choice for Road Kings was something else.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 19

Denshattack! looks really cool.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 19

With Hollow Knight: Silksong getting an official announcement this week from the devs that's most likely a release date, I should probably finally play the original game to see what all the massive hype is about.

Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 16

The new Coroner song "Renewal" is sick. Their first new album in 32 years called Dissonance Theory is coming out in October. These guys are still a fantastic live band too. Criminally underrated. Can't wait for the new album and to see them again on tour.

#metal #metalmusic

Coroner - Renewal (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Coroner

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 15

Saw a car with a sticker of the Bridges logo from Death Stranding on the back window. That's so random. Dude must be a mega fan. I was tempted to speed up next to him and give a big thumbs up like just for that.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Aug 13

Chrono Trigger's 30 years old you say? Time flies.

Timeless: A History of Chrono Trigger

How a Super Nintendo JRPG developed by a Dream Team of creators is still finding new fans 25 years later

medium.com

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Tim Bowman @timbowmanmedia.com · Aug 13

Listened to Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous album for the first time. Blew my mind. It has to be one of the best live albums ever made. I'm just now getting into Thin Lizzy but they're becoming one of my favorite bands already.