andrew webster
@andrewrweb.bsky.social
entertainment editor at the verge // we apologize for the inconvenience // go leafs go
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Got out some thoughts about Sora, gen AI nostalgia videos, and how the idea that this kind of content is the future of entertainment is an insult to people's intelligence
Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
Video generators like Sora rely on a monoculture that no longer exists.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Got out some thoughts about Sora, gen AI nostalgia videos, and how the idea that this kind of content is the future of entertainment is an insult to people's intelligence
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Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
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Slightly late to the party, but I reviewed @necrosoftgames.com's Demonschool for The Verge; a colourful take on tactical combat that builds its own identity from a mountain of inspirations and that I genuinely loved. Thanks to @andrewrweb.bsky.social for letting me.
Rough edges are smoothed out by colorful characters, fun side content, and an interesting take on tactical combat.
Demonschool channels Buffy and Persona for delightfully demonic RPG action
More than its influences.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Slightly late to the party, but I reviewed @necrosoftgames.com's Demonschool for The Verge; a colourful take on tactical combat that builds its own identity from a mountain of inspirations and that I genuinely loved. Thanks to @andrewrweb.bsky.social for letting me.
this is why i was out buying all the weirdo cartridges i could find www.theverge.com/games/822849...
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
this is why i was out buying all the weirdo cartridges i could find www.theverge.com/games/822849...
frankenstein vs. nosferatu: this christmas, the monsters are coming to town
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
frankenstein vs. nosferatu: this christmas, the monsters are coming to town
thinking about dash rendar
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
thinking about dash rendar
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Funny anecdote: the two non MTG players who read this for edits thought "Bagel and Schmear" was a bit and not a real actual card
Magic: The Gathering’s future looks like Fortnite, and fans are split
Magic: The Gathering’s future looks like Fortnite, and fans are split
Does everything have to be Universes Beyond?
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Funny anecdote: the two non MTG players who read this for edits thought "Bagel and Schmear" was a bit and not a real actual card
cant believe valve finally solved the vr headset problem
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
cant believe valve finally solved the vr headset problem
my bros @jaypeters.net and @seanhollister.bsky.social have every possible thing you could want to read about the new steam stuff (aside from the pesky price and release date) www.theverge.com/games/819080...
Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe
The Deck was just the start.
www.theverge.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
my bros @jaypeters.net and @seanhollister.bsky.social have every possible thing you could want to read about the new steam stuff (aside from the pesky price and release date) www.theverge.com/games/819080...
who will be the first person to get the gamecube startup sequence running on a steam machine
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
who will be the first person to get the gamecube startup sequence running on a steam machine
all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
all reviews should have scores, and by that i mean bespoke music
the only thing keeping me sane lately www.theverge.com/games/817997...
Lumines Arise is an almost perfect zen puzzle game
Headphones on.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
the only thing keeping me sane lately www.theverge.com/games/817997...
wish that welcome to derry wasn't trying so hard to be stranger things
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
wish that welcome to derry wasn't trying so hard to be stranger things
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How Frankenstein’s creature designer found a new look for an iconic monster
How Frankenstein’s creature designer found a new look for an iconic monster
A long process.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How Frankenstein’s creature designer found a new look for an iconic monster
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“I basically tailored the part for Rhea," Gilligan says. "I wanted her to be a star, I figured it was long past time for her to be number one on the call sheet, and I wanted to be the person to get her there.”
Pluribus’ Vince Gilligan on making shows that ‘attract really smart viewers’
It starts streaming in November.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“I basically tailored the part for Rhea," Gilligan says. "I wanted her to be a star, I figured it was long past time for her to be number one on the call sheet, and I wanted to be the person to get her there.”
the world is a nightmare *but* pluribus and frankenstein streaming on the same day is pretty good
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
the world is a nightmare *but* pluribus and frankenstein streaming on the same day is pretty good
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here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Apple’s latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery
An early, spoiler-free look at the show.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Apple’s latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery
An early, spoiler-free look at the show.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
here are my early, spoiler free thoughts on pluribus. actually, one spoiler: it rules www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
just look at this www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Rr...
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
just look at this www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Rr...
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Though I thouroughly enjoyed the game and have logged over 100+ hours in it, I've quietly harbored a blood feud against Tears of the Kingdom for it's treatment of Princess Zelda.
Age of Imprisonment has given me the satisfaction I need
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Age of Imprisonment has given me the satisfaction I need
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment finishes what Tears of the Kingdom started
Justice for Princess Zelda.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Though I thouroughly enjoyed the game and have logged over 100+ hours in it, I've quietly harbored a blood feud against Tears of the Kingdom for it's treatment of Princess Zelda.
Age of Imprisonment has given me the satisfaction I need
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Age of Imprisonment has given me the satisfaction I need
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️
The nostalgia and surprise of returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The nostalgia and surprise of returning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
And in one case, horror.
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I finally transferred my island off my old Switch Lite for this article. Ready for January ❤️
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Briefly thought my island got deleted, but Roscoe and I have been reunited
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Briefly thought my island got deleted, but Roscoe and I have been reunited
me: wishes for more blue jays stories on the verge
*monkey paw curls*
*monkey paw curls*
I wrote about baseball!! <3 www.theverge.com/report/81448...
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
me: wishes for more blue jays stories on the verge
*monkey paw curls*
*monkey paw curls*
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wrote about coin madness www.theverge.com/games/814111...
The hottest trend in speedrunning is flipping a coin
Unfair Flips isn’t fair, but it is fun.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
wrote about coin madness www.theverge.com/games/814111...