AJ Small
@badgercommander.bsky.social
I do some writing for Xbox Tavern, and sometimes for gamecritics. I have a Youtube channel that people still visit to watch the intro for Super Meat boy, and sometimes to watch some out takes from the Obi-Wan game on Xbox
So, playing the Silent Hill 2 remake, it is very atmospheric, great sound design... I just don't get why The Medium is considered to be dog shit while this is the pinnacle of survival horror.
Maybe I am just a sucker for soviet Polish architecture and not small town Americana?
Maybe I am just a sucker for soviet Polish architecture and not small town Americana?
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So, playing the Silent Hill 2 remake, it is very atmospheric, great sound design... I just don't get why The Medium is considered to be dog shit while this is the pinnacle of survival horror.
Maybe I am just a sucker for soviet Polish architecture and not small town Americana?
Maybe I am just a sucker for soviet Polish architecture and not small town Americana?
It is the end of the year and I am trawling through some drunk purchases... "Fight the Horror" deserved more attention for how utterly weird and broken it is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7m...
This is not me saying it is good, but it is something really, really weird.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7m...
This is not me saying it is good, but it is something really, really weird.
Fight The Horror - Official Trailer #4
YouTube video by Fight the Horror
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It is the end of the year and I am trawling through some drunk purchases... "Fight the Horror" deserved more attention for how utterly weird and broken it is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7m...
This is not me saying it is good, but it is something really, really weird.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7m...
This is not me saying it is good, but it is something really, really weird.
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Since we're talking about childhood racists, let me share something.
My first direct experience of racism was in South London, age 5. Do not be shocked. In terms of age, it's about average for Black folks.
I arrived at school and nobody was talking to me. I was one of two Black boys in our class.
My first direct experience of racism was in South London, age 5. Do not be shocked. In terms of age, it's about average for Black folks.
I arrived at school and nobody was talking to me. I was one of two Black boys in our class.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Since we're talking about childhood racists, let me share something.
My first direct experience of racism was in South London, age 5. Do not be shocked. In terms of age, it's about average for Black folks.
I arrived at school and nobody was talking to me. I was one of two Black boys in our class.
My first direct experience of racism was in South London, age 5. Do not be shocked. In terms of age, it's about average for Black folks.
I arrived at school and nobody was talking to me. I was one of two Black boys in our class.
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a real aficionado of junk food art is comfortable with their tastes and also engages with art outside that bubble. an insecure lover of junk rages and whines at anything they perceive as more rarefied and demands culture recognize and praise their chosen slop.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
a real aficionado of junk food art is comfortable with their tastes and also engages with art outside that bubble. an insecure lover of junk rages and whines at anything they perceive as more rarefied and demands culture recognize and praise their chosen slop.
This story is so funny:
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...
Essentially someone stole a Black person's voice and sound, rebranded it as a white dude, and then topped the predominantly white, predominantly right wing charts.
This feels like a meta commentary on AI as a whole.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...
Essentially someone stole a Black person's voice and sound, rebranded it as a white dude, and then topped the predominantly white, predominantly right wing charts.
This feels like a meta commentary on AI as a whole.
AI-generated country song tops Billboard chart, makes waves in music world
A new AI-generated country music song has made its way to the top of Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.
abcnews.go.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This story is so funny:
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...
Essentially someone stole a Black person's voice and sound, rebranded it as a white dude, and then topped the predominantly white, predominantly right wing charts.
This feels like a meta commentary on AI as a whole.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...
Essentially someone stole a Black person's voice and sound, rebranded it as a white dude, and then topped the predominantly white, predominantly right wing charts.
This feels like a meta commentary on AI as a whole.
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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
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I'm still upset about the stealth privatisation of the NHS through the budget yesterday. With PPP (PFI 2.0) and "neighbourhood care centres".
They know they can't be too obvious. So they go private by using sub contractors and private finance initiatives racking public services with DEBT.
They know they can't be too obvious. So they go private by using sub contractors and private finance initiatives racking public services with DEBT.
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm still upset about the stealth privatisation of the NHS through the budget yesterday. With PPP (PFI 2.0) and "neighbourhood care centres".
They know they can't be too obvious. So they go private by using sub contractors and private finance initiatives racking public services with DEBT.
They know they can't be too obvious. So they go private by using sub contractors and private finance initiatives racking public services with DEBT.
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The fuck when bluesky suspends gorangligovic.bsky.social for sharing Palestinian fundraisers.
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
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drawrin'
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November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The fuck when bluesky suspends gorangligovic.bsky.social for sharing Palestinian fundraisers.
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
Please go show Goran some love
www.patreon.com/gorangligovic
I have a friend that I like that I can almost guarantee sources most of his opinions from Sk%%l Up videos
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have a friend that I like that I can almost guarantee sources most of his opinions from Sk%%l Up videos
During development of Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Wallace had a falling over animation but there were so many bugs around it, the developers opted, instead, to have him land on his feet and just go 'ouch'
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
During development of Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Wallace had a falling over animation but there were so many bugs around it, the developers opted, instead, to have him land on his feet and just go 'ouch'
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I forgot to say, earlier today I wrote about the catastrophically disastrous interview the Roblox CEO gave to the NYT about protecting children from predators. It's hard to overstate how badly it went.
kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I forgot to say, earlier today I wrote about the catastrophically disastrous interview the Roblox CEO gave to the NYT about protecting children from predators. It's hard to overstate how badly it went.
kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
kotaku.com/roblox-new-y...
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If someone told to kill myself and they were my friend, and they were joking.... If they got banned, I would expect them to accept the faux pas and not do it again
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If someone told to kill myself and they were my friend, and they were joking.... If they got banned, I would expect them to accept the faux pas and not do it again
And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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every night i wake up screaming and remember the upcoming 007 game has james bond say "parking lot"
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
every night i wake up screaming and remember the upcoming 007 game has james bond say "parking lot"
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Dems will never get specific about policy to address affordability because the last thing their donors want is the working class to have higher wages and lower cost of living, so they'll just keep gesturing broadly at it until R's start saying "brown people are why you can't afford to live."
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Dems will never get specific about policy to address affordability because the last thing their donors want is the working class to have higher wages and lower cost of living, so they'll just keep gesturing broadly at it until R's start saying "brown people are why you can't afford to live."
I wrotr a review for this on Xbox tavern, he is not wrong on this. My heart sank when I saw GameMill were behind it
Another fine release from the luminaries at GameMill™
WATCH - youtu.be/96zSoXjXV1A
WATCH - youtu.be/96zSoXjXV1A
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I wrotr a review for this on Xbox tavern, he is not wrong on this. My heart sank when I saw GameMill were behind it
They are not wrong but also this is my favourite M Night movie
sometimes people say “you’re reading this movie all wrong. it’s not supposed to be a horror, it’s supposed to be a b movie”. so i watched it as a b movie. it’s not good
It was great fun to have @notquitereal.bsky.social back to talk about The Happening, which unfortunately was not great fun to watch. Media club plus out now in your app and at mediaclub.plus, screenshots on patreon. Bonus ep for The Last Airbender also on patreon www.patreon.com/posts/142770...
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
They are not wrong but also this is my favourite M Night movie
I got to hang out an arcade and they had an emulator with Bushido Blade on it. That was the whole night for me.
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I got to hang out an arcade and they had an emulator with Bushido Blade on it. That was the whole night for me.
Keeper is a visual delight. Can't wait to find out that Microsoft have shuttered Double Fine in favour of another data centre
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Keeper is a visual delight. Can't wait to find out that Microsoft have shuttered Double Fine in favour of another data centre
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OPPORTUNITY - Highdive - Senior Narrative Designer - Montreal
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Concepteur narratif senior / Senior Narrative Designer
Montreal
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November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
OPPORTUNITY - Highdive - Senior Narrative Designer - Montreal
Not affiliated - Shares welcome
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Sure Rockstar, sure, I hope they see you in court
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sure Rockstar, sure, I hope they see you in court
I am so concerned for my wallet right now
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I am so concerned for my wallet right now
I wrote that the US was turning into an Octavia Butler novel... this is literally the next step
They’re ordering the National Guard of all 50 states and US territories to prepare for riot control.
In three days over 42 million Americans lose their food assistance.
Starving people don’t starve quietly.
Take care of your neighbour. Take care of each other.
In three days over 42 million Americans lose their food assistance.
Starving people don’t starve quietly.
Take care of your neighbour. Take care of each other.
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wrote that the US was turning into an Octavia Butler novel... this is literally the next step
This would take literally 10 seconds of talking to your "average" Steam user. They are Steam fans, they go after games that don't launch on their platform, and they doggedly refuse to buy a game on a different one. They post glorifications of Gabe
there is just so much wasted money in this industry that is supposedly trying to fight a funding crisis
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This would take literally 10 seconds of talking to your "average" Steam user. They are Steam fans, they go after games that don't launch on their platform, and they doggedly refuse to buy a game on a different one. They post glorifications of Gabe