Big Bovy 🏴
@bigbovy.bsky.social
Plays videogames a lot and writes about 'em sometimes
Currently playing 🎮: KCD2
Currently playing 🎮: KCD2
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Alot of the jokey bullshit on here is very similar to old twitter but I do think the general culture of folks sharing articles and going “hey read this” about in-depth stuff makes it better about news than Twitter ever was
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Alot of the jokey bullshit on here is very similar to old twitter but I do think the general culture of folks sharing articles and going “hey read this” about in-depth stuff makes it better about news than Twitter ever was
Getting the GenAI coke Christmas ad from last year on my YouTube ads and forgot how shockingly bad it looks
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Getting the GenAI coke Christmas ad from last year on my YouTube ads and forgot how shockingly bad it looks
Clair Obscur gonna win GOTY so Geoff Keighley can say wow a small company of only 30 people made this to every investor in the games industry
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Clair Obscur gonna win GOTY so Geoff Keighley can say wow a small company of only 30 people made this to every investor in the games industry
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MORPHEUS: They're coming for you, Neo. I can guide you, but you must do exactly as I say. Take the elevator to the lobby and go to the CVS across the street. Purchase 5 Steam gift cards at $200 each. Scratch off the protective coating on the back and tell me the fifteen digit redemption codes. Hurry
August 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
MORPHEUS: They're coming for you, Neo. I can guide you, but you must do exactly as I say. Take the elevator to the lobby and go to the CVS across the street. Purchase 5 Steam gift cards at $200 each. Scratch off the protective coating on the back and tell me the fifteen digit redemption codes. Hurry
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it was a tough corporate battle but netflix have emerged as the new, proud owners of scribblenauts
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
it was a tough corporate battle but netflix have emerged as the new, proud owners of scribblenauts
Where was my @dashiellwood.com JUMP SCARE warning
I'm not saying you must tune in. But maybe you want to?
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Where was my @dashiellwood.com JUMP SCARE warning
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Yo what’s up chat. It’s ya boy Sisyphus, back again with another Eternal Boulder Any% run. If you’re new here, smash that follow button like Zeus smashed my hopes and dreams.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Yo what’s up chat. It’s ya boy Sisyphus, back again with another Eternal Boulder Any% run. If you’re new here, smash that follow button like Zeus smashed my hopes and dreams.
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Microsoft doing almost nothing to mark this anniversary feels like the saddest and quietest admission of the corporate hierarchy at MS being totally done with growing the video game industry or Xbox brand and instead just quietly wants to maximise monetisation on an ever shirking audience.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Microsoft doing almost nothing to mark this anniversary feels like the saddest and quietest admission of the corporate hierarchy at MS being totally done with growing the video game industry or Xbox brand and instead just quietly wants to maximise monetisation on an ever shirking audience.
Only watched Golden Joystick awards for ten minutes but it's already been more wholesome than anything that's been at the game awards
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Only watched Golden Joystick awards for ten minutes but it's already been more wholesome than anything that's been at the game awards
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a soulless and soul-destroying game that thinks exceptionally little of its players and developers.
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Review | Restart
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is an underwhelming, frustrating experience, even at its best.
www.restart.run
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a soulless and soul-destroying game that thinks exceptionally little of its players and developers.
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
My one-star review for @restart.run:
www.restart.run/articles/cal...
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"Now delay it again. Right after getting caught union busting."
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Now delay it again. Right after getting caught union busting."
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On the plus side, November 19th is just two weeks away so we don't have to wait that long.
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On the plus side, November 19th is just two weeks away so we don't have to wait that long.
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musou fans, jrpg fans, we won. the west belongs to the weebs now. people love musou games, they love jrpgs, they love monster hunter and they love yakuza. we can’t fight the ghost of adam sessler every time there’s a single dismissive review lol
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
musou fans, jrpg fans, we won. the west belongs to the weebs now. people love musou games, they love jrpgs, they love monster hunter and they love yakuza. we can’t fight the ghost of adam sessler every time there’s a single dismissive review lol
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Find it astonishing Microsoft are remaking OG halo (again) when the solution to their problems are right here
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Find it astonishing Microsoft are remaking OG halo (again) when the solution to their problems are right here
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It’s pretty funny that they made a big deal about Silksong being on Game Pass Ultimate, and now a month of Game Pass Ultimate costs $10 more than Silksong.
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It’s pretty funny that they made a big deal about Silksong being on Game Pass Ultimate, and now a month of Game Pass Ultimate costs $10 more than Silksong.
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A company with decades of single-player experience pivoting to multiplayer? Well, it worked for Anthem, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, FBC: Firebreak, Redfall, Marvel's Avengers, and all those PlayStation games
Quantic Dream announces they are developing a competitive multiplayer game
Star Wars: Eclipse development still continues
blog.quanticdream.com/writing-a-ne...
Star Wars: Eclipse development still continues
blog.quanticdream.com/writing-a-ne...
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A company with decades of single-player experience pivoting to multiplayer? Well, it worked for Anthem, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, FBC: Firebreak, Redfall, Marvel's Avengers, and all those PlayStation games
The job market when the layoffs happen doesn't count
Quantic Dream is branching out and working on a "competitive multiplayer" game
➡️ blog.quanticdream.com/writing-a-ne...
Development on Star Wars: Eclipse continues and the studio is "eager to share more in the future"
➡️ blog.quanticdream.com/writing-a-ne...
Development on Star Wars: Eclipse continues and the studio is "eager to share more in the future"
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The job market when the layoffs happen doesn't count
RIP Itagaki the Alan Turing of videogame gooners
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
RIP Itagaki the Alan Turing of videogame gooners
I try to not be a gaming audited but I gave up on Skyward Sword HD because those controls make me cry
October 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I try to not be a gaming audited but I gave up on Skyward Sword HD because those controls make me cry