Matthew Arcilla, editorial mercenary
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Just a cat in a human suit. The death of print magazines put me on retirement. Sometimes I still get to write words.
"Aren't you, *the* Matthew Arcilla?" "I used to be."
Just a cat in a human suit. The death of print magazines put me on retirement. Sometimes I still get to write words.
"Aren't you, *the* Matthew Arcilla?" "I used to be."
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Watching all your friends play Dispatch but they won't play Road to Empress
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching all your friends play Dispatch but they won't play Road to Empress
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My Necronautilus zine is officially out! The Forsaken Reach is a campaign framework where you explore the titular Reach of the Dead Galaxy, a powerful singularity and four unique factions racing to gain control over it, and other fun goodies inside. Grab a physical copy from Adam at booth 3953!
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My Necronautilus zine is officially out! The Forsaken Reach is a campaign framework where you explore the titular Reach of the Dead Galaxy, a powerful singularity and four unique factions racing to gain control over it, and other fun goodies inside. Grab a physical copy from Adam at booth 3953!
If you're curious as to how much it bothers Michael Rosenbaum to platform the rape cult lieutenant and former co-worker Alison Mack, consider that when asked, this is what he said about a video game console.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If you're curious as to how much it bothers Michael Rosenbaum to platform the rape cult lieutenant and former co-worker Alison Mack, consider that when asked, this is what he said about a video game console.
"We criticize Catholic papal infallibility, saying no man should be blindly followed, why then do we hold Eduardo V. Manalo on the same level? Why do we hear his name more than Christ’s in worship service? Why do we have activities such as ‘OneWithEVM’ and most recently ‘Obey and Never Complain?”
[The Slingshot] An inside story on the INC
A former INC member warns: the Iglesia ni Cristo is not a religious sect but a cult, its much vaunted bloc voting might, a myth because of its declining memberships. But will government and politician...
www.rappler.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"We criticize Catholic papal infallibility, saying no man should be blindly followed, why then do we hold Eduardo V. Manalo on the same level? Why do we hear his name more than Christ’s in worship service? Why do we have activities such as ‘OneWithEVM’ and most recently ‘Obey and Never Complain?”
"There’s a clear double-standard when it comes to which journalists are allowed to be (and rewarded for) being morally fluid, and who is held to a separate standard. And it’s not skill but gall that sets them apart. Their ability to slink into the world of the rich and powerful is no coincidence."
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"There’s a clear double-standard when it comes to which journalists are allowed to be (and rewarded for) being morally fluid, and who is held to a separate standard. And it’s not skill but gall that sets them apart. Their ability to slink into the world of the rich and powerful is no coincidence."
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Ooooh is your internet broken. Did someone's immaterial web of financial speculation and surveillance turn out to have a failure point in material infrastructure
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ooooh is your internet broken. Did someone's immaterial web of financial speculation and surveillance turn out to have a failure point in material infrastructure
Yehey, it's Tuesday! Time for more Battle Suit Aces, the episodic space drama with mobile suit card battles from team.trinketstudios.com! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yehey, it's Tuesday! Time for more Battle Suit Aces, the episodic space drama with mobile suit card battles from team.trinketstudios.com! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
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The middle ground between "pay people for their work" and "shit something out of a computer so we don't have to do that"? What would the middle ground be? Paying people half a paycheck for a full job?
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The middle ground between "pay people for their work" and "shit something out of a computer so we don't have to do that"? What would the middle ground be? Paying people half a paycheck for a full job?
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i do not think of the kind of monster masculinity made me, and i would not hold its teeth or those bars against the throat of a transmasc. we should be glad there are those building the men that can be good for the world, finally.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
i do not think of the kind of monster masculinity made me, and i would not hold its teeth or those bars against the throat of a transmasc. we should be glad there are those building the men that can be good for the world, finally.
This might come off as a petty bunch of making something out of nothing but I do not appreciate seeing a Twitch notification telling me not to miss the "Together for Good kick off," which turned out to be a Wicked livestream. Big studio movies I expressed no interest in are not what my inbox is for.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This might come off as a petty bunch of making something out of nothing but I do not appreciate seeing a Twitch notification telling me not to miss the "Together for Good kick off," which turned out to be a Wicked livestream. Big studio movies I expressed no interest in are not what my inbox is for.
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We need a National Book Awards-style game award: every year a committee of five freaks is handed the keys to all the prestige, they pick stuff no one's heard of, readers (players) get mad, the committee members get defensive, no one is truly happy, and then next year we do it all again
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We need a National Book Awards-style game award: every year a committee of five freaks is handed the keys to all the prestige, they pick stuff no one's heard of, readers (players) get mad, the committee members get defensive, no one is truly happy, and then next year we do it all again
Good morning to this perfect girl.
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Good morning to this perfect girl.
Getting ready to talk about adventure games with @smallworldjay.bsky.social and @paolojcruz.neocities.org tonight!
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Getting ready to talk about adventure games with @smallworldjay.bsky.social and @paolojcruz.neocities.org tonight!
There is more content in the history of content ever to keep people content with what they have if it means holding principles against the encroaching of bullshit ideas, dogshit techniques, and batshit creators. Those who argue we will cave lack an imagination outside of feckless consumerism.
100% this. Like, there are other choices-- let me know if you're using AI so I can make an informed decision to not buy your game. I'd go and play just older games, no sweat. If it was a franchise or series I dug, I'd be sad for a second and then drop it and move on.
Someone called me a liar for saying I wouldn't buy any new games if every game suddenly had gen AI content in it, as if old games don't exist. These people are Desperate.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
There is more content in the history of content ever to keep people content with what they have if it means holding principles against the encroaching of bullshit ideas, dogshit techniques, and batshit creators. Those who argue we will cave lack an imagination outside of feckless consumerism.
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he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.
If Gambit never folds, does that mean he's bad at poker? #marvelrivals
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ALT: a man wearing a headband and gloves with the letters ll on them
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November 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If Gambit never folds, does that mean he's bad at poker? #marvelrivals
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Seriously though i think Cod IW is the only cod campaign since maybe cod 4 that didnt leave a bad taste in my mouth.
It was silly, to be clear, but silly in a "haha that was a fun action flick" way, not a "haha, i suddenly feel complicit in something" way
It was silly, to be clear, but silly in a "haha that was a fun action flick" way, not a "haha, i suddenly feel complicit in something" way
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seriously though i think Cod IW is the only cod campaign since maybe cod 4 that didnt leave a bad taste in my mouth.
It was silly, to be clear, but silly in a "haha that was a fun action flick" way, not a "haha, i suddenly feel complicit in something" way
It was silly, to be clear, but silly in a "haha that was a fun action flick" way, not a "haha, i suddenly feel complicit in something" way
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
Live now and getting ready to play more Battle Suit Aces! Just setting some stuff up, but come on in at twitch.tv/experimentego !
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Live now and getting ready to play more Battle Suit Aces! Just setting some stuff up, but come on in at twitch.tv/experimentego !
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first off, when someone assigns a score to a game in a published review, it's etched onto the eye of god. this number becomes integrated into material reality. so yeah think about that before you try bringing your "opinion" into your criticism
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
first off, when someone assigns a score to a game in a published review, it's etched onto the eye of god. this number becomes integrated into material reality. so yeah think about that before you try bringing your "opinion" into your criticism
One of the most frustrating things about being a critic and/or a journalist is the way that some weirdos (gamers, hostile devs & pubs) expect us to "consider" everything, invoke context for us to excuse them, and account for literally every external variable that our work could impact.
do not blame me for writing a low scoring review, i did not create the metacritic ecosystem, i do not benefit from the metacritic ecosystem, and it is not my fault the metacritic score is a kpi at these companies
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
One of the most frustrating things about being a critic and/or a journalist is the way that some weirdos (gamers, hostile devs & pubs) expect us to "consider" everything, invoke context for us to excuse them, and account for literally every external variable that our work could impact.
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I hate the idea of anyone being effectively held hostage by review scores, whether that’s devs or individual reviewers or entire outlets. But I especially resent the suggestion that critics should purposely hamstring themselves when it comes to review scores. Fuck that. Die mad or make a better game
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I hate the idea of anyone being effectively held hostage by review scores, whether that’s devs or individual reviewers or entire outlets. But I especially resent the suggestion that critics should purposely hamstring themselves when it comes to review scores. Fuck that. Die mad or make a better game
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Yep. Some go into journalism to have access to power, to be power's handmaiden & PR. Others go into journalism to question & illuminate the operation of power & how some norms/systems hurt the powerless. Wolff just 1 of many examples showing--again--the former is very common& usu far more lucrative.
Aside from every other repulsive thing about these Epstein emails, they offer direct confirmation of Michael Wolff as one of the sketchiest creeps in a teeming universe of gross behavior
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yep. Some go into journalism to have access to power, to be power's handmaiden & PR. Others go into journalism to question & illuminate the operation of power & how some norms/systems hurt the powerless. Wolff just 1 of many examples showing--again--the former is very common& usu far more lucrative.
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The notion abusers need to resort to conspiracies and subterfuge is more comforting than the truth that many people will readily look the other way when confronted with sexual violence if doing otherwise would even slightly inconvenience them
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The notion abusers need to resort to conspiracies and subterfuge is more comforting than the truth that many people will readily look the other way when confronted with sexual violence if doing otherwise would even slightly inconvenience them
Yay, finally have time to stream more Battle Suit Aces! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC twitch.tv/experimentego/
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yay, finally have time to stream more Battle Suit Aces! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC twitch.tv/experimentego/