Lou Kesten
@loukesten.bsky.social
Video game oracle for The Associated Press. Discontent creator. Peabody winner (that is, kids at my bus stop said I looked like Mr. Peabody).
'One Battle After Another' is a Christmas movie.
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
'One Battle After Another' is a Christmas movie.
Every single announcement at this year's Game Awards: [YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER] is now playable in 'Fortnite.'
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every single announcement at this year's Game Awards: [YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER] is now playable in 'Fortnite.'
Favorite new pharma ad character: Depressed woman who takes Vraylar and ends up at a WRITER'S RETREAT. (She is so doomed.)
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Favorite new pharma ad character: Depressed woman who takes Vraylar and ends up at a WRITER'S RETREAT. (She is so doomed.)
It took me a year to write this, so you have to read it.
Clair Obscur leads the AP's list of 2025's top video games
In a year in which technology news was dominated by artificial intelligence, the outstanding video games were still being designed by human beings.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It took me a year to write this, so you have to read it.
I can't stop listening to that big album that dropped today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg52...
Snooper - Guard Dog - Official Music Video
YouTube video by SNõõPER TV
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I can't stop listening to that big album that dropped today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg52...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg52...
No one on this new version of 'Match Game' is drinking or smoking, which defeats the whole purpose.
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
No one on this new version of 'Match Game' is drinking or smoking, which defeats the whole purpose.
This is a remarkable game in just about every aspect, but I think what makes it particularly special is the writing (led by Jennifer Svedberg-Yen and Guillaume Broche). I can't remember another game in which I cared so much about every single character. It's a tremendous achievement.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies ...
www.expedition33.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is a remarkable game in just about every aspect, but I think what makes it particularly special is the writing (led by Jennifer Svedberg-Yen and Guillaume Broche). I can't remember another game in which I cared so much about every single character. It's a tremendous achievement.
So I'm not going to get the Robert Eggers 'Superman' I was hoping for?
July 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So I'm not going to get the Robert Eggers 'Superman' I was hoping for?
The harbor master in 'Jaws' is named Frank Silva, which was the name of the guy who played BOB on 'Twin Peaks.' IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
June 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The harbor master in 'Jaws' is named Frank Silva, which was the name of the guy who played BOB on 'Twin Peaks.' IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
My #Switch2 review for the AP.
Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?
Nintendo's Switch 2 video-game console is out, and it makes some substantial improvements over its predecessor.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My #Switch2 review for the AP.
I so thoroughly loathed the ending of 'The Last of Us' that I never played 'TLOU Part II.' The HBO adaptation could've steered in a different direction, but it sounds like viewers are just as miserable as I would've been if I had come along for the ride.
May 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I so thoroughly loathed the ending of 'The Last of Us' that I never played 'TLOU Part II.' The HBO adaptation could've steered in a different direction, but it sounds like viewers are just as miserable as I would've been if I had come along for the ride.
My EXCLUSIVE ranking of primary and secondary colors:
1. Purple
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Red
1. Purple
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Red
May 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My EXCLUSIVE ranking of primary and secondary colors:
1. Purple
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Red
1. Purple
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Red
Someone on Madison Avenue keeps saying: 'You know what totally relatable celebrity would be great for this ad? Pete Davidson!'
May 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Someone on Madison Avenue keeps saying: 'You know what totally relatable celebrity would be great for this ad? Pete Davidson!'
The novel I'm reading now has these blurbs on the back cover:
The New York Times: Brilliant...irresistible...compelling.
The Scotsman: There's nothing to force you, having been warned, to read it; nor do I recommend it.
TLS: A literary equivalent of the nastiest brand of juvenile delinquency.
The New York Times: Brilliant...irresistible...compelling.
The Scotsman: There's nothing to force you, having been warned, to read it; nor do I recommend it.
TLS: A literary equivalent of the nastiest brand of juvenile delinquency.
May 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The novel I'm reading now has these blurbs on the back cover:
The New York Times: Brilliant...irresistible...compelling.
The Scotsman: There's nothing to force you, having been warned, to read it; nor do I recommend it.
TLS: A literary equivalent of the nastiest brand of juvenile delinquency.
The New York Times: Brilliant...irresistible...compelling.
The Scotsman: There's nothing to force you, having been warned, to read it; nor do I recommend it.
TLS: A literary equivalent of the nastiest brand of juvenile delinquency.
Kentucky Derby prediction: Journalism will have a record-breaking run for the first mile and his owner will shoot him before the finish line.
May 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Kentucky Derby prediction: Journalism will have a record-breaking run for the first mile and his owner will shoot him before the finish line.
I have all the friends I need. What I really need is a serious reduction in enemies.
May 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I have all the friends I need. What I really need is a serious reduction in enemies.
13 years between 'Grand Theft Auto' games seems reasonable. Remember how great 'Duke Nukem Forever' turned out?
May 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
13 years between 'Grand Theft Auto' games seems reasonable. Remember how great 'Duke Nukem Forever' turned out?
'Blue Prince' combines the genre I love the most (puzzle) with the genre I hate the most (akin to the 1980 computer game 'Rogue'). Exactly 2.5 stars out of 5.
April 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
'Blue Prince' combines the genre I love the most (puzzle) with the genre I hate the most (akin to the 1980 computer game 'Rogue'). Exactly 2.5 stars out of 5.
'Clair Obscur' reminds me A LOT of Jeff Vandermeer's 'Annihilation' (the book more than the movie). Underequipped explorers forced to reckon with an insanely mutated environment. I'm only a few hours in but I'm awestruck.
April 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
'Clair Obscur' reminds me A LOT of Jeff Vandermeer's 'Annihilation' (the book more than the movie). Underequipped explorers forced to reckon with an insanely mutated environment. I'm only a few hours in but I'm awestruck.
The first sequence after the prologue in 'Clair Obscur'? Holy shit.
April 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The first sequence after the prologue in 'Clair Obscur'? Holy shit.
Favorite Val Kilmer performance? 'The Salton Sea' (2002)
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Favorite Val Kilmer performance? 'The Salton Sea' (2002)
I was so looking forward to the Netflix miniseries about my favorite art-rock band, The Residents. Oh well.
March 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I was so looking forward to the Netflix miniseries about my favorite art-rock band, The Residents. Oh well.
Sure, the '90s were the Golden Age of Magazines, but for all the $$$ Graydon Carter spent, Vanity Fair was a shitty magazine so entranced by glamor that it had no connection to reality.
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Sure, the '90s were the Golden Age of Magazines, but for all the $$$ Graydon Carter spent, Vanity Fair was a shitty magazine so entranced by glamor that it had no connection to reality.