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@mads.haus
📖 PENITENTS (Ghoulish, 2026)
✍️ columnist, AV Club
💸 www.patreon.com/c/madshaus
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✍️ columnist, AV Club
💸 www.patreon.com/c/madshaus
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@mads.haus
· Aug 19
Announcing @mads.haus's PENITENTS, a unique and brutal and absolutely mesmerizing debut novel that's going to destroy you. Coming August 2026 from Ghoulish Books. Pre-order here: ghoulish.rip/product/peni...
Very pleased to announce Ghoulish will publish my extreme horror novel, Penitents!
This was a difficult book to find a home for, and I am grateful to @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social for having faith in it.
It's a very personal, very violent story, and one that I hope hits home for others.
This was a difficult book to find a home for, and I am grateful to @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social for having faith in it.
It's a very personal, very violent story, and one that I hope hits home for others.
Dia, Elijah, Garrett and I wrote about some of the best brawlers to ever do it 🥊
Do you want to (virtually) punch guys? If so, we've got you with a list of the 25 best beat 'em ups ever, with oldies, obscurities, and more. www.avclub.com/best-beat-em...
Final fight(s): The 25 best beat-'em-up games
Do you want to (virtually) punch guys? If so, we've got you with a list of the 25 best beat 'em ups ever, with oldies, obscurities, and more.
www.avclub.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Dia, Elijah, Garrett and I wrote about some of the best brawlers to ever do it 🥊
Return to Silent Hill looks crazy. really wonder what happened to that guy's wife. can't wait to find out.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Return to Silent Hill looks crazy. really wonder what happened to that guy's wife. can't wait to find out.
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So happy to make my debut at Stop Caring! Both Artemis and I were eager to work together, love her editing.
And also play what may be my favorite run-based game.
And also play what may be my favorite run-based game.
New Stop Caring article, by the always wonderful @bloomedwings.bsky.social, is now live!
Cind wrote about Monster Train 2, youthful rebellion, overcoming conservative thought, and, of course, pop-punk and emo music
Cind wrote about Monster Train 2, youthful rebellion, overcoming conservative thought, and, of course, pop-punk and emo music
Headfirst For Halos: Monster Train 2's Intersectionality and Reformed Angels
Reflections on pop-punk, rebellion, and Monster Train 2.
www.stopcar.ing
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So happy to make my debut at Stop Caring! Both Artemis and I were eager to work together, love her editing.
And also play what may be my favorite run-based game.
And also play what may be my favorite run-based game.
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turning aftermath into a hockey website (i spoke to the skilled lehigh valley phantoms creative staff who put together this incredible evangelion intro!!)
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
A Hockey Team Recreated The Evangelion Intro For A Stadium Full Of Fans
Here's how an American Hockey League team embraced anime—then went viral.
aftermath.site
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
turning aftermath into a hockey website (i spoke to the skilled lehigh valley phantoms creative staff who put together this incredible evangelion intro!!)
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
aftermath.site/neon-gensis-...
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Happy 25th to Sin and Punishment, a killer collaboration between Treasure and Nintendo. Play it with the controller it was designed around, and your mind will be blown.
Ranking the top 101 Nintendo games: No. 28, Sin and Punishment
Sin and Punishment was meant to make up for the paucity of a specific kind of game in the N64's library, and it ended up being one of the absolute best titles on the console.
retroxp.beehiiv.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy 25th to Sin and Punishment, a killer collaboration between Treasure and Nintendo. Play it with the controller it was designed around, and your mind will be blown.
Angel's Egg is one of the most profound and profoundly beautiful things I've ever seen. Towering parable of faith and destiny. Beautiful neo-baroque aesthetics and otherworldly imagery. Glad my first time was the lovely 4K restoration.
a drawing of a girl with long white hair and a pink shirt
Alt: The cute long haired baby girl from Angels Egg
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Angel's Egg is one of the most profound and profoundly beautiful things I've ever seen. Towering parable of faith and destiny. Beautiful neo-baroque aesthetics and otherworldly imagery. Glad my first time was the lovely 4K restoration.
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Your aunt and her "roommate"
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Your aunt and her "roommate"
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I wrote about Zelda - the character, her series, and some feelings on Age of Imprisonment for @theavclubgames.bsky.social:
Princess Zelda reckons with her legacy and reclaims her legend in Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
Princess Zelda has always had power, but Age of Imprisonment gives her something just as valuable: self-awareness.
www.avclub.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I wrote about Zelda - the character, her series, and some feelings on Age of Imprisonment for @theavclubgames.bsky.social:
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Toni and Mina's walkout dance ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Toni and Mina's walkout dance ❤️
I wrote about Zelda - the character, her series, and some feelings on Age of Imprisonment for @theavclubgames.bsky.social:
Princess Zelda reckons with her legacy and reclaims her legend in Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
Princess Zelda has always had power, but Age of Imprisonment gives her something just as valuable: self-awareness.
www.avclub.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I wrote about Zelda - the character, her series, and some feelings on Age of Imprisonment for @theavclubgames.bsky.social:
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Almost every time the person with the loudest, least compromising, and most smug opinion on how to solve a problem is doing nothing or damn near nothing to address that problem themselves & is just stroking their own ego.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Almost every time the person with the loudest, least compromising, and most smug opinion on how to solve a problem is doing nothing or damn near nothing to address that problem themselves & is just stroking their own ego.
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This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
ty to the Patrons who helped me splurge for steak on my Crunchwrap tonight. this is where your support really counts tbh.
a taco with lettuce tomatoes and cheese on a tortilla
Alt: A Crunchwrap Is constructed in mid air
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
ty to the Patrons who helped me splurge for steak on my Crunchwrap tonight. this is where your support really counts tbh.
been a while since I dipped into some Flannery O'Connor - and I've only read her short work. really digging this so far. sparse, direct, upsetting language and v powerful religious imagery.
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
been a while since I dipped into some Flannery O'Connor - and I've only read her short work. really digging this so far. sparse, direct, upsetting language and v powerful religious imagery.
solving puzzles in old Zelda games: blocks, buttons, the same every time.
solving puzzles in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom: put a rocket on it, go thru the floor, fuck you figure it out
solving puzzles in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom: put a rocket on it, go thru the floor, fuck you figure it out
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
solving puzzles in old Zelda games: blocks, buttons, the same every time.
solving puzzles in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom: put a rocket on it, go thru the floor, fuck you figure it out
solving puzzles in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom: put a rocket on it, go thru the floor, fuck you figure it out
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average persona dialogue: omg is that a t****y?? omg i'm so scared i need to go to walmart right now
average shin megami tensei dialogue:
average shin megami tensei dialogue:
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
average persona dialogue: omg is that a t****y?? omg i'm so scared i need to go to walmart right now
average shin megami tensei dialogue:
average shin megami tensei dialogue:
when some of y'all talk about games it makes me want to claw my eyes from my skull as I'm screaming in your face but I smile at you anyway :)
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
when some of y'all talk about games it makes me want to claw my eyes from my skull as I'm screaming in your face but I smile at you anyway :)
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Pope Leo XIV issues statement following lunch with trans women: “we discussed many things. I am now a fan of professional wrestling.”
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Pope Leo XIV issues statement following lunch with trans women: “we discussed many things. I am now a fan of professional wrestling.”
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November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
here's the deal. I'll still be writing. excited to keep working with @garrettmartin.bsky.social and the crew.
but here's another important detail. Garrett picked the Rocky and Bullwinkle table for this header, and that rules.
maybe the best Data East table. up there with GNR, at least!
but here's another important detail. Garrett picked the Rocky and Bullwinkle table for this header, and that rules.
maybe the best Data East table. up there with GNR, at least!
Okay, yeah: Endless Mode is now The A.V. Club Games. We speedran this thing. Same editors, same writers, same content, just a different but familiar site. www.avclub.com/new-games-se...
The A.V. Club Games announces a new era
The A.V. Club's games section gets a major boost as Paste's and Endless Mode's games coverage joins the site.
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
here's the deal. I'll still be writing. excited to keep working with @garrettmartin.bsky.social and the crew.
but here's another important detail. Garrett picked the Rocky and Bullwinkle table for this header, and that rules.
maybe the best Data East table. up there with GNR, at least!
but here's another important detail. Garrett picked the Rocky and Bullwinkle table for this header, and that rules.
maybe the best Data East table. up there with GNR, at least!
sorry but I love her
First photos of Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda live-action movie released www.vooks.net/first-photos...
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
sorry but I love her
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hey thanks but we’re okay. updates coming but Paste Media is still doing games (and anime and theme parks and pinball) even if Paste Magazine is going music-only.
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
hey thanks but we’re okay. updates coming but Paste Media is still doing games (and anime and theme parks and pinball) even if Paste Magazine is going music-only.
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They called this little guy Bonk because that's what he does.
Re-release this: Bonk's Adventure (GB)
A portable Bonk with the same name as a different, non-portable Bonk.
retroxp.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
They called this little guy Bonk because that's what he does.