Giovanni Colantonio
@marioprime.bsky.social
Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about
i love italian wedding, what do you mean you have been cooking a pig in the other room the entire time and you’re just handing out porchetta sandwiches instead of cake
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
i love italian wedding, what do you mean you have been cooking a pig in the other room the entire time and you’re just handing out porchetta sandwiches instead of cake
my mormon jacket
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
my mormon jacket
We have caught AND compromised to a permanent end Scooby Doo.
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We have caught AND compromised to a permanent end Scooby Doo.
The perfect Metroid movie is directed by Terrence Malick and has practical puppets by The Henson Company, send skeet.
I still think about that @marioprime.bsky.social post about how the Metroid movie should just be shots of alien landscapes with Chozo poetry
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The perfect Metroid movie is directed by Terrence Malick and has practical puppets by The Henson Company, send skeet.
“Nobody cares about the Galactic Federation!”
*whispers* i kinda do a little
*whispers* i kinda do a little
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Nobody cares about the Galactic Federation!”
*whispers* i kinda do a little
*whispers* i kinda do a little
cool to be buds with the best fuckin rock band in nyc robotprincess.bandcamp.com/track/jenny-...
Jenny L Koala, by Robot Princess
track by Robot Princess
robotprincess.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
cool to be buds with the best fuckin rock band in nyc robotprincess.bandcamp.com/track/jenny-...
MAN we used to be a proper country. We were saying “spider-man: the computer game”
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
MAN we used to be a proper country. We were saying “spider-man: the computer game”
go pats
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
go pats
Ashley is out here running circles around the rest of us.
the new metroid prime is like alice in wonderland, i think 🐰 i spent my time with it in a fantasy forest, but not alone…
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...
After 18 years, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a surprisingly magical return to Nintendo’s legendary series, and I’m all in on psychic abilities and the power of friendship
Hands-on | My 80 minutes blasting away on the Nintendo Switch 2 left me feeling one thing: good for her
www.gamesradar.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ashley is out here running circles around the rest of us.
Have had a working conspiracy theory for a while that Nintendo keeps making chatty side characters so that it can adapt its properties to traditional animated kids films easier. Talking Mario flowers, kid Pauline. Now, *theory intensifies*
Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters.
Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters
Feisty one, you are
www.nintendolife.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Have had a working conspiracy theory for a while that Nintendo keeps making chatty side characters so that it can adapt its properties to traditional animated kids films easier. Talking Mario flowers, kid Pauline. Now, *theory intensifies*
At a bar and I swear to god they just turned on the Pats game in time for me to see that Henderson touchdown. God is real and he lives in Canada.
I am in Canada right now but nevertheless go pats
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
At a bar and I swear to god they just turned on the Pats game in time for me to see that Henderson touchdown. God is real and he lives in Canada.
I am in Canada right now but nevertheless go pats
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I am in Canada right now but nevertheless go pats
Was not prepared for the first name namechecked in this as an example, and laughed out loud so fuckin hard.
Kudos and congrats to the most unhinged and least rigorous "video game extremism" take I've ever read, and the bar is soo high nypost.com/2025/11/13/t...
Exclusive | Inside the world of Discord and the far-left-coded games radicalizing young boys
What is really happening on these gaming and chat platforms?
nypost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was not prepared for the first name namechecked in this as an example, and laughed out loud so fuckin hard.
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I've been professionally critiquing and reporting on accessibility and disability for over six years. So how do you quantify what's happened in this industry since 2020? Read my latest essay for @polygon.com here:
www.polygon.com/ps5-xbox-ser...
www.polygon.com/ps5-xbox-ser...
The PS5 and Series X era promised inclusion, but the reality is more complicated
After five years covering PlayStation and Xbox, I've never felt more tested as a disabled player
www.polygon.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I've been professionally critiquing and reporting on accessibility and disability for over six years. So how do you quantify what's happened in this industry since 2020? Read my latest essay for @polygon.com here:
www.polygon.com/ps5-xbox-ser...
www.polygon.com/ps5-xbox-ser...
I don’t know when it will happen, but one day, I know there will be a raging war between “physical games and necessary for preservation” and “physical games are bad for the environment” camps that ends all video game discourse forever.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I don’t know when it will happen, but one day, I know there will be a raging war between “physical games and necessary for preservation” and “physical games are bad for the environment” camps that ends all video game discourse forever.
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Seeing the discussion shift from Pokopia of people being excited to the negativity is wild
I've seen it called an asset flip, having no depth and "should be free" all because of the damn Game Key Card.
Nuance is dead.
The internet is actually filled with idiots regurgitating BS from creators
I've seen it called an asset flip, having no depth and "should be free" all because of the damn Game Key Card.
Nuance is dead.
The internet is actually filled with idiots regurgitating BS from creators
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Seeing the discussion shift from Pokopia of people being excited to the negativity is wild
I've seen it called an asset flip, having no depth and "should be free" all because of the damn Game Key Card.
Nuance is dead.
The internet is actually filled with idiots regurgitating BS from creators
I've seen it called an asset flip, having no depth and "should be free" all because of the damn Game Key Card.
Nuance is dead.
The internet is actually filled with idiots regurgitating BS from creators
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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JEFFREY EPSTEAM OS
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
JEFFREY EPSTEAM OS
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100%. And I think this is intentional. I'm convinced Valve prefers soft power over hard power. They don't need to make THE hardware. They need the stuff they do create to start a trend. Why take on profound overhead risk when you can goad every other hardware company into doing it for you?
The very important thing to remember when talking Valve and its ceiling compared to, say, Microsoft, is that you can not walk into a Walmart and buy a Steam Deck. You have to be enough of an enthusiast to know what it is and where to find it. That's the #1 thing holding Valve back.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
100%. And I think this is intentional. I'm convinced Valve prefers soft power over hard power. They don't need to make THE hardware. They need the stuff they do create to start a trend. Why take on profound overhead risk when you can goad every other hardware company into doing it for you?
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Absolutely. But, then again, by selling d2c Valve doesn't have to pay retailer margins.
Same kind of thinking had many publishers create their own PC digital storefronts to not pay Valve a cut to sell on Steam.
Maybe Valve will decide selling at retail is worth that cut, like pubs did for Steam.
Same kind of thinking had many publishers create their own PC digital storefronts to not pay Valve a cut to sell on Steam.
Maybe Valve will decide selling at retail is worth that cut, like pubs did for Steam.
The very important thing to remember when talking Valve and its ceiling compared to, say, Microsoft, is that you can not walk into a Walmart and buy a Steam Deck. You have to be enough of an enthusiast to know what it is and where to find it. That's the #1 thing holding Valve back.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely. But, then again, by selling d2c Valve doesn't have to pay retailer margins.
Same kind of thinking had many publishers create their own PC digital storefronts to not pay Valve a cut to sell on Steam.
Maybe Valve will decide selling at retail is worth that cut, like pubs did for Steam.
Same kind of thinking had many publishers create their own PC digital storefronts to not pay Valve a cut to sell on Steam.
Maybe Valve will decide selling at retail is worth that cut, like pubs did for Steam.
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You also couldn't buy them in Australia at all until super recently & still can't across most of the planet.
The very important thing to remember when talking Valve and its ceiling compared to, say, Microsoft, is that you can not walk into a Walmart and buy a Steam Deck. You have to be enough of an enthusiast to know what it is and where to find it. That's the #1 thing holding Valve back.
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You also couldn't buy them in Australia at all until super recently & still can't across most of the planet.
The idea that Steam Deck would be a Nintendo killer was always silly. The idea that Steam Machine could be an Xbox killer is way more plausible. But it's entirely going to depend on whether or not Valve has any actual interest in doing that. Some snap thoughts. www.polygon.com/microsoft-xb...
Xbox is screwed
The Steam Machine could eat Xbox's lunch if Valve plays its cards right
www.polygon.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The idea that Steam Deck would be a Nintendo killer was always silly. The idea that Steam Machine could be an Xbox killer is way more plausible. But it's entirely going to depend on whether or not Valve has any actual interest in doing that. Some snap thoughts. www.polygon.com/microsoft-xb...
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i don’t have any strong feelings about the eurogamer arc raiders thing other than “there’s no one correct way to review a video game and anyone who claims otherwise is full of shit”
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
i don’t have any strong feelings about the eurogamer arc raiders thing other than “there’s no one correct way to review a video game and anyone who claims otherwise is full of shit”
(emerging from the writing hole not having seen a single take about Steam Machine) SteamOS on a "console" is a big fuckin' deal and it instantly puts the Steam Machine in a significantly more advantageous position than any previous attempt at the idea.
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(emerging from the writing hole not having seen a single take about Steam Machine) SteamOS on a "console" is a big fuckin' deal and it instantly puts the Steam Machine in a significantly more advantageous position than any previous attempt at the idea.
What the fuck, I’m in
Nintendo has revealed that Brie Larson is voicing Rosalina and Benny Safdie is voicing Bowser Jr. in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. gameinformer.com/nintendo-dir...
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What the fuck, I’m in