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alessandro fillari
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Freelance writer, producer, and consultant -- as seen on IGN, Game Developer, Kotaku, CNET, Engadget, GameSpot, Ars Technica, ScreenHub, PCGamesN, and MMORPG.com. He/Him. Bay Area Millennial. Go read my words.
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Hey! I'm freelancing these days for various media sites along with doing consulting work for publishers and devs. Hit me up if you got anything cool on deck!

Portfolio: afillari.pressfolios.com
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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i spoke to the folks behind the project to bring concord back to life about why they're doing it
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔

if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫

i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Just to clear up some confusion I've seen, the newly announced NCSoft Horizon MMO is different from the multiplayer Horizon game that's in development at Guerrilla Games. That one is Guerrilla's next big project
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Salo was a documentary, the truest film ever made, one that slides farther down the spectrum from metaphor to literal reality every year
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I think S1 of #AlienEarth had great ideas, but ended up being super uneven overall. I'm still glad it's coming back, though. I went them to make a cool second season.
deadline.com/2025/11/alie...
‘Alien Earth’ Renewed For Season 2 As Creator Noah Hawley Re-Ups Overall Deal With FX & Disney Entertainment TV
Noah Hawley, the creative force behind FX' Alien Earth, is staying in business with the network and Disney Entertainment Television.
deadline.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.

Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Last week, I sat down with @enhance-experience.com to discuss the development of Lumines Arise and the 'Kondo' philosophy that informs every meticulous design decision at the Japanese studio.

P.S. I've played a huge amount of Arise and it is, as you might expect, an absolute banger.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":

".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."

@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A year ago, I went full-time freelance.

I wrote a little essay about it.
www.patreon.com/posts/its-be...
It's Been A Year... | INVERTED by Alyssa Mercante
Get more from INVERTED by Alyssa Mercante on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Blood pressure pro tip: expend energy giving money to the DSA rather than ranting about Dem leadership. This is just a note to self.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Ep 2 of my video game podcast "Do It On The Day" is out now:

The GTA 6 Delay Is Hilarious & Video Game Genres Are Dead
youtu.be/usFXbxH8Url

preview quote: "someone like me who is f-ing insane and has no other hobbies or interests"

Find it here too! lnk.bio/jessmcdonell
The GTA 6 Delay Is Hilarious & Video Game Genres Are Dead // Do It On The Day: A Video Game Podcast
YouTube video by Jess McDonell
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Don't make me choose.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Bring NYC’s socialist insurgency to the Bay!

Same problems: The majority of people across the Bay Area face the same cost-of-living issues as New Yorkers. Same enemies: centrist Democrats who cozy up to local billionaires.

No Nation But Zohran Nation:
bayareacurrent.com/no-nation-bu...
No Nation But Zohran Nation
Against all odds, socialist Zohran Mamdani vanquished nepo-baby Andrew Cuomo to become Mayor of New York City. If they can do it, so can we.
bayareacurrent.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Long live sandwich guy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Hi hi! I'm happy and proud to announce that I've spent the last few weeks preparing the relaunch of @digitalfoundry.bsky.social as its Launch Site Editor! A dream role in many ways. I'll be translating the DF team's videos in the site's early months while building exclusive content. Check it out:
Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry was founded in 2004 and specialises in technical analysis of video games and hardware, using our own bespoke tools for frame-rate analysis – covering everything from console, PC and be...
digitalfoundry.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM