alessandro fillari
@afillari.bsky.social
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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alessandro fillari
@afillari.bsky.social
· Oct 17
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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
Portfolio: afillari.pressfolios.com
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Idk if this is done or “done for now”
It was a pretty volatile year, lot of wins and losses. I made a lot of art and friends, and some really amazing opportunities that teen!me would have lost it over.
Anyway happy new years guys, thanks for liking my art ❤️
#fallout #falloutnewvegas #photoshop
It was a pretty volatile year, lot of wins and losses. I made a lot of art and friends, and some really amazing opportunities that teen!me would have lost it over.
Anyway happy new years guys, thanks for liking my art ❤️
#fallout #falloutnewvegas #photoshop
January 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Idk if this is done or “done for now”
It was a pretty volatile year, lot of wins and losses. I made a lot of art and friends, and some really amazing opportunities that teen!me would have lost it over.
Anyway happy new years guys, thanks for liking my art ❤️
#fallout #falloutnewvegas #photoshop
It was a pretty volatile year, lot of wins and losses. I made a lot of art and friends, and some really amazing opportunities that teen!me would have lost it over.
Anyway happy new years guys, thanks for liking my art ❤️
#fallout #falloutnewvegas #photoshop
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Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles. www.avclub.com/sega-phantas...
25 years ago Sega finally figured out the internet with Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles.
www.avclub.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles. www.avclub.com/sega-phantas...
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amazing to see an independent journalist based in venezuela on US cable news
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
amazing to see an independent journalist based in venezuela on US cable news
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I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
They're so comfortable with being evil shitheads that they don't need to lie about their reasons for invading anymore.
Trump on Venezuela: We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
They're so comfortable with being evil shitheads that they don't need to lie about their reasons for invading anymore.
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“It’s bad luck Ghorman. We need what's in the ground, and when we're done, there won't be much left to call home."
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 AM
“It’s bad luck Ghorman. We need what's in the ground, and when we're done, there won't be much left to call home."
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Any D who doesn't push for impeachment should get primaried. This is it. No excuses. No more.
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Any D who doesn't push for impeachment should get primaried. This is it. No excuses. No more.
It's really difficult to convey the anger we all feel at the abject evil of the current US government. I fucking hate everything about this.
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
It's really difficult to convey the anger we all feel at the abject evil of the current US government. I fucking hate everything about this.
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I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.
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zohran mamdani speaks to the dream of every goofy nerd that they, too, can land a mind-shatteringly beautiful woman who's just a little mean but in a cool way
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
zohran mamdani speaks to the dream of every goofy nerd that they, too, can land a mind-shatteringly beautiful woman who's just a little mean but in a cool way
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I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Another Andor Zine just dropped! I love the cover for it. 🔥
Apparently the new Andor Season 2 issue of Journey Planet just dropped, for which I did the cover art. I painted this before seeing the second season. Still can't resist those John Berkey vibes. www.journeyplanet.org/journey-plan...
#StarWars #Andor
#StarWars #Andor
January 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Another Andor Zine just dropped! I love the cover for it. 🔥
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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Happy New Year to them 🎊
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Happy New Year to them 🎊
I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I was very proud to have contributed to this mega round up of the year's best. I wrote about Absolum, and why it's so great.
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Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...
![Well, fast forward to Goodfellas. That was sort of like a feeding frenzy in New York City, and I got an audition for it. I went in and I auditioned for the guy who gets who owns the nightclub—he gets hit over the head with a bottle by Joe Pesci. And I thought, “Well, look, they’re not going to cast me as this guy.” I mean, it didn’t make sense, you know? But I got a callback! So I went back and I go into the room, and Martin Scorsese says, “What do I know you from? I know you from somewhere.” I said, “Well, I did those readings at Paul Newman’s for you, for The Color Of Money. He said, “Oh, that’s right, that’s right! Look, that part you auditioned for—obviously, you can’t do that part of. It just wouldn’t work. But I have this character!” He’s a doctor and it’s in the part of the movie where he’s like the only person that that Henry Hill trusts while he’s all coked out and everything like that. He said, “Do you think you could do that for me? I know it’s not much, but if you could do it for me, I would really appreciate it.” And I’m sitting there thinking, “Okay, act like you’ve been there before.” [Laughs.] I said, “Yeah, sure, Marty. I mean, you know, it’s not about the size of the part. It’s what we do!” So he says thanks, and that’s how I got cast! [Laughs.] I didn’t say, “Well, gee, Marty, I have never done a movie before hardly.” But I got cast in Goodfellas—that’s how all of that happened.
I do remember I went to my day job—I was a waiter at a place on 10th Avenue—and I said, “I just got a part in Goodfellas!” And they said, “No way! Get out!” I said, “No, I met with Martin Scorsese, and they’re going to cast me as this doctor.” And one of the guys said, “Oh, I’m going down there tomorrow, and I’m taking my stuff, because if you got a part, I know I’m going to get a part.” [Laughs.] He was like, “They must just be handing out parts—they must need tons of people if they cast you—you just got here!” So he went down there and he didn’t get a part. And here I a…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bck7uabvjt4xu5uzn3exzhqj/bafkreihprpksbsipsbrgqrbrjh2t7moeap457yglhouhssilvkmowqc654@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...
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rhea seehorn universes beyond when
After 'Pluribus', Revisit Rhea Seehorn's Next Best Genre Role: 'Magic: The Gathering' Tutorial Sorceress
After 'Pluribus', Revisit Rhea Seehorn's Next Best Genre Role: 'Magic: The Gathering' Tutorial Sorceress
Carol Sturka's career as a romantasy author suddenly makes a lot more sense.
gizmodo.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
rhea seehorn universes beyond when
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Would like to publicly apologize to @themanequest.com and @malicedafirenze.bsky.social for disrupting the timeline of horse-related games in late 2025, and recommend to our new followers this upcoming game about actual horses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pC... (we can't wait to play)
The Legend of Khiimori | 1st Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Aesir Interactive
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Would like to publicly apologize to @themanequest.com and @malicedafirenze.bsky.social for disrupting the timeline of horse-related games in late 2025, and recommend to our new followers this upcoming game about actual horses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pC... (we can't wait to play)
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the really heartbreaking thing is when i interview Chinese devs (or Korean devs as well) or even just like network with them I get thanked for treating them respectfully.... and i think that points to a much larger issue that some devs face bc of the way american journalists talk about their work
I really hate how games media handles anything out of China: www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We've Got Our First Clair Obscur-like, And It's A Chinese Game Called Sword And Fairy 4: Remake
Some shots almost looks like a Clair Obscur DLC.
www.thegamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the really heartbreaking thing is when i interview Chinese devs (or Korean devs as well) or even just like network with them I get thanked for treating them respectfully.... and i think that points to a much larger issue that some devs face bc of the way american journalists talk about their work
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
December 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).