Alex James Kane
@alexjkane.bsky.social
Writer for hire. Boss Fight Books, Fangoria, IGN, Lost in Cult, PC Gamer, Polygon, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Star Wars, USA Today, Variety.
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This 2001 FPS kicked off a mythical sci-fi saga that still gets talked about decades later, even if it’s not quite the draw it used to be. But what’s so special about the original Halo? Why do so many of us still care? Every couple years, I go back to remind myself:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0M7...
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Actors are being absolutely robbed in the era of streaming royalties. Horrible.
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Actors are being absolutely robbed in the era of streaming royalties. Horrible.
Watching the 2012 Minecraft documentary, which is a trip in itself, but Todd Howard making an appearance (and what he says about it) adds some real context to Fallout 4’s Settlements concept and Fallout 76 in general. I wonder if he was conscious of that, or if MC merely saw where things were headed
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Watching the 2012 Minecraft documentary, which is a trip in itself, but Todd Howard making an appearance (and what he says about it) adds some real context to Fallout 4’s Settlements concept and Fallout 76 in general. I wonder if he was conscious of that, or if MC merely saw where things were headed
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What they never tell you about freelancing for multiple clients at the same time.
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
What they never tell you about freelancing for multiple clients at the same time.
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The 'Video Game of the Year' book looks absolutely stunning • www.abramsbooks.com/product/vide...
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The 'Video Game of the Year' book looks absolutely stunning • www.abramsbooks.com/product/vide...
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ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
The Museum of Anything Goes: Blurring the Line Between Art and Game and CD-ROM dreams
YouTube video by The Genesis Temple
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November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
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A great analysis of the role of Anakin Skywalker - vs Darth Vader - in Master of Evil over at @polygon.com: www.polygon.com/star-wars-ma...
This new Star Wars book may finally settle a classic Darth Vader debate
Adam Christopher's lays the groundwork for Vader's eventual redemption
www.polygon.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A great analysis of the role of Anakin Skywalker - vs Darth Vader - in Master of Evil over at @polygon.com: www.polygon.com/star-wars-ma...
Have decided to simply stop being sick tomorrow
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Have decided to simply stop being sick tomorrow
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do games go to heaven when they die? i talked to @morgansung.bsky.social on close all tabs about dead and dying games
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
Where Do Games Go When They Die? | KQED
When Ubisoft, publisher of the sprawling open-world racing game The Crew shut down the game’s servers, cutting off access to even its single-player mode, fans were outraged. The moment tapped into the...
www.kqed.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
do games go to heaven when they die? i talked to @morgansung.bsky.social on close all tabs about dead and dying games
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
www.kqed.org/news/1206377...
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i think peter thiel should have his fortune stripped on the way to prison and everyone who worked at gawker in 2014-16 should get $100 million
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i think peter thiel should have his fortune stripped on the way to prison and everyone who worked at gawker in 2014-16 should get $100 million
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Check it out for some behind the scenes goodness!
🚨 "The Making of Double Fine's Keeper" is now available! 🚨
Many of you have been asking for this one; we're happy to say the cameras continued to roll here at the studio during Keeper's development. Come see how this very special game came to be, from the team themselves! 😊
youtu.be/1OOfRTfMnx0
Many of you have been asking for this one; we're happy to say the cameras continued to roll here at the studio during Keeper's development. Come see how this very special game came to be, from the team themselves! 😊
youtu.be/1OOfRTfMnx0
The Making Of Double Fine's Keeper
HEADLINE - Double Fine shocks with unprecedented development transparency!
Wait, what do you mean we do this all the time? ....33 episodes? Who has time for that in this day and age!? Thankfully,…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Check it out for some behind the scenes goodness!
Wow, they actually released the Epstein files. Sucks to be working rn
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wow, they actually released the Epstein files. Sucks to be working rn
Bought Ep VII tickets 10 years ago today
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Bought Ep VII tickets 10 years ago today
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Digital Foundry: Hands-On With Steam Machine: Valve's Beautiful PC/Console - Specs, Impressions And More www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rv8...
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Digital Foundry: Hands-On With Steam Machine: Valve's Beautiful PC/Console - Specs, Impressions And More www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rv8...
Oh holy shit??
The *real* Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition just dropped, thank you McElroy Family
The Return of Pam | Monster Factory
YouTube video by The McElroy Family
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November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oh holy shit??
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It's the 5th anniversary of Miles Morales - which in my mind is easily the best of all three of Insomniac's games. And I'd argue, the best Spider-Man game ever made.
‘Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ is one of the greatest superhero games ever made, almost perfectly building upon everything Insomniac laid with the first. www.inverse.com/gaming/marve...
5 Years Ago, PlayStation Released The Perfect Superhero Game
‘Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ is one of the greatest superhero games ever made, almost perfectly building upon everything Insomniac laid with the first.
www.inverse.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's the 5th anniversary of Miles Morales - which in my mind is easily the best of all three of Insomniac's games. And I'd argue, the best Spider-Man game ever made.
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⭐BONUS EP⭐
Hear about our road trip/tour we did last month AND we rank 1080° Snowboarding!
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Hear about our road trip/tour we did last month AND we rank 1080° Snowboarding!
www.patreon.com/posts/road-t...
Road Trip Recap & Ranking 1080! | Flashback 64
Get more from Flashback 64 on Patreon
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November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
⭐BONUS EP⭐
Hear about our road trip/tour we did last month AND we rank 1080° Snowboarding!
www.patreon.com/posts/road-t...
Hear about our road trip/tour we did last month AND we rank 1080° Snowboarding!
www.patreon.com/posts/road-t...
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I'm streaming tonight (Nov 12) at 8 PM, working on this piece! I will start colouring this work and show my process, plus talk Zelda!
I'll be streaming tomorrow (Nov 5) at 8 Eastern on Twitch, working on this illustration of the Noble Canteen from Zelda Breath of the Wild.
It's for a secret project. Tune in to learn about the project, my process, and talk all things Zelda!
www.twitch.tv/omnomb3rries
It's for a secret project. Tune in to learn about the project, my process, and talk all things Zelda!
www.twitch.tv/omnomb3rries
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm streaming tonight (Nov 12) at 8 PM, working on this piece! I will start colouring this work and show my process, plus talk Zelda!
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If you're a games freelancer and you're going to physically be in LA around TGAs in December, and you still have capacity to pick up further work, I would love to hear from you: rollin.bishop@futurenet.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you're a games freelancer and you're going to physically be in LA around TGAs in December, and you still have capacity to pick up further work, I would love to hear from you: rollin.bishop@futurenet.com
Just finished rewatching — perhaps my favorite movie? I loved it 21 years ago, and I treasure it more and more as life goes on. It’s a damn good one, in any case: pure Scorsese with madness and timelessness in equal measure.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Just finished rewatching — perhaps my favorite movie? I loved it 21 years ago, and I treasure it more and more as life goes on. It’s a damn good one, in any case: pure Scorsese with madness and timelessness in equal measure.
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that sucks!
anyway, for people looking for indie games by people who don't act like this,
my game Lady Dracula is explicitly dedicated to lesbians, women, trans people and anyone who doesn't let dumb fear dictate how they live their lives and treat other people
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
anyway, for people looking for indie games by people who don't act like this,
my game Lady Dracula is explicitly dedicated to lesbians, women, trans people and anyone who doesn't let dumb fear dictate how they live their lives and treat other people
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
Lady Dracula on Steam
An evolution of the Classicvania genre and a return to the glory days of precision platforming, retro challenge and gothic atmosphere. Transform yourself into a wraith, a spider and a bat to fly, clim...
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
that sucks!
anyway, for people looking for indie games by people who don't act like this,
my game Lady Dracula is explicitly dedicated to lesbians, women, trans people and anyone who doesn't let dumb fear dictate how they live their lives and treat other people
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
anyway, for people looking for indie games by people who don't act like this,
my game Lady Dracula is explicitly dedicated to lesbians, women, trans people and anyone who doesn't let dumb fear dictate how they live their lives and treat other people
store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...
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Here's a tiny pixelated five-minute horror game I made in Bitsy a few years ago called IT FEEDS.
🕹️ ultrabrilliant.itch.io/itfeeds
🕹️ ultrabrilliant.itch.io/itfeeds
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Here's a tiny pixelated five-minute horror game I made in Bitsy a few years ago called IT FEEDS.
🕹️ ultrabrilliant.itch.io/itfeeds
🕹️ ultrabrilliant.itch.io/itfeeds
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Want to write about games and developers in Indiepocalypse? (and get paid $200 for it?)
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com
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You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
Indiepocalypse Feature Pitch Form
This is the quick pitch form for those interested in pitching written features about games and developers featured in Indiepocalypse.
The goal is to better highlight the individual creators that have...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Want to write about games and developers in Indiepocalypse? (and get paid $200 for it?)
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
You're in luck, I'm currently accepting pitches!
Send it via form or email indiepocalypse@gmail.com
indiepocalypse.com/pitch
Jeez, this is really beautiful
Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Jeez, this is really beautiful
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NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
How Obsidian writes
A chat about the words that go into video games, with creators behind The Outer Worlds, Pillars of Eternity, Pentiment and more.
www.gamefile.news
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: I spoke to Obsidian (Outer Worlds, Avowed, Fallout: NV) about how their games are written
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...
They've heard "horror stories" of writers sidelined at other studios
Sawyer: At Obsidian, writers and area designers are "co-creators" who sculpt a game world together
www.gamefile.news/p/obsidian-e...