austin_walker
@austinwalker.bsky.social
Writer, Podcaster, Game Designer | Friends at the Table | A More Civilized Age | Shelved by Genre | Formerly: Possibility Space, Waypoint, Giant Bomb, Paste Games
sending you love my man.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
sending you love my man.
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Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
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Sauron to Isildur like
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Sauron to Isildur like
I cannot believe I left back to Brooklyn the year my block ascended.
February 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I cannot believe I left back to Brooklyn the year my block ascended.
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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This was a One Shot months in the making. I cannot believe these amazing people who offered to join me on this wild adventure and celebrated by 100th episode and 2 year anniversary with me...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙
Thank you:
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙
Thank you:
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
This was a One Shot months in the making. I cannot believe these amazing people who offered to join me on this wild adventure and celebrated by 100th episode and 2 year anniversary with me...
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙
Thank you:
Listen wherever you get your podcasts 💙
Thank you:
My partner told me why overnight from Saturday into Sunday looked like and it made me want to leave the earth
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
My partner told me why overnight from Saturday into Sunday looked like and it made me want to leave the earth
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i think in the name of fairness the producers of the baldur's gate tv show should demand that tv writers do at least a year of running around in circles doing unpaid writing tests before they're allowed to write for the show
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
i think in the name of fairness the producers of the baldur's gate tv show should demand that tv writers do at least a year of running around in circles doing unpaid writing tests before they're allowed to write for the show
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If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny
jonathancook.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
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you know Trinity should have probably just shot the agent without warning, nobody had ever killed an agent before, they were deadly quick, but she had to get out the "Dodge this" and that's why we win, folks
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 AM
you know Trinity should have probably just shot the agent without warning, nobody had ever killed an agent before, they were deadly quick, but she had to get out the "Dodge this" and that's why we win, folks
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There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
That is exactly it!!!!
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
That is exactly it!!!!
Truly I think we’ve all been dancing around the idea of fully leaving Spotify but for years people bugged us about not being on there and now it makes up a not-insignificant part of our listenership. Evil company.
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Truly I think we’ve all been dancing around the idea of fully leaving Spotify but for years people bugged us about not being on there and now it makes up a not-insignificant part of our listenership. Evil company.
I honestly don’t know. It’s largely about playing the stupid game the big platform algorithms make us play, so unfortunately I think those are the places it is most useful.
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I honestly don’t know. It’s largely about playing the stupid game the big platform algorithms make us play, so unfortunately I think those are the places it is most useful.
You should still go give us a review!
February 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
You should still go give us a review!
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Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
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Oh look it's that thing I mentioned yesterday!!
Super excited to finally share my first column piece for Skybox
Please do read!
This column was born out of me feeling like I jumped on this boat a bit too late, so I thought I'd make the most of it.
Yeah, I hadn't played MGS2 - no shame in that.
Super excited to finally share my first column piece for Skybox
Please do read!
This column was born out of me feeling like I jumped on this boat a bit too late, so I thought I'd make the most of it.
Yeah, I hadn't played MGS2 - no shame in that.
It’s Never Too Late To Play… Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
"Playing Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time in 2025 was a journey of going 'wait, that’s what that means?'”
Read on:
"Playing Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time in 2025 was a journey of going 'wait, that’s what that means?'”
Read on:
It’s Never Too Late To Play… Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
What's it like to play Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time in 2026?
skyboxcritics.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Oh look it's that thing I mentioned yesterday!!
Super excited to finally share my first column piece for Skybox
Please do read!
This column was born out of me feeling like I jumped on this boat a bit too late, so I thought I'd make the most of it.
Yeah, I hadn't played MGS2 - no shame in that.
Super excited to finally share my first column piece for Skybox
Please do read!
This column was born out of me feeling like I jumped on this boat a bit too late, so I thought I'd make the most of it.
Yeah, I hadn't played MGS2 - no shame in that.
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While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
games are so good
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
games are so good
Do you know @bpbigg.bsky.social? I think he just hit that point...
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Do you know @bpbigg.bsky.social? I think he just hit that point...
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Five-year-old me: Oooh, that Batman cartoon! What adventures will he go on today?
*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*
Me: Oh. Huh.
*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*
Me: Oh. Huh.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Five-year-old me: Oooh, that Batman cartoon! What adventures will he go on today?
*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*
Me: Oh. Huh.
*the villain is left in tears, unable to process their fears and obsessions. And Batman, a looming presence born of the inability to rationalize terror, is the only one there to comfort them*
Me: Oh. Huh.