Britton Peele
@brittonpeele.com
Writer. Pop culture critic (video games, geeky stuff, etc.). Fiction someday. Product Manager at The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ. Formerly at The Dallas Morning News.
My son has watched the Mario Galaxy Movie trailer twice and keeps saying he wishes it was out today.
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My son has watched the Mario Galaxy Movie trailer twice and keeps saying he wishes it was out today.
I had a Star Fox watch like these that I’m only now learning we’re apparently part of a cereal deal. That’s not how I remember getting mine (I think I got it at some mom & pop store as a kid?), and now I’m wondering if I still have it in storage or if it’s long gone www.anthrofox.org/starfox/watc...
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I had a Star Fox watch like these that I’m only now learning we’re apparently part of a cereal deal. That’s not how I remember getting mine (I think I got it at some mom & pop store as a kid?), and now I’m wondering if I still have it in storage or if it’s long gone www.anthrofox.org/starfox/watc...
This new Alan Wake game is different than I expected.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This new Alan Wake game is different than I expected.
Every now and then I just sit back and think about how good Year Walk is.
Friends, we're back to self-publishing (which is both fun and scary). We'd be really happy if you wishlist the Simogo Legacy Collection if you have any interest in it! store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
Simogo Legacy Collection on Steam
From cute arcade novelties to innovative text-based thrillers and acclaimed fourth wall-breaking stories, Simogo Legacy Collection is an eclectic celebration of Simogo's past, featuring faithful rendi...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Every now and then I just sit back and think about how good Year Walk is.
Looks like a lot of the Switch 1 playtime stats I somehow lost in a console switchover are really gone for good (I absolutely played more Breath of the Wild than this), but this is still neat. It’s cool that the 3DS stuff has persisted.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Looks like a lot of the Switch 1 playtime stats I somehow lost in a console switchover are really gone for good (I absolutely played more Breath of the Wild than this), but this is still neat. It’s cool that the 3DS stuff has persisted.
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In November 1975, Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert went into a WTTW studio to tape their first review show. With some coaching, the two rivals became friends and put Chicago on the film criticism map.
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Film events mark 50th anniversary of Siskel and Ebert's pairing on TV
In November 1975, Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert went into a WTTW studio to tape their first review show. With some coaching, the two rivals became friends and put Chicago on the film criticism map.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
In November 1975, Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert went into a WTTW studio to tape their first review show. With some coaching, the two rivals became friends and put Chicago on the film criticism map.
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Shoot, I didn't even know my shop had gas control and cutting systems. Or that I had a shop. I'm glad this AI-powered offer for an Oxy-Fuel audit showed up just in time.
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Shoot, I didn't even know my shop had gas control and cutting systems. Or that I had a shop. I'm glad this AI-powered offer for an Oxy-Fuel audit showed up just in time.
Finally starting to catalog my physical game collection for the first time in more than a decade. Didn’t immediately love any of the services I was seeing so we’re just doing Google Sheets for now.
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Finally starting to catalog my physical game collection for the first time in more than a decade. Didn’t immediately love any of the services I was seeing so we’re just doing Google Sheets for now.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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We've got some games on sale for Halloween in Steam's Scream Fest!
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Save 90% on Eldritch on Steam
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We've got some games on sale for Halloween in Steam's Scream Fest!
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
The world is littered with the skeletons of projects that began by somebody essentially saying, "Just do that thing that someone else makes money doing, but don't bother to understand it along the way."
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The world is littered with the skeletons of projects that began by somebody essentially saying, "Just do that thing that someone else makes money doing, but don't bother to understand it along the way."
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My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now?
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now?
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
Make something.
Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so.
It' s like flushing the brain toilet.
Some wholesome internet: The BookTok girlies have discovered One Piece, are loving it, and TikTok’s manga community has been super welcoming and excited about having new fans.
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Some wholesome internet: The BookTok girlies have discovered One Piece, are loving it, and TikTok’s manga community has been super welcoming and excited about having new fans.
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Halo on PlayStation news explained in NBA terms
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Halo on PlayStation news explained in NBA terms
My weirdest dreams have more environmental consistency than this.
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My weirdest dreams have more environmental consistency than this.
Not sure if it’s “best,” but a memorable one: I was sitting alone at Dallas Comic Con waiting for a panel to start when a woman sat next to me and said, in a surprisingly non-creepy way, “I know who you are,” then gushed about my work for a bit. She was very nice!
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Not sure if it’s “best,” but a memorable one: I was sitting alone at Dallas Comic Con waiting for a panel to start when a woman sat next to me and said, in a surprisingly non-creepy way, “I know who you are,” then gushed about my work for a bit. She was very nice!
I’m at a conference and feel a disturbance in the force as if I’m missing dramatic game industry discussions. I feel like I need a Bluesky iteration of a JournoBeeves account to catch me up.
October 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’m at a conference and feel a disturbance in the force as if I’m missing dramatic game industry discussions. I feel like I need a Bluesky iteration of a JournoBeeves account to catch me up.
Grubb is just right about this one.
English is red like The Scarlet Letter.
Science is green because of trees and the Hulk, who was a scientist.
Math is blue because it makes you sad.
History is yellow because of all the ways the Minions screwed with it.
English is red like The Scarlet Letter.
Science is green because of trees and the Hulk, who was a scientist.
Math is blue because it makes you sad.
History is yellow because of all the ways the Minions screwed with it.
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Grubb is just right about this one.
English is red like The Scarlet Letter.
Science is green because of trees and the Hulk, who was a scientist.
Math is blue because it makes you sad.
History is yellow because of all the ways the Minions screwed with it.
English is red like The Scarlet Letter.
Science is green because of trees and the Hulk, who was a scientist.
Math is blue because it makes you sad.
History is yellow because of all the ways the Minions screwed with it.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
As a religious person who has definitely done my fair share of “This pop culture story is a Christ allegory” writing… I don’t know about these.
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As a religious person who has definitely done my fair share of “This pop culture story is a Christ allegory” writing… I don’t know about these.
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The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.
I’m surprised you don’t use ai answer engines in research you currently do with Google
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.
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The short version of my idea is this: I don't think prestige indie survives financially without a strong and influential games press. Games whose strength is their idea need people to go to bat for them, and sort of require the "gaming literati" we had in the 2010s to break even.
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The short version of my idea is this: I don't think prestige indie survives financially without a strong and influential games press. Games whose strength is their idea need people to go to bat for them, and sort of require the "gaming literati" we had in the 2010s to break even.
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Hey, so @puzzmo.com is doing a really neat thing this month: Every day, you get a mini crossword that teaches you a convention or rule (unwritten or not) about crosswords.
Check it out!
Check it out!
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hey, so @puzzmo.com is doing a really neat thing this month: Every day, you get a mini crossword that teaches you a convention or rule (unwritten or not) about crosswords.
Check it out!
Check it out!
If you’re looking of spooky season books on a budget:
I do not know why STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere two ducats and ninety-nine chits at your favorite online electromagic bookseller, but it is if you’re so inclined to grab it on digital for cheapy.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you’re looking of spooky season books on a budget:
Wishing I had bought FFT for the flight home I’m boarding now.
Happy Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles launch day, everyone 💕
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September 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Wishing I had bought FFT for the flight home I’m boarding now.