Andrew Bluett
@drubie.bsky.social
He/Him. I make video essays and media retrospectives on YouTube. No follow-for-follow.
Kingdom Hearts | Final Fantasy | Doctor Who | Jak and Daxter | Pokémon | Dragon Ball | Fallout | Halo
https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewBluett/
Kingdom Hearts | Final Fantasy | Doctor Who | Jak and Daxter | Pokémon | Dragon Ball | Fallout | Halo
https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewBluett/
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Andrew Bluett
@drubie.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Saw a bunch of people doing 2024 Media Threads last year, so I think I'll do a 2025 Media Thread. I'll do my best to log everything that I started and finished this year.
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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More of you should be regularly talking about @funfactorpod.com, honestly.
I need video games people to talk about more than the same three things every week
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More of you should be regularly talking about @funfactorpod.com, honestly.
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WHAT BLADERUNNER WOULD'VE DRIVEN
Y'know, Bladerunner! The title character from Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic Bladerunner!
Oh that wacky Bladerunner, always up to his shenanigans! What wacky predicaments WILL Bladerunner and his sidekicks, the Bladerunner Kids, get into next?
Y'know, Bladerunner! The title character from Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic Bladerunner!
Oh that wacky Bladerunner, always up to his shenanigans! What wacky predicaments WILL Bladerunner and his sidekicks, the Bladerunner Kids, get into next?
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
WHAT BLADERUNNER WOULD'VE DRIVEN
Y'know, Bladerunner! The title character from Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic Bladerunner!
Oh that wacky Bladerunner, always up to his shenanigans! What wacky predicaments WILL Bladerunner and his sidekicks, the Bladerunner Kids, get into next?
Y'know, Bladerunner! The title character from Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic Bladerunner!
Oh that wacky Bladerunner, always up to his shenanigans! What wacky predicaments WILL Bladerunner and his sidekicks, the Bladerunner Kids, get into next?
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"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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Look, I get some people want to quibble over the fact that the models that feed Embark's TTS were supposedly fed by consenting voice actors, but I think using that to negate criticism misses the real point.
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Look, I get some people want to quibble over the fact that the models that feed Embark's TTS were supposedly fed by consenting voice actors, but I think using that to negate criticism misses the real point.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Rewatching @drubie.bsky.social 's Final Fantasy retrospective series as a sorta comfort thing. Don't know if they were supposed to be "cozy", but it's working :D They're great, and you should check them out
Anyway, if anyone wants me I'll be watching the FFV retrospective for the next few hours
Anyway, if anyone wants me I'll be watching the FFV retrospective for the next few hours
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Rewatching @drubie.bsky.social 's Final Fantasy retrospective series as a sorta comfort thing. Don't know if they were supposed to be "cozy", but it's working :D They're great, and you should check them out
Anyway, if anyone wants me I'll be watching the FFV retrospective for the next few hours
Anyway, if anyone wants me I'll be watching the FFV retrospective for the next few hours
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This is partly why I keep painting them. They ward off arseholes like a crucifix to vampires.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is partly why I keep painting them. They ward off arseholes like a crucifix to vampires.
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It's called "bluffing," and it's a lost art after social media has programmed people to broadcast their every thought.
Here’s an important note when you call up key senators to yell at them.
This is really important:
YOU
CAN
LIE
You can call their office and tell them you’ll never give another dollar or another vote to a Democrat for what they did & they better fix their shit right now.
It’s OK if that’s a lie.
This is really important:
YOU
CAN
LIE
You can call their office and tell them you’ll never give another dollar or another vote to a Democrat for what they did & they better fix their shit right now.
It’s OK if that’s a lie.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's called "bluffing," and it's a lost art after social media has programmed people to broadcast their every thought.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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This thread. Gamers are arguing that dinging a game review for Ai use is wrong.
100% Disagree. Its the same as going to a restaurant that advertises its "fresh local organic food, made to order" and then finding out its just fried frozen shit from Costco.
Quality and care matters.
100% Disagree. Its the same as going to a restaurant that advertises its "fresh local organic food, made to order" and then finding out its just fried frozen shit from Costco.
Quality and care matters.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This thread. Gamers are arguing that dinging a game review for Ai use is wrong.
100% Disagree. Its the same as going to a restaurant that advertises its "fresh local organic food, made to order" and then finding out its just fried frozen shit from Costco.
Quality and care matters.
100% Disagree. Its the same as going to a restaurant that advertises its "fresh local organic food, made to order" and then finding out its just fried frozen shit from Costco.
Quality and care matters.
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These CDs contain the high-resolution artwork that GamePro was sent for their magazine. These are the highest quality source images you can find for games like Banjo-Kazooie and Mega Man Legends (both on CD 120) archive.gamehistory.org/folder/e73a8...
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
These CDs contain the high-resolution artwork that GamePro was sent for their magazine. These are the highest quality source images you can find for games like Banjo-Kazooie and Mega Man Legends (both on CD 120) archive.gamehistory.org/folder/e73a8...
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Explore the GamePro press CDs right now in our digital archive: archive.gamehistory.org/folder/a5823...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Explore the GamePro press CDs right now in our digital archive: archive.gamehistory.org/folder/a5823...
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We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
The art of GamePro | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
I have finished my first pass at writing about Final Fantasy X's postgame.
That...was a hurdle.
That...was a hurdle.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have finished my first pass at writing about Final Fantasy X's postgame.
That...was a hurdle.
That...was a hurdle.
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ATTENTION TO ALL MY PRESS AND STREAMING FRIENDS: As we lead in to the release of Demonschool, now is the time to get me on your podcast to talk about things, do interviews, etc. I can talk about things other than my game, but also hopefully my game. Hit me up if you want conversations like the below
Why delay a game that’s nothing like Silksong to avoid its surprise release? Because for indies, there’s just too much riding on each individual launch to chance it. Demonschool creative director @brandon.insertcredit.com explains:
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ATTENTION TO ALL MY PRESS AND STREAMING FRIENDS: As we lead in to the release of Demonschool, now is the time to get me on your podcast to talk about things, do interviews, etc. I can talk about things other than my game, but also hopefully my game. Hit me up if you want conversations like the below
Yes, the Kingdom Hearts II Retrospective is already in the works.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yes, the Kingdom Hearts II Retrospective is already in the works.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Just got the new Blu ray of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island so now I've got this bop stuck in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSn_...
The Ghost Is Here | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
YouTube video by 🎸ɢʟᴀᴍʀᴏᴄᴋ ʙᴏɴɴɪᴇ🎳
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just got the new Blu ray of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island so now I've got this bop stuck in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSn_...
Yeah, I make sure I put distance between my public socials and my partner for similar reasons.
Not to add to the “is having a boyfriend embarrassing” discourse, but there are other reasons for women keeping their male partners off their feeds. Years ago, I made the mistake of sharing a poem I wrote for my fiancé and tagging him. The result was people harassing him, an introverted reserved guy
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yeah, I make sure I put distance between my public socials and my partner for similar reasons.
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This is a must see.The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi has been so skipped by the general reporting of the EA buyout (I don't recall any media other than Eurogamer.es talking about it, but might be wrong) that I almost gaslighted myself into thinking the man behind it was "another saudi prince".
Here’s my breakdown of EA’s pending sale… to Saudi Arabia… and why this is much, much bigger than video games. I’m late to this from a ‘news’ perspective obviously, but it’s because I worked on this video for about a month.
youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw
youtu.be/yOzFyrRH_sw
I probably shouldn't post this
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is a must see.The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi has been so skipped by the general reporting of the EA buyout (I don't recall any media other than Eurogamer.es talking about it, but might be wrong) that I almost gaslighted myself into thinking the man behind it was "another saudi prince".
Gross.
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Gross.
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Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Heads up for folx playing Arc Raiders: Embark has openly stated (in an interview with GamesRadar+), that the game uses the same AI voice tech as The Finals, and the CEO has talked about using AI to generate 3D models from YouTube rips.
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
If you're anti-AI you should not be playing Arc Raiders!
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if you’re on substack, get the hell off substack.
the whole point of a blog/newsletter is that it’s supposed to be *yours*
the whole point of a blog/newsletter is that it’s supposed to be *yours*
tried to read this and spent 12 minutes having to re-log-in to substack and try to get around it forcibly signing me up for 30 more substacks, only to have it drop me in my feed with no hint of the thing i went there to read
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
if you’re on substack, get the hell off substack.
the whole point of a blog/newsletter is that it’s supposed to be *yours*
the whole point of a blog/newsletter is that it’s supposed to be *yours*
I don't pretend to like or understand the kids' lingo these days, but we have to acknowledge that we were just as dumb with our lingo when we were their age and it was impenetrable to people older than us, too.
Let the kids have their fun.
Let the kids have their fun.
Phrases like skibidi, 67, fanum tax, etc aren’t inherently more bad, dumb, or meaningless than the memes you grew up with; you’re just not 14 any more
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I don't pretend to like or understand the kids' lingo these days, but we have to acknowledge that we were just as dumb with our lingo when we were their age and it was impenetrable to people older than us, too.
Let the kids have their fun.
Let the kids have their fun.