Rebekah Valentine
@duckvalentine.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning senior reporter at IGN, proudly @ignunion.bsky.social. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. rvalentine@ign.com, Signal: duckvalentine.47
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NO DECEMBER 4 IS WAY TOO SOON, TAKE SOME MORE TIME GOD DAMN IT I AM BUSY
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
NO DECEMBER 4 IS WAY TOO SOON, TAKE SOME MORE TIME GOD DAMN IT I AM BUSY
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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a very very long time ago i was listening to a video game podcast that has long since stopped existing where a frustrated listener wrote in asking what “Guitar Hero Ennui” was because he misheard them talking about “Guitar Hero on Wii”
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
a very very long time ago i was listening to a video game podcast that has long since stopped existing where a frustrated listener wrote in asking what “Guitar Hero Ennui” was because he misheard them talking about “Guitar Hero on Wii”
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I will be in L.A. adjacent to The Game Awards (for different reasons). Do you want to show me your game for coverage on Restart? Or just for the hell of it? Got a preview event? A mixer? A spare hour with nothing to do?
Let me know and we can figure something out!
Let me know and we can figure something out!
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I will be in L.A. adjacent to The Game Awards (for different reasons). Do you want to show me your game for coverage on Restart? Or just for the hell of it? Got a preview event? A mixer? A spare hour with nothing to do?
Let me know and we can figure something out!
Let me know and we can figure something out!
i had the pleasure of hearing Anthony Hopkins recite a stanza of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in an NPR interview the other day and we really need to make recitation cool again
Had occasion, as one does, to think on Shakespeare's sonnets this morning, which called to mind this bit of absolute gorgeousness from Judi Dench. In case you need some beauty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XKS...
Judi Dench - Sonnet 29 - 'When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes' - 4K
YouTube video by Shakespeare Network
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i had the pleasure of hearing Anthony Hopkins recite a stanza of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in an NPR interview the other day and we really need to make recitation cool again
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Over the weekend, my wife's 13-year-old niece stayed with us. And I got an up-close look at how Roblox has turned so many kids into gambling addicts.
The niece even admitted as much as she and her friends opened boxes for rare pets that could be sold/traded for more currency to place more bets.
The niece even admitted as much as she and her friends opened boxes for rare pets that could be sold/traded for more currency to place more bets.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Over the weekend, my wife's 13-year-old niece stayed with us. And I got an up-close look at how Roblox has turned so many kids into gambling addicts.
The niece even admitted as much as she and her friends opened boxes for rare pets that could be sold/traded for more currency to place more bets.
The niece even admitted as much as she and her friends opened boxes for rare pets that could be sold/traded for more currency to place more bets.
i cannot beLIEVE they let me put mario sunshine in here
This week, IGN has teamed up with Nintendo Life to reveal our Top 100 Nintendo Games of All Time. We'll be adding 20 a day to the article, all the way up to Friday, when the list will be complete.
Today, check out 80-61 and let us know what we got wrong.
www.ign.com/articles/the...
Today, check out 80-61 and let us know what we got wrong.
www.ign.com/articles/the...
The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time - IGN
IGN and Nintendo Life have teamed up for the ultimate ranking of Nintendo console favorites.
www.ign.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
i cannot beLIEVE they let me put mario sunshine in here
It's a comfort food kind of morning. Last night I roasted some chestnuts in the oven and this morning they are atop my oatmeal
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's a comfort food kind of morning. Last night I roasted some chestnuts in the oven and this morning they are atop my oatmeal
Jesus Christ go off ma'am
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Jesus Christ go off ma'am
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the amount of interesting, thoughtful, helpful, and insightful critique we are missing out on — and that we will never truly know just how much writing we’ve lost and are actively losing out on — is so heartbreaking
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
the amount of interesting, thoughtful, helpful, and insightful critique we are missing out on — and that we will never truly know just how much writing we’ve lost and are actively losing out on — is so heartbreaking
"Kingdom Hearts is light"-ass moment, tbh, loved it
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"Kingdom Hearts is light"-ass moment, tbh, loved it
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
Destateez nuts
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Destateez nuts
i love my house
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
i love my house
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Missourians! it's working! they're scared!!!
find a place to sign (check on @respectmovoters.org) and bring everyone you know!!
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
find a place to sign (check on @respectmovoters.org) and bring everyone you know!!
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Missourians! it's working! they're scared!!!
find a place to sign (check on @respectmovoters.org) and bring everyone you know!!
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
find a place to sign (check on @respectmovoters.org) and bring everyone you know!!
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
chat, is it cool to believe in nothing and stand for nothing
South Park Creators: "Any extremists of any kind we make fun of. We did it for years with the woke thing. That was hilarious to us. "
www.resetera.com/threads/13...
www.resetera.com/threads/13...
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
chat, is it cool to believe in nothing and stand for nothing
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(And if you haven't played Cryptmaster yet—consider doing that! It's great! You get absolutely golden moments like this one without any GenAI fuckery involved!)
youtube.com/shorts/ZCxDJ...
youtube.com/shorts/ZCxDJ...
Can you solve this riddle? (Cryptmaster)
YouTube video by Chance Thyme
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
(And if you haven't played Cryptmaster yet—consider doing that! It's great! You get absolutely golden moments like this one without any GenAI fuckery involved!)
youtube.com/shorts/ZCxDJ...
youtube.com/shorts/ZCxDJ...
if joyce carol oates accused me of *not reading* in a public forum you would literally never see me again
you know if Joyce Carol Oates nuked me so thoroughly my first thought would be "Wow JCO noticed me!" and then I would withdraw from public life and reinvent myself so that no trace of the old me remained!
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
if joyce carol oates accused me of *not reading* in a public forum you would literally never see me again
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Remember this. Vote them out.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Remember this. Vote them out.
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So it has been one year since I had a stroke, a thing that almost killed me and landed me in the hospital for nearly a month.
I opened this thinking I’d have a lot to say about it and I don’t, really. Don’t ignore health issues even if they seem minor.
I opened this thinking I’d have a lot to say about it and I don’t, really. Don’t ignore health issues even if they seem minor.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So it has been one year since I had a stroke, a thing that almost killed me and landed me in the hospital for nearly a month.
I opened this thinking I’d have a lot to say about it and I don’t, really. Don’t ignore health issues even if they seem minor.
I opened this thinking I’d have a lot to say about it and I don’t, really. Don’t ignore health issues even if they seem minor.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Schumer is a bitch
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Schumer is a bitch
