Gene Jacket
@genejacket.bsky.social
Commercial Editor. I never know what to put in these things. Plays games, reads comics, listens to music made when most of you weren't born...typical old nerd bullshit.
Is this just how it is now? If a game isn't an immediate, massive success, you're just completely fucked? Also, do these companies simply not budget for anything past the first month-ish post-release?
Wildlight (Highguard) lays off staff according to a LinkedIn post
"Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today.
This one really stings as there was a lot of unreleased content I was really looking forward to that I and others designed for Highguard."
"Unfortunately, along with most of the team at Wildlight, I was laid off today.
This one really stings as there was a lot of unreleased content I was really looking forward to that I and others designed for Highguard."
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Is this just how it is now? If a game isn't an immediate, massive success, you're just completely fucked? Also, do these companies simply not budget for anything past the first month-ish post-release?
Reposted by Gene Jacket
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
We ever gonna get another XCOM?
January 30, 2026 at 11:02 PM
We ever gonna get another XCOM?
Stranger Things S5 has the most golden/silver age comics ass dialogue I've heard in a show maybe ever. It's universally awful...and yet, somehow, it still mostly works.
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Stranger Things S5 has the most golden/silver age comics ass dialogue I've heard in a show maybe ever. It's universally awful...and yet, somehow, it still mostly works.
I hadn't beaten it when I posted this and...I still enjoyed it and don't regret the praise but, man, Prime 4 has a lot of problems...like, a LOT of problems.
When it's good, it nears the peaks of Prime 1...when it's not, it's handily the weakest of the entire Metroid series (not just the Primes).
When it's good, it nears the peaks of Prime 1...when it's not, it's handily the weakest of the entire Metroid series (not just the Primes).
It's legitimately insane that Nintendo ever tried to give the job to ANYONE else, but...Prime 4 is Retro proving that not only do they still got the sauce, but haven't lost a single fucking step in the 18 years since Prime 3 and have only gotten better at making these.
GOTY, without question.
GOTY, without question.
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I hadn't beaten it when I posted this and...I still enjoyed it and don't regret the praise but, man, Prime 4 has a lot of problems...like, a LOT of problems.
When it's good, it nears the peaks of Prime 1...when it's not, it's handily the weakest of the entire Metroid series (not just the Primes).
When it's good, it nears the peaks of Prime 1...when it's not, it's handily the weakest of the entire Metroid series (not just the Primes).
It's legitimately insane that Nintendo ever tried to give the job to ANYONE else, but...Prime 4 is Retro proving that not only do they still got the sauce, but haven't lost a single fucking step in the 18 years since Prime 3 and have only gotten better at making these.
GOTY, without question.
GOTY, without question.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It's legitimately insane that Nintendo ever tried to give the job to ANYONE else, but...Prime 4 is Retro proving that not only do they still got the sauce, but haven't lost a single fucking step in the 18 years since Prime 3 and have only gotten better at making these.
GOTY, without question.
GOTY, without question.
Reposted by Gene Jacket
Reposts on this are appreciated, BTW. There is no marketing budget.
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
SECRET PROJECT REVEALED
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reposts on this are appreciated, BTW. There is no marketing budget.
@grubb.wtf @tolkoto.com @danryckert.com @janochoa.bsky.social @giantbomb.bsky.social
Y'all should check Possesor(s) when you get the chance, Heart Machine's new game. One of the best metroidvanias of year, def shouldn't sleep on it.
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Y'all should check Possesor(s) when you get the chance, Heart Machine's new game. One of the best metroidvanias of year, def shouldn't sleep on it.
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Save 15% on Possessor(s) on Steam
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
store.steampowered.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@grubb.wtf @tolkoto.com @danryckert.com @janochoa.bsky.social @giantbomb.bsky.social
Y'all should check Possesor(s) when you get the chance, Heart Machine's new game. One of the best metroidvanias of year, def shouldn't sleep on it.
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Y'all should check Possesor(s) when you get the chance, Heart Machine's new game. One of the best metroidvanias of year, def shouldn't sleep on it.
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
I bought a big box of nutragrain bars...completely forgetting that they're gross and I hate them.
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I bought a big box of nutragrain bars...completely forgetting that they're gross and I hate them.
Agreed, Glen...agreed.
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Agreed, Glen...agreed.
I'm done with this planet, bring the meteors or Galactus or whatever, it's over, we're done.
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I'm done with this planet, bring the meteors or Galactus or whatever, it's over, we're done.
When Absolum is firing on all cylinders, it's one of the most exhilarating beat-em-ups I've ever played.
When it's not, which is a little too often, it feels like it's fucking you over on purpose and makes me want to throw a controller across the room.
When it's not, which is a little too often, it feels like it's fucking you over on purpose and makes me want to throw a controller across the room.
October 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When Absolum is firing on all cylinders, it's one of the most exhilarating beat-em-ups I've ever played.
When it's not, which is a little too often, it feels like it's fucking you over on purpose and makes me want to throw a controller across the room.
When it's not, which is a little too often, it feels like it's fucking you over on purpose and makes me want to throw a controller across the room.
Hey, so....Silent Hill f is real good....up until it starts pulling cheap horror cliches and TERRIBLE insta-death chase sequences.
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, so....Silent Hill f is real good....up until it starts pulling cheap horror cliches and TERRIBLE insta-death chase sequences.
Alien: Earth is easily the best thing in the series since Aliens and exactly the kind of wacko, bonkers shit I want from the franchise.
More batshit originality, less shameless callback jerkoff (*cough*Rolumus*cough*).
More batshit originality, less shameless callback jerkoff (*cough*Rolumus*cough*).
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Alien: Earth is easily the best thing in the series since Aliens and exactly the kind of wacko, bonkers shit I want from the franchise.
More batshit originality, less shameless callback jerkoff (*cough*Rolumus*cough*).
More batshit originality, less shameless callback jerkoff (*cough*Rolumus*cough*).
Happy 30th Anniversary to, unironically, one of my all time favorite movies!
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Happy 30th Anniversary to, unironically, one of my all time favorite movies!
@jamesgunn.bsky.social Could I interest you in my meager collection of cheap collectibles and various knick-knacks in exchange for a Black Canary or Birds of Prey show, if you're not above bribery?
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
@jamesgunn.bsky.social Could I interest you in my meager collection of cheap collectibles and various knick-knacks in exchange for a Black Canary or Birds of Prey show, if you're not above bribery?
People ruined 100 years of growth, development, and technique in filmmaking and videography because they're too lazy to turn their goddamn phone 90 degrees.
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People ruined 100 years of growth, development, and technique in filmmaking and videography because they're too lazy to turn their goddamn phone 90 degrees.
So...uh, Destiny Rising is real good, huh?
A "mobile" version of Destiny from NetEase being more fun and exciting that what current actual Destiny has been doing certainly wasn't on my bingo card.
A "mobile" version of Destiny from NetEase being more fun and exciting that what current actual Destiny has been doing certainly wasn't on my bingo card.
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So...uh, Destiny Rising is real good, huh?
A "mobile" version of Destiny from NetEase being more fun and exciting that what current actual Destiny has been doing certainly wasn't on my bingo card.
A "mobile" version of Destiny from NetEase being more fun and exciting that what current actual Destiny has been doing certainly wasn't on my bingo card.
Think I have officially hit the age where the thing I look forward to the most each day is going to bed.
August 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Think I have officially hit the age where the thing I look forward to the most each day is going to bed.
The Internet was a mistake.
August 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Internet was a mistake.
Rewatching the Birthday vod for the dozenth time...still one of the best bits. @giantbomb.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Rewatching the Birthday vod for the dozenth time...still one of the best bits. @giantbomb.bsky.social
For the GB boys, hope you guys like it. @janochoa.bsky.social @grubb.wtf @danryckert.com @tolkoto.com @jerf.xyz @giantbomb.bsky.social
youtu.be/mDx4fqObRf8
youtu.be/mDx4fqObRf8
GB Retro TEST
YouTube video by GeneJacket
youtu.be
July 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
For the GB boys, hope you guys like it. @janochoa.bsky.social @grubb.wtf @danryckert.com @tolkoto.com @jerf.xyz @giantbomb.bsky.social
youtu.be/mDx4fqObRf8
youtu.be/mDx4fqObRf8
Extremely curious to see what #RERequiem ends up being. I don't think you go back to Raccoon City without going BIG with it.
June 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Extremely curious to see what #RERequiem ends up being. I don't think you go back to Raccoon City without going BIG with it.
Holy shit, y'all, DOOM: The Dark Ages.....
That's a right fucking proper GAME, right there. Best of the series, by miles and miles, adored every second of it.
That's a right fucking proper GAME, right there. Best of the series, by miles and miles, adored every second of it.
May 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Holy shit, y'all, DOOM: The Dark Ages.....
That's a right fucking proper GAME, right there. Best of the series, by miles and miles, adored every second of it.
That's a right fucking proper GAME, right there. Best of the series, by miles and miles, adored every second of it.
DOOM: The Dark Ages fuckin rips, but...goddamn, I can only play a stage or two before I need to take a break. It's SO much.
May 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
DOOM: The Dark Ages fuckin rips, but...goddamn, I can only play a stage or two before I need to take a break. It's SO much.