Andrei Filote
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Andrei Filote
@letominor.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi, I'm Andrei and my goal is to tell the truth with grace and beauty. And get paid in the process.
Here is some of my work:
Here is some of my work:
Main thing about TotK: it provides a really cumbersome system for solving really easy problems. It's really cool that you can build a jet, but it's the nuclear option. Otherwise, it's BotW2 and I'm A-OK with that. Alternate take: we're adults playing the most prestige of kids' games.
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Main thing about TotK: it provides a really cumbersome system for solving really easy problems. It's really cool that you can build a jet, but it's the nuclear option. Otherwise, it's BotW2 and I'm A-OK with that. Alternate take: we're adults playing the most prestige of kids' games.
Finished Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith. Next is Righteous Victims by Benny Morris.
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Finished Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith. Next is Righteous Victims by Benny Morris.
TR-49 is brilliant, not least of which because @inkle.co wisely assigns JA a more honorable place in the credits than even GA's. At one point, I fat fingered the wrong code and landed on a passage that -- pure serendipity -- provided the title to an orphan entry.
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
TR-49 is brilliant, not least of which because @inkle.co wisely assigns JA a more honorable place in the credits than even GA's. At one point, I fat fingered the wrong code and landed on a passage that -- pure serendipity -- provided the title to an orphan entry.
only thing i wanted was no marduk. bamco pleased both of us.
February 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
only thing i wanted was no marduk. bamco pleased both of us.
If Judero has a million fans, I am one of them. If Judero has one fan, I am that fan. If Judero has, etc., etc.
Now the creators of Judero are running a Kickstarter for their new project, one that I am eagerly anticipating.
Until its release, I have no choice but to ABIDE.
Now the creators of Judero are running a Kickstarter for their new project, one that I am eagerly anticipating.
Until its release, I have no choice but to ABIDE.
ABIDE Kickstarter Live Now!
Our new stop-motion first person narrative horror game ABIDE is looking for your support RIGHT NOW. Please back and share with your friends!
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Our new stop-motion first person narrative horror game ABIDE is looking for your support RIGHT NOW. Please back and share with your friends!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If Judero has a million fans, I am one of them. If Judero has one fan, I am that fan. If Judero has, etc., etc.
Now the creators of Judero are running a Kickstarter for their new project, one that I am eagerly anticipating.
Until its release, I have no choice but to ABIDE.
Now the creators of Judero are running a Kickstarter for their new project, one that I am eagerly anticipating.
Until its release, I have no choice but to ABIDE.
Sorry We're Closed: not a masterpiece, but a good game that holds up some real wisdom, not to mention style and panache. One of many decent showings that the attention economy can't, but should, reward.
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Sorry We're Closed: not a masterpiece, but a good game that holds up some real wisdom, not to mention style and panache. One of many decent showings that the attention economy can't, but should, reward.
Lunacid honors its inspiration so much that the homage overtakes the game. King's Field doesn't have that much in common, after all, with the series that inspired From Software, but I believe its creation does far more credit to Wizardry precisely because of its originality.
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Lunacid honors its inspiration so much that the homage overtakes the game. King's Field doesn't have that much in common, after all, with the series that inspired From Software, but I believe its creation does far more credit to Wizardry precisely because of its originality.
Reposted by Andrei Filote
Rise from the ashes and begin anew. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @aeneas-nin.bsky.social on Re-Animator, @kellymerka.bsky.social on Phoenix Springs and our regulars on the topics poking their brains.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Rise from the ashes and begin anew. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @aeneas-nin.bsky.social on Re-Animator, @kellymerka.bsky.social on Phoenix Springs and our regulars on the topics poking their brains.
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It's a joyful experience showcasing much design excellence, but:
Like so many classics, the new Hitmans will always require the caveat that its storytelling is clumsy and ineffective, and it always makes us look like ignorant provincials when we disregard this weakness to announce masterpieces.
Like so many classics, the new Hitmans will always require the caveat that its storytelling is clumsy and ineffective, and it always makes us look like ignorant provincials when we disregard this weakness to announce masterpieces.
As Hitman 3 turns five years old, we surely have enough hindsight to declare: this is one of the greatest of all time, right? www.eurogamer.net/hitman-3-wor...
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
It's a joyful experience showcasing much design excellence, but:
Like so many classics, the new Hitmans will always require the caveat that its storytelling is clumsy and ineffective, and it always makes us look like ignorant provincials when we disregard this weakness to announce masterpieces.
Like so many classics, the new Hitmans will always require the caveat that its storytelling is clumsy and ineffective, and it always makes us look like ignorant provincials when we disregard this weakness to announce masterpieces.
I've played through a growing cadre of games, most recently Metal Garden, (but also Falcon Age, Season) that, whatever their merits, are too large in spirit and too limited in scope. They need more stuff, more duration, to excel in the telling of what they aim to tell.
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I've played through a growing cadre of games, most recently Metal Garden, (but also Falcon Age, Season) that, whatever their merits, are too large in spirit and too limited in scope. They need more stuff, more duration, to excel in the telling of what they aim to tell.
There's a certain kind of film product whose essence, along with its particulars, is spelled out in such large letters that, to me, it barely feels like watching a new movie. And that's Predator: Badlands.
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
There's a certain kind of film product whose essence, along with its particulars, is spelled out in such large letters that, to me, it barely feels like watching a new movie. And that's Predator: Badlands.
Return of Godzilla mentioned
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Return of Godzilla mentioned
how do you feel about season 1?
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
how do you feel about season 1?
At this moment I can only read One Battle After Another as PTA's attempt to shame America's left with a fantasy reality in which they actually do something to protect their polity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
At this moment I can only read One Battle After Another as PTA's attempt to shame America's left with a fantasy reality in which they actually do something to protect their polity.
Claire Denis returns to French Africa in White Material, a fevered drama about a coffee plantation owner desperate to get in one last harvest before the civil war overtakes her land. The formidable Isabelle Huppert goes well beyond ostrichism as the radios hail the end of "white material."
January 4, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Claire Denis returns to French Africa in White Material, a fevered drama about a coffee plantation owner desperate to get in one last harvest before the civil war overtakes her land. The formidable Isabelle Huppert goes well beyond ostrichism as the radios hail the end of "white material."
I have joined this throng of the talented with a thought on Team Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn.
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I have joined this throng of the talented with a thought on Team Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn.
On Pyre.
"The logic of empowerment means that to an extent, every game is a god game. What if god was just?"
sidequest.zone/2025/08/19/i...
"The logic of empowerment means that to an extent, every game is a god game. What if god was just?"
sidequest.zone/2025/08/19/i...
December 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On Pyre.
"The logic of empowerment means that to an extent, every game is a god game. What if god was just?"
sidequest.zone/2025/08/19/i...
"The logic of empowerment means that to an extent, every game is a god game. What if god was just?"
sidequest.zone/2025/08/19/i...
Final Fantasy's enshittification, as seen through FFXV, epitomizes the enshittification of life.
www.stopcar.ing/these-are-th...
www.stopcar.ing/these-are-th...
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Final Fantasy's enshittification, as seen through FFXV, epitomizes the enshittification of life.
www.stopcar.ing/these-are-th...
www.stopcar.ing/these-are-th...
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
December 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is what I wrote this year:
Diablo IV is a victim of its environment, and so are we.
unwinnable.com/2025/02/25/t...
Diablo IV is a victim of its environment, and so are we.
unwinnable.com/2025/02/25/t...
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is what I wrote this year:
Diablo IV is a victim of its environment, and so are we.
unwinnable.com/2025/02/25/t...
Diablo IV is a victim of its environment, and so are we.
unwinnable.com/2025/02/25/t...
closest is Guacamelee!
December 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
closest is Guacamelee!
1. Though some of its choices are baffling, and the mechanical play and the themes of its narrative only meet at points of frustration, Silksong is just that good. Its tortuous logic of climb and descent is equal to From's in how it's used to embody spiritual life and the experience of living.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
1. Though some of its choices are baffling, and the mechanical play and the themes of its narrative only meet at points of frustration, Silksong is just that good. Its tortuous logic of climb and descent is equal to From's in how it's used to embody spiritual life and the experience of living.
2. Many Nights a Whisper, an achingly beautiful coming of age story, perhaps the best ever videogame in the genre. You're training to make an arrow shot; succeed, and everyone's dreams come true. The promise of life and the short time we have to realize it is really what's at stake. Haunting.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
2. Many Nights a Whisper, an achingly beautiful coming of age story, perhaps the best ever videogame in the genre. You're training to make an arrow shot; succeed, and everyone's dreams come true. The promise of life and the short time we have to realize it is really what's at stake. Haunting.