Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com
Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
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Mathew Kumar
@mathewkumar.com
· Sep 16
Pleased to announced that exp. 2602, a new #zine in my exploration of the 1970s releases for the Atari 2600, is available for pre-order NOW at our new online store! Read more: expzine.com/2025/09/16/a...
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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Atrocious. There should be consequences for these constant attempts at capture.
If you don’t like that a man said people made him feel uneasy there then talk to your people about how they’re expected to treat people, don’t tell the paper to pull the piece where he talks about it.
If you don’t like that a man said people made him feel uneasy there then talk to your people about how they’re expected to treat people, don’t tell the paper to pull the piece where he talks about it.
![This opinion piece by Cumberland councillor
Ahmed Ouf was originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, December 24. [highlight in blue]It was deleted from the Herald's website following complaints from the Australian Jewish Association [close highlight]. Opinions expressed are those of the author alone.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cajqz7jzvhnagwa7s563xd5k/bafkreifycqrvwtnmzeq6sldx2uuqltpgtuhvioysuaykcrddpjvkhkexvi@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Atrocious. There should be consequences for these constant attempts at capture.
If you don’t like that a man said people made him feel uneasy there then talk to your people about how they’re expected to treat people, don’t tell the paper to pull the piece where he talks about it.
If you don’t like that a man said people made him feel uneasy there then talk to your people about how they’re expected to treat people, don’t tell the paper to pull the piece where he talks about it.
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A frustrated Pedro Pascal asking Neil Druckmann, who was directing Pascal in a Last of Us episode, “do you like art?”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A frustrated Pedro Pascal asking Neil Druckmann, who was directing Pascal in a Last of Us episode, “do you like art?”
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After my son was born, my wife vowed to get good at video games so she can play with him, so for Christmas, I loaded an ambernic with a bunch of classics and gave her a custom case with a 20-page manual with instructions and a "Game of The Month" for both of us to play.
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
After my son was born, my wife vowed to get good at video games so she can play with him, so for Christmas, I loaded an ambernic with a bunch of classics and gave her a custom case with a 20-page manual with instructions and a "Game of The Month" for both of us to play.
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Unlocked for all: It's Christmas Eve, so gather round a roaring IBM PC and enjoy the warmth of Sierra On-Line's A Computer Christmas:
A Computer Christmas (Sierra, 1986) - exp.
Merry Christmas from Sierra On-Line (and exp.)
expzine.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Unlocked for all: It's Christmas Eve, so gather round a roaring IBM PC and enjoy the warmth of Sierra On-Line's A Computer Christmas:
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ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Cinco Paus by Michael Brough
Available for Windows, macOS
smestorp.itch.io
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised at all
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised at all
Unlocked for all: It's Christmas Eve, so gather round a roaring IBM PC and enjoy the warmth of Sierra On-Line's A Computer Christmas:
A Computer Christmas (Sierra, 1986) - exp.
Merry Christmas from Sierra On-Line (and exp.)
expzine.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Unlocked for all: It's Christmas Eve, so gather round a roaring IBM PC and enjoy the warmth of Sierra On-Line's A Computer Christmas:
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December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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It's that time again! Here's our 2025 year in review: www.metanetsoftware.com/2025/2025-ye...
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's that time again! Here's our 2025 year in review: www.metanetsoftware.com/2025/2025-ye...
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“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
tfw you're taking a huge piss and your adoptive parents (giant blue aliens) are discussing knifing u to death
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
tfw you're taking a huge piss and your adoptive parents (giant blue aliens) are discussing knifing u to death
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From the exp. archive, we consider the beautiful, utopian ideals of the BBC Micro and then have to play a ropey, barely festive Christmas cash-in. It's Sleighbells (Cartlidge, 1983):
Sleighbells (Cartlidge, 1983) - exp.
The BBC Micro offered a utopian ideal... and a lot of pretty crappy games.
expzine.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
From the exp. archive, we consider the beautiful, utopian ideals of the BBC Micro and then have to play a ropey, barely festive Christmas cash-in. It's Sleighbells (Cartlidge, 1983):
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Saw an uptick in traffic over the past few days, was nice to see Mari Lwyd's Pantri Panic to be featured in this newsletter ❤️
The last dispatch of the year! Links to articles, a capsule review of festive Pico-8 puzzler Mari Lwyd's Pantri Panic, zine links and more. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!
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The exp. Dispatch #14 - exp.
The last newsletter of the year, and a hungry (festive) horse skull.
expzine.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Saw an uptick in traffic over the past few days, was nice to see Mari Lwyd's Pantri Panic to be featured in this newsletter ❤️
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I need to update my map after the new lines opened last week. Chengdu has opened 722km of metro lines in 15 years.
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I need to update my map after the new lines opened last week. Chengdu has opened 722km of metro lines in 15 years.
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AAA video game character going to the toilet: "I'll take these stairs." "Ah, there it is, the bathroom." "Better open the door." "The door's open, nice." "Gonna pull my trousers down now." "Sitting down." "Okay, here we go." "I needed that." "Okay, time to fl
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
AAA video game character going to the toilet: "I'll take these stairs." "Ah, there it is, the bathroom." "Better open the door." "The door's open, nice." "Gonna pull my trousers down now." "Sitting down." "Okay, here we go." "I needed that." "Okay, time to fl
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
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well the segment Bari didn't want you to see is available for all on internet archive
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
well the segment Bari didn't want you to see is available for all on internet archive
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m reminded of watching two old ladies ask a teenage goth for directions and she politely told them and when she was out of earshot one lady said “You know where you are with a goth”
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FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white ...
filmfreakcentral.net
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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