Matt Casamassina
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Matt Casamassina
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IGN cofounder. Apple App Store games head. Rogue Games Founder/CEO. And wannabe sci-fi author. My new book, DEGENERATE, out now: https://linktr.ee/degbook
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DEGENERATE: 11/19. Kirkus Reviews: “As ambitious as it is unpredictable.” Publishers Weekly: "A bold, genre-bending thriller." linktr.ee/degbook #booksky
Mini Review:#TheBuffaloHunterHunter by @sgj.bsky.social. Haunting vampire tale set to the old West. Historical horror. Unique. Visceral. At times lyrical. Wonderful narration.#booksky https://tinyurl.com/yck3y2zd

Previous review: https://tinyurl.com/2tfp3umf
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for HorrorSelected as One of The New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2025 A Barack Obama Summer Read A Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Toronto Star, and Publishers Weekly Best of the Year Kirkus Revi...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Mini Review:#GodsJunkDrawer by @peterclines.com. Fun with time travel. Outrageous concept that hits every nerd bone in my body. Unexpectedly emotional bits. A relentless page-turner. Spectacular read by @realrayporter.bsky.social. https://tinyurl.com/2r4r4hb7 / Prev: https://tinyurl.com/yc46c6bb
God
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. God’s Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time. Welcome to the Valley … Forty years ago, the Gather family—James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy—vanished during a whitewater raftin...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Weekly routine:

Hate on the #Bluesky app because it doesn’t support iPad.

Find / download any other Bluesky app that supports iPad.

Use new app until I can’t take how slow it is.

Re-download official Bluesky app.

@bsky.app: For the love of all that is holy, please add iPad support.
February 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Fun @ign.com piece on 13 in-limbo games. One point I disagree with, though: I don’t think Ubisoft should kill Beyond Good & Evil 2 to focus on the PoP remake instead. I know it’s on the cusp of vaporware, but I still want to believe #BGE2 could be spectacular. tinyurl.com/mryxdsv3
Where Are These 13 PS5 & Xbox Games? - Next-Gen Console Watch - IGN
Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! This week we take a look at 13 supposed PS5 and Xbox Series games that we should have already been playing. Games like Judas, Knights of the Old Republic remake...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Hey #authors #writers #novelists: Substack or something else for your updates? I've maintained a traditional website for a while, but figure it might be time for a change. Any thoughts on what the best platform is? #indieauthors #booksky
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Just played through the #Pragmata demo on #Switch2 and love-love-loved it. You’re on a moon base. It’s low-gravity exploration of high-tech areas with lots of verticality. And a super fun marriage of in-combat hacking (that feels amazing) and gunplay. Runs great on Switch 2, too. Sold.
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Hey Siri, how much time is left on my timer?

There’s no left timer, but there is another one with two minutes left.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Mini Review: #WildernessReform by Matt & Harrison Query. Creepy youth camp where the counselors aren’t what they seem. Unabashedly masculine. At times, mysterious. Violent. Fun. Couldn’t put it down. It’s going to be a movie next. https://tinyurl.com/5xc4nd47 #booksky
Wilderness Reform
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. With “an ever-rising tone of dread that builds to a terrifying crescendo” (Marcus Kliewar, author of We Used to Live Here), this unputdownable horror novel follows a teenager searching for answers about the mysterious events and disappearance...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Mini Review: Contact by Joshua Calvert. Mysterious, intriguing, humorous astronaut amnesia story. Some satisfying twists. Hard-ish sci-fi. Incredible #Audible reading by Suehyla El-Attar Young. https://tinyurl.com/yc45zc2t #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Mini Review: #CoffinMoon by @keithrosson.bsky.social: Gritty, dark, emotional vampire story / love letter to Salem’s Lot. Tight. Violent. Emotional. Full of despair. Jealous of some excerpts because of the poetic wordcraft. #Audible reading is top. https://tinyurl.com/dpkbj5az #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Question for any #indieauthors out there. You have a reliable vendor/outlet for original human-crafted cover art? In the past I’ve tried 99 Designs, but the last time around I stipulated that no AI could be used and all I got were AI covers. #booksky #artist
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
January 30, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Quick interview I did on my third novel, Degenerate, and the process of creating great audiobooks. #indieauthors #audible tinyurl.com/bookwildint Book here: linktr.ee/degbook
Silicon Valley, Body Horror and Shadowy Visions: Matt Casamassina's Degenerate | Bookwild
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January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Really cool to have full-blown Pixelmator Pro on iPad Pro. Runs blazing fast, too. #pixelmatorpro
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
No notes. #Highlander
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Okay, I know #AISLOP and all that, but AI is great for doing BS images to use as jokes/memes with friends. My bro, for example, hasn’t yet read my third book, so I’ve been sending him increasingly funny images that showcase what he’s doing with it instead.
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Say no more. Bought. #Audible #Audiobooks
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This vile administration’s revisionist history of January 6 should terrify all of us. Don’t accept it. Don’t normalize it.
January 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Matt Casamassina
OH HEY-- did you know we're exactly two weeks away from the audiobook of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER? And it's read by the always-outstanding @realrayporter.bsky.social .

You did know? Oh... well... sorry to bother you. As you were.
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
My next game: Alan Wake II or retry Starfield?
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Skyrim - Switch 2 Review - PS5-Level Visuals, Terrible Latency
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
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December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rabbit-holed Alec Guinness and #StarWars tonight. Settled science here seems to be that he hated the whole affair. He certainly didn’t love the script. Called early drafts appalling. But he talked fondly of the finished movie. And he made 2.25% on it! For at least a decade, he reveled in that.
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This game is pretty. #MetroidPrime4
December 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Welp. #WelcometoDerry is not effin’ around, and I’m down for it.
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM