Steve Watts
@sporkyreeve.bsky.social
Editor at GameSpot. No, not the store in the mall, the other one. (he/him)
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Steve Watts
@sporkyreeve.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Get to know my game taste in 365 games!
For 2025, I'm going to post every day about a game that has been meaningful to me. Might not be the "best" games, or even my "favorites," but they're all ones that have stuck with me in one way or another, in rough ascending order of impact.
Mega Daily 🧵
For 2025, I'm going to post every day about a game that has been meaningful to me. Might not be the "best" games, or even my "favorites," but they're all ones that have stuck with me in one way or another, in rough ascending order of impact.
Mega Daily 🧵
This is a cool idea and despite my near-certainty that I'll eventually miss a day and feel bad, I'm going to give it a shot.
Mega Daily 🧵
Mega Daily 🧵
What’s your favorite underrated 90s prog rock album? Mine is “Babies Are Born Worshipping Unknown Gods”
"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 11:49 PM
What’s your favorite underrated 90s prog rock album? Mine is “Babies Are Born Worshipping Unknown Gods”
There’s a non-zero chance that Elon started this dumb robot business and called it Optimus specifically so that his special personal one can be called Optimus Prime
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There’s a non-zero chance that Elon started this dumb robot business and called it Optimus specifically so that his special personal one can be called Optimus Prime
Biden couldn't "the meticulous official government data says the economy is good, actually" his way out of electoral disaster but sure let's see if Trump can change public perception by citing the Auntie Anne's Annual Employee Retention Survey
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Biden couldn't "the meticulous official government data says the economy is good, actually" his way out of electoral disaster but sure let's see if Trump can change public perception by citing the Auntie Anne's Annual Employee Retention Survey
I guess continuity shouldn't really be my top concern but uh how are they going to explain restoring the status quo here after the ending of Toy Story 4
Toy Story 5 | Teaser Trailer | In Theaters June 19 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGBg...
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I guess continuity shouldn't really be my top concern but uh how are they going to explain restoring the status quo here after the ending of Toy Story 4
what if my crime is selling stolen optimuses
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
what if my crime is selling stolen optimuses
Am I misunderstanding something here, why are they fretting about continuity for a series that has starred 7 different actors over the course of 6 decades
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Am I misunderstanding something here, why are they fretting about continuity for a series that has starred 7 different actors over the course of 6 decades
So, way to go guys
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So, way to go guys
I think possibly underrated aspects of all this are:
1. 2026 healthcare rates were already being set, so fighting to keep them low was moot; they’d be fighting for 2027 instead
2. A lot of Democrats actually don’t want the GOP to nuke the filibuster
1 is a messaging problem, 2 is philosophical
1. 2026 healthcare rates were already being set, so fighting to keep them low was moot; they’d be fighting for 2027 instead
2. A lot of Democrats actually don’t want the GOP to nuke the filibuster
1 is a messaging problem, 2 is philosophical
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I think possibly underrated aspects of all this are:
1. 2026 healthcare rates were already being set, so fighting to keep them low was moot; they’d be fighting for 2027 instead
2. A lot of Democrats actually don’t want the GOP to nuke the filibuster
1 is a messaging problem, 2 is philosophical
1. 2026 healthcare rates were already being set, so fighting to keep them low was moot; they’d be fighting for 2027 instead
2. A lot of Democrats actually don’t want the GOP to nuke the filibuster
1 is a messaging problem, 2 is philosophical
I don’t really think there’s a great argument for capitulating but even if you do how could you possibly think that saying this out loud is good politics
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I don’t really think there’s a great argument for capitulating but even if you do how could you possibly think that saying this out loud is good politics
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
www.avclub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Conversely Star Wars is at its worst when it’s just trying to riff on itself and thematically “rhyme” with its own lore
Rise of Skywalker
Attack of the Clones
Book of Boba Fett
Rise of Skywalker
Attack of the Clones
Book of Boba Fett
ironically what makes star wars stuff best is when it is 'something else, but also star wars'
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Conversely Star Wars is at its worst when it’s just trying to riff on itself and thematically “rhyme” with its own lore
Rise of Skywalker
Attack of the Clones
Book of Boba Fett
Rise of Skywalker
Attack of the Clones
Book of Boba Fett
Can we send this tweet back in time to all the corporations that immediately decided they had to cater to the burgeoning Hitler Youth demo
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can we send this tweet back in time to all the corporations that immediately decided they had to cater to the burgeoning Hitler Youth demo
Honestly just a bizarre strategic choice to fight this hard in court to starve people while also telling the public you have no choice and your hand is being forced
BREAKING: The Trump administration asks a federal appeals court for an emergency pause on a federal judge's order to fully fund SNAP benefits this month.
Trump administration asks for emergency pause on judge's order to fully fund SNAP
The administration has said it cannot draw from money set aside for child nutrition programs, known as Section 32 funding, to pay for SNAP during the government shutdown.
nbcnews.to
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Honestly just a bizarre strategic choice to fight this hard in court to starve people while also telling the public you have no choice and your hand is being forced
I have made it to communist-occupied New York. There’s free busses and pre-K childcare everywhere, it’s horrible
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I have made it to communist-occupied New York. There’s free busses and pre-K childcare everywhere, it’s horrible
At this point I'm convinced they're just kinda monkeys pushing buttons. None of their plans to apply pressure have worked so they're just randomly like "what if this?"
I legit can’t figure out the play on these FAA flight cancellations. Who’s the White House trying to pressure. And who do they think people are gonna get mad at when Thanksgiving goes down the drain?
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
At this point I'm convinced they're just kinda monkeys pushing buttons. None of their plans to apply pressure have worked so they're just randomly like "what if this?"
Reposted by Steve Watts
My biological pronoun?
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My biological pronoun?
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
This prompt is like a honeytrap for people with low self-esteem
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This prompt is like a honeytrap for people with low self-esteem
"unless Democrats realize this is hurting them politically"
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"unless Democrats realize this is hurting them politically"
Hey you know what would make it harder for criminals to pose as immigration officers? If immigration officers weren’t routinely looking and acting like criminals.
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hey you know what would make it harder for criminals to pose as immigration officers? If immigration officers weren’t routinely looking and acting like criminals.
Honestly a buckwild degree of detail
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Honestly a buckwild degree of detail
They're going to knock down his dumb tariffs and we're going to get a thousand MSM think-pieces about the Supreme Court being a moderating, centrist influence on Trump and I'm going to be so angry I rip off my fingernails and chuck them at the screen
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
They're going to knock down his dumb tariffs and we're going to get a thousand MSM think-pieces about the Supreme Court being a moderating, centrist influence on Trump and I'm going to be so angry I rip off my fingernails and chuck them at the screen
I have not used my design degree in quite some time but I remember it being drilled into our heads that script fonts generally look tacky as fuck, especially if you can see repeated identical letters like these capitol Os, and if you can afford it you should just hire a professional calligrapher
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I have not used my design degree in quite some time but I remember it being drilled into our heads that script fonts generally look tacky as fuck, especially if you can see repeated identical letters like these capitol Os, and if you can afford it you should just hire a professional calligrapher
Reposted by Steve Watts
remember all those 'project 2025 isn't actually real, you fools, you naifs' media pieces.
Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.
Between 2020 and 2024, no New Jersey county moved further right than Passaic County (11pts). At 43% it's also the most the most-Latino county in the state, and is among the least-white overall.
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
remember all those 'project 2025 isn't actually real, you fools, you naifs' media pieces.
Our old cat Simba would whine to go outside. Once I opened the door and he hesitated, so I nudged him with my foot. But he was *really* resisting so I looked outside and saw: a huge possum. He ran back inside, away from what he thought must have been the biggest fucking rat in the world.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our old cat Simba would whine to go outside. Once I opened the door and he hesitated, so I nudged him with my foot. But he was *really* resisting so I looked outside and saw: a huge possum. He ran back inside, away from what he thought must have been the biggest fucking rat in the world.