Stephen Gillespie
@stephenage.bsky.social
Film Podcaster, Critic and General Opinion Haver. Find me at The STACKS and on I’m Thinking of Spoiling Things. Contributor to Step Printed.
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The survival horror of Silent Hill: Homecoming is surviving the horrors of this busted PC port. It’s unstable, you have to guess what buttons to press (it gives a prompt for a button but doesn’t tell you which one) and the controller option in the game is entirely fictive.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The survival horror of Silent Hill: Homecoming is surviving the horrors of this busted PC port. It’s unstable, you have to guess what buttons to press (it gives a prompt for a button but doesn’t tell you which one) and the controller option in the game is entirely fictive.
Well, this Derry Girls spin off is certainly different.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well, this Derry Girls spin off is certainly different.
Finally getting round to the Silent Hill games… these are GOOD.
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finally getting round to the Silent Hill games… these are GOOD.
New Swift is the first thing I’ve listened to with new Spotify audio settings and… I don’t think they’re working, sounds like a loss to me.
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New Swift is the first thing I’ve listened to with new Spotify audio settings and… I don’t think they’re working, sounds like a loss to me.
A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
Join @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @stephenage.bsky.social, and I as we consider this striking film, writer-director Sam Fuller’s incendiary, but ultimately idealist, politics, and how Pickup helps us make sense of where we are today.
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S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953; dir. Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
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September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
Silksong asks the question of ‘do you like down attacking onto small buds but you’ll also down attack at an angle?’ To which I answer, no, not really.
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Silksong asks the question of ‘do you like down attacking onto small buds but you’ll also down attack at an angle?’ To which I answer, no, not really.
When they do a definitive edition of The Old Country, they should just take out all the knife fights. This cutting content should be cut content.
August 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
When they do a definitive edition of The Old Country, they should just take out all the knife fights. This cutting content should be cut content.
Early in The Old Country but really like the gunplay. You expect quick stop-and-pop cover shooting but guns take a moment to aim and steady. It’s more about lining up a shot in the right window to hit before your foe lines up theirs. Gives a really methodical pace to combat that fits cover shooting.
August 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Early in The Old Country but really like the gunplay. You expect quick stop-and-pop cover shooting but guns take a moment to aim and steady. It’s more about lining up a shot in the right window to hit before your foe lines up theirs. Gives a really methodical pace to combat that fits cover shooting.
Having played through Mafia 1-3 this week, it’s such a fascinating series. The first is an of its time proof of concept, with good storytelling and fun set pieces — great atmosphere. The second elevates all of this.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Having played through Mafia 1-3 this week, it’s such a fascinating series. The first is an of its time proof of concept, with good storytelling and fun set pieces — great atmosphere. The second elevates all of this.
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Video game podcast time! The best takes on Death Stranding 2, Atomfall, THPS 3 + 4 and moooooore!!
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
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As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
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Episode 4: Stephen is a Sicko, Joe is Not
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July 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Video game podcast time! The best takes on Death Stranding 2, Atomfall, THPS 3 + 4 and moooooore!!
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
I’m behind on sharing stuff as I’ve been too busy. But.. here’s a video games podcast with Deltarune, Doom the Dark Ages and Mario Kart World… oh and to a T. The highlight though is a story of why I uninstalled Civilization 7. With @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
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Episode 3: The One Where We Talk Deltarune (and Switch 2)
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July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I’m behind on sharing stuff as I’ve been too busy. But.. here’s a video games podcast with Deltarune, Doom the Dark Ages and Mario Kart World… oh and to a T. The highlight though is a story of why I uninstalled Civilization 7. With @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1p8S...
open.spotify.com/episode/1p8S...
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@stephenage.bsky.social and I discuss the wonderfully strange Pavements and music on film on this week's podcast - open.spotify.com/episode/2AhZ...
Ep. 60: Pavements
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July 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@stephenage.bsky.social and I discuss the wonderfully strange Pavements and music on film on this week's podcast - open.spotify.com/episode/2AhZ...
Finally getting round to Atomfall. Certainly the most Stephen game of the year. The hilarious amalgamation of British stereotypes that’s charmingly specific certainly appeals. However, this is S.T.A.L.K.E.R meets the open ended, emergent structure of Fallout 1 and 2. Precision tooled to my interests
July 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Finally getting round to Atomfall. Certainly the most Stephen game of the year. The hilarious amalgamation of British stereotypes that’s charmingly specific certainly appeals. However, this is S.T.A.L.K.E.R meets the open ended, emergent structure of Fallout 1 and 2. Precision tooled to my interests
You can indeed do this.
June 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You can indeed do this.
28 Years Later reminds us Garland is a better writer than he is a director… But still not a great writer.
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
28 Years Later reminds us Garland is a better writer than he is a director… But still not a great writer.
Yes, you get some very raw and personal conversations inspired by The Rehearsal; yes, you get an in depth discussion of Wes Anderson’s distinct language of film… But we know you’re really here for the… CHICKEN JOCKEY.
A Minecraft Movie, covered here. Next ep, Hurry Up Tomorrow. We treat you.
A Minecraft Movie, covered here. Next ep, Hurry Up Tomorrow. We treat you.
New episode of the podcast is up, @stephenage.bsky.social and I talk The Phoenician Scheme, The Rehearsal Season 2, and much to my chagrin, A Minecraft Movie
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Ep. 59: The Phoenician Scheme // The Rehearsal Season 2
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June 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yes, you get some very raw and personal conversations inspired by The Rehearsal; yes, you get an in depth discussion of Wes Anderson’s distinct language of film… But we know you’re really here for the… CHICKEN JOCKEY.
A Minecraft Movie, covered here. Next ep, Hurry Up Tomorrow. We treat you.
A Minecraft Movie, covered here. Next ep, Hurry Up Tomorrow. We treat you.
Well that’s all of Deltarune for now. The objective kindness vibe still slightly grates on me but it’s still a completely masterful game.
June 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Well that’s all of Deltarune for now. The objective kindness vibe still slightly grates on me but it’s still a completely masterful game.
Playing through Deltarune. Those first two chapters are good to great but feel very much in line with what you expect.
Finished chapter 3 yesterday and just adored it. Manically creative and full of swings; great blend of ideas and interactivity. So excited for what 4 brings.
Finished chapter 3 yesterday and just adored it. Manically creative and full of swings; great blend of ideas and interactivity. So excited for what 4 brings.
June 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Playing through Deltarune. Those first two chapters are good to great but feel very much in line with what you expect.
Finished chapter 3 yesterday and just adored it. Manically creative and full of swings; great blend of ideas and interactivity. So excited for what 4 brings.
Finished chapter 3 yesterday and just adored it. Manically creative and full of swings; great blend of ideas and interactivity. So excited for what 4 brings.
Here, I deconstruct the often brilliant, and often maddening, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. A game that persistently gets in its own way.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Series X): Always Parrying its Own Potential
The highs are high but the lows are low. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is persistent mix of satisfaction and disappointment, of potential and eventual failure. A great premise is thrown to the wayside, ...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here, I deconstruct the often brilliant, and often maddening, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. A game that persistently gets in its own way.
stepprinted.com/clair-obscur...
stepprinted.com/clair-obscur...
I really hated the film Warfare. And here is why.
Also live today, @stephenage.bsky.social explores the framing devices of Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare, and how its presentation creates an atmosphere of deception that the film itself cannot overcome. stepprinted.com/the-grand-de...
The Grand Deceit of Alex Garland’s Warfare
For all its claims of authenticity, Warfare is deeply deceptive. It starts by misleading you, a claim is put forward that ‘this film only uses their memories’ (their being the soldiers depicted therei...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I really hated the film Warfare. And here is why.
Seeing as Lars Ulrich is one of the drummers on the Sinners score, can somebody re-edit the movie and add the St Anger snare, please? I will pay anything.
May 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Seeing as Lars Ulrich is one of the drummers on the Sinners score, can somebody re-edit the movie and add the St Anger snare, please? I will pay anything.
The thing is, with tariffs the way they are, you gotta get a US pope if you want to be able to import Catholicism into the country.
May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The thing is, with tariffs the way they are, you gotta get a US pope if you want to be able to import Catholicism into the country.