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The rhythmic block-clearing series gets a 'Tetris Effect'-style overhaul that's heavy on the synesthesia, if light on actual content.
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'Lumines Arise' Is a Trippy Puzzle Game Beamed Into Your Eyeballs
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The rhythmic block-clearing series gets a 'Tetris Effect'-style overhaul that's heavy on the synesthesia, if light on actual content.
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Just call the series The Double 0s and make it about all the 00# folks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
006-7
To be a James Bond author and genuinely be this stupid is wild. People have understood how different interpretations of the same character works for generations. Bond is no different than a comic book character — pick your flavor and entry point, and go. It's that simple.
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."
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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 3:57 PM
To be a James Bond author and genuinely be this stupid is wild. People have understood how different interpretations of the same character works for generations. Bond is no different than a comic book character — pick your flavor and entry point, and go. It's that simple.
While I wasn't *quite* as smitten by Lumines Arise as everyone else, I was enthralled for a stint. Especially in VR, it was like a wild two-day bender of stress relief, but I don't see myself coming back to it as often as I do other puzzlers.
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'Lumines Arise' Is a Trippy Puzzle Game Beamed Into Your Eyeballs
'Lumines' gets the 'Tetris Effect' treatment with an immersive synesthesia makeup
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November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
While I wasn't *quite* as smitten by Lumines Arise as everyone else, I was enthralled for a stint. Especially in VR, it was like a wild two-day bender of stress relief, but I don't see myself coming back to it as often as I do other puzzlers.
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Was writing about F.E.A.R. for @rollingstone.com enough? Nay. Was talking about it with @murph04.bsky.social and @stolisomancer.bsky.social on the Daydremcast enough? Nope. For last month's Skydive, the Skybox crew sat down to talk about one of the best horror shooters ever made. F.E.A.R. forever.
It's time for the F.E.A.R. episode of Skydive, our deep-dive podcast available for Patreon backers.
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And listen to the episode if you support the site on the Skydive tier: www.patreon.com/posts/143264...
Skydive Pre-Flight Check: F.E.A.R.
In a better timeline, we’d be praising F.E.A.R. for being the pivotal first-person shooter that changed the genre, becoming the template that others would try to build on or supplant for mult…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Was writing about F.E.A.R. for @rollingstone.com enough? Nay. Was talking about it with @murph04.bsky.social and @stolisomancer.bsky.social on the Daydremcast enough? Nope. For last month's Skydive, the Skybox crew sat down to talk about one of the best horror shooters ever made. F.E.A.R. forever.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The turning point of Season One sees the Z-Team bonding over big secrets and bloody bar brawls as the endgame takes shape. (This post contains spoilers).
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'Dispatch' Episodes 5 and 6: Don't Get Drunk With Your Supervillain Co-workers
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November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The turning point of Season One sees the Z-Team bonding over big secrets and bloody bar brawls as the endgame takes shape. (This post contains spoilers).
Recap ↓
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Monolith's horror-shooter stars a ghostly little girl, but players have always missed the point of its tragic story.
'F.E.A.R.' at 20: Is the Game's Villain the Ghost -- Or the System That Killed Her?
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Monolith's horror-shooter stars a ghostly little girl, but players have always missed the point of its tragic story.
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Rounding mid-season, Dispatch isn't showing that its choices make a huge difference — but it still feels like more than the sum of its parts. I'm really enjoying living in this world and replaying each episode multiple times.
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
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EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
'Dispatch' Episodes 5 and 6: Don't Get Drunk With Your Supervillain Co-workers
'Dispatch' is hitting big reveals and emotional beats, but the choices are becoming flat.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rounding mid-season, Dispatch isn't showing that its choices make a huge difference — but it still feels like more than the sum of its parts. I'm really enjoying living in this world and replaying each episode multiple times.
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
Rounding mid-season, Dispatch isn't showing that its choices make a huge difference — but it still feels like more than the sum of its parts. I'm really enjoying living in this world and replaying each episode multiple times.
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
'Dispatch' Episodes 5 and 6: Don't Get Drunk With Your Supervillain Co-workers
'Dispatch' is hitting big reveals and emotional beats, but the choices are becoming flat.
www.rollingstone.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rounding mid-season, Dispatch isn't showing that its choices make a huge difference — but it still feels like more than the sum of its parts. I'm really enjoying living in this world and replaying each episode multiple times.
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
EP 5+6 recap @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
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George Santos lived in Huntington, Long Island before becoming a member of Congress.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
George Santos lived in Huntington, Long Island before becoming a member of Congress.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
He lived in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey after that.
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If you have a Tesla you should get rid of it immediately.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you have a Tesla you should get rid of it immediately.
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Nancy Pelosi secretly being queen of the stock market and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vocally opposing elected officials profiting off the stock market feel like intrinsically connected facts that quietly explain their instant bad blood the minute they became House colleagues
There’s a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
That trend will now end in 2027.
That trend will now end in 2027.
Stock traders might miss Pelosi after she retires | CNN Politics
There's a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nancy Pelosi secretly being queen of the stock market and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vocally opposing elected officials profiting off the stock market feel like intrinsically connected facts that quietly explain their instant bad blood the minute they became House colleagues
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The third spin-off in the musou mash-up series is out today and is a pitch-perfect blend of genres that lets the princess — and players — kick butt.
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'Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment' Is an Action Epic that Gives Zelda Her Due
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November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The third spin-off in the musou mash-up series is out today and is a pitch-perfect blend of genres that lets the princess — and players — kick butt.
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I had to do it. I had to watch this Kim Kardashian / Ryan Murphy show out of morbid curiosity.
I can’t comprehend how any of this got made. Every minute, dollar, brain cell burnt on this must have been part of some group psychosis. Is it anti-art?
I can’t comprehend how any of this got made. Every minute, dollar, brain cell burnt on this must have been part of some group psychosis. Is it anti-art?
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I had to do it. I had to watch this Kim Kardashian / Ryan Murphy show out of morbid curiosity.
I can’t comprehend how any of this got made. Every minute, dollar, brain cell burnt on this must have been part of some group psychosis. Is it anti-art?
I can’t comprehend how any of this got made. Every minute, dollar, brain cell burnt on this must have been part of some group psychosis. Is it anti-art?
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I grew up watching The Simpsons every Friday. Every Week. Who Shot Mr Burns is a cultural touchstone for me. To be able to contribue to the show/characters/lore in my own small way has been a dream come true. Young Andrew would be out of his mind if he knew.
Like many, I've been sucked into #Fortnite again thanks to #TheSimpsons. @rollingstone.com has an exclusive look at the alternate couch gag produced by The Simpsons team, Gracie Films, for the monthlong crossover:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
'The Simpsons' Drop Into 'Fortnite' With a Brand New Couch Gag
The Simpsons are taking over Fortnite with Springfield Island, plus Homer, Marge, and Flanders skins
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November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I grew up watching The Simpsons every Friday. Every Week. Who Shot Mr Burns is a cultural touchstone for me. To be able to contribue to the show/characters/lore in my own small way has been a dream come true. Young Andrew would be out of his mind if he knew.
Like many, I've been sucked into #Fortnite again thanks to #TheSimpsons. @rollingstone.com has an exclusive look at the alternate couch gag produced by The Simpsons team, Gracie Films, for the monthlong crossover:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
'The Simpsons' Drop Into 'Fortnite' With a Brand New Couch Gag
The Simpsons are taking over Fortnite with Springfield Island, plus Homer, Marge, and Flanders skins
www.rollingstone.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Like many, I've been sucked into #Fortnite again thanks to #TheSimpsons. @rollingstone.com has an exclusive look at the alternate couch gag produced by The Simpsons team, Gracie Films, for the monthlong crossover:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
A genuinely hilarious story from at the bizarre scene at Sliwa's party last night, courtesy of @nikkimcr.bsky.social
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No One Was Sweating It at Curtis Sliwa's Boozy Election Night Party
Attendees at Republican Curtis Sliwa's election were unbothered that their candidate lost the New York City mayoral election to Zohran Mamdani.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A genuinely hilarious story from at the bizarre scene at Sliwa's party last night, courtesy of @nikkimcr.bsky.social
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
It’s going to feel so fucking good to just get up in the morning and go about the day without *that* feeling again.
Instant vibe shift.
Instant vibe shift.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s going to feel so fucking good to just get up in the morning and go about the day without *that* feeling again.
Instant vibe shift.
Instant vibe shift.
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The third spin-off in the musou mash-up series is a pitch-perfect blend of genres that lets the princess — and players — kick butt.
Review ↓
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'Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment' Is an Action Epic that Gives Zelda Her Due
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The third spin-off in the musou mash-up series is a pitch-perfect blend of genres that lets the princess — and players — kick butt.
Review ↓
Review ↓
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Samus is the only character that gets a pass to do the Akira Slide. She’s it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Samus is the only character that gets a pass to do the Akira Slide. She’s it.
Gaming embargoes have been extra egregious lately. The whole "no story details whatsoever" bit in the pre-release review window is bad. There's also another game out where the embargo is basically demanding not to spoil anything *post* release, while also backtracking on pre-release access entirely.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Gaming embargoes have been extra egregious lately. The whole "no story details whatsoever" bit in the pre-release review window is bad. There's also another game out where the embargo is basically demanding not to spoil anything *post* release, while also backtracking on pre-release access entirely.
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Nintendo's embargo for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment was so restrict IGN is waiting to publish its review until launch. www.ign.com/articles/hyr...
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nintendo's embargo for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment was so restrict IGN is waiting to publish its review until launch. www.ign.com/articles/hyr...
As someone who’s played a dumb amount of #HyruleWarriors, #AgeOfImprisonment is the game I wanted this series to be, adding more #Zelda mechanics to the gameplay, with more fluid and diverse combat, and it doesn’t run like shit.
Full review @rollingstone.com
Full review @rollingstone.com
'Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment' Is an Action Epic that Gives Zelda Her Due
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo nail the 'Hyrule Warriors' concept with an engaging story and 'Zelda' mechanics
www.rollingstone.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As someone who’s played a dumb amount of #HyruleWarriors, #AgeOfImprisonment is the game I wanted this series to be, adding more #Zelda mechanics to the gameplay, with more fluid and diverse combat, and it doesn’t run like shit.
Full review @rollingstone.com
Full review @rollingstone.com