Il Rosso
@antoninoethan.bsky.social
70% of my body is made of anime and video games 🕹️
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I got STALKER 2 working in VR so I can do some virtual plein air sketching and it's going GREAT
June 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I got STALKER 2 working in VR so I can do some virtual plein air sketching and it's going GREAT
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This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination.
The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...
The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination.
The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...
The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...
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This rules for a lot of reasons, but especially because it dispels the myths that A.) old games were never political and B.) games like this are just stories, they aren't "about" anything. Should serve as a reminder to anyone writing about games why we should be close reading 'em.
June 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This rules for a lot of reasons, but especially because it dispels the myths that A.) old games were never political and B.) games like this are just stories, they aren't "about" anything. Should serve as a reminder to anyone writing about games why we should be close reading 'em.
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physical video games. that's all.
EDITIONS: Lost In Cult
Our bold new vision for physical media. We’re breathing new life into physical games for collectors and anyone with a real love for the art form.
www.lostincult.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
physical video games. that's all.
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I bought a SMB2-themed activity book from Japan and scanned the pages so you all could see some rare official illustrations of Wart, Birdo and crew.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/long-li...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/long-li...
June 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I bought a SMB2-themed activity book from Japan and scanned the pages so you all could see some rare official illustrations of Wart, Birdo and crew.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/long-li...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/long-li...
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When making lots of small games is more sustainable than making one big one
When making lots of small games is more sustainable than making one big one
Strange Scaffold is a sustainability success story
www.polygon.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When making lots of small games is more sustainable than making one big one
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Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...
Internet Roadtrip
Let's take a streetview roadtrip
neal.fun
May 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Internet Roadtrip is my favorite thing on the internet right now—it’s basically Twitch Plays Google Street View. They started in Boston, spent several weeks on a quest to cross the Canadian border, and are now exploring New Brunswick. neal.fun/internet-roa...
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When @gameinformer.com reached out to us, we worked with @retromags.com to help GI build a complete digital library of the magazine for their subscribers!
We're not just building our own library: We're helping games media celebrate their own history
We're not just building our own library: We're helping games media celebrate their own history
Sign up for a Game Informer account now and get access to the archive of EVERY issue back to 1991. And you will also be the first to know about the best price for the new Game Informer magazine subscription. Which is happening very soon… 😉 www.gameinformer.com/announcement...
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When @gameinformer.com reached out to us, we worked with @retromags.com to help GI build a complete digital library of the magazine for their subscribers!
We're not just building our own library: We're helping games media celebrate their own history
We're not just building our own library: We're helping games media celebrate their own history
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This is a particularly good week to sign up for this newsletter if you haven't yet. Just saying.
Sign up for a GameInformer.com account to access the digital magazine archive, dating back to 2012 (with older issues on the way). You'll also get the newsletter where you'll learn how to get access to the best price on Game Informer's print or digital subscription, set to launch in the coming days!
May 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a particularly good week to sign up for this newsletter if you haven't yet. Just saying.
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The creators of Myst series (@cyan.com) saved hundreds of video tapes from the making of their iconic adventure game franchose.
We helped preserve them. Here's what we found.
We helped preserve them. Here's what we found.
The unseen history of Myst | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The creators of Myst series (@cyan.com) saved hundreds of video tapes from the making of their iconic adventure game franchose.
We helped preserve them. Here's what we found.
We helped preserve them. Here's what we found.
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1/4 One year ago, Dragon, the project I had been working on for 3 years at Phoenix Labs, was canceled. I was laid off with the rest of the team, some of the most talented and kind hearted folks I have ever met.
May 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
1/4 One year ago, Dragon, the project I had been working on for 3 years at Phoenix Labs, was canceled. I was laid off with the rest of the team, some of the most talented and kind hearted folks I have ever met.
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yer boy is on @aftermath.site writing about the media singularity known as grand theft auto six, and how we got to a world where its success is a foregone conclusion
aftermath.site/grand-theft-...
aftermath.site/grand-theft-...
The Need For GTA 6's Success Is A Symptom Of A Broken Industry - Aftermath
What more is there to give the game that has everything
aftermath.site
May 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
yer boy is on @aftermath.site writing about the media singularity known as grand theft auto six, and how we got to a world where its success is a foregone conclusion
aftermath.site/grand-theft-...
aftermath.site/grand-theft-...
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The fear: AI will make students lazy. The reality? It’s making them smarter. A new meta-analysis of 51 studies (!!) shows AI is actually boosting critical thinking, not just grades. My biggest takeaways: 1/
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The fear: AI will make students lazy. The reality? It’s making them smarter. A new meta-analysis of 51 studies (!!) shows AI is actually boosting critical thinking, not just grades. My biggest takeaways: 1/
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May 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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It can feel like facing a wall of pessimism when reading and thinking about the future of games, so I’m deeply thankful for Despelote and Many Nights a Whisper reminding me of the human heart of the medium that will never go away.
You can’t stop people telling stories with the forms they love.
You can’t stop people telling stories with the forms they love.
May 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It can feel like facing a wall of pessimism when reading and thinking about the future of games, so I’m deeply thankful for Despelote and Many Nights a Whisper reminding me of the human heart of the medium that will never go away.
You can’t stop people telling stories with the forms they love.
You can’t stop people telling stories with the forms they love.
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Prevost è considerato progressista su alcuni temi, come l’accoglienza dei migranti, il cambiamento climatico e l’attenzione ai poveri, mentre ha posizioni più conservatrici sulla comunità LGBT+ ed è generalmente contrario al coinvolgimento delle donne in ruoli clericali
Chi è Robert Francis Prevost, il nuovo papa - Il Post
Ha 69 anni, è statunitense e si chiamerà Leone XIV: è considerato progressista su alcuni temi ma più conservatore su altri, come i diritti civili
ilpost.link
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Prevost è considerato progressista su alcuni temi, come l’accoglienza dei migranti, il cambiamento climatico e l’attenzione ai poveri, mentre ha posizioni più conservatrici sulla comunità LGBT+ ed è generalmente contrario al coinvolgimento delle donne in ruoli clericali
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The original Gears of War returns. Gears of War: Reloaded drops August 26 in @gamepass.xbox.com
With Xbox Play Anywhere, relive the fight across Xbox Consoles, Xbox PC, or stream it with Cloud Gaming in Game Pass—wherever you play, Delta Squad is back. See more: xbx.lv/4k9MV3L
With Xbox Play Anywhere, relive the fight across Xbox Consoles, Xbox PC, or stream it with Cloud Gaming in Game Pass—wherever you play, Delta Squad is back. See more: xbx.lv/4k9MV3L
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The original Gears of War returns. Gears of War: Reloaded drops August 26 in @gamepass.xbox.com
With Xbox Play Anywhere, relive the fight across Xbox Consoles, Xbox PC, or stream it with Cloud Gaming in Game Pass—wherever you play, Delta Squad is back. See more: xbx.lv/4k9MV3L
With Xbox Play Anywhere, relive the fight across Xbox Consoles, Xbox PC, or stream it with Cloud Gaming in Game Pass—wherever you play, Delta Squad is back. See more: xbx.lv/4k9MV3L
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Fate of Codemasters WRC team uncertain as EA "pauses" World Rally Championship series
www.gamesindustry.biz/fate-of-code...
www.gamesindustry.biz/fate-of-code...
Fate of Codemasters WRC team uncertain as EA "pauses" World Rally Championship series
Electronic Arts is "pausing development" of its World Rally Championship (WRC) series.
www.gamesindustry.biz
April 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fate of Codemasters WRC team uncertain as EA "pauses" World Rally Championship series
www.gamesindustry.biz/fate-of-code...
www.gamesindustry.biz/fate-of-code...
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Last night I was asked to reshare a talk I did back in 2017, which didn't get filmed the many times I gave it.
Let's do it as a thread. I've not done an informational thread on here before, interested to see how folks like it.
(forgive obvious stuff, it was ever so slightly fresher 8 years ago)
Let's do it as a thread. I've not done an informational thread on here before, interested to see how folks like it.
(forgive obvious stuff, it was ever so slightly fresher 8 years ago)
April 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Last night I was asked to reshare a talk I did back in 2017, which didn't get filmed the many times I gave it.
Let's do it as a thread. I've not done an informational thread on here before, interested to see how folks like it.
(forgive obvious stuff, it was ever so slightly fresher 8 years ago)
Let's do it as a thread. I've not done an informational thread on here before, interested to see how folks like it.
(forgive obvious stuff, it was ever so slightly fresher 8 years ago)
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ICYMI, Wrote an essay for @aftermath.site about an all time favourite - Parasite Eve for the Playstation 1 (Squaresoft, 1998), and the words I found for myself in the years before the real ones appeared.
aftermath.site/parasite-eve
aftermath.site/parasite-eve
The Imperfect Words Of Parasite Eve - Aftermath
Parasite Eve taught me about change well before the words appeared
aftermath.site
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ICYMI, Wrote an essay for @aftermath.site about an all time favourite - Parasite Eve for the Playstation 1 (Squaresoft, 1998), and the words I found for myself in the years before the real ones appeared.
aftermath.site/parasite-eve
aftermath.site/parasite-eve
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As you dive into @compulsiongames.bsky.social's South of Midnight today, almost everything you engage with is tied to Southern folklore and culture. Creole, Cajun, Appalachian, and more. If you want to learn more about the real stories that inspire it - or even the blue paint, check out my piece <3
The Real Southern Folklore Behind South of Midnight's World
South of Midnight is a love letter to the American South and in that we can find the real Southern folklore that inspires the game.
butwhytho.net
April 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As you dive into @compulsiongames.bsky.social's South of Midnight today, almost everything you engage with is tied to Southern folklore and culture. Creole, Cajun, Appalachian, and more. If you want to learn more about the real stories that inspire it - or even the blue paint, check out my piece <3
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For Inside Baseball week I wrote about how liberating it is as a games writer to just play a game without turning it into "content." aftermath.site/games-journa...
When You Write About Games, Gaming For Yourself Is Liberating - Aftermath
When you are a reviewer, a games journalist, or make guides, there is no greater joy than just keeping a game to yourself.
aftermath.site
April 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For Inside Baseball week I wrote about how liberating it is as a games writer to just play a game without turning it into "content." aftermath.site/games-journa...
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You’ll grow things. You’ll lose things.
You’ll become something you don’t recognize.
Neverway trailer is out. Wishlist now on Steam
You’ll become something you don’t recognize.
Neverway trailer is out. Wishlist now on Steam
April 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You’ll grow things. You’ll lose things.
You’ll become something you don’t recognize.
Neverway trailer is out. Wishlist now on Steam
You’ll become something you don’t recognize.
Neverway trailer is out. Wishlist now on Steam
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'There are so few of us left': Even full-time games journalists at big websites are feeling it in 2025:
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
'There are so few of us left': Even full-time games journalists at big websites are feeling it in 2025:
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...