Matthew Arcilla, editorial mercenary
@experimentego.bsky.social
Anglophonic Tsinoy | He/They | Twitch @ experimentego
Just a cat in a human suit. The death of print magazines put me on retirement. Sometimes I still get to write words.
"Aren't you, *the* Matthew Arcilla?" "I used to be."
Just a cat in a human suit. The death of print magazines put me on retirement. Sometimes I still get to write words.
"Aren't you, *the* Matthew Arcilla?" "I used to be."
Yay, finally have time to stream more Battle Suit Aces! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC twitch.tv/experimentego/
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yay, finally have time to stream more Battle Suit Aces! Stream starts at 15:00 UTC twitch.tv/experimentego/
Good to know!
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Good to know!
Okay, let's try this again! I've got my Twitch account back after an issue with 2FA. Looking forward to streaming: Battle Suit Aces! From @team.trinketstudios.com, the folks behind one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade. Stream starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Okay, let's try this again! I've got my Twitch account back after an issue with 2FA. Looking forward to streaming: Battle Suit Aces! From @team.trinketstudios.com, the folks behind one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade. Stream starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
Nothing much going on tonight, so why not get started on a game I've had installed for a while: Battle Suit Aces! It's a mecha card battler with visual novel elements by
@team.trinketstudios.com , makers of one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade! Starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
@team.trinketstudios.com , makers of one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade! Starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Nothing much going on tonight, so why not get started on a game I've had installed for a while: Battle Suit Aces! It's a mecha card battler with visual novel elements by
@team.trinketstudios.com , makers of one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade! Starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
@team.trinketstudios.com , makers of one of my favorites, Battle Chef Brigade! Starts at 14:30 UTC at twitch.tv/experimentego/
Do you think the sun is actually afraid of us? Maybe it stays up there because it lives in fear of what it has nourished here on Earth...
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Do you think the sun is actually afraid of us? Maybe it stays up there because it lives in fear of what it has nourished here on Earth...
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
In #Absolum, I freed this chicken from captivity in one of the prisons of Jaroba. It followed me all the way to the final boss, Azra, the Sun King. It spent the entire fight being randomly targeted, but chickens are invincible in this game, so instead it was in a constant state of terror.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In #Absolum, I freed this chicken from captivity in one of the prisons of Jaroba. It followed me all the way to the final boss, Azra, the Sun King. It spent the entire fight being randomly targeted, but chickens are invincible in this game, so instead it was in a constant state of terror.
It's like if every original Ghostbuster was one person
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It's like if every original Ghostbuster was one person
Me, when they finally get me to upgrade from Windows 10
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Me, when they finally get me to upgrade from Windows 10
Whom among us has not been able to tell whether they are a woman or a man when thinking gay? #Absolum from dotemu.bsky.social, Guard Crush Games and @supamonksstudio.bsky.social understands.
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Whom among us has not been able to tell whether they are a woman or a man when thinking gay? #Absolum from dotemu.bsky.social, Guard Crush Games and @supamonksstudio.bsky.social understands.
I genuinely appreciated that this Johnny drew more his original characterization in the Lee-Kirby comics, which is to say that yes, he's still fundamentally a hothead. But there are moments in the comics where he's less troublemaker and more disaffected youth: sullen, moody, listless, bored.
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I genuinely appreciated that this Johnny drew more his original characterization in the Lee-Kirby comics, which is to say that yes, he's still fundamentally a hothead. But there are moments in the comics where he's less troublemaker and more disaffected youth: sullen, moody, listless, bored.
Let's surprise Corvo Attano and tell him there is a third Pendleton brother
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Let's surprise Corvo Attano and tell him there is a third Pendleton brother
Continuing our stream of Grim Fandango Remastered with Year 2. Manuel Calavera has waited a whole year in Rubacava for Mercedes Colomar to arrive, but he'll have to wait while I install a mod. It's 14:30 UTC right now, and you can tune in at www.twitch.tv/experimentego :D
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Continuing our stream of Grim Fandango Remastered with Year 2. Manuel Calavera has waited a whole year in Rubacava for Mercedes Colomar to arrive, but he'll have to wait while I install a mod. It's 14:30 UTC right now, and you can tune in at www.twitch.tv/experimentego :D
"You know, I've played Deus Ex: Human Revolution twice and I'd do it a third time."
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"You know, I've played Deus Ex: Human Revolution twice and I'd do it a third time."
Sure, Halloween is still a couple weeks away and we're nowhere close to the Day of the Dead but that doesn't mean it's not a good time to play Grim Fandango Remastered. So tonight I'll be playing Grim Fandango Remastered. 14:30 UTC at www.twitch.tv/experimentego :D
October 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sure, Halloween is still a couple weeks away and we're nowhere close to the Day of the Dead but that doesn't mean it's not a good time to play Grim Fandango Remastered. So tonight I'll be playing Grim Fandango Remastered. 14:30 UTC at www.twitch.tv/experimentego :D
In summary, Absolute Batman is stupid because it claims to reinvent him, but doesn't act on any of the foundations it has changed. After all, why reinvent what people are already in uncritical adoration of?
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In summary, Absolute Batman is stupid because it claims to reinvent him, but doesn't act on any of the foundations it has changed. After all, why reinvent what people are already in uncritical adoration of?
The Batmobile exemplifies this. It's big as a house, fast as hell, armed to the teeth with weapons and gadgets and easily hidden. This Batman gets to own the same stuff, do the same shit in a way. The mechanics of the character aren't informed by invention, just amplification of the original idea.
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Batmobile exemplifies this. It's big as a house, fast as hell, armed to the teeth with weapons and gadgets and easily hidden. This Batman gets to own the same stuff, do the same shit in a way. The mechanics of the character aren't informed by invention, just amplification of the original idea.
What the heck are people on about with Absolute Batman. This is not a “bold reinvention," it’s the comic bro fantasy of the macho genius on overdrive. Batman is meant to be implausible, yes, but the whole “he can beat a thousand men and is prepared for every possibility” is cranked up to ridiculous.
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the heck are people on about with Absolute Batman. This is not a “bold reinvention," it’s the comic bro fantasy of the macho genius on overdrive. Batman is meant to be implausible, yes, but the whole “he can beat a thousand men and is prepared for every possibility” is cranked up to ridiculous.
David Simon, creator of The Wire was interviewed by Ari Shapiro for NPR back in 2023. This was how he responded to suggestions of using AI to smooth over minor speed bumps in scriptwriting.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
David Simon, creator of The Wire was interviewed by Ari Shapiro for NPR back in 2023. This was how he responded to suggestions of using AI to smooth over minor speed bumps in scriptwriting.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
I'm reading this in this voice.
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I'm reading this in this voice.
Why in the case of Wing Commander this is simply expanding the history it already has with the Saudis! :P In the 1999 Wing Commander movie film for theaters, the production team bought English Electric Lightning fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force and turned them into spacefaring Rapiers! :P
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Why in the case of Wing Commander this is simply expanding the history it already has with the Saudis! :P In the 1999 Wing Commander movie film for theaters, the production team bought English Electric Lightning fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force and turned them into spacefaring Rapiers! :P
Just saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. (dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025). This is an accurate review.
September 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. (dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025). This is an accurate review.
(IS THIS SEAT TAKEN by Sergi Pérez Crespo, Ausiàs Dalmau Roig and Alexis Cosano Rodríguez at Poti Poti Studio, 2025)
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
(IS THIS SEAT TAKEN by Sergi Pérez Crespo, Ausiàs Dalmau Roig and Alexis Cosano Rodríguez at Poti Poti Studio, 2025)
I read this exactly the same way!
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I read this exactly the same way!