Joshua Wolens
@joshuawolens.bsky.social
i have a high reading level for my age
my problem with writing op-eds for our website is I've simply never had a thought that requires more than 300 words to express
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
my problem with writing op-eds for our website is I've simply never had a thought that requires more than 300 words to express
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We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
I'm here to tell you that voice actors (even very very good ones) are not expensive, more than make up for their cost in the value they bring to your game, and if Baldur's Gate can record real actors for every line of dialogue in the game, so can you for your 100 generic barks or even specific ones.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
if the cold war ever turns hot Xi will preserve muscatine like stimson preserved kyoto
i find Xi Jinping's evidently very sincere love for Muscatine, Iowa inspiring. we are so much more alike than we think
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
if the cold war ever turns hot Xi will preserve muscatine like stimson preserved kyoto
happy birthday Fyoddy you mad bastard you would have loved Columbo
Born #onthisday in 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Celebrate with a look at his 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 birth, how he survived the pantomime of his own execution to be “reborn into a new form” — @alex_christofi with a “reconstructed memoir” https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/reborn-into-a-new-form
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
happy birthday Fyoddy you mad bastard you would have loved Columbo
the thing about our promethean overlords is they are such whiny little babies. just constitutionally incapable of accepting the barest crumb of criticism. fascism as a project is about ensuring no one can ever hurt the feelings of the most cosseted, thin-skinned whiners to ever blight the earth
Hahaha. The former newspaper transformed to a propaganda tool for its billionaire owner is afraid of a little class war speech. 😂
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the thing about our promethean overlords is they are such whiny little babies. just constitutionally incapable of accepting the barest crumb of criticism. fascism as a project is about ensuring no one can ever hurt the feelings of the most cosseted, thin-skinned whiners to ever blight the earth
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Read that from Musk closely:
"Civilisations" with seperate and distinct characters are locked in a Darwinian fight for survival, and hearts must be sufficiently hardened to do what is necessary in order to prevail.
Can you name a historical precedent for this worldview?
"Civilisations" with seperate and distinct characters are locked in a Darwinian fight for survival, and hearts must be sufficiently hardened to do what is necessary in order to prevail.
Can you name a historical precedent for this worldview?
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Read that from Musk closely:
"Civilisations" with seperate and distinct characters are locked in a Darwinian fight for survival, and hearts must be sufficiently hardened to do what is necessary in order to prevail.
Can you name a historical precedent for this worldview?
"Civilisations" with seperate and distinct characters are locked in a Darwinian fight for survival, and hearts must be sufficiently hardened to do what is necessary in order to prevail.
Can you name a historical precedent for this worldview?
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The onion is the only outlet telling the truth these days thank you @bencollins.bsky.social
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The onion is the only outlet telling the truth these days thank you @bencollins.bsky.social
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Just a regular pipeline now of dubiously funded cranks targeting the NHS to enforce their horrific, hateful politics on the public, by seeking out, targeting and harassing the fuck out people who have quietly been going about their business for years without anyone bothering
Darlington trans medic used female changing room for years
Rose Henderson felt within her rights to use the Darlington hospital facility, a tribunal is told.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just a regular pipeline now of dubiously funded cranks targeting the NHS to enforce their horrific, hateful politics on the public, by seeking out, targeting and harassing the fuck out people who have quietly been going about their business for years without anyone bothering
incredibly cool how we’re reinventing the nineteenth century
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
incredibly cool how we’re reinventing the nineteenth century
i’m hearing reports this is to make it “more woke”
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i’m hearing reports this is to make it “more woke”
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Vivec would like to congratulate Zohran Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Vivec would like to congratulate Zohran Mamdani
my body is a machine that turns repeat plays of the gulag orkestar into 350-word news articles on pc gamer dot com
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
my body is a machine that turns repeat plays of the gulag orkestar into 350-word news articles on pc gamer dot com
yeah this is p much what it's like
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
yeah this is p much what it's like
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Dick Cheney was proud to have normalized state-sponsored torture. That, and the dead of Iraq in an unjust war, constitute his entire legacy. “That’s not funny” is a meme-y cliche but I don’t care about the friend he shot or our jokes about it. Cheney is Kissinger level. He made the world worse.
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dick Cheney was proud to have normalized state-sponsored torture. That, and the dead of Iraq in an unjust war, constitute his entire legacy. “That’s not funny” is a meme-y cliche but I don’t care about the friend he shot or our jokes about it. Cheney is Kissinger level. He made the world worse.
becoming a counter-manosphere influencer whose entire personal brand is selling young men on the teachings of Zerthimon
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
becoming a counter-manosphere influencer whose entire personal brand is selling young men on the teachings of Zerthimon
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I see The Times is now just straightforwardly lying about what the Supreme Court ruled. Pathetic and desperate because trans people's human rights aren't being stripped away quickly enough for them.
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
Tactics used to thwart the Supreme Court’s trans ruling must end
It would be a grave mistake if ministers were to acquiesce in the watering down, or subversion, of a ruling that is as right as it is clear
www.thetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I see The Times is now just straightforwardly lying about what the Supreme Court ruled. Pathetic and desperate because trans people's human rights aren't being stripped away quickly enough for them.
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...
hot tears in my eyes. glossolalia on my lips. i am a man broken under the weight of delight
Greetings, Watchers! We’re excited to announce that a new public beta for Pillars of Eternity will open on November 5th for players on Steam and Xbox PC. This beta introduces a major new way to experience the original game — Turn-Based Mode.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
hot tears in my eyes. glossolalia on my lips. i am a man broken under the weight of delight
this is where i write news articles from icyww
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
this is where i write news articles from icyww
i simply have never been more ready for anything than i am for the Noah Caldwell-Gervais Pillars of Eternity retrospective
Next is Alan Wake, which is going to be a full franchise retrospective, followed by Pillars of Eternity 1/2/Avowed. I'll post more about what the next lineup is once those are out.
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
i simply have never been more ready for anything than i am for the Noah Caldwell-Gervais Pillars of Eternity retrospective
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you don't even go here
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
you don't even go here
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In case you missed it, @joshuawolens.bsky.social spoked to @producerjohan.bsky.social about the history of Europa Universalis for @pcgamer.com
25 years of making history: Europa Universalis lead Johan Andersson talks grey hair, running out of ideas for DLC, and only hiring a menus guy after 3 games
A quarter century? Barely enough time to develop Reformed Eastern Hussars.
www.pcgamer.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In case you missed it, @joshuawolens.bsky.social spoked to @producerjohan.bsky.social about the history of Europa Universalis for @pcgamer.com
sorry but even if you've lost a hundo-mil on karambits you must accept this is simply very funny
According to Priceempire, the Counter-Strike 2 skin market cap has fallen 49% (over $3B).
Valve has updated CS2 to allow turning 5 covert items (highest weapon quality) into a gold item (knives and gloves), which has sent the economy into a frenzy.
Valve has updated CS2 to allow turning 5 covert items (highest weapon quality) into a gold item (knives and gloves), which has sent the economy into a frenzy.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
sorry but even if you've lost a hundo-mil on karambits you must accept this is simply very funny
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I promise we did vote on MMOs, it's just they, er, didn't quite make it in.
www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...
www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...
PC Gamer's Top 100 didn't have a single MMO in it this year—here are my 3 theories as to why we did that
I've run the numbers, and by run I mean look at them a bit and sigh.
www.pcgamer.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I promise we did vote on MMOs, it's just they, er, didn't quite make it in.
www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...
www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pc...
lest anyone doubt PC Gamer's serious about the top 100 please find attached this screenshot from the meeting where we all pitched each other on our most-wanted games for the list
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
lest anyone doubt PC Gamer's serious about the top 100 please find attached this screenshot from the meeting where we all pitched each other on our most-wanted games for the list
list is sparking a lot of discussion, as it does every year, so just want to remind everyone that it's literally objectively true and if you disagree with a single syllable of it then that speaks to deep flaws in you as a human being
The 2025 edition of our annual Top 100 list is here, running down the best PC games to play now from the perspective of PC Gamer's 30+ writers and editors.
The top 100 PC games
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
www.pcgamer.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
list is sparking a lot of discussion, as it does every year, so just want to remind everyone that it's literally objectively true and if you disagree with a single syllable of it then that speaks to deep flaws in you as a human being