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James Whitbrook
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Lead Editor at @io9dotcom.bsky.social and @gizmodo.com. Questionable taste in puns, sci-fi, and video games. 🏳️‍🌈│He/Him │Icon by @joehunter.bsky.social ❤️
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don't I have enough world of warcraft I'm too busy to play at the moment, blizzard
A screenshot of an email header depicting artwork of Xalatath and an army of Voidwalkers descending upon a line of golden-armored Blood Elf soldiers, lead by Lorthemar Theron, pointing his greatsword towards the floating Xalatah. It features the World of Warcraft: Midnight logo, with the text "Dive into the Midnight Beta," followed by "The next chapter begins with you, Alpha077."
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
jwhitbrook.bsky.social
oh my god???????????????????
A screenshot from Marvel Rivals confirming that Gambit is actually a Strategist.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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move those bisexuals out of the way I need THIS bisexual
A screenshot from the Marvel Rivals season 5 trailer. Scott Summers, wearing ruby quartz glasses and wearing a blue suit with a white undershirt and red tie, raises a wine glass in his left hand.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Genuinely amazing considering how long he's been in the works but Char is probably my favourite SHF release in ages. Just such a fun figure to pose.
A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char plants his feet wide, yelling as he gestures ahead of himself with his right hand. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char reaches out with his right hand, beckoning. Char yells as he dramatically leaps backwards, firing off a hip shot from his belt-mounted rifle. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char stands, casually gesturing with his open left hand.
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The many faces of Char Aznable.
A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char smirks, raising his right hand dramatically across his face. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char leans against a wall, snarling as he rests his chin on his right hand. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char triumphantly smiles, sarcastically saluting with his right hand, as if blaming something on the misfortune of your birth. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char gasps in shock, as a newtype flash bursts from the forehead piece of his helmet.
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Blame this on the misfortune of your birth!
A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char walks forwards, head held high with determination. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char floats through the air, clenching his fists and snarling. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char sits cross legged atop a computer console, gesturing with his right hand as he smirks. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char walks forward triumphantly shouting as he dramatically casts his left hand wide behind him.
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Advent of the Red Comet.
A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char, wearing his red Zeon uniform and white helmet from the One Year War, stands casually with his left hand on his hip. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char floats backwards through the air with his right leg bent up, saluting with his left hand as he smirks. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char plants his feet wide, casting his left hand out and snarling as he fires off a hip shot from the rifle slung to his belt. A photo of the SH Figuarts Char Aznable. Char plants his feet wide and casts his hands wide too, triumphantly shouting as a newtype flash bursts from the crown of his helmet.
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Kinda wild that these exist tho
A photo of the Star Wars Unlimited cards for Darth Traya, Lord of Betrayal, and a foil Darth Sion, Lord of Pain.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Oh diva
A photo of the Star Wars Unlimited card for Dedra Meero, With Verifiable Data.
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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don't give me HOPE
a screenshot of a paragraph from the quoted article. It reads as follows: "Update, 11/7/25, 1:10 p.m.: Fans have found what appears to be two hidden YouTube links in the HTML of the post. One of them is an old Mass Effect 3 trailer for the game’s multiplayer mode, the other is a private video. What could it mean? Some are speculating this could mean the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition remaster collection may finally get ME3‘s cooperative multiplayer mode that was absent from the 2021 package, but that’s just speculation at this point."
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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*the sound of the world's first fully functioning M-6 Carnifex being cocked from off camera*

"I want to be very clear, the new Mass Effect game is real and is my friend"

blog.bioware.com/2025/11/07/n...
A screenshot of a paragraph from the linked Bioware article celebrating N7 Day. It reads as follows: "Like you, we’ve heard the rumors lately. You’ve made it clear you care deeply about what’s next. So let’s start by setting the record straight: the next Mass Effect game is in development, and EA and BioWare remain committed to telling more stories in this universe."
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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That's my sheev palpatine
A screenshot from Wicked: One Wonderful Night. Cynthia Erivo, wearing a black sleeved gown with a black feathered neck piece, floats above a crowd bathed in green light as she sings Defying Gravity mid-air.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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the bonus being a shuttlepod with Ro 😭
A photo of the Lego Type-15 Shuttlepod gift with purchase bonus for the U.S.S. Enterprise-D set. It is a small, white, angular shuttle with a large front viewport, and marked at the shuttlecraft Onizuka. Standing next to it is a minifigure of Ensign Ro Laren.
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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everyone knows how I feel about the D so I won't get more tomatoes hurled at me, but themmmmmmm
A photo of the Lego Star Trek minifigures coming with the U.S.S. Enterprise-D set, including Geordi (holding an engineer's kit), Worf (a phaser), Troi (a PADD), Data (with Spot the Cat), Picard (a teacup), Riker (his trombone), Guinan (a green bottle), Dr. Crusher (a tricorder), and Will Crusher (a portable tractor beam).
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I make a few jokes, too
A screenshot of the quoted article about development of Star Trek 4. It reads as follows: "2023 Michelle Yeoh, now an Academy Award winner, will now star in a Section 31 movie instead of a Section 31 TV show, because at least one side of Star Trek remembers how to make films." A screenshot of the quoted article about development of Star Trek 4. It reads as follows: "2025 Star Trek: Section 31 releases on Paramount+ in January. It turns out that at least one side of Star Trek does not remember how to make films."
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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they heard all the goo jokes and said 'not for you, localized title'
The english language logo for Godzilla Minus Zero, which features the calligraphic G from the Japanese logo, and the words "Minus Zero" next to it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO MORE LIKE LET'S FUCKING G-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
An image of the Godzilla Minus Zero logo, stylized as "G-0.0" in black ink in a calligraphy stroke.
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Was flicking back through some toy pics (after a weekend of taking even more toy pics) and I think this is maybe one of my favourite I've done this year
A photo of the Star Wars Black Series Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan and Anakin grapple on a small platform, gripping each other's hands and lightsaber hilts as they push into each other.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws near...
A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will runs forward, yelling, as he holds his sword raised across his chest. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will is positined as if looking away from us towards camera right in the style of Metaphor's battle camera. His knees are bent into a slightly lowered stance, his sword held behind him horizontally, and his left hand held out ahead of him. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will holds his sword high, yelling as he points ahead of him. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will smiles as he floats in the air, magically skating on his sword.
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Behold, I walk a royal path!
A photo of SH Figuarts of the protagonist, Will, from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will, wearing a white double breasted checked jacket and black leggings, with a large messenger bag slung over his right shoulder, walks forward, a sword drawn and held low in his right hand, pointing to the air with his left hand. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will stands smiling, his heterochromatic blue and yellow eyes hiding behind his dark blue hair, as he leans on the sword slung on his left hip. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will draws his sword in his right hand, planting his feet in a wide stance. A photo of SH Figuarts of Will from Metaphor ReFantazio. Will floats in the air, his sword drawn in a casual grip in his right hand, and clutching at his chest with his left.
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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This figure fucks. Best Marvel Legends of 2025?
A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil stands, resting his left hand on his holstered billy clubs. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil crouches low and tightly, scraping the floor with his outstretched left hand, holding a billy club out behind him in his right hand.
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Born Again.
A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil falls through the air, his left knee bent and raised, as he holds a billy club up in his right hand, casting the other and its attached wire off to his left. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil walks forward, wiping his mouth with the side of his left hand. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil strafes to camera right, his fists raised ahead of him ready to fight. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil leaps forward, pulling his right hand back into a fist, and reach out with his left.
November 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Dance with the devil.
A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Matt stands putting his right foot up on the side of an alleyway stairwell, holding his billy clubs in each of his hands. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil crouches low, holding his billy clubs up and over around his face in a defensive stance. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil runs forward, flinging a now-wired billy club from his left hand. A photo of the Marvel Legends Daredevil from Born Again. Daredevil leaps forward, his billy clubs in both his hands, connected by a long dark wire.
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Sadly my original collage celebrating the arrival of the best superhero movie of 2003 (and 2024) on Disney+ was not approved
An collage of four stills of Dakota Johnson as Cassie Webb, Cassie Webb, Cassie Webb, and Cassie Webb in the hit motion picture Madame Web, on a purple-pink background.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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like, holy shit man, what an incredible thing to witness, 13 minutes of smooth jazz and the human condition
A screenshot from "BLACK" from Star Wars: Visions volume 3. Stormtroopers run through a burning battlefield, surrounded by blaster fire, the bodies of their fallen allies, and the scraps of ruined and crashed vehicles. A screenshot from "BLACK" from Star Wars: Visions volume 3. A stormtrooper lit in shades of green with a broken mask revealing their haggard, bearded face looks down in horror at a similarly battered stormtrooper, albeit this one lit in shades of red. A screenshot from "BLACK" from Star Wars: Visions volume 3. Two stormstroopers grasp their hands in a firm shake, one lit in shades of green, the other lit in shades of red. A screenshot from "BLACK" from Star Wars: Visions volume 3. A stormtrooper stands on a snowy planet over the buried corpse of one of their fellow troopers, as they look out on the ruins of a TIE Fighter.
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM