Matt Silverman
@mattsilverman.bsky.social
I put dumb shit on the Internet and somehow it turns into food for my children.
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Matt Silverman
@mattsilverman.bsky.social
· Jun 18
🏴☠️ Ahoy, friends.
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
Space Invaders + Vampire Survivors + Breakout = BALL x PIT
(aka the perfect video game)
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss what makes it great, Netflix's new games strategy, and the lingering secrets in Expedition 33 on this week's pod:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/224...
(aka the perfect video game)
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss what makes it great, Netflix's new games strategy, and the lingering secrets in Expedition 33 on this week's pod:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/224...
It's Finally Here: Why BALL x PIT Does Everything Right | Episode 224
YouTube video by Colette & Matt Have Entered the Chat
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Space Invaders + Vampire Survivors + Breakout = BALL x PIT
(aka the perfect video game)
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss what makes it great, Netflix's new games strategy, and the lingering secrets in Expedition 33 on this week's pod:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/224...
(aka the perfect video game)
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss what makes it great, Netflix's new games strategy, and the lingering secrets in Expedition 33 on this week's pod:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/224...
So, is the price of Xbox Game Pass ... ... too damn high?
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss the value proposition of all-you-can play video games when there's only so many hours in a month and the price of EVERYTHING is going up.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/222...
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss the value proposition of all-you-can play video games when there's only so many hours in a month and the price of EVERYTHING is going up.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/222...
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So, is the price of Xbox Game Pass ... ... too damn high?
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss the value proposition of all-you-can play video games when there's only so many hours in a month and the price of EVERYTHING is going up.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/222...
@itscocobee.bsky.social and I discuss the value proposition of all-you-can play video games when there's only so many hours in a month and the price of EVERYTHING is going up.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/222...
RIP to a legend. Thanks for everything, Dr. Goodall.
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
RIP to a legend. Thanks for everything, Dr. Goodall.
What if you had to upload a govt ID to use Instagram, Reddit & Wikipedia?
New age verification laws in Mississippi and the UK have good intentions and DISASTROUS consequences for privacy and free speech. We figure out WTF is going on:
🍎 apple.co/4nkXjqY
🟢 bit.ly/41FCqOL
📺 youtu.be/zL6PcS14Xrs
New age verification laws in Mississippi and the UK have good intentions and DISASTROUS consequences for privacy and free speech. We figure out WTF is going on:
🍎 apple.co/4nkXjqY
🟢 bit.ly/41FCqOL
📺 youtu.be/zL6PcS14Xrs
September 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What if you had to upload a govt ID to use Instagram, Reddit & Wikipedia?
New age verification laws in Mississippi and the UK have good intentions and DISASTROUS consequences for privacy and free speech. We figure out WTF is going on:
🍎 apple.co/4nkXjqY
🟢 bit.ly/41FCqOL
📺 youtu.be/zL6PcS14Xrs
New age verification laws in Mississippi and the UK have good intentions and DISASTROUS consequences for privacy and free speech. We figure out WTF is going on:
🍎 apple.co/4nkXjqY
🟢 bit.ly/41FCqOL
📺 youtu.be/zL6PcS14Xrs
ok but what if we all just *pretend* he's dead?
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ok but what if we all just *pretend* he's dead?
KPop Demon Hunters is officially the most-watched movie in the history of Netflix.
Let this be a lesson to movie, TV, and game studios: Take more chances on new IP with diverse characters.
We are tired of "safe" remakes and sequels.
Let this be a lesson to movie, TV, and game studios: Take more chances on new IP with diverse characters.
We are tired of "safe" remakes and sequels.
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
KPop Demon Hunters is officially the most-watched movie in the history of Netflix.
Let this be a lesson to movie, TV, and game studios: Take more chances on new IP with diverse characters.
We are tired of "safe" remakes and sequels.
Let this be a lesson to movie, TV, and game studios: Take more chances on new IP with diverse characters.
We are tired of "safe" remakes and sequels.
FUCK this. If I spend hours, days, WEEKS creating a video, it should appear EXACTLY as I made it.
If YouTube wants to offer enhancing tools, great. But *I* get to decide when to use them.
AI optimizing videos WITHOUT MY CONSENT harms creators and audiences. It only serves algorithms.
If YouTube wants to offer enhancing tools, great. But *I* get to decide when to use them.
AI optimizing videos WITHOUT MY CONSENT harms creators and audiences. It only serves algorithms.
August 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
FUCK this. If I spend hours, days, WEEKS creating a video, it should appear EXACTLY as I made it.
If YouTube wants to offer enhancing tools, great. But *I* get to decide when to use them.
AI optimizing videos WITHOUT MY CONSENT harms creators and audiences. It only serves algorithms.
If YouTube wants to offer enhancing tools, great. But *I* get to decide when to use them.
AI optimizing videos WITHOUT MY CONSENT harms creators and audiences. It only serves algorithms.
I've decided to start getting ALL my medical advice from the AI voices in YouTube ads about supplements.
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've decided to start getting ALL my medical advice from the AI voices in YouTube ads about supplements.
A fateful trip to Toys 'R' Us and a very supportive mom changed everything for @gameovergreggy.bsky.social
I had a blast chatting with Greg about his love of games, 10 years of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight.
🍎 apple.co/4lIbntj
🟢 bit.ly/4mp5vGq
📺 youtu.be/ZDM1_nIB9Zs
I had a blast chatting with Greg about his love of games, 10 years of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight.
🍎 apple.co/4lIbntj
🟢 bit.ly/4mp5vGq
📺 youtu.be/ZDM1_nIB9Zs
August 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A fateful trip to Toys 'R' Us and a very supportive mom changed everything for @gameovergreggy.bsky.social
I had a blast chatting with Greg about his love of games, 10 years of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight.
🍎 apple.co/4lIbntj
🟢 bit.ly/4mp5vGq
📺 youtu.be/ZDM1_nIB9Zs
I had a blast chatting with Greg about his love of games, 10 years of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight.
🍎 apple.co/4lIbntj
🟢 bit.ly/4mp5vGq
📺 youtu.be/ZDM1_nIB9Zs
If you've read an article about video games in the last 2 decades, chances are it was written by @lukeplunkett.com, a 17-year vet of Kotaku and now the co-founder of the worker-owned, advertising-free @aftermath.site.
Despite the media biz in chaos, Luke is optimistic. @itscocobee.bsky.social
Despite the media biz in chaos, Luke is optimistic. @itscocobee.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you've read an article about video games in the last 2 decades, chances are it was written by @lukeplunkett.com, a 17-year vet of Kotaku and now the co-founder of the worker-owned, advertising-free @aftermath.site.
Despite the media biz in chaos, Luke is optimistic. @itscocobee.bsky.social
Despite the media biz in chaos, Luke is optimistic. @itscocobee.bsky.social
Banks are decided what video games you're allowed to buy, and guess what? They don't like the sexy / LGBTQ+ ones.
Games journalist @acvalens.net joins me to discuss why games AND the journalists covering this issue have been censored by Visa and Mastercard.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/213...
Games journalist @acvalens.net joins me to discuss why games AND the journalists covering this issue have been censored by Visa and Mastercard.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/213...
213 Banks Are Deciding What Video Games You're Allowed to Buy, and It's Not the First Time (w/ games journalist Ana Valens) | Colette & Matt Have Entered the Chat
The slippery slope is officially starting to slip.
haveenteredthechat.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Banks are decided what video games you're allowed to buy, and guess what? They don't like the sexy / LGBTQ+ ones.
Games journalist @acvalens.net joins me to discuss why games AND the journalists covering this issue have been censored by Visa and Mastercard.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/213...
Games journalist @acvalens.net joins me to discuss why games AND the journalists covering this issue have been censored by Visa and Mastercard.
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/213...
Boycott.
After the Paramount-Skydance merger, CBS will now officially become state media for the Trump regime.
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing “an ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as “basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”
FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a
gizmodo.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Boycott.
In 2005, you could count the total # of podcasts on one hand. One of them was @mugglecast.bsky.social, a Harry Potter fan show mostly run by teenagers that's been going for 20 YEARS.
Eric & Micah join me for a look back at fandom history.
🍎 apple.co/3IJjyro
🟢 bit.ly/4lJaj9u
📺 youtu.be/yzTKFvaAUWI
Eric & Micah join me for a look back at fandom history.
🍎 apple.co/3IJjyro
🟢 bit.ly/4lJaj9u
📺 youtu.be/yzTKFvaAUWI
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In 2005, you could count the total # of podcasts on one hand. One of them was @mugglecast.bsky.social, a Harry Potter fan show mostly run by teenagers that's been going for 20 YEARS.
Eric & Micah join me for a look back at fandom history.
🍎 apple.co/3IJjyro
🟢 bit.ly/4lJaj9u
📺 youtu.be/yzTKFvaAUWI
Eric & Micah join me for a look back at fandom history.
🍎 apple.co/3IJjyro
🟢 bit.ly/4lJaj9u
📺 youtu.be/yzTKFvaAUWI
When will AI be able to fold this fucking laundry?
July 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When will AI be able to fold this fucking laundry?
My morning plans today:
✅ Sip coffee
✅ Support PBS and NPR 👇
✅ Talk about video games on the internet
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
www.npr.org/donations/su...
✅ Sip coffee
✅ Support PBS and NPR 👇
✅ Talk about video games on the internet
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
www.npr.org/donations/su...
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My morning plans today:
✅ Sip coffee
✅ Support PBS and NPR 👇
✅ Talk about video games on the internet
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
www.npr.org/donations/su...
✅ Sip coffee
✅ Support PBS and NPR 👇
✅ Talk about video games on the internet
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
www.npr.org/donations/su...
"Overwhelmingly Negative" can describe turning on the news any given day, AND Capcom's 7th best-selling game of all time:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/210...
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/210...
210 Overwhelmingly Negative | Colette & Matt Have Entered the Chat
Plus: Fish Sex!
haveenteredthechat.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Overwhelmingly Negative" can describe turning on the news any given day, AND Capcom's 7th best-selling game of all time:
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/210...
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/210...
Laina Morris was just 20 years old when she entered a Justin Bieber fan contest on YouTube.
She didn't win the concert tickets, but when she woke up, she had become one of the most recognizable memes on the Internet. But at what cost?
🍎 bit.ly/45F0aFv
🟢 bit.ly/3HQHkl4
📺 youtu.be/QJ-EbySOTdQ
She didn't win the concert tickets, but when she woke up, she had become one of the most recognizable memes on the Internet. But at what cost?
🍎 bit.ly/45F0aFv
🟢 bit.ly/3HQHkl4
📺 youtu.be/QJ-EbySOTdQ
June 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Laina Morris was just 20 years old when she entered a Justin Bieber fan contest on YouTube.
She didn't win the concert tickets, but when she woke up, she had become one of the most recognizable memes on the Internet. But at what cost?
🍎 bit.ly/45F0aFv
🟢 bit.ly/3HQHkl4
📺 youtu.be/QJ-EbySOTdQ
She didn't win the concert tickets, but when she woke up, she had become one of the most recognizable memes on the Internet. But at what cost?
🍎 bit.ly/45F0aFv
🟢 bit.ly/3HQHkl4
📺 youtu.be/QJ-EbySOTdQ
Colette and I played the demo for the upcoming game BALL x PIT, and our lives have been forever changed.
Here's why you need to drop everything and download it: haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/209...
Here's why you need to drop everything and download it: haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/209...
June 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Colette and I played the demo for the upcoming game BALL x PIT, and our lives have been forever changed.
Here's why you need to drop everything and download it: haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/209...
Here's why you need to drop everything and download it: haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/209...
🏴☠️ Ahoy, friends.
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🏴☠️ Ahoy, friends.
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
It's been a dream of mine to create an improv comedy podcast for kids, and thanks to these brilliant performers and months of hard work, we are setting sail TODAY.
We hope you love TALES FROM THE CLOUD SEA as much as we love making it!
www.talesfromthecloudsea.com
Yesterday was the 3rd largest protest in ALL of American history.
3 of the 6 largest American protests have been against Donald Trump's presidencies. #NoKings
3 of the 6 largest American protests have been against Donald Trump's presidencies. #NoKings
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Yesterday was the 3rd largest protest in ALL of American history.
3 of the 6 largest American protests have been against Donald Trump's presidencies. #NoKings
3 of the 6 largest American protests have been against Donald Trump's presidencies. #NoKings
A Silent Hill remake is happening, and I share my impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2, and the BIGGEST Mario Kart game ever.
Also, why can't I put a hat on my Goomba?
Enter the Chat with us!
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/208...
Also, why can't I put a hat on my Goomba?
Enter the Chat with us!
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/208...
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A Silent Hill remake is happening, and I share my impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2, and the BIGGEST Mario Kart game ever.
Also, why can't I put a hat on my Goomba?
Enter the Chat with us!
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/208...
Also, why can't I put a hat on my Goomba?
Enter the Chat with us!
haveenteredthechat.com/episodes/208...
Earlier this year, a university research team conducted an important experiment on r/ChangeMyView to see if AI could change opinions.
Just one problem: They did not get consent. So how can we study the weaponization of LLMs ethically?
🍎 apple.co/4dTnDVq
🟢 spoti.fi/3HRHwQL
📺 youtu.be/yXL7gakEcjQ
Just one problem: They did not get consent. So how can we study the weaponization of LLMs ethically?
🍎 apple.co/4dTnDVq
🟢 spoti.fi/3HRHwQL
📺 youtu.be/yXL7gakEcjQ
June 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Earlier this year, a university research team conducted an important experiment on r/ChangeMyView to see if AI could change opinions.
Just one problem: They did not get consent. So how can we study the weaponization of LLMs ethically?
🍎 apple.co/4dTnDVq
🟢 spoti.fi/3HRHwQL
📺 youtu.be/yXL7gakEcjQ
Just one problem: They did not get consent. So how can we study the weaponization of LLMs ethically?
🍎 apple.co/4dTnDVq
🟢 spoti.fi/3HRHwQL
📺 youtu.be/yXL7gakEcjQ
Remember when rioters were trying to overthrow the U.S. government and DT waited 4 hours to call in the national guard?
But wasted no time calling them in to crush peaceful protests in LA?
But wasted no time calling them in to crush peaceful protests in LA?
June 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Remember when rioters were trying to overthrow the U.S. government and DT waited 4 hours to call in the national guard?
But wasted no time calling them in to crush peaceful protests in LA?
But wasted no time calling them in to crush peaceful protests in LA?