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Steven Santana
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“Hey man I noticed you picked yoshi. Do you mind letting me have him or else.” -@pjayevans
https://breakingarrows.substack.com/
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number8axel.bsky.social
Black Friday ads five years from each consoles respective launch. I am still fascinated at how cheap we used to be able to get the consoles.
PlayStation 3 Uncharted 3 bundle for $299.99 in 2011 PlayStation 5 beginning at $399.99 in 2025 Xbox Series X for $649.99 in 2025 Xbox 360 (with choice of one game) for $199.99 in 2010
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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number8axel.bsky.social
Additionally re-upping the video version I also published alongside it at the time.
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Replaying Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
YouTube video by Illustrious Magic
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Republished writing I did in 2019 on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in an effort to better centralize stuff I have done.
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Replaying Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A text worthy of exploration
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
Republished writing I did in 2019 on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in an effort to better centralize stuff I have done.
open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Replaying Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A text worthy of exploration
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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number8axel.bsky.social
"I dont get easily bothered by what I watch, but there are some things, the really dark subjects, that if Im engaged long enough...you stare into the abyss and the abyss stares into you. So I mean it as the highest praise when I say this movie made me want to die a little" @benverschoor.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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morrowind-txt.bsky.social
We're watching you. Scum.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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noescapevg.com
Stop Caring is, to be frank, one of the best websites covering video games right now. Artemis created something incredible and it - and she - deserves support. So you know what you gotta do, right?
stopcar.ing Artemis Octavio @stopcar.ing · 10d
Last week, my former housemate punched me multiple times in the eye, forcing me to break the lease for the beautiful apartment we shared and move in with a trusted friend

As I try to rebuild my life and find more permanent housing, I would greatly appreciate any support you could offer Stop Caring
Stop Caring
A publication about video games focused on the ways they evoke unique cultural conversations as well as the personal lessons we can learn from them as artistic media.
www.stopcar.ing
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
"I dont get easily bothered by what I watch, but there are some things, the really dark subjects, that if Im engaged long enough...you stare into the abyss and the abyss stares into you. So I mean it as the highest praise when I say this movie made me want to die a little" @benverschoor.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
Black Friday ads five years from each consoles respective launch. I am still fascinated at how cheap we used to be able to get the consoles.
PlayStation 3 Uncharted 3 bundle for $299.99 in 2011 PlayStation 5 beginning at $399.99 in 2025 Xbox Series X for $649.99 in 2025 Xbox 360 (with choice of one game) for $199.99 in 2010
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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number8axel.bsky.social
Not a thought in this man's brain
My dog staring blankly into space
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Glee meme template of Sue Sylvester with text framing her as Honore de Balzac writing Felix Grandet and the subtitle "I am going to create a character that is so hateable"
May 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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zweiteturm.bsky.social
exciting news!! I got to write about hermeneutics, translation, and gender (all my favourite guys) in silent hill f!
bulletpointsvg.bsky.social Bullet Points @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social · 8d
Our current issue comes to a close with a new article on Silent Hill f, by @zweiteturm.bsky.social bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/11/19/p...
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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helmetgirl.bsky.social
I offered some words for "Jack the Modernist," the book I wanted to be when I grew up:
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on owning your favorite book
some brief words for Robert Glück's "Jack the Modernist"
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November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
On our latest episode @benverschoor.bsky.social and I talk at length about Die My Love, but first two similar films about troubled women from vastly different times and with various success.
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Mise en Screen: Episode 19: Die My Love
Die My Love is the fifth feature film directed by Lynne Ramsay, who, alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, wrote the screenplay which is adapted from the 2012 Argentinian novel written by Ariana Harwi...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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benverschoor.bsky.social
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9d
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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I have a larger piece on this sitting in drafts, but I included a bit of my take in a footnote in my last blog post. Essentially, it's that if we have any problem, it's being *too* "willing to meet a game on its own terms."
Somewhat aside, I've previously argued, and long maintained the exact opposite stance on "discussing games on their own terms"—I think we as critics tend to be far too deferential to the fairly limited bounds developers and publishers set for their games. Consider how at pains many are to argue that games that are plainly political are anything but as just one very obvious example. But I also think that many reviewers are very happy to take their foot off the gas whenever a game makes a big show of signposting its genre bonafides. I could argue that's in fact what Martin has done with his review—or I would, if I wasn't happy that he actually instead used it as an opportunity to write about criticism itself, thus giving me a chance to do the same. Somewhat aside, I've previously argued, and long maintained the exact opposite stance on "discussing games on their own terms"—I think we as critics tend to be far too deferential to the fairly limited bounds developers and publishers set for their games. Consider how at pains many are to argue that games that are plainly political are anything but as just one very obvious example. But I also think that many reviewers are very happy to take their foot off the gas whenever a game makes a big show of signposting its genre bonafides. I could argue that's in fact what Martin has done with his review—or I would, if I wasn't happy that he actually instead used it as an opportunity to write about criticism itself, thus giving me a chance to do the same.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
Why Steven Spielberg lost the mandate of heaven.
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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"In every mission, with every gunshot, he works to destroy what he himself represents; he is not a spirit of justice, but a spirit of coerced self-corrosion. He makes history bend further in one direction, but it isn’t a direction he can ever decide." -Matt Margini
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From the magazine: Red Dead Redemption, Reviewed
This article first appeared in Kill Screen’s relaunched magazine, Issue 9, which you can buy right now!  Header illustration by Christopher Black /// In 2003, HBO released And Starring Pancho Villa as...
www.killscreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
"In every mission, with every gunshot, he works to destroy what he himself represents; he is not a spirit of justice, but a spirit of coerced self-corrosion. He makes history bend further in one direction, but it isn’t a direction he can ever decide." -Matt Margini
www.killscreen.com/magazine-red...
From the magazine: Red Dead Redemption, Reviewed
This article first appeared in Kill Screen’s relaunched magazine, Issue 9, which you can buy right now!  Header illustration by Christopher Black /// In 2003, HBO released And Starring Pancho Villa as...
www.killscreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Reshare:
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The Bodies We Leave Behind
Does our rendering of digital bodies reflect our attitude towards real ones?
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November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The Bodies We Leave Behind
Does our rendering of digital bodies reflect our attitude towards real ones?
breakingarrows.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
number8axel.bsky.social
Lovely work from all. My favorites were the Amalie story and the Caspar artwork with the tree.
palimpsestzine.bsky.social Palimpsest Zine @palimpsestzine.bsky.social · 12d
The Palimpsest: Labors of November zine is available and free to download now!

Explore the labors, harvests, and celebrations of Tassing through our digital fanzine full of art and writing by Pentiment fans.

Download on: palimpsestzine.itch.io/palimpsest-l...
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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This week: 25 picks on Ball x Pit, 1000x, Hades II, Bloodlines 2, and much more:

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November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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The Palimpsest: Labors of November zine is available and free to download now!

Explore the labors, harvests, and celebrations of Tassing through our digital fanzine full of art and writing by Pentiment fans.

Download on: palimpsestzine.itch.io/palimpsest-l...
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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mattleone.bsky.social
It's past midnight on the east coast, which means it's officially Shadow of the Colossus' 20th anniversary. Come join the party.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
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October 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM