Steven Rondina
@srondina.bsky.social
Writes about video games, tech, and other things that are fun, usually. Can find my work everywhere from Bleacher Report to The Washington Post to Sports Illustrated.
Kotozakura is one of my favorites. Going from heels hovering outside the ring to winning is always hype.
September 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Kotozakura is one of my favorites. Going from heels hovering outside the ring to winning is always hype.
Encountered many examples of this, especially as it relates to unregulated gambling sites being linked out to. But this one is the most blatant.
July 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Encountered many examples of this, especially as it relates to unregulated gambling sites being linked out to. But this one is the most blatant.
A post from a year ago has most top results deleted. A reply from FIVE HOURS AGO inexplicably has 171 upvotes and is advertising a for-pay service on a search for "free VPN."
Egregious gaming of the system. Doesn't serve the user. Buries actual reviews from real sources even further. No EEAT. Etc.
Egregious gaming of the system. Doesn't serve the user. Buries actual reviews from real sources even further. No EEAT. Etc.
July 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A post from a year ago has most top results deleted. A reply from FIVE HOURS AGO inexplicably has 171 upvotes and is advertising a for-pay service on a search for "free VPN."
Egregious gaming of the system. Doesn't serve the user. Buries actual reviews from real sources even further. No EEAT. Etc.
Egregious gaming of the system. Doesn't serve the user. Buries actual reviews from real sources even further. No EEAT. Etc.
Hey there. I'm a professional writer/editor and big fan of Fear and Hunger. If you want somebody to proofread stuff for the F&H2 update, feel free to reach out.
May 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey there. I'm a professional writer/editor and big fan of Fear and Hunger. If you want somebody to proofread stuff for the F&H2 update, feel free to reach out.
It's an awkward early-2000s postmodern fiction novel, but Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
May 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's an awkward early-2000s postmodern fiction novel, but Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
Nightreign is quite good from a gameplay perspective. Uncertain whether it's going to have the replayability you'd expect from this kind of game, though.
Enemy placement was fixed in the playtest. If they don't fix that, it's going to need a really rewarding progression system to be good.
Enemy placement was fixed in the playtest. If they don't fix that, it's going to need a really rewarding progression system to be good.
April 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Nightreign is quite good from a gameplay perspective. Uncertain whether it's going to have the replayability you'd expect from this kind of game, though.
Enemy placement was fixed in the playtest. If they don't fix that, it's going to need a really rewarding progression system to be good.
Enemy placement was fixed in the playtest. If they don't fix that, it's going to need a really rewarding progression system to be good.
There are never any heroes in MMA jfc.
February 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There are never any heroes in MMA jfc.
Fuck being responsible. You're only going to be there [number of times]. Be irresponsible (responsibly).
February 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Fuck being responsible. You're only going to be there [number of times]. Be irresponsible (responsibly).
There you go. You do.
February 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There you go. You do.
Man, the replies on that post lol.
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Man, the replies on that post lol.
Will Metaphor would just retweet Strohl's monologue, though.
December 23, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Will Metaphor would just retweet Strohl's monologue, though.
It's really, really weird how in season 6 they take Troi and O'Brien, then sprint in opposite directions regarding who the non-commissioned officer is.
December 21, 2024 at 12:53 AM
It's really, really weird how in season 6 they take Troi and O'Brien, then sprint in opposite directions regarding who the non-commissioned officer is.