Thomas Heger
@thomasheger.bsky.social
Fartstid som lofotværing, japanofil, film- og tegneserieviter, gamer, scifi-nerd, legobygger, journalist, forlagsmann, kulturbyråkrat & tvillingpappa.
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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The first episode of the Arc Raiders series we produced for Embark is now live.
For years folks were asking what happened to the original PvE hero-shooter version of the game.
Well, now you know…
youtu.be/tdorU3sjt_0?...
For years folks were asking what happened to the original PvE hero-shooter version of the game.
Well, now you know…
youtu.be/tdorU3sjt_0?...
The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP1 - Finding ARC Raiders
YouTube video by ARC Raiders
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The first episode of the Arc Raiders series we produced for Embark is now live.
For years folks were asking what happened to the original PvE hero-shooter version of the game.
Well, now you know…
youtu.be/tdorU3sjt_0?...
For years folks were asking what happened to the original PvE hero-shooter version of the game.
Well, now you know…
youtu.be/tdorU3sjt_0?...
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Happy Half-Life 1 Day. My favorite game of all time.
Celebrate by watching the most insane thing I ever got to make, until a year later when I got to do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3...
Celebrate by watching the most insane thing I ever got to make, until a year later when I got to do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3...
Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary
YouTube video by Valve
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy Half-Life 1 Day. My favorite game of all time.
Celebrate by watching the most insane thing I ever got to make, until a year later when I got to do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3...
Celebrate by watching the most insane thing I ever got to make, until a year later when I got to do it again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3...
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Fuck this anthropomorphic diesel engine in particular
aftermath.site/thomas-tank-di...
aftermath.site/thomas-tank-di...
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fuck this anthropomorphic diesel engine in particular
aftermath.site/thomas-tank-di...
aftermath.site/thomas-tank-di...
Jeg foreslo at EA burde gå for en slik modell når jeg anmeldte NHL'09 for Dagbladet i 2008. Just sayin'
'F1 2025' is getting an paid DLC for 2026 instead a new game. 'F1 2027' will be the next game and marks the start of a "new and more expansive F1 experience."
www.ea.com/de/games/f1/...
www.ea.com/de/games/f1/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jeg foreslo at EA burde gå for en slik modell når jeg anmeldte NHL'09 for Dagbladet i 2008. Just sayin'
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'Dispatch' creative director Nick Herman and executive producer Michael Choung said "AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative."
www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-...
www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-...
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
'Dispatch' creative director Nick Herman and executive producer Michael Choung said "AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative."
www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-...
www.eurogamer.net/maybe-ai-is-...
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Call of Duty making a zillion dollars all the time -- and being supported by a literal trillion-dollar company -- and still using AI for art assets is so incredibly pathetic and infuriating.
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Call of Duty making a zillion dollars all the time -- and being supported by a literal trillion-dollar company -- and still using AI for art assets is so incredibly pathetic and infuriating.
Spilte først kampanjeoppdraget i Black Ops 7 i går. Hva i alle dager har skjedd her? Noen har tatt rammeverket fra Warzone, ikledd det noe som minner mer om Left 4 Dead, og gjort det helt meningsløst å spille alene.
a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Spilte først kampanjeoppdraget i Black Ops 7 i går. Hva i alle dager har skjedd her? Noen har tatt rammeverket fra Warzone, ikledd det noe som minner mer om Left 4 Dead, og gjort det helt meningsløst å spille alene.
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Proud and excited to share that the new Digital Foundry website is live - please do check it out at www.digitalfoundry.net. Read our opening post about what we're doing and why: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry was founded in 2004 and specialises in technical analysis of video games and hardware, using our own bespoke tools for frame-rate analysis – covering everything from console, PC and be...
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Proud and excited to share that the new Digital Foundry website is live - please do check it out at www.digitalfoundry.net. Read our opening post about what we're doing and why: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
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For better or for worse, The Xbox Kinect was released 15 years ago today.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For better or for worse, The Xbox Kinect was released 15 years ago today.
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Daniel Warren Johnson about the upcoming Absolute Batman #1 "I don't know, man, it's just Batman beating up white nationalists," and "I'm not exactly a subtle storyteller... But I'm angry and it's coming out in these next 30 pages."
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
September 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Daniel Warren Johnson about the upcoming Absolute Batman #1 "I don't know, man, it's just Batman beating up white nationalists," and "I'm not exactly a subtle storyteller... But I'm angry and it's coming out in these next 30 pages."
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-ab...
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Jeg er ikke ute etter å oute noen her, respekterer den lave profilen og synes diskusjonen om det er Dani eller ikke er stilig!
Men: kjenner jeg noen som faktisk kan bekrefte at vedinad (Megabonk) er norsk? Send gjerne PM!
Men: kjenner jeg noen som faktisk kan bekrefte at vedinad (Megabonk) er norsk? Send gjerne PM!
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This cracked me up (by Justin Charity at The Ringer) www.theringer.com/2025/10/15/v...
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This cracked me up (by Justin Charity at The Ringer) www.theringer.com/2025/10/15/v...
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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
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I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.
Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...
This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.
Zombie Marvel Snap er gøy
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Zombie Marvel Snap er gøy
Maelle, Melinoë og Hornet – for et trekløver av kvinnelige hovedfigurer, og for et spillår
October 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Maelle, Melinoë og Hornet – for et trekløver av kvinnelige hovedfigurer, og for et spillår
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Gøy å se @tbatbadottno.bsky.social og Håkon Hoffart fortsette å spikke videre på gumbo-formatet "anmeldelse-essay-mimremoro-historieleksjon".
(Selv om det hoppes bukk over håndholdtspillene, og selv om Returns og Tropical Freeze får ufortjent hard medfart)
www.tbatba.no/donkey-kong-...
(Selv om det hoppes bukk over håndholdtspillene, og selv om Returns og Tropical Freeze får ufortjent hard medfart)
www.tbatba.no/donkey-kong-...
Donkey Kong Bananza: Frihet på boks - Kulturplattformen TBA
ANMELDELSE/ ESSAY: Kan en figur bli fri fra firmaets lenker, og bare blomstre? Ja, viser Donkey Kong Bananza. Men hvis du betaler ekstra, kan du bli fanget i et kapitalistisk mareritt.
www.tbatba.no
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Gøy å se @tbatbadottno.bsky.social og Håkon Hoffart fortsette å spikke videre på gumbo-formatet "anmeldelse-essay-mimremoro-historieleksjon".
(Selv om det hoppes bukk over håndholdtspillene, og selv om Returns og Tropical Freeze får ufortjent hard medfart)
www.tbatba.no/donkey-kong-...
(Selv om det hoppes bukk over håndholdtspillene, og selv om Returns og Tropical Freeze får ufortjent hard medfart)
www.tbatba.no/donkey-kong-...
Stående ovasjon fra meg. One Rebellion After Another www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNFK...
Andor Trailer (One Battle After Another Style)
YouTube video by Porgis Edits
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Stående ovasjon fra meg. One Rebellion After Another www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNFK...
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wow, I was today years old when I learned that the voice actor for the dad in My Neighbor Totoro was Shigesato Itoi (yes, that Shigesato Itoi, of Mother/EarthBound fame)
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
wow, I was today years old when I learned that the voice actor for the dad in My Neighbor Totoro was Shigesato Itoi (yes, that Shigesato Itoi, of Mother/EarthBound fame)
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PSA FOR SKATE PLAYERS - FIX YER CAMERA
September 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
PSA FOR SKATE PLAYERS - FIX YER CAMERA
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There’s a graphic novel that just came out called Lucas Wars, about how George Lucas made the first Star Wars movie, and I’ve barely read any of the text yet because the cartooning/caricature work is just so much fun to look at (the artist Renaud Roch is *great* at drawing frumpy lil’ George)
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There’s a graphic novel that just came out called Lucas Wars, about how George Lucas made the first Star Wars movie, and I’ve barely read any of the text yet because the cartooning/caricature work is just so much fun to look at (the artist Renaud Roch is *great* at drawing frumpy lil’ George)
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The Catholic church canonises its first gamer saint. Carlos Acutis a 15 year old boy who loved Halo, Mario and Pokemon died in 2006, he also spread awareness of the Catholic faith and helping the poor.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Catholic church canonises its first gamer saint. Carlos Acutis a 15 year old boy who loved Halo, Mario and Pokemon died in 2006, he also spread awareness of the Catholic faith and helping the poor.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...