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Alex James Kane
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Alex James Kane @alexjkane.bsky.social · Sep 19
My love letter to the GOAT of horror games:
The Making and Unmaking of Friday the 13th: The Game
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fiddlecub.bsky.social
Link to your store pages when you post about your indie game. Put them in your bio. I guarantee you're losing sales - it's easier to invite a click than a search.
October 28, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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richardcobbett.bsky.social
Always a pleasure to talk to the king of game cities!
konstantinosd.bsky.social Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 2h
Chatting about the making of vampiric RPG 'Nighthawks' with @richardcobbett.bsky.social must have been the highlight of my autumn.

Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/zpp7tUZpljw?...
The making of Nighthawks with Richard Cobbett
YouTube video by D6 Learning
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October 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
alexjkane.bsky.social
Really dug this! I played the original just a couple days beforehand, so seeing how it pushes the ideas and mythology outwards from that initial seed is really cool. I missed the boat the first time around, but it plays like a total improvement (more of a full game, v. a demo) from where I'm sitting
October 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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isaachannaford.com
#halo #halofest #illustration #conceptart
I did some work recently celebrating HaloFest this year

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October 27, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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adashtra.bsky.social
New from me. Talked to @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com about his game Die on this Hill and it's uncanny resemblance to a new game from Jackbox, Debate and Switch
October 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
alexjkane.bsky.social
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies should be here
knoebel.bsky.social Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 1d
Golden Joystick Award Nominees are out.

GotY:

-007 First Light
-Big Walk
-CONTROL Resonant
-Crimson Desert
-Dispatch
-Forza Horizon 6
-Phantom Blade Zero
-Pokémon Pokopia
-PRAGMATA
-Resident Evil Requiem
-STAR WARS: Galactic Racer
-The Blood of Dawnwalker

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October 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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edgarallanbro.bsky.social
If, like me, reading about this made you mad as hell and you'd like to support Sam's good work (including some sick merch) you can do so here
October 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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schillingc.bsky.social
Very good, if saddening, read. @hownottodraw.bsky.social's final comment made me wistful for a past I never quite had (having only ever worked on mags remotely)
aftermath.site Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d
When losing a job means losing a career: what comes next for laid off games journalists?

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October 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
alexjkane.bsky.social
Killer-robot-dog builders: <pikachu face>
October 27, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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jmrivera.bsky.social
when times are tough but you still gotta support the homies
October 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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seraph76.bsky.social
I’m really looking forward to sharing the story in this issue with you all!
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 2d
Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Issue 73 Table of Contents and cover by Alyssa Winans! buff.ly/rmqKkVi
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 73, "Summoning" by Alyssa Winans: A figure in a red, pink, and dark red with gold trim dress stands gazing upward, arms outstretched, one hand holding an ornate, golden staff, the other palm up with floating golden orbs. The femme-presenting figure stands on the head of a large, fallen statue, its eyes closed similar to a beatific Buddhist image. Pink, orange, and red plants on the left of the figure and a brown and red cliffs on the right frame a yellow background, with faint reddish cliffs in the haze. In white text is the "Uncanny" banner, "November/December 2026," Issue Seventy-Three," and the artist, writer, essayist, poets, and Uncanny staff credits.
October 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM
alexjkane.bsky.social
We need IOI to do this for the First Light boot-camp montage
themoonis.gay Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 1d
The Star Wars episode three “making of a minute” documentary was what taught me how a movie gets made, and we don’t really have something like that for games, I reckon.
October 27, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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carolynmichelle.bsky.social
Damn right, my dude.
A pre-race screenshot of Star Wars: Galactic Racer. The player character looks on at a conversation between two other racers. One of them, named NIK SKANDARO, is saying to the other: “Survive. That's all we can do.”
October 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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Don Draper: “This is where I grew up.” The Halo 3 map, Guardian.
October 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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friendsoftheforce.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE: Ding dong, pookie! We’re thrilled to bring you our conversation with actor Richard Summers-Calvert, the voice behind the viral sensation Biddy Blas in STAR WARS: GALACTIC RACER. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!✨

🔗: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
October 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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3. Purple Haze
youtu.be/cJunCsrhJjg?...
#DestinyFashion
October 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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awintory.bsky.social
So here you go ... Thank you again to my friends at both BioWare and EA. To even dream in your sandbox was a privilege.

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My Mass Effect 5 Early Musical Drafts
YouTube video by Austin Wintory
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October 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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flashback64.com
🎃NEW EPISODE🎃

We continue our Halloween tradition of 90's witch movies with @mediamade.bsky.social . This time we discuss The Crucible and Eve's Bayou!

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we got our main characters from both movies
October 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
alexjkane.bsky.social
The last four games I’ve played:
Paratopic (2018). You have an enemy, friendo. Modern Warfare 4 (multiplayer). Mass Effect. Femshep points a pistol at a human male on the floor. Wrex and Garrus stand with her. Halo: Reach. Noble Six surveys the destruction at New Alexandria.
October 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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wtforce.bsky.social
Join us for Part 2: Toll and Trouble deep dive of #ahsoka with @sihayaspring.bsky.social

Youtube:
youtu.be/aMBfMewEoQ8

Itunes:
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Spotify:
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iHeartRadio:
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LinkTree:
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October 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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leena.reuben.games
It’s been almost a year of listening & working hard to make the game better & I’m so proud of Mike for turning it around so much, if you haven’t played Dead Static Drive yet now is a really really good time because it’s on sale and has just had a HUGE update: store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
Save 67% on Dead Static Drive on Steam
Dead Static Drive is Grand Theft Cthulhu. An indie survival-horror game following a nightmarish road trip across a 1980s Americana. Evade police. Equip yourself and those close to you, and follow your...
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October 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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greyalien.bsky.social
Today is launch day for our Forbidden Solitaire DLC! Busy day(s) ahead.

Perhaps we can sneak in a few more wishlists:
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Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded on Steam
It's 2020. Robyn Cierra excavates hidden files within the remnants of a cursed 1995 CD-ROM. A bizarre graveyard of scrapped content lies entombed, deep within the code. You thought your sister was bey...
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October 26, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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enikofox.com
i'll do another proper announcement post later around primetime but the no AI notice with cute fox is up on itch now: eniko.itch.io/cute-fox-no-...
A sleeping fox on top of a red circle crossing out the word AI. Above and below it is hand drawn lettering saying "Made By Humans" and "No generative AI was used in the creation of this work.
October 26, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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goneefk.bsky.social
My review of Phantom Blade Zero for Eurogamer is up! Some highly impressive combat here, and really beautiful world design. Yet balance & quality issues in the build I played let it down somewhat.

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Phantom Blade Zero review - flowing swordplay meets some rough edges in this wonderfully fluid action game undermined by a few little issues
Phantom Blade Zero achieves its goal of creating wonderfully fluid and cinematic kung fu-style combat - but balance and quality issues ultimately dim its shine.
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October 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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ianboudreau.com
Okay time to go to bed I think
jamackinn.bsky.social James MackinnAHHHHn @jamackinn.bsky.social · 3d
Don't forget the Cheesecake Factory owner built a cult compound to last for 700 years in order to welcome the return of Meher Baba, the Sufism Reoriented guru and inspiration for the song "Baba O'Reilly"

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The House Of Worship The Cheesecake Factory Built
Sufism Reoriented, a small, well-funded California religious group, announced plans for a new sanctuary. Then the battle lines were drawn.
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October 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM