Dan Roemer
@blastprocess.bsky.social
Video Editor for MrMattyPlays and (sometimes) Retro Rebound on YouTube, previously at Destructoid, The Escapist, Enthusiast Gaming, etc.
Brian Altano being laid off from IGN is so wild to me. He's like THE PERSON that first pops into my head when I even think of IGN personalities throughout the 15+ years I've been keeping tabs on IGN stuff in general. Baffling move from whatever idiotic bean counters over there are behind it.
September 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Brian Altano being laid off from IGN is so wild to me. He's like THE PERSON that first pops into my head when I even think of IGN personalities throughout the 15+ years I've been keeping tabs on IGN stuff in general. Baffling move from whatever idiotic bean counters over there are behind it.
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Sony saw "phys-" and didn't bother to read the rest of the word, they just knew they needed out ASAP.
September 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Sony saw "phys-" and didn't bother to read the rest of the word, they just knew they needed out ASAP.
Hot me up if you wanna watch the family guy pokemon movie
September 6, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Hot me up if you wanna watch the family guy pokemon movie
First thing I'm gonna do in GTA VI is look for the backyard wrestling and then go fishing.
August 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
First thing I'm gonna do in GTA VI is look for the backyard wrestling and then go fishing.
Warlock, Metro 2039, No Law, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, and Witcher 3 in current year were the highlights of this year's Gamescom-thing for me. Honorable mention to Ontos and Blood of Dawnwalker. Solid year ahead.
Looking forward to voting for my favorite on Everybody Votes on my Nintendo Wii!
Looking forward to voting for my favorite on Everybody Votes on my Nintendo Wii!
August 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Warlock, Metro 2039, No Law, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, and Witcher 3 in current year were the highlights of this year's Gamescom-thing for me. Honorable mention to Ontos and Blood of Dawnwalker. Solid year ahead.
Looking forward to voting for my favorite on Everybody Votes on my Nintendo Wii!
Looking forward to voting for my favorite on Everybody Votes on my Nintendo Wii!
"Let's just watch a trailer." -Geoff Keighley
August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"Let's just watch a trailer." -Geoff Keighley
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
August 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
Digital Foundry developing their own open source capture software with lossless quality is really exciting for dweebs like me in the small bubble of folks who still capture gameplay for work reasons lmao (less exciting are the prices of storage lately for said lossless quality footage).
August 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Digital Foundry developing their own open source capture software with lossless quality is really exciting for dweebs like me in the small bubble of folks who still capture gameplay for work reasons lmao (less exciting are the prices of storage lately for said lossless quality footage).
Big Walk lets me kick things that belong to others, so that makes it pretty good!
August 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Big Walk lets me kick things that belong to others, so that makes it pretty good!
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A Hero Must Rise. Believe. WalMart.
July 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A Hero Must Rise. Believe. WalMart.
Update: The Wii disc drive is making a weird buzzing sound. Bleak. I would have expected the Wii to outlive both a dozen times over lmao.
July 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Update: The Wii disc drive is making a weird buzzing sound. Bleak. I would have expected the Wii to outlive both a dozen times over lmao.
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GameSpot folks deserve so much better than Fandom's executive leadership. GameSpot could have grown bigger than IGN if it hadn't been constantly tossed between owners who'd lose interest before the ink on the acquisition paperwork dried. A victim of a decade of utter negligence.
July 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
GameSpot folks deserve so much better than Fandom's executive leadership. GameSpot could have grown bigger than IGN if it hadn't been constantly tossed between owners who'd lose interest before the ink on the acquisition paperwork dried. A victim of a decade of utter negligence.
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Lmao sick, I just got laid off from GameSpot while on paid medical leave recovering from a gunshot wound.
July 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Lmao sick, I just got laid off from GameSpot while on paid medical leave recovering from a gunshot wound.
Wishing all the GameSpot folks affected today the best. I've been watching GS off and on since the On The Spot days and it's been so painful to watch the website I've spent more than half my life browsing and following get absolutely gutted by a shitty wiki brand.
July 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Wishing all the GameSpot folks affected today the best. I've been watching GS off and on since the On The Spot days and it's been so painful to watch the website I've spent more than half my life browsing and following get absolutely gutted by a shitty wiki brand.
Oh, so they're also completely blinded with stupid levels of unobtainable ROI and numbers, wonderful lmao. Dead brand by the 2030s.
"CEO Asha Sharma wants Xbox to reach 1bn players a day (it currently hits 1bn a year)."
Oh.
Oh.
Big cuts, but Xbox has managed to avoid closing any studios today. Double Fine and Compulsion go indie. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will have new owners. Arkane Lyon process starts today. CEO Asha Sharma wants Xbox to reach 1bn players a day (it currently hits 1bn a year).
July 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Oh, so they're also completely blinded with stupid levels of unobtainable ROI and numbers, wonderful lmao. Dead brand by the 2030s.
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I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.
My child loves going to the library and checking out a new video game every week. Going digital only eliminates libraries as a way people can access games.
July 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.
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there are loads of reasons why the death of physical is bad news, but I think there are downstream effects that the industry is already suffering from today - that are only going to get worse
youtu.be/jGtv_lyaNww
youtu.be/jGtv_lyaNww
why physical media is ESSENTIAL for a healthy games industry
YouTube video by noclip_2
youtu.be
July 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
there are loads of reasons why the death of physical is bad news, but I think there are downstream effects that the industry is already suffering from today - that are only going to get worse
youtu.be/jGtv_lyaNww
youtu.be/jGtv_lyaNww
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The single biggest story in video games this month, prompting widespread concern across the community, and the ESA has no comment. Thank you @duckvalentine.bsky.social for holding them accountable for their total failure on this issue
Sony is putting an end to physical PlayStation games, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the ESA doesn't really have anything to say about it. https://kotaku.com/video-game-industry-esa-digital-ownership-2000712263
The ESA Doesn't Want To Talk About Digital Ownership
Whose job is it, exactly, to deal with this?
kotaku.com
July 4, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The single biggest story in video games this month, prompting widespread concern across the community, and the ESA has no comment. Thank you @duckvalentine.bsky.social for holding them accountable for their total failure on this issue
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The console market is screwed.
I started shooting this video months ago, but things kept getting worse.
Big thank you to @matpiscatella.bsky.social and @jakesteinberg.substack.com for chatting with me.
youtu.be/4FatSqS3VYY?...
I started shooting this video months ago, but things kept getting worse.
Big thank you to @matpiscatella.bsky.social and @jakesteinberg.substack.com for chatting with me.
youtu.be/4FatSqS3VYY?...
July 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The console market is screwed.
I started shooting this video months ago, but things kept getting worse.
Big thank you to @matpiscatella.bsky.social and @jakesteinberg.substack.com for chatting with me.
youtu.be/4FatSqS3VYY?...
I started shooting this video months ago, but things kept getting worse.
Big thank you to @matpiscatella.bsky.social and @jakesteinberg.substack.com for chatting with me.
youtu.be/4FatSqS3VYY?...
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We've launched a "As Seen on Newgrounds" bundle - a collection of Steam games by developers from Newgrounds. There's a lot of games in here - take a look!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66445...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66445...
June 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
We've launched a "As Seen on Newgrounds" bundle - a collection of Steam games by developers from Newgrounds. There's a lot of games in here - take a look!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66445...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66445...
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Our port of #Sonic Mania to the Sega #Dreamcast is nearing completion! Here's 2 minutes of footage captured directly from my physical DC!
Stand by for the Blue Blur's epic return home to a #Sega console!
@sonicfreak94.bsky.social #retrogaming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
Stand by for the Blue Blur's epic return home to a #Sega console!
@sonicfreak94.bsky.social #retrogaming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
June 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Our port of #Sonic Mania to the Sega #Dreamcast is nearing completion! Here's 2 minutes of footage captured directly from my physical DC!
Stand by for the Blue Blur's epic return home to a #Sega console!
@sonicfreak94.bsky.social #retrogaming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
Stand by for the Blue Blur's epic return home to a #Sega console!
@sonicfreak94.bsky.social #retrogaming #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
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I went to the countryside and did a little game jam last weekend. Finally got around to make a proper game out of all the oscilloscope stuff I got figured out years ago.
This is snek, two player versus, one button per player. Eat the other players tail to win.
This is snek, two player versus, one button per player. Eat the other players tail to win.
June 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I went to the countryside and did a little game jam last weekend. Finally got around to make a proper game out of all the oscilloscope stuff I got figured out years ago.
This is snek, two player versus, one button per player. Eat the other players tail to win.
This is snek, two player versus, one button per player. Eat the other players tail to win.
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hello my fellow podcasters, Audacity is running a survey and as you'd expect, there are AI questions on there! Very leading questions, at that! Tell them you do not need AI baked into this useful recording/editing software! thank you!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
hello my fellow podcasters, Audacity is running a survey and as you'd expect, there are AI questions on there! Very leading questions, at that! Tell them you do not need AI baked into this useful recording/editing software! thank you!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...