Stephen Gillespie
@stephenage.bsky.social
Film Podcaster, Critic and General Opinion Haver. Find me at The STACKS and on I’m Thinking of Spoiling Things. Contributor to Step Printed.
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Daysgonedreamcast featuring @stephenage.bsky.social
Days Gone
Daydreamcast · Episode
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June 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Daysgonedreamcast featuring @stephenage.bsky.social
Every time I watch The Gruffalo’s Child with my son, I am struck by how similar it is to The Last of Us Part II. And how it does that in 25 minutes… just saying.
June 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Every time I watch The Gruffalo’s Child with my son, I am struck by how similar it is to The Last of Us Part II. And how it does that in 25 minutes… just saying.
Taking Code out of the name of the Code: Veronica remake is going to make that puzzle at the end where you have to put in a code (and it’s Veronica) very hard.
June 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Taking Code out of the name of the Code: Veronica remake is going to make that puzzle at the end where you have to put in a code (and it’s Veronica) very hard.
Mixtape is a game that lacks specificity and fails to elevate its tropes through interactivity. Read all about it here…
Mixtape: An Empty Compilation
Later on in Mixtape you head to a dinosaur amusement park.
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May 15, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Mixtape is a game that lacks specificity and fails to elevate its tropes through interactivity. Read all about it here…
We are back!! And we are making enemies.
April 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
We are back!! And we are making enemies.
I wrote about the enticing, inherent violence of Marathon (2026). Why the game makes you kill and why that’s so fun.
I Am a Gun: Life as Gleefully Brutish and Short in Marathon (2026)
In Marathon (2026), you play as a gun.
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April 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I wrote about the enticing, inherent violence of Marathon (2026). Why the game makes you kill and why that’s so fun.
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New Episode Claxon 🚨🚨🚨
Did Joe forget to post the episode from last week? No! Of course not!
Unrelated, but tune in below to hear @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social's shared thoughts on Metroid Prime:4 Beyond, and beyond.
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Did Joe forget to post the episode from last week? No! Of course not!
Unrelated, but tune in below to hear @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social's shared thoughts on Metroid Prime:4 Beyond, and beyond.
open.spotify.com/episode/7E9S...
Episode 12: Metroidvania-mania
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January 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
New Episode Claxon 🚨🚨🚨
Did Joe forget to post the episode from last week? No! Of course not!
Unrelated, but tune in below to hear @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social's shared thoughts on Metroid Prime:4 Beyond, and beyond.
open.spotify.com/episode/7E9S...
Did Joe forget to post the episode from last week? No! Of course not!
Unrelated, but tune in below to hear @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social's shared thoughts on Metroid Prime:4 Beyond, and beyond.
open.spotify.com/episode/7E9S...
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We really should have had an account set up sooner, but no time like the present, and at the start of the new year!
Welcome to Quick Save, where @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social talk games, sometimes. Every two weeks, or so, to be precise.
Thank you for being here!
Welcome to Quick Save, where @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social talk games, sometimes. Every two weeks, or so, to be precise.
Thank you for being here!
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We really should have had an account set up sooner, but no time like the present, and at the start of the new year!
Welcome to Quick Save, where @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social talk games, sometimes. Every two weeks, or so, to be precise.
Thank you for being here!
Welcome to Quick Save, where @joerichardswrites.bsky.social and @stephenage.bsky.social talk games, sometimes. Every two weeks, or so, to be precise.
Thank you for being here!
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2. ian, you old dog, you old troll, you still got it.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
2. ian, you old dog, you old troll, you still got it.
Forget gaming’s Citizen Kane, with HORSES we finally have the medium’s Salo.
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Forget gaming’s Citizen Kane, with HORSES we finally have the medium’s Salo.
The survival horror of Silent Hill: Homecoming is surviving the horrors of this busted PC port. It’s unstable, you have to guess what buttons to press (it gives a prompt for a button but doesn’t tell you which one) and the controller option in the game is entirely fictive.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The survival horror of Silent Hill: Homecoming is surviving the horrors of this busted PC port. It’s unstable, you have to guess what buttons to press (it gives a prompt for a button but doesn’t tell you which one) and the controller option in the game is entirely fictive.
Well, this Derry Girls spin off is certainly different.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well, this Derry Girls spin off is certainly different.
Finally getting round to the Silent Hill games… these are GOOD.
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Finally getting round to the Silent Hill games… these are GOOD.
A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
Join @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @stephenage.bsky.social, and I as we consider this striking film, writer-director Sam Fuller’s incendiary, but ultimately idealist, politics, and how Pickup helps us make sense of where we are today.
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On Spotify:
S2 Ep. 6: Pickup on South Street (1953; dir. Samuel Fuller) w/ guest Stephen Gillespie
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September 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A delight to discuss Fuller with tremendous company!
Silksong asks the question of ‘do you like down attacking onto small buds but you’ll also down attack at an angle?’ To which I answer, no, not really.
September 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Silksong asks the question of ‘do you like down attacking onto small buds but you’ll also down attack at an angle?’ To which I answer, no, not really.
When they do a definitive edition of The Old Country, they should just take out all the knife fights. This cutting content should be cut content.
August 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
When they do a definitive edition of The Old Country, they should just take out all the knife fights. This cutting content should be cut content.
Early in The Old Country but really like the gunplay. You expect quick stop-and-pop cover shooting but guns take a moment to aim and steady. It’s more about lining up a shot in the right window to hit before your foe lines up theirs. Gives a really methodical pace to combat that fits cover shooting.
August 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Early in The Old Country but really like the gunplay. You expect quick stop-and-pop cover shooting but guns take a moment to aim and steady. It’s more about lining up a shot in the right window to hit before your foe lines up theirs. Gives a really methodical pace to combat that fits cover shooting.
Having played through Mafia 1-3 this week, it’s such a fascinating series. The first is an of its time proof of concept, with good storytelling and fun set pieces — great atmosphere. The second elevates all of this.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Having played through Mafia 1-3 this week, it’s such a fascinating series. The first is an of its time proof of concept, with good storytelling and fun set pieces — great atmosphere. The second elevates all of this.
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Video game podcast time! The best takes on Death Stranding 2, Atomfall, THPS 3 + 4 and moooooore!!
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
Episode 4: Stephen is a Sicko, Joe is Not
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July 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Video game podcast time! The best takes on Death Stranding 2, Atomfall, THPS 3 + 4 and moooooore!!
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
As always, with @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5Lg6...
I’m behind on sharing stuff as I’ve been too busy. But.. here’s a video games podcast with Deltarune, Doom the Dark Ages and Mario Kart World… oh and to a T. The highlight though is a story of why I uninstalled Civilization 7. With @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
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open.spotify.com/episode/1p8S...
Episode 3: The One Where We Talk Deltarune (and Switch 2)
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July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I’m behind on sharing stuff as I’ve been too busy. But.. here’s a video games podcast with Deltarune, Doom the Dark Ages and Mario Kart World… oh and to a T. The highlight though is a story of why I uninstalled Civilization 7. With @joerichardswrites.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1p8S...
open.spotify.com/episode/1p8S...
Finally getting round to Atomfall. Certainly the most Stephen game of the year. The hilarious amalgamation of British stereotypes that’s charmingly specific certainly appeals. However, this is S.T.A.L.K.E.R meets the open ended, emergent structure of Fallout 1 and 2. Precision tooled to my interests
July 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Finally getting round to Atomfall. Certainly the most Stephen game of the year. The hilarious amalgamation of British stereotypes that’s charmingly specific certainly appeals. However, this is S.T.A.L.K.E.R meets the open ended, emergent structure of Fallout 1 and 2. Precision tooled to my interests
You can indeed do this.
June 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You can indeed do this.
28 Years Later reminds us Garland is a better writer than he is a director… But still not a great writer.
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
28 Years Later reminds us Garland is a better writer than he is a director… But still not a great writer.