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Where does Stu even find these cover images? This month's Exploits covers media like the World Cup, Life Is Strange and OBEX. Buy: buff.ly/qEsgZtN Subscribe: buff.ly/XdxYOYQ Read @bensailer.bsky.social on console merch in a world without physical games: buff.ly/AoYqkoU
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Yes, hello. Please read my story about how I miss handhelds like the DS and what they did for us, while I also talk to you about lewd games It's, also, an excuse to mention Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and anthropologist Ashley Montagu Sharing is even more appreciated. Thank you 😌💜
I miss touching my waifuHandheld games and eroge go hand in hand.thestacks.ca
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's excess is as unmistakable as it is endearing. A moving, messy journey that accumulates feeling through its best and, more importantly, its most tedious episodes. I love this game, and I'd love it if you checked this out! medium.com/@abrambuehne...
Catching on Rough EdgesThere’s a dungeon hidden in the guts of Shinra Manor. Much of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s eleventh chapter is spent there, solving…medium.com
Florida, where executions are out of control, plans to kill two men today, the first at noon, the second at 6pm. By @edpilkington.bsky.social, who has covered state killing for years.
Alarm as Florida rushes to carry out ‘incredibly rare’ double executionRights groups condemn secrecy surrounding killings and say hurry to execute raises chance of ‘torturous’ deathswww.theguardian.com
I wrote in @unwinnable.com today about my toxic relationship with Mina the Hollower's giant hammer, and why I love it and hate it in equal parts. Check it out!
My Toxic Relationship with Mina the Hollower’s Giant Hammer - UnwinnableThe hammer feels inevitable.unwinnable.com
Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
VultureThere are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.
out: the VR suit that hurts you in: perfumes that smell like Nurikabe World, Harvest Moon, and Assassins Creed 2
GameSmell: A Videogame-Perfume Pairing List - UnwinnableI like the idea of spraying a perfume before you sit down to play a game; it’s like the VR suit that hurts you but, uh, more pleasant.unwinnable.com"the problem is they put the conflict minerals on the outside" feels like it's aged pretty well this month alone
Critical Error's 2025 GOTY (feat. All of Our Favorites)YouTube video by Critical Errorwww.youtube.comBucket MouseThe chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.
as it turns out, putting blood, sweat, tears into surviving to 24 and writing a book during your hardest year is worth it. thank you @lostincult.co.uk 💜 i definitely haven't processed this being my reality yet, but they're right there nonetheless. on my shelf. my book. that i wrote.
Today on Astral City Mini, I take a second bite of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and send it back to the kitchen.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: In Poor TasteIn the near-decade I've nurtured the belief that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the ugly outlier of its superlative Xeno-brethren, I've stopped a few times to wonder if I'd been overly harsh in my appraisal. A creeping fog over my long-term memory had left only vague distaste on my palate. I remember the story feeling hammy, the gameplay feeling clunky, the synthesis of it all feeling jagged and imprecise.astralcitymini.com
Cool that my piece on math and history in accounting for @unwinnable.com came out the same day as Microsoft's financials. unwinnable.com/2026/07/29/l...
Line Go Up - UnwinnableBut David, how do these super-mergers create value for the shareholders and why did we talk about the Italian Renaissance?unwinnable.comICYMI: "Jiro’s fiancé, Naoko Satomi, is the body of the nation." Feature Excerpt: @autumn-wright.com explores the various echoes of The Wind Rises' Naoko Satomi across media and their parallels with imperialism:
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - UnwinnableAs the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.unwinnable.com
a little bit of personal lore: my culture writing career began with a cranky blog about spider-man. for Fansplaining, I imagine the end of that career, with another blog about spider-man fansplaining.com/what-spider-...
What Spider-Man Can’t SaveIn which our hero contemplates a career writing about superheroes and pop culture—and imagines an ending.fansplaining.com
i was working on something else about zero parades (still forthcoming) that had a note that was like 'i don't know what to do with the theme of sexuality here' so when BP reached out i decided to try to close read it by itself. fun exercise! there's a lot happening there!
Bullet PointsOn the site this week, @jaymcastello.bsky.social writes about Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. "Portofiro struggles with perversion, Developed World variety." bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/07/29/w...
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Bullet PointsOn the site this week, @jaymcastello.bsky.social writes about Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. "Portofiro struggles with perversion, Developed World variety." bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/07/29/w...
In my latest essay: I watch the international aerial review and The Wind Rises, I read Tatsuo Hori and Jiro Horikoshi, and I diagnose empire and tuberculosis. unwinnable.com/2026/07/28/t...
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - UnwinnableAs the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.unwinnable.com"Jiro’s fiancé, Naoko Satomi, is the body of the nation." Feature Excerpt: @autumn-wright.com explores the various echoes of The Wind Rises' Naoko Satomi across media and their parallels with imperialism: unwinnable.com/2026/07/28/t...
The Many Faces of Naoko Satomi - UnwinnableAs the literal winds blowing off the Gulf of Lion are transformed into the winds of war in The Wind Rises, a person becomes a metaphor, too.unwinnable.com
“Without the nuances of Morton’s performance, the Circe scene as written by Nolan is rooted in men’s questionable fear of being accused of violence against women rather than the tragedy of how women navigate that very real threat to our lives.” My latest. www.vulture.com/article/circ...
The Odyssey’s Circe Is the Best Female Character Nolan Has Ever WrittenNolan’s never been great at writing women, but what doesn’t exist on the page Samantha Morton conjures through a tricksy, powerhouse performance.www.vulture.com