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jsimpson126.bsky.social
Nonbinary person who thinks too much about works of fiction. English Lit/Media Analysis MA, librarian-in-training Sometimes write for @startmenu.bsky.social they/them
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Posting pictures of my elf, you're welcome #ffxiv | #elezen | #gpose

Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing (2025): Lexi Bomb Quick Look

@lexluddy.xyz u ok, pal?

Genuinely sad not to have the Game Mess Mornings take on stuff this morning

@lexluddy.xyz oh my fucking god mass effect Andromeda has an entire section of the codex dedicated to glazing SpaceX holy shit

@jsimpson126.bsky.social u ok, pal?

THAT'S MY MINOR LEAGUE TEAM LET'S GO

No hate to whoever they forced to write this, but THIS FUCKING SUCKS

Well, that was a dream come true. Knew it wouldn't last, though. Out of a job at the moment. But I'll always be doing patreon.com/gamemess

Cristiano Ronaldo is a charge character, yall should look up "Ronaldo Charges" to see his moves.

I'm not being funny but the time wasted on writing an article that essentially says "you can choose not to consume this piece of media" could have been spent writing either an actual review or an actual article about why we shouldn't buy it because BDS

I reviewed Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves for Digital Trends. It’s a great fighting game dragged down by the state of the world. This is the hardest review I've ever had to write. I hope you'll read it. I can't thank @marioprime.bsky.social enough for giving this a home.

"The added a new Genji skin to Overwatch." "So what?"

Judge me based on my commanders

On this day, six years ago, the first articles were posted on startmenu.co.uk. Since then, we've supported over 250 Discord members, mentored over 115 writers who've written for the site, dozens of guest contributors have joined us, and we've rebooted the podcast (only) four times.

a reminder that "death of the author" is not a balm to assuage your guilt for engaging w/ media made by hateful people it's a media theory that ignores author intent, preferring reader interpretation so sure "miku" wrote it, but you still gave a bigot your money and they're using it to harm folks

This is where your Harry Potter money goes

Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions: A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans. I would like to amend my prior statement. Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.