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Freelance editor & writer. Plays too many video games. You can read my musings on them here: https://aiptcomics.com/author/austin-mancheester/
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Steam Next Fest is here, and your wishlist is about to get a serious upgrade! 🎮✨ From cozy #puzzles to chilling #horror, @cosmiczorel.bsky.social handpicked 15 indie gems you need to play. Don't miss out—discover your next obsession now! #SteamNextFest 🔥👇

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is packed with surprises! 🏙️✨ #PokemonLegendsZA #Pokemon #gaming Mega Evolutions, a brand-new battle system, returning characters, and more—@keyrano.bsky.social shares 13 huge details you might have missed from the new trailers! 👀👇 🔗

Been really enjoying Star Wars Outlaws lately, and I like how I don't have to feel bad about robbing everyone in sight and selling their junk to fuel my Sabacc addiction!

🎮 Calling all gaming writers! Write reviews, features, or essays for AIPT's Gaming Section. Get access to free indie games and join our vibrant, independently-owned community. #writerswanted #freelancewriting #indiegames Sign up today: aiptcomics.com/write-for-ai...

New video games to wishlist for the week of 2/24/25 including #SpectreDivide, #MonsterHunterWilds, and more:

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog Shines like its titular star #Gaming #solthegundogshines #review Read @jseanharrison.bsky.social's review: aiptcomics.com/2025/02/24/s...

‘Worlds of Aria’ review: Cozy introduction to tabletop role-play gaming #WorldsofAira #gaming #review Read @manchesterwrites.bsky.social's review:

come join a lovely community of nerds and writers!

One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.”

Day 12 of SKEPTICISM MONTH on @aiptcomics.com says Happy Darwin Day! To celebrate, we're talking about something that is actually NOT evolution -- leveling up of Pokémon. It better resembles a different phenomenon in biology! aiptcomics.com/2025/02/12/p...

‘Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’ Tape 1 review: A bittersweet homecoming #LostRecords #gaming Read @cosmiczorel.bsky.social's review:

Stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with only a chatty therapy bot for company? 🤖❄️ @goldfirestudios.com Arctic Awakening is shaping up to be a gripping survival adventure with heart—and it deserves a spot on your wishlist. Check out @cosmiczorel.bsky.social's demo impressions! 🎮

New video games to wishlist for the week of 2/17/25 including #LostRecords, #LikeaDragon, #Avowed, and more:

I would love more people to read my books-without-pictures. This one made NPR's best fantasy novels of the decade but sales were sluggish. Two courtiers in 15th c Spain flee the Inquisition to search for the mythical king of birds. Monks, maps, meditations on collapse: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

‘Eternal Strands’ review: Chaotic and fun blend of genres that frustratingly overstays its welcome #EternalStrands #gaming @yellowbrickgames.bsky.social Read @manchesterwrites.bsky.social's review:

This is the first trade I can recall where 2-3 days later, I *literally* cannot believe it happened. Like, I see Luka in a Lakers uniform and wonder if I am in some kind of dream state. The Mavericks really did that?

Luka to the Lakers WTF?? Lol cannot wait for the inevitable inside story to come out about why the Mavs would trade away a top-five guy in his prime ... to the god damn LAKERS of all teams smh

New week, new #comics, and a new face! @colinreedmoon.bsky.social takes the reins of 'Judging by the Cover,' spotlighting the most stunning comic covers of Jan 29, 2025. 🎨✨ @jordilafebre.bsky.social #comicbooks #JudgingbytheCover Don’t miss his picks in this iconic AIPT column:

Will the Bills ever catch a break 😞

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

Got a notification David Mack followed me on here (!) so now is the perfect time to show off my painting of Geralt from The Witcher that he did. Glorious!

My cover to Uncanny X-Men from MARVEL- ART here: kirbyscomicartshop.com/collections/... THE MARVEL ART OF DAVID MACK: kickstarter.com/projects/clo... KABUKI HardCover - biggest book of my work: www.darkhorse.com/Blog/4052/ce...

You might have heard me mentioning that I was in New York last week. It was to play an early version of #AssassinsCreedShadows! Full thoughts in the link below, courtesy of @aiptcomics.com: aiptcomics.com/2025/01/26/a...

I'm enjoying Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, my first exposure to the Warhammer universe. I have no idea what's going on, getting by on vibes alone. The gameplay loop is dope

Nintendo Switch 2: Nintendo gives us more of the same, for the best #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #gaming We dig into the reveals:

Spent Saturday morning getting down some thoughts about what we know -- and don't know -- about the Nintendo Switch 2 for @aiptcomics.com aiptcomics.com/2025/01/18/n...

started 2025 off playing Jusant and Astro's Playroom, so yes this year is stressful already, thank you for asking

Each month, Never News Paid Subscribers will vote on which books I will be reading; those books are the Never News Short Book Club books for the month following. Here are February's nominees! colinreedmoon.substack.com/p/february-b... #booksky #ReadingCommunity #books

Part 2 of games in store for 2025 written for @aiptcomics.com this time focusing on indies and early access games that I hope release in full this year (please Hades 2, please) aiptcomics.com/2025/01/13/2...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa.

OK, WTH is going on with Meta? How do these changes affect your Facebook, IG and Threads posts? First, Meta is abandoning its third-party fact-checkers for community notes, like X. These fact-checking partners say they were "blindsided" by the decision to axe them. A thread ⏬

NEW: Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.

Good News: There’s a new Ghosts of Tsushima anime series coming Bad News: It arrives in 2027 aiptcomics.com/2025/01/07/g...

360 WINDMILL OKAYYYYYY ZION 😱😱😱😱

(see Porzingis go down in painful agony) me: oh no, not again... Brian Anderson: he got a cup check. half the population understands me: oh thank god, he just got kicked in the balls

Scoop: The former staff of Annapurna Interactive, who abruptly resigned last year, are starting a new company with an unexpected twist, taking over the portfolio of former Take-Two label Private Division. And PD's ~20 remaining staff are bracing for layoffs. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

really excited for all the great games in 2025, especially Ghost of Yotei and Clair Obscur! this feature is always one of my biggest projects each year, so I decided to separate it into two parts. another list focused on indie games will be published later this month!

Omgosh a new Bad Bunny album just came out. You know what goes great with that? The book I wrote about his life please buy a copy.

With ‘The Seasons,’ Rick Remender (@remender.bsky.social) and Paul Azaceta hope to bring the #comics audience a purer, more joyous tale. Remender told us all about it before issue #1 drops in late January (CC @imagecomics.bsky.social #comicbooks):

the Celtics closing out 2024 with a 54-point blowout and starting 2025 with a fun, close road win brings me joy. seems like they got their groove back

lots of 'how to write' and 'media criticism' chat today, which now we get to do every couple weeks since so many pro writers have come to bsky! my contribution is the same as it ever was which is simply this graph (source is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline...)

That's a wrap on year 5 of #XMenMonday at @aiptcomics.com! 🥳 A GIANT-SIZE THANKS to @cracksh0t.bsky.social, @tombrevoort.bsky.social, @tonybwood.bsky.social, and all the creators who took the time to chat! And thanks to all the #XMen fans who submitted questions, read, and shared! Happy New Year! 🥂

THE SHAPE OF WATER @realgdt.bsky.social

Peek into the process: The feature image took about a week to create, with a designer riffing off my first concept and ongoing notes. For this design we're going for a darker Mirage #TMNT vibe, with throwbacks to iconic Ninja Turtles elements like the brick wall and green mutant lettering. #design

🐢🎉 Cowabunga, #TMNT fans! AIPT presents TMNT Tuesday—your backstage pass to all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Ask the creative minds behind the Shelliverse your burning questions. First call for questions drops Jan 6! 🥷🐢🍕 #TMNTTuesday More info: aiptcomics.com/2025/01/01/i...

It feels right to take stock of the NBA and its teams as 2025 looms. And @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social can only rank five of them in his top tier — reserved for the league's top title contenders. www.nytimes.com/athletic/602...

I’m notoriously bad at highlighting my work, but this year I made one of my favorite trailers ever. Toonami was my portal to completely new forms of entertainment. To create an homage to that/DBZ would have 10-year-old Alex in tears. Excited to keep growing as an editor. youtu.be/qOkd6pXHtYY?...