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samuelwroberts.bsky.social
PR most recently of Bethesda and Frontier, co-host of The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast, large man who lives in Bath.
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New episode! It's Monster Hunter Wilds day. Returning guest @2plus2isjoe.bsky.social joins us to share his thoughts on the game, as well as the history of the series. Listen wherever you get podcasts:

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More licensed games based on old movies, please, they're just such winners.

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Ultimates 10 is out next week. Warm your hands by the fire.

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Refreshing to log on and realise you've missed a discourse. 😎

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"If you were Dawn’s age, you related to her; if you were older, you felt, as Buffy did, protective of her. That was the magic of Michelle Trachtenberg"

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That Rishi episode of Industry did live up to the hype, in fairness. Nice we got one good thing out of the Liz Truss economic crash (that and the lettuce).

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Avowed now the MVP of the 'don't worry, we're here to make you not regret your pricey graphics card upgrade' crew.

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Old as hell PC gamers pouring several ones out today

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A year from now these same companies will be pouring money into new studios and struggling to recruit the expertise they need to make the projects they have to make because the knowledge was institutional.

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With Half-Life 2 finished, I will now eat my vegetables (finish Opposing Force) before moving on to dessert (Episodes 1 and 2).

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They earned it.

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Finished the first volume of 20th Century Boys. That device of 'something bad happened when you were a kid but as a tired adult you've forgotten it and must figure it out before everything is fucked' is just a winner.

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Blorko? Love that guy.

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Really like this quote from Kepler Interactive's CEO, and think it shows in their games. Those same few influences being so pervasive is why a lot of pop culture seems infantilising. www.gamesindustry.biz/how-kepler-i...

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Kazuyuki Hashimoto working on Final Fantasy VII

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*deep sigh* So it's come to this.

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"It's like Games Workshop for your face." - me after a friend explained their 20-bottle skincare regime.

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Season 3 way stronger. The Kit Harington CEO character is so well-observed. Also benefits from trimming down the cast a bit.

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In my 'man of leisure' era.

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Tempest Rising has gone to the top of Big Sammy's Most Wanted list. Out in April, heavily inspired by Command & Conquer. I'm all over this shit.

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Love a video interview where I can see my face increasing in redness over the course of a call until I go full Question Time by the end.

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And blimey, wait until you see the newsstand one. Out today!

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Surprised Industry got a season 3 off the back of season 2. Feels like the season that gets a show cancelled – loses grip of the characters, especially Harper. Still very entertaining, but I feel like the Succession comparisons were a bit false.

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I have finally finished the longest game of all time (Dynasty Warriors: Origins). On to the next 60 hour monster.

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What I hate about this diet: it works. You just have to not mind feeling like you've been clubbed on the head for 48 hours a week.

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Have Game Pass again for Avowed. What sold me: people saying it's basically a different game if you focus on magic powers over swords. Quite fancy that (and fantasy parkour).

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I loved the first game, one of those classic Switch indies for me (before they all started running at about 15fps).

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KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! Let's make game discovery work again. 😍Dating app that matches you with games rather than people. 🃏Deck-builder that discerns your next favourite game. 🎓Get recommendations from experts you know and trust. Share and back to make this real: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

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literally every time i pack for a trip i think about this post

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What I'm doing when I like your LinkedIn post:

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"These fat deeds have fat ends." - me going back on the 5:2 diet.

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 16,1949

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First bit of freelance since 2021. Foolishly forgot how hard writing is – got 10 or so incomplete paragraphs floating apart from each other in a Google doc. Just have to locate the part of my brain that knows how to put them together.

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