Hit Points by Nathan Brown

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT VALLEYS, THAT'S ALL Kaleb Horton has departed this life, and for those left behind there is nothing that reconciles any part of what’s happened with what should’ve happened. He had a family, grieving now. He had friends,...

Some stories about my friend Kaleb, on the occasion of his funeral:

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It’s really good. Not sure I’m sold on the boons just yet but the core combat is absolutely delicious

If you're disgusted by all media outlets redirecting their coverage efforts toward Prime Day, please ask the human race to stop clicking on keyboard deals and start clicking on journalism instead. I promise you everyone wants to be doing the latter.

Did you know I wrote a book about the origins of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, console RPGs, and their rise to success in North America?

I did not but I do now and have just bought it. HTH

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A rare sojourn outside the paywall to explain why it's okay not to care about the EA buyout. Go! It's free!

lol

Earth Must Die on Steam These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

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store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

I wrote about that yesterday too! newsletter.hitpoints.co/339-objection/

A rare sojourn outside the paywall to explain why it's okay not to care about the EA buyout. Go! It's free!

If you're cancelling Game Pass today, grab a cheap indie game or two, and then put the rest of the money toward supporting indie games media by subscribing to your favourite podcasts/websites/etc.

the website to cancel Xbox Game Pass subscriptions is overloaded

Xbox Game Pass is now $29.99 a month. Microsoft is actively trying to shrink a subscription business. Just terrific stuff all round news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...

Jason Biggs, actor, American Pie II “I do play PlayStation. I have a PS2 console and it is awesome... It is amazing. PS one is still great, but the graphics and the concepts on PS2 are incredibly realistic… I had PS2 in my trailer for American Pie II. Me and the rest of the guys would get into some heated games.”

Vin Diesel, actor, The Fast & The Furious “If I'm not playing Sony PlayStation or rereading a classic or watching a foreign film…my friends and I get on the Internet and find out who I'm dating, and it's always hysterical.”

Jimmy Fallon, actor, Saturday Night Live “The PlayStation 2 is sweet! The new Madden game sounds insane... I want to play it now. I’m also excited about playing over the Internet. If they make an Olympic game it will be awesome to actually play someone in China. Too much fun.”

Dave Mathews, singer, Dave Mathew’s Band “The band is so into PlayStation 2. I can’t imagine being on the road without it. Our lounge on the bus is dedicated to PlayStation 2”

This 2002 press release of 'celebrity testimonials' for the PS2 is an absolutely incredible time capsule.

Kaleb Horton Writing can be beautiful.

wrote about a great writer thealexpress.substack.com/p/kaleb-horton

Very good comment that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter

Crikey!

Gutted at the news that Kaleb Horton is gone. Kaleb was a brilliant writer, of course, but he was also a gifted photographer. Years ago I encouraged him to sell his pieces. His work was so good, I told him, and people should see it.

Here are some of his beautiful shots.

Had no idea about this and am now absolutely devastated. Kaleb was so good, man. Should’ve been a household name. Should at least have been in stable employment. Poor guy. RIP

Slow Horses is back. To celebrate, listen to our episode with Daniel Pemberton, composer of the show’s theme tune (and many more), who reveals how Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger recorded the song’s vocals — using a studio on his ‘back-up’ island: www.patreon.com/posts/daniel...

Steam screenshot. Baby Steps, Neva and Sworn at discounted prices.

For sale:

DHS Calls for Media and Far Left to Stop the Demonization of President Trump, His Supporters, and DHS Law Enforcement 9/17/25 DHS Press Release

more like department of homies' insecurities

Fix your brain and heart

everyone has already got the explicit discourse on this covered so i will simply add its insanely funny to say this as the developer of games where you kill like. ten thousand guys

A 2TB Series X is now $50 more expensive than a 2TB PS5 *Pro*. Microsoft is actively trying to not sell consoles

Wrote about the idiot

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Wrote about the idiot

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