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Freelance writer, seen on @gameinformer, @GIBiz, @ebertvoices, @inversedotcom, @NPR, @polygon, @RollingStone, @Variety, and quite a lot more, actually. He/him joshuaabroadwell.journoportfolio.com

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I thought Fallout Season 1 spun its wheels way too much but Season 2 looks *good* #Gamescom2025

19.08.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah I'm gonna need that Seikret mount in FFXIV

19.08.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Uh, chocobos in MonHun YES PLEASE #Gamescom2025

19.08.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New Lego Batman looks so good #Gamescom2025

19.08.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Casual reminder that it was shortly after the release of Tales of Xillia that Tales games actively stopped crediting their English localizers. Bonus fact: Did you know that it's basically the only best-selling JRPG series to have this issue?

19.08.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It reminds me of the Mother 3 scenario where the hype became its own thing almost entirely separate from the game itself (and people's desire to actually play it)

19.08.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh that is a *very good* case, wow

19.08.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All of this phasing out of criticism, this terrible devaluing of it. Iโ€™m sad for myself as a lover of it, someone whose life has been enriched by it, but also, how are young people going to learn to really engage with art, to think and feel deeply about it, make connections between it and the world?

19.08.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That'sa very good collection case

19.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think this should be canon

19.08.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(I don't like Ethan but it would've been funny to have him there covering his face, with a hand as his background motif)

19.08.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Capcom: Ethan... Winters? Lol no no, that guy's called Chris Redfield

19.08.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spiritfarer Taught Me How To Forgive Thunder Lotus' game about end-of-life care showed me that it's never too early to try to understand someone better.

I decided to be vulnerable online and wrote about how Spiritfarer instructs and reflects my changing view of forgiveness in a world where loss is inevitable.

18.08.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Another to add to this list: ใƒ‡ใ‚ฐ (degu) is a prefix that seems to mean "large", and may have come from the Japanese word ใƒ‡ใƒ– (debu) meaning "fat". So ใƒ‡ใ‚ฐใƒ‰ใ‚ฌ (degu doga) would be "large doga". Other enemies with this prefix include ใƒ‡ใ‚ฐใ‚ฌใƒผใƒž (EN: Frox), ใƒ‡ใ‚ฐใƒใ‚ฅ (EN: Large Poe), and the ใƒ‡ใ‚ฐใƒ†ใƒผใƒซ boss.

18.08.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exciting! Hope you have a blast

18.08.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you know that 'news' is actually an acronym? Yep. It stands for Notable Events, Weather, and Sonicthehedgehog.

18.08.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday Ed!!

18.08.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok, so. I've been let go of my job at TheGamer. If you're looking for a gaming journalist with 7+ years of experience in the field and 3 years of experience as an editor, just hit me up at synchrocolt@gmail.com, or check santileguiza.com to read my work!

18.08.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Clockwork Revolution dev InXile worked on a Wasteland VR survival game with DayZ's former directorโ€”until Xbox cancelled it "Microsoft wasn't hot on VR."

An exclusive for you: the former director of DayZ worked alongside the current director of Clockwork Revolution on a Wasteland-universe survival game at InXile. "There was a robotic sperm whale off the coast, and it was called Roby Dick." www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...

18.08.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*slaps roof of Nintendo Direct* You can fit so much Kirby Air Riders into this thing

18.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never seen the 2005 movie and I'm sure it's good but I dunno. Cutting out so much to fit it in 2 hours seems like you're missing all of the point(s) outside of the romance bit

17.08.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jennifer Ehle as Lizzie Bennett and Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice

Jennifer Ehle as Lizzie Bennett and Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice

Did my annual re-watch of Pride and Prejudice (1995) yesterday and yep, it's still brilliant

17.08.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Wow, Randy Pitchford's really gonna have to up his "leaving sensitive information behind in public places" game now

16.08.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey this is awesome - congrats Hayes!!!

16.08.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What your favorite UFO 50 game says about you With UFO 50 now out on Nintendo Switch, allow us to guess your whole deal based solely on your favorite game in the retro game collection.

Behold, the stupidest shit I've ever written. www.polygon.com/what-your-fa...

15.08.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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โ€œMafia: The Old Countryโ€ is One of 2025โ€™s Most Cinematic Games | Video Games | Roger Ebert The lean nature of the storytelling here is refreshing in a time when most games are undeniably flabby.

"This return to linear storytelling in a robust, well-designed game world reminded me of a different kind of gaming joy,โ€ writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in his review of the video game MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY: www.rogerebert.com/video-games/...

15.08.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Promotional Trailer - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
YouTube video by GungHo Promotional Trailer - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

Interesting to see they're angling it toward people already familiar with the series (with all that jargon in the trailer text at the start) instead of trying to bring in new audiences

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQrn...

15.08.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"There's got to be a game in here somewhere": How Felt That: Boxing quietly became one of the most innovative games in development Interview | There's much more to this outrageous arcade fighter than meets the eye

Thoroughly enjoyed doing the interviews for this piece and really pleased with how it turned out (thanks @andybrown202.bsky.social ).

I canโ€™t wait to see how Felt That: Boxing turns out in the end and how this technology evolves.

www.gamesradar.com/games/fighti...

15.08.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see he's rebranded

15.08.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 421    ๐Ÿ” 197    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My favorite #FinalFantasy ships ๐Ÿฅฐ

14.08.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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