Reid McCarter

I think this is a lovely chat that gets to the heart of what I care about in a video game.

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BPX 10 - Romance Games Bullet Points · Episode

On a new BPX episode,
@edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social is joined by critic @gracemachine.bsky.social to discuss romance in videogames, player choice, "wholesome games," and more. open.spotify.com/episode/1rI2...

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Gone Shootin' - Bad Internet, Worse Kongs Bullet Points · Episode

New Gone Shooting is up, discussing Steam and Itch removing "adult" games, but also other stuff, like: the Kong family, popular podcast guests, more objective dog and cat ratings, and the nation of Angola. open.spotify.com/episode/4BV8...

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New this week on the site, David Wolinsky writes about the five(ish) stages of playing Death Stranding 2. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/07/30/p...

Introducing the Greatest Hits 2 bundle of ebooks—65 books about #gamedev and gaming culture! Available from @story-bundle.bsky.social for a limited time. Check out the bundle here: storybundle.com/games

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there's a new StoryBundle up, and it has Okay, Hero, the book @reidmccarter.bsky.social and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social wrote, with editing from @strida.bsky.social, in it along with a whole lot else. check it out, diamond dogs. storybundle.com/games

StoryBundle Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

there's a new StoryBundle up, and it has Okay, Hero, the book me and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social wrote, with editing from @strida.bsky.social, in it along with a whole lot else. check it out, diamond dogs. storybundle.com/games

Okay, Hero is in a bundle with a lot (a lot!) of other books. if you'd like to read me and @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social writing a lot of words on the Metal Gear Solid games, check it out

Just looked at this and realised it contains Okay, Hero. I would say this, but frankly that's worth the price of admission alone.

Embed With Games is now available in this little ebook bundle for a limited time, pay what you want

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i'm gonna take a job at Digital Foundry and provide detailed tech analysis such as: "i like the monkey's fur" and "i like when the monkey's fur is all lit up by the sunshine"

i wrote about Death Stranding 2, cycles within the game and outside of it, and struggling for nirvana at @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social. read it right here: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/07/11/b...

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New this week on the site: @reidmccarter.bsky.social writes about cycles and recurrences in Death Stranding 2: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/07/11/b...

Last month, Unwinnable turned 15 years old.

A third of my life has been spent maintaining Unwinnable as a place that publishes stories no one else will print.

So long as I am around, Unwinnable will be around.

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I talk about playing the PS1 game World's Scariest Police Chases on 9/11.

Reid's brother met Joni Mitchell.

Yussef describes the picture he sent to Nintendo Power magazine.

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Gone Shootin' - Nursing Home Battlefield Installation Service Bullet Points · Episode

On this episode of Gone Shootin', @youmeyou.bsky.social, @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social, & @reidmccarter.bsky.social talk about the best ways to sell 100M copies of Battlefield 6, continue our objective ranking of dogs & cats, & dig into some Andorra Facts. open.spotify.com/episode/0PHM...

finally: the objective truth, revealed!

Rashomon Remastered: Chronological Experience Update

Got a piece on this history of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in this gorgeous new journal:

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