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Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup From the former team of The Escapist. Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
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Co-op survival horror Whisper Mountain is on the menu tonight with @sigmagears9.bsky.social & @prettygrimgames.bsky.social because it came out today! I've put some time into it solo, but want to see how it plays with a group.
7 pm EST!
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Weapons is an intensely personal film for director Zach Cregger. Cregger was a member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’Know, and in particular a close friend and collaborator of member Trevor Moore. Cregger’s directorial debut was the film Miss March, co-written and co-directed with Moore. The pair also co-wrote and co-directed The Civil War on Drugs. They were a true creative partnership. Cregger had branched out on his own to make Barbarian, his first solo feature, but the two remained incredibly close. Early in the morning of August 7, 2021, in a tragic accident, Moore fell from the balcony of his Los Angeles home. Law enforcement responded to a call at “around 2:30am.” Moore was declared dead at the scene. As Cregger related to the podcast The Big Picture, he was working on postproduction of Barbarian at the time. However, he began writing the script that would become Weapons. He wrote it almost off-the-cuff, starting the screenplay with no idea how it would end. Cregger has been quite open about this aspect of the film, rather than trying to preserve any air of mystery. “I was in post on Barbarian, and my best friend died in an accident that was really hard to understand,” Cregger told The Hollywood Reporter. The script “was just like an emotional reaction to that.” Watching Weapons, one really gets a sense that the movie is much more driven by emotion and experience than by mythology or plot. Knowing these details about Cregger’s motivations, Weapons makes a lot more sense. The movie was released on the fourth anniversary of Trevor Moore’s death, between August 6 and August 8. Even the premise of the movie, with an entire class of children waking up, leaving their homes and wandering “into the dark” at “exactly 2:17am” is timed to evoke the tragic and senseless early morning passing of Cregger’s best friend.
I wrote a little bit about #Weapons at @SecondWindGroup.com.
How Zach Cregger created a horror film that manages to be both bracingly personal and hauntingly universal.
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Weapons is an intensely personal, chillingly universal film, and one of the year's best.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into how the new movie conjures its cinematic witchcraft.
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You've waited long enough Super Smash Sunday returns today at 12:30PM ET on the @secondwindgroup.com twitch!
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Then Extended hours over on my channel starting at 2:30PM ET
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#ReturnoftheSmash
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In about 30 minutes I'm back with @prettygrimgames.bsky.social walking Marty through Fallout: New Vegas.
Marty has been busy collecting bottle caps and companions.
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Enjoying all our work?
Well good news, you can stay inside and avoid this dreadful Summer heat even more with a 20% discount on our Patreon sub until the end of the month!
Plenty of Patreon exclusive vids for you to check out along with tons of other benefits. www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
In this week's Semi-Ramblomatic, I get a bit unreasonably cross about dodgy wordplay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWc...
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This week on Fully Ramblomatic, I fulfil my obligations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Sy...
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Going live with a sponsored stream for Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream from @riverendgames.bsky.social in just a few minutes!
I'm sure @thejenna.bsky.social will be very helpful when it comes to stealthy gameplay.
Will we put it's name up in NEON lights or send it into the ABYSS?
@sigmagears9.bsky.social and I play Neon Abyss 2 with @prettygrimgames.bsky.social on @secondwindgroup.com!
HOT MONDAY ENERGY, BABBBYYY!
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I am back with a new Starter Pack for Games and Studios!
This is Pack 8 with 150 new accounts for you to follow.
I've been compiling accounts since everyone moved to Bluesky, so check my other Starter Packs for tons of accounts to follow if you want your feed full of video games.
Notes from a Google Meets meeting reading: "Jack Packard's Appearance: Jack Packard discussed shaving his mustache, noting that while he liked its look in person, he disliked it on video, which was why he decided to shave it (00:00:00). Marty Sliva and Jm8 expressed that they thought it looked great, while KC Nwosu remarked that shaving was "classic Jack" (00:00:40)."
Here at @secondwindgroup.com we discus important topics at our meetings... about important things.
04.08.2025 21:38 — 👍 91 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 1Probably missed the point because they were too busy looking at map markers of feathers 🤫
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This week on Design Delve, @designdelve.bsky.social takes a look at open world design and what developers still seem to miss about what makes it actually fun.
Presented by @gamemaker.io.
It's time for me to do another 8 hours of Persona 5.
The community demands it so.
See you in about 15 minutes for the continued adventures of Stunzeed.
There's a lot of "Soulslike fatigue" out there, but what you might actually be tired of is most soulslikes looking too similar.
@nickjcal.bsky.social explores the topic on this week's Unpacked.
Presented by @gamemaker.io.
There's a lot of "Soulslike fatigue" out there, but what you might actually be tired of is most soulslikes looking too similar.
@nickjcal.bsky.social explores the topic on this week's Unpacked.
Presented by @gamemaker.io.
Also, "Twisted Metal" launched its second season on Peacock this week.
As with the first season, I was really impressed by how fun it is, committed to its premise and how deeply it understands the nostalgia of adapting the experience of playing the game in the late 1990s.
Fun!
It had dinosaurs, so I had to play it. But not even those could save it from a few harsh opinions.
Short and sweet review of Primal Planet.
RPG Help Desk time!
Gaming cons! Why do they exist? Are they worth it? Let's discuss. And talk about whatever other TTRPG stuff yall bring up.
Also I just came in from jogging, so sorry if there's sweat.
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What if metroidvania, but dinos?
@rexiconjesse.bsky.social digs into Primal Planet for our latest Bytesized Review.
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I’m just going to leave this screenshot here and not offer any context.
30.07.2025 16:25 — 👍 66 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1Find out next week :)
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Oh, banana!
This week on Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social reviewed Donkey Kong Bananza!
Long overdue, but I'm returning to Dark Souls 2.
Join @thejenna.bsky.social and I in about 20 minutes as I restart the journey!
Streaming live with @jackpackard.bsky.social and Marty.
Check it out!
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In about 40 minutes Marty, @darrenmooney.bsky.social, and I will be talking movies!!!
- Fantastic 4 (2025)
- Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
and if there's time...
- Trail and Error (1997)
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Impressively put together doco from @secondwindgroup.com
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This week, for @secondwindgroup.com, I took a look at the existential anxieties coarsing through #FantasticFour, the current state of the superhero genre, and how it feels more like the end of something than the beginning.
WATCH: youtu.be/01a4lf2X1AM?...
