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Giovanni Colantonio

@marioprime.bsky.social

Video game critic, Editor-at-Large @ Polygon. Formerly Digital Trends, Inverse, Hard Drive i am never doing “discourse” i do not know what random post you are talking about

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(Chanting) game awards GAME AWARDS

10.10.2025 03:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hahaha I sadly will not be there (even though it is in my city!!!). I will remember this and claim the handshake when you least expect it

10.10.2025 03:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Football is so funny dude

10.10.2025 03:04 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A photo of a bridge bather in golden light.

A photo of a bridge bather in golden light.

Tomorrow.

09.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

They are watching us

10.10.2025 02:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And on the 5th day, god created the swear button

10.10.2025 01:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

if you believe in “god’s plan” and that everything we experience was planned out, you also have to accept that 50 cent: blood in the sand was also part of that design

10.10.2025 01:42 — 👍 45    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 0

nothing worse than seeing a guy who looks exactly like you on SVU

10.10.2025 01:10 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
A photo of a bridge bather in golden light.

A photo of a bridge bather in golden light.

Tomorrow.

09.10.2025 22:02 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Absolum is an OK roguelike, but a fantastic beat-'em-up Dotemu's latest is an inventive genre fusion, even if its retro side is stronger than its modern half

Absolum is, no surprise, an expertly crafted beat-em-up from Dotemu. And it comes with some very clever rogue hooks too. While I really dig what it does, it’s another new retro game that has me thinking about the natural replay drive of arcade games. My review. www.polygon.com/absolum-revi...

09.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0
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Steam Just Quietly Added A Stunning Horror Mystery With A Surprising Twist A stunning new mystery game is the perfect game to play this Halloween, even if you're not a typical horror fan.

checked out Carimara on a whim, got maybe the most gorgeous and heartbreaking game I've played all year by surprise www.inverse.com/gaming/carim...

09.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

lol no no, I didn't take it like that, I just think the context of "Skull Boyz" is funny

09.10.2025 18:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was an ironic gag at the time. I was in a joke group with musicians in the scene called the Skull Boyz where we all wore different stupid skull hoodies.

09.10.2025 18:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A man, wearing a hoodie with an American flag skull on it, holds several dollars bills.

A man, wearing a hoodie with an American flag skull on it, holds several dollars bills.

here is a picture of me from 10 years ago that just popped up on facebook, captioned "yung miracle." it was taken at sidewalk cafe, where i spent so many nights of my 20s learning how to make music among the antifolk greats.

tomorrow. the vault opens.

09.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 35    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Big fan of The Room series myself too. Big on that studio. (Their new VR game Ghost Town is GREAT too.)

09.10.2025 18:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They're both SO good!!!

09.10.2025 18:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Strange Horticulture's sequel turns antiquing into puzzle gold Strange Antiquities turns the plant-identifying puzzles of 2022's Strange Horticulture into a deduction game about the joys of haunted trinkets.

i had never played Strange Horticulture but i picked Strange Antiquities up and it SLAPS. it fully consumed my brain until i finished it, at which point i immediately went and got Strange Horticulture and blew through that too. ty @marioprime.bsky.social for this!
www.polygon.com/strange-anti...

09.10.2025 18:04 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

big big same

09.10.2025 16:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The funny part is that there is plenty of room to interpret the thing as having surprisingly okay politics if you really want to get into where the story goes. But it's so dumb that it basically just functions as a Rorschach test for whatever you want it to mean. So, yeah, exactly.

09.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Played Battlefield 6's campaign and I truly think it's too dumb to get mad about in any real way. If you try to dissect the politics of the thing, you will die instantly.

09.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

You DID, and I THINK about it.

09.10.2025 14:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Was sincerely my first though this AM when I saw that whole thing.

09.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

clap clap clapclapclap

09.10.2025 14:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

yeah when you put it like that

09.10.2025 14:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

hate 2 see a heated debate start that is close enough to a thing i posted recently, but not quite what i was actually saying. sorry!!!!

09.10.2025 14:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The Outer Worlds 2, More Ghost of Yotei, And Battle Suit Aces Interview | The Game Informer Show
YouTube video by Game Informer The Outer Worlds 2, More Ghost of Yotei, And Battle Suit Aces Interview | The Game Informer Show

anyways here's a pod episode from last week, featuring a 35-minute interview with the team behind newly launched indie gem Battle Suit Aces and a discussion about the stellar Consume Me.

youtu.be/MxMY2RPERpQ?...

09.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 26    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0
A man, wearing a hoodie with an American flag skull on it, holds several dollars bills.

A man, wearing a hoodie with an American flag skull on it, holds several dollars bills.

here is a picture of me from 10 years ago that just popped up on facebook, captioned "yung miracle." it was taken at sidewalk cafe, where i spent so many nights of my 20s learning how to make music among the antifolk greats.

tomorrow. the vault opens.

09.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 35    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks so much for reading and sharing!!

09.10.2025 13:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Absolum is an OK roguelike, but a fantastic beat-'em-up Dotemu's latest is an inventive genre fusion, even if its retro side is stronger than its modern half

I enjoyed this review of Absolum! It asks

A) What does the death in a beatem up mean ?
B) Does using a genre that creates incentive for modern players to do multiple runs work better than the vintage design conventions?

Excellent writing @marioprime.bsky.social

www.polygon.com/absolum-revi...

09.10.2025 13:57 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This game has a mage frog who’s consumed by and endless thirst for vengeance and he fucking rips

09.10.2025 13:28 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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