Giovanni Colantonio

A pork stew sits in a bowl on a table.

At the very least, my stunt journalism stew was a huge hit and you can find out what the hell it has to do with video games later this week.

A text message predicts that Brock Lesnar was going to return to WWE at Summerslam.

hate to be right

Oh fuck off

Dig Dig Dino!!

(I do have one strong critique about how the story here wraps up but getting into it here would kinda give away where it goes. Excellent stuff, just falls short on nuance at the finish line to sell its sentimental takeaway.)

Thanks for recommending this. Fantastic.

Oh wow, this is tremendous. Without saying much, it’s so effective at putting the thing it’s talking about to mechanics that I figured out the point it was building to in minutes as someone with closeness to the subject matter. One hour, a few bucks, play it.

chuffed to see nintendo reroot iconic characters in blue collar positions. mario the plumber. donkey kong works in the mines. link's with the teamsters. pikachu lives on comp after having his tail mauled by a heat press. kirby was assassinated by nabisco for trying to unionize south american plants.

Just slow cooking the stew with a sprig for the start, but going to crush extra in towards the end. 5 hour cook coming.

Sometimes, this too is games journalism.

This is shockingly more accurate than you’d think, in a roundabout way.

a man wearing only an italian flag apron stands in front of a tray of diced vegetables and yes, there is a code red on the counter

behind the scenes of the next Colantonio Gonzo Journalism Special

Iron on patches appear on a display stand in a retail store. The letters K M and S are put next to each other in a row.

some poor retail employee is going through it

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There’s a very specific brand of misinformation that spreads on Bluesky because it reinforces the preexisting perceptions of users, and then you’ll find out on post four that it’s the poster’s interpretation, and shaped by a crappy source. And then you’ll see the first post 10 more times that day.

you ever think about how woke is an anagram for ewok

“AI will help with pointless interactions like item descriptions and NPC barks” if it’s pointless it shouldn’t be in the game. If there’s nothing interesting about something, cut it

Genuinely the best thing in NYC.

A white cat sniffs a handful of fur that was brushed off her. It’s an enormous ball of fur.

are you proud

is it safe for a cat to constantly be trying to huff laptop and steam deck fumes

Unbelievable bit

The guy crashed out in public not even that long ago! It was a huge story!!!

YES

got off the airplane and immediately started reading about joey swoll drama

sometimes people just be sayin stuff

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The first issue of re:frame is out! Come for my intro letter, stay for @kambole.bsky.social on My Dress-Up Darling. (And look forward to more from @thesaintoftous.bsky.social in the near future.)

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I think she does a solid job hamming it way up!

It is no Popstar: Never Stop Popping, but nothing ever will be again I fear.

The Naked Gun was a real fun movie theater ass movie, let me tell you. A few bits that slayed me, a lot of good sensible chuckles. An extended Buffy the Vampire Slayer gag. And a surprise manosphere send up to boot? Yeah! Fun!

Oh fuck I didn’t even know you were LA based