Russ Brock

Has Xbox considered laying one person off instead of thousands:

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Killer of Killers is so good.

ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."

New in PN: ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller

"Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."

YouTube video by 505 Games Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement Announce Trailer [ESRB]

Super excited for the teams at ArtPlay and 505 to finally reveal what they have been cooking up.

Proud to have been a small part of the game in the early stages. Keep up the great work! 🎮

YouTube video by IGN End of Abyss - Official Reveal Trailer | Summer Game Fest 2025

And this.

YouTube video by Brass Lion Entertainment Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver | Official Teaser Trailer

Not much at SGF go me excited. Except this. 🎮

Efficiency Without Morality Is Tyranny Notes on Sedation, Technocracy, and AI

Good insight on how businesses make decision in modern industry. And quite topical considering layoffs in the gaming industry, again, under the guise of executives' promise to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities." 🎮

Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible | VGC The game will offer 3 levels of difficulty for the base game…

All for this. I really enjoyed the game/story but I hit a hard wall and would have loved to finish the story without unnecessarily bashing my head against a wall to do so. 🎮

This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.

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Probably shouldn’t have expected anything from United today. I will never know how Amorim rated Shaw. And Zirkzee should probably have started, or at least come on sooner. #mufc

Harrydihno? Maguidihno? Whatever, he was brilliant today!

(Image screen capped from @unitedpeoplestv.bsky.social YT video.) #mufc

I’ve been reading Polygon nearly everyday since it launched.

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Giant Bomb was the podcast that helped survive an unspeakable commute for nearly a decade.

Damn, May Day madness as two cornerstones of gaming journalism decimated in the same day - Giant Bomb and Polygon. Best of luck to all those affected. As a listener/reader your work was amazing. 🎮

EA's very normal and definitely not freakishly doll-looking CEO Andrew Wilson

For no particular reason, let's look at how much money EA execs made recently

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As someone who frequented 924 Gilman Street (punk rock venue in Berkley) in the 90's, it always hurt to see bands like Green Day, Rancid, and AFI "sell out" when they did. In hindsight it was necessary growth. "Influencers" will never have the same cultural significance but rather be a drain on it.

Narrator: This was not, in fact, the American dream.

Oblivion was the first 360 game I played and I sunk more than 200 hours into it. Loved it. But, yeah, it can wait. 🎮

HARRY F’ING MAGUIRE!!!!!!! #mufc

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Good lord almighty, what a game. I need to go lay down. #mufc

Great piece. It also speaks to how I (we) largely continue to consume news these days - just the headlines. And also helped give rise to social media where anyone could post their "fast, reckless and very bad takes" in 140 characters or less. 😬

YouTube video by Marathon Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short

Catching up on the Marathon discourse and, accessible or not, it doesn't sound like a game for me as I still prefer single player affairs to multiplayer grinds.

However, this trailer is dope. I'd watch a full film in this style. 🎮

Dreadful performance today. Zirkzee injured. Everything riding on Thursday’s game against Lyon. 🤦🏻‍♂️ #mufc

Glad to see her finally get her chance. She’s been fantastic for United! #mufc

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There are definitely more important things in the world but, oh damn, I just realized Blue Prince is also on Game Pass, and plus South of Midnight and Atomfall just recently launched, and I still want to finish Avowed. Need to finish my credential ASAP. 🎮

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

Remember SignalGate?

(One of Trump's superpowers is being involved in so many scandals all the time that very few of them end up having staying power beyond a news cycle or two.)

I don’t know, the author of this article seems like a genius to me. 😜

Agree that some factors are out of Nintendo’s control but, yeah, this could be a big misstep. Maybe of WiiU proportions?

YouTube video by Nintendo of America The Duskbloods – Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2

It is undeniable that FromSoftware are continuously creating some of the most impressive designs in the industry. I would love to experience this story, but the games are just not accessible to be me. Would putting a game on Switch 2 allow them to consider a difficulty option? 🎮