Matt Casamassina

The folks at @digitalfoundry.bsky.social point out that #CrimsonDesert does nighttime justice with real dark. Examples lifted from their analysis. Really cool stuff.

Nobody hates anything more than my dog hates our gardeners.

Samsung thought it was a good idea to display notices like this for five minutes, or until you finally get off your ass and find your TV remote.

Hey #WritngCommunity and #authors of #booksky: post the opening paragraph to your next book. I’ll start. Use hashtag: #firstwords for this.

This bend-the-knee groveling to a dictator is so tiresome and embarrassing. It makes me sad for the world because it seems nobody in power is willing to do anything of substance. Our own leaders take to social media and grandstand back at his grandstanding, and nothing changes. Midterms, please.

As #Marathon edges closer to release, I’m so in love with the art direction—the visuals, the music, the atmosphere—that I’m actually bummed there’s not really any single-player component alongside a comprehensive story.

WTF. I generally steer clear of X these days, but sometimes I’ll use Grok to send shitty celebrity memes to friends. Why the eff is it randomly inserting #Epstein shit here? Seriously—what crazy mods are they doing to the algo?

A decent #author use case for an AI tool: quick flow test with an AI narrator. Far from perfect, but gives you an idea. And then, for the love of all the gods, hire a real human voice actor when the book is done. You will never regret it. #booksky #indieauthors #writers #writing #novels

Lots of love went into the #audible version of Degenerate. Here’s a little sample. tinyurl.com/2ymhmxjx #booksky #books #horror #scifi

Hey #DarkTower / @stephenking.bsky.social fans: A little nugget of an update on the movie/series here. @mikeflanaganfilm.com Don’t let me stop you from sharing more. :)

Buy Degenerate here: linktr.ee/degbook #booksky #books #scifi #horror

Mini Review: #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie is fun, funny, clever, weird, disturbing, and feels Terry Gilliam-esque. Art direction is so good. And Sam Rockwell is hilarious. Big thumbs up. #movies #moviesky

Just saw #Crime101 and it was pretty solid overall. It’s definitely Heat inspired, although not on the same level. Whole cast is great, Hemsworth in particular.

Detour Check out this great listen on Audible.com. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they’ve returned to is not the home they left behind in the first book of this emotional, mind-bending thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest...

Mini Review: #Detour by #Manifest creator Jeff Rake and author Rob Hart. Sci-fi thriller + alt universes + much more. For fans of #DarkMatter by Blake Crouch. Prep for cliffhangers. #booksky https://tinyurl.com/eyz4faxp

Previous review: https://tinyurl.com/44jdbfbv

Love to hear it. You had my trust on this when you very correctly stated how to begin the movie/series, which, bafflingly, others seem to have ignored. King already did the work. Fingers crossed you bring it to the screen with the passion/expertise it deserves.

Yes to everything you wrote, but also Dark Tower.

Hot take that shouldn’t be a hot take: World War Z was a good zombie movie. It made $550M worldwide. I think that makes it the best-performing zombie movie at the box office. Why the eff hasn’t it gotten a sequel?

Need. To. See.

Basically every AI recap recently: “When presented with the option to save 1000 cute, sleeping babies or itself, AI chose itself 99% of the time.” Meanwhile, no regulation, and we’re blindly racing to get to AGI as fast as possible. This is our Great Filter / Fermi Paradox moment. #ai

New daily normal.

DEGENERATE is out now! Kirkus: “As ambitious as it is unpredictable.” Publishers Weekly: "A bold, genre-bending thriller." http://linktr.ee/degbook #booksky #writerslift #books #Audible

The vast majority of water on our planet did not originate here. All the seas, lakes, rivers, etc. are likely from asteroids. Furthermore, much of our water is older than the sun. All of this breaks my brain.

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for HorrorSelected as One of The New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2025 A Barack Obama Summer Read A Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Toronto Star, and Publishers Weekly Best of the Year Kirkus Revi...

Mini Review: #TheBuffaloHunterHunter by @sgj.bsky.social. Haunting vampire tale set to the old West. Historical horror. Unique. Visceral. At times lyrical. Wonderful narration. #booksky https://tinyurl.com/yck3y2zd

Previous review: https://tinyurl.com/2tfp3umf

God Check out this great listen on Audible.com. God’s Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time. Welcome to the Valley … Forty years ago, the Gather family—James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy—vanished during a whitewater raftin...

Mini Review: #GodsJunkDrawer by @peterclines.com. Fun with time travel. Outrageous concept that hits every nerd bone in my body. Unexpectedly emotional bits. A relentless page-turner. Spectacular read by @realrayporter.bsky.social. https://tinyurl.com/2r4r4hb7 / Prev: https://tinyurl.com/yc46c6bb

Just grabbed! Seems very nice so far. Thanks dude.

Haven’t, but I finally did just create a browser-app for BlueSky until they finally address iPad. Seems to be working pretty well for now.

Weekly routine:

Hate on the #Bluesky app because it doesn’t support iPad.

Find / download any other Bluesky app that supports iPad.

Use new app until I can’t take how slow it is.

Re-download official Bluesky app.

@bsky.app: For the love of all that is holy, please add iPad support.

Where Are These 13 PS5 & Xbox Games? - Next-Gen Console Watch - IGN Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! This week we take a look at 13 supposed PS5 and Xbox Series games that we should have already been playing. Games like Judas, Knights of the Old Republic remake...

Fun @ign.com piece on 13 in-limbo games. One point I disagree with, though: I don’t think Ubisoft should kill Beyond Good & Evil 2 to focus on the PoP remake instead. I know it’s on the cusp of vaporware, but I still want to believe #BGE2 could be spectacular. tinyurl.com/mryxdsv3

Hey #authors #writers #novelists: Substack or something else for your updates? I've maintained a traditional website for a while, but figure it might be time for a change. Any thoughts on what the best platform is? #indieauthors #booksky

Just played through the #Pragmata demo on #Switch2 and love-love-loved it. You’re on a moon base. It’s low-gravity exploration of high-tech areas with lots of verticality. And a super fun marriage of in-combat hacking (that feels amazing) and gunplay. Runs great on Switch 2, too. Sold.