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Will Borger

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Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction writer/essayist. Co-founder/Editor-in-Chief @skyboxcritics.com. Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango, Vet. Life. Games: Rolling Stone, IGN, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Shacknews, Unwinnable, Restart +

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Twitch Twitch is the world

We're recording Beyond the Skybox!
Join us live at twitch.tv/skyboxcritics

11.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the right answer

10.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't played it yet so I can't speak to it, but it's interesting to see. Do you think it's the character, or something else?

10.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

DAN

10.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#FREELUD UPDATE:

Ludovic’s bond hearing is on Friday!

This does not change the fact that he is still expected in court for a deportation hearing in May, even if he is released.

The fight is not over, but we are hopeful that he will be free of ICE custody soon. Keep fighting!

10.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 13044 πŸ” 2975 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 230

If Capcom doesn't want to use union workers, they shouldn't get your money. The big reason unions in video games have such an uphill battle is because companies keep doing this crap and don't see repercussions for it. Consider not buying Mega Man and tell Capcom why through the appropriate channels.

10.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 545 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Where is StarCraft II, Blessing

10.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Review - IGN It's not a flawless photograph, but this remake is memorable, terrifying, and artistically stunning.

I wrote 3,500 words on Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake for @ign.com, in which I try to unpack how a remake can both be a better game than the original and diminish itself as a piece of art at the same time.

Thank you to @tomrmarks.bsky.social for putting up with me on this one.

10.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

But again, I come at this from the perspective that Crimson Butterfly is the greatest horror game ever made and its simplicity is a large part of that. YMMV.

10.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's less that and more a genuine attempt at making deeper combat that feels better without maybe thinking about where that logically takes you.

It's still scary. It's just... lesser for having that depth and catering to modern design ideas, I think.

10.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If AI were a living thing I would beat it to death with my bare hands.

10.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fatal Frame 2 remake tries too hard to be modern Sometimes you gotta let a classic be a classic

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake is sort of all the agony and ecstasy of game remakes in one package. You get both thoughtful additions that add to its story and modernizations that overwork an elegant idea. A tricky one! My review. www.polygon.com/fatal-frame-...

10.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Same hat! Same hat! Same hat!

10.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

trump is going to find that war suits him poorly, because his little word games and deflections and constant stream of bullshit does not satisfy anyone when there are missiles with trails that lead directly back to him

10.03.2026 02:33 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hit them LLMs with "this is not for you" and immediately follow it up with the spiral pages.

10.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't played the remake and I don’t think I've written about 4, sorry. But this did make me want to replay the older games, so who knows! I would like to write more about Fatal Frame.

10.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who knows me knows how much I adore the original Crimson Butterfly (and Fatal Frame as a whole) and trying to grapple with this feeling was difficult and gratifying as a critic. I hope it resonates with other people.

The remake is still a game worth playing. It just could have been better.

10.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Review - IGN It's not a flawless photograph, but this remake is memorable, terrifying, and artistically stunning.

I wrote 3,500 words on Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake for @ign.com, in which I try to unpack how a remake can both be a better game than the original and diminish itself as a piece of art at the same time.

Thank you to @tomrmarks.bsky.social for putting up with me on this one.

10.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Resident Evil Requiem Confronts The Past To Save The Future Leon's return to Raccoon City may liberate the series from a whole lot of dead weight

New from me!

heard folks talk about RE: Requiem as a "nostalgia-fest" but I want to reframe that a necessary,healing confrontation. One last grappling with the past, smashing old icons into dust.

Leon as white blood cell purging the "infection" of canon from the series

kotaku.com/resident-evi...

09.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool game everyone should play.

09.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Painted private commission of Leo from teenage mutant ninja turtles sitting.

Painted private commission of Leo from teenage mutant ninja turtles sitting.

Leonardo by Alex Maleev.
#comics #art #tmnt

09.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a joke for exactly like four people, Swifties, please don't come to my house

09.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: "All I'm saying is a properly motivated Flo Rida could write a song about how Travis Kelce's dick changed his life, but Taylor Swift doesn't have the class solidarity for 'time to get paid / it's maximum wage / that body belong on a poster.'"

@hokutolucas.bsky.social, nodding sagely: "True."

09.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The circle is complete

09.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe I'll just make one

09.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Man, I don't know if this exists but I want in

09.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jake nappin'

09.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

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