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@jamesac68

I've been writing for Hardcore Gamer since its first issue in 2005, which may be a long time to do anything but it hasn't gotten boring yet. james (at) hardcoregamer (dot) com

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Not one single functional mirror in the entire building, I'm guessing.

11.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I though it was a well-known fact Minecraft came from space.

11.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looks like a typo. Here, let me fix it.

10.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But if I enjoy my latte-equivalent then I can't afford gas and will let down the Dow and make the President look bad as he wages war to distract from his pedophilia. Is this the future liberals want!?

09.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just thinking about dystopic sci-fi having corporations be the big-bad while government was little more than a vestigial organ, all but powerless in the face of unbridled capitalism.

09.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNN- Dumber than a bag of dicks.

07.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

From my perspective I know AI is infecting things I would have liked, but there are so many games being made by people who don’t use AI that I’ll never be short on things to play or write up. AI is a forest fire that will consume everything it can, but it won’t consume anything close to everything.

07.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why yes, I do quite enjoy destroying absolutely everything in my path. How did you know?

07.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Long Survival-Mining Journey Into the Caverns with Aethus Launch Trailer There's a lot of exploration in the depths of Aethus, and the story and crafting work together to always keep the action moving.

It's launch day for @beacondev.bsky.social's Aethus, a great little survival/crafting game with just enough narrative to keep the adventure moving without getting in the way. Mine with your drone/friend, upgrade tech, explore farther, and find what's hidden below.

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07.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kind of surprised at the time it's taking for the world to look at the US and recognize it for the rabid dog it is, and take appropriate measures. Fear and complacency are a helluva drug, I guess.

06.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like I did get a Pokopia reviewable as of yesterday. It may be a day or two before that gets written, but seeing a the game is out and everyone knows already, I'm not thinking it's much of a spoiler to say it's great so far.

06.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Setting Out Into New Destructible Worlds With Dysplaced Launch Trailer Dysplaced is a resource-gathering and crafting adventure with combat, and while there are quests and danger they're for spicing up the collectathon.

For a good chunk of last year Dysmantle was my wind-down game at the end of the day. Now the sequel, Dysplaced, is out as of yesterday and it's time to smash all the environmental objects again! In a chilled, light-combat scavenge and craft adventure, of course.

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06.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 90s are far ahead of us.

06.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget the 4-6 year development cycle so the game comes out while the trend is hot!

05.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no, I didn’t get a Pokopia reviewable. Now I’m going to have to just play it at my own speed for my own personal entertainment. Noooo…

04.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That was weird. Someone replied to a post of mine with a hostile non-sequitur, I hit block, and now I'm never going to think of them again.

The weird thing is this is only the second time I've done that on this site.

04.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What are you implying? That the US media isn't treating an illegal war seriously?

04.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You... you put Power Fantasy on hiatus just before the Fuck Fairyland crossover covers? Why would you do this to us!?

04.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Snitches get stitches.

03.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's surrounded himself with the Christian right, who to be clear are 100% not Christian despite labeling themselves as such. (Me neither, but I'm not delusional about it.) Couple that with Trump's brain-rot and it makes sense.

03.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never in my life have I wanted to be a logo designer more than today.

02.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I would walk away and not look back if the site I write for had gambling and AI. No arguments or anything, just "Nice while it lasted" and gone.

02.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, that's a big one! Congratulations!

02.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking as someone who'll be voting in Maine, he lost me the second he got rid of a Nazi tattoo when it became politically inconvenient. He's told me who he is and I believed him the first time. This news is just more of the same.

02.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sating the Old Gods' Appetites with Automated Cooking in Snacktorio Demo Snacktorio is a cooking automation game featuring a goblin chef cooking fine cuisine on industrial scales, wiring caverns with the necessary machinery

It had been a looong while since my last look at @tngineers.bsky.social's Snacktorio, so the updated Steam Next Fest demo was a perfect excuse to dive back in now that it's being actively worked on. Use automation to whip up fancy dishes for hungry elder gods.

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01.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Strategy to Action RPG in Disgaea Mayhem Announcement Trailer Every game with "Disgaea" in the title has been in one specific genre, but that changes with the announcement of the action-RPG Disgaea Mayhem.

A new Disgaea is on the way but this time it's an action-RPG. The same systems are there, in terms of the endless power grind, but @nisamerica.bsky.social's Disgaea Mayhem will be a lot more direct in dealing ridiculous damage combos.

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28.02.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still trying to figure out how fascism effects the 80s/90s cyberpunk scenario of Corporations Will Rule the World. On the one hand, it still seems relevant, on the other we just saw heavy-handed government interference with a multi-billion deal in order to amplify right-wing media. Ouroboros-ish

27.02.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We all thought we knew what would spark the war that ends the world, but it's going to be Browt starters vs Pombon.

27.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Browt doesn't have patience for any of this.

27.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0