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Let's Scare Ashcan To Death
@ashcan.bsky.social

after he first fights an enemy that's tanky and actually hits hard, he spends the entire rest of the game referring to the weaker enemies as "zako," a Japanese insult that became arcade slang for essentially "goomba" - a completely filler enemy in almost all circumstances

dumdiddly.bsky.social
@dumdiddly.bsky.social

I do also think that I, as a person who buys video games with my own money, need capital R Reviews to clearly tell me the mechanical and functional quality of the thing. Do you think at a certain point we should distinguish the roles of the editorial vs the review?

Jake Slimeberg
@jakesteinberg.substack.com

I guess I just don't think that's particularly necessary or interesting in a modern gaming landscape. Pre-release coverage and social media will tell you on day 0 if the game works. But, more importantly, that's a couple of sentences maybe in a larger critical piece.

dumdiddly.bsky.social
@dumdiddly.bsky.social

I mean, I was going to buy Wolverine until I read that it’s repetitive, lacks meaningful progression, and lacks challenge. Onimusha got my buy because even tho reviews told me that it’s repetitive, it checked the other two boxes I was looking for. IGN’s review *was* more editorial tho and I liked it

Estela 🩷
@crashkeys.dev

Jake, I'd like to ask. Are you aware of Substack's stance re: hosting nazi newsletters and articles on their site? Instead of taking this content down and banning the accounts that post it, the platform has simply continued taking its cut of their revenue. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

theguardian.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
Estela 🩷
@crashkeys.dev

I've been a fan of the pod for a while now and you and Peter's work holds great value for me—but that's exactly why I feel I *have* to ask. Have you considered hosting your personal writing on a different platform? If not migrate outright just yet, would you consider mirroring your posts elsewhere?

Estela 🩷
@crashkeys.dev

as a reader, I would rather not have to give substack any more traffic, ever. as *your* reader, I would love to support your paid work, but I refuse to do so if it would mean that any small amount of the money went directly into substack's pockets.

Jake Slimeberg
@jakesteinberg.substack.com

this sounds corny and it's not just a number go up to inflate my ego thing if you put your email in and add yourself to my blog's audience it literally gives me more opportunities than i would have otherwise. it is a free and material way to support my independence in this space.