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@chiltonm.bsky.social

Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist, Exploits books editor. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev

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Stu Horvath
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Replying to @stuhorvath.com

@chiltonm.bsky.social finds arctic horror pales in comparison to arctic real life. "...every time the unknown horror reared its head in these books, I found myself getting impatient, and missing the comparatively mundane terrors of expeditions that really took place."

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Jay Castello 🌻
@jaymcastello.bsky.social

ended up on an extremely weird site while trying to look up some basic information a couple of weeks ago and it sent me down a deep rabbit hole www.eurogamer.net/ai-fan-wikis...

eurogamer.net"These tools have made it very easy for bad actors to flood things" - AI video game wikis riddled with errors are taking over, and pushing real fans to the sideLLM-powered wikis, often full of inaccurate or irrelevant information, are starting to take over, leaving fans sidelined and publishers playing whack-a-mole.

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austin_walker
@austinwalker.bsky.social

I sat down to write a little thread about Penguin Colony. At post 4 I decided I should probably just write something a little longer. www.clockworkworlds.com/digging-at-t...

clockworkworlds.comDigging at the Ice - On Penguin Colony (Plus an Autumn Update)Hey everyone. Hope the last few months of 2026 are treating you well. Two things today: an overall brief update on the stuff I've been working on and some brief thoughts about Penguin Colony, the late...
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@chiltonm.bsky.social

If you guys could see me screaming and yelling “NO!! I’M JUST A PENGUIN!!!!!” right now lmfao

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the long-dead spirit of Emil Racoviță, watching me play penguin colony: Hey. Hey. American girl. Hey. Do you remember that time I said chinstrap penguins are capitalists and gentoo penguins are communists? Are you thinking about that a lot right now?

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@chiltonm.bsky.social

the long-dead spirit of Emil Racoviță, watching me play penguin colony: Hey. Hey. American girl. Hey. Do you remember that time I said chinstrap penguins are capitalists and gentoo penguins are communists? Are you thinking about that a lot right now?

chilton 👁
@chiltonm.bsky.social

"a choice not to choose is still a choice" really hits, oof

Harper Jay@dreamcastaway.bsky.social

late night thoughts about Rockstar's Manhunt, Zelda, funhouses, failure, and if/when criticism and interpretation risks covering for a game's imperfections. "Call the shot. It’s okay. otherwise, we are left with a spotless, immaculate Vision. We are left with art that can’t give us splinters."

transgamerthoughts.comI had a splinter once.Can art fail? As a whole or momentarily, can art fail? It seems to me flatly that the answer to this is yes. Ask many people and at least they can agree that sometimes there is something that doesn’t....

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inkle
@inkle.co

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

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George Young
@vitageorge.bsky.social

While I have had many excellent pitches I am severely lacking in pitches from non-white people and I am very aware of that. I really really really want to elevate some non-white voices with this so I urge you to apply. Please please please.

George Young@vitageorge.bsky.social

📣Calling all women and femme writers📣 I am looking to commission around 10 heartfelt essays surrounding video game criticism. If this sounds like something you are down to do them read on and I urge you to apply. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.comWomen-led book pitchHey women, femmes, and literary gems, First off, I'm George Young and I like video games. I like them so much I've turned writing about them into my career. While I love to write about them, I also l...
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@chiltonm.bsky.social

I wrote about polar horror. I have a god damn book recommendation for you people.

Unwinnable@unwinnable.com

It's the scariest month of the year and Unwinnable's murder of writers are here with blood-curdling cultural commentary to turn your hair white while filling your brain with new ideas. Backrooms! Werewolves! Babysitters in peril! Don't miss it! Buy: buff.ly/krs7Gl9 Subscribe: buff.ly/QW6Mdeu

chilton 👁
@chiltonm.bsky.social

The most chaotic, scorbutic exchange year ever is waiting for you. Yes that is traverser of the northwest passage discoverer of the south pole and king bitch of all time Roald Amundsen. He is 25 years old trapped in the pack ice and trying to use penguins as draft animals. READ MADHOUSE!!!!!

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@chiltonm.bsky.social

Ten fuckin years since I was a writer over there, btw. Ten years since baby's first layoff and deciding nope not worth it I'm getting a normal person job

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Disco Elysium Quotes
@discoelysiumbot.bsky.social

JOYCE MESSIER - “Of bodies of water and forest-covered surfaces, clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough,” she concludes. CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.

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bee wertheimer
@beewertheimer.com

that’s a wrap on my time at pcmag, so hello! i'm bee, a games and digital culture essayist who's written for kotaku, a.v. club, unwinnable, aftermath, and more. if you need a writer hit my line at beewertheimer [at] gmail [dot] com check out my work at beewertheimer.com

beewertheimer.combee wertheimerhome Hello! I'm Bee, a writer and essayist whose work centers on videogames and digital culture. I've written for Kotaku, A.V. Club, PCMag, Unwinnable, Af...
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@chiltonm.bsky.social

After talking to one (1) other person about this I have decided I have all the right opinions about dad books

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awesome now that we've totally stopped talking about it I've blogged about Lonesome Dove

chiltonm.bearblog.devshut up about Lonesome Dove. shut the fuck up about Lonesome DoveIf you haven't read the borderline nonsensical Jacobin article on Lonesome Dove and masculine writing that was recently published you should probably read th...
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@chiltonm.bsky.social

Now the real question is are there so few women on gaming podcasts because of the rampant misogyny of the industry or because podcasts are an ontologically evil medium

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@chiltonm.bsky.social

Adore my local arthouse cinema but this thing they do where they play a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for years two months after I finally watch it is driving me NUTS

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Nathan Grayson
@nathangrayson.bsky.social

this is also why you can’t trust what you see on any platform as representative of broader thought or consensus. you are being shown what they want you to see, and now more than ever, that conforms to exactly one worldview

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

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eileen chengyin chow
@chowleen.bsky.social

North Carolina A&T students marched an hour each way to vote on the first day of early voting after their campus polling site was removed by the Guilford County Elections Board.

Kitt B Wild…@bklyndreams87.bsky.social

To be Young, Black and Gifted yall… Shout out to the students at North Carolina A&T University. They were stripped of their polling station on campus so they all marched together the nearest one to vote early. They are the future that gives me hope. 👏🏾🤩✨🇺🇸

linkedin.comNorth Carolina A&T students march back to campus tonight after voting on the first day of early voting in North Carolina. The Guilford County Elections Board removed their campus early voting poll...North Carolina A&T students march back to campus tonight after voting on the first day of early voting in North Carolina. The Guilford County Elections Board removed their campus early voting polling ...

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Edmond Tran
@edmondtran.bsky.social

I’ve attempted to report on the Freeplay Parallels 2026 situation as comprehensively as I can at this point in time, over one week later. I’ve received comments from the Melbourne International Games Week organising team on the matter, and Wren has also provided some new remarks.

This Week in Videogames - TWIV@thisweekinvideogames.com

Australian indie game community organisation Freeplay has been accused of discrimination following the removal of a sponsor hours before its annual showcase event. The organisers of Melbourne International Games Week, which it was part of, have called it "a clear breach" of its code of conduct.

thisweekinvideogames.com"This Is Discrimination, Pure and Simple" – Australian Indie Showcase Yet To Respond After Removing SponsorAnnual indie showcase event Freeplay Parallels has been accused of discrimination following its sudden removal of a sponsor

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Dorian Dawes
@doriandawes.bsky.social

"THIS DISNEY+ SHOW IS THE ANTI AI STORY WE NEED RIGHT NOW" "THIS AMAZON PRIME SHOW IS A NEEDED UPDATE TO A STORY ABOUT BULLYING" is the corporation your friend is the brand ip gonna save us is walt disney my mother

chilton 👁
@chiltonm.bsky.social

Lonesome Dove is a banger book but it is also the book I've fished the most first editions of out of the trash. I have sold people copies of this book that looked like they had been pissed on for hundreds of dollars. Crazy place in the american publishing landscape for real

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Chris Bratt
@chrisbratt.bsky.social

Asked the BDS movement if it'd like to provide comment on today's House House news:

House House@househouse.com

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox