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@startmenu.bsky.socialLast month saw Kojima walk across the street, a good film adaptation, and plenty of fresh GTA VI news.
@saintsunflower.bsky.social rounded it all up each week, and you can read it all here.
@lesbiankakyoin.bsky.socialReposted by @startmenu.bsky.socialmaybe i'm as bitter and jaded as the protagonist of forever ago, but as someone who also knows grief, i did not see the sport in it
@startmenu.bsky.socialForever Ago's exploration of grief is marred by its deeply unpleasant protagonist.
@lesbiankakyoin.bsky.social reviews.
@startmenu.bsky.social![Content warning: Sexual assault
Video Essayist Jacob Geller Admits to Sexual Assault
In a statement released to Bluesky, video essayist Jacob Geller admitted to committing sexual assault in university. “I traumatized a brilliant person who trusted me, hurt them in a way I can never undo,” he wrote. “I think about it every day.” The victim remains anonymous.
Allegations that Geller had committed sexual assault first spread on X, when a user wrote that he “got fired from working at wxyc UNC's college radio station (by myself and the rest of my mgmt team) for being under title ix investigation of rape…[he] was subsequently suspended from UNC for a single semester.” While this post was later deleted (and is currently archived on ResetEra), fans found that the University of North Carolina had publicly released the names of students that had violated the school’s sexual assault policy on order of the North Carolina Supreme Court. These records charge Geller with “sexual assault or sexual violence,” with discipline in this case being “definite suspension for one semester.”
Even before Geller confirmed the news, the media organization MinnMax, which Geller has contributed to in the past, came forward to say that Geller would not “be on content moving forward…we're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.” After the allegations, podcast Cane and Rinse announced it would be deleting all episodes featuring Geller from its archives. Lost in Cult put out a message saying that it would no longer be publishing Geller’s upcoming book You’re Not Overthinking It. Nebula also released a statement saying that Geller’s “ongoing projects have been terminated effective immediately, and his content has been removed from our catalog.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:yhwrircv2e7ffn4faopkqmj4/bafkreifqnirbr5mcrjhxa3dfz2bn6p7evtv43iroytsjhsalrmtduyfxxm@jpeg)
@startmenu.bsky.socialCW: Sexual assault
This week's Update Patch breaks down plenty of gaming news but also highlights YouTube essayist Jacob Geller's admission of sexual assault and its fallout.
Due to the nature of this news, that section is publicly available in the post below.
@wendeego.bsky.social reports
@startmenu.bsky.socialReposted by @startmenu.bsky.socialWhile Update Patch might need to take a week off to recover, it'll always come roaring back; that's why @saintsunflower.bsky.social is here with a bummer edition of UP rounding up the last two weeks of news.
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@startmenu.bsky.socialWhile Update Patch might need to take a week off to recover, it'll always come roaring back; that's why @saintsunflower.bsky.social is here with a bummer edition of UP rounding up the last two weeks of news.
@brandoncraw.bsky.socialReposted by @startmenu.bsky.socialAs promised, my review!! Loved the world. But combat was rough for me until I finally gave into using the assist mode. This was all pre combat patch. I hope remedy continues to make these wild and big swings, even if they don't always work for me
@startmenu.bsky.socialControl Resonant excels in providing ample spectacle, interesting characters, and uniquely Redemy-ish weirdness; however, its combat and heavy RPG influences don’t hold up their end of the bargain, creating a somewhat muddled experience. @brandoncraw.bsky.social reviews.
@brandoncraw.bsky.socialReposted by @startmenu.bsky.socialI've also been playing Control Resonant for @startmenu.bsky.social! Gonna have my review out later but kinda echoing the same thoughts of others on here. The combat is bringing it down and this shift to open zone has not worked well for me. Still absolutely love the story though! More to come soon!
@dacichocki.bsky.socialReposted by @startmenu.bsky.socialI reviewed Duskfade! Unfortunately, I did not love it. As a 3D platformer it works fine, but even though it evokes Kingdom Hearts, it is not an action RPG. Please adjust your expectations accordingly!
@startmenu.bsky.socialDuskfade is clearly Kingdom Hearts-inspired, but it doesn’t scratch the same itch.
@dacichocki.bsky.social reviews.
@startmenu.bsky.socialLast week saw no shortage of high-profile news from Physint ditching PlayStation for Xbox, two Nintendo Directs, a bunch of BlizzCon news, and Level-5's CEO continuing to look rather silly as he pushes for gen-AI. Here to run it all down in Update Patch is @saintsunflower.bsky.social.
@startmenu.bsky.socialAugust sure was a month with a lot of news. Some of it was good… however, most of it was pretty bad. Thankfully, @mushwrites.bsky.social was there to help keep us aware of the state of the industry.
Read his weekly Update Patch notes to get up to date.
@startmenu.bsky.socialNo Case Should Remain Unsolved lives up to its reputation as a cult hit, but the PS5 might not be the best platform on which to play it.
@lesbiankakyoin.bsky.social reviews.
@startmenu.bsky.socialThis week's Update Patch sees @saintsunflower.bsky.social a rundown of the big numbers coming out of the GTA VI showcase, ill-advised mini-games in Halloween: The Video Game, and Riot's continued push into the MMO space after ceasing development of 2XKO.
Read here: www.patreon.com/startmenu/po...
@startmenu.bsky.socialGamescom was last week, and somehow the biggest game of the show was released in 2015. For Update Patch @mushwrites.bsky.social reports on Witcher 3's second (or fourth) wind and DLSS 5's latest nightmare creations.
@startmenu.bsky.socialLego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight comes with all the Batman fun without any Batman baggage — you can jump right in without worrying about catching up on any plot. @thetenthletter.bsky.social reviews.
@startmenu.bsky.socialOnly good news in this week's Update Patch because... Oh... Ooooooh. I am being told that there is actually very little good news this week. In fact, that is a lot of bad news... Well, at least @mushwrites.bsky.social is here to keep us informed about the ongoing horrors.
