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Aftermath @aftermath.site

Silksong is the kind of all-consuming event release the video game industry hasn’t seen in ages. Everybody used to obsess over the same mega-game more regularly, but times have changed, turning launches like this into a dying breed

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sep 5, 2025, 8:52 pm • 75 7

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Joe Aconite🎃📽️🎙️🐺🌕 @joeaconite.com

It didn't need AAA hype machine advertising on everything to make it this way. Word of mouth did way more than being a feature on any games show. Heck, It became a running joke that every games awards show that they would have a word about this game, & it never happened. A good studio does a lot.

sep 5, 2025, 9:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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⁺☾NineInchClawz☽⁺ @nineinchclawz.bsky.social

Lazy journalism. Talk about payment processors and bank censorship

sep 6, 2025, 1:35 pm • 4 0 • view
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Aftermath @aftermath.site

Aftermath Hours is our weekly podcast. You can listen to the full episode here (or wherever else you listen to podcasts): aftermath.site/aftermath-ho...

sep 5, 2025, 8:54 pm • 22 0 • view
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JB & Seb @jbandseb.bsky.social

I thought that dude was holding a sword.

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