Patrick Coyne 👾

Patrick Coyne 👾

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👾 #Gaming | #Horror | #MTG | #Retro 🎮 Marketing @ Activision for Call of Duty 💬 Views are my own ⤵️ Live Stream/New Vids Occasionally 🔗 insertcoyne.com

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Started and got about 50% of the way through Blasphemous over the weekend. Really satisfying souls-coded metroidvania. Awesome sprites, gameplay, and atmosphere (and I hear 2 is even better).

The price hurt, but man do I love the Steam Machine. It is genuinely everything I’ve wanted to unlock my Steam library in my living room. Genuine shame it’s not more accessible.

I love my life and career right now, but I have never had less time to dedicate to the projects and hobbies I want to explore. Gone are the days of winging it and depending on those bursts of motivation and creativity. I literally need to schedule time for what I want to do, or it will not happen.

Oh no! We don’t get to clap like seals at the movie version of #ResidentEvil cut scenes we’ve all seen already! We have to watch the universe expanded through the lens of a prominent director who loves the franchise and is adding his own story! What will we do?! 😭

I really wish the video game industry as a whole could decouple from Twitter. Even if you mute (or attempt to mute) political discourse…. from the verification system somehow being worse than meaningless, to the incentivizing and amplification of rage bait, Twitter is just so fundamentally ass.

It is so funny that we keep adding “explosive” to diarrhea in these headlines. Not to be crass but I feel like that’s usually implied.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

Authorities are investigating if Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes explosive diarrhea (via Washington Post)

Finally started playing the first Silent Hill so I can stop being a fake fan who only incessantly talks about Silent Hill 2 and instead talk incessantly about the entire series. 😤

Buy physical media!

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

PlayStation is deleting over 500 purchased movies from its customers' accounts 🎞️ • Includes films like 'Terminator 2', 'Rambo', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'Moonlight' • No mention of refunds • Comes after a licensing deal ended

The zombies team at @treyarch.com are some of the coolest and most passionate in the industry. It was a pleasure working on this with them, as well as our talented producers, editors, capture artists, and and a long list of cool job names held by even cooler people at Activision.

Call of Duty@callofduty.com

The undead are bringing the heat 🔥 Take on the Oni, Hellhounds, Scorched Zombies, and a mysterious new Wonder Weapon when Kowakujō arrives in Black Ops 7 Zombies on June 25 🧟‍♂️ 📺 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIgD...

Survival horror fans stay winning.

IGN@ign.com

Check out these new images from Capcom's Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake, just named Resident Evil Veronica, revealed at Summer Game Fest today. https://bit.ly/4uYEe1W #IGNSummerOfGaming

People who hate with actual vitriol towards Arc Raiders or Marathon are certifiable, braindead losers. People who actually love video games and have half a brain stay winning as two companies actually take risks with aims to push gaming as both an art and industry forward.

Some of the nitpicks by Resident Evil fans over the new movie teaser are making me ashamed to be a Resident Evil fan. We have an actual fan and artist working on a new take on the franchise and yall are complaining about snow.

The irony of my relationship with BlueSky is I simultaneously want it to succeed, but also kind of like that it’s boring. I don’t feel like I’m being rage-baited into engaging, nor do I feel the bloat of too much mindless chatter.

The best way I’ve heard #Marathon described is that if you don’t hate it after the first two hours, there’s a good chance you’ll love it after 8-10. Not the strongest endorsement, I know, but as a would-be naysayer who has grown to love the game, I feel like it rings true.

Watching people get priced out of this hobby in real time is a real drag.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

PlayStation prices have officially increased 🎮 • PS5: $549.99 → $649.99 • PS5 Digital: $499.99 → $599.99 • PS5 Pro: $749.99 → $899.99 Price change starts April 2

Glad to see @marathonthegame.bungie.net finding a dedicated and passionate audience. The forced negativity will fade as people shift their attention elsewhere. Playing what you enjoy and supporting quality products, regardless of the surrounding narrative, is the best path forward for this industry.

Couple things I'd love to see #ArcRaiders implement from #Marathon: 1) Higher level Maps where exfils require a key item from the map to activate, with 1 fallback exfil that does not, but is heavily guarded by ARC. 2) Map and/or Map Condition that requires raiders to bring a minimum loadout value.

A lot of the #Marathon glaze was forced but low key it has nothing on the hate it’s getting now. The game has its problems but calling it Concord 3 is out of touch.