Jacob Geller

Jacob Geller

@jacobgeller.com

Makes the most normal videos on YouTube. Also a cohort on MinnMax. https://jacobgeller.com/

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Jacob Geller
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I realllllllly like this book!

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social

Two-and-a-half years after the UK hardback, the US paperback of the "terrifically entertaining" (NYT), "delightfully witty" (Slate), "clever and voluminous" (Guardian) Everything Must Go is out now this week so I am promoting it for the last time I promise www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709872...

penguinrandomhouse.comEverything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey: 9780593468647 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factor...
Jacob Geller
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Whoaaaaaaa

Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk

The struggle, the cycles. It can all fade away...🌧️ Find some shelter in @rainworldgame.bsky.social : Design Works, our newest book that honours a survival game like no others. Signed Editions by the development team available only for the first 48 hours! 🔻

Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

Really love having a deepest dive on a game with this many strengths and weaknesses! Fascinating discussion.

MinnMax@minnmax.com

The Deepest Dive on Control Resonant is now live! Join @haleyfax.bsky.social, @leovader.com, @jacobgeller.com, and @yozetty.bsky.social as they kick off the best, most thorough discussion about Remedy's new game on the internet. youtu.be/hSHR5neG2js

Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

There is no one better than Ashley at making basic-ass news and previews GENUINELY compelling to read. I do not know how she does it. The most obvious hire in the world.

ashley bardhan@ashleybardhan.bsky.social

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

You can have a beautiful friendship with someone and never learn their name

MinnMax@minnmax.com

"That's just male friendships." Kids say the darndest things on the new episode of The MinnMax Show. youtu.be/TEjnWqCLX20

Jacob Geller
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MiB holds a special place in my heart bc it was the first pg-13 movie my parents ever let me check out from the library. When I first watched it, I just couldn't believe how funny it was. Basically hold the same opinion now.

Jacob Geller
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Biggest ding against the AC8 is my HOTAS setup just doesn't register to the game. Seems identical to AC7 in that it'll have to be programmed in manually, and idk where the config files are. Disappointing!

Adam Gothelf (computer graphics mode)@adamgothelf.bsky.social

@jacobgeller.com Did you use a controller or the flight stick and VR rig again like Ace 7?

Jacob Geller
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Ace Combat 8 embargo up. It's the best game in the series. It's one of the best games of the year. Miracles do exist.

Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com

Ahead of Ace Combat 8's release, I feel like my potentially blasphemous ranking of the series (that I've played) is: Five > Four > Six > Zero > Seven which feels kinda nuts to write out but also the delta between the first and last on that list is tiny.

Jacob Geller
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BIG ASTERISK: I did a sponsored event with Bandai that will be revealed soon, so I'm not an unbiased source on this. They didn't stipulate any posts that I should make on AC8 (I am losing my mind about it entirely sincerely) but I would wanna know if this was the case for someone else!!

Jacob Geller
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Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

Jacob Geller
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Ahead of Ace Combat 8's release, I feel like my potentially blasphemous ranking of the series (that I've played) is: Five > Four > Six > Zero > Seven which feels kinda nuts to write out but also the delta between the first and last on that list is tiny.

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Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

Ahead of Ace Combat 8's release, I feel like my potentially blasphemous ranking of the series (that I've played) is: Five > Four > Six > Zero > Seven which feels kinda nuts to write out but also the delta between the first and last on that list is tiny.

Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

Five brings everything together for me, Four has the best story, Six has the best missions, Zero has a lotta style, Seven is gorgeous but maybe the least fun missions/least compelling story

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Greg Greene (he/him/his)
@greene.haus

There’s really nothing to say in comment on Bret’s latest that Toni Morrison didn’t say perfectly 51 years ago.

John Robinson@jrobin.bsky.social

Old, white male writer bemoans a book award nominees that reflect the world’s diversity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer National (Gift Article)The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.

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Will Bunch
@willbunch.bsky.social

Great article on how sheriff's deputies in Durham, N.C. are referring people to ICE for very minor offenses. The cooperation between local cops and the immigration goon squads is a growing stain on America indyweek.com/news/durham-...

indyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
Jacob Geller
@jacobgeller.com

I've been struggling with Townfall, but seeing positive reviews from folks like Lewis make me want to persevere.

Lewis Gordon@lewisgordon.bsky.social

Silent Hill: Townfall is good — very good, in fact. Especially the sequence in a municipal-style high rise building which plays like a slow-burn, Ballardian take on The Raid. It's a game less of psychosexual terror than psychosocial dread: I was hooked. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...

theguardian.comSilent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coastTragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closure
Jacob Geller
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Most of my frustration comes from the fact thatit's almost fully a stealth game now, with *extremely* limited options for dispatching enemies. It's made the game feel unfortunately one-note for me, just sitting behind something while an enemy I can't kill slowly turns around.

Jacob Geller
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After about 5 hours I turned the combat down to "story" difficulty (maybe the first time I've ever done this lol) and I'm still finding it grating. But the Scottish town stuff is done so well!! And so I want to push through!

Jacob Geller
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Come play Control: Resonant with us! Book club style!

MinnMax@minnmax.com

Let's get freaky. Join The Deepest Dive on Control Resonant and help us make the most of Remedy's new game by submitting your thoughts for us to read in our three-part game club discussion! www.patreon.com/minnmax/post...

Jacob Geller
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As a Wolverine Hater™, it's been disappointing to see so much of the conversation focus on stuff like the QTEs, which I really don't think are the failure points of the game. But I guess it's the easiest thing to post dumb-looking clips of!

Kotaku@kotaku.com

What Resident Evil 4 tells us about why Wolverine's QTEs don't work, and it's not the lack of fail states that people keep complaining about https://kotaku.com/missing-fail-states-arent-the-problem-with-marvels-wolverines-qtes-its-everything-else-2000735298

kotaku.comMissing Fail States Aren't The Problem With Wolverine's QTEs, It's Everything Else - KotakuThe satisfying quick time event remains a mostly lost art
Jacob Geller
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I truly think the hand-holdy stuff in the game wouldn't be annoying if the combat and traversal felt good! The problem is they don't. But the combat and traversal are *animated well*, and so they don't look dumb in 10-second clips.