I believe it is secure to say that we’re in Twitter’s endgame now. I do not suppose it’ll collapse like a dying star: Elon Musk paid $44 billion for the tortured, eternally unprofitable platform, and his collectors actually need to see some form of return on that funding. However Musk’s annoying mercurial unseriousness, MAGA drift, and the elemental actuality that 11 figures is means an excessive amount of to pay for a beleaguered social media firm has me and different longtime posters coming to phrases with the truth that Twitter is already properly previous its peak. Nothing lasts ceaselessly on the web, particularly when enterprise capital is concerned.
I’ve obtained combined feelings about it. Twitter and its clout jockeying has been unhealthy for my psychological well being and horrible for my notion of actuality, however a few of the best posts ever written have appeared on my Twitter timeline, and I will be unhappy to lose that venue when it is gone.
Whereas the sign continues to be blinking, we have assembled a group of our favourite gaming tweets (from the previous decade-ish, after which our reminiscences begin to fail us) as a tribute to this lengthy, unusual journey. Screenshots hyperlink to the unique tweet, when potential. Now let’s bear in mind the nice occasions, pre-emerald-mine dynast.
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I’ve changed all of the dragons in Skyrim with the state of Ohio. pic.twitter.com/zd1rXTLMOGAugust 1, 2022
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Probably the most INSANE issues I’ve ever skilled on-line, particularly VRChat, is that somebody fully recreated Kmarts with working scanners, p.a. techniques, and extra – and have a Discord with 3,000 folks that often roleplay working right here unironically. #vrchat pic.twitter.com/bdAmc1j0pjJuly 27, 2022
Me and my buddies are making a Half Life mod. Up to now we solely have sounds. It is a mess. pic.twitter.com/a35p60BtrIApril 27, 2021
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Better of E3
Bethesda Entrance Row Hypeman Squad freaking out over each different sentence is actually the funniest factor I’ve seen all day. pic.twitter.com/XnxntXzNPBJune 10, 2019
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The manufacturers™
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PC Gamer and employees
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As a result of @SamuelWRoberts left PCG with out writing Blacksad preview captions, I needed to improvise. pic.twitter.com/PElhxRfpjvAugust 29, 2019
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And at last…
The world’s first trombone rhythm recreation is immediately a GOTY contender. And no, I am not kidding. Flip up the quantity and listen to Beethoven such as you’ve by no means heard it earlier than. https://t.co/Qu7Cmkhjzc pic.twitter.com/jTXNdWx3ZmSeptember 20, 2022