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Blake Rochkind retweeted
Money doesn't buy elections
Billionaires don't rule America
Swing voters exist
Persuasion works
There's a lot to focus on right now, but "The richest man to ever live just spent $200 million to support the Republican Senate candidate in Texas, and his man lost by double-digits in a statewide wipeout" is a completely insane sentence.
Put another way, the most expensive US Senate race before 2020 was $200 million. *One guy* spent that amount in Texas, and it doesn't seem to have made any difference. It might have hurt in a kind of Streisand effect way, in that the spending level was seen as obscene to people sympathetic to the argument that billionaires shouldn't "buy" elections.
The implications here seem pretty interesting! Especially re the limits of billionaire political power and/or the diminishing returns of money in politics.
Blake Rochkind retweeted
If someone ran a marathon and someone else drove 26 miles, I wouldn’t praise the driver just for reaching the same finish line
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Survive the battlefield in Valor Mortis.
Play over one hour of the first-person Napoleonic soulslike with a PlayStation Plus Premium Game Trial: play.st/4if2toB
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Thank you for 1,000,000 Wishlists!
Today is the day to fight for your Emperor
Blake Rochkind retweeted
"A first-person soulslike will never work!"
Many people have said this to us but we wanted to break new ground.
Today, the critics have spoken. Tomorrow, you'll get to play Valor Mortis for yourself.
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Valor Mortis Is Proof The Ghostrunner Devs Haven’t Lost Their Sauce bit.ly/4ifkqTT
ALT Valor Mortis Is Proof The Ghostrunner Devs Haven’t Lost Their Sauce
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Ghostrunner studio One More Level returns with a Napoleonic alternative history Soulslike that fuses fluid sword- and gunplay with exhilarating parkour, and it's a delight.
Our Valor Mortis review:
eurogamer.net/valor-mortis-r…
ALT Valor Mortis artwork showing a man kneeling in front of a giant Napoleon head whose flesh is drifting apart as soldiers surround them against an ominous red backdrop.
Blake Rochkind retweeted
In 2 days, we'll launch our studio's biggest ever game.
Look at how far we've come from Ghostrunner and this early prototype footage of Valor Mortis!
Blake Rochkind retweeted
One year ago, we held a public playtest because we trusted your feedback to build a game unlike any other.
Today, we reveal our Launch Trailer and we've become one of the most anticipated titles of the busiest gaming calendar ever.
To all our players, THANK YOU!
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Get any one of these games alongside Valor Mortis on Steam to get a 10% discount on both!
🌀 Ghostrunner 1 & 2
🗡️ Dishonored
🔥 No Rest for the Wicked
🔎 Mouse: P.I. for Hire
If you already own one of them, you can complete the bundle with Valor Mortis at a 10% discount, too!
Blake Rochkind retweeted
We are SO happy to have legendary French actor, Vincent Cassel as Napoleon in Valor Mortis! 🇫🇷
🔷 How Napoleon was a "cousin of the family"
🖼️ Corsican homes and portraits of Napoleon
👊 Vincent's favourite games including Tekken, Gran Turismo and SSX Tricky
Blake Rochkind retweeted
Jennifer English is The Shrike in Valor Mortis
Will you stay loyal to Napoleon or will her rebels win your sympathy?
We profile The Shrike's brutal yet tempting character with Jennifer English in the full Behind-the-Scenes video!
Blake Rochkind retweeted
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
Blake Rochkind retweeted
I'm particularly happy with this one!
We wanted to make something that doesn't just look cool, but actually explains @ValorMortis - its world, combat, weapons, powers and progression.
And having @Chewmonster92, the voice of William, guide you through it makes it feel even more special.
If you've been on the fence about the game, give us 5 minutes.⚔️ youtube.com/watch?v=1k5tgoS0…
Blake Rochkind retweeted
ANNOUNCING the voice cast of Valor Mortis!
🇫🇷 Vincent Cassel as Napoleon Bonaparte
🐦⬛ Jennifer English as The Shrike
⚔️ James Alexander as the protagonist, William
🗡️ Adam "Nergal" Darski as Captain Raphael
and with Mars Lipowski, Will de Renzy-Martin and Yvan Chamoiseau!
Blake Rochkind retweeted
CREATORS: Wanna play Valor Mortis at launch?
Apply here: lurkit.com/campaigns/valor-m…
