36. Father. AuDHD AF. Founder of @PopCulturists. #PlayStation fan. Indie Wrestling Commentator & Commissioner. He/Him Email me - ryan@thepopculturists.com

Joined April 2011
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Today I achieve my goal. Today I am #PrettyForPAX. This journey has had wins and positives but it came with more loss and tears than I wanted or intended. 40kgs and 30% of my body weight later I get to walk through those expo doors. What did it cost? Sadly, everything.
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Phoebe and I have another son on the way! :D
Clearly the best announcement of the week!
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It’s a family thing. James & I are finally taking Phoebe on the journey. #GodofWar means so much to me and has become a giant (pun intended) part of our family. #GodofWarLaufey could be ages away, but we will be ready!
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Psst. I thinks she’s The Lady of The Lake, the sword is Excalibur, and Phranque is Merlin. Maybe?
Perlina Lau plays Rue, a cautious ribbon who watches over a mysterious sword in God of War Laufey.
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Killswitch Engage had a CM Punk tron up in the background as they were performing This Fire Burns a few days ago in Detroit 🔥🔥

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Theory! Faye will meet Baldur in the Everywhen but, since he has now passed, he’s a chill dude. He got what he wanted. He’s stoked. But… he originally wanted to fight Faye. Not Kratos. Something something. They become allies like Kratos & Freya. BOOM?
In God of War Laufey, you'll clash with other gods of war... but powerful new allies await.
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It's been a long time coming for @ZariaWWE_! 👏
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.@ZariaWWE_ has finally captured the NXT Women's North American Championship! 🏆
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Well, Jackass has always been a little gay... Hell yeah! This rules!
hello, i'm johnny knoxville and welcome to jackass at the west hollywood pride parade!
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Clearly the best announcement of the week!
This week @HaggardMC & @bepossessed101 chat #SummerGamesFest & #StateofPlay They share their #GodofWarLaufey theories, FFVII excitement, along with celebrating 12 Years of The PopC. Ryan also gives a sneaky announcement too! Links below ⬇️
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I think my biggest neurodivergent tell is that I'm visibly uncomfortable during small talk, yet totally at peace when someone starts oversharing the weirdest shit I've ever heard.
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That’s so many years, shame I love it so much :)
12 years of The PopC! Massive appreciation to anyone that is still around, drops in occasionally, or is brand new We cannot thank you all enough We love our little PlayStation shaped space in the Aus games media & we are beyond grateful that we are still here so many years later
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Best thing about the #StateofPlay was the Aussie accent coming through like sandpaper to your ear holes. Straya!

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Until Dawn 2 comes to PS5 next year. First details on the new horror experience featuring a new cast, new world and a familiar face: play.st/4o5h7Qv
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More please

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God of War Laufey is the next mainline chapter in Santa Monica Studio's series. First gameplay and story details of the newly announced PS5 action adventure: play.st/4fn8ZIW
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Everyone at @OfTcw are about to have their heads caved in
So @WWEgames gave me a sneak peek at one of the new moves in the upcoming Ringside pass! Here's the Springboard 720 DDT Coming to Ringside Pass Season 3 on 6/3 #WWE2K26 What do you guys think about it?
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I’m in!

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This entire thing is so insane and ridiculous. Massive issue!
This will be a bit of a thread but I go into some stuff so bare with me… Off the back of the very public breach of @longislandviper's PlayStation Network account I've been doing a lot of research into the topic such as who attacks these accounts, why they do it, and how they go about gaining access. The TL;DR is that unfortunately @PlayStation very clearly employs some of the cheapest support agents possible in random parts of the world where this labour is cheap and the agent may not speak your language very well. They do not enforce certain security processes or procedures on those support agents, and it has left them with a gaping security hole in their support system that is unfortunately very easy to exploit. There is no way they don't know this, and there is no way they have not known this was an issue for a significant amount of time.
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It would be cool to check this out. But alas… :P
Did You Get In? Horizon Hunters Gathering PS5 Beta Invites Rolling Out. pushsquare.com/news/2026/05/…
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Let’s set some alarms!
State of Play returns on 3rd June, 7am AEST. The over hour-long show includes an extended look at Marvel's Wolverine, plus news and updates on upcoming PS5 games: bit.ly/3PBh16z
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An update! I'm sorry I've been quiet, but I've spent the last couple of days learning as much as I can about PSN account theft: How long it's been happening, why people are being affected, and so on. I've likewise exchanged a ton of emails with and spoken extensively on the phone with multiple high-ranking people at Sony in different departments over a series of lengthy calls. I want to sincerely thank them for listening, asking great questions, being thorough and thoughtful, and doing everything they can to help. I owe them a lot, and it's through their efforts that I hope we will see action. On the next episode of Sacred Symbols, I will go deep into what we've learned (and because it's so important, we will make this episode free-for-all upon release this Friday). The reality, as far as we can tell, is that the PSN is extremely vulnerable to so-called "social engineering": Using completely mundane information -- like what you'd find on a Wal-Mart or Target receipt (if that) combined with nothing more than an email address -- and using those details to hijack innocent people's accounts via call center customer service representatives. This technique completely circumvents not only your password, but your 2FA, etc. It happened to me, it's happened to many others, and it will continue to happen unless fundamental changes are made. In addition to the people at Sony that have been so helpful, I want to thank people in my community with IT, infosec (etc.) backgrounds who have stepped up in major ways, all without being asked. We've learned an enormous amount about the who, what, where, why, and so on, all because of these people volunteering their time and effort. I'm actually (pleasantly) shocked how good these folks are. We have been and will continue to be passing along everything we've learned (and continue to learn) to Sony, in hopes that we can be useful in solving this major problem for the entirety of the PlayStation community. Ultimately, I have two goals: 1.) To help convince Sony that they need to make serious, immediate efforts to secure people's accounts on PlayStation Network. (We are in this stage.) 2.) To help reunify people with their stolen accounts. (This is a big one, and my heart is so heavy for people who have lost access, sometimes for months and even years, through no fault of their own, and with seemingly no recourse for them. It's simply not fair.) More on the show! In the meantime, be well. <3
With the help of my friends and connections at Sony, I got my account back. I want to thank everyone for their kind words, advice, and direction! It meant a lot. I fully know I exercised advantages due only and exclusively to my stature in the PlayStation community and my many tethers to the mothership. These are absolutely not privileges many other people have. I simply must acknowledge that. With that said, I know this has been happening to a lot of folks over time, and we've even covered it on Sacred Symbols on a few occasions. I will dive deep into the situation on the next episode, but rest assured I am already bending (and will continue to bend) the ears of who I can to hopefully help convince the powers-that-be that this is a real issue they have to contend with. Thanks again.
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It’s been a while since @bepossessed101 & I have joined another pod & it was a genuine blast! Thanks @JoshuaLaRosa & Vinnie for having us to find even more places to talk @PlayStationAU Please check it out :)
We sat down with the boys at @PopCulturists to talk all things #PlayStation & #Xbox.... plus bomboniere? youtube.com/watch?v=a_WswhlX… @HaggardMC @bepossessed101
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