Brian Altano

@brianaltano.bsky.social

Executive Producer of Creative/Talent at IGN. Hosts videos. Writes scripts. Makes music. Plays video games. Cooks food. Collects toys. Eats pizza. Stays busy. https://www.patreon.com/ThisThingRules?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

Hey! So after seventeen and a half years, October 2nd will be my last day at IGN. It was genuinely a dream come true to do this thing for so long alongside some of the most talented people on earth. I got to travel the world, meet my heroes, and make a ton of really fun shows and videos. An honor ♥️

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One of things I vastly prefer in The Mario Galaxy Movie over the previous one is that there are like two and a half licensed songs in it instead of thirty and one of them is Hypnotize by Biggie Smalls.

It's fascinating reading some of the most viciously negative reviews of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and then taking my seven year old on opening night and see her beaming with joy for 90 minutes. Reminded me that some of my favorite comedy movies growing up also had barrel bottom review scores.

It’s my birthday today. I woke up in Osaka, hung out for 12 hours, flew back to California and got back home by 1:30PM where it’s somehow still my birthday? This feels like time travel. This feels illegal.

They put Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze back in theaters for a few weeks and my young nephew went to go see it. Before the movie they showed an IGN ad with me in it so he saw me on a big movie theater screen and man, that’s easily one of my proudest career (and family) moments.

One of the big reasons that The Game Awards gets more viewers than The Oscars is because you can just watch The Game Awards on YouTube but for The Oscars you have to check every streaming platform you already pay for, realize none of them have The Oscars, then sign up for a 7 day trial for Fubo TV.

I had some initial concerns about Resident Evil Requiem but holy shit, it absolutely rules. Just a fantastic balance of action and survival horror with stunning visuals and sound design. One of my favorite games of this generation and it feels SO good to reunite with my old friend Leon S Kennedy.

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Every Trump voter would say "YES!!!" to the "Would you press a button that gives you a million dollars but also kills a total stranger?" question, except in their case the button makes them lose money and hurt somebody they know personally.

Chris Nagano@charliesaito22.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Husband of wife who was MAGA, voted for Trump 3x times, & attended a Trump rally was disappeared by ICE to black sites for 108 days Woman stated she thought Trump was going to “go after the worst of the worst” www.nj.com/mosaic/2026/...

Rolling Stone put up a piece about celebrities speaking out against ICE and one of the top comments said “since when do we care what celebrities have to say” so I clicked on her profile and a month ago she was telling everyone how excited she was to get Snoop Dogg’s cook book.

Every day is just January 6th now. They do the worst thing imaginable in broad daylight, we say you can’t fucking do that, and they say they didn’t do anything or they brag that they did it because they think we can’t do a damn thing about it.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You all have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Stop thinking about and talking about the guy who for a decade now has forced himself into the news cycle seventy times a day, wants to rename everything in his own name, and is trying to put his own face on money. Why can’t you just leave him alone.

Hey, what are your favorite children's books that got great (or interesting) film adaptations? I read with my kid every night (lots of Roald Dahl recently) and I love to show her the movie version afterwards as a little treat so we can talk about the differences between both. Tell me your favs!

Haven't finished the full scientific study yet but so far 100% of people who took their profile picture while sitting in a car think that there's absolutely nothing wrong with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein being best friends for decades.