Listening to the Jon Stewart interview of John Fetterman feels like what I imagine the sensation is when you breach the event horizon of a black hole and are ripped into the singularity.
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Here's me discovering a spreadsheet for a fish recipe mini-game in Breath of Fire III. I don't want to fail it a second time and have to collect ingredients again. ๐
Tech companies rolling into Wisconsin to pitch data centers.
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I Am Not Good: The History of Cheating in Video Games
For generations of players, cheat codes were a secret handshake. A gateway to extra lives, godlike powers, and hidden worlds. But behind every cheat lies a story of creativity, rebellion, and the ever...
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I never learned how to paint. Today I took a water color class.
The Twilight Princess book set is rad. I canโt wait to read it these with my son.
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Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 2
In video games, maps have always played a crucial role, serving as guide, world builder, and interactive element. A single image can add incredible depth to the story and lore of a digital universe. W...
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Lost no longer! Scanned, cleaned, and uploaded at 2400dpi. This Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link poster by Ranmaru comes from the November 1987 issue of Wanpaku comics and it's probably the most I've paid to obtain/scan a single piece of #Zelda art to date. Find it here! archive.org/details/wanp...
Pencil sketch collage from my book 202X that represents the games I played through in 2023. Looking at this again it reminds me how much time has already passed since games like Tears of the Kingdom.
By 2013 iOS games had hit their stride. Fun and experimental titles launched, and at a time prior to all the noise and micro-transactions we are overwhelmed with today. Year Walk was one of those games. Part game, part art. Here's my write up from 2013: retrogamebooks.com/blogs/news/y...
Year Walk (iOS)
Originally published 2013. Year Walk, both mysterious and enlightening, allowed me to encounter a wide array of emotions that many games fail to do: excitement, fear, intrigue, sadness, hope, satisfac...
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I canโt believe that Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller never did a parody of this.
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Rapid Reviews: Six Zelda Games
Rapid reviews are exactly what they sound like: quick, short game reviews. For the following Zelda games, I wrote these immediately after playing each one. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Capย (GBA) - ...
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Welcome to Hater Week, a week of stories examining what it means to be a hater (and a lover), where we'll vent about some of our biggest pet peeves in games and life, and give others space to do the same. aftermath.site/aftermath-site...
New arrival: Crono mugs Wake up on the right side of the timeline with this Crono and Robo mug. Supplies are limited, so claim yours before the time gate closes. Art by Duke Hoover retrogamebooks.com/products/cro...
Crono Mugs
Wake up on the right side of the timeline with this Crono and Robo mug. Supplies are limited, so claim yours before the time gate closes. Ceramic material Dishwasher- & microwave-safe 11oz interio...
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If Claire Obscurโs โFlying Waters - Rain From the Groundโ was a red wine it would be a blend, because itโs the perfect balance of classic and modern RPG music / sound design. open.spotify.com/track/0ILoxK...
Flying Waters - Rain from the Ground
Lorien Testard ยท Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Original Soundtrack) ยท Song ยท 2025
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Coyote and poppies mural on my garage by artist Matt Waggle.
Back in 2019 Capcom kicked off the latest round of Resident Evil remakes. retrogamebooks.com/blogs/news/r...
Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4)
Originally published 2019. Capcom is continuing to head in the right direction with the Biohazard franchise, focusing on what made these games popular in the first place. So much attention to detail w...
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Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Seagull With Diarrhea Barely Makes It To Crowded Beach In Time https://theonion.com/seagull-with-diarrhea-barely-makes-it-to-crowded-beach-1819574572/
If my son majors in influencer Iโm going to be so disappointed.