Aaron T.

@unreality.bsky.social

hi im aaron! vgc player, coauthor of www.vgcguide.com, he/him. i smiled into the abyss and the abyss smiled back.

worlds prep music thread music is a meaningful part of my pokemon journey— especially, bizarrely, new age/funk. when i was 14-18 and working data entry full time over the summer b4 worlds, the only thing that kept me sane was the radio this year i want to listen to more by the artists i heard then

reading thread because i am reading a lot in 2026!! 1) Behind Deep Blue by Feng-Hsuing Hsu the account of the person who was most involved with building Deep Blue in his own words. the computing challenges of the 80s and 90s were very different than those nowadays

the book cover for "behind deep blue: building the computer that defeated the world chess champion." a human hand is holding a blue knight piece made of code above a black and white chessboard

my plane wifi crashed as masters finals started and i couldn’t refresh it until game 3. i watched Bluey to calm down while i waited and i almost ended up crying at the first episode i ever watched