The final 2025 retrospective article of 1UP Vault takes a look at the The Big 3 of the year. The most impactful person, studio, and hardware. With that I can move on to some big new and exciting things for 2026 🫡 #gamesky #substack #videogames #gaming #blog #year

Pokemon Snap ad (2001) #retro #art #gaming #Pokemon

Star Fox Adventures ad (2002) #retro #art #gaming #StarFox

Me going to do dishes

The final 2025 retrospective article of 1UP Vault takes a look at the The Big 3 of the year. The most impactful person, studio, and hardware. With that I can move on to some big new and exciting things for 2026 🫡 #gamesky #substack #videogames #gaming #blog #year

This is my daughter’s drawing of me. I have thoughts.

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I barely got started with Cyberpunk last weekend but I played a good amount of the early game last night. Sometimes early on in a game I can tell when I’m going to LOVE a game, and I got that feeling last night.

Knows ball

Wrestling fans will know the reference “Mario must look strong”

N64 controller, my peak childhood console and the system that made me truly fall in love with video games

NEW: Public records I obtained from Washington state offer an alternate look at the mass layoffs in the games industry With each letter sent by Microsoft, Sony, WB, Amazon to notify the state of a mass cut was a long list of roles eliminated. A stark accounting www.gamefile.news/p/video-game...

Here’s to 100 years later since these guys formed up

I planned to release my final 2025 retrospective article today but yesterday was chaotic, including a doctors appointment, and then out of nowhere I dealt with a really bad headache so delaying to a first-time Saturday release tomorrow.

Reminder that Ryan Cohen, the CEO of GameStop, is an outspoken Trump supporter and is about to make $35 Billion after closing hundreds more GameStop locations putting thousands of already underpaid and overworked employees out of a job. He's also a huge piece of shit.

A week after talking up The Division 3, creative director Julian Gerighty has left Ubisoft for EA's Battlefield Studios, it's been confirmed. vgc.news/news/a-week-...

One of the best Godzilla films ever made, absolute banger

I planned to release my final 2025 retrospective article today but yesterday was chaotic, including a doctors appointment, and then out of nowhere I dealt with a really bad headache so delaying to a first-time Saturday release tomorrow.

Doctor’s office: “if you’re not here by your appointment or earlier we won’t see you, and may charge you” Doctor’s office as I sit here waiting to be seen past appt time: “please wait”

Going to first Doctor’s appointment in a while, wish me luck

18 Years Ago, Apple unveiled the MacBook Air. 💻

I think Apple’s high prices, Google messing up the potential of ChromeOS, and Windows being pretty much in every office job is why it still holds the market position it does.

Me as a T-Mobile customer seeing Verizon customers complaining:

2025 is going to go down as one of the best years for video games and I finally put together my personal awards based on the games I played. I’m almost done, just more article to go…. #awards #videogames #gamesky #promosky #substack

My most personal editorial yet, Hank: Drowning on Dry Land, is a comic book-inspired tale about alcoholism that reminded me of someone I loved, but never really knew.

Episode 5 of The Big Nerd Gaming Podcast is here with @cognitiveclips.bsky.social! It's the BNG + Friends top 10 games of 2025, done in the "Kinda Funny" style. There are... a lot of ties. And a lot of games I wasn't happy about 😭. Also on Spotify and Apple! youtu.be/YUjXRP1q9Go?...

Is that…. RIIIIIDGE RACERRRR!

"Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Microsoft continue to collaborate to improve player safety across our platforms" news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0... sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog...

Solitaire on WIndows 95

[January 14th, 1926] A total solar eclipse crossed the Far East, observed by eight international expeditions. American scientists near Sumatra were pleased with initial results, though thin clouds might have damaged plates used for the Einstein effect experiment.

Forza Horizon 6 is releasing on May 19th (or May 15th for Premium Edition Early Access) according to a pop-up in Forza Horizon 5 xboxera.com/2026/01/14/f...

2025 is going to go down as one of the best years for video games and I finally put together my personal awards based on the games I played. I’m almost done, just more article to go…. #awards #videogames #gamesky #promosky #substack

"Improvements in survival rates can largely be attributed to less tobacco use, better ways to detect cancers early and the development of more effective treatments..." It's not all bad.🎉 archive.is/77vpf

Literally me when I played the entire Mass Effect trilogy consecutively and they were all my first time playing it

Not all heroes wear capes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

Dear Gamers, this wasn't written with AI ...but why is that a headline? Please, if you have the time, read this: www.deargamers.net/blog/dear-ga...

Scott was not a great person, but Dilbert will always go down as an iconic Sunday morning cartoon

Godzilla fans! We are in the golden age

[January 13th, 1926] Filming for Charlie Chaplin's The Circus continues with him performing the high-wire stunts himself on a rope suspended 40 feet in the air. He spent weeks practicing the skill before filming began.

Apple and Google announcing their Siri / AI partnership:

Big Hops is more than meets the eye. What appears to be an unassuming, family-friendly adventure is actually one of the best 3D platformers in recent years. My review.

Jan. 12, 1926: Helen Keller pays her second visit to the White House in as many days, "listening" to first lady Grace Coolidge by pressing her hand against her lips. The deaf and blind writer-activist has a kindred spirit in Mrs. Coolidge, who once taught lip-reading to the deaf.

Phone calls is the main one for me

Slight morning rant, I don’t think there’s a group I’ve lost more respect for in the past 2+ years than elections twitter, they do a better job than networks calling races but when they open their mouth with takes it’s the stupidest shit you’ve ever heard of

I legit would fire Nick Sirianni, he’s the one holding that team back