it's that time of year once again. if you're here, come say hi! let's play video games.

Happy New Year everyone. One week from today, I'll be running Bug Blasters during Awful Block at #AGDQ2026. I'm incredibly lucky and honored that @gamesdonequick.com continues to let me show games off at their events. See y'all there next week. (yes I'm bringing cookies)

2026 = 2 * 1013

two fantasy leagues, two trips to the finals. one team is actually good, one team is hilariously overachieving. I'll let you guess which is which.

I'm up next on Really Really Long-a-thon (@rrlat.bsky.social), running back my FMV DVD marathon from October. It'll be after this Ghost of Yotei run, in around 2 or 3 hours. www.twitch.tv/reallyreally...

hello bluesky, here's a pecan pie I made. happy thanksgiving.

2 outta 3 ain't bad! Congrats to Curaçao (now the smallest nation by population to ever qualify) and Haiti for qualifying!

Pardon the soccer talk, but there is a very real chance that Suriname, Curaçao, and Haiti all qualify for the World Cup and I think that's beautiful.

Shoutout to the rando who submitted a run to the Grey's Anatomy Wii speedrun board. Good to know I'm not the only sicko out there.

I was at the stadium for this one, laughed for like 20 minutes.

If you don't know what Bug Blasters is, you are in for a treat. See y'all in January.

After a one day hiatus, I like baseball again. Pablo Sanchez plushie acquired.

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Milky Wax

I grieved yesterday's Mariners loss the only way I know how, by building a Lego Game Boy.

My FMV Marathon VOD is up on YouTube with chapters for easy navigation. youtu.be/l1jNwO4-fAI

We did it :)

I'm now live with my somewhat ill-advised FMV marathon. I'm starting with Johnny Rock and playing all the DVDs pictured below from left to right. Should take like 8 hours or so, which means I'll be here all day. twitch.tv/sharfers beef.fish

I have this Monday off and I'm mostly derusted on all the games, so that seems like a good time for my super mega FMV stream, where I play all 14 games pictured in one sitting. Still tentative and start time TBD, but look out here for if/when I go live.

This is the first season since the split to 6 divisions (1994) where at least one team from all six divisions had a lead in the division of at least 5.5 games, and at some point later in the season fell out of first place after that lead h/t @EliasSports + @castroturf.bsky.social q

Time for some Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore run by @neetsel.bsky.social! After that, enjoy a @sharfers.beef.fish block with Dragon’s Lair III, The Mad Dog McCree Saga, and Bug Blasters: The Exterminators! twitch.tv/bigbadgameat...

At last! See you later today!

Hi. I haven't streamed in 10 months. Let's practice for BBG. www.twitch.tv/sharfers

Soon 👀

I had a pretty good weekend.

Patrick Bailey is the first player in MLB history with a walk-off inside-the-park home run AND a walk-off grand slam in a season (worth noting: Roberto Clemente had both in one on a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam 7/25/56, but not the separate Bailey has!)

finally found a way to display my Game Gear games the way they were meant to be seen

Drug Wars is done! I did not particularly enjoy it-- it's a lot like Crime Patrol, which fair enough it's the sequel-- but I am happy to be done with it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Rn...

Grey's Anatomy Ep. 3, Dragon's Lair III (yes, you read that right), Bug Blasters, and both Mad Dog McCree games. I'm gonna be real busy that weekend.

Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...

Slightly elevate a band Fall Out Man

it is international left handers day. I am left-handed. it is my day.

Slightly diminish a band... A Pretty Good Circle

Time Traveler is done! We have now finished 13 of the 15 FMV games in this DVD challenge. Next up is Drug Wars, the sequel to Crime Patrol. youtu.be/CeHnEpNLI3s

This is art

You have through the end of Thursday, July 31 to get your BBG 2025 submissions in! 💻🏃🏻‍♀️💨 (me running to my pc to submit)

Finally got around to recording the other game I played a lot at GDQ, Crime Patrol. This game is ROUGH, I'm glad I'm done with it for now. Next up in my FMV saga is Time Traveler, perhaps the strangest game on the list. youtu.be/QgwfJ-4tGvE

IT'S PEARSANDGREYWITCH, I GAVE HIM PEARSANDGREYWITCH. COME SAY HI TO PEARS.

I'll be live on RGL for Secret Jankta at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm pacific. but before that @ojmachine.bsky.social will have to play some absolutely nonsense that I've given him. that's the real highlight here. come watch!

I recently came into possession of a Sega Mouse (thanks @super.metr0.id) and immediately went to see which Sega CD games are compatible with it and oh my. I guess I have some silliness in my future.

this is gonna be real silly

I'm back from GDQ (which is maybe the most fun I've had all year? what a fun time that was, maybe more on that later), which means I'm ready to resume my FMV nonsense. Next up is The Last Bounty Hunter, which I practiced a shocking amount at GDQ. youtu.be/aG7So8Uvnwk

Wirehead @ #SGDQ2025:

My Wirehead run from last night is up on YouTube. Thanks for the kind words everyone! youtu.be/Hi9NIwtiR8s?...

When the games list was first released, I was significantly more excited about Backyard Baseball being on the list than my own run. I ruined my carefully crafted sleep schedule to be in the room for this and it was totally worth it.

Obligatory badge photo. If you see me, come say hi!

I like this idea. Runs learned: 143 Best place: 1st Worst place: 1010th (0:56 in Seterra (Old) Europe Countries) Longest Run: Grey's Anatomy (Wii) Any% (6:06:11) Shortest Run: Sid Meier's Pirates (0:06.067) Most fun: Jenny LeClue Least fun: Barbie Race & Ride

and yes, I will be there with cookies. that I made from scratch. that is all.

I will actually be at GDQ for the entire week for a change. See y'all tomorrow!