I just sat in my car to see if this was her real name or if my car’s radio was hallucinating. She’s real! Incredible.

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

Please let’s give this the Star Fox 2 treatment and release it on NSO

Let this be a reminder that in Wii Fit Plus, you could attach the Fit Meter to your dog’s collar and upload its steps into their very own doggy profile in the game

After finally finishing Ratner’s Star I am sharing this reminder, both to you and myself

Counterpoint to all the glowing impressions of the Analogue 64: Maybe you should only play 64-bit games from 1997 on a 27” CRT. Are there converters for playing old VHS tapes on 4K 80” flatscreens? If so they should be destroyed.

Most retro filters don’t really do it for me, but there’s something about the one from @digitaleclipse.bsky.social for the original Mortal Kombat (Arcade) that puts me back at Tel-Twelve Mall in Southfield, MI. The Legacy Kollection is a remarkable achievement. Such an important moment, told well.

So Metroid Prime 4 has a hub world-like desert called Sol Valley that connects a bunch of its areas... I'm thinking Vanpool had a role to play in all this

Metroid may lead all franchises in Discourse:Sales ratio.

People seem anxious about the new Metroid game's surprise inclusion of some hanger-on but I'm all for a 40-year-old franchise trying something new. (This, from an unapologetic fan of Other M, so...) I'm glad @ashleybardhan.bsky.social seems on board, too. www.gamesradar.com/games/metroi...

I’m doing what I can.

Watching GILDA right now. You can be too. Think about what you’re doing, and then think, “Is this better than watching Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford?” And it’s likely not. So join me.

Always on the cusp of the latest & greatest, I picked up Madden ‘18 (PS4) in a Clearance bin at a used book store, primarily to play Longshot, the in-engine story mode co-written by a guy I had pizza with once. @adriantoddzuniga.bsky.social It was great! If Madden was just this I’d be all over it.

Interesting write-up by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social on these new idle games that run on your Desktop. As a Chrome user I haven't seen these... not sure if they're my jam but certainly seems like a less caustic use of time than endless scrolling between work tasks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

Permit me to port-beg for a Switch 2 version that uses the upcoming Virtual Boy goggles as makeshift VR headset

Good morning Here is the correct vid as mentioned on yesterday's stream that has the context of the Nintendo Power info: The "voice effects" of Fulgore in Killer Instinct are modified audio of pigs squealing. Now you must carry the burden of seeing the cute piggy face every time you hit Fulgore.

Wish I could put this next to Rez Infinite & Tetris Effect on my aging PS4. Alas, progress waits for no man. Hope this does well!

I seriously don't want any new high-end hardware until 2035. Now would be a good time to work on shrinking down existing hardware to handheld form instead.

Was very happy to have a student come up to me, tell me they saw my @bossfightbooks.com Mario 2 book in our department's glass cabinet for faculty work & ask how they could buy it in a way that gives me the most money. Told her I still have a few copies at home. I brought 'em in & she paid MSRP.

Today's paper-grading music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqX...

I'm newly addicted to KOSMO SPIN like it's 2010, dang

I hope BLIPPO+ has unlocked a new era of games leaning into this channel-surfing/TV Guide aesthetic, I love it

Is there still time to re-publish each of your mobile games as individual titles and use the naming convention "Kosmo Spin: Simogo's Version"?

The Nintendo Store app is smart to group together recent Nintendo Direct presentations w/ all games mentioned. Re-watch the video, get excited, see the game right there, download it to your linked device. Pretty quick & seamless. What I’m saying is: You can still make amends and buy Drag x Drive.

Ready for TumbleSeed: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition whenever you are, @aeiowu.com

Happy Nintendo-Acknowledges-Digidrive-Day to all who celebrate.

You hear this, Enterprising Engineers? Make two Jonny’s dreams come true. Vector displays remain like nothing else. Playing Asteroids on original hardware is like controlling light itself.

This would be amazing... if the original Vectrex wasn't already pretty mini and it had true vector graphics. Still: We live in a world where a Vectrex Mini exists. Not the worst. www.kickstarter.com/projects/185...

I'm a big fan of what @digitaleclipse.bsky.social has done since Atari 50, so it's fantastic to see behind the curtain for how they get behind the curtain. Before taking the kiddos out trick-or-treating, read @davidlcraddock.bsky.social on the MK Legacy Kollection. www.shacknews.com/article/1462...

Happy Halloween from the…

Last night I finally "beat" DK Bananza. Holy moly, that's quite an ending sequence(s). That team is so good at making it just *feel good* to move around an environment. I couldn't stop playing even after rolling credits.

Outside these walls, the Children say, the grown-ups are monsters, and nowhere is safe. Our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren is now available worldwide! Buy it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/... Buy it now on Nintendo Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

You know what they say… One egg is enough

A family from the Dominican Republic moved to our street last year. Their kids wait at the bus stop w/ mine. One day we were late, the bus was waiting, my 6yo was running but his little legs were slow. The DR dad sees what’s happening, gets out of his van & picks up my dude to run him to the bus.

I keep thinking about this passage from THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

I am onboard with this new development

If this describes us, know that I’ll always cherish you

People say games are too expensive. Let me point you to this collection of 7 games you can purchase in a month that costs FIFTEEN DOLLARS. It’s an insult to currency, frankly. A bargain at twice the price.

I don't generally watch YouTube but these twelve minutes and fifty-three seconds are a tight, fulfilling look at KIRBY AIR RIDERS and the genius who directed it (and the geniuses who will play it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXn1...

In honor of @simogo.com's 15th anniversary announcements, here's a few reviews of their early mobile games, about to be given new life in their Legacy Collection. First up: The inimitable Ryan Kuo on BUMPY ROAD www.killscreen.com/review-bumpy...

This has been my most wished-for & thought-about retrospective collection for years and years. I missed too many of these the first time around, and the Switch should be the perfect place to experience them as designed. Simon + Gordon, congrats for 15 and thanks for all 9

Was going to highlight an important passage from the excerpt, but the point is students should be expected to read whole books, not excerpts—so the least you can do is read the whole excerpt slate.com/life/2025/10...

Good stuff about launching a new IP, iterating on past mistakes, managing scope and audience expectations, and development efficiency in the latest from @dringo.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thegameb...

Why did North American never get Brain Age on Switch, anyway? (Actually just gimme a Switch 2 Edition with new Mouse Mode)

Was perusing this November 2005 issue of Game Informer, found a preview for a game I was sure got cancelled, then found out, no, it came out and now people are trying to sell it for $200+. Okay. www.ebay.com/itm/25650346...

Finished @babystepsgame.bsky.social. Took 12 hrs, at least 4 of which were pointless repeated attempts at particularly horrible obstacles that I later gave up on and found a way around. This is simultaneously the greatest and most pointless gaming achievement of my life. I never want to see it again

I didn’t think I had any interest in Kirby Air Riders… but… I might have interest in Kirby Air Riders. Maybe it’s just Sakurai’s charisma. Have zero nostalgia for the first game but am starting to see its manic appeal.

I’m w/ Abram on this. My Switch photo album is a lovely little time capsule from launch. 2017 is seared into my mind as dozens of Hyrulian vistas. Similarly, 2025 is so far dozens of picturesque roadside snapshots & surreal DK underground worlds. A smart way to spur sharing too (organic marketing)