I still can’t believe that Starfox Direct was real.

I’m about to watch this so-called “Starfox Direct” but I don’t believe it’s real so I’m expecting some explanations real soon

I clicked a link on Nintendo's stock price and it took me to "the new Google Finance" page, with "AI-powered insights." Some of these insights include: -Pokemon: ZA sold a lot in its first week (that was 6 months ago) -New trade tariffs have forced a pause of US pre-orders (that was 12 months ago)

Of course you'd like to see a live feed of a beautiful Parisian church. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNAh...

Played Epic Mickey for the 1st time last night. I know there's a "rebrushed" port but on a CRTV this still looks good to my eyes. Still can't believe something like this got made. Even w/ its faults, the ambition + complexity on display is striking, esp when compared to the recent 2D platformer.

Happy 33 1/3 proposal deadline day to all who celebrate

Fascinating. And makes me miss when we could simply pay attention to a handful of professional critics instead of the seething mass of viewers who get to dictate the narrative about a movie based on their personal and what they perceive to be inviolate whims

I'm still mad I sold my copy of Super Star Wars (SNES) to put money toward getting this for N64.

Paste Magazine was a tour de force in games criticism, and @garrettmartin.bsky.social is a legend. In the replies, share your favorite works from the Paste Magazine/AV Club/Endless Mode archives.

From 2014 to 2017, I wrote 54 articles for Paste. So it's always been a special place to me, and much of that was the freedom @garrettmartin.bsky.social gave me (and his other writers) to explore. Sad to hear the news of its latest incarnation closing up shop. But damn, it had a good run.

Over 200 active video game publications. Text. Audio. Video. Reporting. Criticism. Analysis. Blogs. Sites. Networks and wikis. Even in its incomplete form, the document is a treasure trove! I hope it helps you find your next favorite blogger, essayist, reporter, video maker, podcaster, and more!

PSA for anyone who didn’t know (I certainly didn’t): Madison Karrh’s delightful point-and-click puzzler Birth (now with exclamation mark!) is out on iOS

PRE-RELEASE GTA 6 COVERAGE: The entire global economy rests on this revolutionary piece of art POST RELEASE GTA 6 COVERAGE: Here's where you can find the most early-game Orbs

Reviewers blasé about the Switch 2 edition of SMB Wonder must not have had kids. Been playing with my 7 and 9yo boys and they love it. Purchase price would’ve been worth it for the Donut Block co-op mode alone.

If you're a teacher, give each of your students, near the end of the semester, a personal book rec based on your time together. And share the list with your class. And explain a bit why you chose it for them. Might be the best thing I teach 'em all year: That books aren't obligations and can be fun.

it sure doesn't make sense to pay money/tokens to automate something that makes worse versions of something you're already doing and now have to fix.

Nabokov inadvertently describing GenAI in 1947 (from his novel Bend Sinister)

Good news in an email is a rare delight. Know that I received just such a tasty thing in my inbox last night, unbeknownst to me until this morning, where I received it like a package of Omaha Steaks on the doorstep ready to be cooked and enjoyed. I hope you, too, receive such a thing today.

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Someone (thanks!) pointed me to this Adam Conover and Keza MacDonald podcast episode. It’s a pleasant listen. Since the show is named “Factually!”, I feel obligated to point out certain inaccuracies. • Nintendo never sold rice, but jointly invested in an instant rice company w/ two other firms. 1/

With YOSHI & THE MYSTERIOUS BOOK promo heating up, let us remember this Iwata Asks for Galaxy 2, devoted to the passionate fan base for Yoshi within the Nintendo development team iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/w...

Good Map #2

Good Map #1

SWH is on sale for six bucks and change right now, has a new free update for Switch 2, if you haven’t already experienced the best sentient tarot card-motorcycle racing sim pop album out there, what are you doing

I read this review by @zaaack.bsky.social and... 1. I'm still not sure what the game is, but 2. I want it anyway kotaku.com/titanium-cou...

Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

Happy 8th birthday to when Nintendo released a DIY interactive cardboard kit on the same day Sony released God of War. variety.com/2018/gaming/...

Co-signed

I'm gonna wait to read it in print, but sharing it here on the off-chance it gets an internet stranger to subscribe in order to know the truth about Free Restaurant Bread. Thank you @caity.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Not always into the retro game history vids, but this one by @74xx.bsky.social is WILD, (GUN)MAN. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfq...

My local Target store is sold out; my two nearest Best Buys have 1 copy remaining each. Either they did not receive many in the first place or people be buying the hot new Mii game.

If I don’t grab Tomodachi Life at retail soon, does anyone think it’ll be hard to grab a physical copy later? Not sure how many boxes they’re putting in stores with a release like this…

In preparation of Tomodachi Life, I definitely just spent 8 minutes on the Wii's Mii Channel sending 2007-era characters to my 2015-era New 3DS so I can then save them onto different amiibo in order to transfer them onto my 2026-era Switch island.

EPD #4 just keeps doin' their own thing. @marioprime.bsky.social on the next goofy smile-maker from Kyoto's Mii team www.polygon.com/tomodachi-li...

At first I thought this article, which quotes me, was an AI-infected slop job by a non-human. BUT then I realized it's for a high school newspaper? And maybe the bad writing is just an earnest, flawed attempt to make something? Judge for yourself. tritontimes.com/72695/artsen...

If you're going to listen to anyone about art in the age of AI, listen to Colson Whitehead. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Between this and Tomodachi, my S1 OLED is gonna be lapping my S2 in playtime this year.

Yaxel is just one piece but demonstrates why this might be my favorite Mich team I’ve watched. Unselfish. Team player. Honest. Full effort on both sides of the court. Will be cheering for him wherever he lands.

GO BLUE!!!

And.... taxes done! Nine days left to all my fellow late filers.

I admired his skill but never loved the attitude. A grown man should not throw a temper tantrum at his job. Slamming his clubs on the ground in anger should have been a sign that perhaps he was not in control as much as we thought.

If you're thinking of seeing the Mario Movie this weekend, this is probably the most relevant review out there.

Old magazines are important because they remind us of games that definitely don’t exist. Never have I heard of PUSHOVER and this is my magazine!

Broken links don't bother me as much as unformatted pull quotes. So that when you read an old piece, what once was bigger font and in bold, signifying being taken from elsewhere in the text, now just looks the same as all the other words and makes it seem like a weird redundant typo. #oldfreelancer

Come for the delicious accents, stay for the spatula-mics. (And, you know, a new vg print mag based down under.) www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

This worship of efficiency kills creativity. Every transcript I have, every piece of research, I go over again & again, looking for detail, pattern, illuminating anecdote. It’s not efficient. I flail sometimes! But it’s essential. It’s how I learn to tell the story to myself, so I can tell it to you

If there is justice in this world, new Tomodachi Life will be massive. And I think... there's a very real chance this happens. (TL selling lots, NOT actual real-world justice, let's not get crazy.)

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Something not mentioned here but perhaps connected: Nintendo's recent push into more physical/premium goods: bigger $40 amiibo, $50 Talking Flower, $100 Alarmo. If there's less shelf space for games, they likely still want Nintendo "stuff" there to entice fans & now more of that is made in-house.