I've received reports that Steam scammers are impersonating my profile and sending friend requests. If you ever need to verify it's really me, always check for Verne and Varginha Remastered Playtest. In other words, if it ain't got Mini-Me in Varginha, it ain't me (in Varginha).

I see all these people always talking about Half-Life 3, and yet no one talks about the fact that the Stalker concept art in the Half-Life 2 anniversary documentary is so heavily cropped. Why do you not want us to see, like, 80% of the beta Stalker, @valvesoftware.com? #halflife

I wanted to assure everyone that the Ivan and Monkey picture is not lost media as it had always been safely preserved. Perhaps by viewing this image you may also be a part in ensuring its historical legacy for future generations. #halflife #gordonandamonkey

YEARLY THANKSGIVING REDNECK RAMPAGE FU FACT: If you "Yeehaw!" in a barrel, you're rewarded with a whole 10 bonus health points instead of the normal 1! Be sure to use this elite tactic to give yourself the edge in your next Redneck Rampage multiplayer competition! #Thanksgiving

On this day and no other, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ricochet, unleashed Nov. 14, 2000 with Counter-Strike. As its Steam page is wrong, I suggest finding a way of remembering Ricochet's correct birthday. It's easy for me since today is also my own birthday. #ricochet2

Once again, Valve's deceit fools an unsuspecting populace: Ricochet's release date on Steam is false. Ricochet released November 14, 2000 in the retail disc version of Counter-Strike. But fear not, for I continue my 20+ years vigilance against Valve's Ricochet lies! #ricochet2

I searched and could only find 20+ year old forum posts mentioning this, so here's the Return to Castle Wolfenstein "I need ammo!" reference in Sealab 2021. To any surviving show creators: See? One guy did recognize the reference. And I even remembered it too! Totally worth it!

After years of searching, I finally refound my favorite 90s Half-Life fan art of all time! Sadly, I lost the artist's name literal decades ago, but what mere name can do justice to a masterpiece? Hey @valvesoftware.com, please cancel HLX and remake this picture. #halflife

Today is the 20th anniversary of the original “WTF BOOM” meme getting uploaded to the internet. Many may not know this, but the explosion and laughter comes from our “Cold Fear” video we did for Ubisoft back in 2005. Thank you for keeping the legacy alive.

20 years ago today, July 14, 2005, I created "Link finds a WTF" on YTMND, later becoming better known today on the Internet after it took on a life of its own as "WTF BOOM!". To commemorate this 20th anniversary, I've remastered my original WTF BOOM! YTMND in 4k. #ytmnd #wtfboom

Spurred on by @wrestlingbios.bsky.social' latest Reliving the War, I reviewed the Sep 18, 2000 WWF Raw to try to find myself and my dad in the audience, and I think we're roughly among these blurry splotches. Thus, I can say I was on cable TV! Does anyone have a satellite feed of this show?

Actual footage of my desktop on this day (and most days, to be fair). #doom #fireworks

20 years ago today, June 28, 2005, I created "What is Half-Life?" on YTMND, becoming my most popular site there which spurred an interest in creating more HL stuff. whatishl.ytmnd.com But it left one burning question: Hey @valvesoftware.com, what is Half-Life? #halflife #ytmnd

In this Duke Nukem D-Day build, the lockers in this science lab kind of look like the ones in Half-Life's Anomalous Materials Lab. It even has one labeled "Freeman" too! What are the odds? Boy, what a coincidence this is, eh @valvesoftware.com @gearboxofficial.bsky.social? #halflife #dukelore

In this book's Garry Newman interview, this screenshot is identified as being the original 1998 Half-Life, yet it's clearly 2006's Half-Life: Deathmatch Source! Boy I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @bitmapbooks.com! And why didn't you correct them, @garrynewman.bsky.social? #jbmod

In this newly-leaked Duke Nukem: D-Day build, the evil scientist's lab contains cloning tanks with Dukes from 1, 2, 3D, and even TTK. However, the fourth tank is empty! As if we're still waiting for that Duke! Maybe waiting... 'forever'! I see what you did there, @dukenukemgame (not on Bluesky)!

You: Barney Calhoun in Blue Shift isn't Barney Calhoun because it doesn't call you Barney. Me: The manual calls you Barney Calhoun. Multiple times, even! Don't worry, @gearboxofficial.bsky.social, I'm a real fan who's got your back! #halflife #realfan (Scans by @segadreamcastinfo.bsky.social)

The key art for the new release of The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki depicts Dr. Radiaki himself with two normal arms, yet his left arm (or right, if the shot's flipped) is canonically a laser cannon. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @zoom-platform.com! #radiakilore

Whoever just won this shirt at auction has officially laid claim to the being the coolest cat in all of the Doom-dom. You can go ahead and cancel the game release now, @doom.com; the dark ages of Doom are no more! #doom #doomer #doomersdoit

The RIOTTANK.3DS model found in the recent 3D Realms discs in the late Stephen Hornback's data archive sure looks like it could be 'the' original model used for the Pig Cop Tank sprites in Duke Nukem 3D. Hey @dukenukemgame (not on Bluesky), can you confirm or disconfirm this suspicion? #dukelore

Good news, my fellow PO'ed-ians! My PC physical edition of PO'ed: Definitive Edition has arrived, now joining The World's Largest (known) PO'ed Collection™! This may also inadvertently document the woeful decline of PC "big" box releases. #poed #RIPboxesthatRtoobig #3do4life

To assuage the public's fears, I wanted to assure everyone that, after several harrowing months in shipping, my Barney on Miami Beach mug has arrived safe and sound. It now sits on my desk where it will serve out its days as a container for bits and bobs. #halflife #barney #miami

Speaking of Painkiller, I'll be on the lookout in the reboot for my favorite iconic foes of the series, those being stagehands, robots, vikings, Japan, and pirate skeletons. What did you mean by the theological implications of robots ending up in Purgatory, @painkillergame.bsky.social?

Hey Activision, in your new Hexen Reborn mobile game app, the store page shows an ESRB rating of M but captioned as 13, but the event page about the ongoing raid event clearly shows PEGI 7 (and 3)! Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @ravensoftware.com! #hexen

According to video rental store chain Hollywood Video, Halo has more "family appeal" than Half-Life. While I can't find Hollywood Video's social media account, let me tell you, @playhalo.bsky.social (not real?), that the daily life of an MIT graduate can be perfectly enjoyed by the whole family!

In the grand tradition of putting too many enemies than wot belongs in one space, I've created the first custom map for PO'ed: Definitive Edition that pits you against hundreds and hundreds of Butts in a level inspired by the classics that I dub... BUTTNUTS. #poed #nuts #buttnuts

Happy 30 years of Rise of the Triad! To celebrate, I went and fixed those fullbright yellow pixels that appeared on foggy enemies that really bugged me the past few decades. I mean, what are we to believe, that these are some sort of magic sparkly Enforcers or something? #rott30

The 1999 Team Fortress Classic Mapping Contest winners were included on the Opposing Force install disc. However, they were never added to TFC proper, leaving them forgotten to time. What sin must a TFC map commit for you to banish it to obscurity, @valvesoftware.com?

Valve lied to us. On Nov 18, 2023, they claimed their HL1 25th Anniversary Update added sprays from the Further Data disc. However, one unique new spray was slipped in among them: "gorilla", the same one seen in Half-Life: Alyx. @valvesoftware.com, what's da deal? #halflife #gorilla

I was perusing 1970s-era publications on mythological woodland creatures, as you do, and I found him. Hey @valvesoftware.com, what about this specific 1976 illustration by Dutch artist Rien Poortvliet inspired aspirations of space travel? #halflife #LittleRocketMan #youvebeengnomed

Actual footage of me celebrating January 1st. #doom #HappyNewYear

Now that the newest oldest Blue Shift build has been released, I can finally say that my favorite part of this prototype is its comically oversized toolbox. I mean, gee, that's one really big toolbox! Yep. Boy howdy! Why'd you make this toolbox so big, @gearboxofficial.bsky.social ? #halflife

I want to wish everyone a Merry Chri- wait a minute, why does page 129 of the Prima Games Doom 3 guide say that the Monorail Airlock's security code is 953 when it's actually 826!? I'm afraid I have no choice but to declare Christmas officially ruined. #doom #doom3 #hackxmasery

Actual photo of me in the middle of deciding which Duke expansion to play this holiday season.

Looking back at the Half-Life 2: Update community commentary node I wrote in 2013, I'd say I was darn close at guessing Valve's official 2024 node! I only missed the unimportant bits like physics, story, sweeping, etc. @valvesoftware.com, can I write Half-Life: Source's commentary?

These are YouTube's video ideas for me. I think I shall pursue the last one. Hey @valvesoftware.com, I will require 50 billion dollars in order to construct an Anti-Mass Spectrometer and engineer a cataclysmic world-ending catastrophe. Also, what's an Anti-Mass Spectrometer?

YEARLY THANKSGIVING REDNECK RAMPAGE FUN FACT: Daisy Mae's Livin' is a fictional in-universe magazine that's actually a hint sheet for Redneck Rampage Rides Again. I know nothing of its origin or any other info behind it, but the fact that it exists is a fact that's fun, right?

At the 1:55:26 mark of the new Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary, the Episode Three concept art shown on screen has clearly been incorrectly matted. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for this blunder, @valvesoftware.com!

Released in November of 2004, NoFrag's "Les défauts de Half-Life 2" is one of the earliest retail HL2 fan videos ever made, and I remember watching it way back when. However, I don't speak French, so I never understood it. Hey @nofrag.bsky.social , what were you talking about 20 years ago?

POST 20th Anniversary FUN FACT: Did you know that a surprising amount of Source games/mods either lack or don't have properly functioning "prop_dynamic_create" or "thirdperson" console commands? You'll never guess how I discovered this fact repeatedly over the past week!

Test post, do not read/watch.