Today started with dog cuddles and Final Fantasy Tactics, proceeded into cooking, then a long run, and then more FFT. Pretty good Saturday, would recommend.

Mamdani and Trump

I’ve purposefully slowed down my gaming pace, and slowly working my way through Final Fantasy Tactics for the entire fall has been a delight. After you let go of the fomo of not playing every buzzy title, it can be really freeing to slowly luxuriate in fewer experiences.

The first annual Post Games Thanksgiving Special! I'll share the bonkers guest list when the episode goes broad on Monday, but subscribers will be thrilled to hear from 19 GUESTS (!!!), including designers, critics, a union organizer, screenwriters, and an honest-to-goodness movie star.

willing myself to go to the grocery store after my flight so i don't have to worry about it tomorrow. just typed "suoup" into my browser, in case you wanted to know how it's going.

Olivia Nuzzi is Garth Marenghi

Pensive! At the Exhibition

Reading Ulysses for the first time while in Dublin for a week’s vacation. If this is pretentious, I don’t care—I’m having a good time, damnit.

Petition to refer to postgame content as a game’s “epilogue.” I look forward to being the single signatory.

It was nice to feel positive about political currents for *checks notes* a little less than 5 days

It was nice to feel positive about political currents for *checks notes* a little less than 5 days

Spam text found poetry “Quick talk, for a moment”

Are anyone else’s YouTube ads getting absolutely deranged, or is it just me?

Tis the season 🎄

Did Women Ruin the Workplace?

My screen time report is going to body me this week, and I’m okay with that

Spent the morning libbing out instead of writing. No regrets. We’re all wine moms today.

I don’t remember playing 90 hours of Persona Q, but otherwise this tracks (New Leaf better than New Horizons)

I would read this novel

I would read this novel

And with that, I’m gonna read a book and go to bed with a stupid smile on my face. Onward.

Now I can go back to my other New Jersey anxieties, like "Can I make it to the Good Wawa before I run out of gas, or do I have to settle for the Okay Wawa?"

I think if I read five more posts I'll be able to not feel anxious. Maybe six. Yes, six more posts.

All glory to Glory

You know it’s Election Day when I’m getting hit with the 5 minutes left warning before 10 am

Vote! Then get back to the unceasing daily work of supporting each other through this ongoing calamity. But vote first!

Nintendo just gave us New Leaf music to listen to on Election Day, and for that I am grateful to exactly one corporation

Personal best 10k at Run the Bridge this morning! 46:38.45

Played this short indie game over just a couple days. Maybe four to six hours long? It's called Luigi's Mansion. Definitely recommend it.

To whomever is repeatedly trying to reset my Instagram password: Do it. Free me.

Unsuccessfully but hilariously took photos of Fraya in her UPS costume

What is going on with the Luigi model on the save screen of Luigi’s Mansion?

colons you can FEEL:

Makes me think we’re still years away from a proper sequel, which bums me out. Not sure I’m loving Nintendo’s strategy this gen of upgrading older games in lieu of announcing new entries.

spoke to the folks at obsidian about the outer worlds 2 and what if anything we should glean from the game about their relationship with their corporate parent www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

I’ve reached the “if I stretch too hard, my back muscles spasm” phase of my 30s

There’s nothing I love more than helping YouTube by answering one question

One year ago, I ran my first 5K at an average pace of 8:18/mile. This fall, I ran my personal best half marathon at an 8:24/mile pace. I'm on track for 1,000 miles of running this year. I've learned a lot about myself, my body, and my mind. It's made me a better partner, person, and writer. 🏃🏻‍♂️💨🏅

contracted a jrpg based audiovisual sensory disorder. i pet the town dog and a small blue window appears in front of me that says WOOF and i have to hit a button to make it go away

The dog successfully got two lunches after going back and forth between my wife and me. Have no choice but to respect the hustle.

Hey sorry if this is gauche, comics are not my scene but if you or someone you know is looking for anthology submissions and think this might be a good fit, I’d love to get this offline and out in the world. Might make a little zine but in the meantime, hit me up 🤙

Local man who drank nothing but coffee and tea all day wonders why he feels like everything is about to fall apart

According to Wikipedia, today is the 20th anniversary of The 1UP Show. I choose to believe this is true. I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had. I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.

When this is inevitably bad, we'll see a thousand headlines with some variation on "ChatGPT Atlas Shrugged"

Over at the ringer, I made the case for style over substance in open world games www.theringer.com/2025/10/21/v...

This episode of Post Games arrived at a moment for me when death was very much on my mind. I’m used to turning to literature in moments like these, but this conversation artfully reconfigured how I think about the potential of videogames to help us process real shit.

Wife observed a guy playing Silksong on NJ Transit, completely silent for most of the ride until, abruptly, he said "FUCK."

Me when a someone asks if they should take out debt for an MFA

Me when a someone asks if they should take out debt for an MFA

Love when the dog wakes me up at 4:30 because she needs to be tucked back into her blanket