First day back in NY

I am officially back in the US! The rest of trip was super lowkey spent in Hamamatsu. Explored an old shrine, checked out some sand dunes, and spent some time downtown. Also tried some grilled eel (Hamamatsu speciality) Absolutely incredible trip. Definitely recommend!

Day 4: It’s time for the Snow Monkeys! We stayed at a wonderful Japanese bed and breakfast in a really nice small town with more cool stuff to do than expected. We instantly regretted not staying for a few days. After breakfast, we hit the trails to the Snow Monkeys Park!

Day 3: Oops, forgot to do a post for this day 🫠 Final day in Tokyo started off with a visit to the Shinjuku garden where there were fortunately Cherry Blossoms still in bloom! The garden was extremely well maintained with very nice walking trails and even a greenhouse.

Day 2: Even more walking! Slightly less than yesterday but wow I’m tired… Started the day with a trip up to the 45th floor of a public observation area. Got to see the entire Tokyo skyline. If it were just a little less cloudy, I could have seen Mt. Fuji, but I’ll settle for foothills.

Day 1: Temple and Shibuya day! So much walking, but went to see the oldest temple in Tokyo; Senso-Ji! Day started off with breakfast at a quaint little cafe then moved on to the actual temple itself. Some of the most beautiful Japanese architecture I’ve ever seen. Was completely awe-struck!

Day 0: I’ve arrived in this really cool place called “Japan”. Got some miso and sushi. Jet lag not too bad. Also no one told me Japanese convenience stores were so GOATed. I wasn’t familiar with their game.

All of the world’s money funneled into a black hole of energy and spaghetti and yet still no AI could could even come close to the weaponized brilliance of “madreegal”

I dug into and restored the cut content in The Pillar of Autumn! This is the one that kicked off the Halo franchise. Bungie needed to knock this one out of the park, it's the player's very first impression. And with that pressure comes a lot of concepts that never made it in. Check it out below!

New video on Saturday 👀 Currently up for Patrons!

One of the worst developments from the "influencer" era is every time a new game comes out and I look up guides for certain things, I have to sift through made-in-an-hour slop until I find something even sort of decent First content is not good content, make good content ffs...

We are going from 70 degrees and sunshine this week to 20 degrees and snowing next week. The Northeast is a snazzy place I tell ya…

Next Saturday starting around 9pm EST, I will be showcasing the NEW and improved Halo CE Anniversary run for SpeedDucks! There have been a couple major breakthroughs in the past couple of years, I’m talking even more advanced and crazier skips It’s also never been showcased in a marathon before 👀

Some super cool stuff coming up for Halo Speedrunning 👀

Nah, I’m good, thank you Mr. Soon-to-Be Publicly Traded Corporation, I will not be giving you my sensitive personal information

I now have a Patreon! patreon.com/NervyDestroyer My entire video catalog is up there (ad-free) along with some sneak peeks of what I'm currently working on 👀 Expect other fun stuff like post-video Q&As and behind the scenes for my videos (like cut bits/gags!)

That bitch-ass groundhog…

THE ICE BREAKER SCHEDULE IS OUT oengus.io/marathon/ice... Join us on Friday, Jan. 30th starting at 11:00am ET for a weekend full of the best speedruns we could find in support of Minnesota against ICE!

Expedition 33 is really that good isn't it? Damn...

CONTINUE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT AI IS THE STUPIDEST SHIT EVER IT IS WORKING CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN

GGs to the Bears. You got something really special brewing over there

Fun fact, a key feature of Bluesky and the AT protocol is the ability to curate your feeds Which leads to fun innovations like nuclear blocklists Like this one: bsky.app/profile/did:...

So I’m just supposed to go to work tomorrow?

🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org! Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!! See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!! We are SO BACK!!!!!!!

Yes we did, @shockwve.fastestfurs.com

🔴 NEW VIDEO! 🔴 The Cut Content in Two Betrayals... I found quite a lot of cool stuff in this one (like a 4th pulse generator area!). Very excited to finally show it to y'all, been months in the making! youtu.be/BQEWq-DLt3U

ATTENTION GAMERS I will be in Pittsburgh next week for YINZ and only YINZ. I will stop by that “AGDQ” thing only if there’s enough time. If you see me at AGDQ, you may come up and ask if we can go to YINZ. If you see me at YINZ, don’t talk to me, I’m busy Thank you

I am significantly less excited for the future of Halo

Yeah new Expedition 33 interview was out. The generated texture was just part of them experimenting with GenAI when it was brand new years ago when they were first starting working on the game. They didn’t like it, said “it felt wrong”, stopped using it, and a single texture from that got missed.

hi there's ~2 weeks until AGDQ so get your COVID booster/flu shot if you haven't yet! it can take 2 weeks for your COVID booster to become fully effective 😇

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

How much y’all wanna bet this year’s wraps and recaps were AI? It would explain a lot…

Why is the Nvidia App serving me ads as Windows notifications? When do we start eating? I'm hungry

No thanks, I prefer my enshitification without any condiments

Today I'm playing the most difficult version of Halo CE on Legendary... The 1749 Beta Please send help www.twitch.tv/nervydestroyer

We released a new single just in time for the holidays!!!

ATTENTION SPEEDRUN FANS‼️ I accidentally bought AGDQ tickets on the same day I'm supposed to get married & they cost me $2,000 (plane, registration, hotel, etc.) If anyone wants to go take my place for FREE it's going to be at the St. Marys church his name is John he's 5'10 super nice guy

It's here!!! The full #AGDQ2026 Schedule is OUT!!!!!!! https://gdq.gg/schedule

Don't say anything holly or jolly, we still have time

Alright, I think I got this bad boy dialed in...

Working on a drive-able Wraith! The fun balancing problem here is the better I make it for the player, the better it is for the enemies lobbing mortars at you... So uh... be careful on the next patch

VOD is up for my Halo CE run at GDQueer! youtu.be/P7XYDW3j5VM?...

I'LL BE LIVE WITH HALO CE CLASSIC LEGENDARY VERY SOON PLEASE PULL THROUGH AHHHHHHH www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

Off to paint myself a happy little cabin next to a happy little tree

A strange glitch... one with very simple steps, but impossible to understand. The one that causes a level to end early. My next video is NOW LIVE! 👇

GDQUEER STARTS TOMORROW AND WE'RE BENEFITTING Lambda Legal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61

New video on Saturday, I really like how this one turned out. Channel members, you should have access now!

Bump bump. GDQueer is THIS WEEKEND! gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61