I've been replaying Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) on my Miyoo Flip, and I'm happy to report that the game is still absolutely excellent.

I've spent weeks writing custom lyrics to Bob Mortimer's "Slender People" but it's about my tiny puppy. If you don't know the original tune, here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvdw...

Some of the most fun I've had covering the industry in the 90s and 2000s was during the GBA era, discovering games and developers that pushed what the hardware could truly pull off. Thought I'd revisit some of the most impressive games of that era for those that missed 'em the first time around.

Publicly I always want to throw an A in towards the end and spell it as "publicaly". When that shows up as wrong, I almost always try to correct it by adding a second L to make it "publically" which is also wrong.

Mina the Hollower has officially gone GOLD! The game is complete and has begun the submissions process with our first-party partners. We’ll know the final release date soon and as soon as we can share it, you’ll know it. Thank you for sticking with us. We can’t wait for you to play!

In light of today's Xbox news, this series of posts from the original Xbox's creator continues to ring true just as loudly as it did last summer when he posted it. Xbox can do literally everything else right, but none of it will matter if they don't get the one part that matters right: THE GAMES.

We have minimum required ages for the House (25), Senate (30) and POTUS (35). They need maximum ages too. You should only be allowed to assume or continue to hold one of these offices if you are below your Social Security "Normal Retirement Age" (67 for most people) on the day you are (re)sworn in.

Still riding high off this. It took me almost 2 hours to get the dang thing setup since I didn't have the original remote, but I was able to get around that by controlling it with my TV's remote via HDMI-CEC (the soundbar is also a streaming device). I felt victorious when it finally worked.

Bwahahaha! The $400 soundbar I found at the local thrift store for $9 works! I needed to buy a $40 OEM power supply for it, but it works!!

As a lover of hilariously bad films, I find this question deeply interesting. There are some actually good games that are intentionally designed to look bad or play poorly, but are still enjoyable. But are there any games that are unintentionally bad, and actually so bad that they are good?

I've really been getting into Sincere Engineer lately. If you're into midwest emo, check 'em out! Their sound is sorta like Jeff Rosenstock meets Motion City Soundtrack (and on some tracks, I pick up shades of The Hold Steady?).

GP Ultimate is going from $30/mo to $23/mo. If you subscribed for a whole year, this represents $84/yr in savings. That's enough to buy the next COD upon release for $70 (based on the BLOPS3 price) and still come out $14 ahead. Wow, they actually did the consumer-friendly thing with no catches?

Nintendo 1st Party Releases 2026 Jan: ACNH 3.0 Feb: Mario Tennis Mar: Pokopia, Wonder update Apr: Poke Champs, Tomodachi Life May: Yoshi Mysterious Book Jun: ? Jul: Rhythm Heaven, Splatoon Raiders Aug: ? Sept: ? Oct: ? Nov: ? Dec: ? (maybe nothing) TBD: Fire Emblem Rumored: Star Fox, OOT Remake

We're hiring a fundraising manager! If you have business development or non-profit fundraising experience, consider joining our team! Extremely proud that, in a field that struggles with funding and stability, we're offering a competitive salary with benefits!!

This is some bullshit. It was 80° two days ago.

Agreed, MegaMan Battle Network 3.

(ymmv) Metroid Prime 4 / Kirby Air Riders / Pokemon Legends Z-A (Switch 2) games are $29.97 at select Costco in-stores Verify prices/selection via Costco app (Warehouse tab-> search warehouse inventory for your location)

Agreed, MegaMan Battle Network 3.

Don't think I have too many FSU followers on here, but this is for you. Help keep the Student Life Cinema free! aslc.union.fsu.edu/contacts

Based on that trailer, it looks like they absolutely nailed it with the Street Fighter movie. Also, SO glad to see such a colorful film. The trailer is loaded with shots that are absolutely bursting with color.

I knew it

Smiling Friends went out on top. Every show should be so lucky. What a fantastic pair of final episodes.

Today's Eisner Intro is particularly amazing for multiple reasons: youtu.be/QyGmWEwGNqw

Counterpoint: The current $30/mo Ultimate price MIGHT actually be fair, IF they could consistently deliver a high quality slate of exclusive-to-Xbox (and PC) first party titles. They'd need to release at least 5 AAA ($70) per year to justify that cost.

Paging Dr. Jesus, your DoorDash is here.

The question everybody should be asking is what kind of government do you have when a grandmother has to work delivery for DoorDash to pay for her husband’s cancer treatment.

These “kid casinos” have seriously gotten out of hand. In my childhood at least most of these ticket games (like skee-ball) were largely skill based, not randomized.

Just learned that @forecastwatch.bsky.social's ForecastAdvisor.com has been majorly nerfed. They now only show the Top 3 forecasters for a region, not the full list. And they don't say how accurate the Top 3 are. What a major disappointment. This site was so useful, and now it's very much less so.

The state with the lowest living wage is Mississippi. For a two-parent, two-child household, that wage is calculated at $25.35/hr. Assuming a 40hr work week, that's an annual income of $52,728. $50k a year is not "good money" and hasn't been for a long time.

It’s a ska summer. Just booked tickets to see all these bands (AND MORE) over two days in NJ. Less Than Jake Bouncing Souls Streetlight Manifesto The Aquabats

The film, "October Sky," which I think I watched on a TV like this at least three different times, in different classes, over my school years.

A hallway on Floor 11 in Luigi's Mansion 3 references both The Shining and Twin Peaks with its carpet and floor patterns, respectively.

My assumption is tonight he’ll announce a “breakthrough in talks,” and nothing will happen. Although in reality, nothing at all will have happened. We are the prisoner of a man who’s lost what very little sanity he had left. I could be wrong.

Yo. Buy @blippo.plus. It's crazy cool and fun. It's more so an interactive video art piece than it is a proper "game" and it's one of the most fun and inventive things I've seen in a very long time. ProTip: Play it in single joy-con mode, which lets you use it as it if was the TV's remote control.

Bluesky is broken, post Soviet Mario

Yo. Buy @blippo.plus. It's crazy cool and fun. It's more so an interactive video art piece than it is a proper "game" and it's one of the most fun and inventive things I've seen in a very long time. ProTip: Play it in single joy-con mode, which lets you use it as it if was the TV's remote control.

Ashley Padilla is having the strongest season of SNL anyone’s had in a long time.

I’m going to be 79 when the real date (4/5/2063) hits… if we all survive until then. It’s gonna be lit out in Bozeman.

Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye.

The new most terrifying thing about space travel is simply that, even when outside the Earth, you cannot escape your inbox.

BlueSky still don't have native polls, so I guess just answer below. How do you pronounce "Jaleco"? A) Juh-lay-co B) Jal-uh-co (like calico)

Criterion release when?

I had one of these DKC Competition Carts as a kid. IIRC they were from Blockbuster’s world game championship. Mine was purchased from the Nintendo Power catalog, and it came with a special case. Others were sold at Blockbusters. I sold mine for like $700 in college (2005ish). I often regret that.

Separate the art from the artist by boiling the latter and pouring them into a separator with a strainer and filter to capture the solids. As they cool, the less dense art naturally floats to the top and congeals leaving art-free stock trapped beneath a layer of art.

I spent some time playing Mega Man Battle Network 3 (GBA) on this device last night. Then I remembered, I reviewed this game back in the day… 23 freakin’ years ago. I feel so very old. www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4099/...

The Miyoo Flip I ordered arrived today. This thing came with freakin’ Celeste in it!

I picked Fortnite back up again, after not playing it since it launched for Switch 1 back in the day. I'm playing on PS5 now, and the addition of motion-control aiming to other platforms has totally changed the game for me. I'm drastically better at aiming this way vs. traditional dual-analog.

I built a website. www.8bitacrylic.com I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but now I have it. Bookmark it, or something?

There's a great, big, beautiful D'Amaro shining at the end of Iger's days.

My wife said last night that the BBC should hire Ronald D. Moore (BSG, Outlander, For All Mankind) to showrun Doctor Who and she's right. He'd absolutely nail it. Too bad it'll almost certainly never happen because he's not British and I just can't imagine the BBC giving the show to a non-Brit.