This is the how I tend to spend my birthdays, too…albeit with my Switch 2 in hand.

Joy incoming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ND...

I always feel like listening to '80s era Journey when playing/reviewing a game from Flynn's Arcade. But then I remember that Jonathan Cain is a dipshit, and I suddenly don't want to listen to Journey anymore.

Looked across the ice and realized how many of his American teammates are MAGA.

In which I reveal my new favorite way of disposing of bodies. In video games. It’s important to make that distinction.

I rarely am Team USA anyway, but this #USAHockey gold could not have come at a worse time. It just feels…gross.

There's nothing like the fear of a Jeff Bezos ownership to ruin a perfectly good #Seahawks Super Bowl victory. You couldn't get me two weeks of happiness, Jody?

A little late going up, but it took us this long to settle down.

Echoing the sentiment that the UI in Mac OS Tahoe is horrid across the board. I mean, every single app is muddled mess that interferes with my ability to use it. But I appreciate that. I like when things get so bad that it's easier to quit them. You know...like "The Office."

I didn’t put together a list of the 10 best Baltimore albums of the year. Were I to, I guess this would be #1? Anyway it’s #2 on my city non-specific best albums of the year.

I don’t have a rainbow cardigan, but can still identify.

#Nintendo outdid themselves with their 2025 wrap up. But I don’t think it’s designed for reviewers. That was a LOT to get through.

Can relate.

He’s right, you know.

Will be hard to top their 2025, but I believe they can do it.

My son and I were unable to get through season one, but we're willing to give season two a try. Our hope is for more Russells, fewer...well, insufferables. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYe...

This surfaced from my mailbox on Godzilla Day. Is Shin Godzilla a top 5 entry? Maybe. It goes... 1. Godzilla Minus One 2. GMK 3. Mothra vs. Godzilla 4. Invasion of the Astro Monster ...then you've got about six movies battling for that #5 spot.

In which I implore the hipsters and youth to stop referring to records as "vinyls." Are you calling your books "papers" now, too? Your Switch 2 physical releases "denatonium benzoate-coated plastics?"

Counterpoint: #TronAres was not that bad, but the Nine Inch Nails soundtrack was. Bombastic and invasive, it didn’t enhance the action, it overpowered it.

Can we ban betting app ads? I’m not opposed to betting, I just think the commercials all suck.

Hey, @bigstirrecords.bsky.social, make sure the guys in Splitsville know that Naoko and Atsuko recognized their logo on my shirt at the #ShonenKnife concert in Cleveland on Thursday, and we talked a bit about their '97 Irving Plaza show in NYC. The best opening/main act pairing I've ever seen.

In answer to your questions, yes, it features my favorite #Switch2 game so far, Kunitsu-Gami, and yes, it features the Switch 2 game I'm most looking forward to (this year), Full Metal Schoolgirl.

My announcement of the day from yesterday’s #NintendoDirect. Unlike nearly every other game out there (besides Pikmin), Fatal Frame has no equivalent. That makes the gap between releases seem like forever.

In which I suggest a timely and enticing new tagline for #EASports.

Finally corrected an embarrassing gap in my LP collection.

In which I reveal how #Nintendo made me mad last week and which upcoming indie sequel stepped in to save the day.

8, because I prefer window and because the Young Bucks are li’l fellas, comparatively speaking.

My favorite song off what may be my favorite album of the year…and I’d never even been to Hutzlers!

In which my repressed memories of #DonkeyKong for the #Intellivision painfully resurface.

I hold a #Godzilla movie marathon about every other year, so I can opine with some authority that this is one of the five best Godzilla movies ever made. See it in August to determine whether you agree. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNox...

Can confirm that @spikechunsoftinc.bsky.social nailed it again. It was my first time reading The Somnium Files, and judging by my love for No Sleep for Kaname Date, I've got some catching up to do.

I don’t know if I ever laughed as hard at a movie as I did during this scene.

Give it a listen, everyone, and know if you dig it, the album gets even better.

No no no no. Thank YOU, @bigstirrecords.bsky.social! Splitsville has returned with what could be my favorite album of 2025. Power pop is alive and well…and not going to Hutzlers, I’ve learned.

Can confirm.

In which I liken Biker Waluigi to the sadly missed lead singer of a somewhat related British hard rock band.

You can't understand the joy this brings me. You just can't possibly understand.

Just put in an offer on a condo here…

Looking forward to putting this one on my Christmas wish list.

In which I learn they don’t play cornhole in Australia.

The character names alone are worth a double dip.

In which I gush further over The Hundred Line from @marveloususa.bsky.social and pine harder for the #FireEmblem games of yore.

In which I explain why some people are totally justified in their complaints about price, while others just need to shut up. I’m on the shut up side. You?

I preferred OK Go when they were a pop/rock band, not an advertising agency, but I'm happy to say their new album is easily their best since "Oh No." And their videos are as good as ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz9B...

Honestly, the Negative Nancys can get bent. I'm still excited about the Switch 2, and this was a fun discussion on what it's bringing our way. Next week, we talk price. And spoiler alert? I'll still be excited.

I don't recall the original Xenoblade Chronicles X so accurately depicting the working conditions at @purenintendo.bsky.social.

Why is my Mii the only one who appears concerned about the giant Mii hovering hungrily behind us?

Everybody Happy, indeed! There has never been—and never will be—a more joyful band.

I was also hopeful at one time...but then Apple Arcade just started to feel like Apple Music; less about cleanly serving content to users and more about selling ad space to creators and publishers.

No one can ever accuse Nintendo of not being direct with their fans. They can slow down, though. How am I expected to play/review the games in my queue with all of these glorious interruptions?!