From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X) "Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal? Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail… Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you. Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."

I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.

A planet of adventure - A DINOSAUR PLANET. The attract screen from the prototype build of what was already evolving into Star Fox Adventures, though it was intended to be an original project until it caught the attention of Shigeru Miyamoto, who requested it become part of the Star Fox 'verse.

I won the Chrono Trigger concert lottery!!! Guess I gotta go to Japan in January.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

TOONAMI: WEDNESDAY Intro (Moltar) #Wednesday 📺

Chrono Trigger 30th Anniversary Orchestra Concert announced for January 17/18, 2026 in Tokyo store.jp.square-enix.com/sp/chrono_co...

Gotta love this town. I saw a bunch of cosplayers out and about over the course of the afternoon and didn't think twice about it. Apparently Anime NYC is this weekend.

Indulged in some nostalgia and got myself a CRT TV this week. Additionally, the Virtual Boy I'd been waiting for finally arrived.

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Back in the old Nintendo Enthusiast days, I wrote a feature about Chrono Trigger. Honestly, the piece wasn't very good, and I always wanted to come back to it for its thirtieth anniversary. And again, that didn't happen. I guess that's the nature of time. Maybe one day.

Whenever a bunch of Italian-Americans are at a restaurant, everyone gets so excited for the fried galamad, but then everyone agrees it's not the best they've ever had.

Hit credits on Donkey Kong Bananza. Excellent game, AMAZING end sequence. Can't wait to go back and get the stuff I missed.

Walking around the Times Square area and I see an old man running a shell game twenty feet away from a vagrant drunkenly shouting at a group of tourists. Nature is healing.

Said goodbye to my boy today and realized that I'm sad to leave. Japan was home for a while, and this vacation made me realize how much I missed living here.

This shinkansen green car has all the vibes of a 1960s hotel.

It is like a hundred degrees in Osaka, bright and sunny. I am planning a mile and a half walk around the Expo Grand Ring.

I got into the USA Pavilion! Got super lucky and was only one person going into the English tour.

I got lucky and was able to get into a big pavilion. I happened to be talking to the attendant right as they let in about a dozen people without reservations. It was Journey to Life, by Mitsubishi, appropriately enough.

So I'm sitting in front of this guy.And I see a lady bolting with a stroller. Just gunning it. The baby points and says "Pikachu oni." And the mom, without breaking stride, goes "ah! Kabigon!" as they race to whatever it is they have a reservation for.

I bought this neck towel. Was it expensive? Yes. Was it the best financial decision I've ever made? Also yes. むしあついぃ〜

Some more from the Expo while I wait to order a ¥1600 hot dog.

At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.

At the World Expo in Osaka! It just started raining, so here are some thoughts.

Waiting for a manzai show to start. I'm one of maybe seven guys in the audience of over a hundred people and the only one who wasn't clearly dragged here by a girlfriend.

A first for me: I left a plane directly onto the tarmac. Always wanted to do that.

Finally saw a shamisen performance (and got to play the taiko). Hirosaki is one of my favorite places, and Aomori in general is amazing.

Just defeated the boss in Deltarune Chapter 3 without the special armor!

When half the lights go off in the train car, you know you're not getting to work any time soon.

Second Final Fantasy prerelease. I may have won this match.

Finally get to celebrate Switchmas!

Had some decent luck at the Final Fantasy prerelease. Went 2-1 with Boros equipment led by Hugo Kupka and got the rare d20.

There is a wonderful breeze lazily making its way through my home. The cost of this breeze should not be having to listen to the loudest children in the world screaming their lungs out right outside my window.

Guess it's the Rent soundtrack this morning.

today is cool sword day and in honor of that, here's maybe the coolest interview i've ever managed to get lol www.polygon.com/final-fantas...

perfect fucking card for this summon because it's expensive as shit and takes forever to go through its full cast reader. this fucking set

Did some nostalgic fanart for Chrono Trigger! One of the best to ever do it.

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In honor of the best bird at PAX East 2025: Chocobo, Awakened Inferno

Welp, that's another PAX East in the books. As always, it was a great time. Talked to lots of people and learned about all the cool stuff people are doing. Can't wait to see what next year has in store.

In one hour, two epic worlds collide as we pull back the curtain on #MTGxFINALFANTASY from the PAX East Main Stage. mtg.social/FFShowcase twitch.tv/magic

On line for the Magic the Gathering Final Fantasy panel at PAX East. They're handing out swag bags with welcome decks and random posters. Firion seems to be the most common, but Sephiroth, Terra, and Emmet-Selch are also represented. Apparently there was only one Cloud poster.

I appreciate every single convention invitation I get. I read and respond to every email, whether I can make it or not. I get to do what I love most in this world: playing games, reporting, and talking with people. That said, I have rarely been more excited about an email than this one for PAX.

After all these years, I finally have a web address of my own! The site sucks right now, but this feels like a milestone. www.dominickashtear.com

Not that I've ever been a huge scifi fan, but the 90s really were a great time to be one. I think back then I never would have guessed that there would be a time when shows like that wouldn't be everywhere.

Watched the first few episodes of Farscape. It's pretty good, but the real shine is the Henson puppets.

The fact that he asked something to Horii and then said "Nobody heard anything" would let me think that probably the remake exists, but from this clip... it's not really clear.

I've gotten to a point in my life where gaming is a community more than a hobby.

Oh I should probably mention that I'll be at PAX East next week! Returning after five years, excited to see who and what will be there.