Today’s edition of Connections was fun!! Connections Puzzle #873 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Siri, play “This Is Halloween” on Spotify.

Damn....I didn't want to get sucked back into Animal Crossing lol Also $4.99 to upgrade from the Switch 1 to Switch 2 version? Not a bad deal at all

For a report for Access Granted, I'm looking to speak with accessibility consultants who HAVEN'T been credited for the games they've worked on. I'm aware of this impacting future opportunities, so I can assure anonymity. Feel free to send me a message if you wish to speak about your experiences!

Remember how @nataliethenerd.com made the Lego Game Boy play carts for real? She's going to sell a drop-in kit. It's called the Build a Boy. Everything I know right here: www.theverge.com/games/805673...

Game releases aside (which even I can't really say is a flex when some, emphasis on SOME first-party games are going multi-platform) I just am so perplexed with everything that's happened to MSFT (specifically Xbox) this year.

i just played some Among Us with friends. but we were dogs, not astronauts. and the setting was film noir, not outer space. it was actually jackbox party pack 11, i'm not even joking. woof dunnit, as they say www.inverse.com/gaming/jackb...

Remember in 2022 when Rivian hiked the price of the R1 EVs, even for preorder customers, and pissed basically everyone off (and taking its stock price)? Well the company got sued for that. Now, three years later, it's paying out $250M to the class action plaintiffs: techcrunch.com/2025/10/24/r...

Really glad to see this reported on. www.pcgamer.com/games/the-si...

My 2025 Gaming Report Card going into Nov 2025: Nintendo: A- PlayStation: B+ Xbox: D I feel I could really expand and flesh this out and I probably will at some point but this is where I stand.

ROG Xbox Ally X (The Review) youtu.be/TeqIZLdRhQ4

My girlfriend’s fav holiday is Halloween so awhile back I bought a skull pan so we could make pizza skulls. Last night we used it for the first time and made some pizza skulls with a size of mozz sticks and we watched Weapons. Great date night at home

And just like that I finished my first pitch for my first book. Hoping Incan get the opportunity to see this into reality.

I just finished this book and I’m left speechless in the best way possible. Insightful look at one of my favorite gaming franchises and I simply can’t recommend this book enough. If you preordered it and waiting for your copy you’ll love it. If you haven’t, wtf are you waiting for? Go get it!

October has been really rough for Xbox fans, I fear

Timex is resurrecting its first LCD watch 50 years later

Another example/TP to argue against age verification laws

Reading @stephentotilo.bsky.social’s most recent newsletter, and all I gotta say is DAMN I AM REALLY MAD WE ARE NOT GETTING A POST CIVIL WAR ASSASSIN’S CREED GAME

TICK-tock, TICK-tock

Within the last year and specifically the last week alone, Xbox has made so many questionable decisions that after the Series X/S era I can’t justify buying another Xbox console, if they even decide to make another Xbox console at this point. So much potential down the drain.

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God. Family. Country.

Last Friday night I did an awk JCPenney photo shoot with my gf and we both dressed up as The Rock (IYKYK) and I gotta say the pictures turned out incredible.

If you’re a journalist who has a degree in journalism, you know what an embargo is. Just saying.

What is an embargo but a deadline persevering

Unsurprising that VR is the definitive way to play Virtual Boy games (no Nintendo hardware required)

Also friendly reminder that breaking embargo is not very cash money. So don't do it

FB Marketplace feels like a fever dream sometimes because I wonder how tf people get their hands on shit like this 💀

Some hot dogs, an ice cold beer, and MY South Carolina Gamecocks are about to play Vandy? Peak Saturday night. 😌

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NoVA, here I come 🚚

Moving tomorrow AND I have my Fantasy Football draft tomorrow night. It’s gonna be a looooooooooooooong day

Year 1 down #workaversary

Resident Evil: Requiem looks great! The Gamescom demo gave me PT vibes. Not a criticism to be clear, but it’s impressive how a playable teaser for Silent Hills still has a massive impact on the survival horror genre 10+ years later.

There are many ways to dissect this beyond the job market and student loans.

No, Instagram. No matter how many times you ask me I’m not turning my location on for your new Map feature.

WHY DID Y’ALL NOT TELL ME THERE’S A FUCKIN’ BOARD GAME BASED ON THE SIMS???

Bad Suns’ new album is a certified banger

I forgot how fun it was to shoot a bow. Eagerly awaiting archery season

Oh boy I’ve got thoughts about The House of the Dead 2 Remake: Spoilers it’s not very good. More in a bit

Hell yes!

I cried this morning because so many of my wonderful colleagues were laid off today, even after the success of IGN Live and Comic-Con. After today's layoffs, I am now the only social team member left in LA. How am I supposed to do my job?

Sick to my fucking stomach.

Donald Trump just made the original Switch, which came out in *2017* and cost $299, cost three hundred and twenty-nine of gods own american dollars in *2025*.

Been a little silent lately wanted to say hi, guys! Hope y’all are well! I've been vibing and hanging out with my new gf, shooting a lot of Skeet and Trap, and gearing up for hunting season! Been great times all around!

me: why did yall price the sub at $200 a month, even though it’s potentially more expensive to provide? ai companies: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.wired.com/story/seriou...

College Football 26. No further comment.

Introducing our new app — Delta Camera 📸 A stand-alone app dedicated to taking Game Boy Camera photos with features you'd expect from a modern camera app ☀ Manual exposure/zoom 🤳 Camera Control support Coming later this year, but available NOW in beta for all Patrons patreon.com/posts/introd...

I made some PB and choccy chip banana bread