"Can we watch it in a month? I already have too many games to play. I have Pokemon ZA, Pokemon Red, Pokopia, Fortnite. I don't need to think about more games" - my son, in response to me telling him about Indie World and simultaneously calling out every other gamer on the planet.

I've been informed that I am also supposed to get Pokopia so we can play together...

My kid earned himself a video game of choice for making Honor Roll last quarter. In an unusual act of patience, he actually decided to wait a month to cash in for Pokopia. I asked if he wanted digital or physical. His response, disgusted: "Digital. All digital. I don't want anything physical"

Mail call!

DENVER KNOWS WHAT'S UP. #AEWDynamite

Trying to figure out the insane string of dominoes that had to fall into place in this timeline to have Kenny G (beautifully) covering the music of a terrible 3DO game

TripleRaidio records tonight at 8PM EST, live on www.twitch.tv/xstrikestudios Look, I remembered to post more than an hour ahead of time!

Jet Set Rodeooooooooooooo! #AEWCollision

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

I'm never looking for a new live service game but maybe once a decade one hooks me. 10 years ago (woof) it was Overwatch. 2020s appears to be locked down by Helldivers. Otherwise it's single player games all day.

My favorite Burnout and it was absolutely mind-blowing playing this on a PS2. It was so fast and explosive, it felt like it was from the future. It's insane to me that Criterion was making these games and EA was like "stop that, go do Need for Speed"

✨My live concert from @magfest.org 2026 has just been released! ✨ It was edited and mixed by myself in full 4K HDR on YouTube. This show was an absolutely magical experience, and I'm excited to share it with you all! youtu.be/ReezKUZkLUo?...

more justified “FUCK ICE” chants #AEWGrandSlam

the Quad God skates to the Prince of Persia OST at the Olympics #videogamemusic youtu.be/cetgASk_CU4?...

Transformers and Mask of the Phantasm both apply for me as well Also - Speed Racer (2008) - a bit of a bomb at the time, now people know what's up Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) - first non-dubbed Godzilla I saw in a theater

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

(mostly) non-English Banger youtu.be/Vc6llgfOuac?...

I KNEW IT

honestly respect for the ad that’s just like “pokemon are cool.” they are cool

A tertiary function of MAG Name That Tune is me forcefully exposing people to the most batshit game music. We used the ska track a few years ago and while no one in the room knew it, everyone HEARD it.

It’s not just that the “Fuck ICE” chants happened. It’s that everyone involved - the performers, the commentators, production - seemed to make a collective decision in the moment to let it breathe and be the story of the moment. That was cool as hell.

💣💣💣💣💣

I really like the wrestling show where one of the big good guys gets an unprompted FUCK ICE chant when he comes to the ring. I feel like there's another wrestling show where if a guy got that reaction, he wouldn't be on TV ever again.

Why bother with a racist show run by maga sex perverts when you can watch Japanese lesbians fighting giant pandas with a hammer?

I'm just going to go ahead and say there's a 100% chance this is in Name That Tune next year

Hell yeah, I fuck with AI I fuck with Abolishing Ice

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 weather-appropriate build for the day.

Genuinely worrying that the day may come where I'm dead in the street for the crime of looking out for my neighbors.

I've been putting off replaying Sands of Time because I was waiting for the remake. Now I guess I'm just gonna replay Sanda of Time

Also, speaking of MAGFest, I'll be speaking A LOT about MAGFest at @davidautovino.bsky.social and @juese.bsky.social on www.twitch.tv/xstrikestudios in about 10 minutes!

X-strike's entire year used to revolve around having the movies ready to show at MAGFest. We had a doc that was MAG's main marketing tool for its first 10 years (back when it took convincing to get someone to go). Eventually the movies faded and big panels took over like improv and Name That Tune.

I started writing a blog covering @magfest.org 2026 and couldn't help but try and cover my 19-year history with the event. My entire adult life and artistic output has been inextricably linked to MAG, part 2 will detail this years event. www.patreon.com/posts/blog-j...

In retrospect it was brand new, big box Earthbound for $15 at K-Mart

Hey, what cool new games are coming to the Switch 2 soon? Oh no Oooooooh no

post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

Frothing Demand is such a safe investment as it does nothing but Increase

Oh look my Nintendo stats. Boy things sure ramped up once Hades 2 came out.

This year's Name That Tune competition was the best ever. The videos are up on @starhavenstudios.com YouTube RIGHT NOW but I will definitely be doing a watch party in the near future. Until then enjoy one of my finer moments youtube.com/shorts/qs9oN...

MAGFest Highlight (the first of many) - the community fish tank in the indie section. You would scan your badge to create a fish and then scan it more to feed your fish at set real-time intervals. There were also side quests? I kept stopping back just to see what was going on.

Well, well, well, Gaylord thermostat. We meet again.

Trying to parse what is going on with these MAGFest drink specials, SHAWW in particular.

Oh shit This Friday night, 7PM on the XP Stage - Name That Tune TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Happy New Year! It's 4.5 hours of blabbing on Fat Gatsby's Blank of the Year 2025! fatgatsby.com/blank-of-the...

FF MTG once again reinforces my bad habit by giving me cool shit I don't have out of one pack.

I set out in 2025 with a few goals in mind. Let's see how I did - the capoeira classes I run were basically restarting from zero. I started the year with one class a week and a few hold over students. Now I'm running two classes a week and have added a few more regular students. Feels good!

The greatest of all time. It brings me great joy that my kid has recently started digging through all my Calvin and Hobbes collection books

Tonight at 7PM EST - me, @juese.bsky.social and @davidautovino.bsky.social will be live on Twitch for our annual BLANK OF THE YEAR Awards www.twitch.tv/xstrikestudios

This would be awesome