Behold & check out our show poster for our upcoming Ottobar show in March. We have so much more in store for everyone so make sure you grab your tickets now! 🎟️: www.etix.com/ticket/p/302... Our glorious poster was designed by @spaghettikiss.bsky.social #ottobar #baltimore

Merrily We Roll Along, 2025 - ★★★: https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/01/21/merrily-we-roll-along.html

DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM HUMANE

It's very important we start saying Diddy Kong's full legal name.

Dwayne Johnson Intrigued After Learning About Special Trophy For Good Actors https://theonion.com/dwayne-johnson-intrigued-after-learning-about-special-trophy-for-good-actors/

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025 A Video Countdown vimeo.com/1156345183

I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.

I have a very particular memory of playing this game on New Year’s Eve ‘06, its clever score chiming as the clock hit midnight. I would’ve loved to see this get a proper remake or sequel, but I don’t think it’s in modern Rockstar to do a game this small.

Hey uhh… would any other comics people want to read/possibly blurb The Gay Little OGN

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Rental Family, 2025 - ★★★★½: https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/01/16/rental-family.html

Games Done Blindfolded is having its very first event and we wanna see your blindfolded runs! Submissions are open and close at 2:59AM ET on Jan. 26th! *Games Done Blindfolded will be taking place on Feb. 21 (with potential to expand to Feb 22 😉) *Submit a run: https://forms.gle/cZZDfcCbrKKMzAv58

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Anyone who needs to know the great insight that Ash can bring need only listen to the great episode of Post Games she was just on with @plante.bsky.social. Truly insightful stuff, and I hope she lands somewhere great. postgame.substack.com/p/2026s-bigg...

Shout out to Apple Music for randomly feeding me this Rilo Kiley cover this morning. Put a big smile on my face. www.youtube.com/watch?v=As6c...

And now, an old man yells at clouds.

if you havent cancelled spotify yet and this isnt the final nail in the coffin for you, i really dont know what else to say other than i hope some introspection finds you soon

Came up on shuffle today. A needed song for the moment, for sure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfL5...

You ever feel personally attacked by an article?

What I wish people would stop doing, though, is complaining about paywalls existing I am a freelance journalist. I make less than minimum wage. I make so much less than minimum wage that I am cutting back on journalism this year so I can pay my bills www.firewalledmedia.com/p/the-wilds-...

Some Assorted Thoughts on the AGDQ 2026 Experience: https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/01/14/some-assorted-thoughts-on-the.html

I appreciate that Apple is both doing the expected subscription model, but also allowing users to -buy- the apps making up their new Creative suite. Also, shots fired at Adobe. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

its working.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765

The lines between iOS and Android blur even further. Can we stop the fanboy wars permanently now? www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/a...

Finally listening to Act III from The Protomen. Having worked with them at various times over the last (oh my god) 19 years, I'm so so pleased to see them wrap the project up as a whole. It's a full vision beautifully realized. Hats off to you, gang.

We just hit 1 MILLION subscribers on YouTube!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you to everyone who tuned into our first YouTube live stream this week and to everyone who's been watching our vods through the years!!

This would be a true ”you’ve got your chocolate in my peanut butter!” moment.

Vulture using this time to get out the stuck 2024 skeets.

🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org! Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!! See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!! We are SO BACK!!!!!!!

$2,443,414. #AGDQ2026 in the books. Goddamn. Wow.

Fight Steven Battle UNLOCKED! $2.4 Million donated to @preventcancer.org. A Huge THANK YOU to Everyone! Let's keep it going! #AGDQ2026

AND THAT'S TWO MILLION RAISED FOR @preventcancer.org! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Changing the world through the power of video games—thank you all so much for your generosity! #AGDQ2026

No way that Jenny Lewis is 50. That’d mean I’m… …oh crap.

“I once caught a fish….this big.” #AGDQ2026

Holy Jesus I didn't look close enough, saw the green logo quickly and thought this was The Onion and started chuckling man what have we done lol

ONE. MILLION. HYPE. Thank you for helping us hit that milestone for @preventcancer.org! Onward to $2 million! #AGDQ2026

This is one of those showcases which’ll be hung in the GDQ rafters.

Oh hey @joehunter.bsky.social

I’ll be back behind the mic for these 3 games tonight / tomorrow morning, after the Clair Obscure run! Join me, won’t you? #AGDQ2026

Hey, who’s that guy? #AGDQ2026

Hello, Super Art Fight fans! You may have noticed that MAGFest 2026 is absent from our upcoming calendar, and we regret to inform you all that we will not be on this year’s MAGFest show due to circumstances beyond our control.

Conner4Real will return in Avengers: Doomsday.

Thank you all so much for your donations, we have hit $500,000 for @preventcancer.org And we have also met the Snake vs. Monkey incentives! Helping a great cause and getting some fun runs! That's what it's all about! #AGDQ2026

Hey! That’s me reading stuff! (Back Friday AM with more!)

Current scheduled time for my first run. Talk at you soon, #AGDQ2026!

Updated @gamesdonequick.com x @marty.day schedule 👾 💻: gamesdonequick.com/schedule

Lmao I was at this CVS just minutes before

At the gate and waiting. #AGDQ2026