magic arena understands the ides of march

After finishing Zelda with the kids, we moved on to A Link to the Past, and I always remember how much I dislike the overworld in this game, but I forget how good the dungeons are.

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

This is the best product review I’ve read: samhenri.gold/blog/2026031... It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in the MacBook Neo or not; this is the kind of essay that makes you think about the potential of technology and the joys of exploration.

Someone has to check in on the FF14 fandom, they're not OK. When I joined everyone said this was the greatest game ever made and now the devs are history's greatest villains. All because they cut the joke job this patch.

Quick! What kinda scientist would you want to be?

QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack

QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack

Underrated Simpsons line of the day

Sorry to be maudlin, sometimes the horrors get to me too, even if I try to avoid posting about it.

I can't watch those Miss Rachel talking to detained children clips. I know they will be sad and beautiful but also a reminder of how much evil there is in this world and if I think about it I will lose my mind. How could anyone let this happen?

The logistics of this are already plenty stupid, but the suggestion that Iran can target oil tankers but can't hit convoys of trucks on the open desert is even funnier.

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fat trans people should get one million dollars for free no strings attached thank u

Back to Eorzea for a bit of the fun stuff: hours and hours of fishing.

Inspired by sky, here’s how the Scott Pilgrim cast feels about trans people:

they should invent prices that go down.

I am availing myself of the Sega Genesis Classics app on Switch and having a mostly good time so far! Going to try Zero Wing next.

anyone else tired of being a rhetorical object for cis ppls' theories of everything in which they occupy the center of the universe

Trans genocide is about the genocide of trans people, actually.

Maybe I shouldn't explain the French revolution to my children, but then they shouldn't have asked me what a guillotine is. 🤷‍♀️

So this ice storm sounds like it's going to be bad. Everything around here is cancelled tomorrow, seemingly. After a nice thaw, I guess it's time to be encased in ice once again.

Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island is $19.99 on Steam buff.ly/B80gs81 $27.99 US eShop buff.ly/Hmx51oG Switch physical $44 at VGP buff.ly/VqVTepI #ad Deck verified

I always love this kind of boss. Now, Space Harrier, you must defeat the most horrific thing in space: abstract geometry

A new Around the Long Fire! Life has been beating us both up so we’re shaking up the format and going biweekly! We talk about why and what’s next, spend a ton of time talking about SLC Punk!, more hololive and umamusume, and much more! www.abnormalmapping.com/around-the-l...

I wanted an N name, because i didn't want to change an initial. i had a couple of "meaningful" names picked out, too (ones i'd use for female chars in games, for example) but i ultimately didn't like the sound of them. almost chose Eleanor with Nora for short; but realized Nora was perfect as-is

i'm glad that Just King Things convinced me to stop and read Revival before continuing, but now i have a two hour gap in my podcast listening for the week. serious problems in Noraland

After conquering the Crime Novel in 2014, Stephen King went retro and produced a new horror classic melding the nostalgia of the Saturday Evening Post with the cosmic bleakness of Lovecraft. It's called REVIVAL and we talk about it on the latest JUST KING THINGS: rangedtouch.com/2026/03/09/r...

it's wild that Sega released Golden Axe II and Streets of Rage in the same year. like, i feel bad for every kid who was really into Conan the Barbarian or whatever and ended up with that game, it's so much worse.

cassie is literally one of the best posters on here and more importantly a ray of light in a dogshit world, to victims and trans people. personally, she's made me feel way less alone during a very isolating and scary time in my life and country. free cassie now

Somehow I'm always surprised that this is a real thing that people do in some parts of the US. How is it not just considered embarrassingly rude?

the dialogue in this photo is literally beyond parody

happy international women's day

you can't swear on r/TransLater? wtf, i just want to give the ladies wig advice, why is that sub in 1950s censor mode?

"What's the charge? Eating a meal? The thrown out leftovers from a succulent Chinese meal?"

this post is popping off again and i'm happy to realize i've actually made some tangible mental adjustments to the idea that i'm only good when i serve others' needs. seems like a lot of trans people need to hear this, but yeah. we are all deserving of love, whether we're useful or not.

Hello I'm away this weekend but can still bring you the good news aka my latest for @theavclubgames.bsky.social. There's a thread that ties Resident Evil together throughout its 30 years, and it's the franchise's emphasis on marrying arcade sensibilities and replayability to a AAA product.

eatin' hamboiga

drifloon thats called clocking you cant do that

Looking at Switch 2 games seriously for the first time now that all the kids want to play Pokopia, and damn Kirby Air Ride looks so cool. Love to tilt my landing angle to get a speed boost.

Weekends are exhausting with all the running around on errands and kids' activities, but at least it's relaxing time now.

so real, nobody has ever thanked me for my fagging

I bought a new shorter wig for spring/summer! So comfy for day-to-day wear and I like the look. Very happy with it so far

So $200/bbl crude oil costs translates to what... $3/L at the pump? People won't be able to afford all those massive pickup trucks, we'll have a Conservative middle class revolt.

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I know everyone probably thinks that all the best games came out when they were 16, but for me it was 2001 so it was just factually correct.

hell yeah

How many songs are there in the mainline Final Fantasy games? There must be almost 2,000, right? I wonder if someone has a spreadsheet/master list somewhere.

shower time~🎶