How many games can you think of like Street Fighter II or GTA 3 where a sequel was more popular than the original?

- Dropped the big Metroidvania video essay - The NES game I designed the logo for got announced - Appeared on Retronauts (which was surreal while I was working on a video that referenced early Retronauts) - Lost 10 more lbs - Had a surprise organ removal and lived, bitch

so after being bedridden for 16months due to a hernia, I've finally got my surgery! now I'm bedridden for recovery, fun! I'm still about 1400$ away from paying my electricity bill, so if you've got a couple dollars, it'd help me get through this last stretch. Thanks so much! ko-fi.com/fooneturing

Patreon subscribers at the $5 level and up get early access to the first episode of my new series MetroidMania. That's right, I've already finished it. www.patreon.com/posts/metroi...

Patreon subscribers at the $5 level and up get early access to the first episode of my new series MetroidMania. That's right, I've already finished it. www.patreon.com/posts/metroi...

You ever stay up so late you feel like you’ve forgotten how to go to bed?

The funniest thing to me about the Mandala Effect is that it’s basically rooted in fear and insecurity. People want to believe that their memory is like a recording instead of like a game of electrical meat telephone, and will embrace the most absurd theories over the terrifying reality.

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Steam store has an update saying River City Ransom: Underground is getting pulled soon-ish, but no date or time as to when it'll get pulled. If you wanted it but haven't got it yet, you don't have much time left.

1982 was the year of the licensed movie game. Parker Bros. had Empire Strikes Back, Sega had Star Trek, and perhaps in response to Atari snapping up Raiders and E.T., Radio Shack apparently went "Is there anything Spielberg we can we license for our TRS-80? Hey, what's this Poltergeist thing?"

So how about that origin of the word "Rickroll"? Did anyone see that coming?

I like how I could wear a red fedora and simultaneously be cosplaying as Pauline and Carmen Sandiego.

Sidesaddle for motorbikes? segaretro.org/Hang-On

I’m sad that the My Bangers feed is no more, so I can’t determine what my biggest Bluesky posts of the year were.

This thread, wow.

There’s one particular NPC in MP4 who is so amazing that within 5 seconds of meeting them I was like “you are one id the greatest NPCs ever, I love you.” Any flaws of other NPCw forgiven.

Thunder Boy takes from a lot of different Frazetta paintings (and probably other sources) as well, but luckily for me a lot of them are repetitions of things I already cut out. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Can you guess which thumbnail is going to win the A/B test?

Who were all those voices in my video? Let's start with Shane of @rerez.net. When I learned how good he is at random impressions, I asked if he could do the SOTN voice, and I love how it came out. Here's the raw render (aided by @foone.bsky.social's Death Generator). www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiK...

A thought I wish I’d included in the video: Metroidvania is a portmanteau of two portmanteaus.

VGHF is premiering a vid in 30 minutes if you're still killing time before or after Christmas (or have a family who enjoys Nintendo history) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...

Watching Die Hard with family. 🖤 (And I’m not the one who picked it this time!)

Did you know? Last year I recorded a Christmas song about the continued layoffs. bsky.app/profile/pool...

If you see this post your favorite final fantasy character

Atic Atac wanted you to find three pieces of a key to unlock the door that lets you beat the game. If there’s anything earlier than that, it’s probably a text adventure. Do you recall any text adventures before Nov 83 that do that, @jdyer.bsky.social?

I'm legit kind of surprised not a single commenter observed the mini-map style timeline and built-in backtracking and joked "Wait, is this essay a Metroidvania??" Maybe I didn't call enough attention to it? 🤔

Alright, I'll tell you. "Fetch Action."

I got the jab yesterday and I’m feeling completely wiped; I take no responsibility for anything I post today.

Nice appreciation for some classic gaming art! www.timeextension.com/features/bes...

Did you know that Doki Doki is a common Japanese phrase that translates to “At The Disco”?

I thought of the funniest derisive nickname for Search Action, except I don’t want to alienate people who prefer the term when I’m not actually that bothered by it.

I know it’s uncool to laugh at your own jokes, but this was personally my favorite joke in the video, lol.

Shout out on Time Extension. :-)

Do I miss my long hair yet? *nervous laughter*

Remind me when Halloween rolls around again and we're all changing our display names to change mine to "Jet Set Willært." That'll be funny.

Boosting and also letting people know that I wasn't getting her video in my subscription feed. I poked around, and noticed that Youtube set ALL my subscriptions to "Personalized". Once I changed this to "All", the subscription feed loaded everything as it should have. Fuckin' Youtube, swear to god.

The question is: Now that I have a text article to link to, will KnowYourMeme and Wikipedia update their Duckroll/Rickroll pages? Or will the Wikipedia dramatization block me from ever being cited again? lol

Folks. Uh, folks. What‘s happening? (Spotted by @ftb1979.bsky.social)

Thought I felt a chill like someone walked over my grave and sure enough

Haha, it was bound to happen. I'm just wondering if the vid will make its way to any of the Wikipedia war participants. But when I tried looking a few of them up, it seemed like they only hang out on Mastodon.

Profoundly surreal viewing for me and a bunch of peers

Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling? Watch til the end for a post-credits sting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...

search your camera roll for “hell”

I just uploaded a rough cut of the next video essay to Patreon for subscribers $5 and up for those who'd like to see it early. :-)

I just uploaded a rough cut of the next video essay to Patreon for subscribers $5 and up for those who'd like to see it early. :-)

not interested in wading too much into the politics here, but as someone who's spent a decent amount of time studying the history of the FCC, today was truly one for the books

I saw these in the mall and wondered to myself whether Kurt Cobain would’ve hated this, or would’ve bought one to wear ironically.

Wait, The Bucket List was a Rob Reiner film? I should probably watch that one of these days.