Trump’s threat didn’t come to pass, but don’t forget what he said. Don’t forget what he was willing to do. What he is STILL willing to do. Donate. Protest. Vote. Use the power of collective unity to create change. And for the love of god get that clown out of office.

today sure feels like one of the all time ‘so i still just gotta go and do my little job during all this?!’ moments

Can’t remember the last time a book made me squirm, but as a certified arachnophobe, the spider sequence in Rest Stop got me so bad I was squealing like a pig 😭 @natcassidy.bsky.social I say this with great respect, you’re the worst, please stop 😭😭

Me if I’d ragequit FFX because of the Evrae fight

The Super Mario Galaxy movie was fun and got some genuine laughs out of me, so I’d say it did its job! Could it have had better pacing and a more coherent plot? Of course. But for what it was—a love letter to fans, by fans—I think it did its job.

Writing in a coffee shop is the most healing experience imaginable

Ganondorf/Ganon (OoT), Goht (Majora), Rader (Split Fiction), Raphael (BG3), Orin during a resist-DUrge run (BG3), Walter/the Crawler (Fable 3), Cynthia and Volo and Red (Pokémon), the Aparoid Queen (Star Fox Assault), Hades, Ysayle/Shiva (FFXIV), final Ellie v Abby (TLOU 2), Bloodwing (BL2)…

And that’s a wrap :)

the thing about “SOME games are art, but most are frivolities that don’t deserve and can’t stand up to serious analysis” is that that’s how people used to talk about like. novels. when there started being novels

This is the groundbreaking journalism we need right now

I’ve recently gone down a rabbit hole of video essays about productivity, dopamine detox, and the deterioration of media industries. And these essays often lump video games in with other mindless insta-dopamine activities like doomscrolling. And I am so tired of it.

🚨KILL YOUR INNER LORE MASTER I think we’ve confused knowing everything about a game with actually experiencing one. READ/LISTEN: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/kill-your-...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

Two perfect babies who hate each other’s guts and can’t exist in the same room without killing each other 💖💖

It took 5 years of on and off watching but I am officially caught up with one piece and I don’t know what to do with myself

Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tar... www.scribd.com/document/100...

Last month I read a lot of horror but this month I’m reading a lot because of The Horrors™️ ya know?

Another successful month of intentional hobbies!! And I only have 13 episodes of One Piece left 😭😭 2026 Totals: 🎮: 10 📖: 8 📺: 7

If you reply to this with a screenshot of a donation I will mail you a postcard with an ink sketch of your favorite pokemon

Andy won a dinner with @timoflegend.bsky.social <3

🎉 HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY 🎉 The Legend of Zelda on the Famicom Disk System first released in Japan on this day, 40 years ago!! (February 21, 1986)

Update Day! New Wii Titles!

Crazy how much brighter the world seems when you actually enjoy the media you’re consuming

How it feels to finish Citizen Sleeper 2

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

Today was my first time having Cheesecake Factory and it fundamentally changed me as a person

Trying to be more present with my hobbies in 2026, so I decided to do a monthly spread of what I finished! Lots of stuff in the works that won’t count until February, but still a great start to the year!

This and the dating preferences option are game changers for inclusivity! As someone who poured hours into Tomodachi Life on the 3DS, Living the Dream feels like a fully realized version of the game.

ICE ignoring the second amendment and using gun ownership as an excuse to murder American citizens is beyond the pale. Because if they can ignore this fundamental right, they can—and will—ignore any other.

This is Alex Pretti.

This interview makes me so hopeful for Fable. It’s a series so near and dear to my heart and I’m so excited to see how it has grown news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

Everyone judges Octopath Traveler games by how well they "come together." Silly. new blog: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/octopath-t...

Border Patrol goons questions if Ramon Menera, the man is U.S citizen, and was detained outside his home in Minneapolis suburb in front of 5-year-old daughter "Because of your accent": "Why are you asking me for my paperwork? You have an accent too. Where were you born at? I'm from this country."

I was so excited to finally get to Banjo Tooie after playing and loving Banjo Kazooie, but the tedious transformation requirements and the nauseating DOOM-esque maze in world one has me quitting less than an hour in 😭 you win this round, Grunty

This is objectively hilarious

Sunk cost fallacy is REAL with DNFing things 😭

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5

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