Amazing how an entire Kotaku article spawned out of a Bluesky (or was it X?) conversation. Kudos for mentioning my upcoming Uematsu biography though! @danshoehsu.bsky.social kotaku.com/final-fantas...

So the original plan was for this cover below to go to subscribers and for the Amano cover (see reposted thread) to go to 25% of newsstands. I wanted it to be very exclusive and rare. And I thought the non-Amano cover would be more mainstream anyways. 🧵1/

Now that I understand how scoring works in curling, I think I’m into…curling.

After watching Fallout season 2, @chrispyha.bsky.social taken to calling me cereals as nicknames (à la “My little Sugar Bomb”). My faves so far: “My little….” (singular versions of these)

Our (board) games of the year!

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is so good now. It’s evolved a lot since its early days, and I thought it was excellent back then, too. I’m very into it.

More great 2-player (and other game) recommendations from @chrispyha.bsky.social, @grantsgamerecs.bsky.social, and myself!

Watching Pluribus is legit making me hydrate more.

We (@grantsgamerecs.bsky.social @chrispyha.bsky.social) played a ton of new 2P board games and picked out the best for ya.

When I first was playing Arc Raiders, I wouldn't go solo. I had no desire to interact with any strangers, so I'd just wait to play with friends. But now I'm playing solo > multiplayer. The rush of surviving and extracting by yourself is too good. And the community is friendlier than I had expected.

When I first met @chrispyha.bsky.social 15 years ago, she didn’t follow or know anything about college football. Yesterday after I told her about Notre Dame opting out of a bowl game: “Well, they should’ve joined a conference!” 😍

Come watch @chrispyha.bsky.social and @danshoehsu.bsky.social later this afternoon! We'll be playing games to help the BGG Annual Support Drive.

I haven't seen it yet, but there's an EGM documentary premiering tonight at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010.... I'll be joining the live chat.

I share a Spotify account with @chrispyha.bsky.social, and we high-fived when our “listening age” popped up in our Wrapped summary. Take that, people our age!

"Just make it in America!" Druid City's James Hudson explains why making board games in the U.S. is just not feasible. www.goinganalogshow.com/article/310/... @druidcitygames.bsky.social

It's been a while since I've written something bigger. Check out my preview of Wonderland's War Duel, a pretty intense 2-player board game.

We did a (paid) preview for a new team-based trick-taking game! Check us out. 🙂

A new business for us: Hosting a Wonderland’s War Duel media event at Going Analog HQ. Thx for the idea, @druidcitygames.bsky.social !

I am currently extremely addicted to Ball X Pit. It’s like Arkanoid meets a shoot-em-up.

I did a huge interview about my time with EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) with @supercaveman.bsky.social at the Gaming Gaiden Podcast. Lotsa stories here.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anwv...

Been enjoying a lot of push-your-luck dice games lately with our friends -- @chrispyha.bsky.social and I chat about them while eating moon cakes:

I have such fondness and nostalgia for Tony Hawk’s Pro Slater 3. Playing the remake is bringing me back to all the hours spent starting a run, messing something up, and hitting pause to restart the level.

Tron: Ares was such an awesome spectacle in IMAX. Great references if you’ve seen the previous films Also, I don’t know how to mount a light cycle.

TIL there's a Don't Starve board game 😮https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glasscannonunplugged/dont-starve-the-board-game

FWIW, Borderlands 4 seems to run on my old PC just fine, albeit on lower settings. 🤷‍♂️ (AMD Ryzen 5 3600, GeForce RTX 2070 Super) The game is a little buggy in areas, but performance is there.

Looking for good two-player board games? We've got you covered.

The Long Walk movie is doing a creative special screening where you have to walk to watch the movie, and if you slow down or stop, you’ll be asked to leave. (it totally fits the premise of the film) www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BtgR58/

Our favorite games of Gen Con 2025, with @chrispyha.bsky.social!

The more I hear/read about Amazon's War of the Worlds (the one starring Ice Cube), the more excited I am to see it. But it's crept up to 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. I wanted to be able to say that I watched a zero-percenter.

Come watch me and @chrispyha.bsky.social !

One more episode before Gen Con!

I want to go back to Japan so bad

In the last two episodes of the @goinganalogshow.bsky.social podcast, we reviewed a bunch of new board games and talked with an industry guest about how they ran a first-year gaming convention and how they transitioned from content creator to retailer. Check us out here! www.goinganalogshow.com

Fourth of July fireworks. Was a little foggy where we were at.

Mistborn fans: is the second book good? I just finished Final Empire!

Someone turned Call of Duty’s Prop Hunt into a full (unofficial/unlicensed) board game. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MFEKuE/

Back after an extended break! (moved to LA, got really sick, blah blah)

This is incredible! Drones recreating King Kong scaling the Empire State Building. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jdtyFT/

I'm hiring! Senior Manager, Social Strategy for VALORANT at Riot Games. You can learn more/apply here: www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...

Wow. There's even a Zippo version of this thing? I kind of want this.

Impressive spam!

Watched Venom: The Last Dance last night. That might just be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever witnessed.

T1: the new VCT Masters champions! The finals were INSANE. I had to pee so badly in those last rounds but couldn’t leave my seat with how close the games were. Glad it’s over now!

Why are foreign-country versions of U.S. fast food restaurants always cooler (This is in Bangkok, Thailand)

So much hype at #VALORANTMasters ! And it’s not even Finals yet.

The designer behind some pretty huge board games came on the Going Analog Podcast to discuss some pretty interesting topics. Thx for coming on the show, @philwh.bsky.social !

Taiwan’s airport (we’re on a layover on the way to Bangkok for VALORANT Masters) has different themes for each lounge and gate. I wanted the forest but am currently stuck in pastel Sanrio hell w/ @chrispyha.bsky.social.

Board game friends! Check out my, @chrispyha.bsky.social, and @beneetakaur.bsky.social's picks for 2024 Games of the Year (from party to heavy games). 🎉

I was actually looking forward to TikTok going away forever and gaining all this time back in my life.

I did not anticipate this end to Michigan’s football season, beating #2 Ohio State and #11 Alabama with the year we had. #goblue