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They kinda don’t get better than this Perfect name, too. You see this fucker and you’re like “yeah that’s a goomba”

NO www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

VINDICATED

shout out to the couch commentator at AGDQ a few hours ago whose handle was "Metroid Crimes". that's a very funny name, well done.

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giving my islanders brainrot

On an internet full of poisonous gamer subcultures, this competitive scene has a giant crowd enthusiastically cheering "trans rights!" shoutouts like a dozen times an hour Obviously every scene has its pockets of toxicity, but this community could have turned out SO differently

The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me

I genuinely love sportssky, even when and especially when I do not follow the sport. watching you all yelling about it is joy

I love you so much that I send you omens, I send signs in the woods, I send mystics with terrible visions for you to avoid, I send storms to keep you safe indoors. I want to see you ancient

i am back at work today

i saved this before Everything Happened and god has it come true

oh hell yeah

Banger evening for the first night of GDQ. Settling in for dlroW oiraM repuS, followed by Split Fiction and Luigi's Mansion. Hell yeah hell yeah.

ANIMAL CROSSING AT AGDQ!!! I REPEAT, ANIMAL CROSSING AT AGDQ!!! Congrats to my friend @drewpag.bsky.social for getting Animal Crossing into the show! Tune in on Wednesday, January 7th at 4:43 AM Pacific/7:43 AM Eastern! Also, look at this adorable shirt from yetee: theyetee.com/collections/...

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

Games I finished in 2026: A thread #1: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

"I was separated from you and couldn't help when you fought Ganondorf, but now I'm back and we stand together against the final boss!" "Great! Got any advice for me?" "No, lmao"

It's funny because Ganon has a glaringly obvious weakpoint that glows in the dark and Navi's like "lol I don't know her"

happy speedrun to all who celebrate #agdq2026

[Link and Ganondorf bouncing back the same ball of energy for two minutes] Zelda, whispering: What the fuck are they doing

you there boy, what day is it? what day? that would be AGDQ day, sir! Then I haven't missed it!

Me, pantsless, to the employees of the Home Depot paint department

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

awful morning to wake up

wake up those asshole i want to hear about kitchen table issues

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

kind of wild that in the span of like 20 years we've circled all the way back around to "get a film camera and never post any photos of yourself or anyone else really online ever" being the most reasonable position

It's the final day of @giantbomb.bsky.social's GOTY lists and we're starting with @imrankhan.bsky.social! He's got a Top 5 Games and a Top 5...Bafflements? giantbomb.com/articles/imr...

once again I fall into my feminine ways

will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other

you don't know me

"feels good to move your body, doesn't it?" says the hellspawn exercise ring of ring fit as I fall back dizzy onto my couch. No, not at all. I'm doing this despite how exercise feels, you circle of torture

there's a short window of time to do it but the reason people use new year changeover to rethink goals and who they're trying to be is you can actually respec your character stats without penalty if you do it soon, button is in the bottom right of the level up screen the UI doesn't highlight it well

huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun

Jan 1: this is the year of new Me Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital

There was steaming hot leek-and-mushroom soup with elderflower bread, followed by leek and carrot bake topped with yellow cheese. This was followed by a hefty fourseason plumcake topped with custard. Hot rosehip an' mint tea was served, along with sparkling cider.

Another shot of Rama Duwaji and her date.

I'm a menace

guy who pronounces ".png" as "dot pinge"

really honored to contribute something to this and further honored that Diego graciously let me be a bit personal with it. mine's the last one, so you better read all 90 of the others before you even look at mine. what an incredible roster of talent to be published with.

It’s not New Year’s Day with @kamkonek.bsky.social if you aren’t watching music theory videos about the Pokemon Trading Card game soundtrack on YouTube

FYI: New Year resolutions don't begin until Monday Jan 5. You're allowed to maintain your bad habits for the rest of the weekend. I don't make the rules (actually, I did make this one, but my vow to stop making arbitrary rules doesn't kick in till Monday).

Guy who’s never seen a baby before seeing Boss Baby for the first time: What the fuck is that

higgledy-piggledy whale statements

Happy New Year from Mountain Time. We chased fascist kidnappers out of multiple major cities last year. You are not powerless to resist. Stick by each other and stay safe out there.