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Melo

@letitmelo.bsky.social

Illustrator, Animator & Designer Past work: Pencilmation, Retronauts, Kotaku, & more Views posted are my own Portfolio, Art blog, etc: linktr.ee/letitmelo 📧: letitmelo@gmail.com

created June 16, 2023

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Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

REALLY curious how this album turns out. Just looking at the theme and tracklist, they clearly locked in on an Indian sound and influence. Definitely won't repeat the Humanz mistake, could be a South Asian Plastic Beach situation.

12/9/2025, 12:05:56 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of all the weeks to drop this single... youtu.be/MG_npaLydKg

11/9/2025, 11:57:56 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

We're just gonna litigate 2020 forever

11/9/2025, 11:52:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nature is healing bsky.app/profile/bost...

11/9/2025, 11:46:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All five of them apparently!

11/9/2025, 11:44:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I hated this scene cause it seemed so forced and cringey but once again life imitates art

11/9/2025, 11:42:09 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Frieren is amazing until it hits the Ninja Exam halfway through

11/9/2025, 9:53:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

this is like the Mega Man box art but reverse

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11/9/2025, 9:51:06 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i miss non-isekai fantasy anime so much you guys this is so fun

11/9/2025, 9:32:41 PM | 69 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

He's kinda like the Zepplin version of this guy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVui...

11/9/2025, 7:56:15 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

The dude has toured with bands, so you would think he'd be a little more...Free Love? But there have been a few outings where I had to try to table a family Gender Debate.

11/9/2025, 7:44:17 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My wife grew up on what she describes as a hippie commune, but her dad is one of those Reagan hippies who allllmost Gets It — like he believes in the Star Trek utopian dream — but will stillbearnestly come at my wife with a "so much for the tolerant left" on certain issues

11/9/2025, 7:30:19 PM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

erm they're my original characters don't steal mnmcomic.com/comic/m1-cov...

11/9/2025, 7:09:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

im so sorry but it was right there

11/9/2025, 5:56:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

probably because it's the only thing they can beat

11/9/2025, 5:52:20 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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silksong players looking at a stick figure like "i can jack off to this"

11/9/2025, 5:49:24 PM | 37 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

A shame that it costs 2-3x the price of a starter set. The $20 price of the starter sets was more attractive, but the last starter set wasn't even worth that price (didn't even have 7 dice). $60 and some cards feels like they're swinging at Daggerheart.

11/9/2025, 5:44:25 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm really curious how it carrot-and-sticks players into exploring. OD&D is a treasure hunting game, so XP is tied to loot. New players don't get that concept because 5E is a big slurry.

11/9/2025, 5:42:20 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

this... this actually sounds like the kind of Starter Set I've wanted from WotC?! Huh?! I really thought this would be an homage in title only, given how lousy their adventure modules have been the last few years.

11/9/2025, 5:36:43 PM | 9 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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jesus christ the buttons

11/9/2025, 5:24:16 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

wait a minute ive seen this fucker before nice try joseph bama I got u dead to rights

11/9/2025, 5:01:49 PM | 28 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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happy anniversary drakengard never forget

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11/9/2025, 4:51:49 PM | 39 16 | View on Bluesky | view

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remembering when a certain webcomic artist blocked me on The Old Site because they felt that Linkle got the idea of "female link" from their fan art

11/9/2025, 4:39:09 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks SOMEONE failed their sanity roll

11/9/2025, 3:46:40 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

My long shot is the Japan direct gets a 20th anniversary Mother 3 merch announcement or something and we a seethe over here

11/9/2025, 11:51:04 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

My Nintendo predictions are - I won't get over Samus being psychic - there will be another Fire Emblem that doesn't give me what I miss from the series - I'll get excited by the Capcom logo before realizing it's MonHun - no one cares about my hypest announcement but me and one follower

11/9/2025, 11:49:18 AM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted

Today on Monsters & Mysteries: bottoms up! Latest page: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-p6 Chapter start: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-cover

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9/9/2025, 1:56:50 PM | 51 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

put a ring on it

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9/9/2025, 7:00:41 PM | 129 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reposted

The Legend of Gyaruda

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9/9/2025, 6:36:56 PM | 651 135 | View on Bluesky | view

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Never met an endgame boss rush I liked

11/9/2025, 2:26:09 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

What if someone made Medium but skipped right to the part where it got the X rebrand so that the top historical newsletters were holocaust revisionists

11/9/2025, 1:58:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Like I've already blocked you so the door is closed and locked what are you slamming the door for lmao you're the one posting slopstack

10/9/2025, 11:44:29 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

Tangent but it's funny when I check whos blocked me and it's people who are upset that I put them on my "substack is a nazi website" block list.

10/9/2025, 11:42:37 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm gonna miss you guys after you're banned :(

10/9/2025, 11:01:24 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Hard Times (@thehardtimesnews.bsky.social) reposted

Anti-Vaxxer Finally Gets Shot thehardtimes.net/culture/anti...

10/9/2025, 8:22:31 PM | 4031 1140 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dog would have loved this www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gN...

10/9/2025, 9:14:33 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I for one am looking forward to articles and headlines sharing what celebrities think about [CURRENT EVENT].

10/9/2025, 8:52:01 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL (@freyjavalentine.bsky.social) reposted

What an expertly called shot

10/9/2025, 2:55:54 PM | 7883 3885 | View on Bluesky | view

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10/9/2025, 6:04:54 PM | 55 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I've never seen a squid this fishy before.

10/9/2025, 4:55:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matt Makes Mermaid Movies (@mattbr.bsky.social) reposted

oh honey she's SNATCHED

10/9/2025, 4:48:12 PM | 33 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

it's not creepy if there's a cute name for it

10/9/2025, 4:34:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Today was the first 12 o'clocktail in years that wasn't a struggle drink.

10/9/2025, 4:33:04 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

HOPEFULLY THIS MEANS MY DRAWING SCHEDULE CAN RAMP BACK UP CAUSE GODDAMN HAVE I BEEN TOTALLY BURNT OUT WAKING UP EVERY DAY TO [BLANK] AND REFRESHING [BLANK] I WANT A SHRED OF NORMALCY AND COMFORT THANKS

10/9/2025, 4:31:01 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

Want to skeet good news but don't think I'm allowed to yet (or should, in case I jinx it), but if you've followed me this summer you know I've been sweating about [THING] and it looks like that weight is lifted.

10/9/2025, 4:28:26 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I got a free copy of XB1 shrinkwrapped Because of Reasons and if there's a patch for it then it might be my next game

10/9/2025, 4:23:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Catsuka (@catsuka.bsky.social) reposted

Gorillaz has just relaunched "Kong Studios" online game. I used to play the Flash version over 20 years ago. kongstudios.gorillaz.com

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Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

i really shouldnt be surprised that my trans buddies dig this but i appreciate that they appreciate her

10/9/2025, 2:08:26 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I do like the sentiment of Just Get It On Paper And Stop Thinking About Doing It. I remember a Simpsons writer saying that it's easier to fix a crummy script than to make write a good script from scratch, so they'd just belt out drafts quickly instead of staring at a blank page.

10/9/2025, 2:01:44 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't like this meme because "work your magic" is a phrase that has followed me across many workplaces and it minimizes the process I did do a step-by-step on how I make comics as someone who drafts scripts and skeches layouts in tandem. mnmcomic.com/from-blank-c...

10/9/2025, 1:56:23 PM | 18 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think Silksong's gonna be in this one

10/9/2025, 1:30:34 PM | 27 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

No no I love that New York City is becoming a mid-midterm election after last year's circus.

10/9/2025, 12:00:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I know Michelle Wu won 72% of the pre-election and clinched literally every ward but I really think fifty percent of Boston is going to completely flip in the last two months, you guys. Better run it back.

10/9/2025, 11:56:55 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So elections are just getting longer and longer then?

10/9/2025, 11:51:37 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

The accessories design themselves

10/9/2025, 3:28:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

I am not a jewelry guy so I am disproportionately proud of the arrow industrial piercing

9/9/2025, 11:36:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

It's one of the easiest, second nature redesigns I've done cause I'm just so entrenched 😭

9/9/2025, 11:20:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

It's the spray tan that you clocked in your scan. Ganguro supremacy.

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9/9/2025, 10:38:59 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

lmao thank ya! I knew this would cross your desk

9/9/2025, 8:35:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

I dunno why it took me until today to learn that there's a secret internet literally called Secret Internet and I had to google it to make sure I heard the capital letters correctly

9/9/2025, 7:52:03 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

*hays in mute*

9/9/2025, 7:32:59 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

uh oh I really like the blue one

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9/9/2025, 7:26:41 PM | 32 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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link ain't link without tree trunk gams

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9/9/2025, 7:19:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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thankoo senpai 🙏

9/9/2025, 7:18:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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put a ring on it

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Inspired by bsky.app/profile/hist...

9/9/2025, 6:38:57 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Legend of Gyaruda

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Today on Monsters & Mysteries: bottoms up! Latest page: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-p6 Chapter start: mnmcomic.com/comic/m4-cover

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9/9/2025, 1:56:50 PM | 51 11 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eoin Higgins (@eoinhiggins.bsky.social) reposted

Good morning. Here's a VH1 segment on Jeffrey Epstein from 2007.

9/9/2025, 1:04:24 PM | 726 257 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

AI has poisoned the YouTube results of City Pop :(

9/9/2025, 12:31:20 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Would you say that You get knocked down But get up again

9/9/2025, 3:19:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Log into chess dot com and the king is a king from Checkers. If Sonic falls down a bottomless pit then he keeps falling forever and if your reboot he's still falling. Fuck it. You'll buy it.

9/9/2025, 3:17:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Your spoon money is your reward for producing five hour advertising for free

9/9/2025, 3:03:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Critically, you can't beat the game on it.

9/9/2025, 2:57:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

All games should be The Big Adventure of Owata's Life. The mailbox in Animal Crossing bites your arm off. Pokémon hit Pokeballs back at you with baseball bats. Phoenix Wright's pointer finger gets a papercut from some documents. What are you gonna do, make a video essay or thinkpiece on it?

9/9/2025, 2:54:32 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

People said FromSoft should add easy modes, but y'all kept buying them People kvetched about Cuphead not having an easy mode, then bought the DLC These people will be in the replies for the Bugvania 3 trailer a decade from now

9/9/2025, 2:39:38 AM | 23 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Rob DenBleyker (@robdenbleyker.com) reposted

this is very exciting for me because I co-wrote this movie, along with you and everyone else who has ever posted words on the internet

9/9/2025, 1:18:05 AM | 1136 250 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

most of Kirby's games aren't even kirby games

8/9/2025, 5:57:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Dark Souls is too difficult Dark Souls 2 is 2 difficult Dark Souls 3 is 3 difficult Bloodborne is too bloody difficult Elden Ring is...ugh we didn't learn just patch Radahn pls

8/9/2025, 5:54:33 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

so do we call it "The Angels" now, or...?

8/9/2025, 5:49:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

wow that's a nice illustration Did you record a performative timelapse that you can edit and set to music with some kinda bait-y call-to-action like "what's YOUR favorite hat? Comment below"? Great because every platform has different preferred video specs

8/9/2025, 5:47:09 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cheryl Lynn Eaton (@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social) reposted

So, Alan Moore's complete Storytelling course is on YouTube now, with the last episode uploaded last week. Here's the first: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4158...

8/9/2025, 3:00:27 AM | 273 101 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Saw the trailer for Wednesday S2 and I was like "uh there was a mystery and Christina Ricci was a teacher or something and people were mad about Gomez's casting. People liked that dance." I can recall video games pretty clearly. A lot of times I can tell you where I was at certain moments.

8/9/2025, 1:45:48 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

Every time a season 2 trailer for something comes out, I panic, like "uhhhh I know it was good I think but...?" Gun to my head, I don't think I can summarize Fallout S1 other than "it's good" and "cowboy no nose". There was the guy with the suit? And they teased New Vegas?

8/9/2025, 1:43:00 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social)

Life is Strange deserves to be more than streaming slurry that you forget you even watched a week after its premiere.

8/9/2025, 1:38:08 PM | 34 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

oop

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If you had the week I've had, you'd understand what kind of cherry on top that is.

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My 2 year old, standing on my lap after the plane lands, looking over a sea of weary travelers at 11PM, drunk from not napping all day, pumping both fists in the air: "I DID IT I DID IT"

8/9/2025, 3:01:02 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There's a certain texture to it. Not just the anime but the game art too. It feels lived-in. New Pokémon feels almost too clean, like a gentrified neighborhood.

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Hey Sam wanna do a You Give Me What I Want

7/9/2025, 10:13:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Delayed again are you fucking fucking me no more planes I'm done

7/9/2025, 9:22:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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irlStarland

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This isn't even the flight we booked, man 😭 bsky.app/profile/leti...

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Love having a flight arrive 20 min early only for my layover to get extended by an hour 🙃 Hi Chicago

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Profile picture Tom Fulp (@tomfulp.newgrounds.com) reposted

Fun concept: gisnep.com/doomscroll/

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Profile picture Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) reply parent

There's no direct flight home. We booked two but they aren't letting us sit one person next to our toddler. We beg because we need to go home and we need someone to sit next to our two year old. "okay, I can waive the upcharge" You already upch-... Flames. FLAMES. ON THE SIDES OF MY FACE.

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It was written by Peer Schneider, Creator of IGN

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They haven't refunded me the $1100, if you're wondering.

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