I owe you one, so I'm gonna jam up your opera! Author of FINAL FANTASY VI for @bossfightbooks.com: bit.ly/final-fantasy-vi Contributor and executive officer @popheist.com he/him/homo
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one time a group of str8 dude friends talked me into going to buffalo wild wings even though it’s hetero culture and i’m a gay vegetarian. i ordered a side of celery. it was so flaccid and slimy it brought us together w/ an inside joke that has lasted 20 years bww is the great dude equalizer.
i like burrito i like milkshake i do not liike milkurrito
it’s giving “man door hand hook car door” (which i would also prefer to “metroidvania)
normally i am all for neologisms but honestly i think i would prefer “mother city man likeness across forest” —or literally anything else — to “metroidvania”
this show was banned in my archconservative irish catholic household in the ‘90s, and also everyone hated it, so i had to wait 30 years to make jason priestley my wallpaper
fingers crossed for you. for a monocular virtual boy is but a red game boy
hell yes, high five to another virtual bro
oh my god i so wasn’t fishing but thank you!!!!!!!
two clarifications - the “box” i have mario tennis in is the virtual bot box bc it’s a pack-in - i was bragging, actually
not to brag, but i own 7 of these games in box
- great news (nbc, 2017) - trial and error (nbc, 2017) - saved by the bell [reboot] (peacock, 2020) all some of my favorite television of the last decade
my high school yearbook used to do a "spring supplement" of all of the stuff that happened after the regular yearbook went to press. like spring sports, prom, band concerts, etc.....that's the OG DLC. i still hated sticking it in my yearbook, though.
like why is it DLC and not just part of the game, barbara?
but wtf is up with announcing new games and their DLC at the same time, launching at the same time? just release the game and the DLC simultaneously! as........one game!
for me, tho, today's nintendo direct had a more-than-usual number of announcements i actually give a shit about
history will not look kindly upon our society's blind obsession with farming sims
the way i SCREAMED about virtual boy this morning
he 9-0 on my 2-1 til i 0
all i'm saying is that this would make a great "AITA" post on reddit
that one almost made my neck pop open! i'm losing my mind over here
felt cute might delete later
there are no consequences for this. when the economy collapses, she will have enough money banked to exploit whatever society-ruining economic fad comes next. i hate this planet
the utter gall of this woman to say that "people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites." ...says the woman who uses 10,000 computers to shit out soulless content so she can make a buck without doing any real work herself
this piece will make you one million times angrier than you think it will.
chrono trigger fancasting
look me in the eyes and tell me that this is not a gay couple
"Art has never been one thing, and neither has arts criticism, and Art of Vengeance is a forceful reminder of how games need to be approached and discussed on their own terms." vital lesson that I think smart and well-meaning game critics often forget killer piece from @garrettmartin.bsky.social
New review of EVERQUEST by @mattontech.bsky.social up at @rpgfan.bsky.social's @paulskevington.bsky.social: www.rpgfan.com/feature/boss...
bless you for this
oh right. this should have immediately occurred to me. HI JUSTIN!
applying for a job at nintendo of america is THE most sebastian thing i can possibly do at this point, but hey: when you resign from your job on principle and have no backup plans, it's time to go crazy
JOB HUNT HELP: Does anyone On Here work for Nintendo of America or know anyone who works there / has a connection there?
More true than I realized when I made it.
now remember i’ve never seen this… luke perry and jason priestly kiss, tho, right?
watching beverly hills 90210 for the first time and i can confirm with 30+ years of hindsight that jason priestly is a stone-cold hottie
U.S. Department 𝑜𝒻 War
hmmm, a "silk song," you say? never heard of it!
nyc to minneapolis! never really been to mpls, actually; i'm moving in with my brother who just relocated there this spring. i hear it's awesome — but it's gonna be a heck of an adjustment.
my timeline for the last week: - silksong - silksong - trump and ICE deport babies - silksong - chatgpt murdered someone's mom - silksong - epstein files - silksong - epstein files - epstein files - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong - silksong
it’ll be fine, though, because i bought a powerball ticket and am confident i will win
i promise i won’t complain about this constantly (SIKE) but i am currently a.) freaking out about a 1,000-mile move b.) freelance copyediting in all my free time c.) finishing my last few days at work (i wish i had just walked out honestly) d.) trying to find a new job e.) 😭 about my bank account
did like, a minimal amount of rereading on the dissolution of yugoslavia a few months ago, and now it's pretty much happening in real time again in the U.S. it's like i saw disney's pocahontas and am now watching avatar
new nation just dropped
that’s straight up species discrimination!
pretty fucked up that pet stores explicitly label aisles for "dog" toys and "cat" toys. some cats want to pick out a squeaky squirrel chew toys and they shouldn't be embarrassed when they go to petco to pick one out
to be clear, i meant sexually interesting
i went to a rock-and-roll concert tonight and a straight guy told me it was his birthday. i wish this story had a more interesting ending, but that’s it.
curious to see what the other screens look like, though! i haven’t played through yet.
inconsistent, but not necessarily a mistake—looks like they were avoiding a widowed “percent” on the second line (as others mentioned), but it also looks like they’re trying to keep the line length about the width of the box above. i’d guess they decided to prioritize what looks best graphically.
how am i supposed to sleep with you guys making all this racket
moving halfway across the country is expensive, it turns out
After 7 years of development, we are excited that "Quartet" is out now! A series of train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG!
exactly this!!!
Like—one person is too many people. Shut it down.
i know the evidence is anecdotal, but golly, chatgpt sure does seem to kill a lot of people.
wow, thank you!!! always makes me so glad to hear. <3
thanks, i hate it
This one is gonna be SO GOOD y'all
i, on the other hand, will not be making wild accusations about the content of this lecture 😎
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automatic sister rosetta tharpe repost
i know this isn't a great image for making an ID but if you happen to know who this guy is and how to contact his mom in WV or wherever i'd just like to chat with her for a sec
i’d apply for this, but it’s in-person in CA and papa’s on his way to snowier shores in MN. reposting in case any good buddies out there want to send in an app!
we stan a Just One More King
this is going to be an extremely baller meetup!
really heartbroken to leave NYC, but i am looking forward to getting to know the state—grew up in the midwest but only got to know Missouri (basically the whole state) and Southern Illinois. this feels right!
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whoa dude!!! we'll be moving up hopefully no later than early october, so we'll be around—we should totally meet up!
excited to be moving to this dude's state and hope that, when i get there, minneapolis is not occupied by imperial soldiers in magitek armor, south figaro-style
my goal before leaving New York is to eat every last bagel in the five boroughs
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! 😮👋
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thank you!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
wearing a crown, but also a barrel like a cartoon hobo
columbia asked me to do some anti-DEI shit, so i resigned ✌️ can't afford to live in NYC anymore, so brett and i are moving into my brother's basement in minnesota. we're now a no-income household (well, there's some freelancing, but not enough to pay the bills). blew up my life and feel correct!
so close! that is a field
this is absolutely the most deranged character design in pokémon history
i'm not entirely sorry. but i am a little bit sorry.
showing that gumbussy like
It’s-a-me, Polio!
release the epstein scrapbooks!
someone is making scrapbook pages and hanging them up on fences
just…everything
a civil war? in this economy?
oh, man, i didn’t know that! glad they’re back, too.
voyager, “promise,” australia, 2023. 9th of 26. the extent to which this song shreds. when we hit the 4-bar guitar solo followed by the 4-bar keytar solo, i knew it was over for me. and a fucking car onstage????? instantly one of my favorite eurovision songs/performances. A+ 20/20 no notes
you’ll find them in a bunch of barrels in the bathroom at donk-a-lago
Pop Heist has OFFICIALLY MADE IT
i’ll say it: pete buttigieg needed more bullying in middle school. we can and should bully him now, but it just won’t be the same
sitting down to watch a movie with @brettwhite.bsky.social. as the opening music plays, me: HOLD ON *picking up phone* me: WAIT *typing* me: HANGONHANGONHANGON *scrolling* me: … me: …i KNEW it! eurovision, italy, 1958. BOOM husband: this is a john cena movie
The Final Fantasy series has several "Woolseyisms," which are localization quirks attributed to FFVI translator Ted Woolsey. e.g. "Ultros" was supposed to be "Orthos," but Ultros sticks to this day. One other Woolseyism I wish had stuck around: The "Aqua Breath" skill was once [heeey] "Aqualung."
always a plus.
how is this easier than typing or dictating "i'm running 15 mins late lol"
this was basically my exact response. at a certain point? it becomes genuinely funny!
lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooo my therapist went on a semipermanent leave of absence while i was traveling
i don’t know how else to sum up the last two weeks aside from this