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John Learned

@johnlearned.bsky.social

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A charming man of leisure. Seen on WIRED, USGamer, Kotaku, Polygon, etc. Annotates games on YouTube. Jason Statham looks like me john dot learned at gmail dot com

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi, new followers. I'm an independent games writer with work all over the place, and I make long, preposterous YT series annotating games like this one
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The Annotated Symphony of the Night - YouTube

This is the complete Annotated Symphony of the Night by John Learned. Future videos will be added as they are produced

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 11h

I'm not a hater or anything, but there are a lot of Mario games that I haven't played, so it felt disingenuous for me to claim that this is one of the kings

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 11h

79. Super Mario Odyssey

Not sure if this will go down as one of the all-timer Mario games, but it really was the perfect Switch launch game. I was def more pumped for Zelda, but this set the stage beautifully

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 11h

80. Triangle Strategy

A great modern take on the Matsuno tactics games. It doesn't hit the narrative highs (or complexities) of his work, but the actual combat and character building is really great. The Switch was invented for stuff like this

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 11h

81. Onimusha 3

The best of the original three to play but with the least interesting narrative. It still looks great for a PS2 game, and you could tell that Capcom was really flexing with its presentation and licensed actors (Jean Reno!)

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 11h

82. Dark Cloud

I know that people prefer the second game for its robustness, but I absolutely loved this one when it was released and bounced off DK2. I have no real interest going back to it, but there are some fond memories of figuring out the perfect rebuilding configurations and dungeon dives

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 12h

Turns out it doesn't work

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 12h

Over the weekend, my back went out, and THEN I took my family to an amusement park. Don't do this

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 15h

Wow weird. I like FEDA, but I never imagined any *loved* FEDA

GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 16h

Yanoman, the jigsaw puzzle company that once published the Aretha series & other JP-only games, recently unearthed a build of the unreleased PS version of FEDA Remake, & they let a FEDA fanatic go hands-on to see what, if anything, changed from the Saturn version www.gamespark.jp/article/2025... 🇯🇵

貴重なゲーム史料を体験！やのまんが発掘した貴重すぎる“幻のPS版”『フェーダ・リメイク！』、開発版のその内容とは…【特集】 | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト

『フェーダ』好きのライターが心底震えた“幻のPS版”との対面！

www.gamespark.jp

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 1d

I get this

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 1d

New York is cool. It's also assy, but generally very cool

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, congratulations!

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 3d

Oof

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 3d

It holds up. I can't believe it. And that library scene alnear the end!

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, my god, that's Pam Grier?!

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

I am trembling watching this

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

If you've ever followed me at all, you know I've been hoping this movie would someday resurface. My first horror movie

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Holy crap finally

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

This game rocks kind of hard

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Two weeks after my 40th birthday, I picked up a goddamn pillow and threw my back out. Because sure

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, man. As a dude with back trouble, I'm super sorry and welcome you to the other side

John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Stretch.

You might think this is a joke. It is not.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 10d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Like I said. They're coming for voting, and this is happening now

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

It's so weird that they let cameras into circle jerks these days

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 4d

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (Culture Brain, 1990)

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 4d

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

Reposted by John Learned

Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 4d

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

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