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Marc Normandin

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Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Endless Mode (née Paste Games) and Baseball Prospectus. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him https://retroxp.beehiiv.com https://marcnormandin.com https://www.endlessmode.com/author/marc-normandin

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 5d

Doing something a little different this morning at @retroxp.bsky.social: there *is* a 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game on the Sega Saturn, but instead of a traditional platformer, it's a racer. @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com has all the details on this game that showed off the Saturn's power.

Guest Feature: Sonic R

Super Sonic racing... on foot!

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

I got through 12 and knew I'd regret going any later since I had to hit the gym before the kids' soccer games that'll segue into a cross-New England drive

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

I didn't even watch all of it and still woke up at 5 am going "oh no"

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

Ys III? Well that's a Bump 'n' Jump, of course

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

I'm glad you found this because really I left it for you

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 18h

i’m mostly unbothered about genre names in that i think context clues basically always work, until i try to find a single game using steam tags and then i become Classification Stalin

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

Did you know: 99% of all video games released in the last decade are bullet hell?

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not happy about this one either click to see why

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

Hydlikes.

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Aria Winningson @aria.labeledrude.online · 23h

getting reticulated must feel so good if you're a spline

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

Hydlikes.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

I won't let them stop who I am I was listening to Mastodon before that place existed

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

Mastodon earned the rare "you know what, I'll put on a second consecutive album of theirs at the gym today" honors this morning. Crack the Skye into Leviathan

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 18h

I don't do it often but it's a nice little meditation for me on occasion. I always bring one when Kate and I go to a hotel and she's getting all dressed up for whatever we're doing while I'm already ready since I wake up hours before her

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 20h

Oh yeah, I missed my window for that one about $80 ago.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 20h

I am very jealous

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 20h

Digital or with a deck?

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

a not great aspect of the 2020s is every now and then i'll remember a writer/actor/comedian/musician i haven't heard about in a while and i'll think "oh I wonder how they're doing.... really hope they haven't *directly to camera* TURNED EVIL"

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

Tarik Skubal is p good

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen both multiple times. Deftones is the better show, and I love QOTSA live

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

I won't stop posting this

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 9d

[Don Pardo voice] Dillon Dingler

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

Hey neither Beltran nor your Mets fandom is my doing

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the Mets fan reaction being a little outsized because like, you aren't even getting to that moment without Beltran's absurd 2006 season, or his NLCS to that point. But also: what the absolute fuck dude

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

I remember where I watched that game and who was there with me and neither of these teams were even my team!

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

just had reason to watch the last out of the 2006 NLCS, and all this time later, with no rooting interest involved, I still can't help but look at it and go "how are you watching that pitch?!?"

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

they should, she's as annoyed by the game's writing as I am