kelsey lewin
@kelslewin.bsky.social
“Compact and laser-focused” - The New Yorker.
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
Video game history enthusiast and Wonderswan evangelist. LFGM⚾️
Co-Owner: @pinkgorillagames.com
Also at @minnmax.com and @pewpewbang.bsky.social
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kelsey lewin
@kelslewin.bsky.social
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Hi I’m Kelsey! I’m the co-owner of @pinkgorilla.bsky.social, a retro game store chain in Seattle, author of @bossfightbooks.com’s Animal Crossing, and a Cohort at @minnmax.bsky.social. Previously on YouTube, previously at The Video Game History Foundation.
Hi I’m Kelsey! I’m the co-owner of @pinkgorilla.bsky.social, a retro game store chain in Seattle, author of @bossfightbooks.com’s Animal Crossing, and a Cohort at @minnmax.bsky.social. Previously on YouTube, previously at The Video Game History Foundation.
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Mondays are tough; have a Japanese TV commercial for the Nintendo 64 version of Animal Crossing, as it was originally intended.
Kinda; it was first planned for the 64DD. Follow @kelslewin.bsky.social to know more about the game, as she has written a whole book about it.
#gaming #retro #Nintendo 🎮
Kinda; it was first planned for the 64DD. Follow @kelslewin.bsky.social to know more about the game, as she has written a whole book about it.
#gaming #retro #Nintendo 🎮
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Mondays are tough; have a Japanese TV commercial for the Nintendo 64 version of Animal Crossing, as it was originally intended.
Kinda; it was first planned for the 64DD. Follow @kelslewin.bsky.social to know more about the game, as she has written a whole book about it.
#gaming #retro #Nintendo 🎮
Kinda; it was first planned for the 64DD. Follow @kelslewin.bsky.social to know more about the game, as she has written a whole book about it.
#gaming #retro #Nintendo 🎮
in the original animal crossing, chestnut was originally going to be a possible native “fruit” tree.
It was replaced by the cherry tree.
It was replaced by the cherry tree.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
in the original animal crossing, chestnut was originally going to be a possible native “fruit” tree.
It was replaced by the cherry tree.
It was replaced by the cherry tree.
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Our food drive starts today! Swing by any Pink Gorilla to drop off canned goods, spices, or other shelf stable foods to help us feed local families! We’ll match every can donated AND you score a free enamel pin!
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Our food drive starts today! Swing by any Pink Gorilla to drop off canned goods, spices, or other shelf stable foods to help us feed local families! We’ll match every can donated AND you score a free enamel pin!
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Incredible article with some brand new information on one of my all time favorite creators’ career!!
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
www.designroom.site
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Incredible article with some brand new information on one of my all time favorite creators’ career!!
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Aww he’s being so cute in the leaves this morning, I should take some phot—wait Piroshky WHERE DID YOU GET A MALLET, STOP COME BACK
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Aww he’s being so cute in the leaves this morning, I should take some phot—wait Piroshky WHERE DID YOU GET A MALLET, STOP COME BACK
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I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
We liked Really Rad Weekend
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We liked Really Rad Weekend
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Seattle! We’re hosting a food drive this weekend Friday Nov 21-Monday Nov 24 at all of our stores! We’ll be collecting donations for Northwest Harvest AND doubling whatever you donate!
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Seattle! We’re hosting a food drive this weekend Friday Nov 21-Monday Nov 24 at all of our stores! We’ll be collecting donations for Northwest Harvest AND doubling whatever you donate!
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
Drop off some non-perishable at any location and you’ll score a free pin of your choosing.
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The last toast by the legend herself:
I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass
- Becky
I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass
- Becky
lindken.com
lindken.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The last toast by the legend herself:
I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass
- Becky
I leave it up to you to go to lindken.com and look up Jennell Jacques, now look at her job description, goddess of technology… and fuck cancer, fuck it in the ass
- Becky
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ty!
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ty!
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
Reminder you can get access to the ad-free version of the show (and Sarah's Loaded Gun) by going Patreon.com/MinnMax
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This is it. I nearly suffocated by using the reetroom. I’m asking my doctors agreeing on a short cure. Only really sure painful prolonged angona is hereafter the grim reaps me. Please donate on the funeral fund me now.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is it. I nearly suffocated by using the reetroom. I’m asking my doctors agreeing on a short cure. Only really sure painful prolonged angona is hereafter the grim reaps me. Please donate on the funeral fund me now.
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Check out what I found in the “Digital Life” section of McNally Jackson books in Rockefeller Center
@bossfightbooks.com @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com @kelslewin.bsky.social @mikedrucker.bsky.social @jordanwminor.bsky.social
@bossfightbooks.com @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com @kelslewin.bsky.social @mikedrucker.bsky.social @jordanwminor.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Check out what I found in the “Digital Life” section of McNally Jackson books in Rockefeller Center
@bossfightbooks.com @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com @kelslewin.bsky.social @mikedrucker.bsky.social @jordanwminor.bsky.social
@bossfightbooks.com @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com @kelslewin.bsky.social @mikedrucker.bsky.social @jordanwminor.bsky.social
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🗣️Let's go girls!
Donate blood with the American Red Cross from 11/17 - 12/7 to score these Pac-Man items while supplies last.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🗣️Let's go girls!
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KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
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Minnmax talk #StrayChildren, starting at 1:22:00! ✨🧅💕
Fortnite has brought The Simpsons to the youth, so we don't have to feel old anymore when we reference it. Check out this week's episode of the MinnMax Show: youtu.be/khrl2-nScAQ?...
Also featuring:
🌟 Arc Raiders
🌟 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
🌟 Evil Egg
🌟 No, I'm not a Human
🌟 Stray Children
Also featuring:
🌟 Arc Raiders
🌟 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
🌟 Evil Egg
🌟 No, I'm not a Human
🌟 Stray Children
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Minnmax talk #StrayChildren, starting at 1:22:00! ✨🧅💕
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
the podcast wife to many
When it comes to a wedding guestlist people always ask if you have a big family but they never ask how podcasts you’ve done.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
Thrilled to have worked with so many talented people and even more thrilled to get to call so many of them friends.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
the podcast wife to many
the only non-local convention I’ll never stop attending. Joe and Sam and the RadJunk team are something else.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the only non-local convention I’ll never stop attending. Joe and Sam and the RadJunk team are something else.
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"Hey Leo can you do this thing"
Leo: Yeah I got you.
"It's for Pew Pew Bang"
Leo:
Leo: Yeah I got you.
"It's for Pew Pew Bang"
Leo:
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Hey Leo can you do this thing"
Leo: Yeah I got you.
"It's for Pew Pew Bang"
Leo:
Leo: Yeah I got you.
"It's for Pew Pew Bang"
Leo:
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New Pew Pew Bang just dropped! We talk about the games that have ruined our lives (depleting our time, money, or mind in some way). Don't save us; we don't want to be saved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh11...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh11...
Pew Pew Bang - The Life-Ruining Games Episode
YouTube video by MinnMax
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New Pew Pew Bang just dropped! We talk about the games that have ruined our lives (depleting our time, money, or mind in some way). Don't save us; we don't want to be saved.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh11...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh11...
Pew Pew Bang at Really Rad Weekend!!
Come see our panel at 1:30pm!
Come see our panel at 1:30pm!
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pew Pew Bang at Really Rad Weekend!!
Come see our panel at 1:30pm!
Come see our panel at 1:30pm!
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It was a total blast having @kelslewin.bsky.social on @callmebyyourgame.bsky.social to discuss her time with Animal Crossing: Wild World.
And we didn’t talk about baseball during the entire episode! Give us credit!
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
And we didn’t talk about baseball during the entire episode! Give us credit!
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
Teenager by day, Animal Crossing moderator by night - Wild World podcast with Kelsey Lewin
YouTube video by Call Me By Your Game
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It was a total blast having @kelslewin.bsky.social on @callmebyyourgame.bsky.social to discuss her time with Animal Crossing: Wild World.
And we didn’t talk about baseball during the entire episode! Give us credit!
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
And we didn’t talk about baseball during the entire episode! Give us credit!
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
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Teenager by day, Animal Crossing moderator by night!
On Ep.265 video game content creator and Mets super fan @kelslewin.bsky.social stops by to discuss her time as a moderator of a fan website during Animal Crossing: Wild World’s heyday.
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
On Ep.265 video game content creator and Mets super fan @kelslewin.bsky.social stops by to discuss her time as a moderator of a fan website during Animal Crossing: Wild World’s heyday.
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
Teenager by day, Animal Crossing moderator by night - Wild World podcast with Kelsey Lewin
YouTube video by Call Me By Your Game
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Teenager by day, Animal Crossing moderator by night!
On Ep.265 video game content creator and Mets super fan @kelslewin.bsky.social stops by to discuss her time as a moderator of a fan website during Animal Crossing: Wild World’s heyday.
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...
On Ep.265 video game content creator and Mets super fan @kelslewin.bsky.social stops by to discuss her time as a moderator of a fan website during Animal Crossing: Wild World’s heyday.
youtu.be/87oj4EsOSfw?...