Marc Deschamps
@marcdachamp.bsky.social
Gaming reporter for more than a decade. Former ComicBook staff writer with bylines at IGN and Nintendojo. Comic writer published by Image, and PR experience at NY State Parks. Father and husband. He/Him. Opinions are my own.
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Marc Deschamps
@marcdachamp.bsky.social
· Sep 13
NHL 26 Review - IGN
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It’s been kind of a whirlwind couple of weeks, and I can finally talk about one of the highlights: I got to review NHL 26 for IGN! If you’re on the fence about whether to buy this year’s game, check it out!
Has anyone ever done the math on how much money Steve Martin’s character loses throughout the course of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? It’s gotta be a ridiculous amount.
a man in a suit is dancing in a parking lot with planes trains and automobiles written on the bottom
ALT: a man in a suit is dancing in a parking lot with planes trains and automobiles written on the bottom
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November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Has anyone ever done the math on how much money Steve Martin’s character loses throughout the course of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? It’s gotta be a ridiculous amount.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
It’s possible this pull quote makes more sense in context. A lot of times companies will request this type of thing and it doesn’t look great the way it gets chopped. But it certainly makes it sound like the writer at Deadline was totally unaware of the, like, thousand faith-based horror flicks.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s possible this pull quote makes more sense in context. A lot of times companies will request this type of thing and it doesn’t look great the way it gets chopped. But it certainly makes it sound like the writer at Deadline was totally unaware of the, like, thousand faith-based horror flicks.
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god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
People come to Bluesky and kick the hornet’s nest like Macaulay Culkin in My Girl, and then have the audacity to act like it’s a platform problem. I assure you, if you go to someone’s house for Thanksgiving tomorrow and immediately shit on the floor, your experience there won’t be great either.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
People come to Bluesky and kick the hornet’s nest like Macaulay Culkin in My Girl, and then have the audacity to act like it’s a platform problem. I assure you, if you go to someone’s house for Thanksgiving tomorrow and immediately shit on the floor, your experience there won’t be great either.
What’s happening right now is like the episode of The Simpsons where Mr. Burns discovers that he’s broke, and his yes men weren’t telling him. Trump is mentally checked out, and surrounded by people telling him what he wants to hear, while they each loot the country.
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What’s happening right now is like the episode of The Simpsons where Mr. Burns discovers that he’s broke, and his yes men weren’t telling him. Trump is mentally checked out, and surrounded by people telling him what he wants to hear, while they each loot the country.
Started reading some old Spider-Man Clone Saga comics on Marvel Unlimited. I read some of it as it was coming out, but I was pretty young, so I couldn’t keep up with everything that was coming out. The one thing that really strikes me is that the good stuff is actually really good.
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Started reading some old Spider-Man Clone Saga comics on Marvel Unlimited. I read some of it as it was coming out, but I was pretty young, so I couldn’t keep up with everything that was coming out. The one thing that really strikes me is that the good stuff is actually really good.
To each their own, but the movie theater experience is the absolute best. I love it so much. I mostly do the mainstream theater (usually one of two Regal Cinemas that are fairly close), but I have done indie theaters too. Never done the food theater. We don’t really have those close by.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
To each their own, but the movie theater experience is the absolute best. I love it so much. I mostly do the mainstream theater (usually one of two Regal Cinemas that are fairly close), but I have done indie theaters too. Never done the food theater. We don’t really have those close by.
Now you too can feel the frustration of BattleToads, one of the most often played NES games of my youth!
NES, Game Boy – Nintendo Classics – November 2025 Game Updates
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Now you too can feel the frustration of BattleToads, one of the most often played NES games of my youth!
This is 100% the correct take. Post-RotS Star Wars was a lot like post-RotJ in the early ‘90s. There were some highlights during both points, but the franchise was starting to become very niche, and only kept alive by diehard fans. Disney pulled it out of the basement.
73. Disney saved Star Wars. This is what Saved Star Wars looks like. Before they opened their suitcase full of money, Lucasfilm’s best ideas they had going at the time were that I’m Han Solo Kinect game and Star Wars Detours.
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is 100% the correct take. Post-RotS Star Wars was a lot like post-RotJ in the early ‘90s. There were some highlights during both points, but the franchise was starting to become very niche, and only kept alive by diehard fans. Disney pulled it out of the basement.
Look, you can’t destroy countless jobs, bust unions, drive up grocery prices, and jack up healthcare costs and then complain that people aren’t buying enough things.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Look, you can’t destroy countless jobs, bust unions, drive up grocery prices, and jack up healthcare costs and then complain that people aren’t buying enough things.
Oof. I wasn’t planning on buying any of the new Combiners, but three Stunticons for $45, plus I get three other figures? Sigh. Guess I gotta hope Motormaster and Dragstrip get reissued.
There are still a lot of Hasbro Transformers Deluxe 2-packs on sale at Walmart for $15.00 - bit.ly/3XMZMzx #ad
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oof. I wasn’t planning on buying any of the new Combiners, but three Stunticons for $45, plus I get three other figures? Sigh. Guess I gotta hope Motormaster and Dragstrip get reissued.
Google has screwed countless creators with its AI push. People are losing tons of money, all for a search engine that’s no longer reliable. And they’re screwing anyone that just tries to use it, too. We need a company to come out with a 100% anti-AI search engine, because Google needs to die.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Google has screwed countless creators with its AI push. People are losing tons of money, all for a search engine that’s no longer reliable. And they’re screwing anyone that just tries to use it, too. We need a company to come out with a 100% anti-AI search engine, because Google needs to die.
If you see this, QTP with your Top Legend of Zelda games
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you see this, QTP with your Top Legend of Zelda games
Treat yo self, Black Friday week edition.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Treat yo self, Black Friday week edition.
Really glad to watch a new set of Republicans repeating the mistakes of the Iraq war, let me tell you.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Really glad to watch a new set of Republicans repeating the mistakes of the Iraq war, let me tell you.
I don’t buy plushies. I will buy action figures all day. But plushies are a mental line I can’t cross as an adult. No shame to anyone that’s into them, but I personally can’t get over that hill. But man, that Samus helmet is reeeeeeeeeally tempting.
Club Mocchi- Mocchi- Metroid Prime 13-Inch Plushies available to order on Amazon ($38.99 each)
Samus Helmet buff.ly/M09M8ur
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Samus Helmet buff.ly/M09M8ur
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November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I don’t buy plushies. I will buy action figures all day. But plushies are a mental line I can’t cross as an adult. No shame to anyone that’s into them, but I personally can’t get over that hill. But man, that Samus helmet is reeeeeeeeeally tempting.
New video went up this weekend! I talked about Konami’s announcement that more Silent Hill content is on the way, and the possibility of the franchise becoming a yearly one. At a time when publishers are taking 10 years to make sequels, did Konami figure out the formula? Check it out and subscribe!
Konami says it has even more Silent Hill on the way!
YouTube video by Da Champ's Rants and Reviews
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November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New video went up this weekend! I talked about Konami’s announcement that more Silent Hill content is on the way, and the possibility of the franchise becoming a yearly one. At a time when publishers are taking 10 years to make sequels, did Konami figure out the formula? Check it out and subscribe!
Not my order, but future president Pritzker knows Star Wars pretty well, I think.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not my order, but future president Pritzker knows Star Wars pretty well, I think.
Comedy is incredibly subjective, but Super Bad ranked as the funniest movie of the last 25 years? Also, The Waterboy making the list over The Wedding Singer or Happy Gilmore? Anchorman placing and not Step Brothers? Team America and not South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut? NO GHOSTBUSTERS?!?
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Comedy is incredibly subjective, but Super Bad ranked as the funniest movie of the last 25 years? Also, The Waterboy making the list over The Wedding Singer or Happy Gilmore? Anchorman placing and not Step Brothers? Team America and not South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut? NO GHOSTBUSTERS?!?
Beat up the Blackhawks on Friday, and handily took down the Hurricanes on Sunday. Great couple games from the Sabres.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Beat up the Blackhawks on Friday, and handily took down the Hurricanes on Sunday. Great couple games from the Sabres.
Malenstyn with one of the sickest Sabres goals I’ve seen this year. Wow wow wow.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Malenstyn with one of the sickest Sabres goals I’ve seen this year. Wow wow wow.
What a crap no goal call against the Sabres. There was zero interference.
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What a crap no goal call against the Sabres. There was zero interference.
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One of my favorite games on Switch 2 thus far. It’s my first Yakuza, and I’ve had an excellent time with it. Great deal for a game with a ton of content.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One of my favorite games on Switch 2 thus far. It’s my first Yakuza, and I’ve had an excellent time with it. Great deal for a game with a ton of content.