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Nic McConnell

@mcconnell.bsky.social

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Bayou Billy fan account. Age Ratings Manager @ Riot, used to work at Twitter (the less bad times) and Niantic. Runs @instructionderby.bsky.social Instruction Derby: A video game manual stream! Wednesdays at noon Pacific twitch.tv/nicmcconnell He/him

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · Oct 12

Wednesdays at noon pacific, I host a stream called Instruction Derby where I have a look at video game manuals past (and present!) and read through all the character, color and weirdness within. I’d love for you to join for Storytime!

twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
Wednesdays, noon Pacific

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 1d

What's this? Keeper launch details? Plus a beautiful Dynamic Background for your Xbox Series X|S you can get RIGHT NOW??? It's like waking up to a lighthouse-shaped Christmas stocking filled with info! Read all about it in our latest blog post:

www.doublefine.com/news/keeper-...

Keeper Launch Timing, Pricing, and a Dynamic Background, oh my!

We're just one week away from the launch of our newest game, Keeper! If you have a Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you have day one access to Keeper…

www.doublefine.com

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 2h

There’s no problem here,,,,only promise

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 4h

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (Steam) w/ 3 more games is $8 on Humble Games Bundle: Stories from Latin America buff.ly/RCQqS1R #ad

also in $12/$20 tiers

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 7h

My doctor has always told me:
Cola Bottles to 2.9, you’ll be fine
3 and up into your belly flung, prepare for bung

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 8h

Yes and likely even encouraged by doctors

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 8h

Parents today would never let their kids grow up to be Bonk from the Turbografx 16, knowing what we know now about CTE

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 9h

Critical reporting for our times

A man who spent six days in hospital after munching his way through 3kg of cola bottle sweets has said doctors were shocked he survived.
Nathan Rimmington had a sudden "hankering for cola bottles" one night so ordered a huge bulk bag online - and ate them over three days.
The bag of gelatin sweets contained almost 11,000 calories and the 33-year-old, from Barnsley, said he was so "bunged up" he could not walk or get out of bed.
Mr Rimmington said: "It's not the cleverest thing I have ever done in my life - I can't even look at a cola bottle now."

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 10h

Planet of Lana is worth your time

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Planet of Lana (Steam) is $4.25 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/C6QvbN4
3 games for $9.99 bundle on Fanatical buff.ly/rKyZ2vF #ad

Deck verified

also on Game Pass Premium

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

Ok this is the best pitch for this game I’ve seen yet

THICCEST YOSH @thiccestyosh.bsky.social · 19h

I see that nemesis system influence Ghost of Yotei. I see you.

Nice.

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Andrew Weldon @andrew-weldon.design · 19h

Fun fact: the last time the Mariners reached the ALCS was the fourth inning of this game

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

There is really nothing like a very cool and or weird baseball game

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

The Seattle Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseballs

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

I can’t wait for this one, you all are making something so cool

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

Jokes aside I do love Seattle as a city and I’ll always root for the mariners esp now that the A’s don’t exist anymore

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

I was born there so really in many ways, as someone who just watched an inning of that game tonight, this has been a big night for me

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

Haha hell yeah Seattle

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 19h

@jparish.bsky.social’s NES (and adjacent) Works series is the most incredible catalogue of gaming history out there, and the new TurboGrafx Works episodes take things to even greater heights imo. He does such a good job contextualizing this weird and incredible system’s American run. Check it out!

PC Engine of destruction: TurboGrafx-16 | Turbo Works 01

YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 20h

I haven’t really figured out how to market my show so I’m just trying whatever

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 20h

I’m ready to pick up the mantle of a media outlet that reflects the truth because i regularly talk about how dumb this is on my video game instruction manual stream. It’s enormous audience time, Wednesdays at noon pacific.

twitch.tv/nicmcconnell

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

MAGA and its agenda are *wildly* unpopular, and media are hugely out of touch for not saying so. Politicians who tap into this reality will thrive, and media outlets that reflect this truth will earn enormous audiences.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 21h

Japan Retro Direct does great work and offers cool stuff at extremely fair prices. I know tariffs are a (profoundly stupid) thing but please do support if you can!

Japan Retro Direct @japanretrodirect.bsky.social · 21h

Excellent restocks today. Both Famicom Goonies games, The PS1 Dead or Alive, Fighting vipers and Nights on Saturn. Gran Turismo 2, and more. A lot of must-have games. Also, until Tuesday you can use the discount code “BSTariffRefund” and save 15% if you choose.

Site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 21h

Took me a minute to figure out why this was AI but it. Turns out the reporter has three arms and also the police probably wouldn’t just let her hold her mic lol. We really need to make this sort of generative AI illegal

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

This is AI.

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 21h

Well I for one love a fully tanked economy so this is great, to me

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 22h

Ever since listening to the Behind The Bastards episode on Hank Ketcham, it’s real tough to see Dennis the Menace as anything other than some real rough shit

Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry, American culture was also threatened by the ninja turtles based on nothing but "New is bad, old is good"

An ad with classic cartoon characters Fred Flintstone, Dennis the Menace, and Woody Woodpecker with the caption "Turtles Come And Turtles Go, But We Go On Forever"

Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Ah see, multiple slurp juices can (I am pulled off stage by a big hook and shot, the audience applauds)

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