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Endless Mike

@squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social

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Filipino slumming it in the USA. I edit manga now. Former Sega/ATLUS, previously Flavor Flav's website guy, wrote a bunch for a content mill He/Him Lvl 161 HUmar

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · Jun 27

"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"

My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever

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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 4h

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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"

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 23h

what if I held up the entire TSA security check at the airport

a $200 replica of the Master Sword from Zelda

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 23h

why did I even come here for

A sign in the New York Nintendo Store that reads “Please do not touch, climb, or sit on Link”

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 1d

Found out my hotel is like a ten minute walk to the Nintendo Store so consequently I am about to make some poor financial decisions

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Standard Issue Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 1d

Getting PSO onto something modern should be everyone’s mission

ミルキージェームズ (Remastered) @milkman.bsky.social · 1d

This story is one of my favorite ever features I got to out together on one of my favorite games. My mission is to get #PSO (OG version) onto something modern. Follow @designroom.bsky.social for more shenanigans. www.polygon.com/interviews/2...

Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

We continue our retrospective interview series for the game’s 20th anniversary

www.polygon.com

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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 1d

When will graphics get better than this

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re at NYCC, come visit the Baki booth and see that even with as bad as my tweets are, I am 1000x more awkward IRL. We’re next to the Sanrio booth, which is nice

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

Also is NYC more affordable than LA? I’m sure the rent is crazy here too but the food prices aren’t bananas? You can’t get fast food in LA without dropping $25 at least. A fucking non-Costco hot dog is like $12. Here there’s real restaurants offering real food for single digit dollars still

Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

specifically trying to eat things in NYC that I can’t get in LA but my ancestors are calling to me

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

Phase 1: complete

Phase 2:

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been waiting decades for this. I went on a flavor journey and arrived at the promised land. I heard the true name of God in the snap of its crust, and the beauty of all creation reflected in its pools of oil.

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

i texted pics of this pizza to all my closest family and friends

Pizza in California is fine when it’s doing its own thing, like bulgogi pizza or bbq basil or some shit like that, but they still can’t do a simple cheese or pepperoni slice right.

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

hhhnnnnngggghhh

a half pepperoni half cheese pizza from Joe’s

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

NEW YORK FUCKIN CITY

Finally back on the east coast after 20 years away. Already ordered a proper pizza

some NYC skyscrapers viewed out of a hotel window

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 3d

ai couldn't understand the reflection so called it wanus

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 5d

I've wanted to break this down for a bit: Wrote about a big quirk in how Game Awards is structured that makes it tough for small games to compete at a top level. Localization matters! And it creates a tough battle for the Blue Princes and 1000xResists of the world. www.polygon.com/blue-prince-...

In the GOTY race, localization really matters — which is bad news for Blue Prince

One of the year's best games will have a tough time breaking into The Game Awards

www.polygon.com

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

I think I am at the cusp of experiencing a catatonic seizure upon the realization that the entire senior administration is literally no more competent than a first year high school policy debate kid who is barely making the junior varsity squad

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 3d

Rosalina is going to be voiced by Taylor Swift and this site will be unusable for three months

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 3d

Makoto Yukimura was worried that Vinland Saga's farming arc and "I have no enemies" moment was a gamble that readers wouldn't like. I told him about the J. Cole meme from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef. This is how he reacted.

If “I have no enemies” has become a meme and people remember it, then maybe people will understand what I’m really trying to say through the story, which is that humans are immature, but we can mature. To become mature is to become kind. This is the foundation of what I’m trying to say, but it really has to be much shorter for people to remember. But it does give me hope that people remember these short phrases as memes. Then, one day, it will click in their mind what I was trying to really say in the first place.

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 3d

Met up with my dad for lunch before I head out and he gave me a bag full of "things you'll need for your trip"

It was just candy and a pack of boxer-briefs

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 3d

It's*, fuck

Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 3d

I'm pretty sure he took pics of some Hollywood execs when they were all definitely on Epstein island and blackmail is the only explanation for why he keeps getting cast in stuff