TrulyRawesome
@trulyrawesome.bsky.social
Variety Gamer (twitch.tv/trulyrawesome)
PhD in English Literature w/ expertise in Video Game Studies
Not made of pixels in real life
PhD in English Literature w/ expertise in Video Game Studies
Not made of pixels in real life
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TrulyRawesome
@trulyrawesome.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Hi there folks!
I hope you're having yourself a fantastic day! My name's Ross or TrulyRawesome and I'm a variety gamer going through a long list of suggested video games that I've never played before.
Three times a week you can catch me playing games over on twitch.tv/trulyrawesome!
I hope you're having yourself a fantastic day! My name's Ross or TrulyRawesome and I'm a variety gamer going through a long list of suggested video games that I've never played before.
Three times a week you can catch me playing games over on twitch.tv/trulyrawesome!
Sometimes your Saturday is playing Pokemon while you occasionally hear your wife make retching noises from the living room as she watches Love is Blind
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes your Saturday is playing Pokemon while you occasionally hear your wife make retching noises from the living room as she watches Love is Blind
Feasting in August
August 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feasting in August
Starting a new game on stream today starting at 11AM EST!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
#donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #donkeykongcountry3 #dixiekong #snes #retrogame
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
#donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #donkeykongcountry3 #dixiekong #snes #retrogame
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Starting a new game on stream today starting at 11AM EST!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
#donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #donkeykongcountry3 #dixiekong #snes #retrogame
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
#donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #donkeykongcountry3 #dixiekong #snes #retrogame
All they had to do was swap "farm" with "cozy bookshop" and this became a realistically achievable real life goal for me
Picture this—you leave everything behind and open a cozy bookshop by the sea! Curate your books, decorate your shop, advise customers, and make friends in @tinybookshopgame.com on #NintendoSwitch. #IndieWorld
Available now: ninten.do/6019s3Unt
youtu.be/2i_HlDVtQRk
Available now: ninten.do/6019s3Unt
youtu.be/2i_HlDVtQRk
Tiny Bookshop – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All they had to do was swap "farm" with "cozy bookshop" and this became a realistically achievable real life goal for me
The worst part of starting to exercise regularly is that the post-workout buzz is real and it does feel good. That's so annoying.
July 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The worst part of starting to exercise regularly is that the post-workout buzz is real and it does feel good. That's so annoying.
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The cancel culture panic existed to coddle the powerful who experienced the mildest of criticism and to pave the way to astroturf conservative censorship into the mainstream
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The cancel culture panic existed to coddle the powerful who experienced the mildest of criticism and to pave the way to astroturf conservative censorship into the mainstream
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
LINK'S GOT 99 MACGUFFINS BUT ZELDA AIN'T ONE!
Back to TLOZ: Skyward Sword with high octane action like DUNGEONS and NEW ITEMS and CATCHING BUGS!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
Back to TLOZ: Skyward Sword with high octane action like DUNGEONS and NEW ITEMS and CATCHING BUGS!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
July 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
LINK'S GOT 99 MACGUFFINS BUT ZELDA AIN'T ONE!
Back to TLOZ: Skyward Sword with high octane action like DUNGEONS and NEW ITEMS and CATCHING BUGS!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
Back to TLOZ: Skyward Sword with high octane action like DUNGEONS and NEW ITEMS and CATCHING BUGS!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
I GOT THIS NOTION THAT THE MOTION OF YOUR... JOYCONS?
Deep in the Sand Sea we continue to search for the sacred flames that will make our sword get bigger, longer, and more powerful. No, I'm not joking. And yes, we're being adults.
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
Deep in the Sand Sea we continue to search for the sacred flames that will make our sword get bigger, longer, and more powerful. No, I'm not joking. And yes, we're being adults.
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I GOT THIS NOTION THAT THE MOTION OF YOUR... JOYCONS?
Deep in the Sand Sea we continue to search for the sacred flames that will make our sword get bigger, longer, and more powerful. No, I'm not joking. And yes, we're being adults.
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
Deep in the Sand Sea we continue to search for the sacred flames that will make our sword get bigger, longer, and more powerful. No, I'm not joking. And yes, we're being adults.
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
July 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Going to miss him, but glad he's chasing his truth. ✊
July 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Going to miss him, but glad he's chasing his truth. ✊
Reposted by TrulyRawesome
The lady said $3,000 worth of animated buttholes, Sam! 🍑
July 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The lady said $3,000 worth of animated buttholes, Sam! 🍑
Reposted by TrulyRawesome
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
I just got a call from the stream factory and it looks like there's been an accident. My foreman said: "OOPS, ALL PUNISHMENTS!"
For the next 5 hours I'll be live working on the 229 outstanding punishments I currently have! No gameplay, only punishments, all stream long!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
For the next 5 hours I'll be live working on the 229 outstanding punishments I currently have! No gameplay, only punishments, all stream long!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
TrulyRawesome - Twitch
Welcome to the Mouth Institute of Design (MID). Here you'll find our scholar in residence, TrulyRawesome (he/him), getting an education on video games he's never played before while using his doctorat...
www.twitch.tv
July 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I just got a call from the stream factory and it looks like there's been an accident. My foreman said: "OOPS, ALL PUNISHMENTS!"
For the next 5 hours I'll be live working on the 229 outstanding punishments I currently have! No gameplay, only punishments, all stream long!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
For the next 5 hours I'll be live working on the 229 outstanding punishments I currently have! No gameplay, only punishments, all stream long!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
HAH! HYYYAH! HIIYAY!!
TLOZ: Skyward Sword continues! We're kicking things off with the submissions for the latest assignment and then we're going to dive right back into the Eldin Region and Link's quest to catch up to Zelda!
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
TLOZ: Skyward Sword continues! We're kicking things off with the submissions for the latest assignment and then we're going to dive right back into the Eldin Region and Link's quest to catch up to Zelda!
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
July 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
HAH! HYYYAH! HIIYAY!!
TLOZ: Skyward Sword continues! We're kicking things off with the submissions for the latest assignment and then we're going to dive right back into the Eldin Region and Link's quest to catch up to Zelda!
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
TLOZ: Skyward Sword continues! We're kicking things off with the submissions for the latest assignment and then we're going to dive right back into the Eldin Region and Link's quest to catch up to Zelda!
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
MOTION CONTROLS ACTIVATED!!
We're heading deeper into the Faron Woods as we continue my first ever playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I love Fi and I almost wish she would pop up and talk more...
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
We're heading deeper into the Faron Woods as we continue my first ever playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I love Fi and I almost wish she would pop up and talk more...
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
MOTION CONTROLS ACTIVATED!!
We're heading deeper into the Faron Woods as we continue my first ever playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I love Fi and I almost wish she would pop up and talk more...
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
We're heading deeper into the Faron Woods as we continue my first ever playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I love Fi and I almost wish she would pop up and talk more...
#thelegendofzelda #skywardsword
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
MEGA MOUTH SUMMER WEEK 2 BEGINS!!
We're very consistently solving these puzzles (and then discovering new puzzles), so lets make some huge moves in todays stream! Do I solve the puzzles or do the puzzles solve me???
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
We're very consistently solving these puzzles (and then discovering new puzzles), so lets make some huge moves in todays stream! Do I solve the puzzles or do the puzzles solve me???
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
June 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MEGA MOUTH SUMMER WEEK 2 BEGINS!!
We're very consistently solving these puzzles (and then discovering new puzzles), so lets make some huge moves in todays stream! Do I solve the puzzles or do the puzzles solve me???
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
We're very consistently solving these puzzles (and then discovering new puzzles), so lets make some huge moves in todays stream! Do I solve the puzzles or do the puzzles solve me???
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
Can't wait to have the opportunity for my brother to absolutely decimate me in this game again 20 years (holy f***) later ⚽️
Mario and Co. hit the pitch in five-on-five matches in Super Mario Strikers, coming to Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on #NintendoSwitch2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on July 3!
June 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Can't wait to have the opportunity for my brother to absolutely decimate me in this game again 20 years (holy f***) later ⚽️
The boy was tricked into a photo shoot. 😻
June 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The boy was tricked into a photo shoot. 😻
Finally got my hands on a Canadian peanut butter whisky so we're having a peanut butter old fashioned tonight. Cheers! 🍻
June 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Finally got my hands on a Canadian peanut butter whisky so we're having a peanut butter old fashioned tonight. Cheers! 🍻
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
$1 = 1 Squat all stream long! We're going to be wrapping up Harvestella, starting up Blue Prince, and with any luck we'll also be doing an unboxing for the Nintendo Switch 2! Help me ring in my 34th year with healthy decisions!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
$1 = 1 Squat all stream long! We're going to be wrapping up Harvestella, starting up Blue Prince, and with any luck we'll also be doing an unboxing for the Nintendo Switch 2! Help me ring in my 34th year with healthy decisions!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
TrulyRawesome - Twitch
Welcome to the Mouth Institute of Design (MID). Here you'll find our scholar in residence, TrulyRawesome (he/him), getting an education on video games he's never played before while using his doctorat...
www.twitch.tv
June 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
$1 = 1 Squat all stream long! We're going to be wrapping up Harvestella, starting up Blue Prince, and with any luck we'll also be doing an unboxing for the Nintendo Switch 2! Help me ring in my 34th year with healthy decisions!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
$1 = 1 Squat all stream long! We're going to be wrapping up Harvestella, starting up Blue Prince, and with any luck we'll also be doing an unboxing for the Nintendo Switch 2! Help me ring in my 34th year with healthy decisions!
www.twitch.tv/trulyrawesome
We've got a two-part birthday event going on this week on stream!
On Thursday, my actual birthday / Part 1, every $ donated equals 1 squat for me! You don't have to donate, but if you do, I will suffer for it!
Then on Saturday for Part 2 we'll be playing CrowdControl Modded R.E.P.O. with friends!
On Thursday, my actual birthday / Part 1, every $ donated equals 1 squat for me! You don't have to donate, but if you do, I will suffer for it!
Then on Saturday for Part 2 we'll be playing CrowdControl Modded R.E.P.O. with friends!
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We've got a two-part birthday event going on this week on stream!
On Thursday, my actual birthday / Part 1, every $ donated equals 1 squat for me! You don't have to donate, but if you do, I will suffer for it!
Then on Saturday for Part 2 we'll be playing CrowdControl Modded R.E.P.O. with friends!
On Thursday, my actual birthday / Part 1, every $ donated equals 1 squat for me! You don't have to donate, but if you do, I will suffer for it!
Then on Saturday for Part 2 we'll be playing CrowdControl Modded R.E.P.O. with friends!
Doom: The Dark Ages is... You know how in Fast 9 they go to space and you're like "yeah, okay, we justified it, and it is cool by a certain metric, but did we really just go to space? I'm not complaining, I'm not asking you to change, but why did we go to space?" That's Doom: The Dark Ages.
May 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Doom: The Dark Ages is... You know how in Fast 9 they go to space and you're like "yeah, okay, we justified it, and it is cool by a certain metric, but did we really just go to space? I'm not complaining, I'm not asking you to change, but why did we go to space?" That's Doom: The Dark Ages.