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Drew Mackie

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“Make way for Superman!” said Superman as he punched everyone at the Coffee Bean. He/him. Los Angeles. Dog. Mustache. Gayest Episode Ever: https://gayestepisodeever.com Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games: https://thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · Mar 5

Oh, and this was a big one on the old site: All the ways that Popeye changed video games (mostly but not limited to Mario stuff). He may have (indirectly) inspired Mario's whole look, actually.

www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/how-pop...

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 5h

I have never added music to an Instagram photo because I respect the righteous sovereignty of those who follow me. Are you brave enough to stand with me?

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 16h

I guess. I forget how small Chibi Robo actually is. But in the larger video it seems like the objects are being moved by something invisible.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 19h

I think I know which of the two Simpsons wikis this is.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 19h

It is weird to me that this is a scene from The Simpsons

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good point

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

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Close to You – Nintendo

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

Actually wait maybe not. The blurry, out of focus thing under the couch is too big to be a Pikmin / too big to be what’s moving stuff.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

I am team Pikmin

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

I am team Pikmin

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

I get hipster cred for ordering this before lots of other people were aware of his work, but I’m super stoked to support @hamishsteele.bsky.social’s latest.

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's worth remembering that she was still in her twenties when her got the show on Fox, and was very much still a young in terms of style.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

This promo for "Fox Weekends" (or how the network celebrated it only having programming on Saturday and Sunday) is such a moment in time.

AND if you don't happen to recognize these shows, may I suggest @gayestepisodeever.bsky.social's Patreon series Fox Files? patreon.com/collection/1...

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps not what I want to see in the waiting room of the vet’s office

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

Video games can teach you so much about other cultures.

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Yongary Glen Ross @youoldsoandso.bsky.social · 6d

Video game lightning round: shmuplations.com, retronauts.com, hardcoregaming101.net, gaming.moe, gamehistory.org, www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com, and countless other small game blogs. All of these people run into each other as part of the extended Retronauts/1up universe/diaspora

shmuplations.com

shmuplations.com is a repository of Japanese game developer translations, covering primarily older arcade and console games from the 80s, 90s, and beyond.

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

How do I win an award for squirrel photography

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

I have never watched a football game

Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 2d

every time i point out some giant cultural touchstone i missed, 200 podcast listeners get a stomach ache, but… i haven’t seen Titanic, any of the Godfather films, and a single movie about those Avengers superpeople

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 2d

I meant for the people who made it. Dude, you are too much of an adult to not be able to endure someone saying they don’t like something you like.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

Oh I don’t know that WWDTM ever aimed to fill that void. As far as I’m concerned, they can both be unfunny and lame in their own ways.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t say some people don’t or can’t enjoy it. I said I don’t.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

I has not changed since first encountered it

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

I guess your mom friend was perceptive.

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

Loved? Past tense?

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

Science isn’t there yet

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

Peter Sagan got divorced or your mom friend

Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 3d

Were you being punished