"Above Average" Erik
@aboveaverageerik.bsky.social
Norwegian, he/him, likes video games, wrestling, Formula 1
1/4th and editor of The Bottom Shelf, a podcast mostly about revisiting older video games (and occasionally other stuff). https://www.youtube.com/@The-Bottom-Shelf
1/4th and editor of The Bottom Shelf, a podcast mostly about revisiting older video games (and occasionally other stuff). https://www.youtube.com/@The-Bottom-Shelf
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
February 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]
billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?
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According to Motoi Okamoto, Mini-Game Director for Super Mario 64 DS, Shigeru Miyamoto would start midnight crunch sessions for the game's development by walking into the office and announcing "It's Mario time."
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
According to Motoi Okamoto, Mini-Game Director for Super Mario 64 DS, Shigeru Miyamoto would start midnight crunch sessions for the game's development by walking into the office and announcing "It's Mario time."
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lmao Epstein was banned on Xbox Live
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
lmao Epstein was banned on Xbox Live
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Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you
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"let people enjoy things"
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"let people enjoy things"
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Went to grab a pre-movie slice and oh my GOD. @maffewgregg.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Went to grab a pre-movie slice and oh my GOD. @maffewgregg.bsky.social
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People keep saying the codenames in Metal Gear Solid sound like Megaman X bosses, so I decided to give them actual designs. Matches the scale of my other X mockups.
Something I've been sitting on for several years that I finally decided to wrap up tonight.
#megaman #pixelart #ドット絵
Something I've been sitting on for several years that I finally decided to wrap up tonight.
#megaman #pixelart #ドット絵
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Die Fugger II / PC / Sunflowers / 1996
July 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Die Fugger II / PC / Sunflowers / 1996
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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A fresh one from me! I wrote about fandom, what characters "deserve," lesbians and our desire to Return To The Past.
What does it mean to wind back the clock and why does that seem to be *the* thing many folks want from art now?
aftermath.site/life-is-stra...
What does it mean to wind back the clock and why does that seem to be *the* thing many folks want from art now?
aftermath.site/life-is-stra...
A Game Doesn't Need To Be ‘By And For Fans’
Life Is Strange: Reunion could be a story that grapples with old choices and mistakes, or it could be one that tells fans and characters they "deserve" stories that make everything OK
aftermath.site
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
A fresh one from me! I wrote about fandom, what characters "deserve," lesbians and our desire to Return To The Past.
What does it mean to wind back the clock and why does that seem to be *the* thing many folks want from art now?
aftermath.site/life-is-stra...
What does it mean to wind back the clock and why does that seem to be *the* thing many folks want from art now?
aftermath.site/life-is-stra...
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The one conservative joke is "I identify as an attack helicopter," while the one liberal joke is "lol these guys are homogays who suck cock because they're gay"
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
The Governor of California showed off knee pads that he suggested were for leaders "selling out" to the Trump administration, during an interview at Davos.
cnb.cx
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The one conservative joke is "I identify as an attack helicopter," while the one liberal joke is "lol these guys are homogays who suck cock because they're gay"
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Please note that as reported by Time Extension, according to Chris Seavor who was a designer for Killer Instinct, the reporting by the magazine was almost certainly completely made up. www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01...
I hope the post can still be of interest as a curiosity!
I hope the post can still be of interest as a curiosity!
"I Can Safely Say It's B**locks" - Ex-Rare Devs Debunk Killer Instinct 'Panel De Pon' Rumour
It's been claimed in the past that 'Tetris Attack' almost became a Killer Instinct title
www.timeextension.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Please note that as reported by Time Extension, according to Chris Seavor who was a designer for Killer Instinct, the reporting by the magazine was almost certainly completely made up. www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01...
I hope the post can still be of interest as a curiosity!
I hope the post can still be of interest as a curiosity!
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Knuckles x Dale x Sandslash
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Knuckles x Dale x Sandslash
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some of the problems in this country can't be solved by gaming
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 AM
some of the problems in this country can't be solved by gaming
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No!! Don't do it! Harnessing the Satsui no Hadō comes at great cost!
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
No!! Don't do it! Harnessing the Satsui no Hadō comes at great cost!
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The idea that stories exist to *please* people in fundamentally poisonous to storytelling, I think.
Yes, that's among the hopes but everything you write (even the most indulgent stuff!) has to aspire to better goals. Otherwise, you're just eating a spoonful of whipped cream.
Yes, that's among the hopes but everything you write (even the most indulgent stuff!) has to aspire to better goals. Otherwise, you're just eating a spoonful of whipped cream.
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The idea that stories exist to *please* people in fundamentally poisonous to storytelling, I think.
Yes, that's among the hopes but everything you write (even the most indulgent stuff!) has to aspire to better goals. Otherwise, you're just eating a spoonful of whipped cream.
Yes, that's among the hopes but everything you write (even the most indulgent stuff!) has to aspire to better goals. Otherwise, you're just eating a spoonful of whipped cream.
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Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me
January 20, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me
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it's official: bluesky has its first thread-that-will-become-a-movie
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 AM
it's official: bluesky has its first thread-that-will-become-a-movie
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“Since you didn’t give me a peace prize I declare war on you” is the ultimate “you called me racist too many times, now I am racist”
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“Since you didn’t give me a peace prize I declare war on you” is the ultimate “you called me racist too many times, now I am racist”
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NINTENDO FANS RISE UP! 🗣️
Put this in YOUR forum siggy to tell Nintendo to bring THESE GAMES to the Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE 😠
Put this in YOUR forum siggy to tell Nintendo to bring THESE GAMES to the Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE 😠
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 AM
NINTENDO FANS RISE UP! 🗣️
Put this in YOUR forum siggy to tell Nintendo to bring THESE GAMES to the Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE 😠
Put this in YOUR forum siggy to tell Nintendo to bring THESE GAMES to the Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE 😠