Drew Mackie
@drewgmackie.bsky.social
“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
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...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/how-pop...
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Hirō Isono’s famous Mana Tree artwork for Secret of Mana (SNES) ❤️
February 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hirō Isono’s famous Mana Tree artwork for Secret of Mana (SNES) ❤️
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this week on Talking Simpsons: we did the impossible and covered the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode, "The Simpsons Guy!" (and for a good cause)
now available on our Patreon shop for $10; all proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
LINK: www.patreon.com/talkingsimps...
now available on our Patreon shop for $10; all proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
LINK: www.patreon.com/talkingsimps...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
this week on Talking Simpsons: we did the impossible and covered the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode, "The Simpsons Guy!" (and for a good cause)
now available on our Patreon shop for $10; all proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
LINK: www.patreon.com/talkingsimps...
now available on our Patreon shop for $10; all proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
LINK: www.patreon.com/talkingsimps...
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UPDATED! We solved this one! Or at least a major part of it, thanks to an assist from @shivambhatt.bsky.social: Is the mystery fighter who gave Dhalsim his name the Indian wrestler Dara Singh?
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
February 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
UPDATED! We solved this one! Or at least a major part of it, thanks to an assist from @shivambhatt.bsky.social: Is the mystery fighter who gave Dhalsim his name the Indian wrestler Dara Singh?
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
This is how you get me to listen to a song by an artist I had not heard of before
more pop singers should be unafraid to go full toad from mario bros with their vocals
head, shoulders, knees and ankles
YouTube video by hemlocke springs - Topic
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February 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is how you get me to listen to a song by an artist I had not heard of before
I have been watching Angel while I cook dinner and tonight my IRL therapist showed up in an episode, and it is everything in me to make tomorrow's session all about how I feel bad for talking so much shit about actors.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
I have been watching Angel while I cook dinner and tonight my IRL therapist showed up in an episode, and it is everything in me to make tomorrow's session all about how I feel bad for talking so much shit about actors.
I think it would be funny if Drag Race made a big deal about getting a certain iconic female Muppet as a guest judge and then it turned out it was Camilla. And then she bockbegocks her criticisms after the runway and the contestants are asked to respond as if they should have understood her.
February 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I think it would be funny if Drag Race made a big deal about getting a certain iconic female Muppet as a guest judge and then it turned out it was Camilla. And then she bockbegocks her criticisms after the runway and the contestants are asked to respond as if they should have understood her.
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SUPER MARIO MOMENT 3-2 is starting now, where we discuss The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, the very first video-game movie!
We chat FemBoy Toad, Marge Simpson voicing Bowser, Mario getting cucked by a dog, and how this anime built the Mario we love today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJj...
We chat FemBoy Toad, Marge Simpson voicing Bowser, Mario getting cucked by a dog, and how this anime built the Mario we love today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJj...
What Mario's First Anime Gets Right | Super Mario Moment 3-2 with Hamish & David
YouTube video by A Super Mario Moment
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
SUPER MARIO MOMENT 3-2 is starting now, where we discuss The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, the very first video-game movie!
We chat FemBoy Toad, Marge Simpson voicing Bowser, Mario getting cucked by a dog, and how this anime built the Mario we love today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJj...
We chat FemBoy Toad, Marge Simpson voicing Bowser, Mario getting cucked by a dog, and how this anime built the Mario we love today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJj...
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Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...
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CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON'S QUEST
KONAMI 1987
NES
KONAMI 1987
NES
February 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON'S QUEST
KONAMI 1987
NES
KONAMI 1987
NES
UPDATED! We solved this one! Or at least a major part of it, thanks to an assist from @shivambhatt.bsky.social: Is the mystery fighter who gave Dhalsim his name the Indian wrestler Dara Singh?
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
February 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
UPDATED! We solved this one! Or at least a major part of it, thanks to an assist from @shivambhatt.bsky.social: Is the mystery fighter who gave Dhalsim his name the Indian wrestler Dara Singh?
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/dhalsim...
As much as I love solving video game mysteries, it's the ones that stubbornly refuse to be solved that really get their hooks in me.
Did Dhalsim Get His Name from a Curry Restaurant in Osaka? — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Capcom’s corporate culture says yes, but this Street Fighter II mystery remains unsolved.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
As much as I love solving video game mysteries, it's the ones that stubbornly refuse to be solved that really get their hooks in me.
Do I know someone on here that owns this Capcom art book? The English title is either Capcom Design Works Early Days or Capcom Design Works 7, and I need to see one page in it for a research thing.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Do I know someone on here that owns this Capcom art book? The English title is either Capcom Design Works Early Days or Capcom Design Works 7, and I need to see one page in it for a research thing.
Someone told me there is an episode of the Mega Man cartoon that features a race of lion men who want to take over the world and
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Someone told me there is an episode of the Mega Man cartoon that features a race of lion men who want to take over the world and
Someone on a Discord pointed out the irony of Time magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pokémon after having run this weird, Japanophobic article in 1999 that made the game seem like this insidious threat to American children.
time.com/archive/6737...
time.com/archive/6737...
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Someone on a Discord pointed out the irony of Time magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pokémon after having run this weird, Japanophobic article in 1999 that made the game seem like this insidious threat to American children.
time.com/archive/6737...
time.com/archive/6737...
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i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
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Our discussion of this underrated film can we watched here or listened to wherever you get your podcasts.
youtu.be/GFJj_q2ch9A?...
youtu.be/GFJj_q2ch9A?...
What Mario's First Anime Gets Right | Super Mario Moment 3-2 with Hamish & David
YouTube video by A Super Mario Moment
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Our discussion of this underrated film can we watched here or listened to wherever you get your podcasts.
youtu.be/GFJj_q2ch9A?...
youtu.be/GFJj_q2ch9A?...
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Yesterday we talked about the Mario anime movie which introduced a certain caterpillar-looking prince of a certain flower kingdom.
No... the other one.
And as always, past guest @drewgmackie.bsky.social had already written all about it!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
No... the other one.
And as always, past guest @drewgmackie.bsky.social had already written all about it!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
Is Super Mario Wonder’s Prince Florian a Nod to the Mario Anime? — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Surely all these nods to the Mario anime can’t be a coincidence, right? Well…
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Yesterday we talked about the Mario anime movie which introduced a certain caterpillar-looking prince of a certain flower kingdom.
No... the other one.
And as always, past guest @drewgmackie.bsky.social had already written all about it!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
No... the other one.
And as always, past guest @drewgmackie.bsky.social had already written all about it!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
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I unironically love when a gay guy is like ‘this is for the little boy who was told he was too much. who made himself smaller for a world that didn’t understand him. now he can finally be seen’ and then it’s a picture of him in a jockstrap
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I unironically love when a gay guy is like ‘this is for the little boy who was told he was too much. who made himself smaller for a world that didn’t understand him. now he can finally be seen’ and then it’s a picture of him in a jockstrap
Having dogs is weird because you’re like “I share my home with a smallish wolf, and sometimes he licks my eye.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Having dogs is weird because you’re like “I share my home with a smallish wolf, and sometimes he licks my eye.”
I couldn't remember the name for shallots and had to google "gay onions" because I knew that would bring up the answer
www.google.com/search?q=gay...
www.google.com/search?q=gay...
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I couldn't remember the name for shallots and had to google "gay onions" because I knew that would bring up the answer
www.google.com/search?q=gay...
www.google.com/search?q=gay...
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Final Fantasy vs. Dungeons & Dragons www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/final-f...
Final Fantasy vs. Dungeons & Dragons — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
And why has the Mindflayer endured when many “borrowed” monsters have not?
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Final Fantasy vs. Dungeons & Dragons www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/final-f...
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Are Final Fantasy's Bahamut and Behemoth one and the same? On an etymology level, yeah, kinda.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/bahamut...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/bahamut...
February 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Are Final Fantasy's Bahamut and Behemoth one and the same? On an etymology level, yeah, kinda.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/bahamut...
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/bahamut...
Hello from being a plus one
February 7, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Hello from being a plus one