Evan
@evanconley.bsky.social
Pure of Heart. Dumb of Ass. Hella Bi. He/Him. i talk about video games, wisconsin sports, & milwaukee urbanism (tw: @agrodrago)
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Evan
@evanconley.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Starting a new first time finished/played thread for 2025. May this one be the year of dreams.
1. Neva
1. Neva
When I first saw Miles Mackenzie, I can't say I wasn't offput, but the divisive response to him really blew me away. So I wanted to write about how each game in the Metroid series treats the people and things Samus encounters, and how over time she's engaged with them more and more.
Metroid’s Last 25 Years Have All Been Leading to Miles Mackenzie
I lay this all out not to justify that Metroid is not about isolation, or to decry players who prefer a Metroid game with no talking or guidance and only ambiance and exploration, but to offer a roadmap on how what we’ve seen from Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a natural evolution of where the series has been going.
eliterev.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When I first saw Miles Mackenzie, I can't say I wasn't offput, but the divisive response to him really blew me away. So I wanted to write about how each game in the Metroid series treats the people and things Samus encounters, and how over time she's engaged with them more and more.
The Wisconsin Badgers football team can barely buy a touchdown but if you play them ranked #21 to #25 WATCH OUT
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Wisconsin Badgers football team can barely buy a touchdown but if you play them ranked #21 to #25 WATCH OUT
i made my own dorktown chart
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
i made my own dorktown chart
Currently my experience with Hades 2 is beating Chronos without breaking a sweat but getting absolutely demolished on the last two bosses when I try to run Olympus.
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Currently my experience with Hades 2 is beating Chronos without breaking a sweat but getting absolutely demolished on the last two bosses when I try to run Olympus.
Ok, bet. Where are you collecting the tariff? Virtually every film nowadays is digitally downloaded and can be copied infinitely so how do you put a number value on a film’s import and how much do you collect?
Trump announces 100% tariff on movies made outside of the US https://cnn.it/4gManmU
September 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ok, bet. Where are you collecting the tariff? Virtually every film nowadays is digitally downloaded and can be copied infinitely so how do you put a number value on a film’s import and how much do you collect?
The Milwaukee Brewers the final 2 weeks of the season
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ALT: a screenshot of a video game with the word start on the bottom
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September 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Milwaukee Brewers the final 2 weeks of the season
Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection - Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Mega Man
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September 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Staying in Madison for the week since my sister’s dog had surgery and needs looking after during the day, so if any of my Madison friends want to hang out, let me know.
September 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Staying in Madison for the week since my sister’s dog had surgery and needs looking after during the day, so if any of my Madison friends want to hang out, let me know.
Would be nice if the practical result of calling it the “department of war” again is politicians start getting blasted by the public whenever they voice support for increasing the budget for “war.” The change to “defense” was always a PR move because, and this is true, people tend to not like “war.”
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Would be nice if the practical result of calling it the “department of war” again is politicians start getting blasted by the public whenever they voice support for increasing the budget for “war.” The change to “defense” was always a PR move because, and this is true, people tend to not like “war.”
Back in June, I decided that I wanted to watch the new Gundam GQuuuuuuX tv show that aired this year, and after 3 months, 140 TV episodes, 7 OVA episodes and a movie, I have finally watched the first episode of Gundam GQuuuuuuX.
September 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Back in June, I decided that I wanted to watch the new Gundam GQuuuuuuX tv show that aired this year, and after 3 months, 140 TV episodes, 7 OVA episodes and a movie, I have finally watched the first episode of Gundam GQuuuuuuX.
You know the problem with MLB expansion and realignment? No one is thinking big enough.
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You know the problem with MLB expansion and realignment? No one is thinking big enough.
i’m excited for this with no doubts as this is the first time i’ve seen a wisconsin sports team trade away a longtime fan favorite for a league-wide superstar in a blockbuster deal ever
🚨 🚨 🚨
The Cowboys are trading All-Pro Micah Parsons to the Packers & they agreed to a 4-year, $188M deal done by David Mulugheta and Andre Odom of Athletes first including $136M gtd, per me, @tompelissero.bsky.social & Jane Slater.
The Cowboys are trading All-Pro Micah Parsons to the Packers & they agreed to a 4-year, $188M deal done by David Mulugheta and Andre Odom of Athletes first including $136M gtd, per me, @tompelissero.bsky.social & Jane Slater.
August 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
i’m excited for this with no doubts as this is the first time i’ve seen a wisconsin sports team trade away a longtime fan favorite for a league-wide superstar in a blockbuster deal ever
they’d never do this to wordpad
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
they’d never do this to wordpad
A few years ago I wrote down an "Inevitable VR Timeline" in my phone. Well enough of the events I predicted have come to pass and I've only really told one person it before, so I figured I'd better write it down in public so I can call my shot.
A 6 Step Prediction on the Future of VR
By 2021, I had already started formulating a series of events mapping out VRs future based on current trends, previous experience, and upcoming news. I write now to recap those predictions, review the state of VR, and explain exactly how all roads could inevitably lead to one of the biggest players in the video game space: Nintendo.
eliterev.wordpress.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A few years ago I wrote down an "Inevitable VR Timeline" in my phone. Well enough of the events I predicted have come to pass and I've only really told one person it before, so I figured I'd better write it down in public so I can call my shot.
I’ve watched all of the first 3 Gundam series in 3 months and I have thoughts: 1.) Each series is progressively worse; 2.) Kai Shiden has never done anything wrong in his life; 3.) Tomino in the 80s has Thoughts On Women; 4.) Will someone please lock up the Gundam’s keys so kids stop stealing them?
August 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’ve watched all of the first 3 Gundam series in 3 months and I have thoughts: 1.) Each series is progressively worse; 2.) Kai Shiden has never done anything wrong in his life; 3.) Tomino in the 80s has Thoughts On Women; 4.) Will someone please lock up the Gundam’s keys so kids stop stealing them?
Not bee ninety three point three and eff emm one oh two one comma sounds different !!?!
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Not bee ninety three point three and eff emm one oh two one comma sounds different !!?!
A general Nintendo Direct in September hasn’t been more than 8 days before Tokyo Game Show ever. So unless it’s not a general direct, no one should be surprised when it’s Sep 17 or 18.
The next Nintendo Direct presentation is reportedly planned for mid-September.
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A Nintendo Direct is reportedly planned for mid-September | VGC
A Metroid Prime 4 release date is expected soon as the game is rated around the world…
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August 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A general Nintendo Direct in September hasn’t been more than 8 days before Tokyo Game Show ever. So unless it’s not a general direct, no one should be surprised when it’s Sep 17 or 18.
Wrote something I've been mulling over for almost a year now, where it feels like the next console war is going to be over operating systems, not devices.
The ROG Xbox Ally is Xbox’s Future
Xbox’s victory condition in the games industry isn’t selling the most consoles, or the most games, or getting game pass on every device. Xbox’s victory condition is that the PlayStation 7 comes out, and it runs Windows.
eliterev.wordpress.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Wrote something I've been mulling over for almost a year now, where it feels like the next console war is going to be over operating systems, not devices.
Listened to a podcast where one of the hosts said "handheld games are dead" and I had so many thoughts that a blog came out of it.
Is Handheld Gaming Dead?
The point is not that there is no handheld gaming anymore, but that the definitive handheld-ness nature of games as we knew them on Game Boy or Nintendo DS are no longer prevalent on modern handheld devices.
eliterev.wordpress.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Listened to a podcast where one of the hosts said "handheld games are dead" and I had so many thoughts that a blog came out of it.
watching 3 gundam series in a row in 3 months has been paying off in that i have understood at least 2 jokes that i wouldn’t have otherwise
You ain't slick Ghiren Zabi
August 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
watching 3 gundam series in a row in 3 months has been paying off in that i have understood at least 2 jokes that i wouldn’t have otherwise
All right I think I've cracked the MLB expansion and realignment nut. We simply need 30 more teams.
August 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
All right I think I've cracked the MLB expansion and realignment nut. We simply need 30 more teams.
idk if i can handle this
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
idk if i can handle this
There’s a lot of baseball traditionalists who don’t want the game to change at all just because. I do honestly think realigning to focus on more regional rivalries is a good thing for baseball, actually. I remember putting this together a few years ago:
August 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There’s a lot of baseball traditionalists who don’t want the game to change at all just because. I do honestly think realigning to focus on more regional rivalries is a good thing for baseball, actually. I remember putting this together a few years ago:
45 minutes is hilarious. Sakurai cannot be stopped. He cannot even be contained.
Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct announced for tomorrow, August 19th at 6 AM PT. Approximately 45 minutes long
August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
45 minutes is hilarious. Sakurai cannot be stopped. He cannot even be contained.
So Chibi Robo was one of the few games to use the GameCube microphone accessory. Someone needs to ask Nintendo if it’s compatible with the Switch 2 microphone
Say hello to Chibi-Robo!
Join him on his quest to restore order to the Sanderson house and save the world in Chibi-Robo!, coming to Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on #NintendoSwitch2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on Aug 21!
Join him on his quest to restore order to the Sanderson house and save the world in Chibi-Robo!, coming to Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on #NintendoSwitch2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on Aug 21!
August 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So Chibi Robo was one of the few games to use the GameCube microphone accessory. Someone needs to ask Nintendo if it’s compatible with the Switch 2 microphone