Jaxson Tapp
@jaxson.bsky.social
He/Him
Editor at Nintendo Wire | Film critic at The Indie Mag
Freelance work about video games, film, and TV
Bylines: Restart, Screensphere, Fanbyte
Find work by me in the books GAMEBOOK ADVANCE and Joysticks to Haptics
jaxsontappwrites @ gmail dot com
Editor at Nintendo Wire | Film critic at The Indie Mag
Freelance work about video games, film, and TV
Bylines: Restart, Screensphere, Fanbyte
Find work by me in the books GAMEBOOK ADVANCE and Joysticks to Haptics
jaxsontappwrites @ gmail dot com
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Jaxson Tapp
@jaxson.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Lots of new followers this evening, quick intro:
I’m Jaxson! I’m a freelance writer, an editor at Nintendo Wire, and a film critic at The Indie Mag.
Apart from games I love sitcoms, anime, manga, reading, and a wide range of music.
I’ve also recently gotten into playing the Pokémon TCG!
I’m Jaxson! I’m a freelance writer, an editor at Nintendo Wire, and a film critic at The Indie Mag.
Apart from games I love sitcoms, anime, manga, reading, and a wide range of music.
I’ve also recently gotten into playing the Pokémon TCG!
Hockey hurts man
What is with Mammoth second periods this season? Weirdest, most stressful quirk of this team.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Hockey hurts man
What is with Mammoth second periods this season? Weirdest, most stressful quirk of this team.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
What is with Mammoth second periods this season? Weirdest, most stressful quirk of this team.
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hey the beatles, just was listening to eight days a week and have a quick question: are you guys fucking stupid
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hey the beatles, just was listening to eight days a week and have a quick question: are you guys fucking stupid
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My nuclear take is if Half-Life 3 gets announced I am going to be INSUFFERABLE about demanding Left 4 Dead 3, which I care about far more.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My nuclear take is if Half-Life 3 gets announced I am going to be INSUFFERABLE about demanding Left 4 Dead 3, which I care about far more.
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Here’s the heartbreak… two very preventable overtime losses in a row
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Here’s the heartbreak… two very preventable overtime losses in a row
The only thing my sister’s husband wanted for his birthday this year was for me to play Magic with him. Had a blast after he taught me, then Final Fantasy came out, then the rest was history.
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The only thing my sister’s husband wanted for his birthday this year was for me to play Magic with him. Had a blast after he taught me, then Final Fantasy came out, then the rest was history.
"You like Krabby Patties, don't you Squidward?"
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"You like Krabby Patties, don't you Squidward?"
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Please back us at patreon.com/skyboxcritics so we can bring you more great pieces like this 💟
Independent sites depend on support, and you get a lot of great stuff for very little money
Independent sites depend on support, and you get a lot of great stuff for very little money
Didn’t have a chance to share this last night but I’ve been playing Octopath Traveler 0 and having a grand time so far. It doesn’t feel very “Octopath” in some ways but still scratches that “Octopath” itch in several others. Very excited to play the rest of the game.
Find out how Octopath Traveler 0 is different from other titles in the series and why it’s been scratching our Octopath itch in our hands-on preview.
buff.ly/dRKM3Eu
buff.ly/dRKM3Eu
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Didn’t have a chance to share this last night but I’ve been playing Octopath Traveler 0 and having a grand time so far. It doesn’t feel very “Octopath” in some ways but still scratches that “Octopath” itch in several others. Very excited to play the rest of the game.
Bro they've been teachings kids to read in the same way that AI regurgitates all its answers, by guessing at context to inform something that "sounds" right without any deeper thought into what's actually being said. And it's been going on for decades!
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Bro they've been teachings kids to read in the same way that AI regurgitates all its answers, by guessing at context to inform something that "sounds" right without any deeper thought into what's actually being said. And it's been going on for decades!
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Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
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Married “humor” about how much being married sucks just reinforces the idea that not liking your partner is normal. IT’S NOT.
You deserve someone who genuinely enjoys being with you, likes listening to you, and wants you to exist *as a person,* not just as their partner.
You deserve someone who genuinely enjoys being with you, likes listening to you, and wants you to exist *as a person,* not just as their partner.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Married “humor” about how much being married sucks just reinforces the idea that not liking your partner is normal. IT’S NOT.
You deserve someone who genuinely enjoys being with you, likes listening to you, and wants you to exist *as a person,* not just as their partner.
You deserve someone who genuinely enjoys being with you, likes listening to you, and wants you to exist *as a person,* not just as their partner.
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Here’s why “I hate my wife/husband” humor pisses me off so much.
My husband is fucking *great*. It makes my life *so much better* to have someone that I can trust implicitly to have my back at all times. Who is my biggest cheerleader and also my best friend.
I want that for *everyone*.
My husband is fucking *great*. It makes my life *so much better* to have someone that I can trust implicitly to have my back at all times. Who is my biggest cheerleader and also my best friend.
I want that for *everyone*.
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Here’s why “I hate my wife/husband” humor pisses me off so much.
My husband is fucking *great*. It makes my life *so much better* to have someone that I can trust implicitly to have my back at all times. Who is my biggest cheerleader and also my best friend.
I want that for *everyone*.
My husband is fucking *great*. It makes my life *so much better* to have someone that I can trust implicitly to have my back at all times. Who is my biggest cheerleader and also my best friend.
I want that for *everyone*.
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Omg
【オフィシャルショップ限定】ドラゴンクエストのスライム砂時計がe-STOREにて11月8日に発売。ゲームロード画面にあらわれるスライムの砂時計がグッズになって登場。
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Omg
Man, I love getting access to info like this about myself. Almost as much as I loved Pokémon X and Y.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, I love getting access to info like this about myself. Almost as much as I loved Pokémon X and Y.
Legends Z-A ranked is actually pretty fun.
This may be because I’m just running around with my little gremlin of a Mega Mawile one-shotting a bunch of Dragon-types
This may be because I’m just running around with my little gremlin of a Mega Mawile one-shotting a bunch of Dragon-types
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Legends Z-A ranked is actually pretty fun.
This may be because I’m just running around with my little gremlin of a Mega Mawile one-shotting a bunch of Dragon-types
This may be because I’m just running around with my little gremlin of a Mega Mawile one-shotting a bunch of Dragon-types
Luigi's Mansion hitting NSO at the perfect time for me to initiate my annual playthrough before Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Luigi's Mansion hitting NSO at the perfect time for me to initiate my annual playthrough before Halloween.
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everyone seeing the animal crossing news
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
everyone seeing the animal crossing news
Now that they’re at 18 innings does this count as Game 3 and Game 4 all in one?
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Now that they’re at 18 innings does this count as Game 3 and Game 4 all in one?
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I wrote about Madden, the passage of time, how nostalgia for past sports games prevents people from appreciating the present, how I'm afraid of wasting my life, and trying to figure out how to live after spending a lot of time wanting to die.
I hope you'll read it. TW for mentions of suicide.
I hope you'll read it. TW for mentions of suicide.
NEW POST
As he watches time tick in the fabled multi-season industry Madden League, @edgarallanbro.bsky.social reflects on the role-playing game-ness of it all, and how he gained the agency to spend his time as he see fits.
As he watches time tick in the fabled multi-season industry Madden League, @edgarallanbro.bsky.social reflects on the role-playing game-ness of it all, and how he gained the agency to spend his time as he see fits.
THE GREAT ONES NEVER LOSE. THEY JUST RUN OUT OF TIME.
THE GREAT ONES NEVER LOSE. THEY JUST RUN OUT OF TIME. BY WILL BORGER The Rams don’t have any decent corners, so my first and fifth round picks in my Madden league’s Madden 26 draft are corners. Wha…
lifebarmag.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about Madden, the passage of time, how nostalgia for past sports games prevents people from appreciating the present, how I'm afraid of wasting my life, and trying to figure out how to live after spending a lot of time wanting to die.
I hope you'll read it. TW for mentions of suicide.
I hope you'll read it. TW for mentions of suicide.
Another win tonight for seven in a row.
Mammoth are popping off.
Mammoth are popping off.
NO HEARTBREAK TONIGHT. SIX GAME WIN STREAK BABY. I LOVE THIS TEAM.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Another win tonight for seven in a row.
Mammoth are popping off.
Mammoth are popping off.
NO HEARTBREAK TONIGHT. SIX GAME WIN STREAK BABY. I LOVE THIS TEAM.
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
NO HEARTBREAK TONIGHT. SIX GAME WIN STREAK BABY. I LOVE THIS TEAM.
This team’s gonna break my heart someday but this ride has been fun as hell
October 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This team’s gonna break my heart someday but this ride has been fun as hell