Joseph Stanichar
@josephstanichar.bsky.social
Reporter for The Morrison County Record in Little Falls, MN. Freelancer with bylines at Game Informer and Paste Magazine. Community theater actor!
In summer 2016, I was playing Pokemon Go and there was a Venonat inside the car, so I was pointing my phone at it to catch it. My little sister didn’t understand that I was playing a video game and thought there was a real thing called a Venonat in the car and SCREAMED at the top of her lungs lol
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In summer 2016, I was playing Pokemon Go and there was a Venonat inside the car, so I was pointing my phone at it to catch it. My little sister didn’t understand that I was playing a video game and thought there was a real thing called a Venonat in the car and SCREAMED at the top of her lungs lol
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With the new year rapidly approaching, I'm once again putting it out there that I'm available for work! I would love to help bring accessibility and disability coverage to your publication, provide deep investigative stories, or just general critiques and commentary.
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
With the new year rapidly approaching, I'm once again putting it out there that I'm available for work! I would love to help bring accessibility and disability coverage to your publication, provide deep investigative stories, or just general critiques and commentary.
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Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
Happy Thanksgiving Walking GIF
Alt: Happy Thanksgiving Walking GIF
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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
Wow the most recent episode of Dispatch is HORNY
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wow the most recent episode of Dispatch is HORNY
Just called to have my totaled car picked up for salvage and I feel like I’m in Breaking Bad and I’m “calling to order a new duster filter for my Hoover Max Extract Pressure Pro Model 50” for my car 😭
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just called to have my totaled car picked up for salvage and I feel like I’m in Breaking Bad and I’m “calling to order a new duster filter for my Hoover Max Extract Pressure Pro Model 50” for my car 😭
Wow those post-workout endorphins that hit after the first workout in a while hit like DRUGS
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Wow those post-workout endorphins that hit after the first workout in a while hit like DRUGS
Downstairs neighbor probably thinks November and I are fighting all the time when in reality we’re both just screaming at the cat for being an idiot
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Downstairs neighbor probably thinks November and I are fighting all the time when in reality we’re both just screaming at the cat for being an idiot
Ranking every Xenoblade:
1 Xenoblade Chronicles X
2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3
4 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
5 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Chapter 13
6 Xenoblade Chronicles
7.Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country
8 Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected
1 Xenoblade Chronicles X
2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3
4 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
5 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Chapter 13
6 Xenoblade Chronicles
7.Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country
8 Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Ranking every Xenoblade:
1 Xenoblade Chronicles X
2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3
4 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
5 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Chapter 13
6 Xenoblade Chronicles
7.Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country
8 Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected
1 Xenoblade Chronicles X
2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2
3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3
4 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
5 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Chapter 13
6 Xenoblade Chronicles
7.Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country
8 Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected
November is so close to beating Kingdom Hearts and I’m so proud of them, I gave up in Wonderland lol
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
November is so close to beating Kingdom Hearts and I’m so proud of them, I gave up in Wonderland lol
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
Feeling incredibly low lately in most areas of my life.
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Feeling incredibly low lately in most areas of my life.
Got Asgard’s Wrath 2 and it’s really fun but I’m running into the same issue I had with RE4 in VR: headaches. It’s not splitting my head but it makes playing for significant stretches impossible, about as uncomfortable as I get on airplanes. Are there any fixes to this??
September 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Got Asgard’s Wrath 2 and it’s really fun but I’m running into the same issue I had with RE4 in VR: headaches. It’s not splitting my head but it makes playing for significant stretches impossible, about as uncomfortable as I get on airplanes. Are there any fixes to this??
I beat DK Bananza today and November beat Night in the Woods!! Gamers!!!!
September 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I beat DK Bananza today and November beat Night in the Woods!! Gamers!!!!
Wonderful fall day in 🍂
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wonderful fall day in 🍂
Quote with your GOTY!
2024: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2023: TLoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
2022: Horizon Forbidden West
2021: Lost in Random (SOOO underrated!!)
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Control
2018: God of War
2017: NieR: Automata
2015: Xenoblade Chronicles X
2014: Mario Kart 8
2024: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2023: TLoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
2022: Horizon Forbidden West
2021: Lost in Random (SOOO underrated!!)
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Control
2018: God of War
2017: NieR: Automata
2015: Xenoblade Chronicles X
2014: Mario Kart 8
quote with your GOTY!!
2024: 1000xRESIST
2023: Slay the Princess
2022: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 when i finish it lol
2021: Endwalker
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Shadowbringers/Disco Elysium
2018: Life is Strange 2
2017: Night in the Woods
2016: The House in Fata Morgana
2015: Life is Strange
2024: 1000xRESIST
2023: Slay the Princess
2022: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 when i finish it lol
2021: Endwalker
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Shadowbringers/Disco Elysium
2018: Life is Strange 2
2017: Night in the Woods
2016: The House in Fata Morgana
2015: Life is Strange
2024: 1000XResist
2023: Street Fighter 6
2022: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
2021: Guilty Gear Strive
2020: Hades
2019: Disco Elysium
2018: Yakuza 0
2017: NieR: Automata
2016: The House In Fata Morgana
2015: Undertale
2023: Street Fighter 6
2022: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
2021: Guilty Gear Strive
2020: Hades
2019: Disco Elysium
2018: Yakuza 0
2017: NieR: Automata
2016: The House In Fata Morgana
2015: Undertale
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Quote with your GOTY!
2024: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2023: TLoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
2022: Horizon Forbidden West
2021: Lost in Random (SOOO underrated!!)
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Control
2018: God of War
2017: NieR: Automata
2015: Xenoblade Chronicles X
2014: Mario Kart 8
2024: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2023: TLoZ: Tears of the Kingdom
2022: Horizon Forbidden West
2021: Lost in Random (SOOO underrated!!)
2020: The Last of Us Part II
2019: Control
2018: God of War
2017: NieR: Automata
2015: Xenoblade Chronicles X
2014: Mario Kart 8
I got my first games-related byline in 5 years through @unwinnable.com!
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A Fold Apart Helped Me Break Up With My Ex - Unwinnable
I explored my own feelings to find that what I felt most wasn’t love, but fear.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I got my first games-related byline in 5 years through @unwinnable.com!
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New byline coming Monday!!
September 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New byline coming Monday!!
Was telling my girlfriend’s grandmother about BTs in Death Stranding and she said “I don’t give a damn about that Deo Kojima” 😂
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Was telling my girlfriend’s grandmother about BTs in Death Stranding and she said “I don’t give a damn about that Deo Kojima” 😂
Ben is an amazing writer and an even better teacher. Getting to learn from him as a mentor at Game Informer was an opportunity I’ll always be grateful for. Hire him!!
I was a Firaxis narrative designer/writer and lost my job today. Any help sharing leads on new opportunities would be great!
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Over 3.5 years, I contributed to Civilization VII and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, helping turn maps, mechanics, and chaos into memorable stories. See my work benreeves.carrd.co
Benjamin Reeves Is Incredible
Ben Reeves narrative designer and writer
benreeves.carrd.co
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ben is an amazing writer and an even better teacher. Getting to learn from him as a mentor at Game Informer was an opportunity I’ll always be grateful for. Hire him!!
I AM AT ALDI
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I AM AT ALDI
“Not now kitten, the walls are closing in on daddy” is genuinely what I say to November whenever they’re trying to get my attention and I’m in a stressful part of Death Stranding 2
August 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Not now kitten, the walls are closing in on daddy” is genuinely what I say to November whenever they’re trying to get my attention and I’m in a stressful part of Death Stranding 2
I don’t care that I’m a grown man Kpop Demon Hunters rules and seeing it in the theater was so cool!!!
August 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I don’t care that I’m a grown man Kpop Demon Hunters rules and seeing it in the theater was so cool!!!
Man, everything feels terrible today. Dreading tomorrow even more. Then I should be in the clear for at least a little bit. Gotta make it to Labor Day weekend for real rest…
August 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Man, everything feels terrible today. Dreading tomorrow even more. Then I should be in the clear for at least a little bit. Gotta make it to Labor Day weekend for real rest…
November is very happy about the Taylor Swift news, just bouncing up and down all over the house lmao
I love that little goblin
I love that little goblin
August 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
November is very happy about the Taylor Swift news, just bouncing up and down all over the house lmao
I love that little goblin
I love that little goblin
Just got home from a Naked Gun/Weapons double feature! What a combo!!
August 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just got home from a Naked Gun/Weapons double feature! What a combo!!