Marc Deschamps
@marcdachamp.bsky.social
Gaming reporter for more than a decade. Former ComicBook staff writer with bylines at IGN and Nintendojo. Comic writer published by Image, and PR experience at NY State Parks. Father and husband. He/Him. Opinions are my own.
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Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition Nintendo Switch 2 Review
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I got a chance to review Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 over on my YouTube channel! Big thanks to Zebra Partners for the opportunity. Check it out, share, subscribe, and if you want me to review your game, please reach out. I’m looking to do a lot more!
On top of everything else, it’s crazy they just got to steal and ruin a term that had been used in science fiction for decades.
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 AM
On top of everything else, it’s crazy they just got to steal and ruin a term that had been used in science fiction for decades.
It’s just amazing how it’s making everything harder for everyone in every industry, from writers, to teachers, to medical professionals. And there’s literally no up side!
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
It’s just amazing how it’s making everything harder for everyone in every industry, from writers, to teachers, to medical professionals. And there’s literally no up side!
It’s so gross and predatory. And maybe it’s just me, but I feel like the commentators don’t even want to do it, either.
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
It’s so gross and predatory. And maybe it’s just me, but I feel like the commentators don’t even want to do it, either.
Yeah, but to see hospitals bowing to it when they’ll be the ones liable in these cases is just incomprehensible.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Yeah, but to see hospitals bowing to it when they’ll be the ones liable in these cases is just incomprehensible.
We’re ruining surgeries now? Literally FOR WHAT REASON? Because some marketing morons are telling companies that it’s hip? These companies are the definition of snake oil salesmen, and the average person is absolutely fed up with this crap.
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We’re ruining surgeries now? Literally FOR WHAT REASON? Because some marketing morons are telling companies that it’s hip? These companies are the definition of snake oil salesmen, and the average person is absolutely fed up with this crap.
Why am I confident that the AI bubble is going to burst? Because it was so haphazardly shoved into everything that it’s ruining countless lives. Everything sucks worse because of these companies, and AI is becoming the scarlet letter. If you positively mention AI, I automatically think less of you.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Why am I confident that the AI bubble is going to burst? Because it was so haphazardly shoved into everything that it’s ruining countless lives. Everything sucks worse because of these companies, and AI is becoming the scarlet letter. If you positively mention AI, I automatically think less of you.
Yeah, this is why I had to disable Instagram notifications. I wanted to know when people liked my photos, not every single time a dude from high school posts an update.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Yeah, this is why I had to disable Instagram notifications. I wanted to know when people liked my photos, not every single time a dude from high school posts an update.
I absolutely hate hearing former athletes turned commentators being reduced to telling me the point spread before games or between commercial breaks.
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I absolutely hate hearing former athletes turned commentators being reduced to telling me the point spread before games or between commercial breaks.
That’s exactly how I read it.
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
That’s exactly how I read it.
Yeah, Taylor will not be doing the Super Bowl anytime soon. Doesn’t need the exposure and has nothing to say, unlike Bad Bunny.
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Yeah, Taylor will not be doing the Super Bowl anytime soon. Doesn’t need the exposure and has nothing to say, unlike Bad Bunny.
He also didn’t make a deal about it. It just naturally came out.
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
He also didn’t make a deal about it. It just naturally came out.
Similar boat. There was no way I was gonna buy this game anytime soon anyway, since I just played Yakuza 0 last year, I have an unplayed copy of Kiwami on Switch 1, and I just started up Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii because it came to Game Pass.
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Similar boat. There was no way I was gonna buy this game anytime soon anyway, since I just played Yakuza 0 last year, I have an unplayed copy of Kiwami on Switch 1, and I just started up Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii because it came to Game Pass.
I’m a broken record on this, but those first months of Pokémon Go were absolutely magical. On one hand, it was like your favorite band turning out a radio hit, in that it’s kind of surreal because they’d had so much better. But it was nice to see everyone loving something you love.
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I’m a broken record on this, but those first months of Pokémon Go were absolutely magical. On one hand, it was like your favorite band turning out a radio hit, in that it’s kind of surreal because they’d had so much better. But it was nice to see everyone loving something you love.
It’s all about the in groups, and if they can scare the public into going after those who aren’t in one, they’ll do just that.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
It’s all about the in groups, and if they can scare the public into going after those who aren’t in one, they’ll do just that.
This is a good thread, and it’s also completely preposterous that the New York Times is advocating for banning marijuana (of all things!) when sports gambling and ChatGPT are causing very real, measurable harms to society.
Okay, the New York Times has a very dumb op-ed about the US’s “marijuana problem”. You are completely valid in just dismissing it as fear shit, but I will make a Lil’ Thread of some of the dumb stuff in particular, for the Sickos and Curious. Keep your cool, remember: it’s bad on purpose. Andiamo:
February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is a good thread, and it’s also completely preposterous that the New York Times is advocating for banning marijuana (of all things!) when sports gambling and ChatGPT are causing very real, measurable harms to society.
This is actually a really great point.
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is actually a really great point.
Yakuza 0 was my first entry last year, and I actually really liked the Kiryu English actor!
February 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Yakuza 0 was my first entry last year, and I actually really liked the Kiryu English actor!
Woah, congrats Michael!
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Woah, congrats Michael!
If all the stuff with ICE is actually preventing Hideo Kojima from visiting the U.S. right now, it might be the one single thing that actually gets Geoff Keighley to talk about politics or anything remotely controversial.
you know shit is rough when *hideo kojima* doesn't want to come to *america*
Hideo Kojima will not attend in person at GDC.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If all the stuff with ICE is actually preventing Hideo Kojima from visiting the U.S. right now, it might be the one single thing that actually gets Geoff Keighley to talk about politics or anything remotely controversial.
Congrats, Esper!
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Congrats, Esper!
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Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers
Ho-oh my
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February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
Wow. I knew about a lot of the anti-anime and manga fear mongering of the time, and I distinctly recall the news outlets practically praying for Pokémon to collapse as a “fad,” but I had no idea about that Tajiri interview. Explains a lot about his unwillingness to do them these days.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Wow. I knew about a lot of the anti-anime and manga fear mongering of the time, and I distinctly recall the news outlets practically praying for Pokémon to collapse as a “fad,” but I had no idea about that Tajiri interview. Explains a lot about his unwillingness to do them these days.
I mean, that’s all “wokeness” is, right? These companies aren’t doing these things because it’s the right thing to do. They know that appealing to broader demographics makes the most financial sense. And you can see it with things like the Target boycott where companies that bend the knee lose out.
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I mean, that’s all “wokeness” is, right? These companies aren’t doing these things because it’s the right thing to do. They know that appealing to broader demographics makes the most financial sense. And you can see it with things like the Target boycott where companies that bend the knee lose out.