Mikel Reparaz
@wikiparaz.bsky.social
Former host of Vidjagame Apocalypse (@vgapocalypse.bsky.social). Ex-Ubisoft, GamesRadar, OXM, PTOM, MacLife. Opinions expressed here are my own.
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Mikel Reparaz
@wikiparaz.bsky.social
· Nov 14
For #PrinceofPersia fans, Ubisoft has posted a series of articles and interviews with team members (including me) reviewing the games' 35-year history, what's new and what's coming next: news.ubisoft.com/en-us/catego...
Stick with games journalism long enough, and you too may someday see the creator of your favorite childhood game promote your work!
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
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Epstein ending an email
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Epstein ending an email
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dear god i hope the grink wasn't there
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 AM
dear god i hope the grink wasn't there
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I highly recommend people watch Riki-Oh, it’s fucking insane and the source of this generational gif
January 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I highly recommend people watch Riki-Oh, it’s fucking insane and the source of this generational gif
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
Having midlife thoughts about how cool it’d be to wake up in 1997 and be 19 and in college again, but let’s be real, I’d probably spend that time moping bc phones and internet suck and the stuff I like doesn’t come out for another 20-30 years and I don’t have any MONEY and I Know What’s Coming
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Having midlife thoughts about how cool it’d be to wake up in 1997 and be 19 and in college again, but let’s be real, I’d probably spend that time moping bc phones and internet suck and the stuff I like doesn’t come out for another 20-30 years and I don’t have any MONEY and I Know What’s Coming
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I got paid millions of dollars to be an athlete in a locker room full of superhumans and this is flat out unreal. Wtf indeed.
Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 AM
I got paid millions of dollars to be an athlete in a locker room full of superhumans and this is flat out unreal. Wtf indeed.
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How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
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This is an amazingly sweet manga that is exactly what it says on the tin: a middle aged salaryman having regular smoke breaks with a supermarket clerk. That’s it. That’s the whole manga.
I love it.
I love it.
Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You is a cozy rom-com manga: aftermath.site/smoking-behind...
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 AM
This is an amazingly sweet manga that is exactly what it says on the tin: a middle aged salaryman having regular smoke breaks with a supermarket clerk. That’s it. That’s the whole manga.
I love it.
I love it.
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Mods are asleep, post Storm Shadow and his ham tongs (sound UP)
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Mods are asleep, post Storm Shadow and his ham tongs (sound UP)
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Mortal Kombat II characters after taking Johnny Cage's Ball Breaker maneuver.
January 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Mortal Kombat II characters after taking Johnny Cage's Ball Breaker maneuver.
Suddenly realizing Marvel parodies introduced me to at least two of my early-favorite anime when I was around 12-13 - here's their parody of Akira (which I think Marvel was also publishing under the Epic imprint at the time) from "What The--?!" #10:
sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2013/04/ayeh...
sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2013/04/ayeh...
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Suddenly realizing Marvel parodies introduced me to at least two of my early-favorite anime when I was around 12-13 - here's their parody of Akira (which I think Marvel was also publishing under the Epic imprint at the time) from "What The--?!" #10:
sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2013/04/ayeh...
sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2013/04/ayeh...
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Excalibur #18 (1990): Captain Britain and Kitty Pryde are briefly shuffled into an alternate world where they're drawn like a parody of Speed Racer and meet a legally distinct Dirty Pair.
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Excalibur #18 (1990): Captain Britain and Kitty Pryde are briefly shuffled into an alternate world where they're drawn like a parody of Speed Racer and meet a legally distinct Dirty Pair.
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how i get when im around a girl who’s horny for how much older i am than her
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
how i get when im around a girl who’s horny for how much older i am than her
Had a dream where I was dead but still aware, and as they were wheeling me around in my coffin, I REALLY had to shit, and obviously nobody was going to let me, so I was going to start eternity with poopy pants.
So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m really happy to be back at work after the holidays.
So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m really happy to be back at work after the holidays.
January 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Had a dream where I was dead but still aware, and as they were wheeling me around in my coffin, I REALLY had to shit, and obviously nobody was going to let me, so I was going to start eternity with poopy pants.
So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m really happy to be back at work after the holidays.
So I guess what I’m saying is, I’m really happy to be back at work after the holidays.
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Well, DAMN.
Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) has just posted a 40-MINUTE pilot to his YouTube, and it's fucking WILD.
Big "This is the thing suits won't let me make" vibes.
Content warning for a ton of violence/blood!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zZ...
Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) has just posted a 40-MINUTE pilot to his YouTube, and it's fucking WILD.
Big "This is the thing suits won't let me make" vibes.
Content warning for a ton of violence/blood!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zZ...
El Guapo vs The Narco Vampires (FULL PILOT ANIMATIC)
YouTube video by Jorge R. Gutierrez
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Well, DAMN.
Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) has just posted a 40-MINUTE pilot to his YouTube, and it's fucking WILD.
Big "This is the thing suits won't let me make" vibes.
Content warning for a ton of violence/blood!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zZ...
Jorge R. Gutierrez (El Tigre, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three) has just posted a 40-MINUTE pilot to his YouTube, and it's fucking WILD.
Big "This is the thing suits won't let me make" vibes.
Content warning for a ton of violence/blood!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zZ...
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Believe this was penned by the legendary @evandorkin.bsky.social
"Six-piece Chicken McNobody" is hands-down THE most withering insult known to man
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Believe this was penned by the legendary @evandorkin.bsky.social
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This game was my resume to get into the game industry. I really didn't know what I was doing at the time when designing this. I had to learn on the fly. I reverse engineered Street Fighter III sprites in Photoshop to teach myself how to animate. Sucks to see my humble beginnings erased.
#gamedev
#gamedev
(PCDD) River City Ransom: Underground $2.99 via Steam. Being Delisted Soon. https://ow.ly/O2Su50XQo0p
January 1, 2026 at 6:23 AM
This game was my resume to get into the game industry. I really didn't know what I was doing at the time when designing this. I had to learn on the fly. I reverse engineered Street Fighter III sprites in Photoshop to teach myself how to animate. Sucks to see my humble beginnings erased.
#gamedev
#gamedev
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2025 threw a wrench in a lot of my art goals, but I still put out some comics and covers and shitpost art.
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
2025 threw a wrench in a lot of my art goals, but I still put out some comics and covers and shitpost art.
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Managed to fit in one last game in '25 and it's a really great one. Check out Shinobi Non Grata if you're into Contra and Alien Soldier! This is basically my favorite way a video game can be. Thanks to @wikiparaz.bsky.social for recommending this one.
January 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Managed to fit in one last game in '25 and it's a really great one. Check out Shinobi Non Grata if you're into Contra and Alien Soldier! This is basically my favorite way a video game can be. Thanks to @wikiparaz.bsky.social for recommending this one.
Realizing I missed the chance earlier this month to remark on the 20th anniversary of me joining GamesRadar as its “PlayStation Editor.” Possibly the most important years of my career. Hard to believe it’s been two decades already.
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Realizing I missed the chance earlier this month to remark on the 20th anniversary of me joining GamesRadar as its “PlayStation Editor.” Possibly the most important years of my career. Hard to believe it’s been two decades already.
ME IN 2015: Man FUCK this year, I can’t wait until it’s over
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2025: In 10 years you will think of 2015 as “the last good year”
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2035: Buddy,
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2025: In 10 years you will think of 2015 as “the last good year”
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2035: Buddy,
December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ME IN 2015: Man FUCK this year, I can’t wait until it’s over
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2025: In 10 years you will think of 2015 as “the last good year”
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2035: Buddy,
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2025: In 10 years you will think of 2015 as “the last good year”
TIME-TRAVELER ME FROM 2035: Buddy,
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It’s been too long since I thought about GIJoe’s widdle vehicles for it’s widdle guys
December 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s been too long since I thought about GIJoe’s widdle vehicles for it’s widdle guys