Jon Irwin
@winwinirwin.bsky.social
Writer/Teacher.
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
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Hello Writers of Bluesky!
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
Hello Writers of Bluesky!
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Hello Writers of Bluesky!
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
Anyone organizing an event taking place at or around #AWP2026 in Baltimore (March 4-7)?
If you're looking to add another reader to your lineup, let me introduce myself FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
about.me/jonirwinis
Today’s writing is inspired by this piece from the Fall/Winter 1982 issue of Playboy Guide: Electronic Entertainment
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Today’s writing is inspired by this piece from the Fall/Winter 1982 issue of Playboy Guide: Electronic Entertainment
Just watched the Tomodachi Life Direct...
...and am still freaking out about them (rightly) having to re-introduce Miis as if a sizeable chunk of the audience might not have been germinated cells yet in 2006
...and am still freaking out about them (rightly) having to re-introduce Miis as if a sizeable chunk of the audience might not have been germinated cells yet in 2006
January 29, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Just watched the Tomodachi Life Direct...
...and am still freaking out about them (rightly) having to re-introduce Miis as if a sizeable chunk of the audience might not have been germinated cells yet in 2006
...and am still freaking out about them (rightly) having to re-introduce Miis as if a sizeable chunk of the audience might not have been germinated cells yet in 2006
479 people are waiting on Nintendo’s YouTube page for the Tomodachi Life Direct livestream happening tomorrow at 9am.
www.youtube.com/live/K_0kl1W...
www.youtube.com/live/K_0kl1W...
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Direct 1.29.2026
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
479 people are waiting on Nintendo’s YouTube page for the Tomodachi Life Direct livestream happening tomorrow at 9am.
www.youtube.com/live/K_0kl1W...
www.youtube.com/live/K_0kl1W...
All the hullabaloo re: Nintendo's Virtual Boy NSO offerings reminded me they went all out w/ Labo VR & made the most popular Switch titles compatible. Dug out my goggles + checked out the Mario Odyssey stuff. Had no idea they were discrete, original levels. Loved it.
www.nintendo.com/ph/switch/aa...
www.nintendo.com/ph/switch/aa...
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
All the hullabaloo re: Nintendo's Virtual Boy NSO offerings reminded me they went all out w/ Labo VR & made the most popular Switch titles compatible. Dug out my goggles + checked out the Mario Odyssey stuff. Had no idea they were discrete, original levels. Loved it.
www.nintendo.com/ph/switch/aa...
www.nintendo.com/ph/switch/aa...
As someone who devoured this book over the holidays, I'm delighted to hear her next book may return to the same town and fill in some of those gaps.*
*Double entendre intended
*Double entendre intended
I was profiled by the Sydney Morning Herald 🐨
The first great book club novel of 2026 is here
This is adultery, rebranded for people who have air fryers and money anxieties.
www.smh.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 PM
As someone who devoured this book over the holidays, I'm delighted to hear her next book may return to the same town and fill in some of those gaps.*
*Double entendre intended
*Double entendre intended
This is a neat concept and I could totally see a @3313books.bsky.social or @bossfightbooks.com style series of Great Little Books About Movies made like this
It’s publication day!
Now available: the world’s first book dedicated to the 2015 film Steve Jobs, featuring eight (8) writers breaking the film down, piece by piece, to appreciate the work as greater than the sum of its parts.
bit.ly/STEVEJOBSMONOGRAPH
Now available: the world’s first book dedicated to the 2015 film Steve Jobs, featuring eight (8) writers breaking the film down, piece by piece, to appreciate the work as greater than the sum of its parts.
bit.ly/STEVEJOBSMONOGRAPH
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is a neat concept and I could totally see a @3313books.bsky.social or @bossfightbooks.com style series of Great Little Books About Movies made like this
I still hop into Simogo Legacy Collection once in awhile and poke around… and realized I never tried out the Rollovski prototype.
Man, what a fun and cool concept. And a generous demo with levels and collectibles! This, on the 3DS (its original platform I believe), would have been eShop gold.
Man, what a fun and cool concept. And a generous demo with levels and collectibles! This, on the 3DS (its original platform I believe), would have been eShop gold.
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I still hop into Simogo Legacy Collection once in awhile and poke around… and realized I never tried out the Rollovski prototype.
Man, what a fun and cool concept. And a generous demo with levels and collectibles! This, on the 3DS (its original platform I believe), would have been eShop gold.
Man, what a fun and cool concept. And a generous demo with levels and collectibles! This, on the 3DS (its original platform I believe), would have been eShop gold.
This guy gets it
Since dreams are coming true I'd just like to remind the universe that it would be very cool if we got Popeye and Arm Wrestling through Arcade Archives
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This guy gets it
Reposted by Jon Irwin
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING THIS IS
-Virtual Bowling
-Virtual Force
-V-Tetris
Previously unreleased games coming later this year:
-Zero Racers
-D-HOPPER
Features rewind, custom control mapping. Later this year - Change screen color
-Virtual Force
-V-Tetris
Previously unreleased games coming later this year:
-Zero Racers
-D-HOPPER
Features rewind, custom control mapping. Later this year - Change screen color
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING THIS IS
The non-believers will believe next month!
Welcome!! Join us!!!
Welcome!! Join us!!!
Virtual Boy NSO Launch Lineup trailer is on Nintendo Today: nintendo.today/s/aaspMiJC
Launch:
-Galactic Pinball
-3D Tetris
-Teleroboxer
-Virtual Boy Wario Land
-The Mansion of Innsmouth
-GOLF
-Red Alarm
Coming later:
-Mario Clash
-Mario Tennis
-Jack Bros
-Space Invaders Virtual Collection
more:
Launch:
-Galactic Pinball
-3D Tetris
-Teleroboxer
-Virtual Boy Wario Land
-The Mansion of Innsmouth
-GOLF
-Red Alarm
Coming later:
-Mario Clash
-Mario Tennis
-Jack Bros
-Space Invaders Virtual Collection
more:
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The non-believers will believe next month!
Welcome!! Join us!!!
Welcome!! Join us!!!
GameShare is kind of an incredible feature that hopefully has a breakout implementation soon.
To stream a controllable video-feed to a local system (even if it's the previous system!) in order to play w/ people who don't own the game is pretty crazy
To stream a controllable video-feed to a local system (even if it's the previous system!) in order to play w/ people who don't own the game is pretty crazy
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM
GameShare is kind of an incredible feature that hopefully has a breakout implementation soon.
To stream a controllable video-feed to a local system (even if it's the previous system!) in order to play w/ people who don't own the game is pretty crazy
To stream a controllable video-feed to a local system (even if it's the previous system!) in order to play w/ people who don't own the game is pretty crazy
<<raises hand so high even though we're in ATL>>
Raise your hand if you're an NYC parent and already going bonkers with remote school!
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
<<raises hand so high even though we're in ATL>>
I was excited to read this delightful sounding article.
But then the subheading hit me with that Other M slander and I just won't stand for it.
But then the subheading hit me with that Other M slander and I just won't stand for it.
I talked with @matpiscatella.bsky.social about his delightful lists of games that sell just one copy in a month or year. Gift link:
www.theverge.com/games/867004...
www.theverge.com/games/867004...
Gaming’s most fun sales data is full of old and obscure games
I feel sorry for the person who bought Metroid: Other M last year.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I was excited to read this delightful sounding article.
But then the subheading hit me with that Other M slander and I just won't stand for it.
But then the subheading hit me with that Other M slander and I just won't stand for it.
Found this book at the amazing JOHN K KING BOOKS in Detroit. Wild that such a book appears to be lost to time.
It’s like a proto @3313books.bsky.social on the making of a single album by Commander Cody in 1974. Reviewed in the New Yorker! Yet has 28 ratings on Goodreads and have never heard of it.
It’s like a proto @3313books.bsky.social on the making of a single album by Commander Cody in 1974. Reviewed in the New Yorker! Yet has 28 ratings on Goodreads and have never heard of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Found this book at the amazing JOHN K KING BOOKS in Detroit. Wild that such a book appears to be lost to time.
It’s like a proto @3313books.bsky.social on the making of a single album by Commander Cody in 1974. Reviewed in the New Yorker! Yet has 28 ratings on Goodreads and have never heard of it.
It’s like a proto @3313books.bsky.social on the making of a single album by Commander Cody in 1974. Reviewed in the New Yorker! Yet has 28 ratings on Goodreads and have never heard of it.
This is a fantastic round-up for anyone at all interested in the backend of independent journalism and what it takes. Thanks @stephentotilo.bsky.social for two years of fantastic original reporting (and a glimpse into the changing game preferences of your kiddos.)
www.gamefile.news/p/game-file-...
www.gamefile.news/p/game-file-...
Game File, two years in
What’s going well, what keeps me up at night, and which countries and states love Game File the most
www.gamefile.news
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is a fantastic round-up for anyone at all interested in the backend of independent journalism and what it takes. Thanks @stephentotilo.bsky.social for two years of fantastic original reporting (and a glimpse into the changing game preferences of your kiddos.)
www.gamefile.news/p/game-file-...
www.gamefile.news/p/game-file-...
Come for the 2015 interview with soon-retiring Kensuke Tanabe, stay for @jonnymetts.bsky.social inadvertently planting the seed for Talking Flowers*, both in-game and the physical toy coming soon, in the mind of NCL
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/40...
*Unconfirmed
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/40...
*Unconfirmed
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Come for the 2015 interview with soon-retiring Kensuke Tanabe, stay for @jonnymetts.bsky.social inadvertently planting the seed for Talking Flowers*, both in-game and the physical toy coming soon, in the mind of NCL
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/40...
*Unconfirmed
www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/40...
*Unconfirmed
I always think I’m done with amiibo.
And then I see Captain Toad with his little headlamp and think, Welp you got me this time
And then I see Captain Toad with his little headlamp and think, Welp you got me this time
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I always think I’m done with amiibo.
And then I see Captain Toad with his little headlamp and think, Welp you got me this time
And then I see Captain Toad with his little headlamp and think, Welp you got me this time
If I was still on my Ultimate Frisbee club team, I’d petition hard to put this on a flag and wave it around before every match
Dynamic Disks by František Kupka, 1931
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137314
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137314
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If I was still on my Ultimate Frisbee club team, I’d petition hard to put this on a flag and wave it around before every match
I, for one, am annoyed the college football championship game is on ESPN.
January 20, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I, for one, am annoyed the college football championship game is on ESPN.
Reposted by Jon Irwin
A truly awful day for movies and art, losing one of the most singular and brilliant voices to ever make them.
We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.
R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.
We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.
R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.
Issue 51: David Lynch Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room
September 2017
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A truly awful day for movies and art, losing one of the most singular and brilliant voices to ever make them.
We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.
R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.
We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.
R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.
What might have been
According to the official British Nintendo Magazine System magazine, Panel de Pon was originally planned to be localized with Killer Instinct characters before being changed to the Yoshi-themed Tetris Attack.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
What might have been
My right Joycon stopped tracking my movement which made DxD impossible to play BUT I finally cleaned the lens with rubbing alcohol and it works again. I’m back.
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My right Joycon stopped tracking my movement which made DxD impossible to play BUT I finally cleaned the lens with rubbing alcohol and it works again. I’m back.
Reading this in the February print issue while eating my Egg-in-a-Basket (née Toad-in-a-Hole). Worth the subscription cost alone. Thank you for your service, @petridishes.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Reading this in the February print issue while eating my Egg-in-a-Basket (née Toad-in-a-Hole). Worth the subscription cost alone. Thank you for your service, @petridishes.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...