Donald Duong
@anbear.bsky.social
Television presenter, streamer and quizmaster of video games. Somehow an award-nominated journalist. Come for the video games, stay for the diversions into motorsports and musicals.
Tired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on <insert recreational substance here>.
Wired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on the delusion that VR gaming will strike it big...one day...
Wired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on the delusion that VR gaming will strike it big...one day...
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Tired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on <insert recreational substance here>.
Wired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on the delusion that VR gaming will strike it big...one day...
Wired: Lumines Arise is best experienced on the delusion that VR gaming will strike it big...one day...
39 runs later, and I’ve rolled credits on Hades 2. Ending was a little rushed, though it was apparently much worse before the latest update.
Either way, game’s real good. Time to grind to the epilogue.
Either way, game’s real good. Time to grind to the epilogue.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
39 runs later, and I’ve rolled credits on Hades 2. Ending was a little rushed, though it was apparently much worse before the latest update.
Either way, game’s real good. Time to grind to the epilogue.
Either way, game’s real good. Time to grind to the epilogue.
The ideal Discord experience
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The ideal Discord experience
In hindsight, I probably should have gotten the PlayStation version of Once Upon a Katamari.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In hindsight, I probably should have gotten the PlayStation version of Once Upon a Katamari.
I’m about to throw the best tea parties.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I’m about to throw the best tea parties.
<runs to Bluesky, out of breath> Has…has anyone called it the GabeCube yet?!
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
<runs to Bluesky, out of breath> Has…has anyone called it the GabeCube yet?!
Some more Nintendo pickups from the trip. The Wii Remote cushion didn’t fit in the picture.
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Some more Nintendo pickups from the trip. The Wii Remote cushion didn’t fit in the picture.
The Pokémon plush I acquired in the recent trip. I swear I don’t have a problem.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Pokémon plush I acquired in the recent trip. I swear I don’t have a problem.
Imagine a world without Pop Vinyls
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Imagine a world without Pop Vinyls
Went to see Twice! For the third time!
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Went to see Twice! For the third time!
After three weeks of travelling around Taiwan and Japan, I am back in Australia. And I brought back something silly.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
After three weeks of travelling around Taiwan and Japan, I am back in Australia. And I brought back something silly.
The traditional post-Japan trip web search
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The traditional post-Japan trip web search
A pilgrimage completed at the Nintendo Museum
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A pilgrimage completed at the Nintendo Museum
‘Get me Danny Elfman!’
‘He’s unavailable.’
‘Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!’
‘He’s unavailable.’
‘Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!’
Epic added The Simpsons theme to Fortnite as a “Non-Union Re-Record” lmfao these people
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
‘Get me Danny Elfman!’
‘He’s unavailable.’
‘Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!’
‘He’s unavailable.’
‘Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!’
There’s a tweet lamenting the lack of historical titles played by young games writers. Context is good and all, but good writing and unique insights can come from so many other sources than just playing older games.
Not to mention the undercurrent of ‘Oh you like video games? Name all of them.’
Not to mention the undercurrent of ‘Oh you like video games? Name all of them.’
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There’s a tweet lamenting the lack of historical titles played by young games writers. Context is good and all, but good writing and unique insights can come from so many other sources than just playing older games.
Not to mention the undercurrent of ‘Oh you like video games? Name all of them.’
Not to mention the undercurrent of ‘Oh you like video games? Name all of them.’
Forget everything else, my Game of the Year for 2025 is the minigame that you can play on the TV during the Japanese baseball broadcast.
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Forget everything else, my Game of the Year for 2025 is the minigame that you can play on the TV during the Japanese baseball broadcast.
There are few things more gauche than posing for photos — or even worse, taking a selfie — in front of the Hiroshima bomb memorials.
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
There are few things more gauche than posing for photos — or even worse, taking a selfie — in front of the Hiroshima bomb memorials.
Thank you, Toyota Supra, for single-handedly tearing down the Berlin Wall 🫡
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Thank you, Toyota Supra, for single-handedly tearing down the Berlin Wall 🫡
One more collab cafe in Tokyo, this time the Final Fantasy IX one.
October 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
One more collab cafe in Tokyo, this time the Final Fantasy IX one.
The Tokyo collab cafes do not stop. Today was the Kirby Cafe.
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The Tokyo collab cafes do not stop. Today was the Kirby Cafe.
The very first thing I did when I arrived in Tokyo last night: Plopped down at the Pokémon Cafe
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The very first thing I did when I arrived in Tokyo last night: Plopped down at the Pokémon Cafe
Me, a Mariners fan, seeing the result of today’s baseball game
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Me, a Mariners fan, seeing the result of today’s baseball game
Some of the location-exclusive merch at the Pokémon Center Taipei is pretty good. I’ve already got the Pikachu, I might also grab that bubble tea Teddirusa.
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Some of the location-exclusive merch at the Pokémon Center Taipei is pretty good. I’ve already got the Pikachu, I might also grab that bubble tea Teddirusa.
Same as it ever was
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Same as it ever was
