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Josh W
@mariobones.bsky.social
The amiibo guy formerly of two underscores. Game design, writing, tester of software and patience. He/him

Not American!
Oh no, they added the stupidly catchy Disneyland anniversary song to Fortnite
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"I asked Grok, and..."

Okay, well I asked a gonk droid, and it went gonk.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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i'm always walking up to people and saying this
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
beeg
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What if Myles at the end of Beyond says “Mackenzie what a joke”, throws away his suit and wears Samus’ suit in tribute to her
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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I’ve seen enough. It is time to arrest Jeffrey Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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uh oh
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Vi-O-La
September 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
There’s gotta be a Monster Hunter MtG set coming after the Secret Lair because I refuse to believe they made four mechanically unique The Last Of Us cards and 0 for Monster Hunter
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Personally I feel that if journalists are given a bad section of a game to preview then they should talk about how good the rest of the game could be instead, so that I can still feel good about preordering it
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Samus, you’ve been exploring for quite a while. Would you like to take a break?
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wh-
HUH!?
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
They’re all reprints, nevermind 😔
Fuuuuuuuck they’re going to be doing a Monster Hunter collab I’m screwed
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Did pretty alright at the Avatar MtG prerelease! Went in wanting the earthbending pack but got airbending, which turned out to be really fun! Made a WG Allies deck that could airbend my own creatures to retrigger all their abilities.
If I played faster I reckon those draws could have been wins ;)
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I have a million things I could add to this and only so many characters. I have heard some version of this from almost everyone in games PR in Aus, but the names they use are News or Nine. They want normies, new audiences, not the core. Whatever they’re selling, they already expect you to buy it.
I've had this chat with PR people and they know that supporting smaller sites and freelancers makes sense and would help build a healthier games media.

The problem is game publishers pretty much exclusively want GI cover stories or an IGN First and anything smaller isn't worth it.
I don't understand this mentality as long as the person/website has reputable people. How does it hurt you to provide a code? With how hard it is to get publicity for games of all sizes even "small" coverage seems like it would only help?
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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werner herzog: the korok says “i need to reach my friend,” but i see not friendship here. instead i see the cruel jungle, i see abandonment, one left behind, struggling to move, like a turtle on its back, baking in the hyrule sun. “oooh” it cries out in anguish. “aaha.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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One of many examples in the world but like What was the reason for this. Yeah it's a small detail but he looks like one of those dogs that have human eyes
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Can't find my glasses so I'm wearing my prescription sunnies inside like an idiot
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fuuuuuuuck they’re going to be doing a Monster Hunter collab I’m screwed
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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this cop wanted a shuppet, who is attracted to negative emotion, so he could use it to find people before they commit crimes. first thing it did was go to his wife who reluctantly revealed she’s resentful of how much he works and is never home.

it’s a fucking yakuza substory.
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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His Story 🤷‍♂️
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
She would have loved GameFAQs 😔
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM