Randy Nelson
@randynelson.bsky.social
Retro and non-retro gamer. Connoisseur of the unexplained. IGN co-founder and one of the folks behind a PlayStation magazine you liked called PSM. Now I'm in the mobile game/app insights biz. Opinions are mine alone unless otherwise noted.
I tried describing this to a friend once and they thought I'd 100% made it up. The coolest kids had that plus the Water Wiggle AND a Willy Water Bug. A veritable cavalcade of summer lawn toy wonderment!
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I tried describing this to a friend once and they thought I'd 100% made it up. The coolest kids had that plus the Water Wiggle AND a Willy Water Bug. A veritable cavalcade of summer lawn toy wonderment!
The first woman to lead NOA. This will be an exciting and long overdue era.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The first woman to lead NOA. This will be an exciting and long overdue era.
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How good is macOS Tahoe's new "combine stock emoji" feature? THIS GOOD. (🐧 + 🥵)
September 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How good is macOS Tahoe's new "combine stock emoji" feature? THIS GOOD. (🐧 + 🥵)
Loving my new shirt. Never forget: You gotta believe!
August 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Loving my new shirt. Never forget: You gotta believe!
Games also make up the lion's share of the removed apps — almost 200K were zapped in 16 months. No doubt many of them for cloning other games and blatant IP infringement.
April 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Games also make up the lion's share of the removed apps — almost 200K were zapped in 16 months. No doubt many of them for cloning other games and blatant IP infringement.
Oh, we made another chart. This one shows that new app *releases* on Google Play are actually up nearly 10% in the first four months of 2025. Games are still the biggest portion of those.
April 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Oh, we made another chart. This one shows that new app *releases* on Google Play are actually up nearly 10% in the first four months of 2025. Games are still the biggest portion of those.
The decline actually began before Google's cleanup initiative and rebounded a bit after the EU trader status rule variation kicked in requiring developers to disclose their name and address on their app/game's store page. We made a chart, of course.
April 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The decline actually began before Google's cleanup initiative and rebounded a bit after the EU trader status rule variation kicked in requiring developers to disclose their name and address on their app/game's store page. We made a chart, of course.
What a day! What's going to happen tomorrow? I'm not sure, but at least we know how to handle it!
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What a day! What's going to happen tomorrow? I'm not sure, but at least we know how to handle it!
Going to see Death of a Unicron tonight. Kind of a weird pick for A24, if you ask me. Then again, I thought the same thing about Y2K.
April 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Going to see Death of a Unicron tonight. Kind of a weird pick for A24, if you ask me. Then again, I thought the same thing about Y2K.
Nobody talkin' about the REAL star of the Switch 2 Direct?
April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nobody talkin' about the REAL star of the Switch 2 Direct?
First part of my LGR collectors edition Tomba! arrived today and they are pig-tossin’ awesome!
January 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
First part of my LGR collectors edition Tomba! arrived today and they are pig-tossin’ awesome!
Paid a visit to the boys in gray today and they’ve officially caught the holiday spirit! #ghostbusters #firehouse #nyc
December 8, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Paid a visit to the boys in gray today and they’ve officially caught the holiday spirit! #ghostbusters #firehouse #nyc