Wyatt Grondin
wyattgr.bsky.social
Wyatt Grondin
@wyattgr.bsky.social
Author, playwright, games journalist. He/Him/They/Them.

My opinions are my own, not those of any employer. Or yours either, believe it or not, I don't speak on your behalf no matter what you've heard.

ALL THE LINKS: https://linktr.ee/wyattgrondin
done that exact same thing.

Like Emma basically outright tells you that she has the same info Mabel would be able to tell you but for some reason it would just be better if Mabel did.

And then the Xerneas stuff later which ended up making me wonder if somehow both X AND Y were canon?
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
She isn't much different than just the average professor, yeah, but then again only if we're talking professors from before the Switch. Sada/Turo and Sonia had far more plot relevance.

I just can't agree with you as Mabel shows up in too many late-game quests that feel like ANYONE else could have
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Eh, it’s a fine game and yeah the devs clearly enjoyed making it, but I really think it’s GOTY status is so overblown and it’s all because AAA was weak last year so an average AAA game that half commercial got pumped up as more important than the indie games people actually loved

Free DLCs sucked
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I didn’t say it wasn’t explained, I’m saying it wasn’t justified.

All the other Flare members have developed motiives and growth, Mabel is just “lol took a plea deal and stole Sycamore’s job”

She’s a flat character the game treats important but basically anybody could have filled the role
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
He gets more spotlight later. Probably the best they used him.

Which is still underused but nowhere near as bad as XY.

Fully a half-praise, I enjoy the game enough but the story pacing is off by so so so so so much
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
They did a surprising amount to redeem both AZ and Lysandre of all people.

But also like, why tf is Mable in the game? She don't feel as important as they act like she is.

Emma's practically a cameo.

And wow I can't even think of anyone else.....
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If they didn't care, why the hell did they throw a fit?

If they magically have the replacements but didn't turn them on, why did states like mine try and push the very voter suppression you claimed they already have?

Social media didn't break you, you just can't be trusted with anything positive
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Non-AAA games did great last year too.

Balatro, Crow Country, Don't Fear The Spotlight,

But remember how one of the GOTY was a AAA DLC?

Remember how the winner was a AAA games that constantly referenced other games you could buy right now?

This ain't new it's just less subtle.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sometimes Frank, you directly reference something and I just plain have no clue what you're talking about.

But today,

yeah no I still have absolutely no idea. It's like this is a me problem or something
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Really? Huh, guess it makes sense they wouldn't do something that drastic to fail to cover up anyway.

I stand by both topics would work for deeper discussion
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reposted by Wyatt Grondin
if you're openly a fnaf fan in the modern day you lose your "make fun of harry potter fans" license
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Apparently the delay was an attempt to cover up allegations of union busting.

So uh,

"Should people be worried about Rockstar Games?" might be the better topic
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
But to my massive, and pleasant, surprise:

The amount of votes that leaned blue, were nearly double the amount that leaned red.

My lifelong purple state does not seem to like being in the middle anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I honestly can't help but wonder what would have happened had this not been forcibly cancelled.

Like I have no idea if this show was even a hit or not at the time, and I actually have criticisms (the reused footage for music segments is lame for example), but the footprint may have been even bigger
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Wyatt Grondin
She even said at one point (paraphrased) “We’ll move on because I want to get to all of these questions.”

Really wish our nation’s highest-paid journalists would stop doing that. I understand this is an interview, not a debate, but still, the news is no longer “the president said things about X.”
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM