Brandon Bessette
@zanarkan.bsky.social
Level 32 | Gamer, Nintendo Nerd, Musician, Drummer, Audio Engineer/Producer, Die Hard Yankees Fan, Healthcare Worker. He/Him
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Brandon Bessette
@zanarkan.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Looking for kindred spirits on here! #promosky
-Mario
-Legend of Zelda
-Metroid
-Splatoon
-Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Pokemon
-Literally anything Nintendo
-Square Enix (Final Fantasy/Octopath)
-Sonic/Sega
-Music (Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz)
-Gaming industry at large
-Yankees Baseball
-Memes/Comedy
-RPGs
-Mario
-Legend of Zelda
-Metroid
-Splatoon
-Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Pokemon
-Literally anything Nintendo
-Square Enix (Final Fantasy/Octopath)
-Sonic/Sega
-Music (Rock, Blues, Funk, Jazz)
-Gaming industry at large
-Yankees Baseball
-Memes/Comedy
-RPGs
11 years later and I have run out of shelf space. Great reminder of the ungodly amount of money I’ve spent on plastic over the past decade lol
Amiibo were first released on this day in North America, 11 years ago (2014)
#gaming #anniversary #art #Amiibo
#gaming #anniversary #art #Amiibo
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
11 years later and I have run out of shelf space. Great reminder of the ungodly amount of money I’ve spent on plastic over the past decade lol
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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TRUTH
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
TRUTH
I’m loving Kirby Air Riders so far. I’ve seen reviews citing the controls being too simple and almost to a fault in some cases. I get where they are coming from, but my biggest beef with the controls is the spin attack. I do it unintentionally so much more than I remember doing it in the OG game.
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m loving Kirby Air Riders so far. I’ve seen reviews citing the controls being too simple and almost to a fault in some cases. I get where they are coming from, but my biggest beef with the controls is the spin attack. I do it unintentionally so much more than I remember doing it in the OG game.
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It's Super Mario World's 35th anniversary! One of my favorite games of all time. #mario #supermarioworld #35thanniversary #nintendo
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's Super Mario World's 35th anniversary! One of my favorite games of all time. #mario #supermarioworld #35thanniversary #nintendo
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Tipping culture is getting a little ridiculous
A guy carried me in a pvp game and asked what my PayPal was
A guy carried me in a pvp game and asked what my PayPal was
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tipping culture is getting a little ridiculous
A guy carried me in a pvp game and asked what my PayPal was
A guy carried me in a pvp game and asked what my PayPal was
*Hits Blunt*
A boss rush is just a mini game collection.
A boss rush is just a mini game collection.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
*Hits Blunt*
A boss rush is just a mini game collection.
A boss rush is just a mini game collection.
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Valve’s newly announced Steam Machine will be priced “like a PC, rather than like a console”, the company has reportedly said.
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Steam Machine ‘will be priced like a PC, not like a console’ | VGC
Valve spokesperson says Steam Machine will be “very competitively priced with a PC”…
vgc.news
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Valve’s newly announced Steam Machine will be priced “like a PC, rather than like a console”, the company has reportedly said.
vgc.news/news/steam-m...
vgc.news/news/steam-m...
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Eevee holds juice
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Eevee holds juice
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The Steam Machine price debate is ramping up, with a "console pricing model" of $500 looking very unlikely. https://bit.ly/482Kw6j
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Steam Machine price debate is ramping up, with a "console pricing model" of $500 looking very unlikely. https://bit.ly/482Kw6j
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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GDC survey indicates over half of U.S. game workers want to join a union
Half of U.S. game workers want to join a union
According to the 2025 Game Industry Salary Report, 64 percent of developers support unions and 56 percent want to join one.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
GDC survey indicates over half of U.S. game workers want to join a union
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
Woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep so I booted up Kirby Air Riders and played for an hour before work. As any self-respecting person would do in a similar situation, and let me tell ya’ll. That Sakurai dude, pretty good a making video games. Pretty good indeed.
a video game character named kirby is driving a white car
ALT: a video game character named kirby is driving a white car
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep so I booted up Kirby Air Riders and played for an hour before work. As any self-respecting person would do in a similar situation, and let me tell ya’ll. That Sakurai dude, pretty good a making video games. Pretty good indeed.
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"Honored to be selected": Texas-based developer Panic Button has revealed it was hired by Nintendo for major Switch 2 game updates.
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‘Honored to be selected’: Texas-based developer hired by Nintendo for Switch 2 game updates | VGC
Panic Button has worked on dozens of ports in the last 15 years…
vgc.news
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Honored to be selected": Texas-based developer Panic Button has revealed it was hired by Nintendo for major Switch 2 game updates.
vgc.news/news/honored...
vgc.news/news/honored...
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I can't believe there are still people working in the game's media that seem to believe in "objectively reviewing" a game.
Good gravy, this is why people don't take this space seriously.
Good gravy, this is why people don't take this space seriously.
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I can't believe there are still people working in the game's media that seem to believe in "objectively reviewing" a game.
Good gravy, this is why people don't take this space seriously.
Good gravy, this is why people don't take this space seriously.
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Review: Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) - Incredibly Chaotic, But Satisfyingly Deep & Rewarding Racing. (Repost)
Review: Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) - Incredibly Chaotic, But Satisfyingly Deep & Rewarding Racing
Air force one
www.nintendolife.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Review: Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) - Incredibly Chaotic, But Satisfyingly Deep & Rewarding Racing. (Repost)
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Megabonk developer withdraws from The Game Awards gameinformer.com/2025/11/19/m...
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Megabonk developer withdraws from The Game Awards gameinformer.com/2025/11/19/m...
The perfect run final challenge in Galaxy 2 is still as much of a bitch as it was 15 years ago but I got it done! All 242 stars collected! I’ve played both Galaxy games 3 times at this point and I still think Galaxy 1 is the better game. But, that’s just me. NOW BRING ON THE MOVIE!
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The perfect run final challenge in Galaxy 2 is still as much of a bitch as it was 15 years ago but I got it done! All 242 stars collected! I’ve played both Galaxy games 3 times at this point and I still think Galaxy 1 is the better game. But, that’s just me. NOW BRING ON THE MOVIE!
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Had a lot of fun today looking through old Kirby Air Ride reviews ahead of Air Riders launching this week. I don't think a lot of people remember that it was critically panned at the time, and was sandwiched RIGHT between F-Zero GX and Double Dash!! www.polygon.com/kirby-air-ri...
The world wasn't ready for Kirby Air Ride in 2003
Can Kirby Air Riders rewrite history for a critically panned cult classic?
www.polygon.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Had a lot of fun today looking through old Kirby Air Ride reviews ahead of Air Riders launching this week. I don't think a lot of people remember that it was critically panned at the time, and was sandwiched RIGHT between F-Zero GX and Double Dash!! www.polygon.com/kirby-air-ri...