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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 30/09/2026

Oh, now that the PO Box episode is out, I can post my little Aramaki doodle I made because I didn't have a case for the PS1 copy of Ghost In The Shell I sent in! Glad you both liked my artwork!

A doodle of Aramaki at his desk, exclaiming that "The paperwork is piling up here, people!". The rest of the of the cover includes a "Only For ProZD Plays Games" banner and a PlayStation side banner.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 30/09/2026

Officially factory resetting my Steam Machine. I just wanted to play RE4 Remake, and I ended up with so many problems, I’m just scrapping my install and starting over.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

Ok, I got it back again. I’ve decided to turn off VRR and cap the Steam Machine to 1080p/60 just to make sure the TV doesn’t suddenly have an issue (I had it set to 4K with no frame cap)

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

If it does it again, I think I’m just gonna try completely resetting to factory settings. I swear to God though, it’s always something with this thing.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

Craaaap… tried to go into Desktop mode and same thing again. There’s something in the Desktop mode transition that the HDMI is doing.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

Got it back, thank God. I think the HDMI did something weird. I restarted my TV and it worked, but Switch, PS5 and AppleTV worked totally fine and displayed picture but Steam Machine just wouldn’t do the HDMI handshake correctly for some reason.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

Unplugging and plugging it back in didn’t work. Starting to get nervous with this thing.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 29/09/2026

My Steam Machine will not display a picture anymore… so that’s not good. Holding the power button doesn’t seem to do anything so… did I brick this thing trying to go into desktop mode?

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 27/09/2026

The season two premiere of IGPX aired last night and is finally available for streaming in HD! No cable login needed, just sit through a few ads. www.adultswim.com/videos/igpx/...

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Immortal Grand Prix is the world's most popular sport and Team Satomi competes to be the best.

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TheIGPX.com @theigpx.com · 27/09/2026

You heard Benjamin: You're in deep deep doo-doo, Team Satomi. What are you gonna do to win? Find out next week on #IGPX Here's this week's episode guide, mentioning the "second-year jinx" that happens to teams in the IGPX in the action report. Read all about it here: www.theigpx.com/episode-14

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IGPX Episode 14 Guide | The IGPX

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 27/09/2026

I don’t know why, but I keep thinking about Run The Jewels releasing their 1st album for free on their website and people were literally begging them to put it on Spotify. Just how conditioned do these services have people that they are asking for free art to be put behind a paywall?

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 27/09/2026

The season two premiere of IGPX aired last night and is finally available for streaming in HD! No cable login needed, just sit through a few ads. www.adultswim.com/videos/igpx/...

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IGPX

Immortal Grand Prix is the world's most popular sport and Team Satomi competes to be the best.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 23/09/2026

Thank goodness, Shift Up appears to be adding an option to turn frame gen off. Good. Still not picking up this game, but mandatory frame gen should never become standard.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 23/09/2026

Thanks, it was really hard to choose these nine.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 23/09/2026

My nine anime. I really wanted to make sure I had a good variety of titles.

1) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
2) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
3) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
4) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig (2004)
5) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (2006)
6) Ghost In The Shell: Arise (2013) (Note: the picture itself is from the Alternative Architecture series (2015) because if I want to use the OVA's, I have to number each episode on this website template)
7) Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
8) Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020) (Both seasons, I just didn't list them separately)
9) The Ghost In The Shell (2026)

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 23/09/2026

My nine games. Took me forever to pick but I think these are the ones. Rogue Leader almost got replaced a few times with Super Smash Bros Melee but I think Rogue Leader just blew my mind more.

1) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2) Star Wars Rogue Leader Rogue Squadron II
3) F-Zero GX
4) Cyberpunk 2077
5) Resident Evil 4
6) Super Mario Galaxy
7) Mass Effect 2
8) Densha De Go!
9) Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins Of The Moon

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 22/09/2026

And now the Dragon’s Dogma 2 is going to also use FSR frame gen to fake 60fps out of a 30fps game. This is a bad trend, but at least Capcom is offering the ability to turn frame generation off. If they’re insistent on doing this, they should at least unlock the frame rate too and use VRR.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 21/09/2026

I have never liked “A New Hope” as the episode title. I don’t know what would be a better name or if it’s because I know that subtitle was added later but I’ve never liked the sound of it.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 20/09/2026

Anyway, back to Fire Emblem.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 20/09/2026

Switch 2 has VRR in both docked and handheld modes now, just uncap the framerate (include a 30fps frame cap in the options) and don’t use frame-gen on 30fps. I know these are screenshots but I saw all this with the naked eye. It’s impossible to ignore the smearing when it’s literally half the frames

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 20/09/2026

I was never going to get this game, but thankfully there’s a Stellar Blade demo on Switch 2 so I can see how the 30fps with FSR 3.1 frame-gen to make it look 60 looks and it looks BAD. Smeary and blurry, it never looks good and it is distracting. Developers should never do this, please.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 20/09/2026

Me too, because for one, it’ll finally air, but for two, it’ll be streaming afterwards on adultswim.com/videos/igpx

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 20/09/2026

One of the little perks about Switch and Switch 2 is that they’re basically impossible to knock out if the power goes out, they just switch to handheld. Literally had my Fire Emblem game and the power just went out here and I haven’t lost any progress.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 18/09/2026

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is good, you guys.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 18/09/2026

Also, we’re going for it. If a unit dies, it dies.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 18/09/2026

Welp, here’s hoping I can finish Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave before OoT and GTA 6 come out.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 17/09/2026

I did look this one up later after posting and yep, it’s on real hardware too. Wonder why that fur just disappears. But since it happens on real hardware, nothing for Nintendo to fix.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 17/09/2026

Welp, that answers that. How bizarre.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 17/09/2026

I wish I had a way to check on real hardware but that reflection has got to be wrong, right? I hope Nintendo fixes the GameCube emulation for Star Fox Adventures. Just seems odd that it looks like this on Switch 2.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 16/09/2026

Fox’s fur in the menu also disappears when you access the memory card, don’t think that’s accurate to real hardware either. The GameCube emulator needs some more updates for Star Fox Adventures.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 16/09/2026

I don’t have real hardware to compare to but I’m pretty confident this is an emulation error that Nintendo needs to fix. Right up reflections in Star Fox Adventures are displaying incorrectly. Look at Fox’s reflection, it’s all the way at the top of the screen when it should be under his feet.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 15/09/2026

Want to experience the feeling of suddenly waking up at 1am with this blasting on the TV, but this time as a live performance? [adult swim] viewers know what's up. (Inuyasha wasn't on Toonami, but I'll still tag #Toonami fans since everyone's forgotten [as] action) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHPf...

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Do As Infinity - 深い森 / THE FIRST TAKE

YouTube video by THE FIRST TAKE

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 14/09/2026

Again, I hope it does. But I ain’t celebrating until it does. I hope people keep seeing it.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 13/09/2026

The film is far, far off from profitability for Ketchup. They probably need to make $100 million to make up that $50 million rescue fee, and more than that to cover distribution and marketing (apparently $125mil box office needed) so keep on the gas. Way too soon celebrate.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 13/09/2026

As for how much it got over the tax write-off savings, it’s only made about $2 million more than that $30 million tax write-off figure thrown around, keeping in mind theater cuts of the revenue so not a huge win (yet).

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 13/09/2026

To answer at least that first question, yes, the film is eligible for nomination. It met that requirement after its first week. Could it win? Maybe? Quick thing about how much it’s made over the tax write-off in the next posts:

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 12/09/2026

Me at ColossalCon East: I’m surprised and sad I haven’t seen any Ghost In The Shell cosplay. My friends then proceed to tell me that right as I said that sentence a Kusanagi cosplayer walked behind only to be completely out of view by the time I turn around.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 12/09/2026

In-diss-try. I got it, I knew you were doing a pun. 😉

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 12/09/2026

SORRY: TOMORROW NIGHT. I have no semblance of time right now.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 12/09/2026

IGPX viewers, tonight the Sledgemamma and Satomi race airs in it’s entirety tonight! No cliffhangers here! Check it out!

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 12/09/2026

Oh yeah, good point, Kojima Pro is already using UE and I guess Sony won’t let them use Decima anymore.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 11/09/2026

I just don’t think Kojima’s clout translates to real sales. 2.5 million DS2 units sold at $70 a pop across PS5 and PC to cover a $200 million budget, not including marketing. The math just doesn’t math. He either needs someone to rein him in or Microsoft needs to very ok with maybe losing money.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 11/09/2026

Kojima is notoriously difficult when it comes to deadlines and budgets, at a time where according to some of what I’ve seen, Sharma is extremely strict when it comes to those. Under the Spencer era, Kojima probably would have had a very loose leash but is that gonna fly under Sharma? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Love and Deep Space Nine @hyenasandgin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nico Robin till 4-ish today. @arguingmeadows.com is beach Dandy

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 10/09/2026

Time to start begging developers to add VRR docked mode to Switch 2 games. Unfortunately, it’s not enabled by default, it needs to be patched in. Hoping that Digital Eclipse gets the memo. Hamster too for their Arcade Archives 2 games.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 10/09/2026

Very saddened to hear of Mike McFarland’s passing. Had the pleasure of interviewing him some years ago and you could tell how much care he put into his work. Such a talented actor, writer and director. May he rest in peace.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 10/09/2026

Well, Ghost In The Shell as a franchise has had a very long history of including English friendly options on their home video releases since the first movie, so I think this is more in the vein of continuity for the franchise.

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