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Emmett Watkins Jr

@ejsponge61.com
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Writer @vgutv.bsky.social, Player's Club Podcast Host, ⅓ of Welcome To The Thing, ⅓ of @vgapocalypse.bsky.social, Kinda Funny Prom Prince, 100% Negus He/Him emmettwatkins1@gmail.com emmettw.me

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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 5h
RIP Takeoff 🙏🏾
Llama Llama red pajama book
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 28/09/2026
Dear people who are better at recognizing faces than me: is this Dan Olson, Sam Reich, or some other bearded white man i dont know?
A sticker that says "Make Good Choices"
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 28/09/2026
Spongebob Marley and I are finally headed home.
My friend Aubi (the bride of the wedding I attended) holding SpongeBob Marley towards the window, letting him see outside My friend Aubi (the bride of the wedding I attended) holding SpongeBob Marley towards the camera, letting him smile dor the photo
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 27/09/2026
Also we were petting stray cats on the beach at 1am last night
Me petting a catMe petting a catMe petting a catMe petting a cat
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 27/09/2026
We woke up at 5:57am this morning to take these
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 27/09/2026
The whole wedding party & some family went to Dunn's River Falls too
Me at the top of the Falls, which we all climed upGroup photo of the entire wedding party & some guests & relatives Group photo but all of us crowded into an Instagram frame they had at the end of the fallsMe and the bride & groom in that Instagram frame
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 26/09/2026
Here's all the grooms(wo)men!
3 men in black suits & one woman in a lavender pants suit
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 26/09/2026
🪨
Me kn a matching shorts & button up combo sitting on a rock with "ultimate" painted on it
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 26/09/2026
😁
Me in a suit by an ocean cliffside cheesing pretty hard
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 26/09/2026
Heres the happy couple btw!
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 24/09/2026
😃
Me under a metal origami crane of some sort
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 24/09/2026
👍🏾
God Forgives, I Don't Kirby shirt
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 23/09/2026
landed
Chet Hanks speaking patois hard as fuck
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 23/09/2026
Made it but...everything reminds me of her
Me with my face in my hands in front of the sign for airplane gate E3
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 22/09/2026
last shift at work today, podcast recording tonight, still gonna try & find some loafers to wear with my suit for the wedding instead of basic dress shoes, still gotta actually pack all the stuff I have layed out to bring, and i leave for the airport to Jamaica at 5am
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 22/09/2026
how it feels to be congested and cough happy for the last 2 weeks only to finally get over you cold the day before you fly out to Jamaica for a wedding/vacation
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 20/09/2026
My review for Attitude Era! (2026) by Natanya on @sonemic.com rateyourmusic.com/music-review/Ejsp… #sonemic
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 18/09/2026
Recently Played
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Vholume (4 stars)
Sep 12

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (3 stars)
Sep 11

Resistance 2 (3 stars)
Aug 24
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 17/09/2026
i don't follow sports, is there a reason buddy built like Betty Deville or nah
betty deville from rugrats
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 15/09/2026
Concord merch still available to order at PlayStation Gear Store (the hoodie isn't actually $0) gear.playstation.com/brands/concord

who knows, might be in high demand after next week
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 14/09/2026
Everytime i see this image i imagine it being set to this song
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 14/09/2026
In the middle of Ep 2 and I don't know why but Arkane gives me similar vibes to the 2000s Disney Treasure Planet movie. I don't even remember the movie for real, but that vibe is unmistakable. Also this is the most beautiful fictional woman I have ever seen.
This insanely gorgeous darkskin woman with locks and gold accents all over her hair and makeup and white outfit
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 12/09/2026
My ★★★★ review of vholume (2026) on @infinitebacklog.net infinitebacklog.net/users/ejsponge6…
vholume cover art```
Vholume Review
Line Finding Bliss

Written by Ejsponge61 on 12 September 2026
Beaten on PC in 2 hours

Now that we're nearly 20 years out from the original Mirrors Edge, it's been great seeing the games it has gone onto inspire. I also love so much about that original game as well, from it's free running mechanics to it's still few-of-a-kind artsyle. But one aspect that could be expanded upon is it's sense of navigation. The title teaches you early on that red is the way forward, and seeking out red doors, pipes, and interactables is most of what you end up doing in the game. But what if color wasn't the only thing leading you forward? What if you had to read the environment more closely to figure out where to go? Well, this question is answered by this new title, vholume. 

Similar to Mirror's Edge, vholume is all about running along up walls, sliding under obstacles, and running as fast as possible. However, the moveset and general vibe of the free running is much more minimal, with only a crouch/slide and a jump at your disposal, with wall runs and climbs being purely contextual. There is no ziplining, no pipe climbing, and especially not combat of any kind. On top of that, the architecture is much more brutalist and geographically simple than the modern architecture of Mirror's Edge, which not only gives the game its' own hauntingly beautiful vibe, but makes navigation a bit easier.
```Since most surfaces house nothing but simple, single textures, there will never be a time where you mistake a realistic plant or window texture at a distance as a potential open pathway. Add to this the fact that the, or at least a, way forward is always subtly hinted at with intentionally placed lighting and pointed path placing, and it's hard to get lost for too long in this game. But what makes it so cool is that the game does let you get lost, and often rewards your wandering with unlockable B-side levels. The movement in the game is incredibly smooth, but if it was comprised of straightforward levels, I can see the simple mechanics quickly wearing thin. Having to parse where to go adds a lot more engagement to running around these gorgeous levels.

Last year, one of my favorite games was Metal Garden, a moody, atmospheric shooter that plays like Halo but feels similar to eurojank classics like You Are Empty. As I played volhume, I realized that it compares to Mirrors Edge in the same way Metal Garden compares to Halo. volhume and Metal Garden are both several hours shorter than their inspirations, and therefore never get close to overstaying their welcome. The hidden secrets of both games (and the speedrunning emphasis of volhume) makes revisiting each game worth while despite the brief time to beat. And both games take a more eerie, sometimes unsettling twist on the worlds of their inspirations, both to fantastic effect. In my mind, both games feel linked by their commonalities, but if you don't care much for shooting human tiger people with large swords, volhume stands on its own as a fantastic way to get your wall running fix as the publisher behind Mirrors Edge and Titanfall is consumed by Saudi Arabian blood money.The good  
- fluid movement  
- room to navigate on your own  
- hidden secrets  
- strange, unsettling vibe  

The bad  
- some of these textures are REALLY low res  

Vholume (2026)  
Platform: Windows PC  
Developers: Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre, Niels Tiercelin  
Publisher: IronEqual  
8 / 10  
GREAT
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 12/09/2026
My ★★★ review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (2009) on @infinitebacklog.net infinitebacklog.net/users/ejsponge6…
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 11/09/2026
Sophisticated Cate meme captioned "I should listen to Tori Kelly"
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 10/09/2026
Ravenous Samus quoting the post below
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 09/09/2026
Btw since Cairn is out on Switch 2 soon, ill point out that the shirt im wearing in the first pic is the one they let you make at the end of the game. You're specific route on the mountain and how long it took you to get there. Really cool keepsake for a really special game.
MT KAMI 19 DAYS - 14:34:59 9416
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 09/09/2026
Me:
Spongebob serving up smiles
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 08/09/2026
Update:
My ebay purchase confirmation of Rambo the Video Game on ps3 with the price blurred out because it was shamefully expensive despite being the cheapest listing I could find
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 08/09/2026
Times like this it feels like God has smiled upon me hyperspecifically because so few people get to hear their favorite writer talk about the best game made about thier favorite dead film franchise but I guess im just highly favored.
Ejsponge61

reviewed Terminator: Resistance Enhanced 5 stars

Completed

on PlayStation 5Terminator: Resistance Enhanced

12/12

707

No problemo

Acquire all the trophies.

100%

8/1/25 12:47 AMThis game, to my extreme delight and surprise, is so much more than another robo-shooter. In fact, it is a rare sci-fi RPG, one with a clear love and reverence for its world and characters. When this game was just a basic shooter with engaging RPG progression, I liked it fine. When its characters proved to be deeper than I suspected and its narrative more substantial than I assumed, I liked it even more. But once I saw the ending, its implications for the lore of the series, and how it's accomplished and enriched by the mechanics of the game, I knew I loved it. I might have to add this to my personal top 100 list because I am blindsided by how much I love this game. If not for the massive budgets of modern AAA games setting an impossible standard for polish, this game would be a breakout hit. But instead, ill settle for it being an excellent version of a game out of time. If it was 2009 right now, this would absolutely be my game of the year.
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 07/09/2026
Btw I haven't posted much about @dragoncon.org because ive been trying to actually be present and enjoy it but, as always, you can peep the ig story if you want more of these vibes: www.instagram.com/ejsponge61?s...
Me with someone complying the Nickelodeon footMe with folks cosplaying Patrick and SpongeBob Me with Jessie Faden ans Ahti cosplayersMe with a "The Juice is Loose" flag
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 03/09/2026
I knew I recognized that colorway from somewhere
Chroma Indigo Dualsense
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 02/09/2026
crazy I beat this many games in one month
August, 2026
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Resistance 2
Resistance 2
PlayStation 3
 9h 17m

Finished

21
Deadstorm Pirates
Deadstorm Pirates
PlayStation 3
Finished

Lifted
Lifted
Windows PC
 2h 37m

Finished

08
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus
Xbox Series X|S
 32h 4m

Finished

07
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
PlayStation 3
 11h 28m

Finished

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified
PlayStation Vita
 2h 30m

Finished

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Splatoon Raiders
Splatoon Raiders
Nintendo Switch 2
 14h 36m

Finished

Heavy Fire: Afghanistan
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan
PlayStation 3
 1h 34m

Finished
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 01/09/2026
Zoom in on the face of a jolly Italian man with a mustache on a green background
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 31/08/2026
My ★★★★½ review of The Odyssey (2026) on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/g7aMQb
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
We're now free from the barriers of the original thread. I have made a Mouseketool and have invited Clementine from The Walking Dead (Season 4) onto the island. The sobs she lets out as she stares at her gun are heavy with grief.
Clementine Mii dressed in a blue hoodie and baseball cap holding up a MouseketoolClem at a diner crying over her Mouseketool
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
This relationship eventually got to it's expected climax lmao. But what makes this hilarious is not only Marlon Craft singing at their wedding, but them having a Honeymoon in Hawaii when that's the place he proposed to her in real life lmao
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
poor girl is suffering 😭
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
Matilda Mii saying "I've never seen Huey wearing that kind of expression before... So neutral, and yet...infinitely wise."Huey Freeman Mii with a grumpy mouth expression but smiling eyes on a pink bubbly backgroundMatilda asking "These feelings for Huey... Could this be love?"
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
I'm a generational baddie fumbler in every universe apparently.
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
I didn't capture the moment they became friends but did capture this when they moved in together.
Doechii standing next to Bayonetta saying "Then we shall be henceforth known as Cunt Servers!"
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
My Mii saying "Hm... You know, getting a good look at you, Huey, you actually kind of look like Chris Dorner."Huey Freeman Mii saying "Really? No one's ever said that to me before..."Huey Freeman saying Mii "It might...actually be the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me!"
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
My SD card has arrived. I will now go back through this thread and add pictures. I will start with this callout the game opened with.
My Mii in an orange room saying "Oh, um, hello there. I'm Emmett."My Mii in an orange room saying "I'm an Easy-going Dreamer. I know I come across pretty laid-back. I just keep my anxiety bottled up, where it belongs."
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 30/08/2026
cousin earlier today: omg have you seen the @fdsignifier.bsky.social video about Tyler Perry?!?!? me after being a FD fan for several years and no one in my family caring to watch any his videos I recommend until now:
light yagami smirking subtly as his mortal enemy dies in his arms
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 29/08/2026
man
Final score 65 to 6, we lost but got a touchdown at least!
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 29/08/2026
Im only sharing this on here because no one in my family knows or cares what Bluesky is but my folks and I drove 2 hours to watch my lil cousin play college football and these niggas out here getting abused
A score board showing the home team (Shorter) with 45 points and the visitors (the team my cousin's on) with 0 points. Its only the 2nd quarter 😭
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 29/08/2026
New First Foray is up! I'm playing Yakuza: Dead Souls, the obscure zombie based Yakuza spin off that cost way too much physically, but is only $20 digitally. It took a WHILE to actually get to gameplay, but I enjoyed how strange it was. Maybe it'll be the first Yakuza I beat? Live on the channel!
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 28/08/2026
My ★★★★½ review of Coyote vs. Acme (2026) on @letterboxd.social boxd.it/g4pLIt
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 26/08/2026
I gave up on waiting for Play Asia to ship my Tomodachi Life pre-order so I picked up a copy from Woot during a sale a few days ago. I just ordered an SD card to get my screenshots off my Switch, but here's a hint at what ive been up to in my first few minutes.
Me and Bayonetta becoming friends
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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 25/08/2026
My ★★★ review of Resistance 2 (2008) on @infinitebacklog.net infinitebacklog.net/users/ejsponge6…
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