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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 3h

I've only got Sunday, but I'm at NYCC.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They played the trailer twice when I went to see Brave.

The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Freakazoid was right, they really did get a memo.

November 27, 1995

Dear Tom and the FREAKAZOID Gang --

I'm real proud of the chances you guys are taking in the stories and situations of FREAKAZOID. Congratulations, it is my favorite show on television (well...a tie with ER anyway)!

Keep having funny thoughts.

All my best,

Steven

CC:
Jean MacCurdy
Paul Rugg
John McCann
Mitch Schauer
Paul Dini
Alan Burnett
Haven Alexander
Ronnie Del Carmen
Jack Heiter
Scott Jeralds
Eric Dadomski
Dan Riba

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I didn't know Japan had a cuter Lara like how they also had a cuter Crash.

Japanese cover of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not to mock Crash Bandicoot on his anniversary, but I find it very funny that this includes basically everything released in the modern era EXCEPT Crash Team Rumble. Couldn't even give that one away...

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don't have anything new drawn for Crash Bandicoot's 30th anniversary so... I drew this ten years ago, just pretend it says "30th" on the cake.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I thought he was going to be ballooning around like Karnov.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ever since Crash 4 came out, I've stopped getting excited whenever the Crash Bandicoot social media pages start getting active again. I worry. It's nice that the Crash 4 designs aren't completely dominating this image, but...please don't massacre my boy for a third game in a row.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They couldn't even get the colors right.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And he looks like Timmy's dead gerbil.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🎶One of these things is not like the others 🎶One of these things doesn't belong

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Looking closer at it, I actually wonder if they used the 90's ReSaurus action figure as their point of reference for Crash.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fuck it, actually, I'm including Pakistani McDonald's Crash in this assessment too, the Fortnite one is still worse.

Hilariously off-model Crash and Cortex in a Pakistani McDonald's commercial.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think somebody needs to make a style guide for Crash Bandicoot as a franchise, and I don't want that somebody to be me, because obviously I don't work for Activision. I don't know how we go from Crash 4 concept art like this to this monstrosity being his Fortnite representation.

Crash Bandicoot concept art by James Loy Martin.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is the worst Crash Bandicoot has *ever* looked. I'm including Wrath of Cortex and Crash of the Titans/Mind Over Mutant in that assessment.

Hideous human-proportioned "It's About Time" Crash Bandicoot from Fortnite

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If they needed to have Crash stretched out to human proportions, there were two perfectly viable ways to do that.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Forgot to post here, I went to Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, and got to see my friend @seth.games again! Also bought some goodies.

Pins of a Pipo Monkey, Crash Bandicoot, Sir Daniel Fortesque and Gex

A canvas depicting the desert from the end credits of The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, with a magnetic pin of Captain Lou Albano as Mario stumbling after doing The Mario

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I had to pause #ArtFight for a few days because I was on vacation, but I'm back for the last day with attack number nine, for Misheb, who's not on here as far as I know but I had to get revenge on!

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Here's this year's birthday haul

Inferno album by Boards of Canada
Persona 3 Reload
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Splatoon Raiders
Lupin the Third: Thick as Thieves Manga
Tree patterned pencils

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I just noticed I forgot to add the doubled thickness to the outermost lines like I do on everything else, so REUPLOAD.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#ArtFight attack number seven for SirBoneChevalier, as well as my first revenge.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Damn, Daffy Duck with the Pink Jacket Lupin fit.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My fourth #ArtFight attack, this one's for @drememoto.com. This one was fun to draw!

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My first #ArtFight attack ever is done, and my chosen target was @vgfmak.bsky.social!

Rachel and Hedy, two lifeguards, happily sprint across the beach.
A crab just got out of their way.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The funny thing is Flashgitz already took aim in that direction when promoting Space King. The difference is they also made fun of themselves as part of the joke.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Today is the only day you can repost this.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Google AI still thinks this Crash Bandicoot myth is true.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The correct answer is... cock and balls.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Baby foxes outside my workplace!

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Lore-accurate Jigen relationships.

Daisuke Jigen in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. His relationships list Lupin as his best friend, Goemon as a friend and he's not getting along with Fujiko.

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

So Capcom's solution to Alex's incest problem was to make his mother and his wife's father...more distantly related than cousins. "Let's make it less incestuous...but still, you know, at least a *little* bit incestuous."

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This one was hard. I'm generally an anime philistine. Also I had to bust out Photoshop because apparently MyAnimeList is stupid and doesn't consider Scott Pilgrim Takes Off an anime even though it objectively is one.

Favorite Anime: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Best Story: Paranoia Agent
Favorite Art Style: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Biggest Personal Impact: Naruto
Best Fight Scenes: Black Lagoon
Overhated: Super Milk Chan
Underrated: Cat's Eye
Underhated: Sword Art Online
Has Aged Well: Cowboy Bebop
Criminally Overlooked: Cromartie High School
Favorite Protagonist: Lupin the Third
Favorite Antagonist: Monster
Best Soundtrack: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Best Show Set In A High School: Azumanga Daioh
Guilty Pleasure: Ghost Stories

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Fretless @fretless.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I wonder if the Ronald Reagan Little Golden Book talks about him ignoring the AIDS crisis. ...Nah, it probably talks about how he was in a movie with a chimp.

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