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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Nothing says “Fuck Monday” like checking the weather for a balmy 12* start to my day. 20* below freezing is too damn cold!

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Nothing says like “Thanksgiving,” like getting stuck as free tech support for extended family.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Finishing off the Tigers Home-season in style.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Alright Tigers, let’s do this!!

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Been playing Destiny Rising for the last week. Holy crap that game has got me by the short hairs. It is far better than it has any right to be. Good thing Borderlands 4 is coming out next week to snap me out of it!

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We just dropped The Boy off at middle school for the first time. So many mixed feelings, but ultimately so proud of the little man he’s becoming. 🥹

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

My favorite gaming choice in recent memory was naming my character “Fucker” in Pokemon Arceus. It’s legitimately the gift that keeps on giving. Chuckle after chuckle, it never gets old. 🤣 …and yes, I am 10 years old. #DontTellMyWife

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

It looks like I should be able to secure a Switch 2 tonight!! (Apparently the Best buy I’m at got 110 extra consoles, above the preorder allotment)

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Makes me wish I had @pressthebuttons.bsky.social to talk to about all these shenanigans. 😢

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Waiting in line to get my hands on the Switch 2 at midnight. Hopefully I have better luck than the PS5 launch! 😬

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Playing Doom: The Dark Ages makes me feel like I’m orchestrating a bloody symphony of chaos and malice. These are the kinds of games that make me miss writing, reviewing, and podcasting.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

You ever have that moment, the one right before the walls start closing in, where you suddenly grasp just how immeasurably fucked you are? Yeah… me neither. 😬

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Random workplace observation: If you ever receive a slack message containing bulletpoints in it, you’re in for a long day.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Time for another season of baseball in Motown #GoTigers

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Fuck April Fools’ Day

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Current Project: RetroDeck on my Steam Deck has completely changed the way I look at mobile emulation. It’s mind-boggling to be able to play literally every platform that has existed, up through PS3. (Note: These are just the platforms I’m using. So many others are supported 😁)

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I just unlocked a new achievement in Mercinaries 2 for 360. The last time I unlocked an achievement in this particular game? 2009 😳

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I know I used to bitch about this on the podcast, but seriously, trying to keep Diablo IV updated on a Steamdeck is a fool’s task. Every session I’ve played in the last year featured a hourlong, mandatory update preamble. Yeah, it’s kinda the worst. 🤬

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This weekend The Boy finally got to try Goldeneye on original N64 hardware. It was a religious experience for him. 🤣

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It’s still boggling my mind that the Lions lost last night. …so @tigers.bsky.social … when do Pitchers and Catchers report to Lakeland? #LongWaitBegins

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Been going through the process of re-downloading all of my Xbox 360 and Games with Gold content to the console. Holy shit is this process unwieldy. It will legitimately take me weeks to download everything at this pace.

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stan marsh from south park is holding a cup and saying wow that sucks dude

ALT: stan marsh from south park is holding a cup and saying wow that sucks dude

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Looks like it’s high time to upgrade the Hard Drive on my old Xbox 360 Elite. Should be an interesting experiment…

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Just finished up @jasonschreier.bsky.social’s new book, Play Nice. It was an excellent read and did a fantastic job of encapsulating the entirity of Blizzard’s history in an approachable way. Well worth your time to check out, especially if you’re a gaming industry history nerd like myself.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Had to find one of my shitty old routers, so I could get my PSP online. Damn these new security protocols, killing my old technology. Thank the good lord I’m a technology packrat. #OldTechFTW

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Matthew Green @pressthebuttons.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

I know I should wish for cures to my illnesses, or unlimited wealth, or something else life-changing, but right now at this moment, all I really want is for this bag of gingersnap cookies to be bottomless.

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Blake Grundman @grundytheman.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

I love that in the year of our lord, 2024, I purchased a brand new WiiU game on Amazon. #TimeMachine

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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 04/05/2024

Want a great #StarWars book to add to your collection❓ "X-Wings, Lightsabers, and Scorpion Vader" from @cbake76.bsky.social is a 300+ page celebration of 40 years of Star Wars #VideoGames. 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/x-wings... #MayThe4th #Maythe4thBeWithYou

The image is a book cover for "X-Wings, Lightsabers, and Scorpion Vader: Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars Video Games" authored by Chris Baker. The cover features a stylized illustration that creatively combines elements of the Star Wars universe. Darth Vader's iconic helmet is shown with a Scorpion-like tail and appendages, set against a backdrop of space with the Death Star and X-Wing fighters visible in the distance.

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Matthew Green @pressthebuttons.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

My pal @grundytheman.bsky.social has never played the actual VB console before, just emulation. When he visits next week, we're going to hook mine up so he can finally try it. I'm excited for him. Married with 2 kids and hasn't played proper VB yet. Is that really an accomplished life?

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Matthew Green @pressthebuttons.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Lost Satellaview F-Zero Tracks Return www.pressthebuttons.com/2024/02/lost... Fans recreated lost Japan-only tracks into SNES F-Zero and now you can play them. Ten tracks, four cars, other new features!

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Lost Satellaview <i>F-Zero</i> Tracks Return

It's time for a brief history lesson. Back in 1994, Nintendo began creating video gaming content for the BS-X Satellaview satellite modem add-on for the Super Famicom. This device connected to the con...

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Matthew Green @pressthebuttons.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Power Button - Episode 373: At Long Last Spider-Man In 2019 we said we would finish our discussion on Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4 once @grundytheman.bsky.social finished the game. Well, he finally did last week, so it's time to wrap up the topic. Also, we get into Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2.

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Power Button - Episode 373: At Long Last Spider-Man

Way back in 2019, Blake Grundman started playing Marvel's Spider-Man for the Sony PlayStation 4 and couldn't wait to finish it. We said we would revisit the topic once he had, and he finally just comp...

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