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Internet Famous Joe Martin

@joerocks1981.bsky.social
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I do art things sometimes, sometimes make games, sometimes have a beard, often wears this hat, and doesn't understand your modern trends of pop culture entertainment. Made a TTRPG! It lives here! Print: bit.ly/3YZPrAB PDFs: bit.ly/3YUQa5S

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Same energy;
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 9h
I did get the email that marvel unlimited is going through an app change and unlimited is being discontinued. Still, none of what Marvel is producing right now is worth the per issue price. Marked down trades, possibly.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fun fact. I have literally started this game and played it for five minutes, get hyped about its intro, and then abruptly stop and forget about it for years and have done so multiple times since the early 2000s. I should really, really, really play Policenauts all the way through sometime.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Update. I got this. And its incredible.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(I feel like I am leaving a lot off, but feel like this sufficiently covers it, save for me not mentioning a bunch of Contra, Castlevania, Mega Man, TMNT, or even any Mario games.)
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Top 9 games (in no order) without using a shady image generator. 1. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 2. Final Fantasy Tactics 3. Chrono Trigger 4. Final Fantasy VI 5. River City Ransom 6. Streets of Rage II 7. Street Fighter III: Third Strike 8. Nemesis (Gradius) 9. Super Metroid
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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JCP⭐Designs 👺 A Professional Who Gives A Shit @jcpxdesigns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Uh yeah it kind of does matter
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Id miss talking to you, man, but I can give you my info outside of here.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Man, I really want this.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I miss making shirts through teepublic and stuff, but the platform's return payout for what they make is so bonkers as shit, its not even worth making stuff on it or trying to promote. And thats before the rise of what i'm sure has becone an unchecked platform of theft and emergent GenAI trash.
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JCP⭐Designs 👺 A Professional Who Gives A Shit @jcpxdesigns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Between this and Elevator Action, that's it for the Es in my NES library! There are shockingly few NES games with titles that start with E, just three total in the US! (I'm missing Eliminator Boat Duel, and I doubt I'm going to bother to grab that). Onto the Fs!
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I loved the hell out of my controller keyboard.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've made this face at work when anybody at an executive level talks to me or makes jokes.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Its....more of a slog than I remember. And I want to love it. And am enjoying it based on certain aspects, but I agree wholeheartedly.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I started an MGAc!d playthrough based on you mentioning yours. Because I loved the first one and never got to 2, despite owning it for decades.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you. I was so excited about this until I saw how they did it.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Welp. Shit. *removes*
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Okay. I get it now. Yeah. Its zero risk, marginal effort game design on top of an existing idea. And I get why Nintendo would do that because its literally printing money for them just by releasing it. Starfox remake, felt that, too, but I also enjoyed it FWIW. I enjoy 64 with some QoL improvements.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I get everyone's concerns and feelings, naturally. I just dont think it looks as bad as some games that come out can.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Unwarranted counterpoint from someone who, yes, never played or got into the original Ocarina of Time. It looks alright to me? Probably not the game of the century everyone says OoT is, but, its made me actually wanna give it a shot this time. And I havent liked a Zelda since Link to the Past.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Been feeling the need to do some Tactical Espionage Action again soon. A friend on here was playing Metal Gear Ac!d, and it not only made me wanna revisit both of those especially, but just do a playthrough of all of it all over again.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I really am thrilled to be vetting playable Metroid-Power imbued Samus Adventures so soon.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thats how i originally found and followed Snatcher. And Pulseman. I bet I had seen this there as well and just glossed over it.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Its freaking awesome. I played it on stream a bit ago after discovering it and need to revisit it.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oof.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I did give TDA a try but it didnt sink. Maybe now is the time to retry.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I agree. I felt Eternal was the perfect execution of modern Doom, especially since i've tried playing 2016 a few times and get really bored, and have beaten Eternal a few times.
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tucker @tuckeryart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Friday Cartoon 😃
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm really amazed what they have done with SA-1 enhancement since they fixed how rough Gradius III was on SNES.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This reads as: There is literally no reason to support the Playstation brand with your money anymore.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I wish I had more people to socialize with about retro game, old tcgs, and art stuff in person. I'd also be fine if I was better at using discord for things.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Digital illustration of a small, disorganized phalanx of raccoons, different ages, sizes poses, but all gathered together in a throng of unknowable intent that extends into shrouding darkness in the distance. Every raccoon’s eyes are glowing and many are seen only as a pair of glowing eyes in the black. In the center of the frame is a large block of plain, white sans serif lettering reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ha, again.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ha!
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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 27/08/2026
Remember: If you buy GTA6, you support union busting and employers who actively go out of their way to hurt their employees. We need to normalize that it's not OK. Please don't buy it. Support indie games instead!
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Kategod 🐉🧿🦑𓅛🪬 @kategodart.northsky.social · 26/08/2026
we have thousands of potential dolly partons and tim curries already walking amongst us. most of them are begging for rent money or getting crushed at a shitty job
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yeah. I don’t wanna be disrespectful, but literally who asked for this?
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Disappointed after seeing a cute PC/console/handheld repair shop sim on Steam this morning that looked cute, until finding its apparently full of undisclosed garbage GenAI assets and suspicious data collection practices. Oh well. Guess I get to keep ten bucks.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wishlisted immediately.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I need to sticker up my Thor but im nervous as to what to put on it.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ive been wanting to pick ac!d back up and beat it. Its really good but I have never finished it.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I just read his followup to this on substack, and to be honest. Its not much better. ELLISON SPOKE HIS LAST WORDS ON EARTH TO THIS MAN AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP. And Ellison was notorious for his hotheadness and opinions about being properly compensated and the like. This is a dick move.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I missed the who this was about and later somehow discovered that it was JMS. Which is very, very, verily incredibly disappointing for a lot of reasons, especially with his close work together with Ellison on making Babylon 5. Im kind of devastated about how flippant and shitty this is.
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Ben Hanson @yozetty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Based on the attract screen, you won't see the name of this 90s arcade game coming...
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
One of the few good things in this world is that NISEI still exists, continues to be supported as a fan project, is awesome, is mostly free and easily accessible. I should honestly get back into playing it more, because its still truly the most incredible card game on the market of its kind.
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Internet Famous Joe Martin @joerocks1981.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is one of my longest hated examples of tell and not show that is abysmal in all its execution.
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Murdoink @murdoink.com · 06/08/2026
master shake goes on joe rogan
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