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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I once saw someone get a site-wide reddit ban simply for posting this title because the mods assumed they were doxxing someone.

Poster for Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And now I regret not getting Metroid Dread physically when I had the chance

Two Metroid Dread listings on US eBay, one is $181.34 with $8.33 delivery feee, the other is $124.97 with $5.00 delivery fee

This is due to physical copies of the game being out of print and demand rising because of the announcement of Metroid Ravenous

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

9 games that shaped who I am. Not necessarily my favorites (though my all-time favorite is here), but games that changed the course of my life or altered my brain chemistry in a significant way. It was hard to narrow it down to just nine.

Donkey Kong Country
Star Fox 64
Super Metroid
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Parappa the Rapper
The Sims 2
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Super Mario 64

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It had been quite a while so I actually did consult a map I found on GameFAQs...

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've seen a lot of embarrassing headlines but this one from 2013 definitely made the list

Brains over brawn: Why smart people are drawn to 'BioShock Infinite'

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How it feels to be a Metroid, Star Fox, and Donkey Kong fan in 2026

YouTube video by Matt Stonie "Largest Plate of Thanksgiving Food Ever"

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Three theater watches this week (actually four, I watched Tony right before Oak Street as a double feature) as well as Rocky Horror as a tribute to Tim Curry. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

The End of Oak Street: 3 stars
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: 4.5 stars
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 4 stars
Coyote vs. Acme: 4 stars

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I don't understand, for all their attempts to be comic accurate now, why Marvel movies still look so murky when you compare them to how vibrant and colorful the 1960s Jack Kirby art was.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I did not care for Oldboy (2003)

Family Guy "I did not care for The Godfather" scene

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Every time I think of Heavy Rain, I think of this excerpt from IGN's review of it and I laugh. People were so desperate to make this game sound smarter than it was.

Excerpt from IGN's Heavy Rain review:

"Now, as I mentioned, the controls do a great job of allowing the story to shine through, and what a story it is. Each of the four, main playable characters is interesting, developed well and important to the story. The way that everything comes together and winds up feeding into the story progression is nothing short of fantastic. Games have come pretty far in terms of how well stories are told and the level of writing quality that some of them are able to achieve, but Heavy Rain is easily amongst the best that's ever been put onto a disc. Were this filmed as a Hollywood picture, it would perfectly fit the body of work of someone like Martin Scorsese or David Fincher."

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My copy of Star Fox was delayed to next week so now I have to dodge spoilers for two games at once

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I'm starting to genuinely love this Fox design.

Fox McCloud in Star Fox (2026), looking kind of smug

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

It's 1998, I am playing Star Fox 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It's 2011, I am playing Star Fox 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It's 2026, I am playing Star Fox 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Been playing Donkey Kong 64. I still like this game.

Donkey Kong 64 screenshot. Donkey Kong stands in a dark cave with two bats flying over him.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This video had a terrible premise to begin with but now it definitively has zero reason to exist.

YouTube video called "Why Does Nintendo Want Us All To Forget About Donkey Kong 64?"

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Shout-out to the first panel of the first issue of Absolute Batman including an incredibly cute bat illustration.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This series had a profound impact on me. #StarFox

First panel says "Me in 1997", showing a boy standing at a counter and saying "Hi, one copy of Star Fox 64, please"

Second panel says "Me in 2026", showing the boy has now become an anthropomorphic bat furry, saying at a counter, "Hi, one copy of Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2, please"

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

To date, I don't think any commercial has ever made me laugh as hard as this one did the first time I saw it.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

For reference, here is the line-up I dealt with for the past week that prompted this (Milk & Serial was pretty good at least)

Shelby Oaks
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Hardcore Henry
Milk & Serial
Resident Evil (2002)

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's more socially acceptable to be a furry now than it has ever been before. Nintendo needs to capitalize on this.

Star Fox team art from Star Fox 64 3D - from left to right: Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Finding out the movie you just watched that you found pretty bad is considered the best of its six-film series

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I love that this is a real screenshot from a game developed and published by Nintendo.

A screenshot from Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club; a bartender named Mama Shoko says "Cops are real pieces of shit."

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Brought out the two Star Fox amiibo I own for no particular reason and Why are they dabbing

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"omg why do I find Fox McCloud hot?" Me:

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Been a while since I completed a Lego set. What's up, Doc?

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I said years ago that if I had absolutely zero respect for my body I would get a tattoo of the ending screen from the NES version of Ghosts 'n Goblins on my back

THIS ROOM IS AN ILLUSION AND IS A TRAP DEVISUT BY SATAN.
GO AHEAD DAUNTLESSLY! MAKE RAPID PROGRES!

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

NO EMILY DON'T POST A COPYPASTA YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER SEEN THE ORIGINAL BEFORE MAD AT YOU IN THE REPLIES EMILYYYY

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Finally got around to making this: 10 games to get to know me

Joe the Bat surrounded by games: Super Metroid, SSX 3, Parappa the Rapper, Star Fox 64, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Bloodborne, Banjo-Kazooie, Super Mario World, Sonic Adventure 2, Katamari Damacy

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Not even 10 seconds later, this happened. Thanks, Myles. Never would have thought to check out the only thing around.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Riveting gameplay. Definitely worth the 8 and a half year wait.

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Saw people complaining that staying in a movie theater for four and a half hours to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is way too long. Me, who used to work at a movie theater and spent 8 to 12 hours in one every single day:

Ethan from Heavy Rain with an expression on his face that could mean literally anything

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Finally, after 8 and a half years, it's here. We made it. #metroid

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

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Joe 🦇 @joethebat.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Impressive argument. Unfortunately, I have depicted you as the Angry Video Game Critic and me as Bearded James Rolfe.

The Nostalgia Critic in his Angry Video Game Nerd parody persona, screaming and holding a game controller

James Rolfe with a beard, smiling, and holding three copies of the AVGN video game.

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