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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What you're telling me is RuneScape is every RuneScape except for RuneScape ?

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is how I learned there had been more than one RuneScape.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Since I'm very briefly in the end of this clip, I figure it's safe to mention that there is an interview with me as part of the Croc 2 behind the scenes content. It was awesome to be included and share my perspective on this era of video game history :)

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Sunlit @sunlitspace542.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Star Fox Next Gen Intro Stage preview! (Characters by Quickbutt, programming by @chuckborisnorris.bsky.social and me, music by @randomstunes.bsky.social, models by @euclidium.bsky.social, misc. graphics work by @segaretro92.bsky.social)

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also I suspect the Fichina battle theme (a level where you harvest green crystals) being called "The Brightest Stars" may be a Star Wars Rogue One Reference. "The strongest stars have hearts of Kyber"

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now that we have the full soundtrack for Star Fox 2026, I went through and pulled all of the new music (not directly from Star Fox 64) into its own playlist. I tried to arrange it in an overall nice listening order. There's some great stuff in there that music.nintendo.com/shared/en-US...

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Put on your conspiracy theory hats. We're talking about the weird new Katina multiplayer level in Star Fox 2026. youtu.be/rZw51s2xscw

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Katina's Redesign May be a Sign of Cut or Upcoming Content - Star Fox 2026

YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just wrote a 1,500 word script on this stupid level over the course of 20 minutes... So look forward to that :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is Music Man. He's doing the plot to Music Man. He googled ponzi scheme that works in Iowa and found a summary of the hit Broadway production Music Man. He just replaced the marching band with a steel mill.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Was delighted to contribute to this. I can also pretty much guarantee you I didn't write about any of the games you might expect me to write about ;)

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I found important Star Fox lore late last night so I'm resharing it now that people might be awake :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That was my initial thought but that only begs additional questions :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Why *not* set this in Area 6?" is what I meant to type. It already has assets that could be easily adapted for this game mode. They went out of their way to build an entirely new take on Katina. Weird.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also you can see the remnants of the Saucerer in the skybox below the map. Further confirmation that canonically the multiplayer takes place after the Lylat Wars are over.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm probably reading too much into it but how come the rest of the multiplayer stages predominantly make use of assets from their respective single player iterations but Katina is using entirely brand new assets? Why set this in Area 6. Why did you build these for this one stage?

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I made my facebook account from a Wii

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Nintendo World Report @nintendonwr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's almost a little sad to send the legendary Switch 1 version of Witcher 3 off into the sunset as the Switch 2 gets a dedicated version in Witcher 3 Remastered. @jtsknight92.bsky.social takes a look: youtu.be/Cez1Tn-w7w8

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Witcher 3 Remastered (Switch 2) Technical Review + Comparisons

YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I unfortunately don't have a setup that allows me to check for it in any objective way. And as far as I know there is no indication at the system level to see if it's engaged or not.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think the most impressive thing about Witcher 3 Remastered on Switch 2, is that it's actually targeting the same underlying pixel count as Witcher 3 on Switch 1 (720p). A really good example of how you treat your pixels being as important as how many you have.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I took a look at the Switch 2 version of Witcher 3. Shoutout to @jrudek.bsky.social for helping to round up footage heading into a very busy review week :P youtu.be/Cez1Tn-w7w8

youtu.be

Witcher 3 Remastered (Switch 2) Technical Review + Comparisons

YouTube video by Nintendo World Report TV

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Ben Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 27/09/2026

A lot of folks have very thoughtfully forwarded me a trailer for a "Wing Commander Remake". I am sorry to report that this is not genuine; it's a crypto bro who has found Howard Day's open source "Wingleader" assets and is vibe coding them to launder their reputation.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Might help to make sure you have the most zoomed out view. I don't remember if it defaults to it. Minus cycles through them.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Use your radar and your brakes. If you didn't fight them on Fichina then they'll still be susceptible to somersaults. Don't get too focused on any one of them. Keep your team alive. If you skip their cutscene Wolf flies in on a predictable course and you can get right in behind him ;)

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He doesn't seem to be enjoying it :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

mission based free roam, mix of combat and occasionally pulling crawlers off the ground before a legally distinct worm can eat them.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh hey, I backed the original GBA version of this definitely-not-Dune game years ago. It's a really cool game if you have exactly my taste in cool underpowered 3D. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The nearly complete unavalability of Sega console games past Genesis on modern platforms will never not be absolutely baffling to me.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Switch now has both Xevious 3D and the PC-8801 version of Silpheed. With their powers combined I feel like we could summon the Sega CD Version of Silpheed

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

for $5 heck yeah. Only real complaint is not enough track variety but I had a great time with it :)

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Was working on a project yesterday that's using about 30 different sources spanning five years of history. Cannot emphasize enough that the vast majority of these I was only able to find (or in some cases only able to even have access to) because of the VGHF Archive.

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Joe That's Me @stringpixel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The answer to these is usually no but it never hurts to ask: do I have any friends with any connections to the folks that run VGMDB, perchance?

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Justin D. Berube @jusdberube.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next Tuesday is the end. Play while you can!

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That poor bike lane sign was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A few folks have suggested that I might prefer Dietrich's storyline if I want to focus on the tactical combat elements of Fire Emblem. This is terrifying as that's already who I'm playing as :P Also the story itself is great once you trudge through free time.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fascinated by how this map for the Ocarina of Time remake represents the Gerudo Desert. A lot of little changes compared to the original.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On day one of free time, I looked at the recommended level for the next story mission and realized I was multiple levels above it. Within the first week I had run out of sidequests. I debated whether to just skip the rest but I figured surely there is a game design reason for this :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i get that they're going where the money seems to be but the money is stupid and has bad taste in game design :P

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I should make clear based on some of the responses here that I like Fire Emblem and have been playing them for as long as they've been available in my country. This is largely a complaint about how "free time" is implemented. Not support conversations or dungeons. :)

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

100%. My issue here is more with how much buffer there is around that core Fire Emblem experience and how aimless those relationship building moments feel. Previous games have worked so well because those relationships spawn directly from combat choices. Here it feels much more forced and grindy.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Feels like if Mario Kart was primarily a rogue like deck builder where you did races for just the big story moments. Metroid but you spend most of your time in a citybuilder. Witcher but Gwent is required.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave has a similar (though not as bad) issue to Three Houses. It spends an incredible amount of its runtime convinced that I don't want to play Fire Emblem. Why is the majority of this game something other than me moving little guys around a grid?

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is how I learned that you can have a navigation bar on your phone in 2026.

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John Rairdin NWR @jtsknight92.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Boy, the opening of Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave is VERY different than I was expecting (complimentary)

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