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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bought this album last year. Bought the full catalog of three new (to me) bands within the next month or so.

Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In which I promote the world’s greatest amusement park, #CedarPoint, while lamenting its loss of arcade and giant pinball machines.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In which I reveal which S-tier Disney characters would need to be included for me to play #KingomHearts.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This is the how I tend to spend my birthdays, too…albeit with my Switch 2 in hand.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I always feel like listening to '80s era Journey when playing/reviewing a game from Flynn's Arcade. But then I remember that Jonathan Cain is a dipshit, and I suddenly don't want to listen to Journey anymore.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Looked across the ice and realized how many of his American teammates are MAGA.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In which I reveal my new favorite way of disposing of bodies. In video games. It’s important to make that distinction.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I rarely am Team USA anyway, but this #USAHockey gold could not have come at a worse time. It just feels…gross.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

There's nothing like the fear of a Jeff Bezos ownership to ruin a perfectly good #Seahawks Super Bowl victory. You couldn't get me two weeks of happiness, Jody?

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

A little late going up, but it took us this long to settle down.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Echoing the sentiment that the UI in Mac OS Tahoe is horrid across the board. I mean, every single app is muddled mess that interferes with my ability to use it. But I appreciate that. I like when things get so bad that it's easier to quit them. You know...like "The Office."

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I didn’t put together a list of the 10 best Baltimore albums of the year. Were I to, I guess this would be #1? Anyway it’s #2 on my city non-specific best albums of the year.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I don’t have a rainbow cardigan, but can still identify.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

#Nintendo outdid themselves with their 2025 wrap up. But I don’t think it’s designed for reviewers. That was a LOT to get through.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Will be hard to top their 2025, but I believe they can do it.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

My son and I were unable to get through season one, but we're willing to give season two a try. Our hope is for more Russells, fewer...well, insufferables. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYe...

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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — Season 2 Date Announcement | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This surfaced from my mailbox on Godzilla Day. Is Shin Godzilla a top 5 entry? Maybe. It goes... 1. Godzilla Minus One 2. GMK 3. Mothra vs. Godzilla 4. Invasion of the Astro Monster ...then you've got about six movies battling for that #5 spot.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In which I implore the hipsters and youth to stop referring to records as "vinyls." Are you calling your books "papers" now, too? Your Switch 2 physical releases "denatonium benzoate-coated plastics?"

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Counterpoint: #TronAres was not that bad, but the Nine Inch Nails soundtrack was. Bombastic and invasive, it didn’t enhance the action, it overpowered it.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Can we ban betting app ads? I’m not opposed to betting, I just think the commercials all suck.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hey, @bigstirrecords.bsky.social, make sure the guys in Splitsville know that Naoko and Atsuko recognized their logo on my shirt at the #ShonenKnife concert in Cleveland on Thursday, and we talked a bit about their '97 Irving Plaza show in NYC. The best opening/main act pairing I've ever seen.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

In answer to your questions, yes, it features my favorite #Switch2 game so far, Kunitsu-Gami, and yes, it features the Switch 2 game I'm most looking forward to (this year), Full Metal Schoolgirl.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

My announcement of the day from yesterday’s #NintendoDirect. Unlike nearly every other game out there (besides Pikmin), Fatal Frame has no equivalent. That makes the gap between releases seem like forever.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

In which I suggest a timely and enticing new tagline for #EASports.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Finally corrected an embarrassing gap in my LP collection.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

In which I reveal how #Nintendo made me mad last week and which upcoming indie sequel stepped in to save the day.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

8, because I prefer window and because the Young Bucks are li’l fellas, comparatively speaking.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

My favorite song off what may be my favorite album of the year…and I’d never even been to Hutzlers!

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

In which my repressed memories of #DonkeyKong for the #Intellivision painfully resurface.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I hold a #Godzilla movie marathon about every other year, so I can opine with some authority that this is one of the five best Godzilla movies ever made. See it in August to determine whether you agree. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNox...

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SHIN GODZILLA 4K Official Trailer

YouTube video by GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Can confirm that @spikechunsoftinc.bsky.social nailed it again. It was my first time reading The Somnium Files, and judging by my love for No Sleep for Kaname Date, I've got some catching up to do.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t know if I ever laughed as hard at a movie as I did during this scene.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Give it a listen, everyone, and know if you dig it, the album gets even better.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

No no no no. Thank YOU, @bigstirrecords.bsky.social! Splitsville has returned with what could be my favorite album of 2025. Power pop is alive and well…and not going to Hutzlers, I’ve learned.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

In which I liken Biker Waluigi to the sadly missed lead singer of a somewhat related British hard rock band.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

You can't understand the joy this brings me. You just can't possibly understand.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just put in an offer on a condo here…

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Looking forward to putting this one on my Christmas wish list.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

In which I learn they don’t play cornhole in Australia.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The character names alone are worth a double dip.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

In which I gush further over The Hundred Line from @marveloususa.bsky.social and pine harder for the #FireEmblem games of yore.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

In which I explain why some people are totally justified in their complaints about price, while others just need to shut up. I’m on the shut up side. You?

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I preferred OK Go when they were a pop/rock band, not an advertising agency, but I'm happy to say their new album is easily their best since "Oh No." And their videos are as good as ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz9B...

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OK Go - Love (Official Video)

YouTube video by OK Go

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Honestly, the Negative Nancys can get bent. I'm still excited about the Switch 2, and this was a fun discussion on what it's bringing our way. Next week, we talk price. And spoiler alert? I'll still be excited.

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Kirk Hiner @khiner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I don't recall the original Xenoblade Chronicles X so accurately depicting the working conditions at @purenintendo.bsky.social.

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