iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 28/09/2026

I did the #My9Games thing. My ninth pick might be an eyebrow raiser, but I genuinely cannot think of a time when I felt more connected to a gaming audience than that window when it felt like all of Xbox Live was playing 1v100. That was our Pokemon Go Summer moment.

the My 9 Games grid, mine containing Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, Journey, Red Dead Redemption, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Super Mario Odyssey, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, and 1 Vs. 100

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 10/09/2026

Sitting down to see Hope!

Photo of me in shorts and flip flops waiting for a movie to start at AMC

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 08/09/2026

I have horrible news: Hot Dog Man is a generic model used around the country. I know because I've had to experience him in Boonville, Indiana and in California as well.

A sun-damaged version of the hot dog applying ketchup to himself from OP

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 03/09/2026

For $30 you can AliExpress a knockoff GTA VI skin for your Dualsense that looks significantly better than these. In fact, the official Sony ones look like they're using a long-existing cheap faux-chrome part you've also been able to get for $5 for years.

An unlicensed Grand Theft Auto 6 controller with palm trees on the handles and a "VI: Vice City" on the touchpad.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 12/08/2026

Capitalism is working as intended.

A sealed Xbox One copy of Dark Souls Remastered that has been sent to VGGrader, received a 90, and locked in a plastic box. It is being sold for $124.99 at a local used media shop.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 03/08/2026

Excellent solder job, Sony, you've done it again. There is no war in Ba Sing Sae, and the PS5 has acceptable HDMI ports.

Gnarly cold solder joints and factory flux on a PS5 HDMI port

The data pins of a PS5 HDMI port showing two of them have cracked at the solder joint.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 01/08/2026

He's also a business owner who lives in a sales tax-free state that keeps launching new projects. He's created a perfect storm of excuses that would make ChatGPT a time-saver for research.

the "after all, why shouldn't I keep it" Bilbo Baggins scene but recaptioned to read "after all, why shouldn't I keep it? Journalists use it 'for research' all the time"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 27/07/2026

This has been stuck in my head since the second he dropped those spears through that damn hole.

a screenshot of the "it sounds like you're feeding rabbits to coyotes" tweet but edited to read "Melanthius told me Odysseus keeps using his weapons to kill suitors so I asked how many weapons he has and he said he just throws more weapons down the hole when needed so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding weapons to Odysseus and then Antonius started crying."

The tweet has also been altered to say it's posted in Aprilis of 1200 BC and the author is Telemachus, posting from @dakinginwaiting

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 27/07/2026

Antinous, walking around the palace the afternoon before throwing Argus outside:

screenshot of Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park standing beside a giant pile of dung with the subtitle "that is one big pile of shit"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 23/07/2026

It feels like I'm actively trying to keep away from the screen 🤣

Picture from the literal back row of an AMC theater

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 12/07/2026

If you thought Hamilton was cringe this might outright kill you stone dead. Close the data centers, don't forgive your family members who "just wanted to go watch something" and paid for Young Washington tickets.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 12/07/2026

Angel Studios is promoting Young Washington on Facebook with an AI generated video of an old George Washington rapping about the war and occasionally it cuts to clips of the actual movie.

screenshot of a Facebook Marketplace ad video where a shirtless AI George Washington is swinging an axe while lyric subtitles read "Chop Down Tyranny"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 07/07/2026

Believe it or not, this poor bastard still worked before I cleaned him out.

Photo of the bottom grate on an Xbox 360 Elite. Every single hole in the metal interior grate has dust in it.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 06/07/2026

About to try some peanuts [2016 Griffin McElroy voice] in the Japanese style.

Photo of a pack of air fried peanuts with "Japanese Style" on the top as if that's super frequently said

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 29/06/2026

I swear this is the ONLY evidence Mortal Engines existed. I never get recommended any other clips, I have seen nothing of it besides London devouring Bavaria for fuel.

Screenshot of the Universal Studios clip from Mortal Engines "the city of London devours Bavaria for fuel"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 25/06/2026

First up: I'm fixing video game controllers by mail! If you've got stick drift in your Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series, or Playstation 5/PS4 controllers, I absolutely can fix that so you keep that controller going for years instead of it ending up in a landfill.

photo of me precariously holding a soldering iron near a controller motherboard with a broken joystick. It's all on top of a notebook, an incredibly dangerous place to do such a soldering job.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 23/06/2026

Move over, baby shoes, there's a sadder shoe-based single sentence story.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 19/06/2026

It's not pretty, but I desoldered joysticks from a PS4 controller for the first time today and am incredibly excited for the repair possibilities this opens up.

A dualshock 4 motherboard lying on a blue silicone work surface. In front of it are detached joysticks that have been desoldered

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 18/06/2026

I have more than enough lube to go around.

A Walmart cart with 1,000 cotton swabs and a giant tube of white lithium grease

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 17/06/2026

Opening literally any social media space for trains during Big Boy's East Coast tour is so freaking boring.

the it's always sunny moment of Dennis saying "I've had enough of this dude" about a portrait but I've replaced it with a press photo of Big Boy 4014

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 17/06/2026

My new side gig of repairing old video game equipment is ensuring I look the sexiest I've ever looked while hunched over a PS2.

Photo of me staring into camera while wearing a magnifying visor that magnifies the size of my eyes similarly to Bubbles in Trailer Park Boys

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 14/06/2026

Doing the logical thing at an audio drama convention by repping @trangirlismo.bsky.social, because this shirt rocks and I can't thank @victoriascott.bsky.social enough.

Me popping a rock on hand sign, parting my button up to reveal a Tran Girlismo shirt

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 14/06/2026

Tal asked us to take pictures and I may not have a decent angle or composition but gosh darn it I have a camera and a dream. #tafcon

Tal Minear and an out of frame Anne Baird talking to a crowd at Tafcon

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 14/06/2026

Who needs coffee when you have something better (Californian apple juice you associate with NYC cus you've only ever seen it there until today).

A bottle of Martinelli's apple juice framed with an iced coffee in the background, as if forgotten

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 01/06/2026

Obsession (2026, dir. Curry Barker)

screenshot from the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode where Mac and Dennis live in the suburbs together. Mac is revealing the hunks of meat in Dennis' mac and cheese is the dead dog

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 31/05/2026

It took 35 years but I finally encountered a universal remote that doesn't suck.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 28/05/2026

I try to not tell people how to feel about things but you really should love yourself more than using a $6.08 AliExpress knockoff vibrator.

screenshot of AliExpress products. In between two Nintendo Switch periphrials is an AI generated anime woman holding a "facial vibrator" to her fact, except it's clearly a knockoff WeVibe

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 27/05/2026

I have recut my review so that any time I used footage from Pressure it's just this two second clip. If I have my way, this movie's only lasting legacy will be "why is it horseshit?"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 26/05/2026

Some people are unprepared for the political complexity of Star Wars, the franchise for children based on serials about how Nazis are evil.

This scene really put into perspective that storm troopers were people as well..many who served against their will but always fought for their comrades. Edit: it's been made very clear to me that the stormtrooper corps was an all volunteer outfit. My bad. The dozens that continue to comment angrily on how wrong I am can now settle down lol. I was made aware by the third response on this post..thank you for the zealous, sometimes angry, but for the most part helpful and lore focused comments. Rebel scum

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 23/05/2026

You can tell I had a lot to mentally chew on by how I kept stopping the camera to regroup thoughts and start over.

screenshot showing six clips filmed in the same parking lot the same night

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 20/05/2026

Tfw you just rounded the horn and realized you left the stove on back in Nantucket.

Photo of a sailing ship in choppy seas. In the sky behind it is a grizzled captain smoking a pipe. He's meant to look pensive but he kinda looks like he just realized something bad

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 15/05/2026

Remember that time Disney soft rebooted The Love Bug and the villain made an evil Nazi Herbie ("Horace the Hate Bug") that shot lasers at Bruce Campbell?

photo of Horace the hate bug from the 1997 soft reboot of The Love Bug. It's a black VW bug with spikes coming out of the front wheels and the headlights painted to look like half-closed, disinterested eyes.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 14/05/2026

Incredible snoot work

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 14/05/2026

This evil wizard movie from 2008 is off to an EXCELLENT start

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 13/05/2026

Folks, I found the holy grail. Someone in my city is selling a cherry condition Toyota Yes

screenshot of a Facebook Marketplace listing of a Toyota car but it's listed for $3,500 and the title is just the word "yes"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 11/05/2026

Do we think the 0 and 2 pain scale faces have explored each other's bodies?

Photo of the first and second faces on a pain scale chart. Face 0 is neutral/happy. Face 2 looks tired

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 10/05/2026

Finney's take on Poiriot in Murder on the Orient Express will forever be lodged in my brain. I even whipped up a comparison of the two least-Belgian takes on Poirot to show how magnetic Finney's version is. DWINDLING.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 09/05/2026

The winning movie is DARKNESS REIGNS. I'm in for something special.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 07/05/2026

This is the worst Amtrak livery since 2009 when Disney ran a special promotional Amtrak tour to promote A Christmas Carol.

Photo of an Amtrak locomotive in 2009 with a giant vinyl sticker down the side promoting Disney's A Christmas Carol, with the frightening visage of CGI Jim Carrey Scrooge grinning at the camera.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 07/05/2026

Also it should be known, @cdiganon.bsky.social's running bit of commenting how many times I've said "ghost" and "train" in each video has convinced YouTube's generative AI assistant that I have an army of fans who demand ghosts and trains. It's telling me to make a train video next to appease them.

screenshot of an AI chat in which YouTube's assistant notes "The train gap: As your fans pointed out, you haven't mentioned "trains" in a while. Maybe a future haunted train movie could bridge the gap?"

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 29/04/2026

Y'all aren't ready for the thing my next in-depth video will cover. www.patreon.com/posts/my-nex...

A low-rez screencap of two dudes in a rural Illinois forest, filmed with cheap early 2000s digital cameras and wearing generic mismatching paintbal masks.

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 28/04/2026

I have yet to click on a YouTube video with this icon in the thumbnail and thought "that was worth my time."

A rounded black rectangle that reads "HD" in shiny gold metallic font in the middle

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Gavin G Whiz @loveatra.in · 25/04/2026

Last night was the first time in years I saw a vehicle I drive in a position and lighting that felt like it needed a picture.

A grainy nighttime photo of a white 2004 Buick LeSabre underneath a light pole in an empty parking lot, the light causing a huge flare

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