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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 31/08/2026

Over 1000 arcade sticks have been recalled due to possible contamination with octogates.

H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 25/06/2026

About to turn TikTok into my main video platform since YouTube absolutely despises putting my videos in front of people's eyes.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 26/08/2025

when you're mean to me, this is who you're being mean to

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 26/08/2025

amazing things happening at WCW Great American Bash 1996

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 12/07/2025

The Sessler Index sounds fun. I threw this together before I went to bed last night. It's far from perfect and will need a lot of feedback though.

THE SESSLER INDEX: The Sessler Index is rating scale used to judge the xenophobia of a person towards Japanese media (particularly anime and Japanese video games). It is named after former TechTV and G4 personality, Adam Sessler, who is notorious for his open disdain towards Japanese games not only in his time as a co-host of game review show X-Play, but in more recent times on social media as well.

Level 9: Just a straight-up open racist and generally bad person who wouldn't be caught dead with any media made in Japan, even if it's heavily western-inspired. Bring up anime around them, and they turn into a walking World War II propaganda cartoon.

Level 8: Overwhelming xenophobia. They wouldn't watch any anime at all, except maybe ones with western-passing art, but even that's not a guarantee. Same goes for Japanese games. Slurs might be on the tip of their tongue when they see anime, but they don't commit to saying it out loud.

Level 7: Very heavy xenophobia. At most, they might tolerate anime considered to be “classics,” but even then they'd prefer to watch something else. They might consider playing a Japanese game, but still turn in disgust if it has an anime art style, regardless of what its gameplay is.

Level 6: Heavy xenophobia. They're open to watching Studio Ghibli movies, but they otherwise look upon the vast majority of anime with disdain, assuming all of it is “fanservice.” The only Japanese games they play are Nintendo properties (except Xenoblade), and they have a very obnoxious and performative hate of JRPGs, especially ones they haven't played.

Level 5: Moderate-heavy xenophobia. High enough to be obvious to others, but low enough to pretend they're not xenophobic. They'll watch anime considered to be “classics,” but going a single step beyond that is out of the question. They pretend to enjoy Japanese games, but really only play the most westernized franchises and won't give a chance to anything else. They want every JRPG to be Final Fantasy because that's the only one they can stomach.

Level 4: Moderate xenophobia. They'll watch specific accessible anime, but still assume the worst from anything slightly obscure or “weird”-looking. They'll play certain Japanese games without much complaint, but only if they keep their “Japaneseness” to a controlled minimum. Probably a middle-aged man who's been left behind by the evolving space or could never get deep into the hobby in the first place.

Level 3: Light-moderate xenophobia. They watch a fair amount of current day anime, but they hold deep reluctance towards anything that seems too “out there,” which, in their eyes, is most things. Same applies to Japanese video games. They can get over some of their hesitation with the right pitch, but it'll be an uphill climb and its effect is limited.

Level 2: Light and probably unwitting xenophobia. They enjoy and readily view any popular and trending anime and older classics, but anything more niche will take some convincing. They don't necessarily shy away from Japanese games either, but just like their taste with anime, obscurity is initially off-putting because of preconceptions.

Level 1: No notably strange behavior at the recommendation or presence of anime and Japanese video games. They hold no instinctive negative assumptions towards Japanese media.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 04/06/2025

Scored pretty big on Maze of the Master.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 25/05/2025

Contorso has been my go-to ever since I got it, and with 100% crit and a MACHINE GUN VERSO build, he fucking melts everything. And this is still FAR from optimal.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 17/05/2025

for the sick freaks who like seeing a MACHINE GUN VERSO build. nowhere close to optimal or anything, just liked how many rounds i shot off.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 02/05/2025

I actually feel this. lmao It's weird how common this is.

YouTube comment on my video saying "Oh thank god, a lot of times I click gaming channels with lower subscribers on interesting topics and they turn out to be.... British"

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 06/04/2025

Got one of the rarest achievements in Voids Vigil (not that it's particularly hard, it's just that the game has a fuck ton of achievements).

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 28/03/2025

my fellow ruffians, we got foils from the elite spark set. #FUWAMOCO #FWMCpix

fuwamoco plushies with hololive ocg cards on them

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 28/03/2025

Been killing it in Voids Vigil. I like Boneraiser Minions, but I can barely put down Voids. It's got its hooks in me.

Rogue Convergence. Errant Knight. Elementless (6). 214,368. 8th Place Online High Score.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 02/03/2025

John Cena is going to be a one-man Chernobyl.

A post from me on Twitter: "Years ago, my friends and I made our own fantasy promotion, I came up with a wrestler whose gimmick was a popular face who never missed meeting with a Make-a-Wish kid, but it's because he was secretly sucking out their cancer to give it to his enemies in matches via poison mist."

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 26/02/2025

I think more people should talk about how Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished for the Famicom has the best cover art ever.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 13/02/2025

Look at this big ol sumbitch I got there. Provolone and jalapenos. Onion rings and a highball, as God intended for a true American cheesesteak meal. 😤

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 13/02/2025

Fuck, I just realized, that Philly cheesesteak place I went to in Tokyo must've popped the fuck off during the Super Bowl. Yes, this is a Japanese restaurant.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 13/02/2025

Visited r/selfpublish for the first time ever and got greeted with some good stuff.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 18/12/2024

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 17/12/2024

Game wants me to be a Celebi player, I guess. (I got 2 normal art Celebi EXes, the second was in the same pack as the Gyarados.)

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 14/12/2024

This month's magazine from VGHF. "Sneak Peek: Nintendo's CD-ROM" Yeah, I'm sure.

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 05/12/2024

youtube really will recommend anything. no thanks. 🥱

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H.F.S. Matt 👹 @mildconviction.com · 19/11/2024

I almost avoided going to a temple on this trip, because they'd all be crammed with tourists trying to snap a pic and leave. But Zojo-ji is beautiful and entrancing. I've been here for an hour, just quietly taking it all in.