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SML Cody's Gaming Reaction

Just showed my kids The Sixth Sense. It’s actually the first time I’ve watched it since Mark Macdonald and I were sitting with @shanewatch.bsky.social at EGM in 2000 or so, and saying we wanted to see it and Shane says “Ah, yeah, I knew Bruce was dead the entire time.” We were like…

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ALT: SML Cody's Gaming Reaction

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I don’t know how Amazon Music’s app could be any worse. Under ‘artist’ it just piles every song you have into one long ass list. I guess if I sort by album it’d be different but this is stupid.

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I wish I could figure out why my Mayflash F500 joystick isn’t working with my Switch.

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James Mielke @milkman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These guys are creeping up on 30 years-old, signed the day I met Shigeru Miyamoto. 🐐

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Saw Disclosure Day. So glad I didn’t see that in theaters. It had some panache, and some edge of your seat momentum. But it also had some logic defying on-screen WTF moments and not in a good way. Not Spielberg’s finest moment.

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James Mielke @milkman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Was forwarding an Instagram to my kids and saw this ‘Muse’ thing at the bottom alongside the other options. I was like ‘what’s Muse?’ Result. Delete.

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James Mielke @milkman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Amazing. The #KenIshii set I wanted to see of him at Knockdown Center in Brooklyn, where he played with Jeff Mills, is on Apple Music. Stream this nowwwww. #Techno #JeffMills #Brooklyn music.apple.com/us/album/ken...

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Ken Ishii Live at Knockdown Center, Mar 14, 2026 (DJ Mix) by Ken Ishii on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 11 Songs

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So… Avengers Doomsday is the *start* of something right? It’s not the conclusion of the weird #MCU timeline of the past 5-6 years, is it? Because we had, what, 22 movies of Thanos build-up, and like only Fantastic Four First Flight to tease Dr. Doom?

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The woman sitting three seats down from me at Avengers Endgame Encore sounds like an unhinged Muppet and I truly hope she STFUs once the real movie starts.

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Matt @makgameadv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Being forced to sit through the new Hunger Games trailer is its own unique type of torture. It’s like they played whack-a-mole either a cringe randomizer and AI’ed it into a movie.

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If you need the archive links, here you go Your blog post on it web.archive.org/web/20130405... Shenmue Anniversary Celebration - 1up.com cover story web.archive.org/web/20130513...

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Shenmue Cover Story

We're spending the week looking back at the Shenmue franchise, and creator Yu Suzuki's career.

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Despite these instructions, it’s impossible to add Apple Music to the ****ing Alexa app. Amazon is the worst service designed. It’s hard enough to add their own devices to Alexa. www.google.com/search?q=how...

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That time I moderated a panel for Sakaguchi-san at PAX West in front of this many people.

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The Tokotoko Mario they no longer sell at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Glad I bought two.

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Guess I better get into Kings of Leon since they’re playing Electric Avenue in February.

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Since 1UP went down and all my best interviews with it, I should probably repost stuff like 'The Disappearance of Yu Suzuki' on my website or something.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 23/09/2026

Started watching Star Trek the TV show since Apple TV had the series cheaply priced. On the first episode and this scene with Spock took me out.

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Costco has a $50 giant Frankenstein head made of green chocolate that includes a mallet for smashing his head open at which point a pound of gummy body parts will spill forth from the edible wreckage of his face

“Monster Mash Chocolate, filled with body part shaped gummies. SMASH FOR OVER 1LB.
OF GUMMIES INSIDE!”

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

John Coltrane would have been 100 years old today. His music means everything to me. This documentary is a great exploration of his life and work. youtu.be/MXKPONrVt3c?...

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CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY | Trailer

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Relevant again after many years. Still not over the strategy guide PTSD, but looking forward to the remake. #OcarinaofTime #Zelda

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A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Tetsuya Mizuguchi and I during the Child of Eden showcase/reveal at E3 2010 (remember E3?). One day he stayed out so late (didn’t come back til 2pm) I got worried and almost called the cops. And then walking around the desert in Death Valley CA.

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📣 Happy to say that Pre-Orders for Issue 6 are NOW LIVE! 📣 Go reserve your copy now! 👇👇👇 shop.apwot.com

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The Future Sound of London threw a nice, vinyl sticker in with their latest CD, and I appreciate this a lot.

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I’m still getting Amico emails.

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The Nintendo Switch Online subscription should come with a set of Joy-Cons for whichever Switch you have since you need to replace them (as I did just now) about as frequently. I’m old enough to remember NES/SNES controllers that last forever.

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Cute Frowning Monkey

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Viennnaaaaaaaaa!

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Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I Would Very Much Like To Hear Your Thoughts

Real question: What gaming luminary should I write a book on next? Doesn't have to be a biography, but who would you want to read about that has at least some modicum of commercial viability? Correct answers only.

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ALT: Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I Would Very Much Like To Hear Your Thoughts

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 22/09/2026

This book needs funding! I’m honored to be included in “Industrial Music/Graphics: A Visual History of a Movement," which looks to be a phenomenal & long-overdue collection. If you're a music and/or design nerd, check it out and let's see if we can make it happen: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

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ありがとう、Teddy-chan 🧸💕! 🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸

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Why is my Switch 2 joycon driftinnnnnnnng???? 🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Tron Legacy has a LOTR problem a la “why don’t they just have the eagles drop the ring into Mount Doom?” Why doesn’t Kevin Flynn just touch the ground everywhere he goes and shut stuff down?

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The description on this IKEA BILLY/OXBERG gets dark really fast.

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