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Prof. Rock 📚🎮

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Blogger at Learning Arcade – Exploring how games and technology transform education. Passionate about making learning fun, engaging, and accessible. profrockpr.substack.com

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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 13h
Late-night gaming when you’re married hits a little different. Fellow married gamers, you know exactly what I’m talking about. #Gaming
Being an old gamer is waiting in bed while your wife finishes watching Food Network, HGTV, or whatever show she has on.

She finally falls asleep. You wait a good half hour just to be safe.

TV off. Switch out. Wired headphones on. Everything perfectly quiet.

You start playing.

Two minutes later:

“Ugh, that screen is too bright. Turn it off.”
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 27/09/2026
Still at it. ✏️ Continuing my quest to learn how to draw so I can rely a whole lot less on generative AI art. Today’s lesson: textures and patterns. Turns out drawing a bunch of tiny rocks is both oddly satisfying and a great way to question your life choices. 😂 One pencil stroke at a time. 🎨
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 26/09/2026
I did the 9 games that define me thing. Really cool! My 9 games #My9Games
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Happy National Elephant Appreciation Day! 🐘 Fun fact: elephants are afraid of bees, which somehow makes these enormous animals even more lovable. And on this day in 1994, #Friends premiered on NBC.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 19/09/2026
I’ve been saying I want to learn how to draw and rely less on AI-generated art, so I finally started! First drawing lesson down. It’s nothing fancy, just learning to control the pencil and see shapes differently, but I’m pretty proud of finishing this little exercise. Gotta start somewhere! ✏️🎨
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 18/09/2026
Happy World Bamboo Day! 🎋 Some types of bamboo can grow up to 35 inches in a single day. Meanwhile, I’ve been trying to build the same good habits for about three years. Bamboo: 1 Me: 0 😂
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 15/09/2026
Sharing my thoughts on the @ign.com layoffs. Alt text is included in the image since @bsky.app doesn’t allow me to write more. @ignunion.bsky.social @antranaut.com
Seeing the news about the layoffs at IGN really got me thinking.

Whatever the business reasons behind these decisions are, I’m not going to pretend I know everything happening behind the scenes. What bothers me is seeing people who spent years helping build a recognizable gaming brand suddenly lose that platform.

But maybe losing the platform doesn’t have to mean losing the voices.

Alex Antra Alex Antra  has been doing something really interesting with Reconnect, bringing together independent gaming writers from Substack and other blogs into one place so readers can discover their work without having to hunt down every individual newsletter.

So why couldn’t something similar happen with former IGN writers?

They could start their own newsletters, write about the games and topics they actually want to cover, build their own audiences, and still have their work collected somewhere that makes it easy for people to find.

Almost like an independent IGN without the IGN.

Not another corporation. Not necessarily everyone working for the same publication. Just a collection of writers whose names and voices people already know, each owning their own little corner of the internet while still being connected through one central place.

These people helped build gaming media. Getting laid off shouldn’t mean those voices simply disappear.

Maybe the future of games writing isn’t another giant website.

Maybe it’s a bunch of great writers owning their work and finding a way to stay connected.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 13/09/2026
Only thing I found worth buying through the appreciation sale. If you are just getting a Switch for the first time, then the games on sale feel like Nintendo Classic price. Worth it for new buyers, but either I already have the game or I don't really care for them. good discount on hardware
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 10/09/2026
At this point, I’m genuinely a little scared. Nintendo remade Star Fox. Zelda is getting the hyper-realistic treatment. So now I’m sitting here thinking…What if they’re actually holding onto a Super Mario 64 remake for Switch 2? I don’t know if I’m ready.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Calling my shot for tomorrow’s #Nintendo Direct: I think we’re getting The Legend of #Zelda: Twilight Princess on Nintendo Switch Online’s GameCube library. Not the HD remaster. The original GameCube version. I’m feeling pretty confident about this one. 👀
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 05/09/2026
PROF. ROCK HAS REACHED LEVEL 42 XP gained: A lot Wisdom gained: Debatable Backlog completed: Absolutely not On to the next level. 🎮
Image made with AI to announce that Prof Rock reached level 42!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 03/09/2026
This is what happens when you don’t play often. You end up having to download a bunch of updates. So please, play every day! 😂
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 01/09/2026
I've been loving Lanterns on HBO Max, so now I kinda want to go back and watch the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern again, but the extended cut this time. I really don't remember it being as bad as people said. Let's see how this goes.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 31/08/2026
Watching this at 40 is hilarious. 😂 I don't remember all of these because some never made it to Puerto Rico, but I definitely remember toys like this. And now I'm watching like… yeah, this was clearly a terrible idea. How did they sell this stuff to kids?
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 25/08/2026
Thoughts on Mario Kart World being $80... #Nintendo
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 23/08/2026
This is from an article I wrote for my Substack "The Learning Aracade" you can read it here.... also Welcome to my 9 new followers in one day! Wow! profrockpr.substack.com/p/we-dont-ow...
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 21/08/2026
I was so excited! It was a glitch! @bsky.app
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 16/08/2026
Power went out, so I had to ditch the apartment... check out the beach. Love this island!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 11/08/2026
🚨 FIRST EXCLUSIVE LOOK at the Rito in the live-action Legend of Zelda movie! 👀 #Zelda #Leak
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 08/08/2026
@reginathecat.bsky.social Update.... she is fine. Love this cat
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 23/07/2026
She looks like a duck with how they placed the sword! 😅
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 15/07/2026
Kicking off this 4-day vacay in Isabela, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico with a bang!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 09/07/2026
I have high hopes for Nintendo and physical media.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 05/07/2026
I'm awesome at Microsoft Flight Simulator. Prove me wrong!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 01/07/2026
Wondering how we ended up in a digital-games-only world? Just check any fountain for coins . Even our money's gone digital! 🪙🎮 #PS5 #PS6 No more wishes. 🥲
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 01/07/2026
That's why I never buy movies online unless I get the physical copy and make sure they come with actual access to Movies Anywhere.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 01/07/2026
My phone decided it was time to protect my eyes while I was watching the @thewulffden.com Podcast. Now it looks like I'm watching Spider-Man Noir.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 23/06/2026
Maybe Nintendo could do this!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 18/06/2026
Look what got here a day early. I'm not even going to put the digital code in until tomorrow. You never know 😅
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 15/06/2026
Sometimes life gets in the way of gaming.
A hand covered in dirt and grease holds a small 3D-printed Pokémon Yellow cartridge keychain above an old car battery.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 15/06/2026
Video Tour! Enjoy! @will.thewulffden.com
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 15/06/2026
Here is the Pokopia @thewulffden.com Studio I made in my Pallet Town. ENJOY! The cameras actually work. 😅 Video Tour in the following thread!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 14/06/2026
In the Zelda trailer, you can see that the triforce is present, but when it fades away... one piece stays brighter than the others. So Internet, please chill down.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 05/06/2026
Summer Game Fest 2026!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 03/06/2026
This one is always on the back of my mind!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 30/05/2026
I'm going to tell my kids that this was Pragmata.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 16/05/2026
I’ve learned that reviews can’t be compared with one another. Both games can be great, but they’re being viewed within their own genre. Just like Mixtape—it can be an awesome game and still get a 10 out of 10 if someone wants it.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 13/05/2026
Another banger of a picture. Cute bear!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 07/05/2026
#EduSky Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 05/05/2026
Props to this comment over on YouTube! @nintendolife.com
As Nintendo Life comments that there hasn't been a proper Nintendo direct since 8 months ago.Someone on YouTube replied saying if there isn't another one by next month.I swear to God, I will complain on the internet.

I found this comment extremely funny
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 28/04/2026
RG35XX... I miss it so much! #Pokemon
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 24/04/2026
Made with love for the coolest Nintendo podcast around! @nontendopodcast.bsky.social #Pokopia
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 19/04/2026
Pokedex habitat info for you all.... a little bread and some sand and you get this pokemon in Pokopia.
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 16/04/2026
Sometimes the Windows background is just perfect!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 14/04/2026
Happy 25th anniversary to Animal Crossing!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 10/04/2026
PSA.. If a Switch game has a FREE Switch 2 upgrade, buy the Switch 1 version first. You’ll get both the original version + the enhanced Switch 2 version. Buying the Switch 2 version doesn’t usually include the Switch 1 version. Check before you buy. #Nintendo #Switch2 #Switch1
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 04/04/2026
Hey @bsky.app .... Look at this... #Substack
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 02/04/2026
Ok.. full spoilers for #MarioGalaxy
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 01/04/2026
My body is ready!
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Prof. Rock 📚🎮 @profrockpr.substack.com · 31/03/2026
Thanks for watching! #Substack
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