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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'd like to acknowledge Jock Blaney, who also played Wolf and Bill in Star Fox 64. Jock passed away earlier this year. I'm not the first actor to portray these characters, and I'm sure I won't be the last. I hope you can appreciate what we've done this time. Long live Star Fox

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Can't let you do that, Star Fox" I provide the voice of Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox for the Nintendo Switch 2. You can also hear me as Bill Grey, Granga Pilot, and Meteo Crusher Pilot. It's a privilege to contribute to the legacy of a series I've enjoyed since I was 5.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Escape From Ever After is definitely the MOST Paper Mario of the Paper Mario-likes. Also probably the best? The game's premise recognizes that much of what makes golden age Paper Mario funny is how it lovingly subverts what you think you know about the Mario world. Great game to kick off 2026. 4/5

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 02/02/2026

♻️♻️♻️MinnMax will donate $1 for every REPOST in the next 30 minutes to protect immigrants in Minneapolis.♻️♻️♻️ 100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need. Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Sammys 2025: 10. Citizen Sleeper 2 9. Tiny Bookshop 8. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond 7. Blue Prince 6. Stray Children 5. Hades 2 4. Silent Hill f 3. Promise Mascot Agency 2. Donkey Kong Bananza 1. Silksong Pretty good year! Hopeful for 2026

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

All you need to know about Promise Mascot Agency is that it's a management sim card battler set in a Showa era town that you chaotically barrel through in your winged truck. The Yakuza influence is clear, but it would be insane to accuse this game of lacking originality. Bewildering and perfect.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I briefly lost consciousness last week and woke up to this

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I used to bartend at a casino. A pachinko tech gave me a Konami branded screwdriver that had the same information printed on it. Highly practical business card

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Silent Hill 2 not cracking the top 50 is all the evidence I need that democracy does not work

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Bewildering news from Microsoft today. As always, Schreier is the guy to follow for updates. To say I hope everyone lands on their feet okay feels ridiculous

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Historically god doesn't do much helping in these games

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I would like to retract my previous defense

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Checked with my girlfriend: she does not know who Kevin Durant is

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In his defense, the day I turned 30 I stopped knowing the names of half the people in pop culture and it has only gotten worse

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Unironically my favorite thing to say to friends while enjoying the scenery: "look at those graphics"

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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000

A magazine list showing #37, Zohran Mamdani, age 11, asked for Books, FIFA 2003 and SimCity 3000 video games.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Agent Smith multiplies into hundreds of thousands, spells "CUOMO 4 NYC," visible from space

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Infant xenomorph bursts through John Hurt's chest to endorse Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Not only do I not know who that guy is, I'm not 100% I know who Chris Hayes is

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"That damn disease" confirmed to be alopecia

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

So does he want them to evacuate Tehran, or form a rebel alliance? Seems like kind of an either/or situation

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

“We have been anything but silent about our mission to champion proven IP as a central piece of our theatrical strategy" 🤢

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Feels ridiculous to say, but I'm thinking of you and your family.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

You were not, that's why it's rated T for Teen

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Oh, this reminds me, I handled the English script localization for this game. Hope you like it!

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I have a sickness (in my brain)

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Mario Kart World is my favorite Mario Kart, but I still wish it was more like Diddy Kong Racing

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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you are the Staten Island Switch 2 receipt stapler 1) I hope you are holding up okay and 2) let me know if you're available for an interview. All personal info will be kept private/anonymized! ethan.gach@kotaku.com Signal at 2673263042

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Staten Island GameStop Stapled Receipts To Switch 2s And Punctured The Screens Because Nintendo Boxed Them In The Weirdest Way Possible

Some unlucky fans have holes in their Switch 2 now

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

When a boss kills you, the game puts your Lacrima (souls) outside the room, a la Hollow Knight. But it gives you extra proportional to how far you whittled the boss's HP down. So beating your head against a boss grinds level-up currency. I think every Soulslike from now on should copy this verbatim.

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The First Berserker: Khazan is more Niohlike than Soulslike. It makes some clever tweaks to the formula, but is weak on vibes. Fascinatingly bland script delivered by an extremely talented voice cast. Also: too hard. A rare DNF, for me.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

How embarrassing to work for the organized kidnapping ring known as "ICE." Rolling out of bed every day to be a brainless goon. You are lower than a worm to me

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hard to believe that in just one week I will receive the coordinates to the dead drop site that scalper will be leaving my Switch 2

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Heard someone describe LA as "shitty heaven" and New York as "fun hell" once and I think that about nails it

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Samuel Drake @samueldrake.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I'm doing it right now (pretending)

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