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GVG @gvg.io · 1d

It’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time for more Alan Wake II with Ash! Thrills, chills, and plenty of coffee await! twitch.tv/officialgvg

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 2d

Getting “I’m Here” as your final lap track in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is peak gaming every single goddamn time it happens, especially in a close online race

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 7d

My wife just started her own Expedition 33 file and the cheeky foreshadowing in the prologue of the truth of it all and what’s to come is NUTS. I absolutely adore this game man

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GVG @gvg.io · 8d

It’s Spooky Season and fittingly, Ash is finally back for more Alan Wake II at 5pm PT / 8pm ET / 1am BT! Come for the chills, stay for the inevitable jump scares! twitch.tv/officialgvg

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 17d

I just remembered today marks five years since the release of Super Mario Bros. 35. Mario’s 40th anniversary cannot be considered legally valid and complete until Nintendo rights their grave wrong and gives us Super Mario Bros. 40 with no expiration date

I don’t make the rules

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 20d

Nice!

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 20d

We both love it!

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 21d

I knew Star-Crossed World was going to be peak but damn, there’s some seriously creative stuff going on in these new levels

Kirby continues to be Nintendo’s undisputed GOAT, no surprise there

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 24d

That was a pretty rough #StateOfPlay but hey, at least we got to see Mega Man (and Rush, and Proto Man, and a MM2 Wily Castle track!) in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and some Wolverine gameplay so I’ll take what I can get

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 27d

I don’t know yet. And I’m a 5-6 hour drive away. :(

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 27d

Had a real fucking experience with my mom’s life tonight and had to confront just how raw life and its gifts can be. I’m not religious, but I don’t think you need to be to be confronted with your loved ones’ mortality

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · 27d

Just watched season 2 of Pokémon Concierge and I swear to god, if resources and people power were no issue I would watch this absolutely delightful show *forever*

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 18

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the one and only @bitnerd.gvg.io!!! May you Cross Your Heart and embrace your inner Vampire Killer on your special day! (No Tears allowed though, Bloody or otherwise.)

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 12

Announcing Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection during but not in the western #NintendoDirect but including it in the Japanese one is absolutely diabolical of whomever made that decision, lmao

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 12

Getting to a travel destination much later than scheduled, which means I won’t be able to react to the #NintendoDirect or even watch it live… PAIN 😭

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 9

Oh yeah, I would definitely place Bananza above Odyssey, no question! But Odyssey was never my favorite 3D Mario to begin with (that’d be Galaxy 1), so it’s easier for me to make that choice.

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 9

What I can say for sure is that both finales are going to stay with me for a long time for different reasons. In a vacuum I think I’d give it to E33’s, but in the context of what happens in Bananza’s as a fan who’s been there for every mainline DK game, it’s probably a tie?

Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 9

That’s honestly a really, really tough question! I know there are mixed opinions about E33’s final act and ending, but I for one thought E33’s finale was fantastic. But Bananza’s finale is one of Nintendo’s all-time best, especially with the context of being a long-time DK/DKC fan…

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Sep 8

DK Bananza = 100%’d! Definitely a solid #2 right now for my games of the year, behind Expedition 33. Just an absolute delight of a game and there’s so much fan service for long-time DK fans, I can’t even 🔥

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TailsFiraga @tailsfiraga.bsky.social · Sep 5

I've sent my top man for the job

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GVG @gvg.io · Sep 5

Ash is back to venture once more into the Dark Place in Alan Wake II tonight at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am British time! twitch.tv/officialgvg

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Aug 31

We did!

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Ash Paulsen 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ash.gvg.io · Aug 31

Had a blast at the #SQEXCommunity party tonight! #PAXWest2025

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GVG @gvg.io · Aug 31

Hey everyone! On second thought, the atrium lobby is likely to be crowded, so we’re changing the meetup location to outside the Frog Theatre in the Summit building instead, where it’ll be less hectic. Apologies for the confusion and hope to see you there!

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GVG @gvg.io · Aug 31

Hey folks! For those of you here at PAX West, we’d love to meet you! Ash, Steve, and Daniel are hosting an informal community meetup tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:30pm PT in the 4th-floor atrium lobby.

Just look for the My Nintendo booth (pictured) as a landmark; we’ll be hanging out close to there!

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