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Shawn McDowell

@turboshawn.com

4.3K followers 180 following 540 posts

Producer & Editor for Giant Bomb. Producer & Occasional Co-host for Jeff Grubb's Game Mess. Lifelong Pokémon & fighting game nerd. (He/Him) https://www.twitch.tv/turboshawn | https://www.youtube.com/@TurboShawn

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · Jun 27

New pinned post!

I put together a Linktree, linktr.ee/turboshawn, so people can easily find all my stuff in one, up-to-date place.

I'm also *finally* making use of my own domain: turboshawn.com now sends you there as well! 😊

A thumbnail of Shawn's Linktree, with links to Bluesky, Twitch, YouTube, and Ko-fi. It can be accessed via turboshawn.com!

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 3h

reminder that the people who made Hard Drive good were pushed out and some of us are doing our own thing here. give us a follow to support independent gaming satire and not whatever the fuck this is supposed to be

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 2h

Congrats!

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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.bsky.social · 22h

Everybody's out here talking about how the Xbox Ally X performs.

We're asking the *REAL* questions.

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 1d

Haha, hey, I still play that game daily on my Retroid Pocket! If it were a list of *best* Pokemon games, I'd definitely go to bat for it and TCG on Game Boy!

Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 1d

Everyone was talking about polls for some reason, IDK why.

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 1d

I made sure they didn't fuck this one up.

Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 1d

Mt. Rushmore of Pokemon games youtu.be/jcvtn5cOKzY

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 1d

I'll be there!

Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 5d

Holy *shit*, that rules.

Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 5d

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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · Jun 20

Screenshot from the pokemon game pokepark wii. The player pikachu is befriending a spheal. Text says "spheal is now your friend!"

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 6d

I put way too much effort into this silly little video, please like and share wherever you see it pop up, kthxbyeeeee 🙂

Giant Bomb @giantbomb.bsky.social · 6d

Giant Bomb is proud to present:

The complete* story of Metal Gear Solid in 3 minutes.

(* = Everything Kayla could remember.)

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 6d

a man standing in a cemetery with a cross on his jacket

ALT: a man standing in a cemetery with a cross on his jacket

media.tenor.com

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lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 8d

HEY FOLKS!

Now I am back from Japan I wanted to do a proper *I'M LOOKING FOR WORK* post.

Reviews, previews, features, podcasts, on-camera stuff, online, in print... I can do it all! And have been doing it all for like six years!

If you have a beat on any opportunities, please let me know.

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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Golf Week, everyone.

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 7d

Absolutely fucking insane that we’re at the point of “Well, we can’t offend the Nazis!”

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Blessing Adeoye Jr. @blessingjr.bsky.social · 8d

Cowards and bigots

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8d

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 9d

🤏🌟

Hades II comic
Melinoë (she looks very cool and powerful)
Melinoë when Selene calls her “little star” (she is a cute baby star being held by Selene)

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 9d

It has ‘em!

Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 9d

Same, but really I wish they'd just reprint my white whale. 😔

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 9d

This is the exact controller I use every day. If you’re on PC, $10 (or even ~$20 for the other colors) is a steal!

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 9d

8Bitdo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller (PC/Android) - Hall Effect Joysticks/Hall Triggers, 1000Hz Polling Rate (Peach) is $10.57 on Amazon Prime buff.ly/wlAhYvF #ad

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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 10d

very cool of destructoid to post this, and, lo and behold, if you ctrl+f "queer" or "lgbtqia+" you will find zero instances of it on the page.

"the deal could be good actually if you don't talk about any of the very real harm it could do."

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Scary Draconic Bastard 🎃 @deshex.bsky.social · 13d

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Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 13d

Yep, working on a fix!

Shawn McDowell @turboshawn.com · 19d

This explains so much.