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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 6h

Posting this for no particular reason youtu.be/2c4hnA8jXwo?...

Total Distortion - You Are Dead - Best Game Over Ever (HQ/MP3 Download)

YouTube video by Agent DoubleOOP

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 1d

Even made the wheels spinnable as a nice stim

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 1d

Think I totally nailed Halloween with Sexy Cow from Mario Kart World

Me dressed up as a sexy Cow from Mario Kart World

My cardboard kart for my Mario Kart World cow costume

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 1d

I’m watching it on and off as therapy after my recent local news reporting job went awry

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John Hansen @johnhansen.bsky.social · 4d

So hey, I don't know how I'm going to pay for my rent next month. If you have a writing job, I've been covering the gaming industry since 2017, so if you have any paying work available, I'd be very grateful for a recommendation or just a repost!

Portfolio here: johnhansen.journoportfolio.com

John Hansen

I am a dedicated writer who loves to cover video games and anything nerdy. I've been writing professionally since 2018, with work published for both small and large websites including Minecraft's supp...

johnhansen.journoportfolio.com

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 5d

I've never seen a Taylor Sheridan show and yet I'll read for hours about all of them because I have no self-control. To me he's basically Straight Ryan Murphy

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 7d

How about an episode story game called Love Is Strange

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 7d

I also would love to hear about major developments that took over the talk of the town in your own communities and how that sparked mobilization, if at all!

Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 7d

I'm like, actually happy how this piece turned out. Not to put myself down! But I hope this inspires some folks to look at this game through a different lens and maybe stray away from the tired "graphics bad" discourse for recent Pokemon games.

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder that the people of Lumiose City are very not alright! bsky.app/profile/comp...

Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 15d

The people of Lumiose City are not alright

An NPC in Pokemon Legends: Z-A saying: “Sometimes being with others makes you feel more alone.”

An NPC in Pokemon Legends: Z-A saying: “Scraping by on Pokemon battling alone is a tough life.”

An NPC in Pokemon Legends: Z-A saying: “Everything that lives must die. It’s an immutable rule—and straying from it can only bring pain.”

An NPC in Pokemon Legends: Z-A saying: “What disappears is gone, and whatever’s left can only remain.”

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, I wrote about Pokemon Legends: Z-A! I delve into how this game depicts a city's community and how its citizens mobilize in response to controversial changes. I also touch on tech oligarchies and recent events in my native Philly as a point of comparison. www.gamespot.com/articles/pok...

Pokemon Legends: Z-A's City Comes To Life Through Its Strife

Everyone has their own ideas on how to fix the growing pains of Lumiose City.

www.gamespot.com

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 10d

Saw a dude parked in front of the grocery store playing Switch 2 in the driver’s seat, hooked up to his car’s sound system with the windows down so the whole street can hear Mario Kart noises

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 11d

Pokémon Legends: Z-A cutscenes are pure cinema

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 13d

Me when the homies ask what delivery food I want tonight

Zygarde 50% Forme yelling “Zzz-aaaaaa!!!” in Pokemon Legends: Z-A

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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 14d

It's been a month since RFK Jr. convened top experts and officials for a Long COVID roundtable event.

Despite promises of urgency, not much seems to have happened at federal agencies since then. And some advocates are calling for RFK Jr.'s removal.

More from me in @thesicktimes.org:

It’s been a month. And we still don’t know much about Kennedy’s Long COVID consortium. - The Sick Times

Preliminary meetings are occurring amid the ongoing government shutdown, while some advocates call for Health Secretary Kennedy’s removal

thesicktimes.org

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 15d

The people of Lumiose City are not alright

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 19d

Being in Pokémon’s version of Paris makes me want a Ratatouille remake but with a Zygarde cell instead of a rat

Zygarde Cell looks as the two main characters in Pokemon Legends Z-A fist bump

Two characters fist bump with the Prism Tower (ie Pokemon’s Eiffel Tower) in the background

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 19d

How I feel living in Philly

A screenshot of Pokemon Legends Z-A with the character Taunie saying “It’s got its weird parts, but it’s a good place. I like it here.” Lumiose City and the Prism Tower are shown in the background.

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Sadia @sadiabies.bsky.social · 20d

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I've set up a new shop and it's my favorite holiday of the year this month! In celebration here is a discount code for 25% off any order until the 31st!
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4 rolls of washi tape with a bit unrolled and stuck to card stock so you can see the designs. One has a wolf chasing a lamb, one has twining leaves and vines with yellow flowers, one is a folk art type design of flowers, one is line art drawings of human teeth. Together the color scheme is dark and earthy.

A pile of Cannibal Conversion zines. They have translucent vellum covers printed with an illustration of guts and organs completely in red.

a 3d heart pin painted like an oil slick. the inside of the heart is hollowed out and filled with multi color rhinestones.

a two part acrylic keychain. the first charm is a wolf's head with blood dripping from it. the second charm is a thin white woman's body with blood dripping down from a severed neck.

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 27d

Depression has led to a purchase of Mario Galaxy 2

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · 28d

Been so long since I touched my Xbox Series X that when I booted it up it had stealthily done a factory reset at some point??

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 29d

Wrote about Task, electoral politics, and Pennsylvania as a pop cultural symbol of heartbreak

slate.com/culture/2025...

More and More Crime Dramas Are Set in One State. They Share a Specific Vision of the Place.

The saddest state on television.

slate.com

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · Oct 1

Xbox Game Pass has succeeded in becoming the "Netflix of video games" by turning into an inaccessible, unaffordable spaghetti mess of a service

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · Sep 26

I absolutely knew that if I fought this guy even once that I’d get hyperfixated on beating him and it was way too late at night for that 😂

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Chris Compendio @compenderizer.bsky.social · Sep 26

I think I was also testing my luck seeing how close I gotta get to aggro this dude 👀

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