Jess Morrissette
@decafjedi.com
I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
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As an intellectual, I pronounce Dilbert in its original French form: "Deel-BEAR."
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
As an intellectual, I pronounce Dilbert in its original French form: "Deel-BEAR."
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Jay Leno finished both quests in The Legend of Zelda.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Jay Leno finished both quests in The Legend of Zelda.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
New episode of Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast! This week, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are joined by @papayachemist.bsky.social to talk about Quest for Glory III: Wages of War!
Give it a listen here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/kMB2Jpgm
Give it a listen here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/kMB2Jpgm
Quest for Glory 3 (w/PapayaChemist) by @Quest Quest
Ben, Jess, and Alice (special guest Papaya Chemist) discuss Quest for Glory 3, its great music, its different map, and one of its best deaths.
Quest Quest podcast is Ben Vigeant and Jess Morrissette....
zencastr.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
New episode of Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast! This week, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I are joined by @papayachemist.bsky.social to talk about Quest for Glory III: Wages of War!
Give it a listen here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/kMB2Jpgm
Give it a listen here (or wherever you listen to podcasts): zencastr.com/z/kMB2Jpgm
As an intellectual, I pronounce Dilbert in its original French form: "Deel-BEAR."
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
As an intellectual, I pronounce Dilbert in its original French form: "Deel-BEAR."
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Writing Dilbert is hard, y'all.
May 8, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Writing Dilbert is hard, y'all.
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You have not experienced Cole Porter until you have heard him in the original Mandarin.
April 25, 2024 at 11:35 PM
You have not experienced Cole Porter until you have heard him in the original Mandarin.
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"Rad Dudes, Rude 'Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s," my latest co-authored article with Dr. Megan Condis, just got accepted at Games: Research and Practice!
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"Rad Dudes, Rude 'Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s," my latest co-authored article with Dr. Megan Condis, just got accepted at Games: Research and Practice!
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
Jay Leno finished both quests in The Legend of Zelda.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Jay Leno finished both quests in The Legend of Zelda.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
Source: Nintendo Power, November-December 1988.
Get off the phone before your parents have a chance to opine on current events: challenge complete.
January 13, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Get off the phone before your parents have a chance to opine on current events: challenge complete.
"Rad Dudes, Rude 'Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s," my latest co-authored article with Dr. Megan Condis, just got accepted at Games: Research and Practice!
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"Rad Dudes, Rude 'Tude, and the Family, Too: How Nintendo and Sega Advertisements Shaped the Image of Gaming in the 1990s," my latest co-authored article with Dr. Megan Condis, just got accepted at Games: Research and Practice!
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
It's a giant content analysis of thousands of old game ads. 👍
My wife recently bought me an old Casio keyboard at Goodwill for $2.99, and I've returned to one of my favorite childhood hobbies: spending hours trying to tap out the synth lines from New Wave songs through trial and error.
January 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
My wife recently bought me an old Casio keyboard at Goodwill for $2.99, and I've returned to one of my favorite childhood hobbies: spending hours trying to tap out the synth lines from New Wave songs through trial and error.
Okay, this is an absolute banger of an episode synopsis.
January 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Okay, this is an absolute banger of an episode synopsis.
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Zelda speedrunning tip: Call it "Kingdom Tears" instead of "Tears of the Kingdom." Two syllables doesn't sound like much, but it adds up over the course of a speedrun.
May 18, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Zelda speedrunning tip: Call it "Kingdom Tears" instead of "Tears of the Kingdom." Two syllables doesn't sound like much, but it adds up over the course of a speedrun.
Sometimes I think about how, long after Trump is gone, his portrait will still be included on those posters that hang in elementary school classrooms with all the American presidents, and it bums me out.
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I think about how, long after Trump is gone, his portrait will still be included on those posters that hang in elementary school classrooms with all the American presidents, and it bums me out.
I happen to know a guy who's at his limit.
(me)
(me)
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I happen to know a guy who's at his limit.
(me)
(me)
AI should only be used for one thing: making bad guys in video games take cover behind crates while firing at the player.
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
AI should only be used for one thing: making bad guys in video games take cover behind crates while firing at the player.
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Without revealing your actual age, what's an oath you've broken that rendered you temporarily mortal?
January 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Without revealing your actual age, what's an oath you've broken that rendered you temporarily mortal?
If I was on The Traitors, I would simply say "spoken like a true traitor" in response to literally anything anyone says at roundtable and then collect my $250,000 at the end.
January 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If I was on The Traitors, I would simply say "spoken like a true traitor" in response to literally anything anyone says at roundtable and then collect my $250,000 at the end.
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Let's make 2026 the year we induct Caper in the Castro (1989) into the Video Game Hall of Fame.
January 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Let's make 2026 the year we induct Caper in the Castro (1989) into the Video Game Hall of Fame.
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Unused "Fatality" sprites from WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game.
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Unused "Fatality" sprites from WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game.
I'm live on Twitch with a little ranked Overwatch 2, trying to make the climb to platinum. Drop by and cheer me on! twitch.tv/decafjedi
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I'm live on Twitch with a little ranked Overwatch 2, trying to make the climb to platinum. Drop by and cheer me on! twitch.tv/decafjedi
My university is eliminating our travel funding, but they're saying if we get accepted to a conference and don't attend, we can still count it toward tenure and promotion.
I'm sure conference organizers will appreciate that.
I'm sure conference organizers will appreciate that.
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
My university is eliminating our travel funding, but they're saying if we get accepted to a conference and don't attend, we can still count it toward tenure and promotion.
I'm sure conference organizers will appreciate that.
I'm sure conference organizers will appreciate that.
Denied the ability to sit.
In 2D Mario platformers, Mario can either crouch or slide, but is denied the ability to sit in place. However, with a specific setup in Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario will come to rest in a sliding animation, finally allowing him to simply sit.
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Denied the ability to sit.
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hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
Board the Mothership.
YouTube video by Mothership Media LLC
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D