Garrett Martin
@garrettmartin.bsky.social
Employed. Games editor at A.V. Club. Ex-Paste. Writes about games, pinball, theme parks, travel, and more. Somewhere near Atlanta.
there used to be bands
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
there used to be bands
Reposted by Garrett Martin
Reposted by Garrett Martin
My septuagenarian parents should not be made to ask me who Dave Portnoy is before their beloved OSU Michigan game
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My septuagenarian parents should not be made to ask me who Dave Portnoy is before their beloved OSU Michigan game
it would be good if all websites collectively decided to stop covering those game awards
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it would be good if all websites collectively decided to stop covering those game awards
Reposted by Garrett Martin
We can't stop thinking about Blippo+, a "game" that simulates channel surfing cable TV in the '80s and '90s. www.avclub.com/best-blippo-...
TV from around The Bend: The best "shows" of Blippo+
We can't stop thinking about Blippo+, a "game" that simulates channel surfing cable TV in the '80s and '90s.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can't stop thinking about Blippo+, a "game" that simulates channel surfing cable TV in the '80s and '90s. www.avclub.com/best-blippo-...
I just want to keep buying stuff. any stuff. it’s the buying that matters, not the stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I just want to keep buying stuff. any stuff. it’s the buying that matters, not the stuff.
now do five concerts you’ve played
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
now do five concerts you’ve played
somewhere there’s a fed fan who insists on calling Hector Guerrero the Gobbledy Gooker in every single context
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
somewhere there’s a fed fan who insists on calling Hector Guerrero the Gobbledy Gooker in every single context
-Jeff Mangum at Jittery Joe’s
-U2/Public Enemy/BAD II
-James Brown
-The Fall
-saw Elliott Smith four times in four months without ever once meaning to
-U2/Public Enemy/BAD II
-James Brown
-The Fall
-saw Elliott Smith four times in four months without ever once meaning to
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
-The Pogues with Joe Strummer opening for Los Lobos
-REM for Fables, right in the pit
-The Unforgiven, The Beat Farmers and the Blasters
-X opening unannounced for Oingo Boingo
-Terrastock 1 (and 2). To say those were legendary is an understatement
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
-Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
-The Flaming Lips
-Public Enemy
-R. E. M.
-HAIM
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
-Jeff Mangum at Jittery Joe’s
-U2/Public Enemy/BAD II
-James Brown
-The Fall
-saw Elliott Smith four times in four months without ever once meaning to
-U2/Public Enemy/BAD II
-James Brown
-The Fall
-saw Elliott Smith four times in four months without ever once meaning to
Warren Oates says “i’m too old for this shit” in Stripes, six years before Lethal Weapon
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Warren Oates says “i’m too old for this shit” in Stripes, six years before Lethal Weapon
just saw a guy I know in the parade
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
just saw a guy I know in the parade
TV’s on mute, are Jack White and Eminem playing “Kick Out the Jams”
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TV’s on mute, are Jack White and Eminem playing “Kick Out the Jams”
how did the movie Hamnet miss out on a cross-promotion with Heathcliff
I'm going to do everything in my power to make this one of those weekly memes.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
how did the movie Hamnet miss out on a cross-promotion with Heathcliff
playing music is the most fulfilling thing you can do, and anybody can do it.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
playing music is the most fulfilling thing you can do, and anybody can do it.
Herzog’s movie that’s just Brad Dourif speaking directly into the camera between very long clips from a 1980s space shuttle mission? five stars.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Herzog’s movie that’s just Brad Dourif speaking directly into the camera between very long clips from a 1980s space shuttle mission? five stars.
just had to unfollow somebody who called Peter Boyle “the old dad from Everybody Loves Raymond”
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
just had to unfollow somebody who called Peter Boyle “the old dad from Everybody Loves Raymond”
The only design that beats a pantsless duck in a sailor suit is a pantsless duck in a coat, top hat, glasses, and spats
When yall were kids (think like.. age 4-12) what was the coolest character design you had ever seen that was super formative?
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The only design that beats a pantsless duck in a sailor suit is a pantsless duck in a coat, top hat, glasses, and spats
if you’ve been to space how long can you go without casually mentioning in conversation that you’ve been to space? I spent 10 months in New York when I was 18 and mentioned it every single day for the next four years at least.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
if you’ve been to space how long can you go without casually mentioning in conversation that you’ve been to space? I spent 10 months in New York when I was 18 and mentioned it every single day for the next four years at least.
war flicks are the ultimate “so many dudes” movies but even by that standard Platoon is chock full of dudes
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
war flicks are the ultimate “so many dudes” movies but even by that standard Platoon is chock full of dudes
finally watching Platoon. why didn’t the NES game have the part where Willem Defoe blows pot smoke into your mouth through the barrel of his rifle?
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
finally watching Platoon. why didn’t the NES game have the part where Willem Defoe blows pot smoke into your mouth through the barrel of his rifle?
Reposted by Garrett Martin
I had the privilege of interviewing Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope, etc.) for The A.V. Club and asked him about what initially drew him to American pop culture, who he wants to work with next, and what defines enduring art.
Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe on what it takes for art to "survive beyond"
We interviewed Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe about his work, where his love of overseas culture came from, and what's next.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I had the privilege of interviewing Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope, etc.) for The A.V. Club and asked him about what initially drew him to American pop culture, who he wants to work with next, and what defines enduring art.
it is weird that the theater five minutes from my house that got Frankenstein and the last knives out is not getting the new knives out
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
it is weird that the theater five minutes from my house that got Frankenstein and the last knives out is not getting the new knives out
Walton Goggins is a southern Bruce Dern
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Walton Goggins is a southern Bruce Dern
during my life I have watched at least 200 movies. I am now ready to make one. waiting for the call, Hollywood.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
during my life I have watched at least 200 movies. I am now ready to make one. waiting for the call, Hollywood.