Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid
@jparish.bsky.social
Retronauts Co-Host, NES Works Producer, Limited Run Book Guy, and RGB addict. Did not invent the word "Metroidvania." He/him. Header pic by Sonya Yruel.
Lots of fake and misleading info online, but this post is entirely true
Great time to get into one of the absolute best documentary series in the wired
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Lots of fake and misleading info online, but this post is entirely true
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Seriously, unless you were there and old enough to understand what was going on in the pop culture landscape at the time, it’s impossible to appreciate how dead Disney seemed to be for most of the 80s.
NES Ducktales + The Little Metmaid hitting at the same time in ‘89 seemed like a miraculous fluke
NES Ducktales + The Little Metmaid hitting at the same time in ‘89 seemed like a miraculous fluke
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
Time to pay the bagpiper: Disney's DuckTales | NES Works 152
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November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Seriously, unless you were there and old enough to understand what was going on in the pop culture landscape at the time, it’s impossible to appreciate how dead Disney seemed to be for most of the 80s.
NES Ducktales + The Little Metmaid hitting at the same time in ‘89 seemed like a miraculous fluke
NES Ducktales + The Little Metmaid hitting at the same time in ‘89 seemed like a miraculous fluke
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
Time to pay the bagpiper: Disney's DuckTales | NES Works 152
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
It’s been three years since I offhandedly quoted my nephew’s joke while hanging out after a family Thanksgiving dinner, and people are STILL scrounging for clout by reposting screen caps of the tweet as if it were their own fresh content. The internet is inexplicable
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s been three years since I offhandedly quoted my nephew’s joke while hanging out after a family Thanksgiving dinner, and people are STILL scrounging for clout by reposting screen caps of the tweet as if it were their own fresh content. The internet is inexplicable
All I want for Christmas is for you and two of your friends to go preorder Metroidvania: The First Decade at your favorite cool local book shop
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All I want for Christmas is for you and two of your friends to go preorder Metroidvania: The First Decade at your favorite cool local book shop
Verdict on buying the groceries for Thanksgiving against the current backdrop of needlessly accelerated inflation:
Not a fan
Not a fan
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Verdict on buying the groceries for Thanksgiving against the current backdrop of needlessly accelerated inflation:
Not a fan
Not a fan
Finally, Battletoads the way it was meant to be played: with save states
(The other games are all absolute top-flight stuff, legit "happy holidays" fare)
(The other games are all absolute top-flight stuff, legit "happy holidays" fare)
Nintendo added more games to Switch Online!
NES:
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
- BATTLETOADS
Game Boy:
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
- BIONIC COMMANDO
NES:
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
- BATTLETOADS
Game Boy:
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
- BIONIC COMMANDO
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Finally, Battletoads the way it was meant to be played: with save states
(The other games are all absolute top-flight stuff, legit "happy holidays" fare)
(The other games are all absolute top-flight stuff, legit "happy holidays" fare)
Sad but true: 44% of men can't find the Tinkle Popo
Nintendo Kirby Face Fuzzy Slipper Socks $8.94 via Box Lunch. https://ow.ly/TwOz50XwRzb
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Sad but true: 44% of men can't find the Tinkle Popo
This is complete bullshit.
I moved my five bankers boxes of obsolete cables to our storage unit a few days ago
I moved my five bankers boxes of obsolete cables to our storage unit a few days ago
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is complete bullshit.
I moved my five bankers boxes of obsolete cables to our storage unit a few days ago
I moved my five bankers boxes of obsolete cables to our storage unit a few days ago
I thought about this for a while and struggled to find an answer. Eventually, I realized that every single picayune bit of stupid video game trivia I know will eventually be press-ganged into a video or podcast to help pay my bills, so by definition I do not possess any useless video game knowledge
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I thought about this for a while and struggled to find an answer. Eventually, I realized that every single picayune bit of stupid video game trivia I know will eventually be press-ganged into a video or podcast to help pay my bills, so by definition I do not possess any useless video game knowledge
This afternoon the doorbell rang, and I opened the door to find a pair of elementary age girls going door to door selling “squishables”.
“What’s a squishable?” I asked.
The younger of the pair looked scandalized. “Didn’t they teach you ANYTHING in school?” she said. “They’re things you squish!”
“What’s a squishable?” I asked.
The younger of the pair looked scandalized. “Didn’t they teach you ANYTHING in school?” she said. “They’re things you squish!”
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This afternoon the doorbell rang, and I opened the door to find a pair of elementary age girls going door to door selling “squishables”.
“What’s a squishable?” I asked.
The younger of the pair looked scandalized. “Didn’t they teach you ANYTHING in school?” she said. “They’re things you squish!”
“What’s a squishable?” I asked.
The younger of the pair looked scandalized. “Didn’t they teach you ANYTHING in school?” she said. “They’re things you squish!”
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Hi! I haven't posted a VHS rip for my patrons in a while, but here is a Parodius Da! tape to get things rolling again. www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
November bonus #1: Parodius Da! VHS rip | Jeremy Parish
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hi! I haven't posted a VHS rip for my patrons in a while, but here is a Parodius Da! tape to get things rolling again. www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
Hello everyone, and welcome to this season's first "hole up in the home office, crank up the music, and focus on getting work projects squared away before the holidays" afternoon
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hello everyone, and welcome to this season's first "hole up in the home office, crank up the music, and focus on getting work projects squared away before the holidays" afternoon
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
This is the episode where I come clean about my shenanigans 😞
In an episode exclusively for our $5 patrons: @jparish.bsky.social @atariarchive.org & @stuartgipp.bsky.social set out to sea again in pursuit of video game white whales—this time from the 16-bit generation and beyond
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November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is the episode where I come clean about my shenanigans 😞
I'm going to try streaming some Analogue 3D gameplay now. I don't know if this setup works! This may crash and burn! Have fun experiencing it with me. youtube.com/live/FjVcCqj...
Gintendo: Analogue 3D Sample Run
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November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm going to try streaming some Analogue 3D gameplay now. I don't know if this setup works! This may crash and burn! Have fun experiencing it with me. youtube.com/live/FjVcCqj...
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This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
A new recurring NES Works feature begins this week: instead of asking "what did Nintendo Power say?", this episode looks at topics and themes in ALL of the magazines on the U.S. market for Summer 1989. Most of which didn't exist a few months earlier! youtu.be/DkAJVFiW9cA
Fit for print: Games Media Overview, Summer 1989 | NES Works Special 5
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A new recurring NES Works feature begins this week: instead of asking "what did Nintendo Power say?", this episode looks at topics and themes in ALL of the magazines on the U.S. market for Summer 1989. Most of which didn't exist a few months earlier! youtu.be/DkAJVFiW9cA
For Gundautumn ’25, I watched The Witch From Mercury. It's easily the best thing called Gundam since War in the Pocket.
I have also come to a decision about A.I.: the only way I will invite it into my home is in the form of an actual functional Haro. BUT only if it includes GWitch's murder mode
I have also come to a decision about A.I.: the only way I will invite it into my home is in the form of an actual functional Haro. BUT only if it includes GWitch's murder mode
![Haro [murder version]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cs675sj2rlghz65p4hzii7b6/bafkreidbge7uahpfjh7bvjsesscxunpnwt5hh5q4abxgblq7rno6r5f7am@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
For Gundautumn ’25, I watched The Witch From Mercury. It's easily the best thing called Gundam since War in the Pocket.
I have also come to a decision about A.I.: the only way I will invite it into my home is in the form of an actual functional Haro. BUT only if it includes GWitch's murder mode
I have also come to a decision about A.I.: the only way I will invite it into my home is in the form of an actual functional Haro. BUT only if it includes GWitch's murder mode
Not all heroes wear capes; some of them simply say “let’s give the best X-Files creator an Apple TV infinite budget and full access to one of the best actors on television”
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Not all heroes wear capes; some of them simply say “let’s give the best X-Files creator an Apple TV infinite budget and full access to one of the best actors on television”
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November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The Best And Worst 7/10 Games Of All Time! Join Gary Butterfield and @kaye.zone from Watch Out For Fireballs @duckfeedtv.bsky.social and guest stars @retronauts.bsky.social ( @jparish.bsky.social and @bobservo.bsky.social )! Panel youtu.be/aiT3chS-2zA
#prge #prge2025 #retronauts #woff
#prge #prge2025 #retronauts #woff
Watch Out For Fireballs - The Best And Worst 7/10 Games - PRGE 2025 Portland Retro Gaming Expo
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November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Best And Worst 7/10 Games Of All Time! Join Gary Butterfield and @kaye.zone from Watch Out For Fireballs @duckfeedtv.bsky.social and guest stars @retronauts.bsky.social ( @jparish.bsky.social and @bobservo.bsky.social )! Panel youtu.be/aiT3chS-2zA
#prge #prge2025 #retronauts #woff
#prge #prge2025 #retronauts #woff
I spent the weekend working on an Analogue 3D review that ended up fizzling for various reasons. No fault of the console's, though... part of the problem is that I need to totally overhaul my recording and editing setup to correctly capture its high-end features, as you can see: youtu.be/792g4IDUnBY
N64 Works Direct Feed: Analogue 3D footage
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November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I spent the weekend working on an Analogue 3D review that ended up fizzling for various reasons. No fault of the console's, though... part of the problem is that I need to totally overhaul my recording and editing setup to correctly capture its high-end features, as you can see: youtu.be/792g4IDUnBY