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Marc Normandin

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Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Endless Mode (née Paste Games) and Baseball Prospectus. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him https://retroxp.beehiiv.com https://marcnormandin.com https://www.endlessmode.com/author/marc-normandin

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

Mamorukun ReCurse! is yet another revived G.Rev shoot 'em up, one with an excellent central mechanic, the mastery of which allows you to flit between scoring- and survival-focused play at will. It's also far more widely available than its previous iterations, and is the definitive edition, to boot.

Past meets present: Mamorukun ReCurse!

Another G.Rev shooter gets a (very welcome) modern update and re-release.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1h

[chanting] Valkyrie

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1h

long appreciated that the initial point of Kirby was to be something more approachable in a genre that was, at the time, trying to kill you. This is that ethos at its simplest, but it still has its obvious charms decades later.

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 4h

Everyone can now read this fresh piece on Kirby's debut adventure!

"The hero of this game is an endearing-yet-useless sweetheart."

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/10/15/k...

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 3h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 9h

Independent of this statement, a good way of describing a huge chunk of the internet is “rapists running content and bot farms to make their pet issues seem more important”, that’s basically half the traffic on X at this point.

Peter Fobian @peterfobian.bsky.social · 9h

Notably the 3 people leading the charge on this are a guy who spends all his time trying to sue and deplatform pro-palestinian creators and 2 rapists who all run content farms of out of context clips but y'know maybe this time it's not a cynical attempt to get rid of their self-proclaimed #1 op.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 10h

I can't believe we're still talking about this

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 12h

@socialistboat.dad you know what you have to do

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 15h

incredible how the Times just sucks shit at everything

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 19h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

Feeling pretty lucky that the protein powder I use is one listed as safe for how often I have it, and also that I've just avoided anything that has Added Protein to stick to like, Greek yogurt and cottage cheese that just has that because it's Greek yogurt and cottage cheese.

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 17h

The Patagonia thing has never stopped being bonkers to me. She not only lived in Maine, she lived in FREEPORT

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 19h

I have Tolkien's now and was excited to dive in even before seeing this

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 22h

Congrats to all the people who have postured as intelligent and morally righteous for years but decided that they couldn’t take a stand against genocide or decided to justify and cheer on the massacre of a people for whatever reason. Now they can go back to playing the intellectual in peace.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 21h

think my favorite part about it is that the big Marilyn Monroe art just looks like someone put makeup and a different hairstyle on Emilia Clarke, anyway. Congrats you made a "for gamers" edit of GoT

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 21h

"Want to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones?" is your sales pitch? That's your big showcase of the limitless power of imagination? No wonder you nerds use generative AI

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

Alright that's enough of that

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 25d

sorry

A La Forge meme with where the top negative box says "Charlie Kirk Day" and the bottom positive one says "Charlie Day's Kirk"

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

Forgot this shit was even happening, terrible

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

More like Charlie Dork Day. Got 'em

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

I'm multiple gens behind now so I don't have a comparison point for anything anymore

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

I have no point to make it's just funny that they both took that angle, and in opposite directions.

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 22h

Two Pokémon Z-A reviews hit my timeline nearly back to back, with the first social post saying it was a step down from Arceus and the second saying it was an improvement on it.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

Contrapoints "power" profile banner, oh boy

Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty funny to have it spit out as GIDP, though. Like not even in a bad way, it's genuinely funny in a "Baseball!" way.

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

GIDP might be technically correct but that just means you need a new technicality

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 1d

We were doing our movie night a day late since we had a weekend trip, but I saw the replay while checking the score and lmao

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