Todd Parker
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Todd Parker
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· May 26
The Nintendo Today! App is a Bizarre Manifestation of our Dystopian Lives
The Nintendo Today! app is an uncomfortable reminder of video game's consumerist heart
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NEW ARTICLE:
'The Nintendo Today! App is a Bizarre Manifestation of our Dystopian Lives'
A shorter article than usual talking about my mild discomfort and confusion at Nintendo's new app that gives you daily advertisements
'The Nintendo Today! App is a Bizarre Manifestation of our Dystopian Lives'
A shorter article than usual talking about my mild discomfort and confusion at Nintendo's new app that gives you daily advertisements
Been getting much more into the NBA over the last couple seasons and I have been having a lot of fun with it but holy choosing a team to support as a mid-20s European getting into the sport is so much harder than it was to pick a football team at the age of like 7
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Been getting much more into the NBA over the last couple seasons and I have been having a lot of fun with it but holy choosing a team to support as a mid-20s European getting into the sport is so much harder than it was to pick a football team at the age of like 7
Seated for the ARIatHome stream right now (the guy who walks around NYC creating beats on the fly for random people to freestyle over) got a feeling the vibes are gonna be goood
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Seated for the ARIatHome stream right now (the guy who walks around NYC creating beats on the fly for random people to freestyle over) got a feeling the vibes are gonna be goood
Did a rank your favourite pokemon thing and you can just see me getting gayer in real time based on the pokemon i like from early gens vs the pokemon I like from later gens
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Did a rank your favourite pokemon thing and you can just see me getting gayer in real time based on the pokemon i like from early gens vs the pokemon I like from later gens
Been playing FF Tactics for the first time with the remake and as someone who ends up analysing narratives through class dialetics by default it's very interesting seeing a game so openly tackle them.
In Chapter 3 and can tell I am either going to love or hate this story with no in between
In Chapter 3 and can tell I am either going to love or hate this story with no in between
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Been playing FF Tactics for the first time with the remake and as someone who ends up analysing narratives through class dialetics by default it's very interesting seeing a game so openly tackle them.
In Chapter 3 and can tell I am either going to love or hate this story with no in between
In Chapter 3 and can tell I am either going to love or hate this story with no in between
Animal Crossing remains the ultimate recession indicator I see
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Animal Crossing remains the ultimate recession indicator I see
Someone should make a rage game that is just the authentic experience of learning how to put on liquid eyeliner
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Someone should make a rage game that is just the authentic experience of learning how to put on liquid eyeliner
#PokemonLegendsZA 100% finally done
-42 Main Missions
-119 Side Quests
-230 Pokémon
-63 Megas
-All Research Tasks (inc 1000 battles)
The game is very fun I recommend it! (Except the 1000 battle grind)
-42 Main Missions
-119 Side Quests
-230 Pokémon
-63 Megas
-All Research Tasks (inc 1000 battles)
The game is very fun I recommend it! (Except the 1000 battle grind)
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
#PokemonLegendsZA 100% finally done
-42 Main Missions
-119 Side Quests
-230 Pokémon
-63 Megas
-All Research Tasks (inc 1000 battles)
The game is very fun I recommend it! (Except the 1000 battle grind)
-42 Main Missions
-119 Side Quests
-230 Pokémon
-63 Megas
-All Research Tasks (inc 1000 battles)
The game is very fun I recommend it! (Except the 1000 battle grind)
There's a 45 y/o Canadian wine mom losing her mind right now about the Katy Perry/Justin Trudeau relationship
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There's a 45 y/o Canadian wine mom losing her mind right now about the Katy Perry/Justin Trudeau relationship
Got the type of anxiety that makes psychological horror such an appealing type of storytelling to me, unfortunately also got the type of anxiety where playing/watching horror stuff can be physically painful
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Got the type of anxiety that makes psychological horror such an appealing type of storytelling to me, unfortunately also got the type of anxiety where playing/watching horror stuff can be physically painful
The other thing with Legends:ZA that is cool is it's commentary on gentrification and homelessness, one of the better pokemon stories I think
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The other thing with Legends:ZA that is cool is it's commentary on gentrification and homelessness, one of the better pokemon stories I think
Not quite done with Legends: ZA yet (at Rank B) but my general thoughts are that this game is pretty damn good.
New Mega Designs are largely good, especially the sillier ones. the Xenoblade-esque combat is the most like the anime the games have felt and the Yakuza-style world design fits so well
New Mega Designs are largely good, especially the sillier ones. the Xenoblade-esque combat is the most like the anime the games have felt and the Yakuza-style world design fits so well
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Not quite done with Legends: ZA yet (at Rank B) but my general thoughts are that this game is pretty damn good.
New Mega Designs are largely good, especially the sillier ones. the Xenoblade-esque combat is the most like the anime the games have felt and the Yakuza-style world design fits so well
New Mega Designs are largely good, especially the sillier ones. the Xenoblade-esque combat is the most like the anime the games have felt and the Yakuza-style world design fits so well
That one pokemon leak is actually crazy, I really hope it doesn't die in development
October 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
That one pokemon leak is actually crazy, I really hope it doesn't die in development
AI slop completely overtaking the "playlist of random music that is good for working" genre of video on youtube has at least had the upside of making me listen to game OSTs way more than I usually would
Shoutout VA-11 Hall-A in particular, such a good vibe-y soundtrack
Shoutout VA-11 Hall-A in particular, such a good vibe-y soundtrack
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
AI slop completely overtaking the "playlist of random music that is good for working" genre of video on youtube has at least had the upside of making me listen to game OSTs way more than I usually would
Shoutout VA-11 Hall-A in particular, such a good vibe-y soundtrack
Shoutout VA-11 Hall-A in particular, such a good vibe-y soundtrack
Country music is so fascinating as a European (especially a brit at that) because we import so much pop culture from America but country musicians can be unfathomably successful and I will just have 0 idea they exist
(this is brought to you by a daily game expecting me to know Zach Bryan)
(this is brought to you by a daily game expecting me to know Zach Bryan)
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Country music is so fascinating as a European (especially a brit at that) because we import so much pop culture from America but country musicians can be unfathomably successful and I will just have 0 idea they exist
(this is brought to you by a daily game expecting me to know Zach Bryan)
(this is brought to you by a daily game expecting me to know Zach Bryan)
Wanted to share the @greenparty.org.uk party broadcast from today over here as I hadn't seen it on bsky (in 2 parts the video limit sucks)
My entire adult life has been a growing political doomerism as I've watched economic crises, rising hatred and a drastic rightward shift in the overton window.
My entire adult life has been a growing political doomerism as I've watched economic crises, rising hatred and a drastic rightward shift in the overton window.
October 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Wanted to share the @greenparty.org.uk party broadcast from today over here as I hadn't seen it on bsky (in 2 parts the video limit sucks)
My entire adult life has been a growing political doomerism as I've watched economic crises, rising hatred and a drastic rightward shift in the overton window.
My entire adult life has been a growing political doomerism as I've watched economic crises, rising hatred and a drastic rightward shift in the overton window.
Ok the ending for Silent Hill f is crazy, really really loved this game excited to try and write something about it
Also very excited to go for a new game plus run or two and collect my thoughts there 👀
Also very excited to go for a new game plus run or two and collect my thoughts there 👀
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Ok the ending for Silent Hill f is crazy, really really loved this game excited to try and write something about it
Also very excited to go for a new game plus run or two and collect my thoughts there 👀
Also very excited to go for a new game plus run or two and collect my thoughts there 👀
the new sonic racing game feels like someone just learned what game feel and juiciness was and decided it need to do all of it all the time
crazy overstimulating experience
crazy overstimulating experience
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
the new sonic racing game feels like someone just learned what game feel and juiciness was and decided it need to do all of it all the time
crazy overstimulating experience
crazy overstimulating experience
95% of my queer gender expression is just that i call everything i find funny silly (complimentary)
September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
95% of my queer gender expression is just that i call everything i find funny silly (complimentary)
As someone who was terrified for literal years of the weeping angels after seeing their first episode live when i was like 7, fuck the scarecrow sequence in Silent Hill f
Should not have played that in the dark 😭
Should not have played that in the dark 😭
September 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
As someone who was terrified for literal years of the weeping angels after seeing their first episode live when i was like 7, fuck the scarecrow sequence in Silent Hill f
Should not have played that in the dark 😭
Should not have played that in the dark 😭
finally seen the OD trailer and it looks unfathomably good
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
finally seen the OD trailer and it looks unfathomably good
Weird ask maybe, anyone that follows me happen to have a reccommendation for non-fiction about showa era Japanese feminism, between currently playing silent hill f and reading Hiromi Kawakami's The Third Love I'm absorbing a lot of work tackling this era/locale of feminist movements right now
September 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Weird ask maybe, anyone that follows me happen to have a reccommendation for non-fiction about showa era Japanese feminism, between currently playing silent hill f and reading Hiromi Kawakami's The Third Love I'm absorbing a lot of work tackling this era/locale of feminist movements right now
Got the feeling already I'm gonna have a lot to say about SIlent Hill f so gonna keep the impressions to the minimum on the timeline for now but just wanted to point out how wonderfully disturbing the alternate costume descriptions are
I physically recoiled reading this
I physically recoiled reading this
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Got the feeling already I'm gonna have a lot to say about SIlent Hill f so gonna keep the impressions to the minimum on the timeline for now but just wanted to point out how wonderfully disturbing the alternate costume descriptions are
I physically recoiled reading this
I physically recoiled reading this
Apparently steam and only steam doesn't have Silent Hill f go live until 5am UK time as opposed to midnight so i guess I am waiting until tomorrow 🤷♀️
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Apparently steam and only steam doesn't have Silent Hill f go live until 5am UK time as opposed to midnight so i guess I am waiting until tomorrow 🤷♀️
reviews are good 👀
Close enough to the release of Silent Hill f now that I need to reckon with me really fucking with the game's trailers and me having 0 faith in Konami
God I hope this game is as interesting as it looks
God I hope this game is as interesting as it looks
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
reviews are good 👀
The Your Party implosion would be very funny if the state of UK politics wasn't so depressing right now
September 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Your Party implosion would be very funny if the state of UK politics wasn't so depressing right now