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GuillaumefromRFN
@guillaumenwr.bsky.social
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One of the hosts of Radio Free Nintendo, a podcast about video games. Which is what I'm mostly here to talk about, but not exclusively.
I don't have expectations of you following back if you're not overly involved in video games!
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filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
…she hates the “pinkskins”–even her husband, who says, “I’m a pinkskin…on the inside.” When he says this, she winces. The audience winces. This is the natural response to both a James Cameron screenplay and Cameron’s attempt to teach white people that terms like “redskin” are, by their nature, dehumanizing. It doesn’t work, alas, because only white people believe in reverse racism.
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Getting into the holiday spirit.
Soun: “When we were young, there was no such thing as Christmas.” Genma: “Our family has always been Buddhist, anyway.” Kasumi: “Father. Mr. Saotome, look forward to a delicious dinner tonight.” Genma and Soun in unison, cheering: “Hooray for Christmas!” From Ranma 1/2 season 6, episode 8. A very sweet episode actually.
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Guess there are some hijinks in my near future!
Tom Sawyer
December 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Basically mute everything.
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Out of curiosity, what's this account?
I blocked this account or they blocked me, I dunno.
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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This is the start of a PR email I received about a game being now available in French and, shit, you're telling me this could have been my RFN greeting this whole time?
"Bonjour gamers!"
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I'm still early in Prime 4 because I can't play it long. Love Prime games, but they stress me out! I said as much on RFN: when going back to base, Myles was a real sight for sore eyes.
So I especially agree with this part of John's review.
Because you’ll be alone for 99% of the game, the rare instance in which you encounter another human character feels like an exciting event. As it turns out, isolation is a lot more noticeable when you have a basis for comparison.
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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What's normal to her, amazes us!
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Probably won’t happen because Nintendo, but I’d love to see an interview with the person at Retro so excited to get their motorcycle license that they convinced the team to have Samus pass it.
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Maybe that means I’m basic but I’m really enjoying Prime 4.
That’s me. I’m Myles when playing this game. (Sound on)
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The saw-whet owls Karen and I sponsored. I named them both!
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I don’t know when I last played Metroid Prime. Maybe 15 years ago?
It’s still very cool.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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"malgré eux"
Je ne suis pas certain que Meta, pour qui les revenus priment avant tout quitte à tolérer les arnaques sur Facebook, se désole de la situation.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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he’s just like me fr 😭
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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How most billionaires got where they are if we’re honest
A scan from Metroid Prime Remastered that reads “The path of corruption leads ever higher.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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when you just did me a favor but honestly? I already forget what it was.
The very anime princess from the arcade game Cadash by Taito saying “Thank you for the important thing!”
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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I was gonna replace the drawings they're holding with yours but then decided it's close enough anyway
The cover of Le déclin de l'empire américain, but with "Empire américain" replaced with the "Haus" taken from hausofdecline.ca
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Got a bit of a "Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon" look going on, doesn't he?
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It's a good idea.
I still take my bike to the Montreal shop where I bought it for tune-ups. When I had to go get it back during the STM strike, I just used a bixi to cross the bridge.
Options are nice.
My comment on that youtube video: "Cette coalition ne parle pas pour moi. Oui, j'ai quitté Montréal il y a quelques années: parce que ma propriétaire a pété un plomb et parce que les maisons et condos sont hors de prix. Pas à cause des pistes cyclables que j'utilisais chaque jour pour me rendre au travail."
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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No, I'm not surprised, it's just funny to see the actors moving like they're buried in packing peanuts.
And I'll admit I like it a lot more than the… glaze they covered cars with in Carnivale.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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It's full of great lines like this.
"the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue—the vague feeling that there must be something I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this."
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I'm glad I read this despite not intending to ever go to a "Netflix House" location, turns out we're the intended audience for the piece.
slate.com/culture/2025...
What makes Netflix’s efforts to become an immersive real-world destination so galling isn’t necessarily its shamelessness. There is a strong resemblance in Netflix’s efforts to the world of video games, where fans are encouraged to incorporate the entertainment they consume into their identity, to the point that they will sit through hourslong marketing presentations showing a barrage of trailers, broken up by the occasional celebrity appearance, corporate hype-person, or awkward bit. But what rankles is how little Netflix has to offer in return. The streamer’s brand identity is a lack of brand identity. It is your best friend and everyone’s best friend. What does Netflix like? Whatever you like.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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There were a lot of great lil pixel heads/faces in my Game Boy collection growing up, and Bonk's Adventure's was def in the top tier.
The lil' face of a lil' guy: dots for eyes, round eyebrows, narrow mouth. No thoughts at all in there.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I wonder if he's happy now: we live in the world he wanted.
Excerpt from "Editorial: How Uncharted 2 Can Fix Gaming" by Matt Casamassina on IGN from 2009: But oftentimes the conversations include necessary details about the environments and your objectives that might have been explained more mechanically in a cut-scene -- a videogame convention that most software makers still protect. Furthermore, Hennig seems to understand how integral it is that characters behave like real humans as opposed to videogame cliches. When Chloe and Nate approach a building ledge, she asks, "Do you reckon we're going to have to climb that thing?" Nate muses, "Yeahhh -- that's usually what happens." This exchange alerts you to your next objective without beating you over the head with camera sweeps or an unnecessary cinematic. It's lighthearted and amusing, but it also demonstrates that Nate is aware of how absurd his predicaments sometimes are. It's a small, unimportant communication, but it makes sense that the two would behave exactly as they do. Excerpt of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond preview by Logan Plant: I started to get a sinking feeling. In one turn, Samus not only gained an unwanted companion, that companion also instantly started chiming in on what I should be doing, like Atreus to Kratos in God of War, or Aloy to… Aloy in Horizon. The next 20 minutes of my demo ranged from mildly annoying to downright infuriating, as Myles constantly bombarded me with either awkward attempts at quippy humor… “It’s about to get reeeeal nerdy in here!” Unwelcome hints that directly defy Metroid’s spirit of exploration and discovery: “Missiles are effective against a creature with a hard shell, you know." He would scold me for not stopping to save my game: “Samus, there's something interesting over there. Are you sure we don’t need to use that?” Comment on everything I scanned: “Can you read that? Does that say anything about this place? They really don’t want anyone in here. Must be a sacred space.” State the obvious: “I can see the door, Samus! Let's get out of here.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM