Nic McConnell
@mcconnell.bsky.social
Bayou Billy fan account. Age Ratings Manager @ Riot, used to work at Twitter (the less bad times) and Niantic.
Runs @instructionderby.bsky.social
Instruction Derby: A video game manual stream!
Wednesdays at noon Pacific
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
He/him
Runs @instructionderby.bsky.social
Instruction Derby: A video game manual stream!
Wednesdays at noon Pacific
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
He/him
It’s Saturday which means it’s time for “random game Saturday” so here’s a random on Saturday, for Saturday’s “random game Saturday”
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s Saturday which means it’s time for “random game Saturday” so here’s a random on Saturday, for Saturday’s “random game Saturday”
Should I try to adopt this neighborhood dog?
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Should I try to adopt this neighborhood dog?
please forgive me for being vain, but i did a google search for my account here to see if a post I've done here has ever made it into a news story (it happened a few times back in the twitter days!) and i think the answer is no because this is the first result. lots to parse!
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
please forgive me for being vain, but i did a google search for my account here to see if a post I've done here has ever made it into a news story (it happened a few times back in the twitter days!) and i think the answer is no because this is the first result. lots to parse!
did a quick search for VAL Console on Xbox in France for some age ratings research and the AI was excited to tell me something not remotely true
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
did a quick search for VAL Console on Xbox in France for some age ratings research and the AI was excited to tell me something not remotely true
I'm tired but I have to skip the show next week so maybe I can do 4 whole manuals today, let's see
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm tired but I have to skip the show next week so maybe I can do 4 whole manuals today, let's see
oh gosh it's Instruction Derby stream day again, and once again i haven't prepared anything at all. so let's go with some more Sega Master System manuals? Altered Beast and then maybe another 2?
12pm Pacific today
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific today
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
oh gosh it's Instruction Derby stream day again, and once again i haven't prepared anything at all. so let's go with some more Sega Master System manuals? Altered Beast and then maybe another 2?
12pm Pacific today
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific today
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
Sunsets have been pretty solid this week
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Sunsets have been pretty solid this week
Sorry for the politics crash out, and especially sorry to everyone outside the US, I’m just beside myself that the “opposition” is so…idk culpable?
Anyway, here’s a picture of Crazy Taxi on the Sega Dreamcast
Anyway, here’s a picture of Crazy Taxi on the Sega Dreamcast
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Sorry for the politics crash out, and especially sorry to everyone outside the US, I’m just beside myself that the “opposition” is so…idk culpable?
Anyway, here’s a picture of Crazy Taxi on the Sega Dreamcast
Anyway, here’s a picture of Crazy Taxi on the Sega Dreamcast
This is maybe corny but I’m genuinely so, so, so honored to be a background guy in Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection. If you know me, you know I absolutely adore the work the great folks at @digitaleclipse.bsky.social do and MKLK is a towering achievement. @danamrich.bsky.social you all are awesome.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This is maybe corny but I’m genuinely so, so, so honored to be a background guy in Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection. If you know me, you know I absolutely adore the work the great folks at @digitaleclipse.bsky.social do and MKLK is a towering achievement. @danamrich.bsky.social you all are awesome.
A campaign to believe in
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A campaign to believe in
Ok so for today’s migraine-infused stream I’m gonna just read a couple Master System manuals. Golvellius, Action Fighter, Black Belt? Maybe even Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting??? It’s a lot but let’s see where the hour takes us.
12 PM Pacific
Today!
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12 PM Pacific
Today!
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ok so for today’s migraine-infused stream I’m gonna just read a couple Master System manuals. Golvellius, Action Fighter, Black Belt? Maybe even Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting??? It’s a lot but let’s see where the hour takes us.
12 PM Pacific
Today!
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12 PM Pacific
Today!
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
In honor of a cool evening, here’s a cool thing, this Saturn Cabernets special edition I got in Japan
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In honor of a cool evening, here’s a cool thing, this Saturn Cabernets special edition I got in Japan
Hey Kev, you heard Vice President Cheney died? Yeah, big news, big news. Yeah apparently the police are questioning Lorena Bobbit after learning that Dick’s gone
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hey Kev, you heard Vice President Cheney died? Yeah, big news, big news. Yeah apparently the police are questioning Lorena Bobbit after learning that Dick’s gone
when we spring forward next year
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
when we spring forward next year
I’m in this video as two powerful new characters:
- “Player 2’s hands”
- “person in the back absolutely flipping out”
- “Player 2’s hands”
- “person in the back absolutely flipping out”
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I’m in this video as two powerful new characters:
- “Player 2’s hands”
- “person in the back absolutely flipping out”
- “Player 2’s hands”
- “person in the back absolutely flipping out”
Checking in on your posts
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Checking in on your posts
I didn’t get to dress up ultimately (though I did have a box of wine in a backpack for other thirsty parents) but my older daughter coraline dressed up as jinx!
I just posted in that wig once as a little bit of timeline horror lol
Happy Halloween! Did you do anything?
I just posted in that wig once as a little bit of timeline horror lol
Happy Halloween! Did you do anything?
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I didn’t get to dress up ultimately (though I did have a box of wine in a backpack for other thirsty parents) but my older daughter coraline dressed up as jinx!
I just posted in that wig once as a little bit of timeline horror lol
Happy Halloween! Did you do anything?
I just posted in that wig once as a little bit of timeline horror lol
Happy Halloween! Did you do anything?
Also, this costume combo
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Also, this costume combo
Photos don’t do it justice but we’ve got a street a few blocks away that’s become the best Halloween street I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s feels like it’s out of a movie and it’s just incredible
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Photos don’t do it justice but we’ve got a street a few blocks away that’s become the best Halloween street I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s feels like it’s out of a movie and it’s just incredible
Parents, please inspect your kids’ candy tonight! I just found this copy of Pop’n Music Fever! for Playstatuon 2 in my daughter’s gummies
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Parents, please inspect your kids’ candy tonight! I just found this copy of Pop’n Music Fever! for Playstatuon 2 in my daughter’s gummies
Who could forget Mario Tennis 64’s famous slogan, for all players hoping to touch the true entertainment
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Who could forget Mario Tennis 64’s famous slogan, for all players hoping to touch the true entertainment
Some real rough draw distance today
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Some real rough draw distance today
Received the mail
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Received the mail