Jon Irwin
@winwinirwin.bsky.social
Writer/Teacher.
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
Words in Kill Screen, Paste, Men's Health, The Atlantic, Billboard, Variety, Washington Post, Inverse and more.
https://about.me/jonirwinis
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.
(Oh no.)
(Oh no.)
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.
(Oh no.)
(Oh no.)
Someone find Jonathan Rubin of Scarsdale, NY (circa 1982) and tell him congrats on getting 999,999 points in “Kaboom!”
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Someone find Jonathan Rubin of Scarsdale, NY (circa 1982) and tell him congrats on getting 999,999 points in “Kaboom!”
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I spent too much time making my new street baller. His name is Cakes Iverson.
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I spent too much time making my new street baller. His name is Cakes Iverson.
This is the content I want in a daily app that lightly stokes my nostalgia and gives me 30 seconds of innocent joy.
Now let’s get KI 1 + 2 collection on Switch 2
(Fulgore on the cover of Nintendo Power #76)
Now let’s get KI 1 + 2 collection on Switch 2
(Fulgore on the cover of Nintendo Power #76)
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is the content I want in a daily app that lightly stokes my nostalgia and gives me 30 seconds of innocent joy.
Now let’s get KI 1 + 2 collection on Switch 2
(Fulgore on the cover of Nintendo Power #76)
Now let’s get KI 1 + 2 collection on Switch 2
(Fulgore on the cover of Nintendo Power #76)
To celebrate the end of the semester, I played NBA Street Vol 3 on GameCube and I can confirm that:
1. It is a good and fun game, and
2. I miss ‘Sheed and Rip on my hometown Pistons
1. It is a good and fun game, and
2. I miss ‘Sheed and Rip on my hometown Pistons
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
To celebrate the end of the semester, I played NBA Street Vol 3 on GameCube and I can confirm that:
1. It is a good and fun game, and
2. I miss ‘Sheed and Rip on my hometown Pistons
1. It is a good and fun game, and
2. I miss ‘Sheed and Rip on my hometown Pistons
For Your GOTY Consideration: “Speed Maze 4: A Tight Squeeze”
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
For Your GOTY Consideration: “Speed Maze 4: A Tight Squeeze”
Thankfully my kid’s commandeering of Spotify to play KidzBop songs after school didn’t fully destroy my yearend wrap-up
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thankfully my kid’s commandeering of Spotify to play KidzBop songs after school didn’t fully destroy my yearend wrap-up
1. I love saucy Ian
2. This helps explain why a legacy pub like NYT still doesn't list videogames under its "Arts" banner
2. This helps explain why a legacy pub like NYT still doesn't list videogames under its "Arts" banner
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
1. I love saucy Ian
2. This helps explain why a legacy pub like NYT still doesn't list videogames under its "Arts" banner
2. This helps explain why a legacy pub like NYT still doesn't list videogames under its "Arts" banner
Dug up a 1989 interview w/ Miyamoto (translated by @shmuplations.bsky.social) & it explains to me why Nintendo pushed that CLOSE TO YOU vid so hard.
Q: If you were to compare your work to another art medium, what would it be?
A: Miniature entertainment movies, maybe?
shmuplations.com/miyamoto1989/
Q: If you were to compare your work to another art medium, what would it be?
A: Miniature entertainment movies, maybe?
shmuplations.com/miyamoto1989/
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dug up a 1989 interview w/ Miyamoto (translated by @shmuplations.bsky.social) & it explains to me why Nintendo pushed that CLOSE TO YOU vid so hard.
Q: If you were to compare your work to another art medium, what would it be?
A: Miniature entertainment movies, maybe?
shmuplations.com/miyamoto1989/
Q: If you were to compare your work to another art medium, what would it be?
A: Miniature entertainment movies, maybe?
shmuplations.com/miyamoto1989/
I could have sent this as a screenshot BUT I saved it as a video so you could listen to the sweet menu lounge tune.
More importantly: After an hour in SPL-T I can only manage 174 splits. Who can beat me/help me do better?
Happy Launch Day, @simogo.com
More importantly: After an hour in SPL-T I can only manage 174 splits. Who can beat me/help me do better?
Happy Launch Day, @simogo.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I could have sent this as a screenshot BUT I saved it as a video so you could listen to the sweet menu lounge tune.
More importantly: After an hour in SPL-T I can only manage 174 splits. Who can beat me/help me do better?
Happy Launch Day, @simogo.com
More importantly: After an hour in SPL-T I can only manage 174 splits. Who can beat me/help me do better?
Happy Launch Day, @simogo.com
These dev insights are always interesting even if the game isn't your speed.
Here's what I need: For you to read this interview & then, interest adequately piqued, try the Demo & THEN, after seeing how cool it is, download the game. I need more online combatants.
www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
Here's what I need: For you to read this interview & then, interest adequately piqued, try the Demo & THEN, after seeing how cool it is, download the game. I need more online combatants.
www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
These dev insights are always interesting even if the game isn't your speed.
Here's what I need: For you to read this interview & then, interest adequately piqued, try the Demo & THEN, after seeing how cool it is, download the game. I need more online combatants.
www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
Here's what I need: For you to read this interview & then, interest adequately piqued, try the Demo & THEN, after seeing how cool it is, download the game. I need more online combatants.
www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I just sat in my car to see if this was her real name or if my car’s radio was hallucinating. She’s real! Incredible.
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I just sat in my car to see if this was her real name or if my car’s radio was hallucinating. She’s real! Incredible.
Let this be a reminder that in Wii Fit Plus, you could attach the Fit Meter to your dog’s collar and upload its steps into their very own doggy profile in the game
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Let this be a reminder that in Wii Fit Plus, you could attach the Fit Meter to your dog’s collar and upload its steps into their very own doggy profile in the game
Most retro filters don’t really do it for me, but there’s something about the one from @digitaleclipse.bsky.social for the original Mortal Kombat (Arcade) that puts me back at Tel-Twelve Mall in Southfield, MI.
The Legacy Kollection is a remarkable achievement. Such an important moment, told well.
The Legacy Kollection is a remarkable achievement. Such an important moment, told well.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Most retro filters don’t really do it for me, but there’s something about the one from @digitaleclipse.bsky.social for the original Mortal Kombat (Arcade) that puts me back at Tel-Twelve Mall in Southfield, MI.
The Legacy Kollection is a remarkable achievement. Such an important moment, told well.
The Legacy Kollection is a remarkable achievement. Such an important moment, told well.
So Metroid Prime 4 has a hub world-like desert called Sol Valley that connects a bunch of its areas...
I'm thinking Vanpool had a role to play in all this
I'm thinking Vanpool had a role to play in all this
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So Metroid Prime 4 has a hub world-like desert called Sol Valley that connects a bunch of its areas...
I'm thinking Vanpool had a role to play in all this
I'm thinking Vanpool had a role to play in all this
I’m doing what I can.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m doing what I can.
Always on the cusp of the latest & greatest, I picked up Madden ‘18 (PS4) in a Clearance bin at a used book store, primarily to play Longshot, the in-engine story mode co-written by a guy I had pizza with once. @adriantoddzuniga.bsky.social
It was great! If Madden was just this I’d be all over it.
It was great! If Madden was just this I’d be all over it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Always on the cusp of the latest & greatest, I picked up Madden ‘18 (PS4) in a Clearance bin at a used book store, primarily to play Longshot, the in-engine story mode co-written by a guy I had pizza with once. @adriantoddzuniga.bsky.social
It was great! If Madden was just this I’d be all over it.
It was great! If Madden was just this I’d be all over it.
Ready for TumbleSeed: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition whenever you are, @aeiowu.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ready for TumbleSeed: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition whenever you are, @aeiowu.com
Happy Nintendo-Acknowledges-Digidrive-Day to all who celebrate.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Nintendo-Acknowledges-Digidrive-Day to all who celebrate.
Happy Halloween from the…
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Halloween from the…
I am onboard with this new development
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am onboard with this new development