John Rairdin NWR

The year is 2026. Are you making a Star Fox inspired game? I want to play it. I want to support your Kickstarter. I want to edit a trailer. (I'd also like to voice a random background character but that's not a support thing I just think it would be neat) Show me your game! I'll probably like it!

"For many, this is the video game industry’s “you reap what you sow” moment, proof that the AI tools many publishers have brazenly admitted to using are a double-edged sword." 🙃 Also, this Tim Sweeney guy is not an honest person. Great piece about an industry that is changing at breakneck speed:

Here are the last four games I've played! (One of these is a review assignment, can you spot it?) What are yours?

Some more Game Boy games are coming to the Nintendo Classics next week, which leaves basically one Switch Online library untouched this year - right, @sewart.bsky.social?

Come for the Zelda lore, stay for the city planning.

The wall that surrounds the Gerudo fortress is facing the wrong way. I think it's high time we talk about that. Let's get into some niche Ocarina of Time lore! youtu.be/36QG6gHd0ME

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Before you return to the Hyrule of Ocarina of Time this November, join @jtsknight92.bsky.social to unravel a mystery that has bothered him (and only him) for years. Why did the Gerudo build their wall backwards? youtu.be/36QG6gHd0ME

The wall that surrounds the Gerudo fortress is facing the wrong way. I think it's high time we talk about that. Let's get into some niche Ocarina of Time lore! youtu.be/36QG6gHd0ME

I wonder if Ubisoft was involved in any way with this.

I have a Zelda lore video coming out tomorrow on @nintendonwr.bsky.social. It has entirely too many VFX shots for a Zelda lore video. But I refuse to change.

Radio Free Nintendo Episode 1000 plans are live. Join us Saturday, November 14 at 10 PM UTC to celebrate and raise a little money to help those who need it. Details below: www.nintendoworldreport.com/sitenews/776...

Well @kayteerairdin.bsky.social finished Riven today. We now leave the comfort of modern remasters behind and begin Myst III Exile. I've also never finished this one so we are in uncharted waters. Unless you're planning to announce a remaster in the next 24 hours @cyan.com ;)

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

Never change Gloryhammer.

For the second time in a year, I have stopped to appreciate this texture. Now on Switch 2.

I'm still worthy.

My cat has discovered that there are fish in Riven.

Official Star Fox Adventures flash game. This is of course the canon sequel to Star Fox 64 :P

BREAKING NEWS: Wing Commander III Source Tapes FOUND https://wcne.ws/17548

We're getting WING COMMANDER FMVs, gang!!! Jim Vessella found over 600 source tapes in the EA archives and have been restoring them

Excuse me what?

Review is up! www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/77644

It's apparently up to all of Iowa to stop Josh Turek but ONLY my dad can stop Lindsay James. Do you think I should let him know? That's a lot of pressure to put on a guy his age.

Rolled credits, that was pretty darn good. Glad it found its way to Switch, it has been on my Steam wishlist for years without me getting around to it.

Hi folks-- We're starting on our next indexing project, and we're building our volunteer team! If you have some degree of Japanese fluency and want to help index periodicals for VGHF, hit me up here

We aren't sure who is the Arisen and who is the Pawn but @nron10.bsky.social and @jtsknight92.bsky.social teamed up to tackle our review of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on Switch 2. youtu.be/1W9RpJYRTvQ

For those of you not paying attention to the Iowa Gubernatorial Race, it's between a very sassy little nerd who was so good at being auditor that the governor had to nerf him, and a dude we can't seem to confirm lives in Iowa. There is a correct answer here :P

Since it's out today I'll mention that Kaytee and I have been playing through Quern on Nintendo Switch and really enjoying it. A little ugly compared to the original PC version but still a really solid Myst-like. I'll have a full review once we finish it.

scheduling roof repair is fascinating because you just never know if you're going to get a person in an office ready to schedule an appointment or a dude on a roof who 100% isn't writing anything down.

This is how I learned there had been more than one RuneScape.

Since I'm very briefly in the end of this clip, I figure it's safe to mention that there is an interview with me as part of the Croc 2 behind the scenes content. It was awesome to be included and share my perspective on this era of video game history :)

Star Fox Next Gen Intro Stage preview! (Characters by Quickbutt, programming by @chuckborisnorris.bsky.social and me, music by @randomstunes.bsky.social, models by @euclidium.bsky.social, misc. graphics work by @segaretro92.bsky.social)

Put on your conspiracy theory hats. We're talking about the weird new Katina multiplayer level in Star Fox 2026. youtu.be/rZw51s2xscw

This is Music Man. He's doing the plot to Music Man. He googled ponzi scheme that works in Iowa and found a summary of the hit Broadway production Music Man. He just replaced the marching band with a steel mill.

Was delighted to contribute to this. I can also pretty much guarantee you I didn't write about any of the games you might expect me to write about ;)

I found important Star Fox lore late last night so I'm resharing it now that people might be awake :P

we're playing Star Fox! youtube.com/live/cRWsqNi...

Waiting for that Star Fox multiplayer update to drop

It's almost a little sad to send the legendary Switch 1 version of Witcher 3 off into the sunset as the Switch 2 gets a dedicated version in Witcher 3 Remastered. @jtsknight92.bsky.social takes a look: youtu.be/Cez1Tn-w7w8