We’re a few hours from 2024, so indulge me as I recap a wild 2023 (or don’t and just scroll, I’m not your boss, you do you boo boo) in the thread below:
Dave Brandt, the "It ain't much, but it's honest work" guy, died over the weekend due to injuries sustained in a car accident.
Look into his life story: He was way more than the meme; he was a farming revolutionary that someone once called "the Obi-Wan Kenobi of healthy soil."
I leave the room to let the dog out and Charlotte is watching a Disney World stage show. I come back and
@geoffkeighley
is teaching her about the DualSense. No idea how. Algorithm maybe?
@rclark98
@iamchrisjudge
I recently had a chance to interview Cam Monaghan (Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi Survivor) and he went into great detail about performance capture, even explaining the differences between motion and performance capture. I really liked his answer (and look who he name-dropped):
Attended the funeral for the father of a dear friend today. He was buried wearing a Brian Dawkins jersey, and at the cemetery, all ten pall bearers switched out their suit jackets for
@Eagles
jerseys too.
A proper sendoff for a man who bled green until the end. Go Birds.
@agentbizzle
@JurassicRabbit
How long have you been sitting on this tweet, and how hard was it to save it for the show’s premiere date? I would have tweeted this as soon as I thought of it lol
I see this tweet is gaining traction. Normally I'm supposed to shill something I'm doing, but all I want you to do is tell the people you love that you love them.
Accidents like the one that took our meme pal here are all too common, so hug those you care about tight today.
Olivia says “I made this for you for when you play video games, it’s a heart and inside I tried to make an Among Us character.”
How’d she do,
@AmongUsGame
?
Over at
@GameSpot
I wrote a full retrospective on
#SmashBrosUltimate
, from the first teaser in 2018 to the Sora trailer last month.
I also Avengers assembled a few folks behind the reveals, who gave some unique thoughts on their characters getting in.
@thegameawards
The answer is Briana White.
No disrespect to Ashley Johnson, her Ellie is excellent, but Briana absolutely NAILED Aerith in her performance, despite the immense pressure inherent in giving voice to such an icon of gaming. That, for me, gives White a slight edge.
So, uh, that last Evo article I talked about? The one I was super jazzed about?
It was for Game Informer.
Guess that's not happening now, is it?
I loved this magazine and everything it brought to the industry, this is a travesty.
@JeffGrubb
Goku's Saiyan name is "Kakarot," or "carrot," while Vegeta is short for "vegetable." Gohan is "rice," Raditz is "radish," and the list goes on.
Naming committee met before lunch, clearly.
One and only
@slimpally
Sgw interviewer and ring announcer. Became an orphan at the age of 7 years. Studied in a local public school up-to the age of 15yrs, joined Softground 12th September 2023. This is her centre of hope to reclaim happiness.
I’m fucking seething.
Not at the loss of the commission, I’ll make do.
But at the loss of a PILLAR of games writing, thrown to the side by an abhorrent piece of shit. On his whim, a piece of our childhood evaporates.
Fuck Ryan Cohen, that colossal asshole.
@thegameawards
Limgrave Tree Sentinel being the third most encountered boss totally tracks, can only imagine how many people started the game, got through the intro, charged the guy on the horse, and got CRUSHED.
Hey, so have you seen that
#VirtuaFighter
@arcade_1up
machine making the round? I reached out to Arcade1Up to ask about its legitimacy and, well...hate to be the bearer of bad news, but they're saying it's not real.
Had the privilege to speak with
#OctopathTraveler
's producer Hirohito Suzuki, composer Yasunori Nishiki, and scenario writer Kakunoshin Futsuzawa about Champions of the Continent, which is out today on mobile devices.
My piece for
@GameSpot
:
I see
#ThankYouMaxDood
trending, and hell yeah, easily one of my favorite creators -- been a card-carrying Dood since MvC3 Assist Me in 2011, I appreciate all of his work and love watching it.
@patrickklepek
That paragraph you highlighted tears right through me. As a parent of two kids, working a 9-5, and trying to write freelance and get a podcast off the ground...I feel every one of those words.
Ok
@Hitman
, I’m officially in after today’s Sean Bean announcement.
“Bean will take on the role of Mark Faba, a former MI5 agent turned freelance assassin. Notoriously known as “The Undying,” Faba’s reputation as a master of faking his own death is second to none.”
Gold.
Today my parents adopted a senior dog with one eye that’s been in shelters for nearly four weeks, simply to give him a good home for the rest of his days. Here’s my dad with the good boy.
Proud of my mom and dad tonight.
@therealcliffyb
Respectfully, based on A) the full-contact slap, B) the video of Will and Jada being consoled after, and C), Will's Best Actor acceptance speech, I don't think that's the case this time.
Addendum: Tom also had Phillies season tickets that he shared with his daughter
@KristaMarieCes
.
Another friend reached out to
@JohnKruk
and mentioned Tom’s passing, Kruk said he and
@TMacPhils
would pay tribute during the
@Phillies
, and sure enough, in the top of the ninth…
Attended the funeral for the father of a dear friend today. He was buried wearing a Brian Dawkins jersey, and at the cemetery, all ten pall bearers switched out their suit jackets for
@Eagles
jerseys too.
A proper sendoff for a man who bled green until the end. Go Birds.
Had a chance to go hands-on with
#MinaTheHollower
from
@YachtClubGames
at
#PAXEast
last weekend, as well as speak to the game's director and lead artist. There's a lot of ingredients in here, but it's making a dang good meal.
Check it over on
@GameSpot
:
@MichaelBaumann
Wonder if it’s the same fella who, when shown on the big screen during Game 3 of the NLDS, immediately turned that picture around to reveal Marcell Ozuna’s mugshot on the other side?