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When the Platform Goes Away, the Voices Don’t Have To (opens the original)
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I originally shared this as a Substack Note, but after posting it there, on X, and on Bluesky, I kept thinking about it.Notes can move pretty quickly, and I really wanted the people who follow this newsletter to have a chance to read this one. So instead of letting it disappear into the feed, I’m sharing it here as a full post.Seeing the news about the layoffs at IGN really got me thinking.Whatever the business reasons behind these decisions are, I’m not going to pretend I know everything happen
What I Remember About September 11 (opens the original)
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Every year, as September 11 approaches, I find myself thinking about where I was that day.I’m 42 years old now, which means September 11, 2001, belongs to a very different version of me. I was a high school student in Puerto Rico. I went to school that morning like it was any other day. I was laughing with friends, joking around, worrying about whatever a teenager worries about on a regular school day.Then, during science class, our teacher told us what had happened.<a class="image-link image2 i
My First Comic-Con-ish Event in Over a Decade (opens the original)
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I realized something this weekend: I hadn’t been to one of these kinds of events in Puerto Rico in over a decade.The last Puerto Rico Comic Con I remember attending had to be around 2014. Since then, I just haven’t gone back. So when three Sunday passes to GAMERGY were donated to my school and I was lucky enough to get them, I was genuinely excited. Even better, I got to take my son and my nephew, neither of whom had ever been to an event like this before.Subscrib
What If Nintendo Embraced Its Legacy? (opens the original)
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A Quick Heads-Up About AIAI was involved in this article.If you’re someone who doesn’t want to read anything that involves AI, this is your chance to hit the back button and move on. Seriously. No hard feelings. You don’t have to read it, give it a chance, or leave me a comment explaining why you don’t like AI. I’m giving you the heads-up before you start.For everyone else, when I say AI was involved, I don’t mean I typed “write me an article about Nintendo” and copied whatever came out. That’s
We Don’t Own Anything Anymore. We Just Didn’t Notice. (opens the original)
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I remember what it felt like to receive a CD as a gift.Maybe it was a birthday. Maybe it was Christmas. Maybe my parents had simply noticed I couldn’t stop talking about a band and surprised me one afternoon. Whatever the occasion, I remember opening the case, reading through the booklet, looking at the artwork, and feeling like I actually owned something. It was mine. I could play it whenever I wanted. I could lend it to a friend, and years later I could pull it off the shelf and listen to it a
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