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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

4,269 Followers  |  3,085 Following  |  17,812 Posts  |  Joined: 14.06.2023  |  2.3287

Latest posts by mcconnell.bsky.social on Bluesky

If youโ€™re this racist and hurt people like this, youโ€™re not allowed in society

03.12.2025 04:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I dont have anything to add to this other than, I supposed, that when the trials are done, thereโ€™s only one acceptable outcome for the people in this administration

03.12.2025 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The mysteries of the ancients laid bare

02.12.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've partnered once again with the BEASTS at @lostincult.co.uk to bring I AM YOUR BEAST to PS5 at retail!

๐Ÿ’ฟPre-order now!

02.12.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 10% on SLEEP AWAKE on Steam In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep. Those who remain exist in a crisis of reckless experiments to keep awake. From Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck ...

Sleep Awake, Cory Davisโ€™ new game with Blumhouse is out today!

store.steampowered.com/app/2446540/...

02.12.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
02.12.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We did a write-up on everything you've done in 2025, and it's a lot. And there's even MORE coming this month! Read on for a list of our accomplishments and a tease for what else is coming

02.12.2025 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hooray! Congrats to you both!

02.12.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh nice!

02.12.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jingle Jam

included in this charity bundle atm too jinglejam.tiltify.com

02.12.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m a patreon guy for the VGHF and I am so grateful to Frank and Phil for what they do, so Iโ€™m gonna double dip with a donation, too - if youโ€™re able, please consider donatingโ€ฆyou can probably even get an employee match!

They do cool stuff and are cool folks. What more could you ask for?

02.12.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world is terrible, but the VGHF is wonderful.

Give them money right now.

02.12.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 75% on Wild Bastards on Steam The spiritual successor to the award-winning game Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a roguelike strategy shooter with heart-pounding FPS action, mod management, and a tactical campaign. Saddle up and le...

Wild Bastards is a cool game and right now itโ€™s only like 9 bucks, which is crazyโ€ฆwild even

store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/...

02.12.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's Giving Tuesday at the VGHF! We've had an incredible 2025, but we need your help to make sure we can continue doing our charitable work in 2026 and beyond. We just launched our annual Winter Fundraiser campaign, please give if you're able (and share this post!). http://gamehistory.org/donate

02.12.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 401    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Hello

02.12.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m ready!!

02.12.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Berserk Boy, imo

02.12.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That Magical Drop ๐Ÿ˜

02.12.2025 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The actual system seems fine and the people involved are great but likeโ€ฆthis is a new rating system that demands compliance by late January for _all publishers_ and no one really seems to know about it! It would be a funny joke to pull though

02.12.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am absolutely going to need to find someone else on here whoโ€™s working on getting their games compliant for Indonesiaโ€™s IGRS rating system if only because Iโ€™m wondering if this is all a trick

02.12.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think โ€œCOAT BATHโ€ is changing how my brain works

02.12.2025 06:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pixels and Polygons Store Buy Pixels and Polygons products direct. Home of the 32 Bit Library series and Retro Game Zine!

Hey! Today you can get a special โ€œBuy 2 Get 1 Freeโ€ on ALL issues of Retro Game Zine, as well as 20% off the 32 Bit Library and Beat โ€˜Em Up books!

Head over to pixelsandpolygons.net right now and buy yourself something nice. Or buy a gift. You know what, do what makes you happy.

01.12.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s release day for this latest issue! Dive into the cyberpunk world of Snatcher with some amazing guest contributors.

Iโ€™m also doing a โ€œBuy 2 Get 1 Freeโ€ sale for all Retro Game Zine issues on my website for TODAY ONLY!

You can also get it digitally on my Patreon at Patreon.com/darrenhupke/shop

02.12.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Regretting making that classic mistake, Having A Gigantic Dinner Right Before 3 Hours of Calls with APAC

02.12.2025 02:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pete Hegseth sounding like a team owner giving a โ€œvote of confidenceโ€ press conference before firing a coach

02.12.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2 years and 8 months since LUNARK came out. Hard to believe.
I spent 4+ years mostly solo on this project - rotoscoping, coding, composing the OST - and your support made the difference! Thank you for playing my little cinematic-platformer tribute ๐Ÿฅฐ

01.12.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 928    ๐Ÿ” 205    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Kiryu is all about โ€œrizzโ€, and Majima is a โ€œdripโ€ king

10.01.2024 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

remember when you could post something like โ€œkentucky route zorroโ€œ and then you would either get 2 or 20000 likes? makes you think

01.12.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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'Tis the season once again!

Around this time of year, people who strung their Christmas lights the wrong way start wandering into hardware stores looking for what they later find out is often called a "suicide cable."

01.12.2025 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 717    ๐Ÿ” 313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

Our Christmas pledge drive is now live.

It's been a rough year for everyone, but instead of backing down, we're doubling down.

We're offering more content that ever before on VGC, but we need your support.

Please consider joining at any tier, and share this post if you can!

01.12.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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