Alex Throndson

He/him. Movie reviewer. Dog retweeter. Spoilers posted @SpoilerThrond.

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please stop asking random directors about Marvel movies

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Not sure how much I’m gonna use this but https://t.co/8hjoygmUQI

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Earlier this year, I was looking into getting an updated diagnosis for my autism. I was referred to a clinic that gave a quote of thousands of dollars. That pretty dramatically changed my opinion on self-diagnosis.

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The idea that Saigon has been called Ho Chi Minh City for decades but everyone still calls it "Saigon" was always slightly weird to me until Twitter became X and now I get it 100%.

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I distinctly remember a post somewhere of someone reading the Betsy Ross Flag Dril tweet in a Duke Nukem voice and now I can't find it.

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Looked up a certain thing in God of War: Ragnarok - Valhalla and learned that I missed a lot of post-game content in base Ragnarok. Now I gotta go back, love the shit out of this game.

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Been making exponential progress in God of War: Ragnarok - Valhalla. I've finally managed to trick my brain into playing one of these like an arcade game instead of like a cinematic linear epic... if this unlocks the genre for me, I'm giving Hades another shot.

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By the end of God of War: Ragnarok I was starting to be kind of good at it, but I can't remember anymore. I want to see the story of Valhalla, and I like this game's combat, but I have zero patience for roguelikes.

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If I were Speed Weed, I wouldn’t still be calling myself “Speed.” Motherfucker sounds like an extra-short-lived Chia Pet. Kinda glad he stuck with it though.

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That's not even the most beloved PS1 Ridge Racer!

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I wasn't paying attention at the time, so I just realized the real crazy thing about the Ridge Racer moment at E3 2006.

They're talking about a PSOne Classics release of *the very first Ridge Racer.* A beloved new PSP Ridge Racer had been out for months by that point!

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At the budget level where I'd be interested in a PS5 Pro, I think I would want a dedicated Blu-ray player instead of a disc drive. Once money isn't an object, the real barrier is that PS5 doesn't have Dolby Vision. As for games, I'm transitioning away from physical media anyway.

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Aaron Pierre's character in "Rebel Ridge" doesn't kill a single person, and somehow that makes him *more* badass.

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What if I told you the most terrifying intro for a PS1 game was for a game show tie-in game?

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In A Link to the Past, Link is asleep because it's the middle of the fucking night. In every game afterwards, he's a notorious oversleeper.

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Funny alternate take on the Skyward Sword tutorial sequence

The Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword - Prologue Animation [ep01] https://t.co/orkhroTPZm via @YouTube

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Beat Horizon: Forbidden West. I played so much of this game that I have to give it a pass - I completed a LOT of the side content - but overall I think this one’s a huge step down. Zero Dawn didn’t need to be bigger, it needed to be less predictable.

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Blood on the Clocktower is extremely friendly in many ways: you’re still playing once eliminated, everyone has a useful role, and there are drop-in and drop-out mechanics. And yet it has a huge learning curve exactly because of that.

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This feels like a game made by people who didn’t understand why Zero Dawn was so good, or what needed improvement, but it’s still kinda fun.

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Finally finishing Horizon: Forbidden West. Late-game combat is starting to click with me, but man, this story kinda sucks. Still love hunting grounds and salvage missions, still finding charming NPCs, still don’t care that [SPOILER] died. Only one mission to go.