MaxB

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Giving you the latest gists, so long I am awake.

Aura Maxxing 💯

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

The funniest part is people thinking Terry Crews being this good at drawing is random. 😭

He had an Art SCHOLARSHIP before a football scholarship, worked as a courtroom sketch artist in Flint, and when NFL teams cut him, he sold portraits to teammates for around $5,000 to help support his family.

Acting is not where the talent started. Drawing was paying bills before Hollywood ever knew his name.

[The Dr. Logos © @TheDoctorLogos]

I can't believe Terry Crews draws this good, this is so random lmao

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

@Fortnite Epic knows exactly who everyone came looking for.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Fortnite might’ve figured out how to make One Piece fans pay for the treasure hunt AND the treasure. 😭

Ace and Nico Robin appear among the six characters reportedly heading to the Battle Pass, but Luffy is missing. Reports suggest the Straw Hat captain will be sold separately in the Item Shop.

If that split holds, fans could buy the pass to unlock his brother, then pay again to play as Luffy himself.

Epic knows exactly who everyone came looking for.

[Fortnite @Fortnite]

Something’s out there, and it’s waiting to be found. The hunt begins November 1!

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Xabi Alonso found room to give Emmanuel Emegha his Chelsea debut against Liverpool, but couldn’t find a single minute for Estevão.

The Brazilian has played just 148 competitive minutes under Alonso, and Chelsea fans were chanting his name while he sat on the bench.

Emegha eventually missed a penalty in the shootout.

Managing a 19-year-old’s recovery is understandable, but when even a cup tie with Cole Palmer suspended isn’t his opportunity, that promise of future minutes starts sounding pretty hollow.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇧🇷 Xabi Alonso on Estevão: “I understand his situation and he could be happier for sure, he wants to play…”.

“I’m sure Estevão will have his moments, that’s my responsibility, we were quite forced with the subs in the end”.

[Aikufe9 @aikufe9]

@MegaMaxing I hope everyone involved eventually understood that the “bigger and better” mindset does a disservice to their own games. They should be aiming to create something “fresh and unique” instead, making each game stand the test of time rather than constantly trying to replace them.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

@aikufe9 Agreed. The pressure to constantly top the last success is usually what kills the next one. Fresh and specific tends to age better than forced “bigger.”

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Celeste became such a hard act to follow that its own studio ended up cancelling Earthblade in 2025.

The developers admitted the pressure to make something bigger and better had become exhausting. Now Celeste co-creator Noel Berry is making City of None with his brother Liam, featuring five city sectors connected by train.

After watching that studio lose one game to impossible expectations, I really hope these two get to finish something they love without having to recreate the magic of Celeste.

[Nintendo of America @NintendoAmerica]

A metropolis crumbles into ruin as powerful Barons feast on souls lost in time.

From the co-creator of Celeste, City of None launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch in 2027! #IndieWorld

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Tommy Hilfiger really knows how to give a couple their own signature moment. 🏁❤️

Love Island USA winners Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai brought their chemistry to the Austin Grand Prix, and these custom jackets are such a beautiful personal touch.

From the classic American denim to the motorsport-inspired details, everything fits Tommy’s partnership with Cadillac F1 perfectly.

Love seeing fashion, racing, and pop culture come together this naturally. These two look incredible! 🔥

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

The NFL’s most uncomfortable CTE number might actually be FIVE.

Researchers found CTE in 94% of donated brains, but families of players with cognitive symptoms were about five times more likely to donate. After correcting for that bias, the estimate was still 74.5% among deceased players.

That makes this harder to dismiss as just a biased sample.

And here’s the part that should worry the NFL: doctors still can’t definitively diagnose CTE in someone who’s alive.

The men who took those hits are still waiting for answers.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Vincent Kompany was still in hospital when he called Harry Kane at 9 AM to wish him luck for the Ballon d’Or. ❤️

Meanwhile, Aaron Danks has led Bayern to 3-1 and 6-1 victories and deliberately avoids discussing tactics with Kompany during visits.

Bayern face Dortmund level on points this Saturday, their biggest league test yet.

But Danks has already shown he can hold things together. Kompany deserves to return when he’s fully healthy, however long that takes.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Bayern’s CEO just handed Michael Olise’s agent the easiest opening line for a salary negotiation. 😭

Olise is already contracted until 2029, but Dreesen wants to keep him longer and is publicly calling him a future Ballon d’Or winner.

The guy delivered 19 Bundesliga assists, won Player of the Season, and still finished only ninth in the Ballon d’Or voting.

If I’m his agent, I’m printing that “100% convinced” quote before the next contract meeting.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Monster Strike is making Kaguya’s debut feel like a proper event, and that character design is gorgeous. ✨🔥

The new limited character comes with TWO True Beast God forms, giving players different ways to shape their squad.

Even better, the official Web Shop is offering a 17-hour head start before the in-game gacha goes live.

Fresh possibilities, stunning artwork, and another reason to jump back into Monster Strike.

Definitely one to keep on your radar this weekend. 🎮

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Nintendo picked a pretty funny day to release the Pokémon Legends: Z-A soundtrack. 😭

All 114 tracks, over 4 hours of music, arrived on Nintendo Music the same day Japan got the new Z-A + Mega Dimension physical bundle.

Except the streaming release apparently leaves out the Mega Dimension DLC music, even though those tracks made it onto the physical soundtrack.

You can buy the expanded adventure today, but Nintendo’s own music service still hasn’t caught up with its soundtrack.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Whoever becomes President of France automatically becomes 1 of the 2 Co-Princes of Andorra, making them a president of one country and a monarch of another at the same time. 🇫🇷🇦🇩

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Disney’s Twisted-Wonderland just issued a warning about a website bug that its own publisher deliberately created. 😭

Aniplex confirms the glitch is part of its Halloween event and is scheduled to disappear at exactly 3:55 PM on October 30.

Here’s the clever bit: Chapter 5 of the Wreck-It Ralph-inspired Sugar Race story launches just FIVE minutes later.

They turned a fake technical emergency into a countdown for the next chapter.

That’s ridiculously clever marketing.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

The Dodgers swept Milwaukee out of the playoffs last year. Twelve months later, the Brewers swept them right back with a $146M payroll against LA’s $ 339M. 😭

Here’s the part that deserves more attention: 22 players on Milwaukee’s 40-man roster came through trades, and they still won 103 regular-season games.

Now they’ve got their first World Series trophy after 57 years.

Milwaukee’s front office deserves a championship ring of its own.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Frieren casually waited 50 years to reunite with her old friends. Mahjong Soul gives you 5 seconds to discard a tile, plus a 20-second thinking bank. 😭

Putting a thousand-year-old elf who treats decades like afternoons into a game that punishes hesitation is hilarious.

If Frieren becomes playable, Fern’s biggest challenge might be convincing her that “I’ll decide in another decade” isn’t a legal move.

This crossover practically writes its own comedy.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Honkai: Star Rail spent three years making its Aeons feel like gods too powerful for ordinary characters to comprehend. Now HoYoverse is putting one in your four-person squad. 😭

Aha becomes the game’s first playable Aeon on November 11, while the new lore trailer reminds us that Ouroboros is literally described as a thinking black hole capable of swallowing worlds.

Making a god playable while keeping the others terrifying is one hell of a balancing act.

The universe is getting bigger just as the power ceiling gets harder to explain.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

South Park has spent FOUR straight episodes treating GTA 6’s November 19 release like the day America finally gets better. 😭

And Rockstar reportedly built an entire interaction system where NPCs clean up after their dogs, drop objects when attacked, and let players use those objects against other people.

Of all the ways to show off years of open-world development, South Park picked the most ridiculous one.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone understand GTA’s appeal a little too well.

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

@TommyHilfiger Love seeing fashion, racing, and pop culture come together this naturally. These two look incredible! 🔥

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

Tommy Hilfiger really knows how to give a couple their own signature moment. 🏁❤️

Love Island USA winners Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai brought their chemistry to the Austin Grand Prix, and these custom jackets are such a beautiful personal touch.

From the classic American denim to the motorsport-inspired details, everything fits Tommy’s partnership with Cadillac F1 perfectly.

Love seeing fashion, racing, and pop culture come together this naturally. These two look incredible! 🔥

[MaxB @MegaMaxing]

@AdamSchefter The men who took those hits are still waiting for answers.