John Rairdin NWR

Got some new followers from recent Star Fox news (the best reason to gain followers) so let me introduce myself. I'm a games journalist and part time video game historian with a specific fascination with Star Fox. I make video and documentaries. youtu.be/Ml4xe3SZ8tY?si…

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Listen, I love Star Fox 2026 a lot. But I am very glad to be done with the expert challenges for Aquas.

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Very interested in this one. Hoping timing will work out and I can review it for NWR. So many games right now.

Was a guest on Pixel Symphonic to talk Star Fox music. Right before we recorded it, I had an epiphany about how Star Fox 64 is scored from a narrative perspective rather than a level theming perspective and I was pretty excited to talk about it. anondino.squarespace.com/pixel/05-raird…

@Kohaku233 Oh I'm great, Lindsey Graham has probably been better, but I'm great :P

@jtsknight92 John…you good?

My congrats to Satan and the whole team in Hell for a wild and unexpected get last night.

I enjoyed Moss: The Forgotten Relic a lot, but boy does it struggle a bit with not being a VR game anymore. youtu.be/wcl15WuHhaE

Sword of Hope II rides the line between Dungeon Crawling RPG and early Point and Click adventure pretty well. Kinda dig it.

@AmaliaSolaris I posted a discussion video yesterday and the first comment to pop up was a guy upset that we liked the game. That was neat.

The Star Fox review is almost done. After it's out, I will be focusing on things that make me happy about the series and things that I enjoy. The discourse has utterly exhausted me. 😩

I suppose the silver lining is that technically Xbox isn't closing any studios, just selling them and their IP off or allowing them to buy out and go independent. Sounds like Ninja Theory (hellblade) has a buyer and Hellblade 3 already has new funding.

This wound up being a super interesting discussion and it was fascinating to get the perspective of a brand new player from Willem and see what resonated with him. youtu.be/U6aGTveg_KI

This was a blast! You know me I’ll talk Star Fox anytime! 🚀

NWR's @jtsknight92 and @Whilhorst are joined by @corneriaplanet4 to discuss Star Fox 2026 from the perspective of fans old and new. youtu.be/U6aGTveg_KI

Venom 1 remains a real pain to medal in expert mode but I got there eventually. Now time for the challenges.

Happy Independence day fellow Americans. We are a country founded by rebels. Never let pathetic would-be kings, foreign or domestic, make you forget it.

It's really too bad there isn't a number between 30 and 60 that can also divide evenly into a 120hz container that also happens to be natively supported by the Switch 2's screen.

I'll be honest, I skipped to the end to make sure Henry got his ranking right. Because there is 100% an objectively best level. He did. We good.

Two fantastic rail shooters here.

With the yen at a historic low, now is the time for US pubs to fund games in Japan. We have a few things we are making and would love to show them to some publishers, reach out! The timing is perfect.