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Come for the video game news, stay for the very end for Noah's thoughts on the Taylor Swift Eras tour.

THINGS MENTIONED:

The Verge on Sega's strange decision to buy Rovio.

Hey, remember that time the Edward Snowden leak revealed that Angry Birds was one of the apps the NSA was using to spy on people?

Someone modded Kirby into Pokemon BDSP.

Hidetaka Miyazaki is one of Time Magazine's most influential people of 2023.

Nintendo Indie World.

The Powerful Responsibility of Twilight Princess from YouTuber Liam Triforce.

Everything Is Sludge: Art in the Post-Human Era from YouTuber Lily Alexandre.

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