Jess Morrissette
@decafjedi.bsky.social
I'm a professor from Appalachia who studies the politics of video games and pop culture. I also stream retro adventure games Wednesday nights at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com.
In my high school, we were required to take a year of keyboarding — on an actual typewriter — before we were allowed to use the school's computers.
Does that count as its own micro-generation?
New sandwich just dropped: deli-sliced ham, serrano chile crisps, hot honey, and cream cheese on an everything bagel. 👍
New sandwich just dropped: deli-sliced ham, cream cheese, serrano chile crisps, hot honey, and cream cheese on an everything bagel. 👍
Oh, you know. Just a normal conversation between two human beings about Cleveland.
Captured from last night's The X-Files Game stream.
The X-Files: Cleveland
What a strange conversation for two human beings to have. Captured from The X-Files Game, a 1998 FMV point-and-click adventure. #gaming #retrogaming #XFiles ...
youtube.comSo many. Usually with the "peeing your pants" theme seen here.
Got his ass.
True story: A couple of years ago, a prominent gaming site reached out and asked if I was interested in writing a feature on urine-themed video game ads. Not wanting to become the Video Game Piss Guy, I declined.
You'll piss your pants so much harder with WipeOut XL.
Source: P.S.X., November 1996.
I'm live right now with The X-Files Game! Drop by and join me on Twitch! twitch.tv/decafjedi
The first episode of my playthrough of 1998 X-Files FMV adventure just went up on YouTube. Check it out and then tune in tonight on Twitch at 9:30 p.m. EDT as my investigation into Mulder and Scully's mysterious (and budget-conscious) disappearance continues. twitch.tv/decafjedi
The X-Files Game (1998 FMV Adventure) | Part 1
Welcome to the first installment my Retro Adventure Wednesday playthrough of The X-Files Game. Released in 1998, The X-Files Game is an FMV point-and-click a...
youtu.beUp until a couple of years ago, I thought Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" was about a train full of kids who ran away from home. Just a bunch of teenage hobos, riding the rails.
"If you want to spank a stranger, first learn to play with yourself."
Here's a condom dispenser-themed print ad for Quake III Arena from the October 1999 issue of PC Zone.
Very true. It was vaguely threatening in a "we care so much about you" kind of way.
The irony is that I was a really well-behaved college kid. I think they just assumed because I wasn't showing up to devotionals that I must be doing dark, sinister things instead.
Luckily, when I got home, my parents did a pretty good job of explaining that I wouldn't burn in eternal fiery torment.
Years later, when I eventually ended up at a small Christian college, anonymous letters would appear in my campus mailbox weekly from people saying they were praying for me. 🤣
This happened to me at the lunchroom table in first grade. I remember crying on the bus ride home because the kid said it with so much conviction that I assumed it must be true.
The first episode of my playthrough of 1998 X-Files FMV adventure just went up on YouTube. Check it out and then tune in tonight on Twitch at 9:30 p.m. EDT as my investigation into Mulder and Scully's mysterious (and budget-conscious) disappearance continues. twitch.tv/decafjedi
The X-Files Game (1998 FMV Adventure) | Part 1
Welcome to the first installment my Retro Adventure Wednesday playthrough of The X-Files Game. Released in 1998, The X-Files Game is an FMV point-and-click a...
youtu.beThis reads like the wishy-washy conclusion of every B- undergrad essay I've ever graded.
You gotta buy reinforced bread for this stuff or else you're going to end up with a mess.
As a content creator, all I ask is that you watch all my content from start to finish within the first 48 hours, like and comment, and then watch it a second time with a VPN. It's not an unreasonable request!
Baseball is a solved game. The optimal strategy is to hit a home run every at bat.
Productivity hack: Spend no more than six hours per workday fantasizing about quitting your job.
In high school, my football coaches nicknamed me "Mild Man" Morrissette.
I'm not afraid of Frankenstein's monster, but I do suffer from a touch of Igoraphobia.
I'm live with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, and we're traveling to New Orleans! I hope Holmes gets a chance to ask all the locals what they can tell him about... voodoo? twitch.tv/decafjedi
Oh, you know, just watching an old episode of The Real World/Road Rules Challenge from 2004 on a Saturday night like a 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙜𝙪𝙮.
Sorry, but I'll stick with a video game review system with a proven track record.
Goodnight ALITOMANIACS and jabronie marks without a life that don’t know it a work when you work a work and work yourself into a shoot, marks.
I'm live right now with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. Join me on Twitch and watch along as Holmes faces off against cosmic octo-criminal Cthulhu! twitch.tv/decafjedi
It's rough out here on the mean streets of (checks notes) rural West Virginia.
I am! Thanks for asking.
I just ended up off the shoulder in a roadside ditch (at a relatively low speed). The cop didn't even slow down. 🤷♂️
I played the first couple of hours of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel for the original Xbox. You know, I can kinda see why they declared this one non-canonical.
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (Xbox) — Everyone Disliked That
Join me as I play Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, a game notorious for its unique take on the beloved Fallout universe. Developed by Interplay Entertainment a...
youtu.beI managed to get through the game without ever meeting Caesar. Even after the Legion granted me amnesty during the final questline, I somehow managed to upset them so much that I couldn't travel to their camp. 🤣
All so students can copy and paste it straight into a paper. The circle is complete.
so The Onion’s satirical articles are plagiarized by junky sites that exist solely for gaming SEO and farming traffic for ad rev. The junk sites get to the top of search bc they dominate keywords & have a lot of content. Then Google uses the laundered content for AI answers? lmao
I have to imagine the audience for a Russian translation of a little-known fan game for a long-dormant Kickstarter must be limited to solely the brave soul who translated it.
When I originally played Fallout: New Vegas back in 2010, I completely messed up the ending. When I went back and replayed in 2024, I somehow messed up even worse. Here's the final episode of my Fallout: New Vegas playthrough.
Fallout: New Vegas - Part 9 | No Gods, No Masters
Gear up for the dramatic conclusion of my Fallout: New Vegas playthrough! In Part 9, our Courier heads to the iconic Hoover Dam, allying with Yes Man to secu...
youtu.beOur pal @wilcoweb.bsky.social recently brought to my attention that someone made Russian versions of Pledge Quest I and II. I have no idea what to do with that information.
[opens TikTok]
Alito: We're Supreme Court Justices. Of course we fly our flags upside down for no reason.
Thomas: We're Supreme Court Justices. Of course we accept lavish gifts from megadonors without any expectation of political favors in return.
Kavanaugh: We're Supreme Court Justices...
I'm live right now with The X-Files Game, playing with all the enthusiasm of a contractually obligated Gillian Anderson. Drop by Twitch and say hey! twitch.tv/decafjedi
It's Retro Adventure Wednesday, and I'm streaming The X-Files Game, a FMV point-and-click adventure released in 1998. Join me tonight on Twitch at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time for alien conspiracies and stuff! twitch.tv/decafjedi
What if we called DMs skrunchies? Words don't mean anything anymore.
Imagine being one of the most powerful political figures in the country and feeling the need to fly snarky little flags to surreptitiously express your tedious opinions.
I get it. The Real World broke my brain about 10 years earlier.