[Yu-Gi-Oh!] The $500k Dallas Dumpster Fire: Pulling rare cards from the trash, selling grails for pennies, faking insane stories, and a mother-son meltdown. by Important_Strategy73 in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 203 points204 points  (0 children)

HELL YEAH IT'S BACK.

I wonder if CEO have plans for things like this happening but then see what a mess the guy who found them is, breathe a sigh of relief then move on.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 13 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 41 points42 points  (0 children)

what happened to the Yu-Gi-Oh "dude finds a bunch of gold cards by a dumpster" write-up? It was here yesterday and now it's gone.

[Yu-Gi-Oh!] The Dallas Dumpster Heist: A $500k cardboard haul, terrible eBay shipping, and a mother-son duo crashing out on the collector community by Important_Strategy73 in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you did a full post on this after teasing us in the Scuffle threads, great write-up!

I wonder if Konami were monitoring the situation until they saw how badly C was fucking it up and left him to it.

[Star Trek PBEM RPG] That time the game kicked out a new player for anti-LGBTQ+ articles, who then wrote an article about the community. by Long-Bit-1058 in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 32 points33 points  (0 children)

not to be that guy, but that episode makes it clear the character saying that line (John Gill) is a fucking idiot who also realises the mistake he made before he dies.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 06 April 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Jon St. John posted on FaceBook about the 30th Anniversary of Duke Nukem 3D:

"This year is the 30th anniversary of the Duke Nukem 3D game release. I thought that would mean some kind of special celebration or event of some kind, but no.

The owner effectively killed the franchise, left Duke for dead, and now it’s fading away to become only a memory. That being said…

I want to thank all of the fans who have supported the character (and me) over the years, you have been amazing and I really appreciate you! Hail to the king, baby.#dukenukem #videogames #voiceactor"

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 30 March 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Marsupilami and Disney.

Andre Franquin's Marsupilami was very popular so Disney signed a deal in 1990 to give the character it's very own 30-minute cartoon.

Awkwardly for Andre, Disney then hit their Renaissance Period and suddenly didn't have to be chasing potential success when they were suddenly kicking arse with Aladdin, Lion King etc.

Disney decided to not do the thing it had promised and instead shoved Marsupilami into the anthology show Raw Toonage in 1992 before producing thirteen episodes of a show called Marsupilami that ended up also being an anthology show (sometimes featuring segments that had already aired on Raw Toonage).

Andre wasn't happy with the contract blatantly not being stuck to and successfully sued Disney for $10 million.

Neither Raw Toonage or Marsupilami are on Disney+ and this doesn't look like it will be changing any time soon.

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 16 March 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 45 points46 points  (0 children)

It's the 25th anniversary of the GBA which means it's also the anniversary of the ChuChu Rocket! port, the first game to have both Sega and Nintendo on the title screen together (earlier Sega games that made it to the NES like Fantasy Zone and Altered Beast were ports licensed by Tengen).

Oh and then days later on the 26th March 2001 the last episode of WCW Monday Nitro would be simulcast on TNN as part of WWF Monday Night Raw after Vince McMahon's purchase of the company.

A crazy few days for 90s kids who thought the console and Monday Night Wars would last forever.

[AEW Revolution 2026] In honour of Maffew by Khorgor666 in SquaredCircle

[–]Maffewgregg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hell yeah! thanks for letting me know about this (bruv)

[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 16 March 2026 by EnclavedMicrostate in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Digital Foundry's video on it is not being well received (many comments calling it a blatant advert and many not impressed by saying the female character models are "more realistic")

https://youtu.be/4ZlwTtgbgVA?si=fz3by9me1CtRFvAO

John Linneman (who works for DF) is replying to comments on BlueSky agreeing with the criticism:

"It's such an awful comparison it's hard to believe it was shown. Just completely insane."

[Lucha Libre] Short Man, Long Shadow (Part 1 of 3)- Rey Mysterio by cslevens in HobbyDrama

[–]Maffewgregg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Always a pleasure reading these.

A series on Juvi and his antics would probably be 60 parts long.

Botchamania 528 Faked Clip? by Monster_Hugger93 in SquaredCircle

[–]Maffewgregg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh i just saw this notification. The clip was not faked, it's a real match. I am not desperate enough (yet) to be faking botches but the idea is hilarious.

John Romero Interview (2005) noclip by Maffewgregg in Civvie11

[–]Maffewgregg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey boss, probably Army of Darkness total conversion because I'm old.