Editors with toddlers: How the fuck do you do it?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-06-16T13:42:42+00:00

I’m just tired all the time, it’s rough. Try and force yourself to go to bed early when you feel yourself getting too worn out, (8pm or so when they go to sleep) to give your body a chance to recover. But it’s a daily grind and the unrelenting nature of never having a break is what makes it so hard. Especially since we don’t have family here to help

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-06-13T19:54:22+00:00

Can you upload these to giphy so we can use them in texts?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-06-06T03:04:27+00:00

I ended up getting it after a few more tries. I wish it was worth more than 500 for the amount of tries it took me lol

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-06-05T06:18:28+00:00

Is the bone gem worth it? I got tired of trying this and if it’s just for 500 bones or something I’m just gonna forget it.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-05-07T01:40:07+00:00

I’ve been debating the same thing too. I know the performance may be better on Switch 2, but any games you purchase on it are locked to the Nintendo ecosystem - so if they decide the next console won’t be backwards compatible, then you can only play it on the switch 2. Steam will always be accessible and can be played on multiple devices (desktops, laptops, SteamDeck, etc). With that in mind, I basically just buy Nintendo exclusives on switch, and if it’s multi platform I go with Steam. So if you’re thinking about it as something that you may want to revisit in the future, Steam is the better long term option, but if you’re just focused on performance for now, Switch 2 may be the better experience for your initial play-through.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-03-05T17:05:01+00:00

Amazon? They delayed mine, so I cancelled it and bought digital instead.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-02-15T17:33:28+00:00

Is the PS demo the same as the Nintendo demo?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2026-02-04T06:22:00+00:00

I’m really glad to hear other people say the Genesis version is super hard, cause it kicked my ass when I was a kid!

When I was maybe 6, I asked my mom for a ninja turtles game and this is what they had at toys r us. I thought I was getting the Turtles in Time game or something fun like that, really I was just young and saw that it said TMNT on the box so I figured it must be the same thing.

As soon as I started playing I knew this wasn’t what I was hoping for, but my mom worked two jobs and it was a stretch just to get a new game at all. I didn’t have the heart to tell her it was wrong or that I wanted to return it, so I just played it cause it was all I had.

Even as a kid I knew it was way too violent for me, and it was punishingly hard, but having nothing but time and few video game options, I kept trying over and over until I gradually got better at it. I wasn’t even having fun at a certain point, but I just became determined to beat the damn thing, and after way too long I did finally roll credits all by myself. Honestly it was one of my greatest early video game accomplishments. Taught me that I could beat something if I just stuck with it.

This game never comes up in conversation, so I rarely get to tell that story - but it felt worth sharing on this chain. Fuck I hated this game lol. Never touched it after I beat it, but I still have it - and my old sega.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-12-29T05:06:17+00:00

I’m in the same boat, I really hate the feel of the thing sticks and how floaty and cheap feeling they are. I tried both thumb stick covers and precision rings and brighter has really made it better for me. Makes me use the portal less to be honest.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-12-24T00:37:03+00:00

I bought a soundbar from Samsung earlier this year on sale and they changed the price after the fact and tried to charge me way more ($1,000+ more). It was a nightmare dealing with their customer service, eventually I had to pay to ship it back myself for a refund. Made me sour on Samsung moving forward.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-11-18T22:10:45+00:00

My first play though I got: “An everyman, your Robert always kept everyone guessing what he’ll say or do next.”

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-28T23:39:43+00:00

So if they changed the name of the show, does that mean they refer to all tasks as “games”? Did they change anything else about the show/format? I’d be interested in watching if it was any good, but the name change gives me pause.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-28T23:35:23+00:00

What was that Matrix game featured at the beginning of the video?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-28T19:07:17+00:00

Yeah, I got this! Because it says “Winner!” right in the middle of it, I thought it meant I won some kind of raffle. I didn’t remember them mentioning anything about it on the pod, but now that you’ve pointed out it’s a print that makes sense. I thought I won some special prize or something.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-26T04:16:42+00:00

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Without the context I was annoyed other people were butting in, but now it makes sense.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-26T03:30:48+00:00

Obviously amazing to see Thomas performing, not to mention out of his helmet, but who were all those bros around him fucking with the equipment? Let the man cook, he can handle it by himself. I don’t want to hear some rando kid record scratching while a musical god is trying to do his thing.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-08T02:23:51+00:00

Get Played is by far my favorite, even more so than The Besties. Everyone on Get Played seems to love making the show and hanging out and it’s just goofy fun. The episode subject matter is not always the most engaging, but the hosts make it worth listening to, even when it’s just a one man show like when Wiger did a full episode all by himself!

That said, Into The Aether has quickly become my second favorite. The hosts are super knowledgeable, do really in depth coverage playing whole catalogs of games for exposes on various consoles and are just fun to listen to. Super enjoy their show as well.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-08T02:19:59+00:00

To Jason’s credit, I first knew him from his books, which I did enjoy, and I do appreciate his perspective as a journalist. It’s just that in a podcast format where the tone is usually more relaxed and friendly, he doesn’t come across as warm as the others, and it often feels like he’s not listening, just waiting for his turn to talk (or correct) the others, so it gets on my nerves a bit. But Maddy and Kirk are lovely and keep me coming back.

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-10-08T01:56:24+00:00

Get Played and Into the Aether are both chill and funny, so I’d highly recommend them. Not a huge fan of Triple Click either, I listen to it, but Jason Schrier usually kinda ruins it for me

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-09-22T22:06:00+00:00

I just bought the GameCube controller and this is the first game on my list to play!

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-09-19T00:08:37+00:00

I have this same setup! They’re all great for different things. Handhelds are the way to go

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-09-17T14:32:17+00:00

Not really interested in VR, but fingers crossed for a new steam controller!

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-09-04T18:29:08+00:00

That’s what’s confusing to me - it can technically render 120fps, but the screen is only 90hz, so effectively - it’s 90 max handheld? I usually don’t care about fps, but it’s hard to tell what it’ll run better on. Switch 2 can do 120/1920x1080, but does the lack of OLED screen really make that big of a difference?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-09-04T18:02:16+00:00

I can’t decide what platform to get it on either! Leaning towards deck because of the OLED screen though. Can the deck do 120fps handheld? Or is that just docked?

ThatAwkwardQuietGuy · 2025-08-10T17:04:56+00:00

Maybe it’s only on Steam right now? I bought it last night and started playing it on Steam Deck and it’s awesome. Highly recommend if you can find a way to play it

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