The Poet Laureate of Professional Wrestling
Nick Radford
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Media P-WRESTLE-vation
Game preservation has recently become a hot topic despite being an issue for decades. Understandably, it’s at the front of the public consciousness since the Wii U and 3DS eShops are now extinct, causing numerous digital-only games to become unavailable and unplayable to any newcomers who weren’t lucky enough to purchase the games ahead of…
Skinkamarink Shaming
In this house…we talk about Skinamarink. This is mostly because the majority of people I know haven’t seen it, and I need to dump my thoughts onto the internet. I was originally going to just tweet about this–put my words out as a way to bait others who have seen the movie to discuss with…
Running Far From Home
I wanted to run a marathon. When we last left the story, I had finally done just that. In November 2022, I had just finished my first marathon–the 2022 Seattle Marathon–but had little time to celebrate, as the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon was just around the corner in January. Not only did I have…
Running For a Long Time
I wanted to run a marathon. Now I’ve completed two marathons. Life comes at you fast. In November 2022, I finally accomplished my goal of running a marathon. I finished with a time of 5:04:32, which isn’t bad for a first marathon! I felt great. I finally did the thing! I didn’t have much time…
31 Movies in 31 Days 2022
The year 2022 has flown by. In fact, the last few years have been an absolute blur. I know that’s a cliche, but it’s hard to ignore that–as I slowly emerge from my self-imposed covid chrysalis to wrestle on shows, meet up with friends for games, and plan vacations–time appears to be moving faster and…
Wrestling Wreassurance
A lot more goes into wrestling than the 3-12 minutes most people see on a show. There’s the obvious–dieting and gym time, traveling, etc. Training is the other big one. A lot of people put a lot of time into training. Training is all about conditioning, trying new things, reinforcing old things, and sometimes just…
Running In Person
I still want to run a marathon. A few months ago, I wrote a blog about my experience doing virtual runs through runDisney and doing The Fellowship Challenge through The Conqueror challenges. I also wrote about my experience doing my first in-person run–the Vancouver Sun Run 10k. Since then, I’ve continued doing The Fellowship Challenge…
Sit-Down Gaming
“Alright, it’s Saturday night. I have no date, A 2-Liter bottle of Mountain Dew, and my all-Gorillaz mix CD. Let’s rock.” Those were the days. All-night Halo, going for 100% completion on Kingdom Hearts II or Final Fantasy XIII, or experiencing the story of a new game I’d wanted to play for a while. But…
Magic: The Regathering
Middle school. Junior high school. Intermediate school. For me, it was 7th and 8th grade. My hometown had three elementary schools that all fed into one school for 6th grade, and then 7th and 8th were at the one middle school, which fed into the one high school. It’s perhaps the most awkward time in…
Ep. 49 – Breakin' the Dregs – Champion Shipping w/ Nick Radford
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