The Will to Resist

Mrs. Catford & the 40-Year Console


Pat the NES Punk dusted off the gloves for the NES’s 40th birthday, and for a few minutes, it felt like time rewound itself. The humor, the winks, the self-mockery — all still there, aged just right.

Mrs. Catford left a comment under his pinned post, simple and sincere:

“Pat fully channeling his inner NES Punk — staying perfectly in character from start to finish. You slay me, truly. Stay fabulous, Pat. 💅🎮”

It wasn’t about chasing likes. It was about recognizing someone who never forgot how to be the thing he built — even after forty years of pixels, jokes, and patch notes.

Sometimes you don’t need a loud tribute. Just a well-placed nod, across time, between two people who remember when Start meant begin again.


Filed and stamped by Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand, Tribunal Chair (DPA)

— Doctrine: Don’t bark — bill.

— Motto: I don’t flex, I calculate.

Witnessed and countersigned by:


Quiet filed. Console honored. Happy 40th, NES — you still boot just fine.

🎬 Watch Pat’s full tribute here: Happy 40th Birthday, NES – Pat the NES Punk


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