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Agnes Forrester

@agnesfm.bsky.social

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sentient writing algorithm | media critic @ The Big Issue | words @ www.rummagist.com | Melb, AUS

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · May 8

deeply this deeply that how about deeplease use another word

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 3h

the best part of Tron Ares was when he said "IT'S TRONNIN' TIME" and tronned all over those guys

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I'm hoping to get a few videos at least 🫡 Although, the quality of my trombone playing might make you change your mind 😵‍💫

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 1d

a month on and off making the head, six months on and off teaching myself trombone. normal behaviour

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New New York Times @nyt-first-said.bsky.social · 1d

salmonmaxxing

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow. #PAXAus.

A red trombone and a foam mascot-like head made to look like Trombone Champ.

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David Smith @rhunwords.com · 1d

Fave cosplayer moment of the day: A beautiful, screen accurate Aerith getting her glamour photos taken, aggressively whipping her long ponytail around like a helicopter, just going full mosh pit mode. Photographer helpless, didn’t know what to do. Bravo. Can’t wait to see the pics.

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 1d

they're bringing new meaning to having a Heated Gamer Moment

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 1d

I survived the #PAXAus fire alarm

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone needs me I’ll be exposing my soft underbelly then lunging violently at anyone who tries to touch me

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 2d

The whole thing was so unpleasant, I hope it was only one person! I was also there during media hour so with any luck they were rotated out, or at least, you know, learned what the controls were and how to explain them.

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoyed the game once I was allowed to, and wasn't spending all my time arguing with someone who took the controller from me, mashed the buttons and then told me to "hold down" to attack. Hold down what?? (it's ZL, fyi, but they couldn't tell me that.)

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 2d

Bizarre #PAXAus experience playing Pokemon Z-A, where the attendant couldn't tell me any of the controls (or answer "how do I attack"), then repeatedly directed me towards an unwinnable fight. Eventually someone else helped me, so I got a few minutes of actual gameplay in before the demo timed out.

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #PAXAus to all who celebrate. I'm attending as media this year, so expect a flurry of updates to my much-neglected blog in the coming weeks. To kick things off, here's a piece from deep in the 2021 lockdowns about awful nerd conventions, yaoi paddles and the value in being cringe

Manifest(ing) Mid-2000s Anime Convention Energy

Old digital photo albums, forgotten websites, and how online community can't replace in-person social interaction.

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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up, you know who you are, it's official the Pope says clickbait IS A SIN. And not one of the fun ones.

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 3d

include " from:me " in your search

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 3d

person at the desk initially thought I was a "content creator" not "media" #PrettyPrivilege #ItHappenedToMe

Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 3d

I've seen two Silksong cosplays already and I'm only at badge pickup #PAXAus

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 3d

While I’ve since seen SPEED a number of times theatrically, my first time was at home when it premiered on HBO in May of 1995 and nothing could’ve primed me better for it than the old HBO First Look featurette hosted by Dennis Hopper himself.

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Well actually it's the real world that's scary these days :smug: @axleblaze.bsky.social · May 1

My dream game would be Alan Wake but it's Garth Marenghi

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes a user will post a joke and then that very same user will post something sincere. And I as the reader am expected to understand this, using my brain?

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 4d

hear me out: what if instead of this, we turned NYT _Connections_ into a US gameshow.

you could even make it so that a few of the rounds expanded the way things could be connected - what comes fourth in a sequence, that sort of thing. Add a buzzer round at the end to keep things exciting.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 4d

30 rock-ass game show www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/w...

Wordle Game Show in the Works at NBC, Savannah Guthrie Set to Host

Jimmy Fallon is among the producers of the project based on the New York Times game.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 5d

"Toy Story but Pikmin" wouldn't be too bad, if that's what they're up to

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 5d

Henceforth the red robes will only be worn as an away kit when the Canadian Supreme Court is playing the US one.

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 5d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 5d

it's something we must atone for

Jacob Colliver @jacobcolliver.bsky.social · 11d

I feel a representative need to apologise every time I see Andrew Wilson's mug. There's a type of dude this country produces that we usually successfully quarantine into Tarocash outlets or careers selling dilapidated outer-ring properties but a big one got away from us & we're sorry for that

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 12d

EA private acquisition deal expected to go smoothly, says report, as "what regulator is going to say no to the president's son-in-law?"

www.eurogamer.net/ea-private-a...

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Agnes Forrester @agnesfm.bsky.social · 5d

sooo embarrassing when you run into your upstairs neighbour on their way to bowling ball dropping class 🫥