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https://letterboxd.com/ANewtypeCentury/ Once (and Future?) podcast co-hosts w/ @gonzodotmoe, always looking for future guest spots! If you're looking for me, you better check under the Sealab 2021, Zhang Yimou, Mushishi - He/Him

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a motion / in picture @anewtypecentury.bsky.social · Dec 11

I keep returning to Miyazaki’s response to “AI animation” all the way back in 2016, years before public access/primetime, declaring it “An insult to life itself” within minutes

Struck how the absolute moral clarity of that impression still resonates today, unlike this so called Generative effort.

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 14h

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 17h

Also, one of the best Vita exclusives - Muramasa Rebirth - has an HD mod to make it even nicer when played on a modern big screen.

Muramasa Rebirth PS Vita Hd textures project

So this is the finished project with the help of a user Xibalva we managed to finish this project ,xibalva helped me so much ,that this became our project at the end not just mine :) If there are s...

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Derek Pascarella (ateam) @derekpascarella.bsky.social · 19h

The user Vague Rant just shared a patch for "Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!" on the SEGA Dreamcast to fix its awful analog controls once and for all!

I gave it a quick test on real hardware and boy oh boy, is it a massive improvement.

DOWNLOAD
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a motion / in picture @anewtypecentury.bsky.social · 18h

Just happy to see others regard it so highly, all these years out from its initial release.

a motion / in picture @anewtypecentury.bsky.social · 18h

That rare game which, right from the start, feels so well executed and revolutionary that you're sure a new (sub)genre has been birthed. Or how it should have gone. That the only "Valkyria-like" I know of (outside the sequels) is 2015's Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. for the 3DS is such a damning statement.

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Jose Argumedo @arguingmeadows.com · 1d

Their opinion is their opinion, whatever, but they’re re-writing history here. TRON was Disney’s highest-grossing live action film in 5 years, a decent hit that made a lot from merchandise and arcades. Home video was also very successful for TRON, and Legacy didn’t flop, it made $400 million.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 19h

Like basically all of this

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a motion / in picture @anewtypecentury.bsky.social · 1d

Phantasy Star Online 2 is no more a replacement for the original PSO than Final Fantasy XIV is for XI.

a motion / in picture @anewtypecentury.bsky.social · 1d

The Milkman has my saber! Should be able to play Phantasy Star Online on every modern platform right now, and its a crime that I cannot.

ミルキージェームズ (Remastered) @milkman.bsky.social · 1d

This story is one of my favorite ever features I got to out together on one of my favorite games. My mission is to get #PSO (OG version) onto something modern. Follow @designroom.bsky.social for more shenanigans. www.polygon.com/interviews/2...

Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

We continue our retrospective interview series for the game’s 20th anniversary

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about it, the original Deus Ex may be the king of choice in a game with a story, because your choices are significant, linked to gameplay and unforced. From the very start, for instance, whether you use or avoid lethal force against the “terrorists” determines something about you.

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 1d

Game looks good.
Game looks good.
Game looks good.

Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 2d

And here's a new trailer. One of the best we've ever done.

Skate Story | OUT DECEMBER 8 🛹

YouTube video by DevolverDigital

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Nate Terrors @nateming.bsky.social · 2d

there goes my hero, watch him as he goes

Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 2d

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2d

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord.

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 2d

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CLOUD is now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social Back when it played theaters I wrote a piece for NYT on the philosophical questions and concerns that permeate his films: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/m...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 2d

We are at the 'whole AAA games cancelled for fear of offending rabid racists' stage of this clusterfuck now.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d

God what a gorgeous film this is.

Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 2d

The Japanese punk musical ‘Linda Linda Linda’ might make older audiences nostalgic for the glory days of basic cable, when a film like this would have found a place in the mono-counter culture. crookedmarquee.com/lets-sing-a-...

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Brian @bside.foo · 2d

Holiest of fucks dude 😲

Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 2d

laura palmer / everybody scream

a black abstract line art illustration of Laura palmer from David lynch’s twin peaks, screaming. she has white eyes and inside her eyeballs the words “fire walk with me” are written. the background is bright red.

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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 3d

Oh, there, I was looking for these.

Someone archived the Flash trailers that used to be on the official Japanese Final Fantasy X website to a playlist. I remember watching these over & over again before the game came out. The family computer was pretty bad, & these played REALLY slow at the time.

Final Fantasy X original Japanese Flash 5 trailer 1 - YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 3d

I'm looking up other stuff, but ran into somebody who archived navigating the old website for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and it's EXACTLY the way I remember navigating it at the time. Crazy to see so many years later.

Final Fantasy flash website in 2001 - YouTube

The website was created by Image Dive.Final Fantasy website 2001 in WebDesignMuseum.orghttps://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/final-fantasy-2001Twitter: htt...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 3d

excited to share this one. For the good people at @tesseractcinema.bsky.social , I wrote about The Exorcist, First Reformed, and forms of prayer

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ENTER THE HYPERCUBE: FIRST REFORMED + THE EXORCIST - TESSERACT CINEMA

Joshua Rivera ties together the religious terror of The Exorcist and First Reformed.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 3d

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't gotten this much flak for a positive review since I gave four stars to Pacific Rim! (And I was right about that one, too.)

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 4d

"A rave of a movie that acts as its own hallucinogen, best experienced on a huge screen with a state-of-the art sound system. If they’d played it again right after I saw it for the first time, I would have gladly stayed in my seat." My **** review of TRON: Ares. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron...

TRON: Ares movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

“TRON: Ares” is spectacularly designed, swiftly paced, thoughtfully written, and directed within an inch of its neon-hued life.

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Romhack.ing @romhack.ing · 3d

News Added: Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release

Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release - News

Life Bottle Production's English translation of Tales of Rebirth has just reached version 1.0 status. Go check out their project on GitHub and report any bugs you find in their Discord server.

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