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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 12h

Not quite. Part of a subathon I’m doing where I’m playing Xenogears. This is me photoshopped on the character Citan.

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 12h

Spotted on my cart in Costco. Hell yeah.

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 1d

Curious about the total votes for the Playstation 5? I've updated the total vote document so you stat-minded folks can give it a look! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

The Top 10 PS5 Games Discussion with @jon.gvg.io and @steve.gvg.io is now live! People joke that the PS5 has no games, but there are some quality titles there. Give it a watch and let us know what you think! youtu.be/0JgxL_U8LtQ?...

The Top 10 Greatest Playstation 5 Games (So Far)...According to You!

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.net · 3d

NEW VIDEO 🎉 The Lost Ratchet & Clank Game Has Been Found www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZx2...

19 years after its quiet cancellation, and after 6 years of redoubled community effort, Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home is real.

Share or else we'll re-cancel it.

The Lost Ratchet & Clank Game Has Been Found

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 5d

This is the episode where I can envision the major points of the rest of Whole Cake. But that takes nothing away as it’s all engrossing. Join @brandonbovia.bsky.social and I as we applaud the portrayal of an Emperor’s power in this week’s One Piece at a Time! youtu.be/vD5mygzdF94?...

One Piece at a Time Episode 190: Chapters 876-880 (Podcast)

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

Kai has not touched the Switch in like two weeks and I’ve been too busy to play. As soon as I try to play more Silksong, he runs over:

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

Oh yeah, this decision alone helps the discussions immensely. If I didn’t do those, I wouldn’t care as much.

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

Signs you will never please everyone:

“These Top 10s were better when you didn’t have the duplicate rule!”

“These Top 10s are so much better now that the duplicate rule is here!”

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

Well this sounds like it would’ve been freaking awesome. Django Unchained Assassin’s Creed? What an inspired idea that sadly was cancelled because we have to listen to morons and their tender fee-fees.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

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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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

Once before. But it was pretty obvious is retrospect.

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

I had 15 extra minutes and decided to try to beat Silksong Act 1 again. It’s been weeks since I last was able to play but hey, I finally pulled it off! Act 2 here I come!

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

As a reminder, voting will return on October 20th with only 4 polls remaining: Switch 2, Gen 9 Multiplatform, the Wild Card, and the grand finale, The Greatest Games of All Time! Here's a list of all winners so far, which has been updated to include the PS5 results.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Greatest Games of All Time Finalists

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 3d

The Top 10 PS5 Games Discussion with @jon.gvg.io and @steve.gvg.io is now live! People joke that the PS5 has no games, but there are some quality titles there. Give it a watch and let us know what you think! youtu.be/0JgxL_U8LtQ?...

The Top 10 Greatest Playstation 5 Games (So Far)...According to You!

YouTube video by GVG

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 5d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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It's Me. Sue. (Formerly Dan) @ga1c.bsky.social · 5d

Not me waxing about my dude after reading NPR's article about Southeast Asian resistance groups using the Straw Hat Pirate's flag as a banner to organize under.

"I don't care if you're a King or not! There's more important things than power!"

"If you don't take risks, you can't create a future!"

"I'll make a world where my friends can eat as much food as they want!"

"If you hurt somebody… Or if somebody hurts you, the blood that flows Is still red."

"I don't want to conquer anything. I just think the person with the most freedom on the oceans is the King of the Pirates."

"I like heroes, but I never want to be one."

Luffy constantly tears down corruption, evil, abuse, and tyranny. It is never from the stance of wanting to control or usurp something for himself. It is always because someone is suffering who has been stepped upon and abused, or seen as less than human. He's destroyed slave trades, toppled unjust Kings, and even fights against a corrupt government that wants to control what people see, hear, and read.

He and the Straw Hats are a threat to a regime that wants to hide information and keep people from asking questions. He and others tirelessly fight to not let old men dictate how they live their lives, where individuals who are trans or seen as being undesirable are able to find "family" and joy.

He's a fictional character among many others, but this is the sort of example more of us could learn from.

I've been reading/watching One Piece since 2000, and I'm still learning more about the world and what it means to be "free" even after all these years.

"No one gets to laugh at someone's dream!"

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 5d

This is the episode where I can envision the major points of the rest of Whole Cake. But that takes nothing away as it’s all engrossing. Join @brandonbovia.bsky.social and I as we applaud the portrayal of an Emperor’s power in this week’s One Piece at a Time! youtu.be/vD5mygzdF94?...

One Piece at a Time Episode 190: Chapters 876-880 (Podcast)

YouTube video by Bitnerd Games

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 6d

I had to take breaks because of helping out the family but Xenogears is the subathon that will not end. We’re so close to the end of Disc 1! To everyone that has watched, donated, or wished me a happy birthday (which is already like half a month ago!) I truly thank you.

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 6d

Even better than Racing Transformed?

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Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · 6d

SOMEHOW the Xenogears Sub-A-Thon has reached Day 4. (THANK YOU!!!) We're starting out by climbing the Tower of Babel and there's about 6 hours left on the timer. I suspect this will be the last day so I'm going to see if I can finish Disc 1. Come join and watch! www.twitch.tv/bitnerdgames