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ChiaroBen

@chiaroben.bsky.social

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Audio Engineer, Musician, Gamer, smalltime Streamer. #1 Final Fantasy III defender. Politically left. He/him Precognition lacks in hindsight. twitch.tv/chiaroben Music: https://youtube.com/@chiaroben2972 VODs: https://youtube.com/@chiarobenarchive6830

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · Nov 8

New pinned post!

I'm Ben, 34 he/him, and I am a musician, streamer, and politcally left audio engineer from Germany.

I stream video games two times a week on twitch and upload a new patch with my modular synth every saturday.

Preaching the words of Disco Elysium.

Precognition lacks in hindsight.

a picture of me, wearing sunglasses, on a balcony, smoking a pipe

a picture of my 4x104hp eurorack modular synth

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1h

Seems like I might need some more up to date pictures of me.
Sigh... maybe it's time I do something about it.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 14h

Two sunday streams in a row, that's weird.
But hey, let's start today off with a little unscripted review of my favourite Zelda: Majora's Mask.
And afterwards we'll try to get the final GF in Final Fantasy VIII.
www.twitch.tv/chiaroben

ChiaroBen - Twitch

My Favourite Zelda Game: Majora's Mask | Unscripted Review (More Final Fantasy VIII afterwards)

www.twitch.tv

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 15h

The visual style of this looks so rad.

Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social · 1d

I know I can't beat the peak aesthetics of Mega Man Legends, but I'm doing the best I can!

(game is ABYSS X ZERO for those unaware! Coming out... eventually)

#gamedev #lowpoly

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 16h

Mental health can be a bastard, but phrases like "concentrate on the positives" are easily said and difficult to achieve anything.
But you're seen. Rock on, Allie.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 16h

There is a lot of things music "isn't", but what your album is, is just a great piece of your take on Black Metal.

It also gave me the final push to finally buy a vinyl player because I wanted to have your album on vinyl, so there's that.

It rocks.

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 17h

Kaizo Mario / Mario maker is definitely a cool scene that I didn't think of right now.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 17h

More like "there is enough of a scene that you can find tournaments / leagues to watch", but it's fine if those have like 100 viewers or so. But yeah, current competitive games are apparently not really up my alley.
Apart from *shivers*... League.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes I start craving an MMO again (happens ever so often), but you know what I don't like? I don't like the feeling in MMOs where you become the legendary Jimbob.
I want to start out as a grunt, and if I do really well, I can become a REALLY GOOD grunt.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 20h

Same DK, same.

BouleRonde @bouleronde.bsky.social · Sep 9

Donkey Kong holds a barrel in the darkness

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 21h

I haven't looked into racing games at all tbh, could be something!

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 22h

... You're telling me that there's no Heavy Metal band called "Nova Coil"?

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 22h

I kinda wanna get more interested in e-sports again, but what games are even out there (can be semi-niche, but not Dominions6 level niche) that are played in a professional competitive manor? I don't care for shooters or blizzard games, and current fighting games are not that interesting to me, too.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 23h

Am I the only one who always cringes when hitting the "update now" button in OBS until it's done?

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1d

Also shoutout to another childhood favourite of mine: "Mäx! ein Tropfen boxt sich durch" (basically "Max! - a drop fighting for his life"), a weird ass Lemmings clone with a sentient rain drop that wants to become delicious mineral water.
Sponsored by the German Lobby for Mineral Water.

Cover of the German advertisement game "Mäx! - ein Tropfen boxt sich durch", featuring the main character (a water drop with eyes) and a black coal looking monster with angry eyes in a weird cave system with a river of lava between them.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1d

Also: In both games you had to pick out a fitting outfit for Harry from his wardrobe, which featured a lot of outfits that never got games, like an astronaut suit.
Also also: While you picked the outfit, Harry was naked. Rabbit dong and all.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1d

Ben shows off weird German stuff part 2/e:

While US americans had Pyjama Sam and Putt-Putt, we had Harry Hops. Two small adventure games with a rabbit, voice acting, and yes, even the classic "click on thing and watch a small animation"-business.

A Screenshot from the German kids adventure video game "Harry Hops auf Schatzsuche", featuring a very cluttered basement with spider webs, a grandfather clock, a pirate portrait and way more, with the main character (a cartoon rabbit in a pyjama that has carrots on it) standing in front of an open treasure chest, looking into the camera. There is a simple adventure UI at the bottom, showing what items the palyer has.

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1d

All love for Space Frog.

Reposted by ChiaroBen

Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 2d

The reclaiming/reframing of frogs as Antifascist after enduring years of the execrable Pepe is glorious and I am here for every scrap of new heroic frog art

Christopher Doll @blackbirdcd.bsky.social · 2d

This is Space Frog

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, as a kid I loved it, but of course didn't know the backstory of the power rangers production, I was just like "cool, they made unique monsters just for the game!"

It's still a cool beat em up.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Vanessa Funke @vanessafunke.bsky.social · 2d

Zur Abwechslung was auf deutsch: gibt es irgendjemanden im Raum Gevelsberg, Ennepetal oder Hagen (bzw. im Umkreis), der mir für ne Woche oder zwei eine stimmstabile Gitarre leihen kann? Oder kennt irgendwen, der jemanden kennt...?

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 2d

Not at all my area, sorry. Don't really know one around there, but I'll ask around.

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 3d

Because it's the correct way

ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 3d

I know he's a prolific and influential musician, but every time I hear is name now I have to think back to a friend going "dun dun Schaddn anner wann", and it makes me crack up.

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ChiaroBen @chiaroben.bsky.social · 3d

Like the quote from Predator goes: "If it breeds, we can fill it."

... I'm sorry.