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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 17h

SUPER MARIO WORLD
NINTENDO 1991
SNES

Mario showing off his tiny hitbox alongside a big Bullet Bill

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 1d

In Yoshi's Island, a cave background sparkles, but only when Yoshi moves. This is achieved in an inventive way by making many 1-pixel "pinholes" in the background through which a field of stars is visible. The parallax motion shows the stars intermittently, creating sparkles.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 22h

This is a quality internet post right here.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 22h

Dunno who made this, but it's accurate.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 7d

If you're in Illinois and facing criminal charges from protesting ICE, or if you were attacked by ICE or law enforcement supporting them, I might be able to represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

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PoloBlue @therealpoloblue.bsky.social · 1d

Putting far more effort into this than I reasonably should tbh

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 1d

OoT Thursday for all

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Matted with PUMPKINS @satsy.bsky.social · 1d

Diglett's rocky outcrop should have been made into a 'dress' of packed mud, but GameFreak were too committed to the bit. IMO.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 2d

A minor point of frustration is that I do think Harry Potter has good things in it worth praising and discussing, along with the bad stuff. But litigating that will always be a distant second priority to the author funding bigotry.

DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's noteworthy that the people who say things like "we have to sacrifice some groups to save others" or whatever are never talking about themselves. They never suggest that they should take the bullet for others.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 3d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 2d

There are mods and stuff for Final Fantasy 7 that replace the overworld character models. And I understand the impulse, but I fundamentally disagree with the practice. Not the least of which being that people worked really hard on those models and did great things with them, not in spite of them.

DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

Which is kinda what I was getting at to start with. If Cardcaptors is an incomprehensible mess, then by all means say that. I just want the details, is all.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

See, I think Pokemon is a great example here. Because there are absolutely episodes that shown out of order would really mess things up. But at the same time, there are lots of episodes where altering the order does nothing. It all comes down to which episodes actually get changed.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

As an addendum: I am aware that big plot stuff happens sometimes and you have status quo shifts. I just mean that these are a relatively small percentage of the show.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

So I've heard, but from what I've seen of the show a lot of it is self-contained episodes. I feel like the worst you'd probably get is Sakura having a card she shouldn't have yet sometimes. Which sucks, but probably doesn't ruin a show of this nature.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

Like, actually analyze the finished story and tell me why it's bad, instead of just saying it's bad because it's different.

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 3d

All I ever hear about the old Cardcaptors dub is that it was bad because it messed with the story and took out the gay stuff. And that second thing is bad. But the first is treated as a given without anyone looking at the presented story and what it accomplishes, if anything.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“… the data out of Montgomery County, Maryland makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority …”

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, are loot boxes still a thing? I don't keep up anymore, how's that whole thing going?

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Drew Mackie @drewgmackie.bsky.social · 5d

Video games can teach you so much about other cultures.

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Matted with PUMPKINS @satsy.bsky.social · 6d

"mind if I borrow this?"

#fanart #loz #totk #hinox #Link #procreate #digitalart

Legend of Zelda fanart. Link on a Blue Hinox's shoulders, trying to pull off a Shrine rock. The Hinox looks confused

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ちゃこり @tyako089.bsky.social · 6d

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ashenbubs @ashenbubs.bsky.social · 7d

When you feel your normal depression merging with seasonal depression approaching, it’s like the world’s shittiest Power Ranger Megazord coming together.

a close up of a red robot with horns on it 's head

ALT: a close up of a red robot with horns on it 's head

media.tenor.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

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Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social • 57m
I'm going to start a thing where if anyone leaves a pedantic reply l'm just gonna talk about something I want to talk about instead of whatever they're blathering on about. If you criticize my punctuation you're gonna hear about Dragon Ball Z

Hell does "pedantic" mean?

Brendel
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Lots of people say that Star Trek tng got good after season one but l'd say season 7 might be worse than season one

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DragonRaiderX9 @dragonraiderx9.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, so what do you do if you're functioning when you need to but you feel grey and don't enjoy anything but you can't afford medicine or therapy?