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The ManSpyder

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Charmingly irregular. People say I'm funny, but usually I just chat nonsense & hope for the best. I write & edit gaming videos & retrospectives for @RetroHutch.com. I like cats. https://youtube.com/@themanspyder

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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · Aug 23

New video! We all have our miserable little piles of secrets, according to Dracula. But what is The Secret of Shinobi? Herbal Essences? Maybe it's Maybelline? Nope. Turns out, it's a doggo! Here's my retrospective look at Shadow Dancer on the #Sega #MegaDrive.

#ShadowDancer #Shinobi #Doggo #Ninja

Shadow Dancer - Rewind Review

YouTube video by Retro Hutch

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 2h

hey

hey miyamoto

hey

you're the ones stopping the fucking games running. that's nintendo that's doing that. the fans are trying very VERY hard to play your games forever actually.

Stealth40k @stealth40k.bsky.social · 4h

Miyamoto explained why Nintendo has made a serious push into making movies:

“Games eventually stop running when newer versions come out, but films remain forever.”

english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/6...

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 3h

This is one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever seen.

The cover of a BBC Records and Tapes catalogue, featuring an alarmingly creepy illustration of Basil Fawlty.

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juux @juux.com · 5h

Local newspaper In Memoriam section

HAROLD GODWINSON
Last Saxon King of England.
Killed 14.10.1066. RIP

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 8h

The Ting Tings walk into a coffee shop.

Barista: *quits*

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 18h

Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%

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Josh Fairhurst @limitedrunjosh.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely rare b-roll footage of an Electronics Boutique in late 1994 or early 1995. Enjoy it!

I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 22h

A glitch may occur in Super Mario Galaxy when played on a Nintendo Switch 2 whereby Mario will get stuck in freefall in the tunnel in Gateway Galaxy. The usual failsafe that would kill Mario for falling too long does not activate here, so Mario will tumble forever and never die.

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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 22h

THIS... IS... SPARTA!!!

The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 22h

If he pronounces dough-balls as 'Goebbels', things may have to be addressed Reich now.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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Mer Francis, PhD, MSW @mwfrancis.bsky.social · 1d

Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

thebetter.news

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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d

Patrick Macnee

The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d

A bit like my mother. Not the cocoa mass, just classic capitalistic disappointment.

The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d

Mint Club were the best growing up 🙁. Don't think I'll be p-p-picking up Penguins anymore either.

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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 1d

“If you like a lot of chocolate flavour coating with cocoa mass on your biscuit, join our Club”

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 1d

Omg

"We made some changes to McVitie's Penguin and Club earlier this year, where we are using a chocolate flavour coating with cocoa mass, rather than a chocolate coating. Sensory testing with consumers shows the new coatings deliver the same great taste as the originals," the McVitie's owner, Pladis, said in a statement.
Club's classic advertising slogan citing its chocolate content is no longer in use, replaced by: "If you like a lot of biscuit in your break, join our Club."

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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d

Unintentional Demon Chunners #StreetFighter6

Chun-Li standing in an idle pose after landing the final blow on an opponent. In a pure coincidence, she stands directly in front of a trident statue, which lines up with her head *perfectly* so it appears she has demon horns.

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Spooky Scaryshire 🎃 @chrissyd-comedy.bsky.social · 1d

Today's conceptual earworm:

When 'ordinary schoolboy' Eric ate a banana, he turned into Bananaman, an adult. This was in the early-to-mid 80s. I'd estimate him to have been around 10.

He would now be in his 50s. If he eats a banana, he will turn into a geriatric banana person.

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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 1d

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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d

They missed a trick not giving him the title The Nonce Previously Known As Prince Andrew.

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 2d

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.