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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 10m

This prompted me to google Dinky Toys, and omg people will polarise over anything won't they

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 14m

This is probably the correct explanation, isn't it

Lucky_Bun @luckybun.bsky.social · 46m

This isn't about porn or gooner brain or whatever, it's not even about looks, this is about power. They don't want to see beautiful women, they want all women in media to be nothing but objects for the pleasure of (white) men.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 1d

Need you guys to see the guy that just got kicked off big brother uk for being homophobic

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 9m

You've been salting her fields again

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Kururun! @kururun.bsky.social · 13m

I think she's mad

Diplomacy screen from the Civ 4 mod Caveman 2 Cosmos. It shows among other things that Dido of Carthage is 'Furious' and has -3300 opinion of me because "You nuked us!"

Other opinion adjustments are mostly in the range of 1 to 8, to give a sense of how mad she is about being nuked.

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 15m

It's easy to see in stuff that allows easy modding, like Skyrim, for instance. It's all over that. Big tits on everything, porcelain skin, overtly (and poorly) sexualised companion characters.

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Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social · 27m

1972: Cars and Aircraft from Dinky

(+Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Mark III; Mercedes-Benz 600; Rolls Royce Phantom V Limousine; Jaguar 'E' Type 2 + 2; Volkswagen 1300 Sedan; Dyane Citroën; Sam's Car; Joe's Car; and Pink Panther)

This is a page from a Dinky Toys catalogue showcasing a selection of die-cast model cars and a futuristic vehicle. The page highlights new clockwork features for 1972 and includes measurements for each model.

(+Dyane Citroën
Jaguar 'E' Type 2 + 2
Joe's Car
Mercedes-Benz 600
Pink Panther
Rolls Royce Phantom V Limousine
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Mark III
Sam's Car
and Volkswagen 1300 Sedan)

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 19m

It's a complete lack of care about the visuals, aesthetics, and even really the gameplay of a game - it's so superficial. But that's all these people really are.

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 24m

Oh no.

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Kururun! @kururun.bsky.social · 2h

Putting the cute dolphin game into my Mega Drive and thinking 'Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen' :)

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Jim Caris @jimcaris.bsky.social · 38m

There are so many games with character models like the one on the left. SO many. This is what I don't get about the chuds. They ARE getting what they want, in that most games are aimed at them and their terrible taste. But they won't rest until EVERY game is aimed at them and their terrible taste.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

Designed With
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Activists In Mind

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 31m

Just release a lazy port of the PSP games, my god.

Gematsu @gematsu.com · 3h

New Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS, Android to be announced on October 14

Square Enix will announce a new Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS and Android on October 14 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch the "Team Boss Battle" title…

New Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS, Android to be announced on October 14

Square Enix will announce a new Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS and Android on October 14 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch the "Team Boss Battle" title announcement trailer on YouTube (English, Japanese).

www.gematsu.com

Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 33m

I don't understand why they can't even bother with a lazy port of the PSP games - you know, the only ones people like.

Dissidia NT was awful, Opera Omnia was its own different beast with gacha shit baked in...

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It's ya boi Guzma @professorbeef.bsky.social · 1h

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Pesky Spookter @peskysplinter.bsky.social · 39m

Infamous easter egg from FF9 where the save Moogle threatens you with "I'm sharpening my knife, kupo."

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TransWitchSammy (#1 Koudelka Fan) 🏳️‍⚧️ @transwitchsammy.bsky.social · 56m

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Gematsu @gematsu.com · 3h

New Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS, Android to be announced on October 14

Square Enix will announce a new Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS and Android on October 14 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch the "Team Boss Battle" title…

New Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS, Android to be announced on October 14

Square Enix will announce a new Dissidia Final Fantasy title for iOS and Android on October 14 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET / 19:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch the "Team Boss Battle" title announcement trailer on YouTube (English, Japanese).

www.gematsu.com

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 1d

My big conspiracy is that due to our overall systemic decline in both cultural literacy and actual literacy we have spawned a generation of people who don’t even know how to get horny anymore