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tonyacatte.bsky.social
it's bev!
@tonyacatte.bsky.social
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30-something queer trans goober from PDX (she/they) | Writer of pop culture things (asecretarea.com) / (patreon.com/youfoundasecretarea) Warning: Will nerd out about game shows, music, & other stuff at random
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tonyacatte.bsky.social
it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · Oct 17
anyway hi folks I'm beverly jane (or tonya), I write about games and other things on my blog: asecretarea.com

I also archive VHS stuff sometimes and share my finds to folks

beware: I *will* nerd out about game shows and other things that like, 2 people may understand what I'm fully talking about
You Found a Secret Area!
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ohrobin.bsky.social
gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1h
Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 1h
rest well!!
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X ΘΔ @xkeeper.net · 2h
i said this a few weeks ago, but a reminder that windows 10 being "end of life" does not mean your operating system will immediately stop working. even if the OS itself doesn't get updates, the apps you use most often (the browser.) still are. more important to have adblock + firewall these days
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 1h
this bodega nearby the PT place has funny drawings of nacho libre and Napoleon dynamite outside and I find it rather charming

a shame there's no cats roaming around, it feels like a prime Bodega Cats kind of place
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sharkabytes.bsky.social
Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 4h
In this clip of a 1995 Computer Chronicles, we not only get some lovely showcases of the PS1 and Saturn, but also brutal honesty from Stewart as he considers console vs PC gaming.

"It's nice to know when you come home from the store having just spent $50 on a new game, it'll work."

#VideoBytes
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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 7h
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 7h
Now try doing the same test without using X Premium.

You're giving Elon Musk $12/month to get that amount of engagement on Twitter. If you didn't subscribe, you'd be getting literally 1% of that engagement.

This is a terrible argument.
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priscillasheep.bsky.social
🔞Priscilla🔞 @priscillasheep.bsky.social · Sep 1
Raffle prize for @cat-meat.bsky.social
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Get Equipped With @getequipped.bsky.social · 16h
get equipped with the nap
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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d
Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 22h
yeag
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 1d
had a few dreams last night, the first dreams I've probably had in a good while

feels good, honestly
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 1d
hippy happy!!
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milliefangs.com
Millie Fangs (Commission Me!) @milliefangs.com · 2d
He's about to go flying. #Tails #Sonic #Sketch
Tails from 'Sonic The Hedgehog' wearing a B3 bomber jacker in front of a cloudy sky.
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 1d
Finished the original Red Faction today.

I had played a demo of the game (the one with the giant glass house as a tech demo) a long time ago, and I've been on kind of a retro boomshoot kick lately, so

It's a bit too tough towards the end but otherwise it's pretty damn solid
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Nicole Express @nicole.express · 2d
I like how the SG-1000 and ColecoVision are placed in different generations, despite being released less than a year apart with identical hardware

I get it, the NES was a paradigm shift in the west, and the SG-1000 came out on the same day as the Famicom, but it just shows how silly the concept is
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 2d
Honestly the way Wikipedia defines generations of gaming consoles is stupidly convoluted and needs to be changed

I keep confusing them even now, such as me thinking the 360/PS3/Wii was the sixth generation
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 2d
Was looking at a previous article I wrote late last year for something, and saw something that bothered me.

Now I'm editing out every time I referred to gaming generations by Wikipedia's goofy standards and replacing it with the platform or era instead (i.e. "Xbox 360 era" instead of "7th gen")
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 3d
New on the Secret Area, it's Cold Fear.

A Resident Evil-inspired survival horror game made by the folks who made Alone in the Dark: A New Nightmare. And it's surprisingly alright!

Shares and comments appreciated, as always.

asecretarea.com/2025/10/11/c...
Cold Fear: French-ident Evil. - You Found a Secret Area!
Ever wanted to play a survival horror game that uses the classic fixed camera and the newfangled innovation of Resident Evil 4? Cold Fear has you covered.
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 2d
toe to tip, this is a bart
foone.bsky.social
Foone @foone.bsky.social · 2d
A windows 3.1 screenshot showing an icon at 1x, 2x, and 4x size. The icon is a fan-drawn image of Bart Simpson, though his proportions are little questionable
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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 3d
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 3d
New on the Secret Area, it's Cold Fear.

A Resident Evil-inspired survival horror game made by the folks who made Alone in the Dark: A New Nightmare. And it's surprisingly alright!

Shares and comments appreciated, as always.

asecretarea.com/2025/10/11/c...
Cold Fear: French-ident Evil. - You Found a Secret Area!
Ever wanted to play a survival horror game that uses the classic fixed camera and the newfangled innovation of Resident Evil 4? Cold Fear has you covered.
asecretarea.com
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tonyacatte.bsky.social
it's bev! @tonyacatte.bsky.social · 3d
been having some toast with a blueberry fig jam my friend made per his suggestion and it's pretty good

I was told to try it on ice cream as well, which I may definitely consider
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Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.social · 4d
🟠Hey do you like our threads we post on here? specifically ones about Binging With Babish or Ghost Files? Do you want to read nearly 2000 words about both shows & the youtube content machine? Well, we wrote them & you can read them here:

morenopressblog.wordpress.com/no-one-wants...
No One Wants to Do This Forever
By Darci Meadows & Ember Blake I’m not sure when exactly Binging with Babish became something I care about. At this point it’s just been something I come back to so often it’s…
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CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 3d
Alex Trebek saying "the creature" on this episode of Jeopardy! from Halloween 1997
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