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Ran through Alan Wake’s American Nightmare this weekend. Very short lil ditty of a game but it was blast the whole time. Can definitely see the blending of the base game and thematic concepts which transferred to Alan Wake 2. Even feel some of its influence on Quantum Break and Control.
Missed yesterday’s North American anniversary thanks to work, but I replayed Xenogears recently and a few thoughts about the experience. This is a game that gets better as I grow older.
A single skeet cannot contain all the thoughts and feels Xenogears makes someone have: coffeybreak.net/xenogears-a-...
Rewatching “Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love” for the first time 20 years and this movie just runs on vibes
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There’s gonna be another zillion pundits opining about how it’s a bad idea having one company affect so many services that people use and rely on and I just want you to know they’re gonna be exactly fucking right and we did this to ourselves.
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I literally just was on a panel about game preservation in Chicago 45 minutes ago. The response is simple: not only is the characterization about games and preservation untrue, but it also dismisses the incredible work of film archivists.
ZNES was where I cut my teeth. I had the same revelation and ran through so many Japanese SNES games that way.
If there are minimum mandated ages to hold federally elected office, then there must be a maximum as well.
83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE
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JUST WILD BEAT COMMUNICATION - and Endless Duels in the year After Colony 195.

A solid Gundam fighting game that would be followed up by two PS1 sequels.

📺: Shin Kidō Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Duel, Super Famicom, 1996
The first game I ever emulated! The OST is a fucking banger
Perhaps they can offer a fresh take in an otherwise stale landscape. Competitive MP has been dominated by FPS, RTS, and fighting derived genres forever.
Looks like I’ll be firing up DoA and Ninja Gaiden in memory of Itagaki today.
too much bot brain rot over there
She’s a gem. My best friend’s uncle is her creative director and the anecdotes support what everyone already knows.
On tech fires, these already happen and have been happening. The general populace just never hears about them. Fire suppression is already fairly robust in the tech space. Does that mean everyone is doing the best they can? No but codes just set a new baseline. The shitty folks will still be shitty.
This sounds a little like outsider fear-mongering. While there are battery backups most DCs will use generators for this. Batteries are more expensive, heavy, and harder to maintain due to degradation.

Batteries are used extensively in remote telecommunication equipment.
The ray traced pass on the global illumination in Ghost of Yōtei is incredible. Just goes to show even a light (hehehe) touch can do a lot of work.
I can't believe it after 16 years The Protomen are releasing Act III. The first two songs from this album dropped over 10 years ago.

Also @wes.readonlymemo.com has excellent taste in video game based rock operas.
5869 days after releasing the greatest rock opera about Mega Man ever recorded, The Protomen's follow-up Act 3 is, unbelievably, finally here*
This album is a bigger deal than Half-Life 3.
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In Ghost of Yōtei playing Atsu’s shamisen songs at camp site gives Ocarina of Time vibes.
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Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​
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Always love to see Gundams, especially ones we didn’t get here.
Playing Yōtei in Watanabe Mode is the Samurai Champloo vibe we deserved. Quite a nice tribute to Nujabes, Tsutchie, fat jon, and the other Champloo composers as well.
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I got some new followers recently and I want to share the love. So I am bumping the Import Gamers Starter pack again. These are people I am following that make my feed great. Follow some or all of them to make your Bluesky even better. Anyone I forgot?

go.bsky.app/FE8Qdwj