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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · Sep 2

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.

The cover to Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. Features the titular character Alan Wake, in a chic 2010s flannel, wielding a nail gun amidst a desert backdrop.

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 9h

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.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · Jan 5

A single skeet cannot contain all the thoughts and feels Xenogears makes someone have: coffeybreak.net/xenogears-a-...

Photo of a physical copy of the game Xenogears next to an original Sony PlayStation.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 1d

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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Tim Banks: VibeRel Advocate @elchefe.me · 1d

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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Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 4d

Love that game

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 5d

ZNES was where I cut my teeth. I had the same revelation and ran through so many Japanese SNES games that way.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 5d

If there are minimum mandated ages to hold federally elected office, then there must be a maximum as well.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5d

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 5d

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

A crt tv screenie of the fighters roster for Endless Duel with Heero Yuey pick, piloting 'WING'. A Megaman-like grid of gundams are arranged to the riight, all stylized in a metallic display theme.

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 5d

The first game I ever emulated! The OST is a fucking banger

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 5d

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.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 5d

Looks like I’ll be firing up DoA and Ninja Gaiden in memory of Itagaki today.

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 8d

Phat beats let’s go

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 12d

too much bot brain rot over there

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 12d

She’s a gem. My best friend’s uncle is her creative director and the anecdotes support what everyone already knows.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 12d

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.

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 12d

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.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 12d

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.

Atsu stares off into a maple forest, red leaves litter the ground. There is a fog ahead and through it you can see light shafts.

A remote hot spring, with a red maple branch over the water. The steam rises from the spring creating a relaxing atmosphere

Atsu walking a misty forest, the sun is setting and the golden hour basks the world in brilliant yellow hues.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 13d

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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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 13d

In Ghost of Yōtei playing Atsu’s shamisen songs at camp site gives Ocarina of Time vibes.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 15d

19 years?! No that can't be right...

fuck

「God knows...」The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya OST Piano Cover ⭐God knows 19th Anniversary⭐

YouTube video by Ru's Piano Ru味春捲

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 17d

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 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

YouTube video by Kidzuko

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Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 17d

Always love to see Gundams, especially ones we didn’t get here.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 17d

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.

Vance the Happenstance @vance.coffeybreak.net · 17d

Omg IPv6 over Frame Relay!

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Japan Retro Direct @japanretrodirect.bsky.social · 18d

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

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