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Ashpolt

@ashpolt.bsky.social

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Officially the first person to mention Front Mission 5 on Bluesky. I like robots and games, especially ones that are turn based and where I can make numbers go big. he/him

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1h

Couldn't help but notice that all the "women in gaming" he chose to highlight were either from games 15+ years old ("before the woke took over!")....or Eve from Stellar Blade. Telling.

Also he clearly doesn't know the difference between "women in games" and "women in gaming"

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 2h

I guess I see the same thing, but from the opposite perspective: from my view, 86 tries for a somewhat realistic tank mode and does a pretty good if imperfect job: Siege aims for nonsense, and achieves nonsense.

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 4h

(I also disagree that 86 "gives up on the rest" - I think it's pretty strong all around, aside from the awkward rotation angle of the turret.)

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 4h

OK but it's pretty easy to succeed at doing a "sci fi tank" when you can define what exactly a "sci fi tank" is. Ultimately the Siege one is a tank with broken up treads, a massive gap in the back, and huge feet clearly visible. It's not cohesive at all. *For me*, saying "it's sci-fi" isn't enough.

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 4h

dom no

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah the swivel is the one part I totally agree drags it down, but the Siege one always felt just half-finished to me, I don't really get the appeal of it

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 4h

I think part of this is just that I'm not a fan of the H-tank format, but also I just think the 86 one looks way more cohesive

And doesn't have a pair of size 4000 Doc Martens hanging off the back

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 5h

So he's JC?

Subtle, Chris. Subtle.

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 5h

From @toygrind.bsky.social's review of 86 Megatron:

"WFC Megatron still has the better tank mode...."

I see lots of people saying this! Are we looking at the same toys?? I don't get it! As much as the 86 tank mode has flaws it stomps all over Siege IMO.

(Ironic, given Siege's huge stompers)

86 Megatron (left) and some flavour of Siege Megatron (right), both in tank mode.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 16h

Gluptar! You're the captain!

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · Apr 13

"average person knows 3 chords" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person knows 0 chords. Guitars Georg, who lives in pub & knows over 10,000 chords, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Apr 13

MARK KNOPFLER: Here comes Guitar George
ME: Why do they call him that
MARK KNOPFLER: He knows all the chords
ME: Ah

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1d

They heard "war with incest" but parsed it as "war, with incest!"

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 1d

I find it baffling how little impact the existence of the Undertaker, a literal walking corpse, has had on science and religion

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1d

I think Patrick Stewart's a bit old for ballet tbh

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1d

lmao, thanks to that video the first thing I did with this toy was take the batteries out

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1d

If you ever thought to yourself "boy, I'd really like a toy of a Jeep with an inflation fetish that transforms into a T-Rex with most of a Jeep hanging off of its ankles" then good news! I've got just the thing for you!

A perfectly normal if slightly bloated Jurassic Park jeep

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Jeep-Rex, what is your wisdom?

A T-Rex that has actually transformed into a jeep

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Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 1d

Yeh, you can't even disagree with the action of declaring Palestine Action a terrorist group. Pretty sure they will just try to arrest anyone with the words Action & Palestine in what they deem to be the wrong order at this point. Some politicians are really in need of swift replacement.

Woman 'arrested' over 'I oppose proscription of Palestine Action' sign

A PROTESTER has claimed she was arrested for holding a sign saying “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”.

www.thenational.scot

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 2d

I don't even say anything normally, I just raise my hand and give 'em one of these

that meme of the kid giving the awkward thin-lipped smile

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Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 2d

I, too, like to plauy hard

Ashpolt @ashpolt.bsky.social · 2d

I KNEW WELSH PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY EXIST!

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 2d

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

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