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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 7d

The race to be edgy and memetic to secure clicks (and stay in business I suppose) has eroded almost all journalism to the point a lot of it has become unreadable at best or ai slop at worst.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 7d

I miss when games journalism didn’t use terms like ‘enshittification’ in article titles.

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jin @ghangaji.bsky.social · 12d

i think about this post every time i watch a movie

tweet that reads:
Lady behind me at The Thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? You watch it and information is revealed"

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debs 🏴‍☠️🍉 @edstede.bsky.social · 12d

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Game Sack @gamesack.net · 15d

I'd like to announce that I'm directing and editing a documentary on Electronic Gaming Monthly in conjunction with @mylifeingaming.bsky.social. This is a passion project of ours. There will be no fundraiser. No ETA yet, hopefully soon. It is not associated with the recent compendium.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 15d

In case this guy is out there and needs it for his UI or anything, here's a link to a high quality, 600dpi scan I did of the keyart/flyer for Cliff Hanger.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/00nm6...

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Sonic The Wereblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 15d

'Cliff Hanger PC' (Non-Sonic Demo) by Ybanks1
Bringing the FMV game that used footage from 'Lupin the 3rd' to PCs.
https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/cliff-hanger-pc-demo.2801/

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 18d

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is notorious for its poor DVD release. A year or two ago, someone sent me 4 of the home laserdiscs releases. Here's the first of four that I am uploading to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/Teen...

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Gabe 👻 ✨️ @daemoncorps.bsky.social · 20d

Me on a Friday | Me on a Monday.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

There's just a scene where he says he's going 'out to a movie, dat okay wit you???' and then it goes into Mikey and Donnie harassing the Dominos pizza guy, and then the scene with him leaving Critters is a bit after that.

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Ray Barnholt @rdbaaa.space · 20d

i am declaring the next twelve months the Year of Virtual Boy (for those age 7 and up)

Brenden @bro3256.com · 20d

The ROM for the unreleased Virtual Boy game Virtual League Baseball 2 has surfaced online. It was planned to be released in 1996 but was ultimately shelved.
About 3 decades later and we can now play this once lost game. Play ball!

The title screen of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

Gameplay screenshot of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 20d

THIS SHIT IS SO DANGEROUS THE LAST TIME I DID THIS I HAD A PIC-A-NIC BASKET AND SOME STUPID BEAR IN A GREEN HAT WEARING A COLLAR AND TIE (WHILE RIDING A GOTDANGED BIKE!!!) CAME ALONG, STOLE IT, AND CYCLED OFF INTO THE SUNSET YELLING ABOUT HOW HE WAS SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR FUCK JELLYSTONE PARK

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 20d

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

Me on a Friday | Me on a Monday.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

So apparently this is exactly what they're doing. Wish the main post called that out because it's rad af.

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

Imagine if TMNT just cut when Raph went to the movie theater and then they started showing Critters, and then after Critters ended it cut back to Raph leaving the movie theater and continued the TMNT movie.

Mega64 @mega64official.bsky.social · 20d

Mega64 is teaming up with the Digital Gym to screen the ultimate double feature… TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and CRITTERS! Join us at 2pm on October 26 at San Diego's last independent art house cinema for this one of a kind event. digitalgym.org/movies/mega6...

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

Oh shit, you're right. Reading comprehension fail.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

Imagine if TMNT just cut when Raph went to the movie theater and then they started showing Critters, and then after Critters ended it cut back to Raph leaving the movie theater and continued the TMNT movie.

Mega64 @mega64official.bsky.social · 20d

Mega64 is teaming up with the Digital Gym to screen the ultimate double feature… TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and CRITTERS! Join us at 2pm on October 26 at San Diego's last independent art house cinema for this one of a kind event. digitalgym.org/movies/mega6...

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 20d

The sad part is if and when these tariffs go away, all these companies like MS and Nintendo aren't going to go back and lower the prices again. Because why would they when people are willing to pay more?

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 20d

BREAKING: Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again. Xbox console prices are going up in October, making an Xbox Series X $649.99. Full details on price increases here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/782079/...

Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles in the US again

Xbox console prices are going up in October, making an Xbox Series X $649.99.

www.theverge.com

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 27d

I keep seeing one of these up at the thrift store. I wish it had VGA on it!!

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 6

So we did those mischief galleries and even though they're tons of pages of stuff we couldn't even HOPE to find all of the references...

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s a 55in 1080p display. https://support.vizio.com/s/article/M501d-A2R-Model-Information?language=en_US

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s called Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth. It’s based on Record of Lodoss Wars. It takes a lot of cues from SOTN.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had this old Vizio LCD in my basement so I tested it out. The panel is low enough resolution that I'm in love with the aperture grill look of it. I wonder if we'll eventually have more nostalgia for the look of older LCDs like we do for CRTs...

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 5

Funny they made him nicer, but the sky edits are definitely so you can read the logo better. The bane of soooo many covers I've designed. I guess they also felt they would've have to shrink it too much if they didn't change the pencil angle, so they tried to make the composition fit the DS better.

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Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · Sep 5

Spongebob got the reverse Kirby treatment.

Caleb Meurer @calebmeurer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Look how they massacred my boy! This is my other SpongeBob video game cover, drawn circa 2008. Somebody went in and made very clunky changes to my original. #spongebob #drawntolife #videogame #nintendods #doodlebob #mehoyminoy #illustrationart

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