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gamesdonequick.com
what playing Team Rose sounds like:

here we go
here we go
i'll do my best
here we go
my turrrrn
here we go
i'll do my bes-
here we go
yah
yah
frooggyyyyy
here we go
i'll do my best
we did it!

#BTB26
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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uploadvr.com
InnerspaceVR, the studio behind popular titles like Maskmaker and A Fisherman's Tale, just announced a brand-new VR game titled Spymaster.

Details here: www.uploadvr.com/a-fishermans...
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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andresplays.bsky.social
Planet of Lana 2 comes out March 5th!
The key art of Planet of Lana 2.
February 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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sonic-official.bsky.social
The Chaotix Detective Agency is on the case! 🕵️‍♂️ Get ready for a brand-new audio adventure, Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles, arriving on 1/27 wherever you listen to podcasts.

#ChaotixCaseFiles #SonicTheHedgehog
Sonic Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles Trailer
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January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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ign.com
Nintendo speedrunner shredberg livestreamed his deathless completion of Super Meat Boy just before the end of 2025, an achievement that drew congratulations from Edmund McMillen, the game's co-creator, who called shredberg "awesome." https://t.co/fHthZ1dfPy
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
augh I cannot keep going, there are just way too many.

Go read @parkermolloy.com

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
What accountability actually looks like In a functioning media ecosystem, here’s what would happen: Reporters would contact xAI and ask pointed questions. When the company responded with an auto-reply dismissing them as liars, that would become the lead. The headlines would read something like “xAI Responds to CSAM Reports With ‘Legacy Media Lies’” or “Musk’s AI Company Refuses Comment After Chatbot Generates Child Abuse Images.” That framing puts pressure where it belongs: on the executives who built the product, set its parameters, and profit from its use. It forces them to either provide a real response or face the reputational consequences of their silence. Instead, we’re getting headlines that treat Grok’s generated text as a substitute for corporate accountability. And that’s exactly what xAI wants. They get to avoid answering questions while the press reports that their chatbot is “urgently fixing” the problem. It’s the perfect dodge. The CSAM incident didn’t happen in isolation. This is the same Grok that injected “white genocide” conspiracy theories into unrelated conversations last May. The same Grok that called itself “MechaHitler” and praised Adolf Hitler last July. The same Grok that has been caught, over and over again, searching for Elon Musk’s views before answering controversial questions. Every time there’s a scandal, xAI blames “unauthorized modifications” or “lapses in safeguards.” Every time, the chatbot generates apologetic-sounding text. And every time, the press treats that text as if it were a corporate statement.
January 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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spectrumculture.bsky.social
Happy New Years to those who celebrate.
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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rickburin.bsky.social
Just tried to find the nice thing that Dana Delany wrote about my review blogs the other year, and AI has instead served me up this alarming revelation
Google AI saying that Dana Delany wrote a play called Highway Patrol, based on an intense relationship with me, that resulted in me asking for money.
December 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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retroblastpod.com
6+ years ago, I started The Retro Blast Podcast because I was in a sad mental place and needed a creative outlet.

I told myself, "Get just ONE listener. That'll be enough."

Well, today I'm celebrating 250,000 downloads!

Thanks for listening to me talk about why video games are special.

- Patrick
The Original Retro Blast Podcast logo My first podcast mic, a red blue yeti. (I use a Shure MV7, a mixer now, and much better equipment now, but this is how it started!)
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
benexcellence.bsky.social
seems like Google is trying to tamp down on 'AI Ben Garrison'
Prompt: Create a cartoon that satirizes Ben Garrison in his style that portrays Elon Musk and DOGE as the bad guys for discontinuing the penny Response: I can create lots of images for you, but not one like that. Do you have another idea I can help with?
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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nothinghuman.bsky.social
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.

What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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textfiles.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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greyalien.bsky.social
Making a solitaire game may sound simple but guess what? It's not. There are tons of complex interactions and edge cases in our games. This is just one small function in a 3000 line Card class. And then there's the whole rest of the game...
Method CancelStockToFan() 'Stop the 2nd part of the animation and stop it moving. stockToFanCounter = 0 StopMoving() 'Now make it fall off instead. DropCardOff(Self, 1) 'Particle effect on top layer. level.cardList.Remove(Self) soundTriggers.TriggerCardDropOff = 1 'sound FloatingTextMedium(x, y - TCard.FLOATING_TEXT_GAP * 2, GameText.FindString("Full")) GameScreen.SetUndoButtonState(0) level.CardList.ClearUndoVariables() GameScreen.glowUndo = 0 GameScreen.BlockInput = 0 FlushKeys() 'stops Space (to get new stock card) being stored up during this anim. End Method
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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wikipedia.org
In art, chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark. This innovative and ever-present art technique served as inspiration for "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33", which was recently selected Game of the Year by the Game Awards 2025.

Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/3f5C
Article of the Week: Chiaroscuro. The use of bold contrast between light and dark that affects artistic composition. Also known by the French term clair-obscur. Image is a painting by Georges de La Tour of a penitent Mary Magdalene seated in a dark interior, illuminated by a single oil lamp whose soft flame casts warm, flickering light. On her lap lies a human skull. 
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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katewillaert.bsky.social
Designing a logo used as the lead off to an article in Variety was not on my bucket list...

variety.com/2025/gaming/...
Long-Lost NES Cartridge Game ‘Xcavator,’ More New Indie Titles Unveiled During Day of the Devs 2025
The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played NES game.
variety.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
PLEASE FREE ME FROM THIS PRISON
Another Baby Steps photo of Nate on a very precarious ledge
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
This is how I feel like every time I play a Soulslike. So much frustration and effort banging your head into the learning curve but it’s very fun when it sticks.
angryblacklady.blacksky.app Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Dec 7
I bought Sekiro. I know Souls games are too hard for me. But I bought it anyway. I’m a button smasher. You can’t be a button smasher in Sekiro. So I’ve spent like an hour in the training temple trying to figure this shit out. Am I having fun? I don’t know. Probably not. But I’m STUBBORN.
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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dallas-taylor.bsky.social
This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir
mbunchanumbers.bsky.social Matt @mbunchanumbers.bsky.social · Dec 6
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
For the strategy/city-building gamers out there:

I was skeptical of Against the Storm but it lives up to the hype. Terrific game and one I think I will be playing for a long time. Very deep.
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
benexcellence.bsky.social
sub 40s Pac-Man :) youtu.be/PvR6m5dc5Co
wanted to go lower but the ghosts wouldn't cooperate at the end :P
Pac-Man (NES) - 10,000 Points (39.584s)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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mousephia.love
The Xbox Crocs next to text saying "THIS IS AN XBOX"
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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thevideogamelibrary.org
1534. PATHWAYS TO ADVENTURE - POKÉMON SNAP
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👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/pathways-to-adventure-pokémon-snap

#Books #Booksky #Gaming #VideoGames
Book cover: PATHWAYS TO ADVENTURE - POKÉMON SNAP
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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retroblastpod.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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greyalien.bsky.social
TL;DR: Wishlists are the touchpaper but you need to have an appealing game (and/or lots of marketing $).

So easy right?
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM