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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 13m

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

anyway I just said "super nintendo"

Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 9h

I've had that reaction to my OWN writing with stuff I had forgotten I'd written! So basically I don't worry about it anymore lol

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 10h

Got a new article for everyone! ZXE-D is an unbelievably ambitious PlayStation fighting game that expects players to ~build their own combatants~

Does it work? Let's find out!

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/10/09/z...

ZXE-D Legend of Plasmatlite: A great idea… from a distance

1996 PlayStation game ZXE-D (pronounced “Zeckseed”) was surely made for me. A one-on-one fighting game filled with robots? That’s already more than enough to make my ears prick up…

kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10h

If I watched stuff I'd watch this!

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10h

Chun li's sfii ending where she takes off her ribbon and says "and I can get back to being a young single girl"

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wolf pupy @wolfpupy.bsky.social · Jun 5

wolf pupy lenticular stickers are still available at my patreon - patreon.com/wolfpupy

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 11h

Big trouble in little china

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 12h

Well that sucks lol

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 16h

Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch! This week we've got a free California mushroom hang, Oakland Style Week picks, a BBQ crunchwrap pop-up, and more. The full listings: www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calen...

text: Mushrooms of Sonoma County (free!)
Mushroom season is beginning! And if you want to know where to find them, what to know about local mushrooms, and how to know whether you can eat them, check out this meeting and potluck. And if you've got mushrooms you need help identifying, bring them.
THU: 10.09
sebastopol grange → 5:30PM
FRI: 10.10
La Flor en Paradis
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto → 7:30PM 〰 $0-$55
“Discover the luminous world of 13th-century France through an intimate combination of voice and portative organ with vielle and percussion." Listen, do I know what that means? No. Am I interested? Yes. Meet me there?

text: EMERGENCE: LIBERATION
Bebe's BBQ Crunchwrap Collab
SAT: 10.11
Fluid510, Oakland → 7pM 〰️ $23.13
This show combines National Coming out Day and Oakland Style Week to present a runway spectacle of boundary-pushing looks created by local QTPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ designers. Come see what fashion can really do. Masks HIGHLY ENCOURAGED and distributed at the event.
SUN: 10.12
Crunchwrap 🤝 BBQ. Come through to taste the results of this incredible act of gastronomic diplomacy and try the special brisket crunchwrap. Eat an extra for me because I can't have one please.
Sfizio, Oakland → 5pm

text: MON: 10.13
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Rap Album Release Party (free!)
To commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, San Jose-raised rapper Miguel Kultura is hosting a release party for his latest album, Mal Entendido. The project was mixed, mastered, and visually branded by fellow Shark City rapper and producer Rey Resurrección.
Nexus, San Jose → 7pm–10pm
TUES: 10.14
Lion Dance Cafe at Millennium
One night only: A vegan five-course dinner from the brains and hands of C-Y and Shane of Lion Dance Cafe at Millennium. "Expect their bold, award-winning Italo-Chinese-Singaporean flavors side by side with the food you know Millennium for."
Millennium, Oakland → 5pm 〰️ $125

text: WED: 10.15
Leather Roundup Crafting Class
It's too late to learn leatherworking for this year's Folsom Street Fair, but if you start now you have plenty of time to get good and make your own custom getup for next year. Or, you know, make a wallet or something. "Whether you’ve been tooling leather since forever or have always dreamed of creating your first piece, we’re saving you a spot at the table."
The Exchange, Vallejo → 6:30pm–8:30pm 〰️ $70
Fieldress, Glass Egg, Asha Wells
I sometimes discover new bands thanks to doing research for this calendar, and I'm really digging Fieldress right now. Dreamy indie rock with lowkey special guitar playing. Check them out.
Thee Stork Club, Oakland → 8pm 〰️ $10 adv/$12 door

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 17h

Paqui ghost pepper chips (does that count, it's a snack.)

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 7d

ion storm, game studio, break room, dallas, texas (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/1678/jo...

a tekken 3 arcade cabinet, turned off with an a4 white paper typed out note taped to the screen. the note reads:
no more tekken 3 until daikatana ships
the management

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GameSpot @gamespot.com · 20h

Somehow, Spot On returned.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 17h

For real thought you said "multiple people asked 'who are you guys'" which would be a lot funnier. Just to workshop for next time

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 17h

they still have to find the strangest thing

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 18h

I will be forever wondering where they got the idea for that apostrophe

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 18h

I don't think you all are ready for how bad my jokes are gonna get in this game

Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 18h

DeMon(t)School is REAL and it's in ARIZONA. Swim for your life!

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 18h

I feel like half my friends on here are Momoko 120% (1986) By Jaleco

dino! 🌈 @dinosaurgerms.bsky.social · 19h

👾 Momoko 120% (1986)
➡️ By Jaleco
[ youtu.be/4xyhC_RUXTQ ]
#DinoArcadeGifs

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Mayor Adena Ishii - City of Berkeley @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social · 19h

Who remembers Reading Rainbow?🦋🌈📖 Well, it's back, and the new host is library superstar Mychal Threets!

What's even cooler - on Oct. 4, the first episode of the new series aired and showcased Berkeley Public Library (West Branch)!

New episodes will air weekly at: youtube.com/@Kidzuko

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RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 20h

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 19h

good doggies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 20h

sometimes you just look at something and think "now that's video games"

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22h

I should hire some Etsy witches to ensure Demonschool's success. Hmm...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22h

You gotta sub to noclip_2 if you want to be among the FIRST to see really high resolution footage of my dogs

dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 22h

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 23h

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

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Archiri Usagi @archiri.bsky.social · 22h

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 23h

It was real cheap for a while. Arc did a few VNs and when I interviewed someone re: arc's their work on those influenced the incredibly involved vs screen intros in their fighting games they were like "what visual novels" and "I have no idea" lol. I wish I'd picked it up because it seems interesting

Prismaticallization (Game) - Giant Bomb

An adventure game where the protagonist finds himself trapped in a time loop where he must relive the same day over and over again.

www.giantbomb.com

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