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aka narr. 25 she/her pokémon stuff + fighting games sega and treasure enthusiast smash bros enjoyer sailor moon s acolyte asuka 120% influencer icon by @slumpseal.bsky.social

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 1d

Ryouran Rumble #2 signups are now open!
8/11/25 at 6PM EST
Come play some Asuka
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Ryouran Rumble #2

The best place for Ryouran Rumble #2 brackets, streams, standings and schedules all in one place!

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PolarBair @polarbair.bsky.social · 2h

ancient clip from my twitter

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Lætus @bajamothblast.bsky.social · 3h

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 1d

Ryouran Rumble #2 signups are now open!
8/11/25 at 6PM EST
Come play some Asuka
start.gg/ryouran

Ryouran Rumble #2

The best place for Ryouran Rumble #2 brackets, streams, standings and schedules all in one place!

start.gg

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 11h

A peek at GAME FREAK (Yep, *that* Game Freak!) tips 'zine issue 22 from 1985 where the solution to arcade Time Gal is lovingly and painstakingly illustrated and written out scene-by scene. 💜

A scan of the photocopied zine with an illustration of protag Reikas sat coly with legs crossed and a marker pen held in one hand, with cheeky doodles drawn over the game's villain's face and a piece of paper. "Time Stop!"

A snap of one of the pages, with painstakingly drawn recreations of hte various scenes of the QTE based animated footage gameplay with directional inputs for each of them.

Another snap of inked illustrations of Reika in one scene and line artworks in the other. Directional inputs can be seen below.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sorry but it's extremely funny to chalk this up to modern game design being inherently manipulative. This is just Ghosts n Goblins

TESTAMENT✙ENJOYMENT @testamentenjoyment.net · 16h

Spoilers for Absolum, but you actually might want to spoil yourself on this, because this is some of the worst meta-progression bait I've ever heard of

(Also a great review overall, one that's for once made from the perspective who gave beat 'em ups a deeper shot)

If you don’t believe that Absolum prioritizes the grind above all else, then I’ll have to pull out my trump card and talk about the last boss of the game. Don’t read the next paragraph if you don’t want that spoiled. Or do, honestly, because I recommend knowing this ahead of time so you don’t make the same mistake I did.

Once you complete the game once, you find out that actually you need to beat the game again to fight the real final boss. Kind of obnoxious already, but sure. I immediately started another run, but died early due to the game introducing a new extra-hard challenge that I wanted to try out. No problem, I had unlocked one extra from the progression system. I decided to carry on and actually ended up all the way at the end to fight the final boss.

Just before the fight, a merchant warned me that the boss had a fatal scream and recommended that I purchase an absurdly expensive extra life. I kind of figured that merchant was referring to some difficult to dodge attack and braced myself for it. No such luck - the final boss seemingly just instantly and unavoidably kills you at the start of the fight, so my run where I was otherwise super powerful and at full health ended right there. This more or less killed my interest in playing further.

The goal of this decision seems clear enough: the developers didn’t want you beating Absolum too fast and this insta-kill gimmick was a good way to keep you in the hamster wheel. Wouldn’t you know it, my very next permanent upgrade gave me another extra life on top of the two I had, so my next run would have definitely been the run! If I were the kind of person who got addicted to the progression system, I could easily see myself getting sucked by this bait, hook line and sinker. Sadly for Absolum, I am not that kind of person. I don’t have an addictive personality. Most of the psychological tricks that modern video games employ don’t work on me – I don’t need things to be addicted to, I want things that enrich my life or give me some personal satisfaction.

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 1d

Ryouran Rumble #2 signups are now open!
8/11/25 at 6PM EST
Come play some Asuka
start.gg/ryouran

Ryouran Rumble #2

The best place for Ryouran Rumble #2 brackets, streams, standings and schedules all in one place!

start.gg

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 2d

my hands are shaking with rage and grief. i shouldn't have to do this. the edited text on this image should not exist. this should not still be happening in 2025

a panel from my entry in Samidoon. it is sepia tone of a palestinan family walking. the caption reads "in 2024, the images from inside Gaza echo my family's storie from Palestine. the walk away from our tattered homes looks the same as 50 years ago." the 2024 is crossed out witht 2025 written next to it. my hands are shaking with rage and grief as i type

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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~Classic Anime Girl of the Day!~ @retroanimegirls.bsky.social · 2d

Today's Classic Anime Girl is Hibari Oozora, main protagonist of "Stop!! Hibari-kun!!" (1983)!

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kCe 🔞 @kcefg.bsky.social · 3d

your meal, sire

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 3d

depends on genre
shortish arcade game is ~25 mins
shortish adventure game ~10 hours
shortish rpg like 20-30 hrs

i would consider 10-20 average but probably shortish by modern overstuffed standards

sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 3d

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slump @slumpseal.bsky.social · 10d

emboar tha big friend #pokemon

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Vick @sailorvick.bsky.social · 3d

#EVO France is this weekend!
Reminder that LimitOver tourney is on Friday at 15:00 CEST!

You can still signup, click there
✏️→ bit.ly/EVO25LO

We'll stream it on
👀→ twitch.tv/sailorvick

#あすか120 #asuka120

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 4d

One of my OCD things is that pretty much anything I don't agree with online I start arguing with in my head no matter what and sometimes when I see something dumb enough it means I'm basically locked in intellectual stalemate and I start feeling physical pain

sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 4d

The AI bigotry thing is genuinely melting my brain

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 4d

i'll give lowtax: he didn't believe in Roko's fuckin basilisk

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 4d

hello

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graet @graetgalaxy.bsky.social · 5d

Gaster: ugh another hard day of trolling the lightners i just wanna go back to my pineapple and feed gary

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graet @graetgalaxy.bsky.social · 5d

lowkey you start to feel for the villains of the gaming world when you realize how sad bowser must be when he goes home to his pineapple after mario beats him

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Tool-Assisted Speedrun clips @tasnocontext.bsky.social · 5d

Rebecca Heineman, who was responsible for programming the SNES port of this game, was recently diagnosed with cancer.

You can donate to her GoFundMe campaign here, or share it if you are unable to donate.

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry to report to all the Karinaheads that her ground throw has a 15f tech window (avg is 10f) and leaves her anywhere from -17 to -23 on tech (avg is safe to mildly plus)

sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 5d

vick discovered that torami air throw is always punishable on tech which means i can now begin downplaying

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sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 6d

this game is truly penis it's pretty cool

sienna @burntsienna.bsky.social · 6d

Like damn half the games I wishlisted the entire year are out this month