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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1h

We're besides ourselves with joy, but - the work isn't over yet. With 12 days to go, we're now aiming for our first stretch goal, which will see OFF creator Mortis Ghost join us to work on the project!

Our deepest gratitude goes to you all for your support, your encouragements and your trust 💜

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1h

We! Did it!!

BLANKSWORD IS 100% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

An image showing Blanksword being 100% funded!!

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 2h

Yeah, that's the real problem right? People are quick to believe any video someone shows them, especially if it confirms what they already believed. Someone who didn't ask who made a video, what the source is, what the context is, etc before believing it already had an information diet of misinfo

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 3h

I'm honestly amazed the ability to turn off specific peoples' reshares hasn't happened yet. On twitter that launched *very* soon after retweets did and I always thought of it as a basic feature that made that site usable at all

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I make it a point to always begin the alt-text on pictures of Adonis with "orange cat". so next time you're having a bad day, do yourself a favor and type this into search

(from:cait.bsky.social "orange cat")

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 13h

No one can beat shmups in the score inflation game

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 14h

It honestly amazes me people are so fast to believe any random video someone shows them without any idea where it’s from or who made it

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 17h

I truly think the Games Industry would be in a much better place, creatively, if everyone had more exposure to DOS Shareware games.

Denture Man title screen. It's horrifying.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 16h

I’m assuming the dodgy cards are way cheaper, but I wonder if the annual Black Friday sale on the Krikzz ones puts them anywhere near that price range…

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 16h

I legitimately found out the drive had gone when I tried to play Manhattan Requiem one day. I wanted to go to multimedia Manhattan!

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 16h

Yeah there's something, like, *solid* to them. They're devices for a utility.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 16h

"What's a LaserActive that doesn't play laserdiscs" *Annoying* is what it is. These things are hellish to repair. The guy in town who'd be best at getting that drive spinning again has already made me promise never to bring it into his sight again.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 17h

CD-i: working perfectly. LaserActive: plays card and CD games, but the drive won't spin up laserdiscs right now. :(

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 17h

Walked past my little museum shelf of weird multimedia systems

Photo of a Philips CD-i on top of a Pioneer LaserActive

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 20h

Three days, two of which are the weekend, is already incredibly tight though!

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 20h

Did npm really just provide its first email notice of a breaking change three days before they take place, in the Friday of a holiday weekend?

(There was a blog post September 29 but judging from the total lack of discussion I don’t think anyone saw it.)

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Weasel Hills C.C. (Hole 19) @wildweasel486.bsky.social · 21h

netizen.club/~wildweasel/... - A golf game better than the Legend itself?! Reviewers from 1987 seemed to think so, in a manner of speaking; observations at hand in this month's Golfshrine Acquisitions Update.

Golfshrine - Acquisitions and Updates

Putting the positive waves into the air today.

netizen.club

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 1d

What a mess. www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 1d

oh, tactical nexus

Until now, I believed that encountering enemies that couldn't be damaged or collecting items was a fun experience in itself, and automating this would make the game dull and not very good.

However, in Mystic Gate and Last Inflator, there were many instances where a slight mistake in procedure meant having to rewind about 500 moves to clear enemies. The strain on my fingers was immense, and all 241 fingers that had grown on my body vanished.

Statistics from TacticalNexus show that 80% of players, like us, play TacticalNexus using tentacles or psychokinesis. However, this discriminatory specification against non-soft-bodied players is unacceptable in the 21st century.

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 1d

2 major news for Blanksword's Kickstarter campaign:

- WE'RE 90% FUNDED with only 4500€ left to meet our goal!

- We extended the campaign's duration by 1 week, meaning we have 14 DAYS LEFT to not only reach our funding goal but try to meet our first stretch goal!

GO GO GO GO!!!!

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 1d

You know I didn’t realize he was still at it

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 1d

Yeah honestly though

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 1d

Actually speaking of the "kids these days" stuff I don't really have much patience for handwringing over zoomer “brainrot” humour because I grew up with "We Drink Ritalin" (actual title!) and other animutations on albinoblacksheep. We weren't an erudite generation

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Stomp and the Sword of Miracles @frogteam.games · 1d

Stomp is coming to Kickstarter in 4 days!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bee...

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 1d

Ominous mastodon.social/@256/1153507...

never obsolete (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Moraff's Tinyjongg (1995)

mastodon.social

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