Dr. Bones
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a lot of this is culture and politics of the moment, but also: we turned every single multiplayer game into an esports-aligned hyper-competitive service game where performance is tied to paid progression tracks and then wonder why everyone in the audience is a jackass.
and like yeah the marketing has been mismanaged, is fun to riff on, who up wresting their shieldbreaker from enemy wardens etc. but thats not the vibe on youtube. the vibe is really dark. at some point you gotta say what on earth is "good" marketing when this is the audience you have to sell to
January 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
a lot of this is culture and politics of the moment, but also: we turned every single multiplayer game into an esports-aligned hyper-competitive service game where performance is tied to paid progression tracks and then wonder why everyone in the audience is a jackass.
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The Majima and Kiryu relationship vs the Majima and Saejima relationship 🖊️🦑
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The Majima and Kiryu relationship vs the Majima and Saejima relationship 🖊️🦑
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Peak dungeon design
January 24, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Peak dungeon design
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This really gets to the core of what makes Vance such a detestable figure
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This really gets to the core of what makes Vance such a detestable figure
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Chat is it good when you ransack the state capacity charged with investigating serious crime and national security?
Harrowing NY Times expose of the FBI, with some operational details of Minneapolis investigations & comments from ex-agents on the current federal occupation. The FBI is more fucked than you expect, which makes them less effective AND more dangerous. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link)
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Chat is it good when you ransack the state capacity charged with investigating serious crime and national security?
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I for one think that we should be applying the latest in video game graphics technology to better represent how good it would feel to blow a nazi's head smoove off with the biggest shotgun you've ever seen in your life
January 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I for one think that we should be applying the latest in video game graphics technology to better represent how good it would feel to blow a nazi's head smoove off with the biggest shotgun you've ever seen in your life
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data center expansion is out of control here but im not gonna lie it's a little funny that even people with three car garage money in northern virginia are getting stuck with industrial parks and disgusting retention ponds in their back yards
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
data center expansion is out of control here but im not gonna lie it's a little funny that even people with three car garage money in northern virginia are getting stuck with industrial parks and disgusting retention ponds in their back yards
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A huge project i worked a lot on last month: my own opinionated glossary of Soulslikes, for my blog about games like that.
There's 310 definitions and 77 illustrations, who knew we had so much lingo?
Take a look, i value getting feedback about this!
aria.dog/demons/gloss...
There's 310 definitions and 77 illustrations, who knew we had so much lingo?
Take a look, i value getting feedback about this!
aria.dog/demons/gloss...
Glossary of Soulslikes: the Demon’s Words—Demon’s Worlds
Glossary of Soulslike and gaming terms: as opinionated as it's detailed
aria.dog
January 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
A huge project i worked a lot on last month: my own opinionated glossary of Soulslikes, for my blog about games like that.
There's 310 definitions and 77 illustrations, who knew we had so much lingo?
Take a look, i value getting feedback about this!
aria.dog/demons/gloss...
There's 310 definitions and 77 illustrations, who knew we had so much lingo?
Take a look, i value getting feedback about this!
aria.dog/demons/gloss...
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In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
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Fun thread about one of 2025's 'Games I Wish I Had Found Time For' - Robot Girl's Dream. A life sim/fighting tournament RPG.
It looks very charming and silly.
store.steampowered.com/app/2742730/...
It looks very charming and silly.
store.steampowered.com/app/2742730/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Fun thread about one of 2025's 'Games I Wish I Had Found Time For' - Robot Girl's Dream. A life sim/fighting tournament RPG.
It looks very charming and silly.
store.steampowered.com/app/2742730/...
It looks very charming and silly.
store.steampowered.com/app/2742730/...
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‘Dueling Banjos’
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
‘Dueling Banjos’
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
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Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
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If the old robber barons like Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan had a stock ticker showing them nonstop insults from the hoi polloi they too would send the Pinkertons into random Midwestern cities to get into fights with locals.
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If the old robber barons like Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan had a stock ticker showing them nonstop insults from the hoi polloi they too would send the Pinkertons into random Midwestern cities to get into fights with locals.
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The baton pass of lolcow culture from autistic failure to lauch types to personality disordered women has become really obvious.
July 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The baton pass of lolcow culture from autistic failure to lauch types to personality disordered women has become really obvious.
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The cheat code for actually talking about videogames, Im being serious here, is to assume the people who made them were human beings and go from there.
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The cheat code for actually talking about videogames, Im being serious here, is to assume the people who made them were human beings and go from there.
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
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A deeply reported data dive by @andrewvandam.bsky.social uncovers a disturbing trend:
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Column | Why are malnutrition deaths soaring in America?
According to data, malnutrition deaths have jumped in the United States, especially among those 85 and older. Here’s why the numbers suddenly started to rise.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A deeply reported data dive by @andrewvandam.bsky.social uncovers a disturbing trend:
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
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DEMON DUST is releasing on 2/6/26 !!!!!!!!!!
It's a surreal survival horror dungeon crawler I've been making for the past 2 years and it's coming to your home computer in 33 days yaaaaay
wishlist it on steam right noooooooooooooooooooow please
It's a surreal survival horror dungeon crawler I've been making for the past 2 years and it's coming to your home computer in 33 days yaaaaay
wishlist it on steam right noooooooooooooooooooow please
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
DEMON DUST is releasing on 2/6/26 !!!!!!!!!!
It's a surreal survival horror dungeon crawler I've been making for the past 2 years and it's coming to your home computer in 33 days yaaaaay
wishlist it on steam right noooooooooooooooooooow please
It's a surreal survival horror dungeon crawler I've been making for the past 2 years and it's coming to your home computer in 33 days yaaaaay
wishlist it on steam right noooooooooooooooooooow please
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ニーアの絵を描くことが多いです。最近はXで募集した、ニーアキャラの手持ちを考えてみようのお題絵を描いてます これはフィーアとカラカラ
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
ニーアの絵を描くことが多いです。最近はXで募集した、ニーアキャラの手持ちを考えてみようのお題絵を描いてます これはフィーアとカラカラ
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this isabelle mod discourse is a behavior known in animals as "displaced aggression"
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM
this isabelle mod discourse is a behavior known in animals as "displaced aggression"
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Actually astounding how often the Great Localization Debate comes down to “Oh, so you just want stiff machine translated slop with no localization??” with zero pushback. No. That’s a whole new sentence. Why are we seriously acting like that’s the desired alternative
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Actually astounding how often the Great Localization Debate comes down to “Oh, so you just want stiff machine translated slop with no localization??” with zero pushback. No. That’s a whole new sentence. Why are we seriously acting like that’s the desired alternative