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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

fuck why did i type all this BEFORE getting my CPAP supplies from DOWNSTAIRS, in the DARK PART OF THE HOUSE i've been hoisted!

Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

anyway, goodnight kids!

remember, freddy kruger can't get you, even with his skeleton powers

unless you go to sleep, obviously

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

anyway, goodnight kids!

remember, freddy kruger can't get you, even with his skeleton powers

unless you go to sleep, obviously

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

heck, imagine if you were walking up the stairs from the kitchen after getting a midnight snack and you felt this breathing on the nape of your neck and you just know that there's something behind you and you're halfway up the stairs and can't get to any rooms - do you run? do you stand still?

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

or, like, what if you had curtains closed, but you wanted to get fresh air in so you whipped the curtains back and, oh, hey, everything is dark outside cause it's night, so you open the window and OH SHIT SPOOKY FACE!!!!!!!! you couldn't see it because the light inside your house was reflecting

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

even if it would be super fucked up if you opened the side door to get to the trash cans outside and then went down to the street and then turned around and BOOM

spooky face

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

we all are taught to fear certain mythological monsters from a young age - boogiemen, freddy kruger, spooky faces, the british - but we have to accept that they're just not real if we're going to become reasonable adults, you can't be scared of spooky faces every time you take the trash out at night

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

I don't just call him mustache man cause he had a mustache, it's also cause Andor is one of the worst TV shows I've ever seen at connecting names and characters

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

i really do want someone to go through Andor and figure out why the fuck it seemed to be completely impossible for any of the protagonists to have, like, their names be said often enough that you can actually learn whose named what without hoping they're not on screen while saying some dialog

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 1h

this is ridiculous and I cannot believe she could say something so offensive

the b stands for battlestar, the backbone of the colonial fleet, respect...the troops!!!!!!!!!

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 2h

i guess if you see the protagonist as being a mech of meat...???

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 2h

i'm sorry to announce I am not doing mechasploitation

Crowd: aww

instead I am doing lesbian, plural enemy mine between a human pilot and an alien sentient parasitic fungus

crowd: yayyy!!!

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 4h

The further adventures of Lefty.

She is trying! She is mad because skinny lines are MUCH harder than when I used the markers.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 11h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 11h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

theonion.com

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Gray Frights! @clickgate.bsky.social · 12h

Marazhai is an irredeemable monster who tortures people for his own enjoyment, but he also has a whip that makes him do big huge cums on command, so it’s impossible to say if he’s bad or not

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 4h

we want combat engines AND to read novels!!!

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 5h

This fucking sucks man

newsbeep.bsky.social @newsbeep.bsky.social · 6h

Endangered ferrets in more jeopardy as government shutdown drags on, wildlife expert warns

https://www.newsbeep.com/175198/

Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may…

Endangered ferrets in more jeopardy as government shutdown drags on, wildlife expert warns - News Beep

Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and

www.newsbeep.com

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 5h

lusty, fully engorged gungans

Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 5h

i'm waiting around for the computer hospital to call back - missing MENACE

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 6h

Sanctiphage of the Burning Blood

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 6h

I want TEXT, I want to READ BOOKS, I want to be in a VISUAL NOVEL

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 6h

THis is why I'm against voice acting in CRPGs

CRPGs use prose the same way that Silent Hill uses fog - as a way to overcome the technical limitations of the format to deliver what you want (choices and roleplaying) without breaking the budget, both computational and budgetary

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 7h

I think choice is becoming a victim of technological advances and player expectations. If you choose whether Bob or Jim live in a SNES RPG, you’ve got a different set of pixels and text boxes. Now you‘ve got a new set of voice lines, Hollywood tier animations, etc.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 7h

Thinking about it, the original Deus Ex may be the king of choice in a game with a story, because your choices are significant, linked to gameplay and unforced. From the very start, for instance, whether you use or avoid lethal force against the “terrorists” determines something about you.

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 6h

It's just so good how the pre-baked characterization adds to the emergent storytelling, rather than taking away

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 6h

i'm watching a streamer playing MENACE and my favorite running gag is every time Kody, despite situation, circumstance and bad dice rolls, pulls out something ludicrously cool and badass, the steamer goes, "He just can't keep GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!"

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 7h

Freddy Kruger is really scary, as a concept, like, way, way, way, way scarier than 99% of all slashers. You can just not go to crystal lake, you ever tried NOT SLEEPING!?

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 7h

I'm...mixed on this.

Like, sexuality and being a teen are ripe grounds for horror - and if I remember right, Nightmare on Elm Street examines those ideas with an interesting enough lens that I appreciate it as art

BUT

also

I haven't seen the movie for years (cause I'm easily spooked)

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