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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸

@gameswithahmar.bsky.social

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I make lil' videogames and help my fellow indies do the same professionally: producer, designer, writer indie: a bit of everything former teach 🍎 🇵🇰-🇺🇸-🇨🇦 ♥: worker rights, retro games, Mega Man, biryani

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 2h

me in math class trying to focus on the numbers

Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 11h

is it too late to grow up to be The Macho Man Randy Savage

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 12h

I've decided eating this corn on the cob will heal me

Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder if I'd rather have empty corporate Pride than nothing, because at least the former means they have to at least pretend to care.

Fortnite News & Updates @fortnitenew.bsky.social · 11d

For the first time since 2020, Fortnite has not celebrated Rainbow Royale or Pride

2021-24 had cosmetics and an item shop tab with free items — this year had no acknowledgment, leaving many players disappointed and assuming a step back due to the current administration.

#Fortnite #FortniteNews

Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I should impulse purchase the $200 backlog of Fortnite cosmetics I want as a misguided form of retail therapy [Epic CEO Tim Sweeney teleports into my room holding a credit card reader with a faded Libertarian Party sticker on it] actually nevermind

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Humberto Saabedra @vdeviance.online · Sep 2

The FGC should be up in arms about Saudi investment taking over what was once one of the largest grassroots tournaments, but the faces of the community were so desperate to make a living pressing buttons good that it sold itself out in the process.

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 1d

everyday the lord tests me in new ways

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SuperYoshi @superyoshi.bsky.social · 1d

It is driving me insane that the end of this trailer outright ends with the intro to Gotta Get A Gift For Splinter

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 1d

First clip from ‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: CHROME ALONE 2’ drops, set in the ‘MUTANT MAYHEM’ universe.

The Turtles head to New Jersey on a mission to stop a toy company cashing in on their viral fame.

#TMNT #ChromeAlone2 #MutantMayhem

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Sa-ilent-hill Bajaj (Still Looking for Work) @sahilbajaj.dev · 1d

I cannot stress enough how crucial it is that we decouple our industries from the US Political Climate.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 1d

Bruno Mars collaborations are always the funniest thing, like the artist had a vision and that vision absolutely required BM to drop in for 10 seconds to sing about "turning this APT into a club" and "talkin' drink, dance, smoke, freak, party all night (Come on)"

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zac 3amsoda @3amsoda.bsky.social · 13d

belated birthday gift for a friend

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PizzaStart @pizzastart.bsky.social · 7d

Rocktober Day 2: Buster #rocktober2025

A drawing by pizzastart of Yuna from Mega Man Legends 2 and Buster Bunny from Tiny Toons. Yuna is looking a little toonier than usual, and Buster is saying "No relation!"

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OcelotX4 @hideokojima.bsky.social · 6d

dont worry guys, I am a good person now. i read up on how to be "ethical"

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Ahmar Rana (CloakBass) 🆓 🇵🇸 @gameswithahmar.bsky.social · 2d

I have a problem

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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 10d

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 20d

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✨️rescue dog✨️ @beaubarks.bsky.social · 15d

you can always better yourself. ❤️

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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🌕dee🌕 @deedeer.bsky.social · 9d

krang from turtle

A marker sketch of Krang the brain from TMNT sitting on a tripod stool and holding a blueprint with a sketch of the robot body he wants.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10d

this business model should be flatly illegal

taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome

ban it completely

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 10d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

www.businesswire.com

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 10d

#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...

Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto

A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.

www.dexerto.com

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 10d

Tell your favorite artists you love their work

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 10d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 13d

Ever wondered why it's ABXY and not ABCD on SNES controllers? And I presume on any other controller too that inherited this design choice?

One young reader of Nintendo Power in 1993 wrote in to ask.

What a CAD...

I have a question for you. Why did you put the X and Y Buttons on the Super NES control pad instead of C and D or something else?
Kyle Milner Warren, TX

We went out and got the straight scoop, Kyle. According to Lance Barr, Product Designer for Nintendo of America, the letters X and Y on the Super NES Controller were used to correspond with terms commonly used in CAD design and engineering. On the Controller, the A and B Buttons are considered the "primary" buttons while X and Y can be considered "secondary" Buttons. This is the reason why the X and Y Buttons are a different color and are shaped differently. Even though the Buttons could have been labeled C and D or something else and the fact remains that CAD design and video games don't necessarily go hand-in- hand, the X and Y designation seemed the most fitting

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Kirby Bulborb @kirbybulborb.bsky.social · 11d

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