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the world's best obscure videogames critic, and aspirant writer of other things too he or they are both fine if you mostly post politics, even if they're good politics i probably won't follow you back. http://patreon.com/lunaticobscurity

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · Nov 7

hello, if you like obscure videogames, please consider subscribing to my patreon patreon.com/lunaticobscu... or at least looking at my blog lunaticobscurity.blogspot.com i've been reviewing them for nearly 10 years, and i'm the only one to have ever written in english about some of them!

creating The world's greatest obscure videogames review blog!

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 1h

manipulate the world around you~!

Agartha-S (Switch)

Agartha is a game that's been on my radar for a long time, and I recently got a Nintendo Switch, and it seemed like a good omen that it hap...

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 2h

a bunch of saturn first person shooters did it before then too, using four of the face buttons in lieu of a right stick.
iirc, it was duke nukem 3d, exhumed, and maybe also quake?

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Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social · 3h

@media-blasters.com confirms (via Instagram) that its licensed GARO and will release the movies and specials.
www.instagram.com/p/DPoxTk4EeWi/

mediablastersinc:
Sorry for any confusion but let’s make it clear, we are releasing GARO in the future and we are actually starting with Kiba, Taiga, Red Requiem, Wailing Dragon and Under the Moon.
Actually just starting to figure out the configuration, extras and the like so no clue yet.

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 2h

a timeless classic

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2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 4h

Henry Flint

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 4h

aha

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 4h

anyone know anything about these guys? gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/compan...

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Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social · 4h

So I was reading a bit more about Tengu, the kind of Japaense demon Starscream's been done up as, and I've realised he's got extra turbine-nipples to look the pom-poms on the harnesses of the mountain hermits whose garb the Tengu's is modelled after. So you can't say they haven't worked at this!

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MemCard.art @memcard.art · 5h

Anyone from Gremlin Interactive want to explain what appears to be a particularly deep in-joke from the development of TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4?
#PlayStation #PS1 #PSone #GremlinInteractive #ASCGames #TNN

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

officially, it's a tron sequel, but spiritually? this is morbius 2

Ryan McManus @ryantomorrow.bsky.social · 5h

Tesla pulls an Apple U2. electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners

Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that...

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TJPW @tjpw2013.bsky.social · 5h

This week, TJPW goes LIVE not only on #wrestleUNIVERSE but also FREE on the TJPW Official YouTube channel!
youtube.com/live/OJyG-TW...

YouTube will stream LIVE only without an archive.

⏰Start times:

Saturday
🇺🇸10:00pm ET / 9:00pm CT / 7:00pm PT

Sunday
🇬🇧3:00am
🇯🇵11:00am

#tjpw

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両島原線 @takamiyadaira.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 14h

Labyrinth (1986) vs Hellraiser 2 (1988)

Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth. A young girl stands in a walled maze

A young girl in a dark tunnel from the Hellraiser series

David Bowie's Goblin King in an Escher-like maze

A young girl dangles over a maze far below in Hellraiser 2

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Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 10h

80s COMPUTER NERDS:
What computer did my Grandad have? White, greenscreen monitor, black vertical disk slots down the right-hand side of the screen. Only used for word processing etc, no games. Slightly higher res than a Speccy so it was actually useful for word processing back then

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 8h

i remember people thinking that way with fighting games when i was younger, i think it was street fighter alpha 3 that stopped that.

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ana @totebug.bsky.social · Feb 4

With the power of the serial port on the iphone notch, you can connect and securely screw a serial cable to swing your iphone around like a whip. It's both an improvised weapon and a trendy and fashionable way to carry your iphone.

a picture of bridget from guilty gear throwing her yoyo but i replaced the yoyo with a poorly photoshoped iphone with a serial port connected to the notch area. bridget is holding the other end of the cable

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22h

One cool feature of Steam is they provide a Harassment Zone for each game you announce. It's a place for people who hate progress to come and crap all over games they haven't even played. No, they won't help you moderate it, but hey, at least you can't delete it!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Steam forums

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 20h

ahh shit i'm busy that day

never mind

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

‘THE SIMPSONS MOVIE 2’ and ‘MINECRAFT 2’ will both release on the same day

July 23, 2027.

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Jessica Cheeri @cheerijessie.bsky.social · 22h

Oh hey it's MLP and Transformers writer Nicole Dubuc from way back in the day when she was one of the kids on "Major Dad"

Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 23h

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Jan 19

The Times Herald • Wed, May 1, 1996
- "EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
HAVE YOU GUYS PLAYED PRINCESS MAKER 2?"

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 20h

i always feel like there's the friends and then there's me attached to the side as like an annoying extra person

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 21h

was there not one in the x-men vs street fighter line?

wait was he even in x-men vs steet fighter?

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Daily Wah (red pandas) @dailywah.bsky.social · 1d

Daily red panda pawbs

An adorably shy red panda carefully peeks its head over a wooden shelf, letting its front paws hang off for everyone to see those cute lil feetsies

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 23h

Unexpectedly comfy vibes for this new snowy dream-dungeon in our continuing playthrough of Alundra for PS1.

The music has generally been lovely overall, though.

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 2d

Mu no Hakugei
1980 (26 eps)

The very first anime TMS ever made that was 100% an original work. It tells the story of the revived battle between Mu & Atlantis after the leader of Mu sealed Atlantis away in another dimension 30,000 years ago & return.

This... actually sounds kind of wildly amazing.

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