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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 9h

My dad always tells this story about how he read The Right Stuff while confined to the couch with a cracked knee, and the book made him laugh so hard he fell off the couch and hurt himself (again).

I finally read it this year and…it didn't make me laugh that hard, but it was fantastic.

Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · Jun 15

Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 1d

Evil Dead 2
"The Mother of all sequels."
-Bruce Campbell

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 1d

Yesss do it!

Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 1d

I just wanna watch UHF

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 1d

By all means, keep saying "AI slop," but I'd appreciate if everyone stopped saying "weird AI slop" and setting me up for disappointment.

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 2d

This is so crazy! I can't even see the health difference at the end.

Evo @evo.gg · 2d

It doesn't get closer than this.

Rynge and Logan break down the last moments of Winners Semifinals between Tokido and Leshar. #EvoFrance2025

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 8d

It's like you were there

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 8d

Replace Donald Trump and Stephen Miller with Donald Fagen and Steve Miller. Trade JD Vance for late newsman Jim Vance.

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 8d

That's the stuff! You had me at Tsutomu Yamazaki.

"Heaven is Real" probably not my cup of tea. If I found out heaven was real I would shit my pants! I've done no test prep

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 8d

This is my favorite "bad" game, and I long for a capable developer to rip it off.

Playstation Datacenter @psxdatacenter.bsky.social · 8d

PS2
CY Girls

CG-1 Ice on the mission to destroy an information file in the corporate building in Buenos Aires and Aska trying to avenge the death of her father in a secret village in Japan.

psxdatacenter.com/psx2/games2/...

#ps2 #psx #retrogame #playstation #pixelart #CY Girls #Konami #クールガール

Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday my Russian neighbor accidentally said "August" when she meant "October," and I was like, "Why is it so hard for you to remember Oct=10??"

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 10d

Is there such a thing as a "slice of death" movie? The Ballad of Narayama, maybe? Itami's "The Funeral"?

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 10d

Fuck I hate that that's relatable

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 10d

Two gnats just got caught in my arm hair and gave up completely.

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 11d

How have I never seen any suggestion of a Freddie vs. Edward Scissorhands mashup in all these years?

Reposted by Lacquerware

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 12d

I...
Holy...
If I could trouble a few more people for subs - any level, every penny really does count - I really might be able to continue writing.

(Again: "road" not "rope", sorry I am stressed & upset)
(This is "feeding me & my family" money, not "buying fun things/stroking my ego" money)

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 12d

Hey everyone. I’ll be honest, I’ve run out of rope on this “being a writer” business, to the point where my site either takes off, now, or I start applying for whatever local shop/cleaning jobs are available. This isn’t a “threat”, just an honest statement of where I am. Sorry.

ko-fi.com/kimimi

Support Kimimi

Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.

ko-fi.com

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 13d

I've been reading Dracula for the first time, and am starting to lose faith that there's gonna be any wall meat

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 13d

I once saw a Redditor call Jeff Buckley a "wannabe goth," and just as I was rolling up my sleeves to issue the mocking of a lifetime, I heard ol' Jeff go "She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever"

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 14d

Dang

Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 14d

Hope so!

Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 14d

OOF that's unlucky. Was that recent? It's had a bunch of improvements since launch, although there is still some jank

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 14d

I've been replaying Gungrave GORE this week, and I have to say I find it a little baffling it's not held in higher regard, at least by action fans. This is basically all I want video games to be.

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 16d

It took me like an hour to get this joke. I just kept rereading the headline, trying to understand what happened to Weird Al. This is gonna happen all the time now, isn't it

Eddie Deezenuts @32mbit.bsky.social · 16d

Weird Al should stick to song parodies IMO

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16d

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this:

We salute you.

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Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 17d

What do you think is a realistic play time to seeing the end? Or is it not the kind of game that ends? I just remember feeling kind of hollow after a week of fruitless runs, but the game has so much cool stuff going on.

Lacquerware @lacquerware.bsky.social · 17d

I dunno who needs to hear this, but these are not the same person