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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 1d

Damnit I got so damn close and a new second highest score. I have had this top score for years now and just can’t beat it lol.

I do love this game though. Honestly my favourite Mario Bros of all.

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday retro arcade day. I’m going to try and top my Mario Bros best score tonight. (It’s a terrible best score but I am horrible at platformers).

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 4d

My little Wingspan group is getting way too good at this game. How did I lose twice with these scores?!?

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a video of Michael and his partner (who also passed away recently, at just 45), dancing Rumba.

Absolutely magnificent dancers. Breathtaking.

So sad.

youtu.be/7xbrET1LSm4

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 6d

One of South Africa's greatest ever dancesport athletes has passed away at just 46. This is very sad. I loved watching this guy dance.

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 7d

Yes the dismal treatment of Ainu history and culture by the Japanese government is woeful.

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 7d

Ah I haven’t come across them yet. Thanks for clarifying! I’m very uncomfortable with how this game is doing basically everything so far, lol.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

Sucker Punch love to claim they “work with experts” only for that to translate into a, like, one hour meeting.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

Wow is Ghost of Yotei a raging trashfire or what.

Two hours in and the Ainu I’ve met are like “colonialism good! We trade with them! We have no problem sharing our country!”

And not a single tattoo on them. Meticulous research. Only an American company could pull this off.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

Acting like all of this is the fault of one person is a big reason why Israel gets away with it.

The entire nation needs to be held accountable because, while the people aren’t the government, these people have allowed these governments to exist for generations now.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

This isn’t music from my game any more but wanted to share this, as my favourite dancers of the night. These two compete for Denmark and were very much world standard (couple number 76)

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

I’m so chuffed.

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

And here is an all-new Paso Doble, written for my visual novel and used for tonight’s grand final.

This was *difficult*. New Paso Dobles are almost never written. The dancers did an amazing job and I am so proud of my music team nailing this <3

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

And here are dancers competing to an original tango written just for my visual novel ^_^

A challenging song to dance to but I think some pretty powerful music.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

That was great. Professional dancers dancing to original music for my visual novel ^_^

Authenticity mattered a great deal to me while working on this over the last few years :-)

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

My ad on the big screen of the championships <3

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 8d

I’m suddenly very nervous about this lol. I’ve tested all the music myself and yet now I’m terrified the finalists wont like dancing to it :-(

Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the Oceania Dancesport Competition which I am a major sponsor of every year.

So very excited this year because they’re using music from MY game, just proving how authentic the game is ^_^

I’ll try and grab some video to share. www.oceaniadancesportchampionship.com.au

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the Oceania Dancesport Competition which I am a major sponsor of every year.

So very excited this year because they’re using music from MY game, just proving how authentic the game is ^_^

I’ll try and grab some video to share. www.oceaniadancesportchampionship.com.au

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 9d

Needed more guns tho.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 9d

It’s very good

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 9d

Play Silent Hill F

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 10d

Picked this CD of nightclubby remixes of Final Fantasy XIV music at Tokyo Game Show and it’s spectacular. Possibly my favourite Final Fantasy CD now.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 13d

Okay so the next group love it all. Faith in country restored.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 13d

And of course all the Australians are bitching about how bad yakiniku sauce is.

Dear God this country.

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Dancesport Is Life @mattatddnet.bsky.social · 13d

Next show is about bringing Japanese yakiniku sauce (BBQ sauce) to Australia.

The Japanese are fascinated by the idea of public BBQs. I gotta say this is a good thing Australia does.

Pity the footage is of just terribly cooked BBQs :-(

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