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www.noahsbarks.com He/Him. Professional writer (journalism/analysis/technical/usability testing/education). Contributor to Old School Gamer Magazine. YGO player. Cottage cheese lover. Check my shiz!
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A cropped screenshot of my home page showing three recently reviewed games. These games are "Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection", "Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya", and "G.G Series Collection+."
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reminder that most (all?) countries on Earth have a system where if the country's budget can't be agreed upon, the previous budget is applied. it's genius, isn't it? when you hear it, it's almost like it's magic.
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I don't disagree, essentially. The value and general importance of being an effective communicator is often downplayed or abstracted by those who benefit from members of society being less literate. In that environment, it's not surprising that people would have undue self-confidence.
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My favorite part about this video is when the guy gets his Blastoise back, he looks like he's trying really hard to work up tears cuz that's what the typical scene in these docs calls for. God bless that guy. At least he was crying over the best starter.
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If Madonna doesn't like living in a material world, why doesn't she just leave?

How's this for a post? Good?
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It is insofar as your average person believes they can write a complete sentence.
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Good writing is literally work, and it consumes time and energy. Conservatives got to run with the propaganda that it's a worthless and effortless skill because it's something anyone can do on a fundamental level.
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Someone told me recently that part of the writing process is THINKING about writing. Nobody sits and writes immediately at the computer. And I wish they had told me that 3 years ago when this all started and I was feeling anxious, lazy, and ashamed of NOT doing so

But its true. Let your mind THINK.
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Good writing is literally work, and it consumes time and energy. Conservatives got to run with the propaganda that it's a worthless and effortless skill because it's something anyone can do on a fundamental level.
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I can't imagine having a silhouette with this much presence
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Johnny Winter with a beautiful Mustang
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If you know someone who writes about the really obscure indie games, and I mean the "appeared in a single comiket trailer" obscure, then you should probably tell them you love them.
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remember when the anime Drifters was supposed to get a second season, and it just.... never happened?
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new blog post where i flip my lid over issues with #Google continuing to not index my pages. i considered not posting this, but i had a terrible day, and i'm at my wit's end.
Google Indexing Roundup - Noah's Barks
Google doesn't think my guides are good enough for them or you. I scream.
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@inobscurity.bsky.social @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social thanks for replying, both of you! i was just curious, as it's something that's been plaguing me since i began hosting. they do sometimes get hosted automatically, but for me, many pages aren't, with no perceivable consistency as to why.
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my fellow writers such as @inobscurity.bsky.social and @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social, do you guys regularly put in an effort to make sure your website's posts/pages are indexed by search engines, namely Google? if so, do you often struggle with getting them to be indexed?
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not sure how to take this
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that's interesting. i never knew that. it is particularly odd in the case of Heroes, because it's similar yet different enough to Adventure to make one wonder why they didn't commit to one or the other. when they're trying to explore new genres, that's easier to understand.
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does anyone remember when Nintendo Power reported that Fire Emblem 8 would have mixed physical and magic classes, and that FE9 would let you use GBA connectivity to use your FE7 and FE8 characters in 9? this literally happened, but I'm the only one who ever mentions it. #FireEmblem
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sure, they have a right to make the games they like. they're also a business, and it's obvious in other cases that they respond directly to customer sentiment and trends. this is an inconsistency on their part. Sonic Team doesn't even necessarily have to be the ones to develop games of that style.
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post-Roth. coincidence???
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hey, how come the Voynich Manuscript doesn't have a TV Tropes page?
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what if there's someone out there who's deciphered the Voynich Manuscript, but they've never revealed it because the text is just an embarrassingly poorly-written novel? definitely not me by the way.
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i'm not even a Puyo Pariah. getting good at those games requires memorizing common chain formations, which means my brain has to not consider the specific colors of every blob group in said formations, which is simply impossible.
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speaking of Sonic: Sonic community stop making cooler games than the IP holder challenge.
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'Mean Bean Tsuu' (Hack) by Team Tsuu
Aims to be a sequel to the original game, now featuring Sonic characters and badniks, and Puyo Puyo Tsuu mechanics!
https://shc.zone/entries/contest2025/1248