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Phokal

@phokal.bsky.social

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Likes Games (Video/Board/Card) and Nachos. ICQ -> Now. Weary, Old, He/Him. Fan of stuff like Waypoint/RemapRadio, Giant Bomb, and chatting about video games.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · Oct 21

Ok, guess we'll give this a try! #videogames #gaming 🎮

Get to know my game taste.
For every like, I will post one game I love.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 3h

I “totally” get it.

a woman is wearing a scarf and a jacket and says two weeks .

Alt: a woman is wearing a scarf and a jacket and says two weeks . It’s from total recall.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 4h

That’s because it’s time to watch Super with her and you didn’t want to spoil it, yea?

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 15h

edit of old onion headline shows de Blasio picture edited headline says de Blasio; well well not so easy to find a de Blasio that is me, huh?

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 14h

Shang Tsung It Has Begun GIF

Alt: Shang Tsung It Has Begun GIF

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21h

Seems fine.

NYT headline and graph showing Nvidia is worth $5 trillion.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 23h

This game can be nothing but amazing.

Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 1d

In case you didn’t know - alongside Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, we’re also making an arcade isekai driving game called Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World!

Early days, but here’s some cool visuals from the project as it’s coming together!!

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, sad read. These guys sound like dudes I grew up with, who got broken along the way or lack critical thinking or empathy. Then online misogyny convinced them they'd no self-reflection to aspire to, instead to rage against a world not bowing to their limited capacity to understand it.

Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🎃 @hilaryagro.com · 1d

A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start

www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...

I told him that I was born in Russia and was a writer. He showed me a list he’d written of his favourite desserts in the city. It was a sober hobby he’d started during the pandemic, going to restaurants by himself, sampling sweets. He made a lot of lists, he said, most of them food-related. I asked what other kinds he made.

“Lists of lies liberal white women tell about Donald Trump,” he replied.

Suddenly, his leg was shaking. He grabbed the edges of the table and raised his voice: “White, liberal women are a plague on our society.”

He proceeded to drink 11 iced coffees.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so mad they keep sidelining Tron in the tron stuff. That actor is good at speeches! (He does this a bunch in Babylon 5 and Spec Ops the line)

Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

I did; missed two during a fight and got knocked down to the 30% percentile! I guess I suck.

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 1d

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

I saw someone post the other day that the PS2 only gets more powerful with age because “games with ps2 graphics” look better every year.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m running late so I’ll be coming in from behind to the three-way.”

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

@nokturnalmisfit.bsky.social steam isn’t letting me comment but “hell yea” to picking up dispatch. I *just* posted about it, too.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

and at first glance I thought it was an intentional edit, for privacy reasons.

That he can just "do this" is a useful skill in a surveillance state!

Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

I'd actually really like to see what an All Ages comedy game from this team looks like. From just ep1 and 2, it seems like something they'd knock out of the park.

Controller support is 'fine' on the PS5, but if you are on the fence and have a choice, a mouse feels like it'd be much better.

Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch is Good!

If you like 'banter' then it's pretty much required reading, and you should pick it up.

The options to filter profanity and nudity are no joke. I'd pin the content at around the level of the Vox Machina tv show.

AdHoc Studio @adhocstudio.com · 8d

📷 Dispatch is OUT NOW on Steam and PS5!

Clock in and manage your team of ex-villains in our superhero workplace comedy where choices matter.

Dispatch | Official Launch Trailer

YouTube video by AdHoc Studio

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

It’s gotta be the artful one, but not that artsy one.

Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

At least getting a ps4(or 5) isn’t too bad or difficult to hook up. Finding a vita/tv, or Wii and a decent hdmi upscale starts to get tricky.

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 1d

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

13 sentinels and unicorn being trapped on consoles is a crime

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

And that they’ve ported others (odinsphere, grim grimoire)…. so weird.

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

“Why don’t you want to use Amazon, gamers?”

“Because we’ve used Amazon before and it sucks, bro”

You’d think they got that feedback at some point… over 15 years and billions of dollars. I don’t use Steam because it has profiles and a post wall…

Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

Did they think online gamers hadn’t used Amazon before? Getting burned by Amazon is ubiquitous!

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Phokal @phokal.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when returns were easy, but now they charge for return shipping even if they sent you the wrong thing or it was defective? Remember when they had good sales and now they mix up third party memory cards and sell you counterfeit stuff?

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