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Flashback 64 @flashback64.com · 15d

This week our podcast feed is featuring the episode of @selectandstart.bsky.social we were on. We talked about Pokemon Red and Blue! Go give them a listen if you haven’t already and be sure to follow!

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SE Asian Games for Good @seagamesforgood.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.

Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.

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Video Games Are The Worst Thing On Earth @vgatwtoe.bsky.social · 28d

Bonus Episode

This one got delayed a while so we could catch up on premium content, sorry!

Recorded while Reese was busy with her move, we got friend of the show Conqy( @conqy.bsky.social ) to help us catch up on everything risible in the gaming world, Enjoy!

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Anime Sickos Podcast @animesickos.bsky.social · Sep 4

OUT NOW: @jeffstormer.gobirds.online made Tom watch the 2007 John C Reilly biopic spoof Walk Hard. You'll never believe this: da movie is really fucking funny. Plus, we moan about the upcoming Springsteen biopic's crappy trailer. Walk Hard rules

231: The Walk Hard Episode | Anime Sickos - Podcast for Geniuses

At the behest of guest co-Sicko Jeff Stormer, Tom finally watches the classic comedy Walk Hard. Turns out, this shit is incredibly good. Join us as we go nuts...

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marn s. lastname @corpserevivers.bsky.social · Sep 4

i gmed this ep, and it’s one of my favorites i’ve done so far :) a couple of characters you’ve seen in previous issues return, and some new additions to the cast arrive!

The Moonshot Podcast Network @moonshotpods.bsky.social · Sep 4

Issue #7 of Bump In The Night is live on Patreon! Batman is confronted by Sofia Falcone, who comes to him with a surprising call for help. Can he solve a string of inexplicable mob murders by Gotham's fashion elite--or will he find himself cut off at the head?

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Batman: Bump In The Night - Issue #7 | The Moonshot Network

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The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · Aug 29

3 years ago I opened my very first podcast episode about video games, by talking about movies and Jean-Luc Godard for several minutes. it’s fine though because it was an episode about a Hideo Kojima game

Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 29

With the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, there's never been a better time to go back and listen to the very first episode of Select and Start, where @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and I talked about the legacy of the original Snake Eater.

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Screenshot from the 2004 version of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Snake stands in the foreground of a garden of white flowers that rise up to his waist. Facing him in the background is his mentor, The Boss.

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Aaron Catano-Saez🎃 @aaroncatanosaez.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 29

With the release of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, there's never been a better time to go back and listen to the very first episode of Select and Start, where @manuclearbomb.bsky.social and I talked about the legacy of the original Snake Eater.

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stain of memory @shirokumahi.me · Aug 28

A new Abnormal Mapping! We played Star Fox 64, I realize I remember almost all of this game verbatim, Jackson plays a ton of 90s racing games, and more! www.abnormalmapping.com/the-abnormal...

Abnormal Mapping 176: Star Fox 64 — Abnormal Mapping

We played a classic of the greatest console ever made, the Nintendo 64, this month! How did Em find returning to a game she 100%ed long ago? How did Ace Combat superfan Jackson find Nintendo’s take on...

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · Aug 28

like the overwatch and world of warcraft teams before them, over 450 diablo devs have voted to unionize. last year's mass microsoft layoffs convinced them to start organizing, but this year's kicked things into high gear

“I was a long-term remote employee living in New York, and I just happened to be on campus the week CWA was there,” Skye Hoefling, senior software engineer II and fellow Diablo union OG, told Aftermath. “The next week, the layoffs happened. The person I was moving in with worked on Battle.net, and they lost their job. ... That really lit a fire for me of 'We should do something.'”

More rounds of layoffs, regrettably, followed in 2024 and 2025, bringing the tally up to over 3,000 across Microsoft’s gaming division since the beginning of 2024. July’s layoffs, especially, sealed the deal for some Diablo team members.

"[Recent layoffs] did actually galvanize a lot of people,” said Yeo. “There are some people that we had been speaking to that were very on the fence about it, and that was sort of a catalyst for them – or I guess the last straw. It feels like every time it happens, the noose tightens a little more for anybody left behind.”

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Chasing Amy Adams @chasingamyadams.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today we’re talking about the 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby with guest @ashcrossan.bsky.social (@screenrant.bsky.social).

Plus: Amy’s iconic monologue, Will Ferrell’s kissing skills, and how the Netflix sheen is ruining comedies.

🎧: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/t...

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Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 27

digital security theater! 2FA is fake!!

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The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · Aug 23

Covering a game people are totally normal about! give me your takes!

Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 23

What do you think of Spec Ops: The Line?

Reply with your thoughts and we might read them on an upcoming episode of Select and Start!

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Hilltop @hilltopworks.bsky.social · Aug 24

The Japan-only Cowboy Bebop game for PS2 has just been fan translated by SONICMAN69.

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Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 23

What do you think of Spec Ops: The Line?

Reply with your thoughts and we might read them on an upcoming episode of Select and Start!

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The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · Aug 21

Of course, if you want to get to know me through video games you can listen to my podcast where I talk to guests about the games that mean the most to them and why they resonate with us

🌀ohhh you want to listen to the sound of my voice 🌀
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Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Nov 17

Select and Start is a podcast where I talk to guests about the video games that mean the most to them!

You can stream and download wherever you like to listen to podcasts!

RSS feed: pinecast.com/feed/select-...

Website: select-and-start.pinecast.co

Patreon: www.patreon.com/KeifersCorner

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Select and Start @selectandstart.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sorry the release schedule has been so inconsistent this year! I have two episodes recorded that I haven’t had time to edit yet! More Select and Start is coming! Thank you so much for your patience!

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Flashback 64 @flashback64.com · Aug 18

🏒 NEW EPISODE 🥅

@tftblpod.bsky.social and @quest64official.bsky.social join us to discuss NHL Breakaway '98!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · Aug 21

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 20

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Aug 21

a current Microsoft employee has been arrested at the company's headquarters during a protest over Microsoft's Israel contracts. Redmond Police have arrested 18 people on a second day of protests at Microsoft’s campus. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/763261/...

Microsoft employee arrested at headquarters protest of Israel contracts

18 people have been arrested in total

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · Aug 20

I did not attempt to rehabilitate the Virtual Boy in my latest for Endless Mode, but I did lament that the limits of the technology and disinterest in exploring it further kept us from ever seeing what developers would eventually be capable of with it, as happens with every platform given time.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nintendo's Virtual Boy came out in America 30 years ago this month. No, it's not underrated, but who knows what developers could've made for it if they had had more time to learn the hardware?
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Nintendo's Virtual Boy Isn't Underrated—But Who Knows What It Could've Turned Into?

Nintendo's biggest gaming failure, the table-bound portable known as the Virtual Boy, came out in America 30 years ago this month.

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The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · Aug 13

Spec Ops: The Line
Rock your body in time

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The CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · Aug 12

Employees at Arkane have joined the BDS movement against their owners, Microsoft. They’re risking their livelihood by applying pressure from within because they know standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people is the right thing to do. We must apply pressure from outside

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · Aug 12

'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel

Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · Aug 12

'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel

Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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merritt @merrittk.com · Aug 10

it would kick ass if 1% of my followers bought my new novella about climate change and monsters, available now for only $3 🫡 merrittk.itch.io/vampirocene

Vampirocene by merritt k

A climate horror novella

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