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Freelance Internet reviewer trying to catch up on his backlog. Creator of The Cartoon Hero's Reviews, The Art of Gaming, a few podcasts, and assorted nonsense. theherooftomorrow.blogspot.com patreon.com/theherooftomorrow

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hey, I hate to make this one of my first posts on here, but in case you didn’t know, I’m unemployed atm, and could use your help. Anything you can give would be great.

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Inkarat @inkarat.bsky.social · 16h

Indie Game Tarot
The Magician - Psychonauts

A Magician tarot card depicting Raz from Psychonauts looking at a Psychonauts camp pamphlet. The cast of both Psychonauts 1 and 2 are scattered behind him.

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 4h

"Irate Gamer is the good one here."-this person.

Considering Chris Bores is an alt-right grifter now, yeah that checks out.

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 12h

$15!

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Eriberto Betancourt @edderzz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trying to get over some art blocks so I doodled some MICE!

#anamericantail #thesecretofnimh #thegreatmousedetective #gadget #fanart

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Rosen Thorne @rosenthorne.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks for coming to tonight's stream, and thanks to my co-hosts @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social @isaac232.bsky.social @thebunsquad.bsky.social!

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Rosen Thorne @rosenthorne.bsky.social · 9h

Pre-show is live, tonight it's Duelist of the Rosens as we open a bunch of packs including the ever-coveted Flames of Destruction! twitch.tv/Rosen_Thorne @thebunsquad.bsky.social @isaac232.bsky.social @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 2d

protest for Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo !

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Kyle Hebert @kylehebert.com · 10h

Look who I ran into at the airport. Hadn't spoken to him since my Radio Disney days, and now we are fellow guests at Galaxycon St. Louis! 🔥

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 12h

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 20h

Day 2: Still at $0/350. Please help if you can.

TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hey, I hate to make this one of my first posts on here, but in case you didn’t know, I’m unemployed atm, and could use your help. Anything you can give would be great.

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Ollie Smallwood @dokuchamp.bsky.social · 18h

The belligerent Imp ✩‧₊˚ Midna 🌕

#TwilightPrincess #Zelda #Midna #fanart

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 16h

The former girlfriend of the leader of Antifa has been found.

a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat

ALT: a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

the movie, either, considering that it's from the director of Ralph Breaks the Internet. A seal of quality if I've ever heard one.

The audiobook was fine, Richard Ayoade does a good job reading it, but while the performance is great, you can only polish a turd so much. 6/10.

TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

the upcoming movie, but...wow. I honestly don't know why anyone would want to read this. Not only is it not written by Dahl, but the Twits aren't exactly great characters to begin with. The most memorable thing about the book is how they die.

Then again, I don't exactly have high hopes for-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

I was shocked to learn that apparently, last year of all years, somebody wrote a sequel. Yes, The Twits Next Door is a real book, apparently, and it was written long after Dahl's death. I don't know why you would want to write a sequel to this of all books, aside from maybe wanting to cash in on-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

straightforward adaptation on the movie's trailer, and honestly, I don't know how you COULD turn this book into a movie using its original plot. The Twits is rarely talked about as one of Dahl's greatest books, and it might be for a reason. Not racist, but not a great book either.

Which is why-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

half, we're introduced to the monkeys the Twits have been holding captive, and them getting their sweet revenge against them, which is admittedly pretty cathartic, but this was already one of Dahl's shorter books and it feels like it.

I saw someone comment that they should have made a more-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

That said...the book's honestly not that good. It doesn't even really have a plot until halfway through the story. The first half of the book is a bunch of the Twits playing pranks on each other, in typical boomer humor 'I hate my wife' stuff. Not terrible, but not really a story. The second-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

dirty one. Now, you COULD read this as being anti-Jew-coded, but honestly I think that's a stretch. If anything, this book came out in 1980, and that was only 10 years before Dahl died. He was already pretty old by that point, so I see this as less 'racism' and more 'old man yells at cloud.'-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

Dahl hated anyone in this book, it's people with BEARDS. Yes, this book was specifically made because someone Dahl knew had a son with a thick beard, and he really didn't like the idea of someone having a thick beard, thinking it'd be impossible to clean. Which is why Mr. Twit has a purposely-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

You see, it had been a while since I read this book, and given what we know now about Dahl's antisemitism, I remembered the illustrations, and somehow got it into my head that this would be Dahl using Jewish stereotypes to make these characters seem EVIL. Thankfully, I don't think that's true. If-

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TheHeroOf-Halloween-Field @theherooftomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

77. The Twits (Audiobook).

Been a while since I read one of these, but in preparation for the Twits movie on Netflix, I decided to re-familiarize myself with the source material. Thankfully, Libby had the audiobook (cue Arthur reference). But I had a bit of a bad feeling going into this one.-

Roald Dahl and the Crusade Against Beard-Havers.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 19h

Every once in a while, I see people wonder why, out of all of the available Pokémon to choose, Poliwhirl was so often shown front and center. Especially in the case of Pokémon's marketing in America.

Well, I'm going to do my best to answer that question now.

Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️🎃🦇 @retrogameart.bsky.social · Dec 27

Pokémon Time Magazine Cover (1999)

#retro #art #gaming #Pokemon

Pokémon Time Magazine Cover (1999) ft: Poliwhirl, MewTwo, Psyduck, Pikachu, Charizard and Blastoise

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Muppet Pictures @muppetpictures.bsky.social · 21h

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NPR @npr.org · 20h

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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