Trynant
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Trynant
@trynant.bsky.social
· Jan 15
btw spoilers but my handle is pronounced like "trin ont"
Okay really though why can't I stop listening to "Run" from Hotline Miami 2's soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICjD...
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Soundtrack - Run
YouTube video by Maciej Nowicki
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February 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Okay really though why can't I stop listening to "Run" from Hotline Miami 2's soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICjD...
If there's one thing I don't hear enough it's this deep, twangy string from 80s-style guitars in songs like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRp...
Marrow OST All Roads
YouTube video by FeverDreamGameworks
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February 16, 2026 at 6:32 AM
If there's one thing I don't hear enough it's this deep, twangy string from 80s-style guitars in songs like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRp...
I've come to the conclusion that I'm absolutely in love with boss fights that destroy the boss arena as the fight progresses.
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
I've come to the conclusion that I'm absolutely in love with boss fights that destroy the boss arena as the fight progresses.
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Just learned Bloodstained director Iida Shutaro passed away.
When we met in person he always asked why America hates Dragon Quest, and what TV show makes me think of game design. I didn’t realize it was Survivor soon enough to answer.
Rest in Curry
When we met in person he always asked why America hates Dragon Quest, and what TV show makes me think of game design. I didn’t realize it was Survivor soon enough to answer.
Rest in Curry
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Just learned Bloodstained director Iida Shutaro passed away.
When we met in person he always asked why America hates Dragon Quest, and what TV show makes me think of game design. I didn’t realize it was Survivor soon enough to answer.
Rest in Curry
When we met in person he always asked why America hates Dragon Quest, and what TV show makes me think of game design. I didn’t realize it was Survivor soon enough to answer.
Rest in Curry
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The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
i think what a lot of people never seem to realize is that a lot of people's vision of an "epic dream game" isn't actually very deep and comes down to scale and/or having a lot of features, whereas by embracing limitations you can be pushed in a far more radical direction.
rpgmaker definitely isn't the right tool for everyone, but I think using opinionated pre-baked tools to make some games would be very instructive to a lot of folks setting out to make their epic custom dream game. they're a much lower-stakes way to learn important lessons like "how to tell a story"
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
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This pic has huge 90's video game ad vibes
February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This pic has huge 90's video game ad vibes
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They should have separate tv commercials for people in hotels watching it ironically
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
They should have separate tv commercials for people in hotels watching it ironically
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Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Roses are red
Vice is inherent
Vice is inherent
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not sure why this came to mind today
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
not sure why this came to mind today
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what's going on in the heads of people trying to think of counterexamples as they come to accept I'm actually correct
February 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
what's going on in the heads of people trying to think of counterexamples as they come to accept I'm actually correct
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the 3 types of commercially viable videogames
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
the 3 types of commercially viable videogames
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if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
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The John Wick series is so effective because it fully embodies the three major tenets of dumb guy fantasy: 1. being able to kick anyone’s ass, 2. living by a code of honor, and 3. paying for things with gold coins
February 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The John Wick series is so effective because it fully embodies the three major tenets of dumb guy fantasy: 1. being able to kick anyone’s ass, 2. living by a code of honor, and 3. paying for things with gold coins
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it's simple: if you like a website, you set a bookmark for it, then you forget to ever click it
February 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
it's simple: if you like a website, you set a bookmark for it, then you forget to ever click it
"Ghosts are scary, but the malice of real people and history are even more terrifying." damn, google translated comment for the credits theme for youtube vid of Devotion; you go hard
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"Ghosts are scary, but the malice of real people and history are even more terrifying." damn, google translated comment for the credits theme for youtube vid of Devotion; you go hard
I really hate how Devotion gets consigned to being "the game that got banned from Steam for pissing off China!" because dang if ever there was a game to follow up what PT was doing with, like, a full fledged story with a unique identity :/
February 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I really hate how Devotion gets consigned to being "the game that got banned from Steam for pissing off China!" because dang if ever there was a game to follow up what PT was doing with, like, a full fledged story with a unique identity :/
My hot take on fighting games single player content is that yeah they don't need them but singleplayer fg content is fun and neat anyways, even if it's a barebones arcade mode that's just nice to have. Lamest thing I saw was the one with "here's a giant cutscene no gameplay" for the "story mode"
February 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
My hot take on fighting games single player content is that yeah they don't need them but singleplayer fg content is fun and neat anyways, even if it's a barebones arcade mode that's just nice to have. Lamest thing I saw was the one with "here's a giant cutscene no gameplay" for the "story mode"
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Displaying Team USA Olympic figure skater Ilia Malnin on a CRT brings out a lot of the artist-intended details that get lost with pure pixels, this is why so many of us retain vintage hardware
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Displaying Team USA Olympic figure skater Ilia Malnin on a CRT brings out a lot of the artist-intended details that get lost with pure pixels, this is why so many of us retain vintage hardware
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Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:
Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:
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My fellow game dev, remember the words of @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social when you're thinking of working through the weekends and evenings 💖
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
My fellow game dev, remember the words of @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social when you're thinking of working through the weekends and evenings 💖
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bully them more
Discord distances itself from age verification firm after ties to Palantir's Peter Thiel surface https://kotaku.com/discord-palantir-peter-thiel-persona-age-verification-2000668951
Discord's Age Verification Has A Weird Link To Palantir's Peter Thiel
The third party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors
kotaku.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:29 PM
bully them more
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