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Andes Chucky

@wendeego.bsky.social

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I skeet about stuff and blog sometimes. Bylines: Crunchyroll News, Yatta-Tachi, Comics Beat/KComicsBeat, Anime Herald, startmenu. Also: /Film, ANN, Anime Feminist, Unwinnable Exploits. Tweets+opinions are my own.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 8d

New piece for start menu! I wrote about the history of Final Fantasy Tactics rom hacks, and where they now stand following the release of The Ivalice Chronicles.

startmenu @startmenu.bsky.social · 8d

With the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, @wendeego.bsky.social muses on the history of Final Fantasy Tactics, and how the game’s reputation has been shaped as much by fan contributions as official releases.

A Heretic's History of Final Fantasy Tactics — startmenu

With the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, Adam W muses on the history of Final Fantasy Tactics, and how the game’s reputation has been shaped as much by fan contributions as official releases.

www.startmenu.co.uk

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ana @totebug.bsky.social · Feb 4

With the power of the serial port on the iphone notch, you can connect and securely screw a serial cable to swing your iphone around like a whip. It's both an improvised weapon and a trendy and fashionable way to carry your iphone.

a picture of bridget from guilty gear throwing her yoyo but i replaced the yoyo with a poorly photoshoped iphone with a serial port connected to the notch area. bridget is holding the other end of the cable

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🎃🍬Maya Modez🍬🎃 @mayamodez.bsky.social · 18h

i actually really like how this was drawn heres a colored

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 2d

protest for Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo !

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NOVECT/ノベクト @novect.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 5,000 Reviews!! 🎉
The House in Fata Morgana has reached 5,000 reviews on Steam!
It’s rated “Very Positive” with a 94% approval rate.
Thank you all so much for your amazing reviews and support!!

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Meisho Doto (REAL) @wanwanattack.qtbrewer.moe · 13h

The demo for Dark Auction, the new game from the Hotel Dusk writer, is up on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2363180/...

Dark Auction on Steam

Noah lives with his eccentric father, who searches for artifacts linked to “Dictator X.” When he joins a strange auction at an ancient castle, he must solve the mysteries hidden in the items and uncov...

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Todd Ciolek @kidfenris.bsky.social · 22h

So this guy was pretty much wrong about everything.

Argath aka Algus yells "Animals have no God!!" like a jerk. The original translation of Final Fantasy Tactics is notoriously rough, but I always liked how blunt this line was.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 19h

New interview out!

Yatta-Tachi @yattatachi.com · 19h

INTERVIEW: J-Novel Club Knight with Madison Salters by @wendeego.bsky.social

“We need to keep publishing BL so people can see themselves reflected through fiction that matters to them.”

yattatachi.com/interview-j-...

@jnovelclub.bsky.social

INTERVIEW: J-Novel Club Knight with Madison Salters | Yatta-Tachi

Yatta-Tachi speaks with Madison Salters of J-Novel Club about the new Boys’ Love imprint Knight, and the company’s plans for the years ahead.

yattatachi.com

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 14h

100 Meters is very easily comparable to Look Back. But I think it touches on something more universal—not just for athletes, but for anyone with the courage to pick themselves up from success and failure and try again.

My review:

Like Look Back, 100 Meters scratches the itch of watching two people from wildly different walks of life wrestle with maintaining their passion. But where Tatsuki Fujimoto’s work spirals into grief and artistic obsession, 100 Meters stays grounded in the purity of the 100-meter dash, a brutally simple sport where runners have just ten seconds to prove they’re the fastest and etch their name into history. If someone’s a hair quicker, or your body fails you, you’re forgotten in the blink of an eye.

Although 100 Meters flirts with the ephemeral glory of being the best in a sport predicated on “who’s on top right now” over who once was, it never wallows in the futility of the Sisyphean pursuit of greatness. Even in its most agonizing defeats and major setbacks, it refuses to become grim. Instead, it finds beauty in the act of picking yourself back up and starting again—to compete not for legacy, but for love. For the joy of movement, and to run shoulder to shoulder with the like-minded people beside you.

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sealicate @seal.international · 14h

momo 👻
#dandadan

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Eike Exner @eikeexner.com · 17h

Tetsuya Chiba is arguably the most undervalued mangaka outside of Japan. His lasting influence on the visuals of Japanese comics today is greater than that of Osamu Tezuka.

Grant has that Dogsred in him @grantthethief.bsky.social · 17h

Tetsuya Chiba’s art! The flow of the action, the impacts, the sfx lettering, and the expressions have that kinetic oomph you need for selling meaningful fights indistinguishable from a modern boom. But it’s married to the more exaggerated body language + simpler character design ethos of the era.

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Library Lady of NYC 🔜 NYCC @libraryladynyc.bsky.social · 17h

If you're at NYCC, please support the @mangamavericks.bsky.social crew and check out their books 😎

They're located near the VIZ Media booth and will be giving an industry panel this Sunday.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 18h

For folks who've been asking: AH Magazine's digital preorders are officially live.

Anime Herald Magazine Issue #1 (Digital Edition)

The digital edition of the first issue of Anime Herald's print magazine features seven of our best articles, along with a selection of all-new pieces from individuals who've helped shape the anime med...

shop.animeherald.com

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 19h

New interview out!

Yatta-Tachi @yattatachi.com · 19h

INTERVIEW: J-Novel Club Knight with Madison Salters | Yatta-Tachi

Yatta-Tachi speaks with Madison Salters of J-Novel Club about the new Boys’ Love imprint Knight, and the company’s plans for the years ahead.

yattatachi.com

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 21h

Oh yeah, cool Doom mod dropped yesterday that I meant to post about:

www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...

Crimson Horror is an 8-level romp by some of the best in the scene, with a bunch of extra stuff borrowed from Heretic/Hexen.

Crimson Horror - DOOM WAD TRAILER

YouTube video by EduardoAndFriends

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Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social · 21h

i spent the last few months reporting on a wild question: what makes a british aristocrat decide to become a big MAGA booster??? read my lengthy answer here: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/l...

Lady Victoria Hervey, British ’90s It Girl Turned Mar-a-Lago Habitué, Wants to Make England Great Again

A pandemic-era political awakening turned this aristocrat into a MAGA-hat-collecting Trump booster—and now she’s telling Vanity Fair why she backs Nigel Farage.

www.vanityfair.com

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GENC @genc.newgrounds.com · 1d

Beato Sketch
[ twitch.tv/genczilla ]

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alessandro fillari @afillari.bsky.social · 21h

Don't sleep on Absolum. It's not only my favorite roguelite of the year, it's also one of my top games of 2025. It captures the best of Dragon's Crown and Streets of Rage 4-- every run feels like a real adventure and all the fights are so damn cool. I loved it. Keep the roguelite beat-em-ups coming.

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Andes Chucky @wendeego.bsky.social · 21h

happy birthday!

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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 4d

Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x

Image from the Simpsons of Pynchon with a bag over his head on a cell phone. He's standing in front of a house with a neon sign advertising it as his home.

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 22h

good morning, Bunny! new from me at the
@nytimes.com, just in time for spooky season: a Dark Academia starter pack, feat. Sofia Samatar, Melina Marchetta, Mona Awad, and unexpectedly, Sarah Rees Brennan, for lo, I am Like This full time.

Dark Academia: A Starter Pack

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 1d

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 1d

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

House of Necrosis - An Awesome Resident Evil Inspired Mystery Dungeon

YouTube video by noclip_2

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 1d

Angels. Chimeras. Ghosts. Witches. The Worm King. Within THE WITCH'S EGG, Donya Todd's modern medieval murals go incredibly hard. @averyhill.bsky.social

Graphic Novel Review: Cute apocalypse within THE WITCH’S EGG

The Witch’s Egg Cartoonist: Donya Todd Publisher: Avery Hill Publishing / $19.99 October 2025 Lightning and rainbows. The Witch’s Egg is a story of love and demons, having sex with an angel, making a deal with a toad (and a snake, a hare, a crow…), hiding an egg from the prophecy of a worm. It is modern and it is ancient.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 1d

If you only read one story today, make it @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's breakdown of the Saudi-backed EA buyout, which includes thoughts from multiple business analysts and experts who explain what the $55B deal could mean for EA workers, its video games, and the wider industry.

Essential reading.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 1d

'Gaming is the new oil:' How the EA buyout 'diverges from the traditional playbook'

Analysts explain how the high-risk leveraged buyout will impact Electronic Arts and the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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