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im vibing FGC/MTG & shitposting dustloop moderator guy tournament organizer @umad.ca https://ggapp.io/whatgoat/playing

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randomchild.bsky.social @randomchild.bsky.social · 8h

Hey your getting a whole 5 weeks of lorwyn between nickelodeon sets, be grateful.

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 8h

I was generally pretty salty about kamigawa going full cyberpunk instead of some other plane but everyone loved it as far as I could tell, in hindsight it does kind of seem like astroturfing

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🇵🇸 Nivy 🏳️‍⚧️ @pichi-keen.bsky.social · 23h

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 1d

sailor moon s chibi gameplay

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but it's extremely funny to chalk this up to modern game design being inherently manipulative. This is just Ghosts n Goblins

TESTAMENT✙ENJOYMENT @testamentenjoyment.net · 2d

Spoilers for Absolum, but you actually might want to spoil yourself on this, because this is some of the worst meta-progression bait I've ever heard of

(Also a great review overall, one that's for once made from the perspective who gave beat 'em ups a deeper shot)

If you don’t believe that Absolum prioritizes the grind above all else, then I’ll have to pull out my trump card and talk about the last boss of the game. Don’t read the next paragraph if you don’t want that spoiled. Or do, honestly, because I recommend knowing this ahead of time so you don’t make the same mistake I did.

Once you complete the game once, you find out that actually you need to beat the game again to fight the real final boss. Kind of obnoxious already, but sure. I immediately started another run, but died early due to the game introducing a new extra-hard challenge that I wanted to try out. No problem, I had unlocked one extra from the progression system. I decided to carry on and actually ended up all the way at the end to fight the final boss.

Just before the fight, a merchant warned me that the boss had a fatal scream and recommended that I purchase an absurdly expensive extra life. I kind of figured that merchant was referring to some difficult to dodge attack and braced myself for it. No such luck - the final boss seemingly just instantly and unavoidably kills you at the start of the fight, so my run where I was otherwise super powerful and at full health ended right there. This more or less killed my interest in playing further.

The goal of this decision seems clear enough: the developers didn’t want you beating Absolum too fast and this insta-kill gimmick was a good way to keep you in the hamster wheel. Wouldn’t you know it, my very next permanent upgrade gave me another extra life on top of the two I had, so my next run would have definitely been the run! If I were the kind of person who got addicted to the progression system, I could easily see myself getting sucked by this bait, hook line and sinker. Sadly for Absolum, I am not that kind of person. I don’t have an addictive personality. Most of the psychological tricks that modern video games employ don’t work on me – I don’t need things to be addicted to, I want things that enrich my life or give me some personal satisfaction.

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes i hang out with friends and her music is on a tv screen and i tell them hey i went to school with her wife

whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 3d

$140XKO (real, in cad)

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Lumin @screwy.bsky.social · 4d

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☆「ＹＡＳＥ」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.world · 3d

"Male Loneliness Epidemic" lol lmao sounds like you don't have a group chat with the boys where you all 🔥 react or 💯 react each other's posts. Skill issue

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 5d

Bluesky engineers when their website is successful

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New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 6d

Bully (2006)

Text appears that reads, "Kiss a girl and you'll get a 50% health bonus."

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 6d

cait
@cait.bsky.social
some of the most pissed off i've ever been is when i learned how much horsepower a horse has. spoiler: it is not "one"
September 18, 2023 at 9:02 AM

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 5d

my bad

whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 5d

#1 shiverskull player worldwide

Mibeador @mibeador.bsky.social · 5d

Our full top 8!

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5d

I think a lot lately about how so many Black folks were hesitant to come to this site because many of us figured this is where it would go and I have never seen one person so utterly committed to single handedly burning any and all good will their site has accumulated like a five alarm gas fire.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 6d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 6d

bugs aside i think this fight is horseshit mostly because of the dps check being too narrow and the fucker having way too much health and enmity being way too hard to get and maintain in the final phase. nothing wrong with having it be a 35min time limit otherwise

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 6d

thanks capcom very cool

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Mr Pie Break @piebreak.bsky.social · 6d

I've pulled beauty from the jaws of creation and yet still you all forget my power

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whatgoat @whatgoat.bsky.social · 6d

fuck you!!!!!!!!!!

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SpookyRAD 🎃 @superrad.bsky.social · 6d

My buddy showed me more of the thread. These are ridiculous people with worms in their brains. Individuals hold disdain for AI for incredibly visible and valid reasons. It's not just some blind bigoted hatred and if you think I'm hurting the feelings of some AI model I think you're an actual moron

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Brossentia/Digby @ BLFC @brossentia.bsky.social · 7d

Going through that whole RetroAchievements thread with a bunch of dorks arguing for white supremacist content. There's exactly one post that everyone needs to see.

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