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EpicUrianger 🏳️‍🌈 🀄️

@epicurianger.bsky.social

#OutofContextDawntrail

I cannot access my power..........
... need feet.
Slime dude small in nature requesting the dogs.

January 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM

Xenothral | Sa Matra

@xenothral.bsky.social

I drew my cat on Mario Paint on my SNES to test my SNES mouse on my SNES. The mouse works! And so does my Mario Paint cartridge. Yippee wahoo!

Sa Matra the catgirl from Final Fantasy XIV Online drawn in Mario Paint.

January 23, 2026 at 5:24 AM

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Renne

@rennaeya.bsky.social

November 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM

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Melo

@letitmelo.bsky.social

I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain

How to use your imagination

When your party stays at the Inn overnight, what do they eat?

If you ever catch yourself wondering that, then you know you've formed an attachment to your characters.

With Etrian Odyssey's characters, you only give them a name and a portrait, so no matter how you think of the character, it's technically just your imagination. But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing.

For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... If you can imagine small details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more.

The essence is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if you invest those "numbers" with your own feelings, you can spice up the game a little. Think about this:

In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they only have a couple of HP left, and no TP. They're certain to die in their next turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2 characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief time before your game ends.

Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who'll die facing the enemy and laughing? Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath?

The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it could play out very differently.

The game itself isn't that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic and fun situations in your own minds.

January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM

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Sena Bryer

@senabryer.com

CROSSCODE MY GREATEST OF ALL TIME IS $6 RIGHT NOW

(pls play CrossCode it's so good, it's obscenely good, there is like nothing about this game that is below a 9 out of 10 it's amazing)

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December 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM

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Micky D 🏳️‍⚧️

@mickyde.bsky.social

Took me forever to find this fucking cube!

November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM

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Out Of Context Novice Network

@novicenetwork.bsky.social

November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM

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Micky D 🏳️‍⚧️

@mickyde.bsky.social

That one unemployed friend who's really good at Sony Vegas at 4am

October 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM

Xenothral | Sa Matra

@xenothral.bsky.social

Perceive my cat

October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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diesel! — the 5.55 gamer

@dieselhands.bsky.social

hey you should get into PROTOMEN. it's time

listen to this youtu.be/dtSxNZeXlKg
while reading this docs.google.com/document/d/1...

then listen to this youtu.be/WqAvvwu0kMU
while reading this docs.google.com/document/d/1...

THE CITY NEEDS YOU NOW 🫵

October 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Xenothral | Sa Matra

@xenothral.bsky.social

The new deep dungeon hair and axe fit Sa's style so well it's wild

October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM

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Denmo

@mcstronghuge.bsky.social

Might be addicted idk
@epicurianger.bsky.social @xenothral.bsky.social @variations-of-self.bsky.social

October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM

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ʎǝupʎs 🌙

@sydneyjones.bsky.social

I hope all my fellow Warriors of Light are having fun at @gatewayfate.bsky.social !!

Here’s a larger version of my art of the mascots! Let me know your faves. ✨