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@zerocounts.bsky.social

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Speedrunner. Dad. Scientist. Musician. Coheed Fan. I stream sometimes, but who doesn’t. Let’s be gaming buddies. || He/Him || Co-Founder of @boardboosters.bsky.social || https://linktr.ee/zerocounts

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ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 8

We did it! Thank you to @gamesdonequick.com for the amazing opportunity to showcase the @play.date console on the main stage!

Shout outs to @withermin.bsky.social and @vainx.bsky.social for the excellent comms and support 💛

#SGDQ2025 #SGDQ #GDQ

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 20

Always a blast. Thanks @coheedandcambria.bsky.social for 28 amazing shows and counting.

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 20

At Coheed show #27 tonight. …or #28? I honestly can’t keep track anymore.

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 19

Continue the fight against AI overlords! authorblues doing great work here

authorblues @authorblu.es · Aug 18

Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it

authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 19

There are few excitements in life that can match the way I feel when going to an American Chinese buffet.

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 18

“How sweet is THAT?!”

Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · Aug 18

For absolutely no real reason whatsoever, I spent the weekend creating a patch for Bug! and Bug Too! to run on modern Windows

Bug!er Up fixes Windows 11 compatibility; adds support for XInput controllers, removes the CD-ROM requirement and allows custom soundtracks.

github.com/LukeUsher/bu...

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 18

"I'm right back in that pit I crawled out of. Backwards longjumps couldn't get me out."

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 18

DIY pop prog punk with a retro video game backbone, revisited lyrical and musical themes, *and* speedrun references? Check it the fuck out.

#ZCnewmusicmonday

i'll look out for you

Peach Rings · Album · 2025 · 12 songs

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ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 18

DIY pop prog punk with a retro video game backbone, revisited lyrical and musical themes, *and* speedrun references? Check it the fuck out.

#ZCnewmusicmonday

i'll look out for you

Peach Rings · Album · 2025 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tea, Earl Grey, Hot

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Aug 1

I love Pac-man’s signature bowtie! Pac-man wears a bowtie, right? Gotta be a bowtie…

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 26

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

Adding a proper @johnnygo.runisdead.com ping.

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you @gamesdonequick.com for allowing me the incredible opportunity to showcase my run with your audience, and for continuing to foster a safe space for community members to connect and share our awesome love for speedrunning. [8/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

@thisisjayc.bsky.social, @braselthegamer.bsky.social, @tecolote12.bsky.social and many others I met for the first time. I hope to see you again.

There are many folks I merely chatted with and didn’t get to hang with. I feel awful about it, and will make it right in the future. [7/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

@vainx.bsky.social, JohnnyGo, @bugdoctor.bsky.social - No contest the ones I spent the most time with all week. I had an absolute blast hanging with you all. Not just from simply sharing a love of video games, but genuinely looking forward to your company each day. Genuine lasting friendships. [6/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

This was my first time running a game on the main stage with Casual Birder. Thank you to @withermin.bsky.social for answering my plea and jumping in on comms, and thank you to @jrisjunior.bsky.social for hosting and connecting with me to ensure the feature would be as successful as it was. [5/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

@madmegax381.bsky.social, @lrock617.bsky.social, and @ebloodycandy.bsky.social - thank you for letting me join in your love of retro speedrunning. NES Block especially has become a cornerstone of my GDQ experience and I can’t wait to participate and hang with y’all each year. [4/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

That said - every single year I make it to SGDQ, I feel more and more a part of the speedrunning community. This year especially I felt more connected with people and a true extension of the group. I met new people, made new friends, and extended an arm to new members of the community. [3/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

nearly as often as I’d like, so these marathons are an important opportunity for me to connect with the communities I hold so dear. Unfortunately, due to a healthy dose of adult-onset introversion, these opportunities also require significant mental gymnastics most of the time. [2/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 17

Post-SGDQ Post!

TL;DR - This was easily one of my favorite years at SGDQ.

I’d gone to GDQs in the past, but only really got into speedrunning games myself in late 2020 and regularly going to SGDQ in 2022. For a plethora of reasons, I don’t get time to watch and engage with Twitch streams [1/8]

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 11

GGs! Had a blast watching.

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 10

Get your Shaq Dances ready!

ebloodycandy @ebloodycandy.bsky.social · Jul 10

1 Hour until the greatest fighting game starring a basketball star graces the GDQ stage. Join us for Shaq's Debut on the big stage with Shaq Fu on the SNES!

www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

#SGDQ2025 #shaq

GamesDoneQuick - Twitch

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 - Benefiting Doctors Without Borders - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you!!! Even though it wasn’t announced during the run, thank you so much for donating to the cause 💛 - and thank you so much for such an amazing console and platform for indie developers and gamers everywhere!

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you so much for the shout-outs, donation, and support, Max! Your soundtrack is sooo good!

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks for the shout-outs, donation, and support! Most of all, thank you for the game - absolutely love it 💛

ZeroCounts @zerocounts.bsky.social · Jul 9

It really is! 😃