BensDecoy
@bensdecoy.bsky.social
Some day my goofs will be worthy of a dollar a month, I just know it.
I'm a fan of the Yahtzee's awards based on different feelings a game can evoke. It's adjacent to genre because "the game that made me feel clever" may naturally imply a puzzle game but it could also mean strategy or a complex RPG. Broadens the playing field and makes it more personal to the voter.
I think these awards felt especially boring because categories like Best RPG and Best Indie each honor overall quality among a subset rather than a specific craft. If a game is the best of the year, and it’s an RPG, obviously it is also the best RPG. Needs an overhaul to avoid pointless repetition
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm a fan of the Yahtzee's awards based on different feelings a game can evoke. It's adjacent to genre because "the game that made me feel clever" may naturally imply a puzzle game but it could also mean strategy or a complex RPG. Broadens the playing field and makes it more personal to the voter.
I needed more characters so this'll have to be a picture.
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I needed more characters so this'll have to be a picture.
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We bought a new LG a year or so ago and never plugged it into the internet. It’s fine. We use a Roku for everything. It’s also fine.
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We bought a new LG a year or so ago and never plugged it into the internet. It’s fine. We use a Roku for everything. It’s also fine.
Can’t tell yet if VGA live tweets are worse than E3 live tweets were. Theres roughly twice as much cynicism but most of the joke hackery is gone so it’s more sad and less annoying.
Calling it a draw.
Calling it a draw.
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Can’t tell yet if VGA live tweets are worse than E3 live tweets were. Theres roughly twice as much cynicism but most of the joke hackery is gone so it’s more sad and less annoying.
Calling it a draw.
Calling it a draw.
Disney characters being added to Sora but sadly Sora is not being added to…Sora.
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Disney characters being added to Sora but sadly Sora is not being added to…Sora.
Please, my father was “Andy” Capp, call me Andrew. And I’d like a heart-healthy sized sandwich with no sides.
December 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Please, my father was “Andy” Capp, call me Andrew. And I’d like a heart-healthy sized sandwich with no sides.
Ignoring the stuff about No Country for Old Men, ambiguity is crucial specifically to the point of several films like Blade Runner and The Thing…two movies that lots of other dullards like to say they’ve “solved” by eliminating that ambiguity so some of this shit is just how it goes.
December 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Ignoring the stuff about No Country for Old Men, ambiguity is crucial specifically to the point of several films like Blade Runner and The Thing…two movies that lots of other dullards like to say they’ve “solved” by eliminating that ambiguity so some of this shit is just how it goes.
This is going to sound like a mean joke but seeing the results of several choices in #Dispatch I was genuinely shocked that such a high percentage of gamers would be able to maturely navigate awkward interpersonal moments using social cues, etiquette, and common sense.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is going to sound like a mean joke but seeing the results of several choices in #Dispatch I was genuinely shocked that such a high percentage of gamers would be able to maturely navigate awkward interpersonal moments using social cues, etiquette, and common sense.
Another Coca Cola Freestyle machine removed from a local fast foodery, the recession continues.
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Another Coca Cola Freestyle machine removed from a local fast foodery, the recession continues.
Has anyone made the original Doom into a looter shooter? You know, as a joke? I see roguelikes exist.
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Has anyone made the original Doom into a looter shooter? You know, as a joke? I see roguelikes exist.
Rewatched Brigsby Bear last night and it’s easily still one of my favorite movies from 2017.
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Rewatched Brigsby Bear last night and it’s easily still one of my favorite movies from 2017.
YouTube algorithm is a little over tuned. If I listen to a 1 (one) official song/music video instead of one stolen by a random person my ENTIRE suggested page is just more official tracks.
I have to delete the song from my watch history to get anything else.
I have to delete the song from my watch history to get anything else.
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
YouTube algorithm is a little over tuned. If I listen to a 1 (one) official song/music video instead of one stolen by a random person my ENTIRE suggested page is just more official tracks.
I have to delete the song from my watch history to get anything else.
I have to delete the song from my watch history to get anything else.
Is there something the French can do with typical American fair? Like bearnaise sauce chicken wings or maybe scallop French fries au gratin or maybe a French onion chili?
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Is there something the French can do with typical American fair? Like bearnaise sauce chicken wings or maybe scallop French fries au gratin or maybe a French onion chili?
Played D&D and admittedly it was a silly idea to eat a piece of food from inside of a magic painting but I didn’t think a module written after the 2010s would have an outcome like “you drop to 0 hit points and explode”
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Played D&D and admittedly it was a silly idea to eat a piece of food from inside of a magic painting but I didn’t think a module written after the 2010s would have an outcome like “you drop to 0 hit points and explode”
Read a blogpost that was exactly as well written in the thought provoking sense as it was poorly written in basic readability sense of punctuation, grammar, spelling, formatting etc
Absolutely stretching “the content of the piece matters, not whether it’s technically legible” to the breaking point.
Absolutely stretching “the content of the piece matters, not whether it’s technically legible” to the breaking point.
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Read a blogpost that was exactly as well written in the thought provoking sense as it was poorly written in basic readability sense of punctuation, grammar, spelling, formatting etc
Absolutely stretching “the content of the piece matters, not whether it’s technically legible” to the breaking point.
Absolutely stretching “the content of the piece matters, not whether it’s technically legible” to the breaking point.
A terrible moment is when you start following someone and you go from “oh they just have a few quirky opinions about movies/TV/music/etc.” to “no they actually have appalling taste.”
My service to my followers is to try and make that switch as quick as possible. Rip off the bandaid.
My service to my followers is to try and make that switch as quick as possible. Rip off the bandaid.
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A terrible moment is when you start following someone and you go from “oh they just have a few quirky opinions about movies/TV/music/etc.” to “no they actually have appalling taste.”
My service to my followers is to try and make that switch as quick as possible. Rip off the bandaid.
My service to my followers is to try and make that switch as quick as possible. Rip off the bandaid.
Dispatch is going to be in the running for the best TV show I played all year.
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Dispatch is going to be in the running for the best TV show I played all year.
A properly modernized GameCube controller is the only design that can give the Unofficial Xbox Standard Shape a run for its money.
I just wanted to take a picture of my gamecube controller because I like it
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A properly modernized GameCube controller is the only design that can give the Unofficial Xbox Standard Shape a run for its money.
I am wary about the Netflix/WB merger BUT it was nice of Zazlav to soften the blow by basically destroying the company before the sale.
Things can always get worse but it's not like Netflix is/was to blame for cancelling animation as a concept itself or doing the stupid HBO rebrand and retreat.
Things can always get worse but it's not like Netflix is/was to blame for cancelling animation as a concept itself or doing the stupid HBO rebrand and retreat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I am wary about the Netflix/WB merger BUT it was nice of Zazlav to soften the blow by basically destroying the company before the sale.
Things can always get worse but it's not like Netflix is/was to blame for cancelling animation as a concept itself or doing the stupid HBO rebrand and retreat.
Things can always get worse but it's not like Netflix is/was to blame for cancelling animation as a concept itself or doing the stupid HBO rebrand and retreat.
Personally, I like video games. If you don't like video games I would not recommend dedicating most of your professional career to making or talking about them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Personally, I like video games. If you don't like video games I would not recommend dedicating most of your professional career to making or talking about them.
*This* close to putting the individual words “games” “video” and “art” on the muted words tab. That will wipe out a fairly significant number of innocuous posts but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
*This* close to putting the individual words “games” “video” and “art” on the muted words tab. That will wipe out a fairly significant number of innocuous posts but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.
My phone finally updated to iOS 26 and having seen a lot of screenshots and people’s complaints I feel fairly inoculated against the changes. That said, I find the new more realistic camera icon to be a bit confronting.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My phone finally updated to iOS 26 and having seen a lot of screenshots and people’s complaints I feel fairly inoculated against the changes. That said, I find the new more realistic camera icon to be a bit confronting.
"As a paladin I know a thing or two about auras, so when I recommend the Aura digital picture frame for a holiday gift..."
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"As a paladin I know a thing or two about auras, so when I recommend the Aura digital picture frame for a holiday gift..."
I doubt that Starfleet Academy show is going to be worse than Picard so everyone can calm down a bit.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I doubt that Starfleet Academy show is going to be worse than Picard so everyone can calm down a bit.