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Ryan Bloom

@blazehedgehog.bltn.net

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Too weird to live, too rare to die. I created Sagexpo.org a long time ago, dabbling in game development for 20+ years. They used to pay me to write. People seem to like my Youtube videos. http://blazehedgehog.bltn.net/

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · Apr 7

⚠Proper New Video Alarm⚠
Curious about the Unleashed Recomp for PC? Have you heard "things" about Sonic Unleashed and want to know what's up with that game? I've got you covered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZ8...

So It's Your First Time Playing Sonic Unleashed... (Recompiled)

YouTube video by BlazeHedgehog

www.youtube.com

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 1h

I was compelled

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Eternal Wanderer @eternalwanderer.bsky.social · 9h

Halloween Portal
Oct 1997
Archived Web Page
🧩 🔊 🎃
#simplenet #1997 #halloween

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Sonic The Wereblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 12h

Fixed it.

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Dozing (Dreaming [Wanting]) 💤❤️‍🔥 @dozingdreamers.bsky.social · 6h

hey please please please please PLEASE share this around because stupid government bullshit means they've got my application on hold indefinitely.

i'm gonna figure out another way, but i need my hrt again, even if just a month's worth to hold me over. please help, i am struggling so much without it

Dozing (Dreaming [Wanting]) 💤❤️‍🔥 @dozingdreamers.bsky.social · 1d

hey so. it's been over 2 weeks. the government still hasn't gotten back to me about covering my meds. i'm sure it'll happen eventually, but it's not gonna be good for me to keep going without my hrt x.x

i'm gonna need about $160 CAD, ugh

www.paypal.com/paypalme/doz...

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 6h

Honorable mentions:

GiantBomb.com, a website about video games, right before the major culture shift

Jeremy Parish, formerly of 1up.com, founder of Retronauts, and host of the Video Game Works series on YouTube.

Uncle Derek from Stop Skeletons From Fighting

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Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 7h

Not much movement on this, anything helps ♥

Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 5d

I’m a disabled queer artist who is the sole income. My partner is looking for work. We are barely making ends meet.

Rent is due November 1st. This goal covers our rent, utilities, and groceries for our family.

Please share. 💖

#MutualAid #HelpSky #BIPOCMA #MABoost #TransCrowdFund #HelpFolksLive 💸💕

Support Mavis DeLuna ❤️

Support Mavis DeLuna on Ko-Fi!

ko-fi.com

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 6h

Fellow YouTubers, name the four biggest inspirations for your channel:

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Mato @clydemandelin.bsky.social · 8h

From my book about #Undertale 's official English-to-Japanese translation

I'd like to expand on this for an article on my site, so if you have any examples of "imprinting" situations in fandoms, please let me know

Some quick examples include FF4, FF6, Trails in the Sky, what else?

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M.A.R.S.F.🇵🇹 COMM SLOTS- 3 OPEN @ppdppl.com · 15h

rent was paid, and I got a bunch of drawings to do alongside comic work this month. still, groceries and med money is always useful, so keeping one or two slots open if anyone wants anything- or if you want/can and enjoy my work, feel free to just tip in the tip jar- ko-fi.com/PPDppl_art

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 7h

The image is a six panel black and white comic

Panel 1- A small child is being told "You'll want kids when you're older!" The child responds with "I don't think so..."

Panel 2- The same child, now a teenager, is being told, "You'll change your mind when you're older." To which the teen responds, "I doubt that"

Panel 3- Now an adult, someone off screen asks them, "Aren't you thinking of having kids?" To which they respond, "Nope"

Panel 4- The same person, an older adult now, is being told, "better have kids soon, or it'll be too late!" to which they respond, "That's fine"

Panel 5- Now elderly, they are once again asked "Don't you feel like you missed out?" to which they say, "Still nope."

Panel 6- They are now in their death bed, clearly close to death. The nurse says, "Shame you didn't have kids, don't you regret it?" To which the person says "You know what just kill me already"

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safety closet @safetycloset.bsky.social · 3d

oh. the “ironic” pretend bigotry is almost immediately translating to real life harassment? you don’t say! who could have foreseen this. if only there was precedent.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 3d

What’s lost in this conversation is that language must always escape containment, so your playful little “clanker” slur is now being directed at people with bionic limbs.

Harmless fun, right? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AjSabH/

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León 🇮🇨 @reonu.bsky.social · 2d

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 16h

doesn't that usually mean "most of their friends die"?

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 21h

Tonight's Entertainment: Phantom of the Opera (no, not that one) letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...

A ★★½ review of Phantom of the Opera (1943)

I was on board with this movie up until Claudin becomes the Phantom. His plight is very relatable -- a talented violinist struggling to break out on his own, desperate to express himself to the world ...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

“Bluesky claims to want decentralization and composable moderation, but they still enjoy abusing the power of arbitrary banishment.” - Link

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

plus.flux.community

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Personasama @persona.bsky.social · 1d

A closer look at Paper Driver, a 2023 Mega Drive Mini fanbook by system11/ねこうなん. It features a comic about Rika and Arle visiting a Mega Drive-themed theme park! There’s also codes for games on the Mega Drive Mini!

You can buy it here: booth.pm/ja/items/494...

Cover of Paper Driver, a Mega Drive Mini unofficial fanbook by system11/ねこうなん

Rika and Arle visit Megadoland. They are accosted by Eggman and given free cosplay until Eggman suggests Golden Axe’s Tyris’s outfit and Arle kills him. Rika liked Tyris’s outfit tho

They ride the theme park rides styled after various Mega Drive games. Then Arle is confronted by Puyo friends who also work at the park

Cheat codes for various games. There’s also a 4 koma comic about Gunstar Heroes on the side

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 1d

That Ryu looks like he'd tip a ramen cup over, lol

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amr al-aaser @siegarettes.bsky.social · 1d

could use help affording food and transport this week if yall can spare anything

www.paypal.com/paypalme/sie...

Pay Omar Elaasar using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/siegarettes and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

www.paypal.com

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 1d

Tonight's Entertainment: V/H/S Halloween letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...

A ★★ review of V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (2025)

The thing is, I feel like increasingly I am not the audience for these. Every year, a new anthology of horror shorts. Last year (V/H/S Beyond) was the most I'd enjoyed these since the first one. Getti...

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 1d

The thing about this is, is this is how born-rich people *already* do it - whether it's making art, or starting a business, or whatever they successfully do. They already know it works.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 1d

Night Springs mentioned

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beth (cool) @bethposting.bsky.social · 6d

*hacker voice* i'm in

bed

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Eternal Wanderer @eternalwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Headless Horseman
Feb 2001
Archived Web Page
🧩 🔊 🎃
#geocities #2001 #halloween

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