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CalmROM
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An impetuous fool. I like video games and tabletop games. Fight me in Tekken
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arbiterw.bsky.social
Block whack ass mixup, I will
vghistory.bsky.social videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 1d
illustration, official u.s. playstation magazine (2000) archive.org/details/offi...
yoda and mace windu, sitting on chairs, serious concentrated looks on their faces, holding ps2 controller, fingers on the buttons. a ps2 is on the ground.
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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tomatoketchup96.bsky.social
and you don't seem to understand
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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thetrin.blacksky.app
We need to bring back 200+ page game manuals.
thetrin.blacksky.app Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.blacksky.app · 1d
Oh my god, I just found a PDF of the 210 page Sim Life manual, and I'm like a middle school kid again. I seriously used to read the crap out of this manual as a kid.

Yes, I spent my free time as a kid reading the Sim Life manual.
January 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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roodypatooti.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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othatsraspberry.com
two dates? no problem 😎
Cloud freeaking out because he has dates with both Tifa and Aerith He then sees a curiously Cloud-looking chocobo and has an idea The chocobo goes on the Tifa date and she has fun The chocobo then also goes on the Aerith date, she has fun but the chocobo is looking tired Meanwhile Cloud chills on the beach with sunglasses and a soda and comix
February 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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diishii.bsky.social
gundam epyon doodle
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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nixon.computer
That's what I'm talking about.
A slide that reads "Presenting games primarily as consumer products undermines arguments to preserve and make them accessible as an art form." from a MAGFest panel. That panel from the Dark Knight Returns where he breaks the gun also is on there.
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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daniel-barker.bsky.social
A pleasing coda to this: someone appears to have tracked down the picture in question. I'm delighted by how cheerful it looks. bsky.app/profile/rufu...
rufus97.bsky.social Rufus97 @rufus97.bsky.social · 2d
I found it.

From “A fish caught in time : the search for the coelacanth”
by Samantha Weinberg, 2000, Harper Collins. Available on archive.org.
A sketch of a fish with hand-written notes. The image is captioned at the bottom: Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer’s rough sketch of her unusual “limbed” fish. A drawing—an almost cartoonish doodle—of a round-headed fish with many vertical bands of scales, two fins on its back and 3 fins on its belly, with the tail fin drawn separated from the body. The following notes are written above and below the drawing: Bony plate [with an arrow pointing to the fish’s head] Scales, hard forming an armour almost case like Teeth small and sparring scattered on hard palate [above the tail fin] c andal fin [below the sketch] Colour dark grey black. (uniform) Length 4 1/2 ft. depth of Body 18 inches depth of tail 12 inches length of fins. Spinous Dorsal 8” Soft Dorsal 9” Pectoral — 12” Pelvics — 8” ANAL — 12”
January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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daniel-barker.bsky.social
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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magicmooshka.bsky.social
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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mae.seal.observer
i hope everyone selling this game for like 800 dollars on ebay has an awful day today
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance added to GameCube Classics - Switch Online www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygx6...

OST added to Nintendo Music music.nintendo.com/shared/en-US...
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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creature0354.bsky.social
a whittling of rick for a buddy
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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moth.gay
people get PISSED at me when i say things like "constant vigilance and fixating on things that piss you off or tire you out is actually a serious issue of your political motivations and mental health" it reminds me of my 5yo getting mad when i take away the sharpie he's using to draw on the walls
nirebryce.breadthcharge.net Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 5d
the questions of "who" and "why" are basically immaterial to the fact that everyone's minmaxing their amygdala for no reason other than feeling a little good for a little while at best
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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meakashihen.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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joegross.bsky.social
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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rooflemongerreal.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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mrahmedgaming.bsky.social
@newvgadvisor.bsky.social
Screenshot from the video game Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County where Frog Detective says "Cyberspace can be a really troubling place."
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
overthrowing govs, sending people to detention facilities for torture, cutting taxes for the rich, slashing social spending for the poor, increasing military spending, promoting christian nationalism, demonizing gays, surveilling citizens under "national security." same old GOP.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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nasticrimeboy.bsky.social
Time to pull out this banger!!
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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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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beamposter.bsky.social
I keep laughing at this
January 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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dungeonlust.com
Witch-king of Angmar behind the scenes of LotR
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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endless-summer.bsky.social
in the thread this guy apparently did not even realize what he was evoking with the name lol
January 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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friendzoo.moe
happy birthday to horses
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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eev.ee
seems conspicuous that programmer commentary on genAI is split between

"oh yeah i use claude all the time now. the 10× programmer is real and he's me. i am a god"

and

"yeah my coworkers use claude all the time. they keep committing crap that doesn't work and now i spend half my time fixing it"
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM