Michael Mazzaferri
@candle340.bsky.social
gamer. reader. writer
Current WIP: Dance of the Songbird (fantasy novel)
Current WIP: Dance of the Songbird (fantasy novel)
How is it that every single freaking year, @thegameawards.com is the least responsive website in the world?! Just let the people vote!
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
How is it that every single freaking year, @thegameawards.com is the least responsive website in the world?! Just let the people vote!
Well shit. Just knocked my Switch 2 off the TV stand. It's fine, but I need a new right JoyCon. Seems the analog sticks are a little fragile, as this one just sheered right off
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Well shit. Just knocked my Switch 2 off the TV stand. It's fine, but I need a new right JoyCon. Seems the analog sticks are a little fragile, as this one just sheered right off
Who ever thought balancing Clair Obscur around the dodge/parry system with no way to time it down was a good idea can go fuck themselves. Not all of us have excellent reaction times
May 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Who ever thought balancing Clair Obscur around the dodge/parry system with no way to time it down was a good idea can go fuck themselves. Not all of us have excellent reaction times
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The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
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just for the record, I have a zero-tolerance policy towards transphobia and if I see it in my mentions it's an instant block.
March 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
just for the record, I have a zero-tolerance policy towards transphobia and if I see it in my mentions it's an instant block.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
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Collaborators with the fascists.
March 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Collaborators with the fascists.
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It's important for everyone to understand that the playbook the administration is using is laying the groundwork to make just being trans illegal.
idk how tuned in you are to your friends who are trans/undocumented/immigrants/etc, but these days, we are having real conversations about what we're going to do in the camps they send us to. This isn't a joke, and now is the time for you to say something.
March 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's important for everyone to understand that the playbook the administration is using is laying the groundwork to make just being trans illegal.
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BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment.
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment.
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back.
Well done AP👏
Microsoft/Bethesda really need to greenlight a proper Fallout spinoff where you get to design/build your own Vault-Tec Vault and run all the wacky unethical experiments you can dream of (or not). One that's not just a cheap mobile cash-grab like Fallout: Shelter, and actually has depth/nuance to it
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Microsoft/Bethesda really need to greenlight a proper Fallout spinoff where you get to design/build your own Vault-Tec Vault and run all the wacky unethical experiments you can dream of (or not). One that's not just a cheap mobile cash-grab like Fallout: Shelter, and actually has depth/nuance to it
Finally watched Sonic 3 now it's on Paramount+
...They really understood the assignment, didn't they? Can't wait to see Metal Sonic and Amy Rose in the next one.
...They really understood the assignment, didn't they? Can't wait to see Metal Sonic and Amy Rose in the next one.
February 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Finally watched Sonic 3 now it's on Paramount+
...They really understood the assignment, didn't they? Can't wait to see Metal Sonic and Amy Rose in the next one.
...They really understood the assignment, didn't they? Can't wait to see Metal Sonic and Amy Rose in the next one.
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Exhibit 132412352521 of "we told you this would happen"
Trans sports bans make it more likely that cis girls will be abused by child predators.
Trans sports bans make it more likely that cis girls will be abused by child predators.
I wonder who may be responsible for this, Daily Mail?
February 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Exhibit 132412352521 of "we told you this would happen"
Trans sports bans make it more likely that cis girls will be abused by child predators.
Trans sports bans make it more likely that cis girls will be abused by child predators.
Think I'm gonna finally give Demon's Souls another go tonight. It's a game I've bounced off of numerous times over the years, but it's one that's never been far from mind considering it spawned some of the most popular games of the last decade. Here's hoping it finally "clicks" for me this time...
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Think I'm gonna finally give Demon's Souls another go tonight. It's a game I've bounced off of numerous times over the years, but it's one that's never been far from mind considering it spawned some of the most popular games of the last decade. Here's hoping it finally "clicks" for me this time...
Just canceled Game Pass Ultimate because I'm really not using it much. Thought about keeping the Core tier, but I don't really play online anymore either
January 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Just canceled Game Pass Ultimate because I'm really not using it much. Thought about keeping the Core tier, but I don't really play online anymore either
Just finished Neva. Beautiful game with decent play forming and so-so combat. Still made me cry at the end, so there’s that.
What’s with all the bittersweet endings recently? Does no one get happily ever after anymore?
What’s with all the bittersweet endings recently? Does no one get happily ever after anymore?
January 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just finished Neva. Beautiful game with decent play forming and so-so combat. Still made me cry at the end, so there’s that.
What’s with all the bittersweet endings recently? Does no one get happily ever after anymore?
What’s with all the bittersweet endings recently? Does no one get happily ever after anymore?
whhyyyyy... do the FF14 trophies have to be so grindy?? It's bad enough on PS4, but I took a peek at the PS5 list and SHEESH! 3000 fates and the same for gathering/crafting? Over 2000 dungeons? Trophies for every Bahamut coil PLUS second coil on savage?!
...At least there isn't one for levequests
...At least there isn't one for levequests
January 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
whhyyyyy... do the FF14 trophies have to be so grindy?? It's bad enough on PS4, but I took a peek at the PS5 list and SHEESH! 3000 fates and the same for gathering/crafting? Over 2000 dungeons? Trophies for every Bahamut coil PLUS second coil on savage?!
...At least there isn't one for levequests
...At least there isn't one for levequests
Okay, Secret Level ROCKS! I don't think there was a single short in there I didn't enjoy, even if I didn't know or haven't played all the games included. Standouts for me were Sifu, Warhammer 40K, Pac-Man, and Exodus - but all were good.
December 31, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Okay, Secret Level ROCKS! I don't think there was a single short in there I didn't enjoy, even if I didn't know or haven't played all the games included. Standouts for me were Sifu, Warhammer 40K, Pac-Man, and Exodus - but all were good.
Finally watching secret level. Did not expect the Sifu short to make me cry.
December 30, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Finally watching secret level. Did not expect the Sifu short to make me cry.
Anyone else really annoyed by how the map works in the new Indy game?
December 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Anyone else really annoyed by how the map works in the new Indy game?
OKAMI FUCKING 2!!!!!
December 13, 2024 at 3:48 AM
OKAMI FUCKING 2!!!!!
How fucking long has it been since the last Virtua Fighter game?!
December 13, 2024 at 2:11 AM
How fucking long has it been since the last Virtua Fighter game?!
Mecha fans are eating today
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Mecha fans are eating today
Ok, I might actually have to get into tekken now…
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Ok, I might actually have to get into tekken now…
I’m so tired of people sucking FromSoft’s dick. Y’all are masochists…
December 13, 2024 at 1:20 AM
I’m so tired of people sucking FromSoft’s dick. Y’all are masochists…
The Witcher 4 looks sick. Glad to play as Ciri
December 13, 2024 at 1:16 AM
The Witcher 4 looks sick. Glad to play as Ciri