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ersatz_cats
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Retro video gaming enthusiast. I will blog about games I'm playing, and I will talk politics as well. He/him. https://perfectpacman.com/
Posted a write-up today, following up on a previous piece on achievement badges at Donkey Kong Forum. This time, we took a detailed look at one of the most insane gaming challenges ever devised, and how it was finally conquered. perfectpacman.com/2024/06/04/b...
The ultimate badge: Part 2
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June 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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AH SAY, AH, SAY, YOU MANURE LOOKIN' SONOVAGUN. YA THINK YOU GONNA END THE WHOLE UNIVERSE? A SIMPLE LITTLE MIX O' THE SWEET KISS OF A LIL OL' MAIDEN AND SOME OF THAT THERE HOLY WATER GONNA SKIP RIGHT PAST YOUR FINAL FORM LIKE A BIG FELLAH SKIPPIN' PAST THE SALAD BAR.
April 24, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Do you think some day, someone at Microsoft will invent a functional Windows file search that doesn't act like you're trying to divide by infinity?
May 25, 2024 at 2:38 AM
I wrote some fun words about the history of badges at Donkey Kong Forum. (This also may be foreshadowing to a future write-up on a very particularly impressive gaming achievement.) perfectpacman.com/2024/04/29/b...
The ultimate badge: Part 1
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April 29, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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April 1, 2024 at 8:34 AM
In other news, we wrapped up our recent Twin Galaxies bounties. This included FF7 without materia, Robotron with a broken arrow, and original Zelda without swords. We've also posted new challenges on SMB3, Missile Command, Kirby Super Star, and Phantasy Star.

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February 29, 2024 at 11:32 AM
It’s finally time to begin closing one of the stupidest chapters in video game history. Today, we talk Tash, we review what Twin Galaxies and Billy Mitchell did and did not get out of their out-of-court settlement, and we look at one very nutty professor.

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How Twin Galaxies defeated the dumbest lawsuit in gaming history: Part 1
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February 12, 2024 at 5:39 PM
It's official! Disgraced gaming cheater Billy Mitchell has SURRENDERED. I know, the negotiated statement sucks, but the bottom line is, Billy didn't get his scores back on the real leaderboard, and he almost certainly didn't get any money. Read about it here: perfectpacman.com/2024/01/16/s...
January 16, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Took me forever days to finish a new update on the Billy Mitchell lawsuit. I cover the "disqualification" motion, some damning new testimony, a new motion for sanctions, a few interesting interpretations from the judge, and the dismissal of Walter Day. perfectpacman.com/2024/01/05/e...
Escape from Los Angeles (with more new testimony)
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January 5, 2024 at 9:49 AM
I find myself more irrationally annoyed than usual by the extra distance it takes to type "4" instead of "3".
January 3, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Jirard Khalil threatens to sue the Internet perfectpacman.com/2023/12/16/j...
December 16, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Reminder, if you haven't yet seen this new video detailing the evidence in the Billy Mitchell cheating saga, you absolutely must. This is quality gaming journalism at its finest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySD...
The Biggest Lie in Video Game History : The Billy Mitchell Story
☆☆ Support More Content Like This ☆☆https://www.patreon.com/veritaswtf☆ Chapters ☆0:00 Intro4:34 Billy Mitchell and the King of Kong8:46 Billy’s claimed achi...
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December 6, 2023 at 12:49 PM
I finally got caught up on Karl Jobst's and Mutahar's update videos on the Completionist charity scam. I'm now halfway through hbomberguy's blockbuster on plagiarism. And now, later this afternoon, Veritas is premiering a THREE-HOUR EPIC on Billy Mitchell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySD...
December 4, 2023 at 9:15 PM
November 30, 2023 at 2:07 PM
I completed all NES Dragon Warrior 3 RetroAchievements without ever using the "Fight" command. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRbP...
November 25, 2023 at 7:14 PM
I did a write-up on the Jirard/Completionist charity fraud, going over both the "best case scenario" and the "worst case scenario". perfectpacman.com/2023/11/20/c...
November 20, 2023 at 8:02 AM
More Billy Mitchell news! Billy’s lawyers are trying to have the TG's lawyer DISQUALIFIED from the case. It is the most hilariously desperate thing you have ever seen. Meanwhile, TG has filed for "issue sanctions" against Billy. Read all the latest here: perfectpacman.com/2023/11/13/t...
The Tash awakens
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November 13, 2023 at 3:01 PM
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“Netanyahu calls Western countries’ leaders to not give in to the public pressure in their own countries rejecting the war on Gaza”
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Do you still think that Israel’s fascism is a foreign matter only & it won’t affect your democracy?
November 12, 2023 at 12:55 AM
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Israel wants Gazans to move from where it killed 7,142 to the safer area where it killed 3,676 only
November 11, 2023 at 9:53 PM
You know, for some strange reason, I find it difficult to stomach little babies and toddlers getting their limbs and faces blown off. #IsraeliTerrorism #IsraeliCrimes #FreePalestine #GazaCeaseFireNow
November 12, 2023 at 4:34 AM
November 8, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Firing up another Dragon Warrior 3 stream. Goal tonight is to finish off Zoma on my "magic only" run. (Items and parry and such are okay, just no using the fight command.) Also gonna clean up a few more RetroAchievements along the way.

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October 31, 2023 at 2:29 AM
"I understand why the Nazis were bad. But I can't decide if today's Nazis are the military regime enforcing apartheid laws, expelling indigenous residents, and carpet-bombing the concentration camp they run, or if it's the residents of those camps who occasionally fight back."
October 31, 2023 at 2:18 AM