Iced Cactus
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Supreme dykeoid | early 20s | disabled plural chimera of multiple creatures stuck in one body | Shmup enthusiast & chronic score setter | it/its | ritual program constructor
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In the very first Beatmania arcade game, during the song "jam jam reggae", there's a background image with a very subtle "Fuck [Konami logo]" underneath "Gradius Forever"
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In the very first Beatmania arcade game, during the song "jam jam reggae", there's a background image with a very subtle "Fuck [Konami logo]" underneath "Gradius Forever"
They represent the intended audience's irl experience
why is every shmup plot like “one autistic girl against her five evil neurotypical sisters”
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
They represent the intended audience's irl experience
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ok now my birdcage opinion is valid
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
ok now my birdcage opinion is valid
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im insufficiently able to provide context
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
im insufficiently able to provide context
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after months of research i've compiled the definitive timeline of the magical girl genre. be sure to show all your friends who like magical girls
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
after months of research i've compiled the definitive timeline of the magical girl genre. be sure to show all your friends who like magical girls
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cif void stranger...
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
cif void stranger...
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Dori!!! Dori!! Dorriii #zeroranger #systemerasure
drawn to celebrate my WV 1.3M run, yt link below!
(background taken from SE's shmupfest 2023 artwork!)
drawn to celebrate my WV 1.3M run, yt link below!
(background taken from SE's shmupfest 2023 artwork!)
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dori!!! Dori!! Dorriii #zeroranger #systemerasure
drawn to celebrate my WV 1.3M run, yt link below!
(background taken from SE's shmupfest 2023 artwork!)
drawn to celebrate my WV 1.3M run, yt link below!
(background taken from SE's shmupfest 2023 artwork!)
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Really loved this moment in BIRDCAGE. Really tested my Media Literacy. Which answers did you guys give to the questions? 😃
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Really loved this moment in BIRDCAGE. Really tested my Media Literacy. Which answers did you guys give to the questions? 😃
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This game is kind of mediocre youtu.be/FeXC8dQjLVc
Birdcage Ceyx hard mode 115m
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November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This game is kind of mediocre youtu.be/FeXC8dQjLVc
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Birdcage final boss you will never be her
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Birdcage final boss you will never be her
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October 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
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This is a very good comment in this screenshot
Something I would add onto it is
So much of the sex-negative feminists you see online that fell for a right-wing psyop a decade ago
Do not realize how many of the stuff they complain about in anime... was made by women as self-expression
Something I would add onto it is
So much of the sex-negative feminists you see online that fell for a right-wing psyop a decade ago
Do not realize how many of the stuff they complain about in anime... was made by women as self-expression
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is a very good comment in this screenshot
Something I would add onto it is
So much of the sex-negative feminists you see online that fell for a right-wing psyop a decade ago
Do not realize how many of the stuff they complain about in anime... was made by women as self-expression
Something I would add onto it is
So much of the sex-negative feminists you see online that fell for a right-wing psyop a decade ago
Do not realize how many of the stuff they complain about in anime... was made by women as self-expression
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For whatever reason, people in Japan like this shit, even though it's a button-masher. (Camera zooms out and I'm playing Tower of Druaga stretched to 16:9 on a laptop)
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For whatever reason, people in Japan like this shit, even though it's a button-masher. (Camera zooms out and I'm playing Tower of Druaga stretched to 16:9 on a laptop)