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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Don’t Stop, Girlypop! @girlypop.net · 2d

💖❣️BIG NEWS❣️💖

We just revealed through IGN that our first public demo for Don't Stop, Girlypop! is OUT NOW ✨

Check out the brand new trailer here 👇
https://bit.ly/46G0FiI

Don't Stop Girlypop! – Official Demo Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by IGN

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 2d

don’t talk to me or my son ever again

a picture of two metal Dreamcast consoles: one very small and one standard size

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torcado @torcado.com · 3d

I made a tool that lets you find the treasure in your computer.

It's called Windows Explorer 2

torcado.itch.io/windows-explorer-2

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

(Osamu Nishi, locking the door) this manga is about monsterfucking now

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

neat thread about some of the Japanese cultural inspirations present throughout the Zelda series ⬇️

Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 4d

In Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a major plot point are “Secret Stones”, which are just straight-up magatama from Japanese legend:

A set of five jade magatama: they’re all shaped roughly like just one half of the taoist yin-yang symbol, with a notch through the head for a string.

A closeup of Ganondorf’s hand holding a Secret Stone

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

you are 1000% correct! tons of overlap throughout Japanese history and culture

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 3d

the best indie castlevania-type game is currently on sale for 50% off! also if you now if you beat it, you can opt-into a beta branch that teases whatever their next project is :]

store.steampowered.com/app/1809540/...

Save 50% on Nine Sols on Steam

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien ra...

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

although I included Arkansas mostly based on vibes

Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

methodology is: if you asked someone from these states “are people from X state Southerners?” would they laugh or not

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

I often encounter confusion about this, so sharing this handy map as reference!

a map of the United States, which accurately and correctly identifies where Southerners can be found, encompassing the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina

all other states contain Yanks, excluding Texas which has Texans and the noble and beautiful kingdom of Hawai’i, which never ceded sovereignty and thus can be whatever it wants

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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 3d

We will forever love @itch.io for building a platforms that empowers devs to do this:

Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 3d

i didn't know this but on your itch account you can see all the bundles you where in!
the total sum of money made for charity over the years (only that i participated in) is...
$9,748,184.49
and that's only what i was part of!
imagine how much more the site facilitated that went to various causes.

a screenshot from my itch.io account's bundles page

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

suematsu…

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know if you’re already connected, but I think @othatsraspberry.com does a fantastic job at a regular pace with pretty large quantities—if she’d be willing to lend advice!

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d

(not an artist—distribution side but:) it’s a bit of a balance game in terms of how much you feel you can handle yourself, how much time you can spare etc

generally I’d say anything under 50 packages a week (10/working day) yourself is pretty doable and is cost prohibitive to pay a 3PL partner

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 4d

I've spent almost half a decade researching every car ever made & can confirm that the bright yellow Husdon van with multiple TVs & a cowboy hat wearing bee remains the ultimate mode of transport

The bee in a cowboy hat improves all things. He's like a Pooka, only more bee shaped

an old tweet from '21 with a pic of Hudson's promotional van from the 80s-90s. It's bright yellow, has 8 TVs on one side & their bee mascot in his cowboy hat printed on the back door

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 4d

now the company itself can legally join Otaru

big congrats to you and the whole team!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 4d

the entire modern gambling industry is built around players’ inability to understand that probability is not cumulative

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 4d

you already know what's up

(steam sale rec thread (extremely condensed version cuz they did it way early and only a week long this year) is what's up)

as always, i focus on older, obscure, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help.

so, onwards!

a fake version of an old PC Gamer cover, edited to say SPACETWINKS REC THREAD, featuring Citizen Sleeper art

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 4d

I think Reidy somehow gets away with a veneer of more authority than Noah Smith, but make no mistake that they’re the same level of Japan Understander

Emily @suika.bsky.social · 4d

It's almost as if gender equality boils down to more than just the gender of the country's leader... 🤔

Gearoid Reidy on twitter:

It's ironic that after years of US media coverage bashing Japan's status in gender equality rankings, Japan is now set to have its first female leader years ahead of the US.

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 4d

the flex?? lol

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 5d

also a cute grooming tūi

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Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social · 5d

this is bad lol takaichi is a member of the nippon kaigi, supports the revision of article 9, and much like her idol, Margaret Thatcher, has extremely regressive views of women's rights, among other things.

Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 5d

BREAKING: Sanae Takaichi elected first female leader of Japan’s ruling LDP
trib.al/lz8joW3

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 5d

love that, no matter which game in the series it is, all Persona protagonists make the same “this fucking guy again” face whenever they wake up to see Igor in the Velvet Room

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Maybe: Steven 🔜 MIGW @ikiguy.bsky.social · 5d

now time to find out for the general 💀

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