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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 8h

I would have played this

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 10h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 8h

omg did the support desk personnel have to answer questions in Yoda-speak? To think the perfect job existed in 1996

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 7d

lucasarts, technical support, official website, excerpt (1996) web.archive.org/web/19961223...

yoda is sitting behind a 'desk' or stone tablet or something with a feather quill in his hand, looking wrinkly and wise as always. a dimly lit wall with odd shaped round windows is behind him.
text (with hyperlink): visit yoda's help desk to solve your technical problem online.

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly that's a tempting prospect ha ha

Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 1d

Also I want to know more about this cowboy erotica ha ha

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 1d

Set in the world of video gaming, you say?? Why, that's MY world!!

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Natalie Dee @nataliedee.bsky.social · 2d

i'd like to give a shoutout to the moon, she's really on her bullshit out there tonight.

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

It's one of my favorite things! I've got the DVD set if you ever want to watch it together or just borrow it or whatever ha ha

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

Yesss amazon and the usps almost lost it but I got Nigel Planer's new book! Looking forward to reading a good book at last ha ha

My hand holding up a copy of "Young Once: A Life Less Heavy" by Nigel Planer. The book is blue and the photo on the front is of Nigel's arguably-most-famous character Neil the Hippy from The Young Ones. The title is in Young Ones font

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

I'm wondering now about what fate befell whoever made that "dat boi oh shit waddup" frog on a unicycle meme, but not enough to actually look it up, I hope they're doing well

Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

Man why do people hate this guy so much!

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 2d

Quentin Bigot

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

Having grown up favoring "Old" music, most of my favorite bands broke up well before I was born, so I came into this phenomenon a little later in life. Having said, thanks "King of Limbs" by Radiohead, you taught me well

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

(just trying to help the legal case, I really did buy the book though)

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

I pre-ordered it based on your previous Bit where you refused to acknowledge or advertise it, that is the kind of scampery that encourages fans like myself to seek out and purchase books, because it is an easy bit to understand. We love to see ironic humor used in the subversion of expectations

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 2d

Things like this always remind me of Chubby Checker, who both blames his massive hit song "The Twist" for ruining his life, but also has spent his entire ruined life trying to bottle that lightning again. The word "Twist" appears 77 times on his Wikipedia page and it is NOT a long article ha ha

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

Secret of Mana is DONE (Graphic tag for spoilers, it's just The End screen though)

That was really fun! Went REALLY smoothly except when I whipped myself into a solid wall and had to start one dungeon over lol. Next week is #43: Street Fighter 2 (SNES) and #44: Adventures of Lolo (NES)!

The End screen for Secret of Mana, shows a night sky and a sprite in a tree looking at the moon

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

Hey pals and potential well-wishers! I'm live RIGHT NOW with the potential finale of Secret of Mana! We have 3 more dungeons to go and zero grinding (I did it all offstream lol), come hang out if you like! twitch.tv/lierxagerate

Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

I was playing this just the other day! One of those lesser-known shmups that really should have gotten more attention

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 9d

trouble shooter, genesis (1991) gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images...

two women in skimpy outfits (red and yellow), one with dark hair, the other blonde, are kinda floating in the air with space pistols. their hair is twisty, almost snake-like. futuristic buildings are below and shooting space craft are flying in the air. explosions can be seen in the background.

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

I beat this game back when it came out (for reasons that are a whole different story) and to this day "Tell your grandma to pull the car around" is still living in my head

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

Quick lil' pencil fan art of the true hero of Dragon Quest 2, iykyk (in the @nocturnalhanna.bsky.social DQ2 stream I've been watching, he was given the name Artho)

Let it never be said I can't completely screw up Old London Gothic font for comedy purposes ha ha

Pencil drawing of the Prince of Cannock from Dragon Quest 2, he is standing, arms akimbo, with a smug look on his face, while wearing a sandwich board that says "Artho is the best!" but the sign-creator (likely Artho himself) did not account for margins so the sign is kind of a mess. The font is a free hand approximation of Old London Gothic font. An arrow is flying towards the Prince at full speed

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

In case you needed further context, I had made a joke that Cannock's 8 bit sprite looks a little bit like he's wearing a sandwich board, and that it likely says "Artho is the best!" so I wanted to see what that would look like

The arrow is just because he's always about to die

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 3d

Quick lil' pencil fan art of the true hero of Dragon Quest 2, iykyk (in the @nocturnalhanna.bsky.social DQ2 stream I've been watching, he was given the name Artho)

Let it never be said I can't completely screw up Old London Gothic font for comedy purposes ha ha

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 4d

Hey friends! I'm live right now with Final Fantasy IV! Come hang out with me and the dwarves: twitch.tv/lierxagerate

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 5d

Hey friends! I'm streaming Dragon Quest 11 right now, come hang out if you like, all I can say right now is no I have not played FFT Remake yet, and yes it is right there on my shelf lol

twitch.tv/lierxagerate

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 5d

Also I can not believe DQ9 pulled a Simpsons quote like a damn millennial

Dragon Quest IX on DS, after battle level up message says "Tilda learns Disco Stew!" Which has to be an allusion to "Disco Stu", a one-off gag of a character from The Simpsons

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Lier X. Agerate @lierxagerate.bsky.social · 5d

I wish anyone still played this game so I could gift them this map, alas lol