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Dancesport Is Life
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I run DigitallyDownloaded.net. Published author, soon to be a game developer too: Check out The Last Waltz when it releases in October (I hope)!
Well worn sporting equipment. I’ve had these shoes for like ten years now and the sole of them has worn to nothing. I can slide on a polished dance floor like I’m an ice skater (exactly how I like it).
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I love the aesthetics of dance studios. These are spaces of joy.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
For this week’s retro gaming I’m playing one of the all time great brawlers ^_^

I will never understand why there are not more Sailor Moon games.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
After two hours of brutal Tango lessons I earned this. Japanese yakiniku lunch!
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What better way to spend a Friday afternoon than some waltzing.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Film posters for 10 Dance appearing in dance studios right across Japan. This film is going to be big for Dancesport (and same sex Dancesport!).

Love to see it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Finished Long Walk. Keeping the Stephen King kick going by finally reading this book (the film is one of my favourite King adaptations)
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Just a spectacular Paso Doble.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These were the winners of the Latin competition tonight. No surprises really. They deserved it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is my favourite Australian Latin Dancesport woman at the moment. She’s a bombshell and such a warm, charming, joyful dancer to watch.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
IMO this is the finest professional ballroom couple currently competing in Australia. The precision of their movements and character are superb.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sydney Town Hall is a lovely building for Dancesport competitions.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tonight’s retro game of the week is a classic that I don’t think anyone remembers lol. I bet I am the only person on this planet that has played this this week.
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Felt like a meat free day so went to local vegan restaurant for curry bun and sweet & sour “pork” and mapo tofu. This is good stuff. Very moresome.
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Picked up a new board game. Looks like a spin on Defender of the Crown, one of my favourite retro games ever.
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
So @digitaleclipse.bsky.social has knocked it out the park with the Mortal Kombat collection. This GBA gem got me through a difficult period where I had a 2 hour commute for a job I hated. Replaying this has been the definition of nostalgia.
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My retro arcade challenge this week is this classic masterpiece. I am terrible at platformers and yet I love this game so much lol.
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Yukes, the incredibly talented studio that used to make the Westling games and Earth Defence Force, has a new game out and it’s a combination of anime short skirt fanservice and savage satire of capitalism. It’s also a really fun roguelike action game. God bless Japan.
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are times I wish I had have stuck with my goal of becoming a sports photographer. I think I could have done a decent job of it.

World Triathlon Championships photos (taken with iPhone).
October 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A game publisher is demanding I remove an article due to some kind of legal action in Italy, lol.

This is a genuine email from the publisher.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the Italian courts cannot, in fact, compel me to remove this article.
October 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Finally got around to watching the Toxic Avenger reboot. That film is goddamn gold. Everyone involved with it clearly had the best damn time.
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Quality competition. Never really watched much Triathlon before. Like what I see!
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
These World Championship Triathletes are very fast.
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
After speaking to a bunch of games industry people, they told me that for my VN I should definitely have some kind of game element rather than just a pure kinetic story thing.

So now I have a gamey element. Quizzes! There will be at least 30 unlockable bonuses from scoring well.
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Did you know that the definition of joy is Mango Frozen Margarita and good Mexican?
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM