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Kieran
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I write code that runs on phones and main May in Guilty Gear Strive
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I know Analogue can be a frustrating company to deal with.
I know the MiSTer can feel a little finicky.

But for the love of god to not give your money to (or take money from) the actual war crimes company
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
This is unlike anything we've seen before in all our years of handheld reviewing!

#ModRetro #GameBoy
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out

pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Broke and unemployed. Sharing helps if you aren't in a position to donate (I understand fully!)
Overdrafted again to get my stupid hair cut if anyone can help <3
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December 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I feel like saying they have “been pushing hard on generative AI” but it “hasn’t led to big gains in efficiency” really sums up every business’s integration of AI tbh. But especially creative fields.
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Video games are good actually
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
@jasoneatscake.bsky.social is really good at chess
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I did a little bit more work on this today, adding the ability to drag and drop items to re-order the list.
Pretty much entirely because I wanted to put Unbeatable higher on my list
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I finished Unbeatable’s story mode tonight and I loved it - obviously.
It’s a mess of a game in many ways, and I hope they fix the bigger ones (especially with Arcade mode on PS5) but it’s also a beautiful story and one of the best rhythm games I’ve played in quite a while.

And the Soundtrack rules
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I actually ended up playing Unbeatable until almost 2am. Maybe next time
Instead of watching the Game Awards tonight I will be participating in an ancient ritual known as "sleeping."
I'm admittedly not very familiar with it, but I think this is a good time to try and figure it out.
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Instead of watching the Game Awards tonight I will be participating in an ancient ritual known as "sleeping."
I'm admittedly not very familiar with it, but I think this is a good time to try and figure it out.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Unbeatable continues to be outstanding
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Passed my driving test 🎉
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
they have a point
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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📢 1000xRESIST + UNBEATABLE Bundle!! 📢

It’s hard to BEAT a bundle this good, sisters…

We’re so excited to have a launch bundle with our friends at @dcellgames.com , who have just launched UNBEATABLE!

Get the games together. And remember: RHYTHM IS RESISTANCE.
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The game I got gifted for this seems kinda amazing, excited to stream it for a bit.
I won’t be part of the marathon but hopefully not long after it!
Here's a wee announcement for you. Some of the ToS crew have (stupidly?) signed up to a Secret Santa and have agreed to stream whatever our Secret Santa has picked for us.

Streams will be through December (maybe some in the new year) with the 21st Dec having a marathon of potentially cursed games.
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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so you open the article by (correctly) acknowledging that ModRetro is run by an extreme-right defense contractor and you still proceed with a glamor piece for their new product? what kind of loser shit is this?

joke publication
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM