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priscilla page

@priscillapage.bsky.social

Toshiro Mifune in his Christmas sweater photographed for Eiga Star magazine, c. 1950

black & white photo of Toshiro Mifune when he was approximately 30 years old, looking dapper as hell, standing up & leaning against a mailbox, cigarette in his right hand - wearing a v-neck Christmas sweater (over a collared shirt, with slacks) with 3 sections: top and bottom is dark with a pattern of tiny white Christmas trees, middle is white with two reindeer standing on either side of a snowflake.

black & white photo of Toshiro Mifune when he was approximately 30 years old, looking dapper as hell, grinning and sitting down so his black dress shoes and patterned socks are visible - he's wearing a v-neck Christmas sweater (over a collared shirt, with cuffed slacks) with 3 sections: top and bottom is dark with a pattern of tiny white Christmas trees, middle is white with two reindeer standing on either side of a snowflake.

December 24, 2023 at 12:19 PM

Grob Rant

@rob-grant.bsky.social

This is gonna be niche but it’s crazy that Nara Smith and the steel pan guy are both hawking algae cooking oil

Two very different energies

December 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM

Grob Rant

@rob-grant.bsky.social

I am declaring a moratorium on the word “slop”. It’s increasingly clear to me that, societally and culturally, we cannot handle it

December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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Edmond Tran

@edmondtran.bsky.social

So happy Nagoshi left Sega to follow his dream

Making a sequel to Yakuza: Dead Souls

Screenshot from the videogame Gang of Dragon. A man fires a minigun.

Screenshot from the videogame Yakuza: Dead Souls. A man fires a minigun.

December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM

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eric van allen

@seamoosi.bsky.social

December 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM

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Palette Swap

@paletteswap.site

Geoff Keighley triumphantly took to the stage at The Game Awards this evening to announce Genshin Impact’s newest content update.
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Geoff Keighley next to key art for Genshin Impact.
HEADLINE: Geoff Keighley Declares It Honor of Lifetime to Present Genshin Impact Update 4.7.

December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM

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Palette Swap

@paletteswap.site

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSXo...

Soulja Boy Provides His Thoughts On Braid

YouTube video by CC

www.youtube.com

December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM

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BDS movement

@bdsmovement.bsky.social

Palestinians call on everyone to sign the Boycott Xbox pledge today. Viable gaming alternatives exist. Genocide is not a game.

Go to nogamesforgenocide.com to sign the pledge and for more details on how to take action.

December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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nic tringali

@nictringali.bsky.social

I can say with complete certainty that you will lose nothing by just ignoring The Game Awards. You do not need to give it any cultural power. It is purely a vehicle for marketing, and an ongoing insult to the people and craft we all take part in.

November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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CyricZ - The Dragon of GameFAQs

@cyricz42.bsky.social

Announcement:

I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.

Full statement below:

Hi everyone. CyricZ here. After giving myself time to reflect on my options, I’ve decided that I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3 / Dark Ties. I will not be purchasing the game, nor playing it in any capacity.
I write guides because I love writing, and I write for the games that I write for because they inspire me. The joy I find in them drives me to give my best work. If I were to write a guide entirely out of obligation or expectation, I do not believe my best work would find its way to the page.
With the hiring of known sexual harasser Teruyuki Kagawa to the face and voice cast of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I do not find myself inspired by the game. The Like a Dragon series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms and I feel this casting goes against that message.

Key members of RGG Studio have refused to speak on the hiring of Kagawa after his misconduct was made more widely known. While they are by no means required to speak about this, by their silence they have sent a message that they do not view Kagawa’s misconduct as a dealbreaker for inclusion in the series cast, nor do they deem it worth addressing. This stands in contrast to steps taken in the past to replace other cast members that did not align with their values.
I won’t go into further detail on the issue itself as the information is widely available via the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. The rest of this will be about me, my guides, and my relationship with RGG Studio and the Like a Dragon series.

I remain a fan of the Like a Dragon series. It’s not something I can just excise from myself. I intend to continue playing past Like a Dragon games on stream as they are some of my favorite video games. That may be subject to change in the future, but the plans are to continue playing the games on stream in my intended order, with the exception of Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties. The only minor thing that will change with regards to my streams is that I intend to take special note during stream of the many, many instances during the series that remind us of the societal ill of sexual misconduct.
As to future games put out by RGG Studio, I reserve the right to not make a decision on those at this time. That will be a “wait and see” situation, dependent on future actions or inactions by RGG Studio.
Further, if things change with regards to the release of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I reserve the right to reassess all the preceding. RGG Studio still has the opportunity to do right in this situation, and I hold onto hope that they will see the best way forward.

Finally, I promise to all my readers that my GameFAQs guides for the Like a Dragon series and other RGG Studio games will be going nowhere no matter what happens. Not only are they some of my best work, but if I preserve the guides with myself as the author, I remain in creative control of them. This prevents others from taking the text and redistributing it without my consent, which is something I fear would happen if I were to remove them from GameFAQs entirely.
For those of you who read my guides, thank you so much for your support, and I’m sorry I will not be helping with this upcoming game. For anyone who wants to write a guide on GameFAQs for Yakuza Kiwami 3, be my guest, not that you need my permission anyway. For those of you joining me in solidarity against Kagawa and this release, I thank you all for sticking with it. Your commitment has inspired this.
Be good to each other,
Scott “CyricZ” Zdankiewicz

December 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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Jeff Grubb

@grubb.wtf

"Old and true. And sturdy. One of the best [gaming] tools ever built. We've grown reliant on Imperial tech, and we've made ourselves vulnerable. There's a growing list of things we've known and forgotten, things they've pushed us to forget. Things like freedom."

December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM

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Dennis B. Hooper

@dennisbhooper.bsky.social

DON, PLAYING WITH LIGHTER: I think we need to realize that this isn’t Martinson’s. This isn’t the conduit that gets you to something better. This IS the experience. The best part of waking up isn’t the excitement of starting your day so you can go to work. It’s the coffee itself

TED: God, that’s incredible

PEGGY, UNDER BREATH: I hate him but he’s right

GINSBERG, EYES ROLLING BACK IN HEAD LIKE A MENTAT: There’s a brother and sister…

May 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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headfallsoff

@headfallsoff.com

pepsi cans should magically refill one time when you finish them because 330ml is never enough but its embarassing to take two cans like some kind of gluttunous god-king

November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM

Grob Rant

@rob-grant.bsky.social

Imagine a QT fan not knowing about this being confused as hell when a Fortnite video starts playing in the theatre lmao

November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Grob Rant

@rob-grant.bsky.social

Renewing my reminder that the Blu-ray.com forums are a last bastion of of 90s/2000s era forum posting

Insulting GIFs, famous troll accounts knowingly circumventing bans, 2000+ post threads about film grain…

They’re beautiful

November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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Dan Jones

@causeimdanjones.bsky.social

I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.

November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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victoria scott

@victoriascott.bsky.social

ZPMC

Nikon N60 | Kodak Portra 800
#filmphotography

a row of intermodal cranes sits alongside a ship channel. Through the legs of the cranes, a ship called VALUE sits, loaded with containers. To the right, in the channel, a ferry sails by. In front, a pair of empty benches frame the scene. Sunny day, with blue skies.

November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Grob Rant

@rob-grant.bsky.social

Remember when film bsky talked about juror #2 for weeks

November 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM

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andy™

@andylevy.net

AI is the new motion smoothing

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · Nov 19

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al
PC with Copilot at the center of
it all.
Here's how to get rid of Copilot
completely from your computer
(1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
1/ Settings App
> Personalization
> Taskbar
> Other System Tray Icons
> Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off
This hides Copilot from your
taskbar

$(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value$ @forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps