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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. One of the greatest to ever do it.

priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1d

hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.

a bearded Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri on the left side of the frame, seen through the ribs of a parasol

young evilly grinning Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo, to the left of a window belching flames into the top of the frame

gorgeous closeup on Tatsuya Nakadai in Sword of Doom wearing a ronin hat, a wide-brimmed hat made of bamboo with a chin strap, the light filtering through it onto his face.

Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate you for letting me know I need to make life changes over the next 24 hours that all lead to me acquiring a lumines

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 1d

Edit screenshot of Super Mario World with the text above Mario reading, “Welcome! This is Fanfest. In this strange land we find that our Fanfest tickets are missing again! Looks like Bowser is at it again!”

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 1d

Calling in 30 Helens as an assist

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 2d

A reminder that this is all just how the party approaches 'kabuki theatre' on these votes; the ones who orchestrated the cave bow out of the vote depending on how much heat they get, someone else in the rotation takes the bullet, they pretend they fought hard and can go back to farting around

Ben McAdams Memorial Act(THE NECROMANCY ARCH) @purrtah.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Peters and Jon Ossoff both No

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 2d

hi it is snowing today

yeah I am playing some final fantasy 6

Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · Nov 26

Looks to be snowing outside today

Final Fantasy 6 opening scene of the armors walking through snow

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F SHID caster @tunditur-unda.itch.io · 3d

dragon quest 1 is in the air lately, so please enjoy this old blog exploring the development of one of my favorite relationships with a jrpg world map
tunditur-unda.neocities.org/posts/2020-0...

a map of dragon quest 1's overworld, labeled and color-coded to describe different relationships with or feelings about geographical regions that emerged in my playthrough

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 3d

Just think if she was part of a family that had an average 5.1 kids. Her parents would be surrounded.

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 3d

#RandomGameSaturday

Steins;Gate (PS3)

A visual novel that takes an interesting approach to time travel. After establishing the premise in the first third, it hits the ground running with a very tightly paced story, in my opinion.

Photo of Steins;Gate case for the PS3. A collage of three main characters are on it, along with a wall of english text (written very small). It has a PEGI 16 rating in the corner.

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah, that’s the true IIDX experience!

“I love this song, time to finally play it with my own two hands!”

*dum dum dum dum dpprlff phhbt pffrhh mmdudumpff trlrlprltk scratch pffthb krk mmschttpp*

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 5d

I would rather have this kind of villain move than trying to injure opponents or being a racist… but then you look at the rest of his villainy, and… yeah

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BajaBlastGrrl @bajablastgrrl.bsky.social · 7d

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 7d

wrote more about my surprisingly copaganda-free Halloween on my newsletter, creating.care - subscribe and share this abolitionist goodness - it's free.99!

A Shift In The Signal?

Lastly, a small reflection on Halloween. When we first moved to Dexter in 2013, it was really different from every other place I’d lived, in so many ways; one of the biggest shocks was realizing that Halloween was a BIG DEAL here. Growing up in Detroit, where so many of my spooky seasons entailed a hyper-vigilance for Devils Night fires and having to drive to bougier neighborhoods for Trick-or-Treating, it felt great to live in a place that kids would go to rather than away from. We gathered our candy and put up some decorations, but we were not prepared for the horde. Over 250 kids showed up that first year, running us out of supplies and leaving us dumbstruck; we vowed to do better, and from that year on I started keeping track, as only a nerd can - with data!

Each year I livetweet (or nowadays, thread on Bluesky) our costumed community with updates every half hour about our frantically busy Halloween; after the second year, I kept tally of which costumes were most prevalent by category — Disney princesses, Minecraft, Athletes, etc — which turned into a useful proxy for understanding what elements of pop culture were most salient for kids and their parents. Sometimes these trends tell a story, and for 2025 the biggest takeaway was from what wasn’t there:

There was no copaganda at all.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 10d

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

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Andrew Elmore, for Hire! 💽 @elmore.zone · Nov 2

Happy #Karnovember to all who celebrate

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☆「ＹＡＳＥ」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.world · 11d

Happy Halloween! Gather round as I tell scary stories, like how badly YT kills discoverability for smaller channels! Thus, here are some of my favorite small channels as a bonus video for hitting 2k subs

youtu.be/bGQBzaJKqvM?...

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

oh shit I just traveled back in time

Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

Don't tell baseball's commissioner you said that, either.

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Carter J Lowe @carterjlowe.bsky.social · 10d

For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series

2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves

2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros

2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers

2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 10d

LAPD literally getting there early to beat the crowds

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 10d

Los Angeles, CA -

The game hasn’t ended yet, but LAPD is calling an unlawful assembly on Douglas and Sunset. A large contingent of police in riot helmets blocking the street.

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

Everyone knows Shohei Ohtani is good at baseball, but I think a lot of people might now realize that Yoshinobu Yamamoto is already really gosh darn good at baseball

I was hoping Toronto could win this world series, but I definitely got my entertainment value out of all this

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

Are we going to strap in for an 18 inning baseball game again?

Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

I got some gaming in when it was tummy time or baby swing time, but holding the kid was more for watching shows.

Even then, my gaming was more menu-based or slower paced stuff, not so many fighting games. Needed to be able to set the controller down and pick up a crying kid at any moment.

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

#RandomGameSaturday

Ogre Battle 64 (N64)

One of three N64 games I have the box for, and I was super lucky to find it for a reasonable price 15 years ago.

I’d say this is my favorite game on the system! Not the style of game you got much of on the N64.

Photo of Ogre Battle 64, along with the box it comes in and manuals, spread out on the floor.

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Rockdan @rockdan.bsky.social · 10d

This game had different soundtracks in different regions?! That’s wild!

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