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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 25m

Got a wrong number text from a lady, and I guess I was so charming about the letdown that I got a bbq party invite 😅

Too bad we are in different states

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 3h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3h

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

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Oct 26

Howl's Moving Castle: Hal's Magnificent Castle

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Oct 26

My mom attempts to remember the Ghibli movies we've watched together:

Porco Rosso: Pig Man
Spirited Away: Spirits Ahoy
The Boy and the Heron: The Awful Bird
Totoro: Cat Bus
The Tale of Princess Kaguya: she got this one right
Princess Mononoke: Princess Nasty

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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 1h

I aint ever been to a spirit Halloween with setwork like this 😯

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devilmaya crylady @membrane.hellstar.plus · 2h

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 2h

my Kitschfork podcast co-host Max is in a rough spot financially and could use your help right now

West Coast Bride @lastyearsmodel.bsky.social · 8h

It's scary and impoverished out there for trans folks and I'm going to have to upend my life pretty soon. My wonderful friends and bandmates put this together to help out — if you can help in anyway, with a few bucks or a share, it would make this tgirl's life a lot easier

gofund.me/55321f9d3

Donate to Rent Help For Max, organized by Lila Wolfe

If you’ve spent time in Chicago’s DIY music scene, you probably know Max — a warm, welcoming and fundamen… Lila Wolfe needs your support for Rent Help For Max

gofund.me

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 4h

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2h

"ONE GRIFT AFTER ANOTHER" (2025)

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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melos han-tani @hantani.bsky.social · 2h

Finished this great cave story review / historical context of it amongst shareware, doujin, and modern indie: syslbnth.neocities.org/htxt/cave-st...

Which led to a 2013 post by @ellaguro.bsky.social on the game corrypt & the discourse around its "bad" graphics
ellaguro.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-...

From the corrypt post, quote:

It's hard not to see the magic in the game as some sort of allegory on human beings' never-ending thirst for more resources, and the irreparable damage it enacts on the environment. It suggests, especially taken with his other works like Vesper.5, that environments are delicate spaces that need to be accepted on their own terms in order to really be understood at a deeper level.

These greater themes seem to be absent in the little critical writing that does exist about his games they're not mentioned anywhere in the Wired article, nor in this detailed critical reading, which focuses solely on the mechanical aspects of his games. The strangeness and beauty of the environments become a marginalized backdrop to a game seen as only remarkable from a design perspective-something the game even seems to mock with its flat looking aesthetics and its big, square block pushing and its few mock-JRPG miniquests in the beginning.

From the cave story post, quote:

"What's more, as indie games improved dramatically in quality over the course of the ensuing decade, the technical skill floor lowered by the first wave of hits would get raised back up in the end. You could get away with pixel art and chiptune now, but it had to be the pixel art and chiptune of a professional. Tools would be released to help control the ballooning scope of new indie games-Unity, Unreal, GameMaker Studio, and the, like. [15] But somehow this would just move the goalposts further. When these were released, we didn't make Iji faster and more comfortably-we made Hollow Knight."

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xaxaxa @xagueuzav.bsky.social · 9h

Chill girl

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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 6h

Did “the Hardyz” go full they/them while i wasnt watching? Or is this a trademark dodge?

Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 22h

AND NEWWWW!

The Hardyz are the new NXT Tag Champions!

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DeadSlug @deadslug.bsky.social · 9h

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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 6h

Im sorry to hear that dear… hopefully gay scheming will hold you over for the eventual meetup

a cartoon character with purple hair and a white shirt is praying with his eyes closed

ALT: a cartoon character with purple hair and a white shirt is praying with his eyes closed

media.tenor.com

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The Vampires Library @vampireslibrary.bsky.social · 8h

This is the perfect read for this time of year. It’s not just for people who have a hard time with horror movies per se. It’s for people who love horror point blank. Such a smart and cool book.

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 9h

oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

bookshop.org

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shy bratty husband @jilatos.bsky.social · 22h

jackenstein 🎃
#judles #deltarune

drawing of jackenstein from deltarune chapter 4. he twiddles his fingers and has little pumpkin + star drawings surrounding his head

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lys @bedsores.rest · 19h

bringing back a classic

an adaptation of the sandy loam chart, aka, a triangle where each side is an axis from 0 100, forming triangular little pockets in the center in a pseudo-3-axis chart form. the three axes are "hoinky sploinky" "doinky woinky" and "rinky dinky," each with a "pure" form (penis music, furret walk, and ukelele covers respectively). there is a minor screed here about electroswing sucking, which it does.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 11h

Thread. 😏

Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · 11h

I'm very much enjoying this book I'm currently reading. It has a young boy with magical powers he knew nothing about, being taken away from his dull life in suburbia after accidentally creating mayhem by casting spells.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 8h

If you need any errands run lmk

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Synthwave For Palestine @synthforpalestine.bsky.social · 5d

hello and happy Bandcamp Friday! we are Synthwave For Palestine, a synthwave charity album featuring 15 tracks from amazing artists with all proceeds going to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund www.pcrf.net

help us spread the word!

synthwaveforpalestine.bandcamp.com

Synthwave For Palestine, by Synthwave For Palestine

15 track album

synthwaveforpalestine.bandcamp.com

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Mega Flare @megaflare0.bsky.social · 2d

As someone from central VA this bundle is so important right now!
Do what you can; Give it some support getting some cool games or just share it around. Whatever you do will be helpful for those in need.

Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 3d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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Sunflower (haunted) @sunflowerbee.bsky.social · 9h

Girl with big boobs…

I mean they’ve about a handful each 😅

Zesty Rico 🖕🧊 @juicyricoxxl.bsky.social · 1d

What is your horror movie role this Halloween? 🎃 👻 🔪