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Lucanor Giovanni
@vaalgamon.bsky.social
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I'm an old curmudgeon who likes to post about software, game development, anything I find entertaining, and a little politics as well. If you're reading this: I hope you have a wonderful day.

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First thing I thought of
Bruce Willis as John McClane from the movie Die Hard With A Vengeance, standing in Harlem wearing a sign that has been edited to display the DHS ICE official logo. In the movie, the sign instead used a racial slur.
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
The only appropriate answer to this question:

I am feeling a little peculiar. And so I wake in the morning and I step outside and I take a deep breath and I get real high and I scream to the top of my lungs, "what's going on?"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXn...
Screenshot of "What's up?" prompt in the feed.
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
#SonicTheHedgehog x #DCComics part 2 info has been leaked featuring Rouge the Bat as Catwoman. The prophecy has been fulfilled.
Photo of Sonic book turned to profile of Rouge the Bat listing her official information. Species: Cat Gender: Female Weight: Unknown Height: 3 feet, 6 inches Status: Friend of Knuckles
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

I thought these guys went extinct back in TOS?
Cheron native species from star trek.
January 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
NYT is NYTing it up

Weird difference between the search result and actual headline.
Search result headline "House Passes Doomed Bill to Restore Health Subsidies" Actual headline "House Votes to Restore Health Subsidies, Raising Hopes of a Deal"
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
Buldak x2 for dinner again tonight.
Bowl of ramen in red spicy sauce topped with dried chili flakes and sesame seeds
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
You can make anything funny by adding a radial blur effect.

Proof:
Plain stock photo of a steel hammer with a black rubber grip Exact same photo of the hammer but a radial blur effect is applied
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
I made another one
Fruitcake covered in powdered sugar
December 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
vaalgamon.bsky.social
You've seen elf on a shelf, now get ready for
A mallard duck on a plain white background standing on a black bar with the text "CENSORED"
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I made a bit of a mess with the powdered sugar but otherwise this fruitcake I baked myself came out delicious.

This is the results of my frustrations with those dense bricks they sell wrapped in plastic at the supermarket that they claim is fruitcake.

Don't forget to soak in rum.
Large brown round fruitcake topped with powdered sugar on a white doily on a large clear plastic plate.
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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It's like this except not funny
"They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard."
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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lmao rekt

#Kirby #KirbyAirRiders #gaming
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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I don't use Spotify. Instead I do mostly Amazon for music and it's not packaged neatly for sharing but I'm very proud of this part.
My most listened to song this year is "Une vie à t'aimer" from the Clair Obscur Expedition 33 soundtrack.
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The Epic (Fortnite/Unreal Engine) CEO saying this is actually just a declaration that he doesn't think games can be art. #gaming
Twitter screenshot Matt Workman: Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the "Made with AI" label. It doesn't matter anymore. Tim Sweeney: Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure, and to digital content licensing marketplaces where buyers need to understand the rights situation. It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Hey @imwill.bsky.social

I did Tiler today

Tiler (2025-11-19): Par 🏆
gamebunny.app/tiler

Shouldn't this have been a birdie? 😜
Screenshot of Tiler from November 19, 2025. The puzzle is solved but the score is showing 15 moves are made with a par of 16 moves. When copied and pasted, the results say par: Tiler (2025-11-19): Par 🏆 https://gamebunny.app/tiler
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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0 points (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

What happened to #19?

Some suggestions:

19. Owned and used a Rolodex
19. Ignored someone calling you by identifying their voice on an answering machine
19. Used a coin op payphone
19. Loaded a computer program by cassette tape
19. Watched literally anything on a UHF TV channel
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST Give yourself 1 point for each thing you’ve NEVER done. 1. Operated a rotary phone 2. Slid a floppy disk into a PC 3. Typed on an actual typewriter 4. Snapped photos with a film camera 5. Played music on a CD 6. Rewound a cassette tape with a pencil 7. Dropped the needle on a vinyl record 8. Rocked a Walkman like a rebel 9. Blasted tunes from a boombox on your shoulder 10. Watched a movie on VHS and prayed it doesn’t jam 11. Sent or received a fax like a business wizard 12. Recorded songs from the radio like a mixtape hero 13. Rented a VHS at Blockbuster on a Friday night 14. Heard the screech of dial-up internet 15. Looked up someone in a phone book 16. Sent a postcard with actual handwriting 17. Used a paper map and didn’t get lost 18. Owned a proper dusty dictionary 20. Had a whole encyclopedia collection
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Fuck these stupid ass fucking tariffs FUCK
I have to pay 59 fucking dollars in taxes to get my god damn board game shit. From fucking Sweden. WHY ARE WE TARIFFING SWEDEN.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Mayreel from Guardian Tales
A woman with green hair tied into a long ponytail stands in a grassy field with waterfalls in the distance. White alpaca ears poke up through her hair over the top of her head. She's wearing a mostly white sun dress and a blue mantle with a gold trim. She has blue and white shoes that match her dress, and one long sock on her right leg because she gave the other one to Carol.
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Got both Dragoons. The third one is a little farther in. These units kinda break the game. #OgreBattle

You stick them together on a team and they kill bosses in one turn before they get a chance to act.
October 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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This segment stands out the most in the game to me. The good mage Saradin was turned to stone by Rashidi. Knowing there's a way to bring him back, the sculptor Balkas creates many identical statues and trusts his apprentices with the secret to the real one.

#OgreBattle
Saradin, a long bearded old mage in a blue robe holding a gnarled staff, asks to join the rebellion. Albeleo, a youthful appearing blond mage with a puppet on his shoulder. He is confronting Saradin saying that he is immortal and no one can stop him. Narrator: He was stopped. Saradin responds to Albeleo "Wrong! You will follow me into eternal sleep!" Don't worry Saradin is fine. Only Albeleo is dead.
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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After Norn the next character you can get is Rauny. She's insanely strong for when you get her, having 2 all enemy attacks. So strong in fact that you basically can't really even use her because of penalties for fighting enemies lower level than you.

#OgreBattle
Rauny, a blond woman in silver armor holding a winged spear in both hands.
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Norn GET

Also level 11 Lich Warren lmao

#OgreBattle
After being defeated, Norn, a healer in white with blonde hair, asks you to kill her so she can go be with her Husband. You then have to explain he's alive and have a very awkward conversation about it where she joins your team. Warren has been promoted directly from mage to lich by using an undead staff immediately followed by the undead ring. He was never even deployed once as a sorcerer, which is the class between Mage and Lich.
October 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Super super lucky with the upgrade items!!

#OgreBattle
Random item "Blood" found. It's used to turn a knight into a Vampire. Random item "Dragos" found. It's used to turn a Beast Master into a Dragoner Random Item "Undead" found. It's used to turn a Sorcerer into a Lich. It can also be used to turn a Tiamat into a Zombie Dragon.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Honestly Deneb is one of my least favorite things about the story because it contradicts the gameplay so much. Deneb is working on the pumpkin magic, so logically, if you wanted it, you should let her keep researching, but forgiving her locks you out of the pumpkin upgrade. #OgreBattle
Deneb, a witch described as "impossibly beautiful" she's got long blond hair, wearing a witch pointy hat and an off-shoulder top. She taunts the player saying "So you made it all the way here? Pretty good." After being beaten, she has a dramatic change of attitude "I'm sorrrrry! I really am!" "It's all my fault, I know. Will you forgive me? Pleeeease? ♥" (Option NO is selected) "Well, I still have my looks, I guess. Good luck, guys!" Deneb is presumably exiled.
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM