Vic
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He/Him - Loves flan, videogames, translation, localization, my 3 cats, my wonderful girlfriend
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False friends are often wrongly called false cognates. These are very different things.
For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother).
Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:
For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother).
Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:
September 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
False friends are often wrongly called false cognates. These are very different things.
For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother).
Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:
For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother).
Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:
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Another big Celeste community mega-mod dropping next week. This one's theme is crossovers with other games, so even more shenanigans than usual.
Crossover Collab – Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by Crossover Collab
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Another big Celeste community mega-mod dropping next week. This one's theme is crossovers with other games, so even more shenanigans than usual.
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I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
AI warning for Steam – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download AI warning for Steam for Firefox. Show the AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam store pages as a modal popup.
addons.mozilla.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
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For the Holiday, what a great time to check out TOTAL REPLAY, a years-long project to make hundreds of Apple II games easy to boot up, play, and discover. It even works on original Apple II hardware (with a little modern trickery). Emulated in Browser, of course:
archive.org/details/Tota...
archive.org/details/Tota...
Total Replay : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
100s of games at your fingertips, as long as your fingertips are on an Apple ][DownloadDownload Total Replay (version 5.2, released 2024-09-09, 32 MB disk...
archive.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For the Holiday, what a great time to check out TOTAL REPLAY, a years-long project to make hundreds of Apple II games easy to boot up, play, and discover. It even works on original Apple II hardware (with a little modern trickery). Emulated in Browser, of course:
archive.org/details/Tota...
archive.org/details/Tota...
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NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro Streaming Media Player 16GB 4K is $169.99 on Amazon buff.ly/epEsqOm
Best Buy buff.ly/cXIpBY8 #ad
Best Buy buff.ly/cXIpBY8 #ad
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Pro Streaming Media Player 16GB 4K is $169.99 on Amazon buff.ly/epEsqOm
Best Buy buff.ly/cXIpBY8 #ad
Best Buy buff.ly/cXIpBY8 #ad
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y'know that "play Yakuza 0" drum I've been banging for almost a decade?
PLAY YAKUZA 0, the director's cut is not worth it
PLAY YAKUZA 0, the director's cut is not worth it
Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
y'know that "play Yakuza 0" drum I've been banging for almost a decade?
PLAY YAKUZA 0, the director's cut is not worth it
PLAY YAKUZA 0, the director's cut is not worth it
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Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5
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Valve's Steam Machine pricing will take after PCs, not consoles
Valve's Steam Machine pricing will take after PCs, not consoles
Valve developers say new hardware pricing will be 'more in line' with the current PC landscape, slowly defining the market for the company's upcoming Steam Machine launch.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Valve's Steam Machine pricing will take after PCs, not consoles
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Another reason why I'm not interested in the "ghost of" games at all
Other than the samurai revisionism and japanese right wing nationalism ofc
Other than the samurai revisionism and japanese right wing nationalism ofc
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Another reason why I'm not interested in the "ghost of" games at all
Other than the samurai revisionism and japanese right wing nationalism ofc
Other than the samurai revisionism and japanese right wing nationalism ofc
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Great engineering minds are hard at work
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Great engineering minds are hard at work
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HMM, INTERESTING QUESTION, DYCEDARG
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
HMM, INTERESTING QUESTION, DYCEDARG
A friend told me about a job working from home and I needed income, plus was curious about it since WFH unheard of in my city (still is I think)
I stayed there 11 years as an interpreter, during which my interest in translation / localization grew, and why I'm trying to get a job there now
I stayed there 11 years as an interpreter, during which my interest in translation / localization grew, and why I'm trying to get a job there now
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A friend told me about a job working from home and I needed income, plus was curious about it since WFH unheard of in my city (still is I think)
I stayed there 11 years as an interpreter, during which my interest in translation / localization grew, and why I'm trying to get a job there now
I stayed there 11 years as an interpreter, during which my interest in translation / localization grew, and why I'm trying to get a job there now
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8Bitdo Zero 2 Bluetooth Gamepad Keychain Sized Mini Controller (Switch/PC/Android) is $15.99 on Amazon Prime (or ~$13 on Amazon Resale at checkout) buff.ly/Dy2IKfN
8BitDo sale buff.ly/YfmwsLO #ad
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November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
8Bitdo Zero 2 Bluetooth Gamepad Keychain Sized Mini Controller (Switch/PC/Android) is $15.99 on Amazon Prime (or ~$13 on Amazon Resale at checkout) buff.ly/Dy2IKfN
8BitDo sale buff.ly/YfmwsLO #ad
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* Menacingly shuffling my soup cards * “So … what’ll it be?” * withdraws marinara * “Pasta?” * pulls chicken soup * “I’m afraid your luck has … run out”
Also, tired of freezer jenga? Freeze anything liquidish flat on a baking sheet, then you can file it. Pasta sauce, soups, chili, etc. This is ~10L of pasta sauce.
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
* Menacingly shuffling my soup cards * “So … what’ll it be?” * withdraws marinara * “Pasta?” * pulls chicken soup * “I’m afraid your luck has … run out”
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DualShock 4 may be back at PS Direct ($24.99)
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
DualShock 4 may be back at PS Direct ($24.99)
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Miku x Chun-Li
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Miku x Chun-Li
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Dust: An Elysian Tail. A 2012 metroidvania with action-oriented combat and a cute Disney art style with anthropomorphic characters, made by one-man development team Humble Hearts.
Don't be fooled by that though because man does this game get dark.
Don't be fooled by that though because man does this game get dark.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dust: An Elysian Tail. A 2012 metroidvania with action-oriented combat and a cute Disney art style with anthropomorphic characters, made by one-man development team Humble Hearts.
Don't be fooled by that though because man does this game get dark.
Don't be fooled by that though because man does this game get dark.
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in case you missed it 👇
Vampire Crawlers
Vampire Crawlers
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in case you missed it 👇
Vampire Crawlers
Vampire Crawlers
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This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This Way Madness Lies is a great game and barely anybody bought it. It should be played by more people. If everybody here on @bsky.app banded together and bought a Steam copy and played it, well, that'd be a miracle and I would be forever grateful.
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1318970/...
I insist that each time you are building up resistance to the piercing damage / debuff
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I insist that each time you are building up resistance to the piercing damage / debuff
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Sometimes you forget Carmack is a piece of shit and it hits you in the face like a mack truck.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sometimes you forget Carmack is a piece of shit and it hits you in the face like a mack truck.