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onion person @junlper.beer · 13d

i think the disconnect with the bluesky team and the userbase is that the userbase, the people who occupy this place, think of bluesky as purely a twitter alternative and the bluesky team thinks of it as purely a coding foundation for others build off of

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 13d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

The WAFFLES have been replaced with a kind note reminding that "Trans rights are human rights"

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 14d

Still awaiting justice for Pac-Man

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · Apr 24

He's innocent

A green variation "Free Pac-Man" label on an Atari 5200 console box

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 14d

Degradation* dang, it's Wednesday

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 14d

Far as I'm concerned they played their own part in the degredation of trade-in markets and collecting.

Like they definitely dug their own grave.

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 15d

This era will create 1 million new retro collectors

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 15d

games have reached the terminal stage of endless growth jockeying, when it is no longer possible to get new customers and the plan becomes to trap or bamboozle the existing base while execs pack their parachutes

www.theverge.com/games/789734...

Everything about buying video games is getting more confusing and expensive

I just want to play games.

www.theverge.com

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 16d

The hugest mood

IGN @ign.com · 17d

Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is retiring from uploading The Elder Scrolls videos ahead of her upcoming 90th birthday, saying, "I'm not having any fun with it anymore." bit.ly/4gM5aM1

89-Year-Old Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry Announces The Elder Scrolls Retirement

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 16d

Omlettesville was fun but thinking I'm switching back to Scrambletown

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 17d

Thought my knockoff Dreamcast controller was busted. Turns out it just needed a good contact cleaning?

So this majestic sucker is (finally) back in order.

Main menu of the Sega Dreamcast on a Panasonic CRT

The Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) title on a CRT

Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) Action Stage 1 on a CRT

A green "Performance" Dreamcast controller with "Sonic Adventure" on the VMU screen

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 20d

I don't want to hear another damn thing about escalators ever again unless it's the Mitch Hedberg bit

a man wearing sunglasses stands in front of a microphone with the words sorry for the convenience above him

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses stands in front of a microphone with the words sorry for the convenience above him

media.tenor.com

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 20d

Guess who's helping me alphabetize the early 80s section

Several (mostly) disorganized Magnavox Odyssey 2, ColecoVision and Atari 2600 video game cartridges on a media wall

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 20d

"This Busch can was passed down from my grandfather to my father to uh.. I don't remember after that since the whiskey hit, I just woke up and it was there a few hours later, seemed significant, here you go"

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 20d

Just glad it's working!

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 21d

Oh noes!

Odd Steam Reviews @oddsteamreviews.bsky.social · 21d

SILENT HILL f

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 21d

Me seeing JC talk following the "remaster" slider reveal

a black dog is sitting on a couch with its mouth open .

ALT: a black dog is sitting on a couch with its mouth open .

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 22d

Never been a better time to have any sort of media backlog tbh

Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 22d

I'm gonna be saving so much money that I used to spend on streaming services from now on, it's great

Vulture @vulture.com · 23d

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 22d

Oh dude now THIS looks rad

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 22d

Does YouTube even care at this point?

(Also, yes, who could forget The Inriribbhe Wiizzland)

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 24d

"Whoops, our bad, must've been Advil"

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 24d

Social media's going great, y'all

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 25d

Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 26d

Aaaaaaa I've wanted those so bad, they look near perfect

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 26d

Played the shareware episode multiple times as a kid (because we were a cheap house). Finally got to play the rest when we stepped up for Ultimate Doom a couple years later.

Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 27d

Doom used to be shareware, with the first of the 3 episodes released for free. $40 would be about $90 today. Worth every penny.

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Sean @seandood.bsky.social · 27d

Hey Meta, how's it--

Uh. Nvm