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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · Jan 11

"Dogs stole my food" Ambient Industrial Noise album is now available on bandcamp ‼️

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Dogs stole my food, by Sleep Star

7 track album

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Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 2d

Unfortunately, absolutely every second of gameplay is dogged by unfathomably cruel design: Crippled controls, a total lack of design signposting, severe punishments for players who dare to take damage, and interminably long levels with an inexcusable lack of checkpoints.

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 8h

now 'Mr. Bones' is some legendary shit that quietly left a mark on the culture many years later via lets plays, clips and memes, for real

Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 2d

'Mr. Bones' released on this day in 1996.

From Ed Annunziata (the mind behind 'Ecco the Dolphin') comes a skeletal piece of software for the Saturn; packed to the brim with CG cutscenes, contributions [both musical and conceptual] by Ronnie Montrose, and exploring multiple genres.

🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 8h

Ninja Gaiden 4 is a sequel a long time coming, to some of the greatest Character-Action games of all time. So I wonder, how loud and big of a launch can it have? How popular is this genre, really? Do people know it's coming out?

Anyway, I'm very excited and I hope that it finds new fans

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BlushySpicy💖🔥 @blushyspicy.bsky.social · Sep 16

Goth Morrigan

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how many days until hotel dusk remakes @eleyowza.bsky.social · 23h

this stupid bit in hotel dusk, chapter 7 💀💀💀💀💀💀

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oli @olil.bsky.social · 23h

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

sleep moralizing is so FUCKING weird!!!! if we're all trying to get as close to our nightly 8 hours as possible, what do you care if it's 10 pm - 6 am or 4 am - noon?? it's one of those totally unexamined Puritanism things that even people who rightly hate the Puritans are still absolutely doing

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I remember reading an interview once years ago with Madonna where she was talking about her touring schedule what a typical day looks like. she said she usually got up at noon, and commenters responded to that like she was Marie Antoinette. SHE DOES A NIGHTTIME JOB! SHE GETS TO BED AT LIKE 3 AM!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

rules about nighttime “quiet hours” where like it’s considered an offense to disturb people by being loud after 10 pm or whatever should extend through 10 am, and they only don’t because our society thinks anyone still in bed at 7:15 is a morally weak person

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 1d

The other thing I'd suggest is emulating it in PCSX2, but not everyone wants to go that route, either

🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 1d

Replacement of the voice cast in SH3 sucks, because the original cast is great. The replacements aren't bad though, and is it better than not being able to play SH3 *at all*? Certainly

I mean, a PS2 copy of the game is like $200. I am lucky in that I bought one ~10 yrs ago

Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 1d

CONTROVERSY TIME! I wrote about how the HD Collection on PS3 is a totally fine way for some people to experience Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3 HD (PS3 / Hijinx Studios / 2012)

The best remasters look the way you remember the game, a hardware generation or two removed. The Silent Hill HD Collection infamously did not accomplish that. It is one of the most (fairly/unfairly…

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 3d

reading that they are targetting a 120 fps mode on consoles, which I think bodes well, idk. I'll be there, because I love the 3D Ninja Gaiden games a lot. Would like to get an original Xbox to play Black in its best version 🥲

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 3d

excited for NINJA GAIDEN 4 to release in a couple days, I really hope it's great!

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 3d

i got a new heating pad (it is something i use often for my back) and have moved the old one to the living room. He likes it!

dougie the black and white cat makibf a funny face, 1.5 yrs old. he is laying on a heating pad

photo of garage workspace, framed portrait of david lynch sits on glass table amidst tools, under an orange modern lamp

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d

DOOM 64 (Steam) is $1.65 on Fanatical w/ code OMENVIP buff.ly/CbSMVID
(GOG) $1.65 Fanatical w/ code OMENVIP buff.ly/GYiDb9y #ad

Deck verified

also on Game Pass Premium/PS+ Premium

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aubrey ⓥ @aubelisk.bsky.social · 5d

I don't looove all the comments being like "this explains a lot" lol, like I get it and it's kinda funny, there is a scourge of shitty manosphere gym bros, but I think choosing to be fit and become stronger is cool and good and I refuse to let the right wing freaks have fitness to themselves!

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 5d

story w some light lesbian romance that avoids i think, bad tropes, crt filter low poly vibes

🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 5d

Good little downtempo survival horror game with quite a charming look. Not too long. eminently completeable and imo, enjoyable

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 5d

Fear the Spotlight is $7.99 on XBL buff.ly/qhz9ckw

🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 5d

MILITARY COM BAT SHOOTER
DESERT WAR

🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 5d

our cats / trolling about for weird stuff on the e-shop

our 2 cats, Dougie and Gaia. Both shorthairs, dougie is black & white, and Gaia is calico. they sit on the couch looking at camera. Dougie is inside a little round cat bed thing, poking his head thru the hole alertly

A milieu of american-tourist-in-the-mediterranean type fever dream imagery constitutes this surreal screenshot from a hidden object game

key art for a game on the e-shop. text is formatted as "MILITARY COM BAT SHOOTER DESERT WAR

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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · Aug 10

Always remember

Xena Warrior Princess PS1 game promo - features a picture of Xena with some screenshots of the game.

Text reads - the way to a man's heart is through his ribcage. Xena lets her chakram fly in the fiercest adventure to hit the PlayStation. Miss out and you'll be gutted.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · Aug 25

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺

One of the most amazingly intricate pieces of artwork for a game with a striking artwork style of its own: Elemental Gimmick Gear, aka EGG.

Inspired by French artist Mœbius, something you'll often hear with exotic Japanese science fantasy of the early-mid 90s.

A full page ad with shaded pencil/charcoal artwork of a pilot inside a round clamshell like mech suit with much intricate shading and mechanical detail.

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VJ. | Comms Open @veejay.bsky.social · 6d

silent hill f ng+

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🌲tristan b☔️ @tristanb4.bsky.social · 8d

i loved the game but a few of the puzzles had hints that were just not clocking to me at all. lost in translation a bit, maybe? or context i was lacking. but, yeah

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 13d

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

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