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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5d

don’t make the tap the sign

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1h

The original Super Mario Bros (which turns 40 this week) is a bit of an anomaly: it got several remakes over the years that retained what makes it great. @marcnormandin.bsky.social on how every version of Super Mario Bros has its place.

Whether 8-Bit, 16-Bit, or Battle Royale, It's Always Super Mario Bros.

The original Super Mario Bros, which turns 40 this week, is lucky: it got several remakes over the years that retained what makes it great.

www.endlessmode.com

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 1h

This is what I'm constantly saying with these. The games were designed and staged in 4:3, you do not need to add random edge emptiness just to make it be "widescreen"

Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 1h

Everyone's right about the horrors done to the kerning and the pixel art. But really I'm just looking at that widescreen bullshit, and you're all monsters for ever thinking that was the correct decision.

Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 5h

Just captured some Grandia 1, here it is compared to the remaster

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Butzmanstein @kbutzkorner.bsky.social · 16d

It's Marina Monday, if you haven't heard.

Background inspired by the Migan Brawl!! boss fight

A high angled shot of Marina, standing with clenched fists at her sides. She's standing on a rocky platform with lava flowing behind her.

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 4h

Hazelnut Hex is a recent one that is an absolute delight and is also extremely welcoming.

Radiant Silvergun is another Treasure one that is more "standard" than Ikaruga.

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She-Wolf of the Moor @norremire.bsky.social · 5h

STILL SCREAMING ABOUT THIS GAME Y'ALL. Do yourselves a favour and check it out! 🙏🩷

Playdigious @playdigious.bsky.social · 7h

🟣 The king is dead and you need to protect his son, heir to the throne of Meodred... unless you have someone else in mind? The big sister? The bastard brother? A revolution maybe? The choce is yours in Crown Gambit, now available on Steam!

https://bit.ly/CrownGambit-Steam

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 6h

Even Brian was Kirby'd

Picture of the protagonist from the three different regions the game was released, based on the box art
From left: The Americas, PAL territories, Japan

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Girl Mode Podcast @girlmodepod.bsky.social · 5h

Bad news, there is barely any beverage talk in this one. Good news, Robin is open to her hand in marriage being bought. Oh, we also spend a lot of time talking about the importance of having conviction in critical thinking and why Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is great

shows.acast.com/girl-mode/ep...

Episode 144 - The Soon To Be Mrs. Robin (Your Name Here) | Girl Mode

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madeline @mads.haus · 5h

playing a Pokemon and being upset the story is for kids is like sending back your steak at Applebee's. like, you know what you signed up for. it could be much worse. if you wanted wagyu you could have gone to a steakhouse. but the steakhouse doesn't have $5 margaritas - and your friends are here.

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 5h

Duel for Cardia is a fantastic two-player, capture-the-flag game that gets a ton of mileage out of its simple components. Read @keithlaw.bsky.social's review here:

Duel for Cardia: A Great Two-Player Game that Deserves a Better Name

Duel for Cardia is a fantastic two-player, capture-the-flag game that gets a ton of mileage out of its simple components.

www.endlessmode.com

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Robin Bea @robinbombus.bsky.social · 6h

shoutout to the cat from dungeon bodega simulator
www.inverse.com/gaming/best-...

lo-resolution image of a cat sitting peacefully in a jail cell in the game Dungeon Bodega Simulator

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 6h

hah. hahaha. HAHAHAHA. imagine believing this.

Sorry, but the Young Republicans have always been this way. If you want to make a distinction -- the TPUSA Republicans simply were furious they couldn't be open on network TV about how they thought "Hitler was soft on degenerates."

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 21h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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madeline @mads.haus · 6h

Naoki Kubo is responsible for platforming some of my favorite artists, like Hideo Azuma and Fumio Nakajima.

Lemon People was a lightning rod for one of the most vital artistic movements of '80s otaku culture.

Comic Lo and ilk would not have been possible without it.

The industry owes a debt.

Space Leech @spaceleech.bsky.social · 6h

Editor in Chief of Lemon People, Naoki Kubo, passed away on October 12.

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 19h

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 7h

Remarkable how often people think we can't be mad at or about a lot of things at once

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7h

Oh, you think this grimy, amoral social climber doesn't deserve a prestige journalism job that should go to someone who isn't dead inside instead? Guess what, you did a slut shaming. You did a sexism. You need to log off and Do The Work.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 18h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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Willa Bloomfield-Rowe @thewillarowe.bsky.social · 7h

You no longer have an excuse for why you haven't played this

1000xRESIST | Available Now @sunsetvisitor.studio · 7h

You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.

💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution

1000xRESIST is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass on November 4.

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 8h

A still from the movie Dark Crystal, where a Podling is being drained. Only the light is now blue and seemingly coming from the Windows 10 background

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John Edwards @euclidianboxes.bsky.social · 8h

"I don't hear her talking about women's rights, I just hear her talking about trans people." absolutely spot on about Rowling.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 8h

"Then best you keep watching, child. I've found those who claim themselves a god can rarely match the title."

"The age of humankind is gone, but they are willing to take it all down with them."

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cindy @bloomedwings.bsky.social · 9h

The scene where the pink and yellow ranger duel over the last bite of cake in a coffee shop is yuri levels that few can even aspire to

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 13h

I think as a society we all moved on too quickly from the time we got the Power Rangers movie where Elizabeth Banks did Toxic Yuri with Becky G. Like that could have been a real pivot for the franchise imo.

Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa menacing Becky G up against a wall in a really gay manner.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 10h

what are action games. we still don’t know

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sylvia @sylvibullet.bsky.social · 19h

if you're answering some shit like "bioshock infinite" or "fire emblem warriors" you are a baby who has barely played any truly dogshit games.

i played ride to hell retribution in my free time, you're a worm to me.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 21h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Robin Bea @robinbombus.bsky.social · 20h

the devil is once again trying to tempt me into replaying shadowrun dragonfall

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