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Dfactor
@dfactor.bsky.social
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I make in-depth walkthroughs of PS1-era video games with attention to detail, completion, preservation, enhancement and accessibility.
Screenshots and videos are my own, covers are not.
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Dfactor @dfactor.bsky.social · May 17
I've spent a lot of time organizing my walkthroughs (and livestreams) into playlists!

YouTube doesn't have channel-wide playlist search and scrolling through 500 of them is insanity, so I've made categorized spreadsheets sorted alphabetically so that you can find up-to date videos.
Dfactor Playlists
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Beginner Course (WaveRunner, Arcade, Sega AM1-Sega AM4, 1996)
February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Mad Ocean (Mad Panic Coaster, PS1, Hakuhodo, 1997)
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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getgianni.com
I keep seeing folks say they'll just accept a Teen Friendly account on Discord rather than scan or ID and I don't know if I wanna mass normalize leaving NSFW pals out in the cold yet again. Especially with all the censorship stuff goin on I think we gotta stand with the freaks now more than ever.
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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dinosaurbytes.bsky.social
Dan is so sick of waiting for MediEvil 3 to be made, he's gone to complain in person...
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
South Sea (Magical Truck Adventure, Arcade, Sega AM3, 1998)
February 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
dfactor.bsky.social
There's only one correct way to respond to such release.

If you must have a PC copy, pick GoG versions.
They are DRM-free. If you care about the best experience, use the PS1 versions with graphical settings tweaked to your liking (PGXP removes wobble, for example).
Dfactor Longplays Steam Curator screenshot of two entries. DINO CRISIS 2 NOT RECOMMENDED 13 February An over two decades old original PC port with shallow improvements that nowhere near match a fully enhanced PS1 version, all while tacking on pointless DRM that punishes paying customers. DINO CRISIS NOT RECOMMENDED 13 February An over two decades old original PC port with improvements that pale in comparison to Classic REbirth patch, or a fully enhanced PS1 version. Features pointless DRM that punishes paying customers.
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Paradise Beach (Let's Go Island: Lost On the Island of Tropics, Arcade, Sega RingWide, 2011)
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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rebeckeronie.bsky.social
Thank you, sparkplug.
Illustration of sparkplug the cat holding a cheeseburger out like in the reference photo (next pic) with intense speedlines around it "CHEEBURBR" "Thank you, sparkplug!" Of sparkplug the worker cat with a hard hat on holding a large cheeseburger. "Cheeburbr"
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
Simple fact is this:

If you’re a member of the “gender critical” movement, you’re part of a pedophile ring whether you want to be or not.
transnews.network Trans News Network @transnews.network · 7d
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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wonderwaffle93.bsky.social
SURVIVAL HORROR 1996

#art #digitalart #fanart #residentevil
A portrait of both a T-Virus infected zombie and Jill Valentine from Resident Evil (1996). The zombie is rotting, slacked jaw showing his jagged teeth stained in red. Jill meantime is seen looking over her back, look of worry as she has her handgun at the ready. This piece is a love letter to the original Resident Evil game. I was too young to play it but I remember watching my brother and cousin play it, walking right in when the dog breaks through the window. You know the scene.
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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devilsblush.bsky.social
dolucky no kusayakiu / super famicom
zoom, 1993
a little animal in a baseball cap wandering in the outfield. a coca cola billboard sits amongst the bushes beside the ocean. the world is bathed in the golden light of sunset, and a road runs beside the stadium.
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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funnywes.online
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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gors.bsky.social
If you care about pixel art as a medium and want to learn more about how to detect if it is genuine or AI-generated, please refer to this writeup that I created with the help of the community. Read, download, share and support real creators.
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Beginner Track: Day (Scud Race, Arcade, Sega AM2, 1996)
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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lauty3590.bsky.social
I found some of my old banger posts in that forbidden rotten place we call The Twit.

This one is a classic.
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Sunshine Coast (Sega Race TV, Arcade, Sega AM Plus, 2008)
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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andoryuanzuru.bsky.social
Happy 28th anniversary to Xenogears, the game that started a long saga of games and stories~✨

#Xenogears #ゼノギアス
#Xenogears_28th_Anniversary #ゼノギアス28周年
Illustration piece to mark the 28th anniversary of Xenogears, release in Japan on Feb 11th, 1998. This was inspired by Kunihiko Tanaka's unfinished sketch of the main cast together at the end of the game
February 11, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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devilsblush.bsky.social
dolucky no kusayakiu / super famicom
zoom, 1993
coca cola logo scrolling diagonally on a red background fanta logo scrolling diagonally on a white background coca cola light logo scrolling diagonally on a white background georgia coffee scrolling diagonally on a brown background
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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videogamebeach.bsky.social
Undella Town (Pokémon Black and White 2, NDS, Game Freak, 2012)
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
dfactor.bsky.social
Evan goes to a new continent to sign a peace treaty.
But a country where love is prohibited was not on my bingo list.

youtube.com/live/M23nisK...

[ #NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom | #NiNoKuni2 | #NiNoKuni | #NiNoKuni2RevenantKingdom | #BandaiNamco ]
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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punkr0xy.bsky.social
Guys, dont immediately jump ship. Complain on Discords forums. Spam their emails. Make noise. We'll never tackle the overlying problem if we just keep jumping ship.

Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social
This post is going viral, but this isn't walking back. It's reiterating the initial press release. There's no new information in this post, aside from them saying they're using a different ID partner (which doesn't solve that problem) and the Reddit joke. Everything else is the same. Keep pushing.
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 4d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
dfactor.bsky.social
If you have any interest in 3, get the Remaster while it can be bought standalone.

Original 3 is the worst one in the series, and while the Remaster was a step forward, the Remake is two steps back, and the review corroborates the impressions I got from playing the demo for 3 hours.
videogameschronicle.com VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 4d
Review: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is a remake built on disdain, not reverence, looking to fix a game that wasn’t broken, and ending up with little to show for itself.

⭐️⭐️

vgc.news/review/yakuz...
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review: How not to do a remake | VGC
Sega delivers a disappointing remake built on disdain, not reverence, looking to fix a game that wasn’t broken…
vgc.news
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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devilsblush.bsky.social
burning rangers / saturn
sonic team, 1998
orange girl walking on white and blue (purple?) polkadot floor
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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legendofnerd.bsky.social
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM