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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · Jan 3

Saw a bunch of people doing 2024 Media Threads last year, so I think I'll do a 2025 Media Thread. I'll do my best to log everything that I started and finished this year.

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 5h

Thinking of streaming my playthrough of Final fantasy X International

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Nick Goede @nick.goede.cc · 21h

Like retro video games? Read any video game magazines when you were younger? Go listen to @funfactorpod.com and then when it is awesome buy a subscription. @aidanmoher.com is awesome and it is really the least we can do while he is on strike for his day job.

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 23h

Week seven now. Officially two months since I’ve worked. Whee!

Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 13d

I’m poor as fuck on strike pay, so now would he a great time to get an ULTRA sub to @funfactorpod.com if you’ve been thinking about it.

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 1d

Mood

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 1d

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 12d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 2d

Newgrounds has a very helpful guide for detecting AI audio over at www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in... for anyone interested in catching AI-generated music. Don't rely on any service that uses AI for detection, that's just using slop to find slop and you'll get false positives/missed catches.

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 2d

I was surprised I saw Stadium 2 for $60. I usually ever see it for $75+

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 2d

Had a fun weekend in Arkansas for Retro Fest. But now it's time to go back to the Final Fantasy X grind.

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KedricKillian @kedrickillian.bsky.social · 2d

The idea that there are activists and citizens who attend protests because it’s what they believe in is completely foreign to them. If it isn’t a personal grift, they don’t understand the motivation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Trump controls the White House, the Supreme Court and Congress. The only thing he doesn't control is public opinion. That's why the Trump regime is so worried about this coming Saturday's "No Kings" protests – so worried that it's blatantly lying about "No Kings" and showing itself to be pro-king.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 3d

I contributed to this!

Like the PS1? Then you'll probably want to back this book!

Pixels and Polygons 🔜 PRGE @pixelsandpolygons.net · 3d

New book alert! 32 Bit Library Greatest Hits!

Featuring contributions from @hg101.bsky.social, @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me, @elmore.zone, @drubie.bsky.social, @buttlordprimus.bsky.social, @tftblpod.bsky.social. Plus essays from @glitch.mov, @aguaspoints.bsky.social, @marcnormandin.bsky.social & more!

32 BIt Library Greatest Hits Volume 1

Chronologically rediscover 50 of the best-selling titles released on the original PlayStation. A 6" x 9" release.

www.kickstarter.com

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rudetuesday @rudetuesday.bsky.social · 3d

11 October is National Coming Out Day!

I'm not out everywhere, but I'm your queer sibling, pibling, homie and neighbor no matter where I am. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A Keith Haring artwork for National Coming Out Day: an abstract dancing human character emerges from a dark room/closet into a brightly colored room.

Text reads: NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY... OCTOBER 11-1988 NATIONAL GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATES

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes the most obvious clip is obvious for a reason.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 5d

Lisa wheeling in a lifeless Bart saying MOM, DAD, BART’S DEAD!

BART popping to life and saying DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT GOING TO ITCHY AND SCRATCHYLAND

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Scott Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 5d

Young furries, do not buy this repulsive slop

Support actual furry artists if you want silly furry merch, they're out there and they're happy to oblige, and you won't be feeding a machine looking to capitalize on your subculture

Corporate shitposting needed to be smothered in the crib, istg

Spazzy 📎 @spazzy.bsky.social · 5d

Between this and the Spirit Halloween masks, it's amusing but also the nightmare of furry going mainstream. 💀

Gross furry shirts at Spencer's. s: @R0rek (X)

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Andrew Bluett @drubie.bsky.social · 5d

Tens of thousands of people are going to lose their jobs. Love or hate them, EA is a major tent pole of the industry. This is going to have sweeping repercussions for everyone.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 5d

Analysts ponder what's next for EA after $55B buyout

"EA will likely split into sports and non-sports divisions, with some operations potentially relocated to Saudi Arabia. For studios, this means freedom from earnings calls but closer oversight from investors pursuing geopolitical objectives."

How the EA buyout diverges from the playbook

Analysts explain how the high-risk leveraged buyout will impact Electronic Arts and the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 5d

with zero notice given to anyone who had ever worked there, and who have now lost any of their work not already archived

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 5d

GameZone, a website dating back to 1994, has had its archives wiped:

aftermath.site/gamezone-video...

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 5d

trying to figure out how this fits with rfk's theory that covid was “ethnically targeted” to spare ashkenazi jews and i think the answer is just that rfk is a giant antisemite.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 6d

Collectors! Store owners! Hoarders! Help us out! @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is looking to source copies of this 1985 NES pack-in poster for fundraising reasons, and we need them asap. We already cleaned out eBay. Note that they need to be the ones that say copyright 1985, as pictured! Can pay!

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Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 6d

Ubisoft scrambling to ensure that they don’t accidentally publish something cool.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Cemetery Rozier 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 7d

Their commitment to making sure I never see this movie is commendable

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 7d

Disney promoting AI slop posters at the ‘Tron Ares’ premiere

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7d

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII

he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us