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the world's best obscure videogames critic, and aspirant writer of other things too he or they are both fine if you mostly post politics, even if they're good politics i probably won't follow you back. http://patreon.com/lunaticobscurity

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · Nov 7

hello, if you like obscure videogames, please consider subscribing to my patreon patreon.com/lunaticobscu... or at least looking at my blog lunaticobscurity.blogspot.com i've been reviewing them for nearly 10 years, and i'm the only one to have ever written in english about some of them!

creating The world's greatest obscure videogames review blog!

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Pixie in Jail 🔞 nsfw horrorporn @pixeljail.com · 7h

this is one reason why they're so obsessed with verification and why as creators we cannot cannot do it

it's not being done in good faith, it's just another tool to pinpoint who exactly is involved in the adult industry so they can be surgically removed from the economy

who even needs to ban porn

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 9h

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 4h

And here is Valentino, actually cast as an Italian in COBRA (his characters were generally anything but), code switching between English and Italian via gesture.

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Lina @stereoproject.bsky.social · 9h

anti-beat'emup guys get denied access to the pearly gates, i don't make the rules. actually unfathomable to me how people can hate this genre

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 3h

are there still excellent fantasy martial arts movies being made in taiwan?

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 6h

RIP to Christopher Mills — an old-school bona fide indie comics creator who did it for the love of the medium, which is the only reason to do it in the first place. He was the kind of guy who makes artist alleys worth walking, and he'll be missed.

Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 8d

I only wrote about 100 comics in my so-called career, but now that I'm dying, I'm grateful that I got to do even that. Comics are such a wonderful medium, and they've always meant so much to me.

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

i can't remember the specifics, but it's definitely the one that feels best to play

maybe i've fallen for some kind of placebo effect though

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

i don't want to sound like a prude, but this kids fantasy movie really could have done without the comedy analingus torture scene

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

guys in the 60s/70s yearning for something, but they didn't know what

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

the "a fright simulator" tagline would be really cool if they'd somehow figured out a way to make a flight sim that was also a horror game and also good

Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 12h

Fun fact: The hilarious cover for the PAL release of Ju-on: The Grudge on Wii attributes a flattering box quote to one "T. Kanazawa," providing no publication source.

Tomio Kanazawa is the senior producer for the game's European localization team; Rising Star Games.

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

did you play the "alpha renewal" version? it's a lot more fair

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 5h

hsiao lao lin is so under-appreciated

if you want a girl to play a boy in an 80s martial arts fantasy movie, there's no better choice

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CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 7h

FOX Kids promos, January 1996

Casper Series Premiere Saturday, Feb. 24th!

C-Bear and Jamal Premieres Next Saturday!

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 11h

1980 was definitely well past the heyday of comics like hotspur!

2000ad, misty, starlord and other stuff that debuted in the late 70s was making the old guard look like weird victorian throwbacks

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 11h

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Exultant Suicide

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 14h

the even more ridiculous brother of "if you don't use your birth name for every account, you are hiding sinister intentions!"

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Brian Hargrove @turfmasta.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the FTC1B 4 player board that enables the 2v2 mode in Kizuna Encounter.

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 14h

@comicscovers.bsky.social

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 14h

now i'm no emo (not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not for me), but even i feel like this event might have something of an authenticity problem 🤔

⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 15h

you really don't have to illustrate articles about fascists with pictures of their stomach-turning faces, you know.

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Japan Retro Direct @japanretrodirect.bsky.social · 15h

Tomorrow is the last day to use the discount code “BSTariffRefund”to save 15% off your order and take the sting off of the tariffs. After that, I hope that you will continue to support my store at its normal prices. I promise I will do my best to keep them as low as I can.
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Japan Retro Direct: Retro Video Games Direct From Japan

We sell Japanese video games from Nintendo, Sony, NEC, SEGA, SNK, etc. and send them right to your door.

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japmagads @japmagads.bsky.social · 15h

🕹️ 3D Kakutou Tsukuru
📚 Arcadia 28
👤 JapaneseMagazinesScans (Internet Archive)

Ad for 3D Kakutou Tsukuru from Arcadia magazine, issue 28

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calamariichi 🧃🌼 @calamariichi.bsky.social · 15h

castlevania

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nurvuss | halloween babe edition @nurvuss.bsky.social · 16h

what if it's for a mouse, now that would be cute

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 16h

Mamorukun ReCurse! is yet another revived G.Rev shoot 'em up, one with an excellent central mechanic, the mastery of which allows you to flit between scoring- and survival-focused play at will. It's also far more widely available than its previous iterations, and is the definitive edition, to boot.

Past meets present: Mamorukun ReCurse!

Another G.Rev shooter gets a (very welcome) modern update and re-release.

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 17h

you gotta expand

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