Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
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I'm still here. I'm not dead yet.
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Going to re-share some of my old posts in this thread today. Mute/share at your own discretion.
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I'm like 6 hours into Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, and really liking it.
Wrote up my first impressions and also some thoughts on whether it matters when games sand off all their "friction."
discardpile.pika.page/posts/dragon...
Wrote up my first impressions and also some thoughts on whether it matters when games sand off all their "friction."
discardpile.pika.page/posts/dragon...
Dragon Quest VII and Friction - Discard Pile
I’ve never really been able to get into Dragon Quest. The art is great, and I’m a sucker for fantasy tropes, but…none of the ones I’ve tried have ever fully grabbed me. I mostly enjoy hearing people t...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I'm like 6 hours into Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, and really liking it.
Wrote up my first impressions and also some thoughts on whether it matters when games sand off all their "friction."
discardpile.pika.page/posts/dragon...
Wrote up my first impressions and also some thoughts on whether it matters when games sand off all their "friction."
discardpile.pika.page/posts/dragon...
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If you don't use one already, it's never a bad day to set up an RSS reader.
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If you don't use one already, it's never a bad day to set up an RSS reader.
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Being able to use the internet anonymously is far more meaningful in terms of protecting people and their privacy (which very much includes children) than forcing everyone to fucking government identify themselves to every random website out there. Voluntarily doing this is disgusting and suspicious
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Being able to use the internet anonymously is far more meaningful in terms of protecting people and their privacy (which very much includes children) than forcing everyone to fucking government identify themselves to every random website out there. Voluntarily doing this is disgusting and suspicious
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018)
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018)
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment.
Developed by Obsidian Entertainment.
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I have a fever, could the internet take a break for a day?
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I have a fever, could the internet take a break for a day?
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it's beginning to look a lot like hourlies...everywhere you go...
#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
it's beginning to look a lot like hourlies...everywhere you go...
#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
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LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025
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i wrote about recent events in the interactive fiction community and how it emboldened me to fight against vibe coders and LLM slop.
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i wrote about recent events in the interactive fiction community and how it emboldened me to fight against vibe coders and LLM slop.
Mimidoshima
LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025
mimidoshima.neocities.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
i wrote about recent events in the interactive fiction community and how it emboldened me to fight against vibe coders and LLM slop.
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
i wrote about recent events in the interactive fiction community and how it emboldened me to fight against vibe coders and LLM slop.
Reposted by Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
Hirō Isono’s famous Mana Tree artwork for Secret of Mana (SNES) ❤️
February 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hirō Isono’s famous Mana Tree artwork for Secret of Mana (SNES) ❤️
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People really underestimate just how fucking cool Tetsuo Hara actually is. He is almost blind and it is about as effective against his drawing as a wet napkin against Kenshiro's iron chest. He funds children's hospitals. He said AI will never win because it can't be prepared to die like a human.
Tetsuo Hara drew these to commemorate his having filed his tax return using his smartphone. Notice how he drew both of these on the same day despite no longer really being able to see particularly well. Stuff like this makes me even more irate that the upcoming TV series will be in crap looking 3DCG
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
People really underestimate just how fucking cool Tetsuo Hara actually is. He is almost blind and it is about as effective against his drawing as a wet napkin against Kenshiro's iron chest. He funds children's hospitals. He said AI will never win because it can't be prepared to die like a human.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is $14.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3Ci2R3j
PS4/Switch physical ~$18/$22 US Dollars VGP buff.ly/3ChfPyp
PS4/Switch physical ~$18/$22 US Dollars VGP buff.ly/3ChfPyp
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is $14.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3Ci2R3j
PS4/Switch physical ~$18/$22 US Dollars VGP buff.ly/3ChfPyp
PS4/Switch physical ~$18/$22 US Dollars VGP buff.ly/3ChfPyp
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it is vital to develop a framework for human experience that isn't just "the things i and the people around me consume represent a universal marker of quality and identity" else you absolutely will become one of the boomers who talk about how important Ghostbusters is
February 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
it is vital to develop a framework for human experience that isn't just "the things i and the people around me consume represent a universal marker of quality and identity" else you absolutely will become one of the boomers who talk about how important Ghostbusters is
happy strange fake saturday to those who celebrate
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
happy strange fake saturday to those who celebrate
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I've slowly been working on series of article tracing the history of Heavy Gear, the VOTOMS-influenced tabletop game that arrived in 1995 and still exists today. The game's origins lay with a couple of early anime magazines, Protoculture Addicts and Mecha Press.
www.zimmerit.moe/protoculture...
www.zimmerit.moe/protoculture...
Mecha from Montreal, A History of Heavy Gear Ch. I: Protoculture Addicts & Mecha Press
Wearing its VOTOMS influence on its sleeve, the tabletop game Heavy Gear rose to prominence in the late ’90s. It had come, albeit indirectly, out of foundations laid in 1987 by a handful of C…
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February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I've slowly been working on series of article tracing the history of Heavy Gear, the VOTOMS-influenced tabletop game that arrived in 1995 and still exists today. The game's origins lay with a couple of early anime magazines, Protoculture Addicts and Mecha Press.
www.zimmerit.moe/protoculture...
www.zimmerit.moe/protoculture...
New 7th Stand User update where our alternate story path syncs back up with the main plot.
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59 - Oil-lamping is the New Gaslighting
Let's Play A JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Fangame
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February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
New 7th Stand User update where our alternate story path syncs back up with the main plot.
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/3-pro...
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what western indies think chrono trigger is:
time travel, big sprites, map battles, yasunori mitsuda
what chrono trigger actually is:
brisk pacing, playful tone, period context, akira toriyama
time travel, big sprites, map battles, yasunori mitsuda
what chrono trigger actually is:
brisk pacing, playful tone, period context, akira toriyama
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
what western indies think chrono trigger is:
time travel, big sprites, map battles, yasunori mitsuda
what chrono trigger actually is:
brisk pacing, playful tone, period context, akira toriyama
time travel, big sprites, map battles, yasunori mitsuda
what chrono trigger actually is:
brisk pacing, playful tone, period context, akira toriyama
Reposted by Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
Icewind Dale Cooper always saying shit like "that's a damn fine mug of potion"
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Icewind Dale Cooper always saying shit like "that's a damn fine mug of potion"
i do not regret tearing into Sea of Stars back during the cohost days
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February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
i do not regret tearing into Sea of Stars back during the cohost days
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we gotta start bullying """"""spiritual successors to chrono trigger""""""
A spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger/Cross is coming to Switch and PC and nobody is talking about it (Another Eden Begins)
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
www.resetera.com/threads/14...
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
we gotta start bullying """"""spiritual successors to chrono trigger""""""
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Reposted by Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
wrote up a couple not-full-blog-worthy thoughts on games i played in january
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Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
I played Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII.
obsidianmoonshine.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
wrote up a couple not-full-blog-worthy thoughts on games i played in january
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...
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Reposted by Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is $4.99 on US eShop buff.ly/mcr12YO
February 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is $4.99 on US eShop buff.ly/mcr12YO
Reposted by Iro | Obsidian Moonshine
wrote up a couple not-full-blog-worthy thoughts on games i played in january
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...
Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII
I played Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII.
obsidianmoonshine.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
wrote up a couple not-full-blog-worthy thoughts on games i played in january
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/4-med...