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Dave Smith

@mowdownjoe.bsky.social

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Techie guy. Software Engineer. Moderator for @loadingreadyrun.com's Discord. #actuallyAutistic. Goes by he/him. NJ born. May work at a major bank. Will fill your feed with weekly-ish cat photos. My views are mine and you cannot have them.

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Define your music taste in 8 artists:

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
They Might Be Giants
Anamanaguchi
Nine Inch Nails
Babymetal
The Beths
Chipzel
Queen

Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 1d

Define your music taste in eight artists:
Boards of Canada
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Horse Lords
Fat White Family
Magdalena Bay
Radiohead
Men I Trust
Pink Floyd

(just thinking about this was stressful, ha ha ha 😅)

Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 1d

Define your music taste in eight artists:
OK Go
Steely Dan
The Beatles
Sum 41
Beastie Boys
The All-American Rejects
Huey Lewis and the News
John Williams

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · 16h

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Damn... King Gizz backed by an orchestra slaps. I need more of this in my ears.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live in New York '25 (Orchestra Night)

YouTube video by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · 21d

I love this VOID, and I'm glad my parents take good care of him. #caturday

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 24d

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · 27d

Congrats! I held off on doing that until I completed Shakra's quest, and she helped me during it. That helped a lot.

... Wish that help was there for some of the act 3 stuff.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · 28d

My son decided to be a snuggle bug for once, plopping down next to me in bed. #caturday

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 17

Act 2 is fun. You have the tools to just find all these cool places that you're never directed to... And the poison swamp, because Team Cherry are masochists that love From Software.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yeah, I'm glad to have waited to play it until I had a Switch 2. That did a lot to brute force away the performance issues, and I got to enjoy a pretty sweet game underneath it all.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 13

For #caturday, my boy has had a rough week.

A grey striped tabby cat with a purple bandage on his front left leg.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yep. Left my kitty with the vet yesterday. UT obstruction. Hoping he gets better. I'll have a whole day without that fur ball following me around. I hope he's okay.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Does this count as my late #caturday post? I just want this boy to feel better. 😔

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just sitting in a vet lobby with my fur child who may have an upset tummy due to eating the tag off of my bae's labubu. I guess AMA?

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 31

My boy sometimes has an attitude problem. #caturday

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wait, when did this happen? I've been home on Wi-Fi most of the day, so I never noticed.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

a witch 's broom with stars coming out of it on a white background

ALT: a witch 's broom with stars coming out of it on a white background

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hurts to see this happen to a former Met.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 22

Well, this is going on my "to watch" list.

They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Dig this--They Might Be Giants performing a live set on KEXP!

youtu.be/EBXpmwI1rIg?...

They Might Be Giants - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Apparently, they're letting an indie studio who has made some decent 3D platformers just have a go with the IP. So maybe it won't be bad!

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't know if I should grab the clown makeup here.

Team Cherry @teamcherry.bsky.social · Aug 19

The countdown is on!

Join us in 48 hours for a special announcement about Hollow Knight: Silksong!

Premiering here: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c

Hollow Knight: Silksong - Special Announcement

YouTube video by Team Cherry

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Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 17

I wish my baby would eat from his new bowl. I ultimately gave him back his old bowl.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 17

They're not even quoting the article correctly, apparently. That segment of the list is really 11-15. (Porn and "the manosphere" rate much higher.)

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 16

To be fair, it's a little bit more challenging to do that in live action because... Well, people age. Also, some of the young talent was becoming very in-demand. (Hi, Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop!)

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 15

Orange Box. Who didn't start on Steam there?
Audiosurf. Remember when we still kept our music collection locally?
Beyond Good and Evil. A classic.
The Telltale Sam & Max games. Yep, that was a good bundle of comedic value.
Penny Arcade's first "On the Rainslick" game? That surprised me.

Dave Smith @mowdownjoe.bsky.social · Aug 10

Late #caturday. Vacation prep is always a challenge for my son.