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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 4h

Man, the things you wake up to, huh?

The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 13h

#inktober2025 DAY 14: "TRUNK"

NAME: Mary-Beth Meredith
JOB: Zoo Accountant
NEW APARTMENT STATUS: Not Quite Furnished Enough
BUDGET: Haaaa!
INTEREST IN BUYING THIS SECOND-HAND STEREO SHE SAW ON GUMLIST: Rapidly Deteriorating

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 18h

Committing a dangerous, high wire act (staying at the pub after open mic night starts)

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Pita @pita-m.bsky.social · 23h

A few last minute edits, and my little 32x32px Doom sprite collection is complete. ✌️

(mostly) 32x32px fan sprites of the classic Doom monsters. The Cyberdemon is 40x40px; the Spider Mastermind is 64x40px.

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revenant @notrevenant.bsky.social · 1d

forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.ph...

wrote up a bit of info on a less common US revision of Micro Machines for the NES, featuring a pretty nasty bug, discovered just a little too late and then worked around by using a PLD to patch a single *bit*. this is what day one patches looked like in 1991!

front view of a NES cartridge PCB, featuring ROM, RAM, and two logic chips

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 1d

moving the dial on the bastard robot past “sci-fi action”, past “anime ova”, briefly pausing on “mascot platformer” before finally deciding on the forgotten, forbidden genre of “mcdonalds placemat”

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 1d

#inktober2025 DAY 13: "DRINK"

NAME: Doc Tenner
JOB: Navigator/Bartender/Marksman/Not A Doctor (long story)
BARISTA SKILLS: Deadset none.
MULTITASKING SKILLS: Honestly, minimal.
MARKSMAN SKILLS: Good enough to get away with the rest.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 1d

photo taken a quarter second before a really gobby sneeze

The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 1d

hoping to return to streaming this week what with next fest and all, though RL stuff is suddenly becoming very busy. i'll keep you posted.

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No Context Achewood @achewoodnc.bsky.social · 2d

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 2d

#inktober2025 DAY 12: "SHREDDED"

NAME: Diggy
SHORT FOR: Indigo
JOB: Laying Around Looking Cute
SOFA PRICE: Tear-Inducing
HEY, WHERE'D DIGGY GO: Oh, he, uh, he must've ran away in the dead of night. Yeah, uh, shame.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 2d

This one ain’t bad, though. Buttons are a little weird, but the stick itself has a lot of throw and feels very smooth. If these guys keep making peripherals, they’re gonna go places.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 3d

oh do i get to post my Ultimate CRT Filter gif again

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 3d

One thing software emulation or MiSTER based attempts to recreate classic computers will never truly be able to capture is how goddamn STIFF the controllers were. Completing a level of HERO or Jetpac on these bad boys was like pushing shit uphill.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 3d

Huh, wonder what triggered it.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 4d

you could probably write a book about the worms series' struggles to try and find its own identity post-1999. i will not do it myself, though, because i am lazy.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 4d

incredibly shocked to learn that team17 ARE apparently still developing games internally after this misjudged mess and haven't just become british tinybuild

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 4d

WHY ARE YOU COMBINING TWO DAYS INTO ONE WORSE-THAN-USUAL POST: I've got a lot going on this weekend, man.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 4d

#inktober2025 DAY 10: "SWEEP" AND DAY 11: "STING"

NAME: Maureen MacGuffin
JOB: Accountant
GAMBLER?: Only for the Big Race, and occasionally the Powerball.
THE BIG RACE?: You know, the one with the animals and stuff.

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 5d

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 5d

#inktober2025 DAY 9: "HEAVY"

NAME: Antipope Anastasius III Bibliothecarius
JOB: Bouncer at "The Gen"
TOLERANCE FOR BS: Depends on the Moon Phase
HOBBIES: Lawn Bowls, Lawn Darts, Lawn Maintenance

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Mar 4

samurai-ghost, magazine screenshot, turbografx-16 (1993) archive.org/details/vide...

long red haired protagonist, blue clothing/armour, sword wandering through the 'hurting zone', water, hills/mountains in the background.

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The Kinsie @thekinsie.com · 6d

#inktober2025 DAY 8: "RECKLESS"

NAME: Vinny Wembley III
JOB: No Longer Relevant
WITNESSES: Changed Forever
CORONER'S REPORT: I didn't know you could fit that many fireworks up there... Well, I suppose you can't.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 7d

Upscaling graphics might not sound like a big deal, except that MK4 has NEVER been emulated correctly until now. This is awesome

Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 7d

We've enhanced MK4's graphics with 2x and 4x rendering modes, which give the 1997 arcade original a smooth, modern look. It's entirely optional -- run at the original resolution with the CRT filter for authenticity!

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