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VA•THAN•JA

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Meine Zunge schleudert Flammen, meine Hüften schmelzen Chrom. Highscores and gut punches. 🦭 GER/ENG | she/they

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · Jan 1

🦭 MEDIA THREAD 2025 ☕️

Mein guter Vorsatz für das neue Jahr (abgesehen von hoffentlich vielen Übungsstunden am Klavier): Diesen Thread zu hegen und zu pflegen, um dann am Jahresende nicht schlecht zu staunen, wie viel Zeug man sich innerhalb von 365 Tagen reindübeln kann.

Let's do this! 💪

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4h

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8h

#49

FIGHT'N RAGE

A Bit Excessive: The Game (lieb gemeint). Nach dem Insane Run, einem Drittel der Enden, zwei Black Belts und ersten Erfolgen in den Time/Score/Survival Modes brauche ich jetzt erstmal eine Pause von diesem Biest. Zurecht sehr weit oben im Pantheon jüngerer Beat'em Ups.

VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 1d

#48

SINNERS

Wie spektakulär geil war DAS denn? Sound, Bilder, Tempo, Story – hier wird ohne Unterlass aus allen Rohren gefeuert. Am besten ohne Vorwissen schauen und einfach verzaubern lassen. Certified banger.

VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 1d

#47

M3GAN & M3GAN 2.0

Wo der erste Teil noch witzigen Grusel nebst milder Technikkritik auffährt, eskaliert der zweite Teil komplett Richtung Action-Comedy. Mixed results, aber points for trying! Meinen Segen hat's.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Sep 4

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 1d

Runde Robbe sagt GuMo

Runde Robbe bei Tisch. Sie schaut zufrieden drein.

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Maddison Baek @maddisonbaek.bsky.social · 2d

Ich hab nie erwartet, aber es gibt hier. Das erste deutsche Essay für mein Spiel! Was für eine Überraschung!

The Skinny Scampuss @skinnyscampuss.bsky.social · 2d

Als der einzige deutsche Magenta Horizon-Spieler, habe ich beschlossen, eine kleine Kritik dazu zu machen.

Ich hoffe ihr gebt dem Spiel eine Chance!
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Magenta Horizon rockt! Hollow Knight trifft Ninja Gaiden

YouTube video by The Skinny Scampuss

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TehSnakerer @tehsnakerer.bsky.social · 4d

Today I'm playing Urban Reign! An underloved, tough as nails PS2 beat-em-up which beat-me-down, over and over again. And it's amazing. Join Brad Hawk on the hardest 100 fights of his life to save a city he doesn't seem all that invested in.

Reposts appreciated, hope you enjoy! youtu.be/cBEuaOYPYwA

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 4d

Ja, der Account ist aktuell – ich schau nur nie rein. :D Antwort folgt sehr zeitnah!

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 5d

The dominant conversation surrounding the release of Late Night With the Devil wasn't the movie's creative successes but the dipshit decision to use AI on a few titlecards lots of artists would have been ecstatic to draw, but sure, audiences don't care, Jason.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 5d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 5d

Update: Okay, vielleicht auch nicht. Alles Übungs- und Cheesesache.

Aber ernsthaft, der Arcade Mode ist ECHT zu lang. Vielleicht mein einziger genuiner Kritikpunkt.

VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 7d

Update: Ich sage das selten, aber ich glaube, die meisten Challenges/Unlocks sind hier *way* out of my league. Humbling experience.

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Powderpaint @powderpaint.bsky.social · 7d

it’s here!!!! presenting the ‘wait’ music video in all its gay goth glory 📹🌈🦇

give it a watch!!! if you like it please share and leave us your comments or a bandcamp review we love seeing what you think 💕💕💕

youtu.be/CFsDxIts3p8?...

Wait

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8d

Update: Erster Run auf Hardest hat 3:15 Stunden gedauert (davon die Hälfte der Bossraum haha) und locker 30 Continues gekostet. Ich wollte vor einer Stunde ins Bett. This game, man.

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Han Yolo (sehr sympathisches Schwein Era) @hanyolers.bsky.social · 8d

"ok brudi wenn du meinst"

CNBC @cnbc.com · 9d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8d

can confirm

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8d

Ich habe heute mehrere kleine Besorgungen in meine Busfahrt integriert (es passte immer exakt mit den Anschlüssen) und fühle diesen smarten "Mix & Match"-Vibe aus ÖPNV-Werbungen der frühen Nullerjahre gerade komplett. What a concept!

VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8d

Wenn ihr wie ich Drama, Kitsch und Bombast liebt: hört rein.

VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 8d

icymi: The Protomen veröffentlichen nach 16-jähriger Wartezeit nun wöchentlich einen neuen Track von ACT III: THIS CITY MADE US, bis das Album gegen Ende des Jahres komplett ist und offiziell erscheint.

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Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen

2 track album

theprotomen.bandcamp.com

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 8d

I understand the people that make this site have an idea of what it’s supposed to be but it will never be trumped by “place we’re posting because twitter looks like Stormfront now.”

merritt @merrittk.com · 8d

it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted

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Rolo 🐇 @solarolai.bsky.social · 9d

These are like anti-Directs because the last thing you want is for your favourite game to show up in one

Gematsu @gematsu.com · 9d

LRG3 2025 – Limited Run Games showcase set for October 29

Limited Run Games will host games showcase LRG3 2025 on October 29, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

LRG3 2025 – Limited Run Games showcase set for October 29

Limited Run Games will host games showcase LRG3 2025 on October 29, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

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🃏 Cacodemon Crusher Clip 🃏 @clipthejester.bsky.social · 9d

Had a dream a while back in which I discovered the existence of the "Grave of the Fireflies/Super Mario World 2-in-1" for the Wii. It basically functioned as a DVD except for a "special features" section that literally only had an SNES emulator playing Mario World. It went for absurd prices on eBay

The cover for a fake Wii game consisting of both the 1988 Studio Ghibli film, Grave of the Fireflies, and Super Mario World; both are represented on the cover, the former by the poster of Seita carrying his sister Setsuko across a field and the latter by the artwork of Mario wearing a cape and riding Yoshi. The cover promises "TWO classics in ONE!".

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Nicky Flowers @nickyflowers.com · 10d

every tech company needs 1 queer person with a humanities education to tell the engineers how the world works

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POSTBOY now on BLUESKY @p0stboy.bsky.social · 10d

Kid Dracula

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VA•THAN•JA @vathanja.bsky.social · 10d

Nach ein paar Stunden mit Fight'N Rage verstehe ich jetzt, warum es neben SoR4 als bestes modernes Bmup gehandelt wird. Je nach Route bereits auf Normal ein respekteinflößender 1CC.

(Der letzte Raum ist *gemein*.)

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