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Arentios
@arentios.bsky.social
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Hi, I'm old and boring. Mostly here for art, animals, chatting and to shoot stray thoughts into the void.

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Arentios @arentios.bsky.social · Oct 20
Hacking together one of those '10 pieces of media that influenced you' lists
5 Games: Final Fantasy X, To the Moon, Final Fantasy Tactics, Dragon Age II, Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter 5: Movies/Shows: The Fifth Element, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Liz and the Blue Bird, The Beast Player, Gundam X
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furry-hater.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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ositanwanevu.com
Domino meme: Gerardus Mercator develops a map that allows navigators at sea to chart courses across our spherical globe in straight lines, though it distorts the size of land masses far from the equator, in 1569 The obliteration of the geopolitical and economic world order in 2026
January 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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cdrom.ca
There's absolutely no on else out there writing patch notes like the Tactical Nexus developers store.steampowered.com/news/app/114...
We use a rendering engine called the “Dx Library.” This is free software, and its developer is a true saint who has provided continuous support for over 20 years—a person who could be called a living national treasure in the programming world. While the Dx Library was originally created for PCs, it has been ported to work on platforms like the Switch and PS as well. Frankly speaking, Japan's programming-related message boards are a mess. They're notorious for being an internet Gotham City where questions get answered with trash. Within this environment, the sheer burden on an individual to provide free support for over 20 years—responding daily on a Q&A board and distributing data—is immeasurable. Frankly, I think a prison sentence would be preferable. What's even more terrifying is that this Q&A board doesn't even carry ads. In Japan, even prison sentences come with some compensation. But to be unable to earn even ad revenue? To me, that's torture equivalent to solitary confinement. This is fundamentally different from the programmer of this bug-ridden game who do shitty things like “I don't want to deal with a lot of people, so I'll only listen to heavy users.” I fully understand that being liked or praised by weird people is generally unpleasant, and I'm one of those weird people. That's why I've hesitated to even mention this honestly, and haven't said much until now. But the Dx library is a genuinely virtuous engine, made with natural ingredients and organic. The bad parts of this game mostly come from us, like chemical compounds, and contain elements harmful to the human body.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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sassytealady.bsky.social
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.

It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.

No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
a mini barbie dreamhouse atop a giant (relative to the house) chicken legs
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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heatherleslie.bsky.social
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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meredithgran.com
You have just 1 week to play Perfect Tides before the sequel, Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out!

The games can be enjoyed out of order, but what better way to spend the week?

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Perfect Tides on Steam
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called is...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
This is an extremely good writeup that I agree with basically all of ponett.dog/blog/video-g...
How about Stray Children, the spiritual sequel to Moon: Remix RPG Adventure—you know, the cult classic that Toby Fox has hyped up as one of the main inspirations for Undertale—that came out this year and is only sitting at 152 total reviews on Steam with only a 79% positive rating due in large part to its high level of friction. Much like Silksong, that friction is entirely intentional, a key part of the experience that the devs wanted to create, but without the massive hype train it failed to find much of an audience. Silksong wasn't even the only ultra-hard Metroidvania this year! Zexion is out there sitting at only 250 reviews on Steam! And these are just a few examples of notable games off the top of my head. The list goes on and on.
January 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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sleepwalkingdog.bsky.social
Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
chrissteller.bsky.social Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 3d
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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gozufucker69.bsky.social
problematic rage gap. only one person in the dynamic is consumed by vengeance
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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zhugeex.com
What a joke of a country.
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
arentios.bsky.social
The QR code thing is built on top of the assumption which undergirds a lot of attempts at police reform, which is that the cops are fundamentally good. It completely collapses under any practical scrutiny, but I'm sure it sounds lovely when you live in a world of pure ideology.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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nathangrayson.bsky.social
so much of learning is encouragement, but social media — outside of exceptionally accepting communities — rarely presents people with opportunities to fail sans consequences. so instead everyone acts like they know what they’re talking about even when they don’t, and we’re all dumber for it
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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omiosures.bsky.social
cowpybara
concept art showing a cowpybara: a cow sized, extra furry capybara. the image shows two cowpybaras: one dressed & one undressed. the dressed cowpybara stands next to a man, likely its tutor or conductor. the man is outright delighted to be standing next to the cowpybara.
January 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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kibblesmith.com
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻‍🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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samperson.bsky.social
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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merrittk.com
a lot of people are being radicalized by ICE this week so please remember that the most important thing when someone comes to any kind of radical politics is to immediately scold them for doing activism wrong as someone who has been doing it much longer
January 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
arentios.bsky.social
Checking in and I'm glad that the Ikoku Nikki anime seems to be good so far? Just an all-timer excellent manga.
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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errant-signal.com
"If I leave Omelas that kid is still going to be tortured - in fact, if everyone who cares about the kid left Omelas the only people left would be kid-torturers! So in a sense, staying in Omelas is my version of walking away form Omelas.

I'm staying in Omelas to stick it to the kid torturers."
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d
I mean it’s gonna be really hard to top this one
Despite everything, I'm resisting the urge to log off X. Not because I endorse anything Musk has done, but because I refuse to let the predators win. If every woman deletes her account, what are we left with? A degenerate echo chamber where perverts and paedophiles are welcome, provided they pay an entry fee? That helps no one. In fact, I suspect that the more of us leave, the more this kind of behaviour will escalate.
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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lmichet.bsky.social
Pathologic 3 is out!!!

I did localization editing on it, with several of my friends. We polished the English language game text.

If you've ever been interested in Pathologic, you can start with this one - no need to play 2 first. (But you should play both!!!) store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/...
Steam Store
Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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gamedeveloper.bsky.social
Excellence in Narrative:

Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch & Bennett Foddy's Baby Steps

@meredithgran.com's Perfect Tides: Station to Station

@kaizengameworks.com's Promise Mascot Agency

@apthomson.bsky.social's Titanium Court

William Rous' Type Help

@thepixelhunt.bsky.social's Wednesdays
the nominees for excellence in narrative for the 2026 IGF awards.
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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sarahz.bsky.social
I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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brocktoon.bsky.social
The supplanted of 69 by 67 as the funny number is an indication of Gen Z's absence of erotic desire. In this essay I will
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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guattari2600.bsky.social
btw since we finally got a trailer and a steam page…

i am doing writing/editing on MUTASMAGORIA with @maddisonbaek.bsky.social and @gordotforrot.bsky.social!! very excited about this funny little narrative puzzle game. store.steampowered.com/app/4268040/...
Mutasmagoria on Steam
Mutasmagoria is a new narrative puzzle game from the creator of Magenta Horizon. Play as a veterinarian just starting work at a zoo in an alien world whose evolutionary paths diverged greatly from our...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM