Turn Based Carl
@turnbasedcarl.bsky.social
I love video games. 🎮 Turn based RPGs are my favorite. Playing on Xbox, Switch 2, PS5 & PC now! Big MCU fan. D&D player. ⚔️ Proud dad.
Well, there it is. Just full blown racism & prejudice on display from the President of the United States. What an example for the youth. We are truly lost if nothing is done about this.
Trump: "I've also announced a permanent pause on 3rd world migration, including from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries. I didn't say shit hole, you did. I said that to the senators, the Democrats, so they came in and they said this is totally off the record .... "
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Well, there it is. Just full blown racism & prejudice on display from the President of the United States. What an example for the youth. We are truly lost if nothing is done about this.
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The AI-generated McDonald’s Christmas ad is no longer available to watch on YouTube following backlash
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The AI-generated McDonald’s Christmas ad is no longer available to watch on YouTube following backlash
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Microsoft reportedly cut its own sales targets for Azure AI because nobody wants to use them.
Google Gemini is also sprinting ahead of Copilot in use, despite Microsoft's early advantages.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... 📉
Google Gemini is also sprinting ahead of Copilot in use, despite Microsoft's early advantages.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... 📉
Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products
A new report details how Microsoft has cut some internal goals for AI sales, why? Nobody wants to use its weak products.
www.windowscentral.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Microsoft reportedly cut its own sales targets for Azure AI because nobody wants to use them.
Google Gemini is also sprinting ahead of Copilot in use, despite Microsoft's early advantages.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... 📉
Google Gemini is also sprinting ahead of Copilot in use, despite Microsoft's early advantages.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... 📉
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A WB spokesperson confirmed that the nine WB Games Studios will join Netflix including NetherRealm, Rocksteady, Avalanche Software, and TT Games.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes...
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A WB spokesperson confirmed that the nine WB Games Studios will join Netflix including NetherRealm, Rocksteady, Avalanche Software, and TT Games.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes...
This is really cool & further pushes me away from @xbox.com because they get skipped for physical releases too often. Now that Microsoft 1st party games are all coming to Playstation, I should just go all in on PS5. 🤷♂️
The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition releases March 10, 2026!
The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition includes a PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch physical copy of the base game.
#darkestdungeon2 #darkestdungeon
The Darkest Dungeon II: Anniversary Edition includes a PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch physical copy of the base game.
#darkestdungeon2 #darkestdungeon
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is really cool & further pushes me away from @xbox.com because they get skipped for physical releases too often. Now that Microsoft 1st party games are all coming to Playstation, I should just go all in on PS5. 🤷♂️
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i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
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US best-selling hardware SKUs for week ending Nov 22, 2025, ranked on units sold:
1) NS2 Mario Kart World Bundle
2) NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System
3) PS5 Slim Digital 1 TB
So that's neat.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
1) NS2 Mario Kart World Bundle
2) NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System
3) PS5 Slim Digital 1 TB
So that's neat.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
US best-selling hardware SKUs for week ending Nov 22, 2025, ranked on units sold:
1) NS2 Mario Kart World Bundle
2) NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System
3) PS5 Slim Digital 1 TB
So that's neat.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
1) NS2 Mario Kart World Bundle
2) NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System
3) PS5 Slim Digital 1 TB
So that's neat.
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
The turn from, Biden is causing inflation & we'll fix it to, being able to afford stuff is a lie, was unexpected.
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The turn from, Biden is causing inflation & we'll fix it to, being able to afford stuff is a lie, was unexpected.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Walmart buff.ly/yBFhaTx
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everyone is here, again (but not GameStop)
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Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Video Games of 2025
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hades II
3) Donkey Kong Bananza
4) Dispatch
5) Ghost of Yotei
6) Blue Prince
7) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
8) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
9) Ball x Pit
10) ARC Raiders
rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hades II
3) Donkey Kong Bananza
4) Dispatch
5) Ghost of Yotei
6) Blue Prince
7) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
8) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
9) Ball x Pit
10) ARC Raiders
rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Video Games of 2025
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hades II
3) Donkey Kong Bananza
4) Dispatch
5) Ghost of Yotei
6) Blue Prince
7) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
8) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
9) Ball x Pit
10) ARC Raiders
rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hades II
3) Donkey Kong Bananza
4) Dispatch
5) Ghost of Yotei
6) Blue Prince
7) The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
8) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
9) Ball x Pit
10) ARC Raiders
rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
See @microsoft.com, @xboxp3.bsky.social, @bondsarahbond.bsky.social, @xbox.com, it's not that hard to condemn the use of your IP to promote hate.
Franklin the Turtle' publisher condemns Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's post featuring the character
“[He] stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity"
"We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image, which directly contradicts these values"
“[He] stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity"
"We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin's name or image, which directly contradicts these values"
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
See @microsoft.com, @xboxp3.bsky.social, @bondsarahbond.bsky.social, @xbox.com, it's not that hard to condemn the use of your IP to promote hate.
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back to MSRP ($499) at other retailers
back to MSRP ($499) at other retailers
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle is $449 at Walmart buff.ly/rCMG3GA #ad
back to MSRP ($499) at other retailers
back to MSRP ($499) at other retailers
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Google Gemini 3 has OpenAI in panic mode, as Microsoft's early advantages in AI completely evaporate.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... A "code red" situation, said an internal memo. #artificialintelligence #AI
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... A "code red" situation, said an internal memo. #artificialintelligence #AI
Microsoft's advantages in artificial intelligence evaporate — Google Gemini surges ahead, and OpenAI declares "code red" situation
Microsoft was an early success story in AI, with one of the most savvy start-up investments in tech history. However, those advantages have rapidly eroded as Google surges ahead.
www.windowscentral.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Google Gemini 3 has OpenAI in panic mode, as Microsoft's early advantages in AI completely evaporate.
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... A "code red" situation, said an internal memo. #artificialintelligence #AI
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... A "code red" situation, said an internal memo. #artificialintelligence #AI
Got these 5 Steam games for $4.45 on www.loaded.com (formerly CDkeys). Just insane deals. There's a lot more good ones for under $2 each there, you just have to spend some time looking through the list.
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Got these 5 Steam games for $4.45 on www.loaded.com (formerly CDkeys). Just insane deals. There's a lot more good ones for under $2 each there, you just have to spend some time looking through the list.
Best deal in gaming right here! Get it now!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Best deal in gaming right here! Get it now!
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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I would probably do exactly what I'm doing now, but with a lot less anxiety and stress.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I would probably do exactly what I'm doing now, but with a lot less anxiety and stress.
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I'm so exhausted with everyone and everything involved with this administration being a constant deluge of shameful stupidity.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'm so exhausted with everyone and everything involved with this administration being a constant deluge of shameful stupidity.
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“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
Biggest & most corrupt cover up in American history right here.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Biggest & most corrupt cover up in American history right here.
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Just your regular reminder that Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist
Analysis | Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
What the jury found Donald Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was in fact rape, as commonly understood, even if it didn't fit New York law's narrow definition, says Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Just your regular reminder that Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist
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Additional point: Clair Obscur's third act is a thematic loop about how delaying the inevitable isn't healthy. You may feel temporarily good, you might even feel like a God among ants, but all you're doing is becoming a rotting husk and running away from inevitability.
Seeing other narrative design people say that Clair Obscur had a bad 3rd act or bad ending(s)…I just can’t follow you there man. That shit ruled. Sorry. You break the combat wide fucking open and then get your choice of doing genocide or walking toward Omelas and saying “torturing that child rocks”
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Additional point: Clair Obscur's third act is a thematic loop about how delaying the inevitable isn't healthy. You may feel temporarily good, you might even feel like a God among ants, but all you're doing is becoming a rotting husk and running away from inevitability.
Wow. That tells you all you need to know. He wants to let Russia get away with this.
There should be no deal that doesn't include giving back all the land & returning all kidnapped kids.
In a just world it includes Putin's resignation & reparations paid to Ukraine.
There should be no deal that doesn't include giving back all the land & returning all kidnapped kids.
In a just world it includes Putin's resignation & reparations paid to Ukraine.
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Wow. That tells you all you need to know. He wants to let Russia get away with this.
There should be no deal that doesn't include giving back all the land & returning all kidnapped kids.
In a just world it includes Putin's resignation & reparations paid to Ukraine.
There should be no deal that doesn't include giving back all the land & returning all kidnapped kids.
In a just world it includes Putin's resignation & reparations paid to Ukraine.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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