The Sound Defense

@thesounddefense.bsky.social

Thoughts about gaming, politics, comedy, cooking and other such. Also I named Sharknado 2 and I'll never do anything else as important in my life.

What this piece says—and then derangedly refuses to hear itself saying!!—is that seniors spend less money because the American work force got its stable, guaranteed pensions taken away and replaced with personal investment savings. And then it wonders why they're risk-averse with the money!

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 18h ago

The third piece I’ve read in as many days “concerned” that Americans are ”sitting on capital” that needs to be “freed up”. www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...

This is the most back we've ever been. Not just the original Crazy Box run, but an entire concert aside from that, filled with kick-ass music to exemplify the spirit of Crazy Taxi and the 90's. Tune in, donate, and rock out!

2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com@2dos.dk64randomizer.com · last wk.

It is my pleasure to announce that the Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band is BACK! See you at @magfast.org 2027! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Bj... @magfest.org @keizaron.bsky.social @metallama.bsky.social @thesounddefense.bsky.social @chuckles825.bsky.social

The cat's out of the bag. This is why I'm not gonna be going to AGDQ this time around. Limiter Cut is making a HUGE appearance at MAGfest 2027 in January. We'll not only be reprising the original Crazy Taxi run, but we will have AMAZING bonus content like a FULL CONCERT and EXTRA GAMES.

2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com@2dos.dk64randomizer.com · last wk.

It is my pleasure to announce that the Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band is BACK! See you at @magfast.org 2027! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Bj... @magfest.org @keizaron.bsky.social @metallama.bsky.social @thesounddefense.bsky.social @chuckles825.bsky.social

We are SO EXCITED to announce the first official speedrun of magFAST at @magfest.org 2027! 2dos, Keizaron, Metallama, SoundDefense, and Chuckles are going to put on an AMAZING show, all to help raise money for @childsplaycharity.bsky.social! MAGFest 2027 is January 7-10th in National Harbor, MD!

2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com@2dos.dk64randomizer.com · last wk.

It is my pleasure to announce that the Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band is BACK! See you at @magfast.org 2027! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Bj... @magfest.org @keizaron.bsky.social @metallama.bsky.social @thesounddefense.bsky.social @chuckles825.bsky.social

"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I think you said he was wanted for trafficking? REPORTER: Traffic infractions MULLIN: Traffic infractions. Okay. I haven't seen the case. Keep in mind, Biden ...

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

kayinnasaki

written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with  those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

I feel like Arnold was the one guy to truly hold the republican line about what the great goodness of America means in his heart and when they stopped pretending to believe any of it he looked around and was like fuck it I’m Bernie I guess

Jason Linkins@dceiver.bsky.social · 3w ago

"We're told some of the attendees were shocked the former Republican governor would host Raman, a democratic socialist. But after hearing her pitch for tackling L.A.'s problems, some who came in skeptical walked away impressed." www.tmz.com/2026/09/25/a...

BREAKING: The Trump administration’s third-country removal policy is blocked. The First Circuit says the third-country removal final judgment from Judge Murphy is back in effect. “Consistent with this court's September 18, 2026, Judgment, the March 16, 2026, stay pending appeal is dissolved.”

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4w ago

NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...

You'll *never* get meaningful legislative work done besides CRs and shit you can slide by. Trump will turn anything of value *into a shakedown racket*, only do things you want to kill with him. So, there's time to do impeachments! All bad news cycles, just keep them coming one after another.