For anyone else preparing to enter the Yasmine Zone today in SF6, your local fighting game SJ here recommends that you try not to immediately jump into ranked with her. Sit down in training mode, feel out your buttons, maybe play some casual matches or sets with friends first. (1/3)

fighting game indie devs who follow me (or other interested people): i and several other indie fg devs are making a new public discord server to discuss making fighting games. we've already got some events set up (like a monthly marketing meeting), feel free to join. discord.gg/QQp3mwdfHW

Every time someone says this like Mastodon is any better about this, I whip out this gem:

The Whiteness of Mastodon

A conversation with Dr. Johnathan Flowers about Elon Musk's changes at Twitter and the dynamics on Mastodon, the decentralized alternative.

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@bachlvrdwb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Well. Guess it is back to...Mastodon? I won't stick around for yet another nazi invasion any more than I did with Twitter

This is due on the 9th. Anything helps!

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I was able to pay off a good chunk of the bill with the funds I received from people. All I have is a little over $300 to go, and then I can separate from Verizon. Anything helps 🖤 ko-fi.com/breeedo/goal...

Truthfully this goes for more than just fighting games, too. If your friend really likes JJK, you don't get them into Hunter x Hunter by telling them JJK sucked and they need to watch a "real anime", you say "hey if you like weird powers, try this show out". This is socialization 101. (4/4)

Leaving aside that the old games are still around & still have communities, you don't bring new blood into that space by going "well, now it's time for you to graduate to Real Guilty/Melty, come play Xrd/AACC". Meet people where they're at instead of being an asshat about it. (3/4)

You have to remember that for some people the new stuff is their first serious exposure to fighting games. It's fine if you, personally, do not vibe with the game because of its design philosophy, but excessively shitting on the new thing will not interest people in trying your old favorite. (2/4)

(To be explicit: this is not a subpost.) When I was responding to a post from earlier today I expressed the sentiment that when people shit on Strive or GBVS for being "too e-sports/too safe", I get a little frustrated, not because I want to force people to like things they don't like, but-- (1/4)

(To be explicit: this is not a subpost.) When I was responding to a post from earlier today I expressed the sentiment that when people shit on Strive or GBVS for being "too e-sports/too safe", I get a little frustrated, not because I want to force people to like things they don't like, but-- (1/4)

devil may cry 5 ep.5/final: the (red grave) city of brotherly love let's put an end...to this sibling rivalry. and if we finish early enough? shit, let's be vorgil twitch.tv/sjhdoesgames

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So many bodegas in my neighborhood have fallen back on this type of shit, it's so bad. I think like one shop held out and I pray they keep on holding out.

Khristoff@khristofflee.bsky.social · 3d ago

Like you couldn’t just get pictures of your food??!!?!

I know that waxing nostalgic can be dangerous but this kind of menu design both takes me back & hits so good. I can't describe the feeling to anyone who wasn't here for it, but it's just the right mix of "of its time" & "stepping into a new frontier" combined with "WE KNOW OUR THEME COLORS"

TransWitchSammy (#1 Koudelka Fan) 🏳️‍⚧️@transwitchsammy.bsky.social · 4d ago

Pal demo/prototype of FFX dumped today and I love the menu and thank you for playing screens I live for this shit

This goes hard

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nothing has come through like. at all and my friend had to go into further debt on top of being in the negatives to get our service back on. can i please get help raising the $103 to get nem out of the red and pay back debt thatd b reeally helpful 🙏🏼 #BIPOCMA #MAV bsky.app/profile/stem...

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Sorry if you pick something I don't know too tough lol

Look, I got hit with my first "unc" (the actual, real meaning of the word. IYKYK. If you call it "Gen Z slang" I'm going to Rider Kick you) recently by someone black, and being honest? Truly? It didn't feel that bad. If anything I think it's a little premature, I'm only just turning 35 this year lol

Phat Bottom Betty@the-cigar-girl.blacksky.app · 4d ago

Millennials are struggling to grasp the fact that WE are “old” to the Gen Z’ers Y’all… it is okay. I promise. Age is a blessing! Y’all having meltdowns cause the kids saying we were born in the 1900’s…. they aren’t lying. Get a grip!

Brown clay rolled with red, just with a little more weight on the brown and a pinch of sun-kissing on top of it.

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ@soberthots.blacksky.app · 9mo ago

Fun challenge. Black people describe your skin tone without using food as a descriptor.

let's close out fighting friday in july with some pro chefery. guilty gear strive & maybe some sf6 for fighting friday tonight, before it's YASMINE DAY NEXT WEEK twitch.tv/sjhdoesgames

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Claude and other AI’s words were trained by Kenyan/ Nigerian/ Ghanaian people and there are known linguistic carry through to AAVE and multiple Caribbean Patois and dialects So are Black writers sounding like AI or is AI being used to punish the people who make it and keep them from benefitting

Going to share this one more time— Ko-Fi fundraiser page for July’s monthly dues ko-fi.com/bobbeigh/goa... I have an incentive for goal! If met, I will be streaming high-difficulty PERMADEATH RANDOMIZERS of Dark Souls, Bloodstained and Resident Evil for a full week! I appreciate the support!✨💜

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Am I such a sucker for Touhou Project stuff that I'll actually reinstall PSO2 NGS just for a shot at getting a Youmu Yukkuri mag and her outfit too... FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

LRP: this is why I scorn the concept of cringe. If you being a sincere creative doesn't involve you doing harm to others by being a bigot or something, be sincere, even if it means being cringe. Sincerity being poison to the fash is a big part of why they're Like That. Don't be like them.

I think one of the biggest issues plaguing young creative these days is sincerity, or rather lack thereof. Oftentimes I see artists, creators, whatever, mask their feelings and emotions underneath layers of irony in an effort to shield themselves from being perceived, and it makes me sad.

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Gonna try not to get too deeply into it, but the conversation about how tough it was being into anime when I was coming up combined with a video I was watching about Dreamcon recently really has me thinking about communities & people & expectations all over again. (1/4)

1 minute of the Beach Court theme from Street Hoop because @videogamebeach.bsky.social posted the Beach Court from Hard Dunk and I could not find a quality upload of this one.

Finally all the appliances are doing the things they're supposed to be doing, but getting to the finish line also cut into some other expenses. Thank you all for your support so far!

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By the way, if you look at the '24 and '25 charts downthread, Godot was at 19% in '24 and 37% in '25. Double-digit jumps in usage over two consecutive years is pretty goddamn impressive and as a Godot shill this brings me deep joy lmao.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit.com · last wk.

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%