Ich bin ganz beseelt vom Gedanken an einen Mushihimesama 1CC. Gestern erstmals gespielt und direkt überraschend gut durchgekommen. #machbar
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Meine Zunge schleudert Flammen, meine Hüften schmelzen Chrom. Highscores and gut punches. 🦭 GER/ENG | she/they
Die absolut friedlichsten Home-Invasion-Szenarien, die man sich vorstellen kann: Plötzlich stehen Prominente* vor der Tür und laden sich zum Kaffee oder Abendessen ein. Der Albtraum-Part ist, dass ich nicht mit Gästen gerechnet habe (nicht aufgeräumt, schludrig gekleidet, kaum Lebensmittel im Haus).
Magda Birkmann@magdarine.bsky.social · 2d agoWelche gängigen Stressträume träumt ihr am häufigsten? a) Jahre später Abi nachschreiben/plötzliche Abschlussprüfung und ihr wart das ganze Schuljahr nicht da b) Autofahren ohne Führerschein c) vergessenes Haustier/Baby, das ihr seit Wochen/Jahren nicht gefüttert habt d) erfolglose Klosuche
Being a parent is pretty tough, but it's all worth it for that moment, every once in a while, when you get to take your kid to the city to see a marching band and say, "Will you defeat them? Your demons and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?"
if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”
Sekiro is the most “get good” of these games and the last boss is *about* this. Genichiro internalizes bushido and gets owned. He cuts his neck so his “sword saint” grandfather can live and the second Isshin gets mildly frustrated in phase 2 he pulls out a spear and a gun. Honor is fake!
Saga Ward@sagaward.bsky.social · 4d agoAnd of course the most toxic of them take that purist mindset to the extreme. The only interesting skill worth testing here is not patience, map knowledge, lore knowledge, ingenuity, curiousity, etc.--it's reflex. Who's the fastest, the best, the sharpest. As though it's an online reflex test.
Achtsamkeit ist toll aber nichts hittet so dermaßen als wenn jemand im richtigen Moment sagt wollen wir vorm Fernseher essen
It makes people think about game skill as something more like talent, it makes them doubt their own ability to improve and stops them from engaging with games they might have otherwise, or on the other end it makes ppl over-focus on carryover skills and become entitled to getting *those* tested
One of the most consistently damaging thought patterns among players is treating skill level as static and games as exams rather than something more like instruments. You walk in with whatever skills you had, you get tested & graded and you walk out. It leads to *a lot* of negative trends
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Farewell Phantomile | A Klonoa Analysis
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Gestern den zweiten gesehen. Viel weniger slice of (bad) life, deutlich mehr Handlung und Spannungsbogen. Die Balance zwischen Komik und Horror ist unheimlich präzise – es gibt so viele kleine Momente, die *richtig* böse treffen. Und am allerwichtigsten natürlich: Fuck Keller.
VA•THAN•JA@vathanja.bsky.social · 4mo agoMeine Partnerin war gestern zugegen, als ich zum ersten Mal Castration Movie (1) geschaut habe und ihr Urteil nach ca. 2 Stunden war "Das ist ja schlimmer als Stromberg" and I mean she's not *wrong*.
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??
Ich wurde einmal mehr ins Tropenhaus eingeladen und durfte diesmal über kurze Spiele (bzw. solche, die zu kurzen Sessions einladen) sprechen, woraus sich am Ende auch ein Gespräch über Konsumgewohnheiten ergab. Inklusive gewagter Arcade-Propaganda! Hier wird eure time respectet.
Tropenhaus-Podcast@tropenhaus.bsky.social · last wk.Ausgerechnet der Film mit Überlänge, den @vathanja.bsky.social und ich kurz am Schluss erwähnen, kam der Produktion dann u. a. in die Quere. Aber nun! Kuratierte "Snackable Games"-Empfehlungen. Denn das Leben ist zu kurz für lange, schlechte Spiele. tropenhauspod.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/f...
I stopped buying CEs a while ago, but I'll make an exception for my beloved Sektori. 💖
Lost In Cult@lostincult.co.uk · last wk.Sektori from @gimblll.com is an intense,fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno. Focus up,for the quick runs have a lot of challenge and replay ability. Pre-order a Retail+ or EDITIONS version on Switch or PS5 and get the Sektori OST on CD www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/sektori
I wrote a quick song about how I don't want to make love all night because I've got work in the morning
Ein grandioses Wochenende voller Dino-Power liegt hinter mir.
Zugreisende im Großraum Hannover einfach komplett unhinged, jede*r kommt mit Fahrrad oder E-Roller ins Abteil und macht sich & sein Gefährt so breit wie möglich. Dutzende Sitz- und Stehplätze ohne jede Not blockiert …
It's my takedown of the impressively awful Silent Hill 2 movie: RETURN TO SILENT HILL!! How bad is it!? And how!? And WHY??? The shocking answer (and my cleavage) lie within this almost-exactly 2 hour long video!! youtu.be/731tXqFP0Mc
In My Restless Dreams, I See That Clown: Christophe Gans
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Reskeeting with alt text But yeah this Ive had quite a few people ask me "wait you've never used it? Why not it's so fun" and I'm there like why would I want someoen else to do the thing I love for me? Its the same as when I say I don't want players to design my world thr making is what I love!
Khealos's Gaming Table@khealos.bsky.social · last mo.Post by Will Stenberg. #Writing #amwriting #indiauthor
Does anyone else not like conversing with people becauase you know that you're going to sound like a conspiracy nut by stating demonstrably true things about how society is moving?
My opticians sent me this email and I automatically replied in my head "So that we can learn to peek ourselves up."
"What's for dinner? Chart." has finally struck graph pervert bluesky and they are reacting like vampires to sunlight lol
Lemondrop 👉 anime arbor! 📚@lipstick-lemondrop.bsky.social · 3w agoholy moly @hausofdecline.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com ???
this is one of my favourite things to do with mobygames and it's why I submit credits for indie games to it fairly regularly. you can learn a lot by tracking career trajectories or comparing staff between sequels.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2w agoWhat does it mean when we say a game studio is responsible for multiple games over many years? Can we really say the artist is the same each time? https://kotaku.com/when-is-retro-studios-no-longer-retro-studios-2000717235