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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.com · 26/09/2026

I launched my own site today!! www.vgcartography.com all my game maps hi-res, links to videos, and i'm moving any commentary from my blog to get everything in one place free w/o login. tried to make it really easy to use. browse the catalog and gimme feedback!!! 🗺️👀🌐

scrollable game list with platform/tag filters for browsage

text search for game/map names also works

individual map view with pans and zoomies

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 14h

📦 How does the Internet Archive safely pack & ship archival materials? Proper handling matters when moving irreplaceable books & other library materials. Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Physical Archive tour. 📆 Oct 20 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Richmond, CA 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1997613506...

Jeremy Modell (right) explains how library materials are packed and shipped at the Internet Archive's physical archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.

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jade, whose voice is the Deluge @goblinmode.com · 01/10/2026

we're so so close to getting back on our normal recording schedule but with me buying a house and molly getting a new job and her play getting staged (see NANAY in seattle!) our lives have been super busy. but we'll be back next week! listen to 27 episodes of the show in the meantime! they're good!

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 01/10/2026

VGC spoke to former WarioWare series director Goro Abe about life after Nintendo and how teaching has given him a different perspective on game creation. www.videogameschronicle.com/guide/wariow...

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WarioWare director reveals what changed after he left Nintendo | VGC

Goro Abe says switching Nintendo for teaching has given him a new perspective on game creation…

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As promised, while we finish up injecting @espressocat.bsky.social with nanomachines, I present to a patreon'd episode, which you will have to pay (not much) for. Or, you can just message me with a sob story, and I'll unlock it for you. www.patreon.com/furidashi/po...

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Kojima's Character Arcs | Furidashi

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Kojima's Character Arcs | Furidashi

Another solocast in which a cishet white man tells you all you need to know about the motivations of female characters. More specifically, N

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Lauryn Ash @espressocat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes I was lost in the wilderness and then stranded in sickness but now I am back at mother base.

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy to report that we have Fulton recovered @espressocat.bsky.social, but she is still being debriefed by our agents. In the meanwhile, join me on journey into revolutions and deterrence in 2010's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker! open.spotify.com/episode/235O...

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145. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E12

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145. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E12

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Btw, here's "Luceros y Penumbras", the largest pop-up book ever created, currently on view at the Los Angeles Central Library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-T-...

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No one took me up on my offer, so Monday you'll be getting far too much information about the internal dynamics of revolutionary socialist movements in Central America. #metalgearsolidpeacewalker

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Are You A Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians follows the librarians who kept the doors open when the law said they shouldn't-from segregated reading rooms to freedom libraries to the branches serving our communities now" Rentable/streamable 📚 www.historysplayground.com/are-you-a-li...

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Watch Are You a Librarian | History's Playground

Rent the Are You a Librarian documentary for $3.99 and stream it for 72 hours on History's Playground.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026

Who gets to own what we create? In WHO OWNS KNOWLEDGE, host Lisa Petrides talks with Internet Archive Senior Policy Counsel Lila Bailey about knowledge as a shared cultural commons & knowledge controlled through copyright, licensing, and corporate platforms. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You people have no idea what you're in for...

Text that reads, "that’s right, Lauryn is out of commission this episode, so you’re getting a Nicholas solo cast. For those of you who have never listened to our Furidashi Classroom episodes… [AD READ MOTHERFUCKERS]"

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As is turns out, @espressocat.bsky.social is on a clandestine mission somewhere in Latin America (read: very sick) and so will be unavailable to record. If anyone wants to listen to me yell about the Sandinistas, DM me! Otherwise, I'll have a solo cast out soon (delayed).

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026

New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.

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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game

An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/09/2026

The panel examines how government websites, datasets, public health guidance & other records can be altered, removed or lost, & the role of libraries, archives & civil society in safeguarding public knowledge. #democracyslibrary #InternetArchive @merrileeiam.bsky.social @csmarcum.bsky.social

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/09/2026

Government information was meant to be distributed, & libraries play a key role in making the public record available. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Merrilee Proffitt, James Jacobs & Christopher Marcum discuss why preserving it matters. 🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the... 🧵

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NGL, that's some sad looking unagi.

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Asclepiades Menches, a scribe from ancient Egypt, is only known to history because some of his business correspondence was used to mummify a crocodile. There's an important lesson in that.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This week, PlayStation announced that it had pulled out of publishing Hideo Kojima's next game, Physint. But the company didn't give a reason. So I made some calls. Here's why PlayStation bailed and why Xbox snapped Kojima right up: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines

The legendary Japanese creator of ‘Death Stranding’ will take his new game to Xbox

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jade, whose voice is the Deluge @goblinmode.com · 11/09/2026

this episode thankfully brought to you by audacity's snapshot feature because the day after we recorded this i restarted my computer without saving the file and had a brief moment of terror as i thought that the episode was gone forever. haha, glad that didn't happen!

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Codex Entries @codexentries.com · 10/09/2026

In this episode Chalice and Ivy go to Orzammar. We receive a cold welcome (Chalice especially) as we discover a city in crisis, are forced to pick between two not-so-great options for king, run up against the caste system and, as is almost always the case: get into some gladiatorial combat.

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Dragon Age: Origins - Episode 27 - I'm Back in the Nug Game! - Codex Entries

We go to Orzammar. Content warnings: General fantasy violence, fantasy racism, sexism, torture and body mutilation. You can support us on Ko-fi and gain access to our newsletter, bonus episodes, and ...

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Eike Exner @eikeexner.com · 07/09/2026

1940s Naruto run

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 07/09/2026

the most realistic part of the metal gear saga is the military industrial complex's dogged, decades-long dedication to developing and testing a weapon that has never, ever, ever won a fight

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jade, whose voice is the Deluge @goblinmode.com · 03/09/2026

we can't let the people who listen to podcasts at 2x speed rule the world ....

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Scrappy Shark @heyitsscrappy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

gotta bring up my favorite episode of the Kardashians

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Which implies the existence of a Cruel Angel's Occasional Paper, Cruel Angel's Preprint, Cruel Angel's Book Review, etc.

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jade, whose voice is the Deluge @goblinmode.com · 01/09/2026

first mortgage payment was due today and WOW did you know that everything in the world is so expensive?? & i still have credit card debt. it sucks! if you support the show for as little as $1/month you will help me+my cohost continue to survive in the seattle sprawl without having to work in tech.

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I remember when two decades ago Amazon just up and removed purchased books from people's Kindles and they immediately backtracked due to the uproar. Now, it's just, "actually if you think you own anything, you're a fucking idiot."

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🌑 @fell.energy · 01/09/2026

i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New stream with better settings. Things are going great! www.youtube.com/watch?v=euNA...

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Office Hours Take 2

YouTube video by Furidashi Podcast

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And if that's not enough for you, I will be holding office hours over on Youtube, Fridays 6-8 CDT/CST, if you need help with your Metal Gear homework! I'll be there if a hundred people show up or none at all! Just like my office hours when I was teaching! www.youtube.com/channel/UCIm...

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Furidashi Podcast

Channel of the game design podcast, Furidashi Game Design Academy, where talk about game design discourse combining the fundamentals of game design and the critical thinking of university. Join us as...

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And on our bonus episode, we muse as to whether Kojima is trapped in a toxic relationship with Metal Gear that he just can't seem to quit! www.patreon.com/furidashi/po...

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Why Are We Still Playing Metal Gear?! | Furidashi

it feels like Kojima is in a toxic relationship with Metal Gear. Despite founding a new studio, creating a new IP, a new direction in game d

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ladies, Gentlemen, and NB Friends! May I introduce to you a podded cast of Metal Gear Solid 7 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach! In which, gameplay is 😀 and story is 🫠! ...with yours truly and the great, the only @espressocat.bsky.social ! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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144. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E11

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

UM has one of the best collections of original hardware outside of the Strong Museum in Rochester. Plus, if you're in Ann Arbor, it's 100% free to use!

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For all who celebrate... [Codec ringing]

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Lauryn Ash @espressocat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Note. I haven’t finished the story yet but am eagerly plugging ahead rebuilding all the roads I can. And people are using them! 🥹 Who needs transponders when you have an insane desire to pave along in your Tonka truck?

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144. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025) | Year of Metal Gear | S6E11

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nicholas theisen @academicality.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Coming soon to a podcast near you!

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When it comes to signing open letters about academic freedom, “We have to take a principled stand!” doesn’t work if there have been loads of other much more obvious and serious instances of violations of academic freedom to which you said absolutely nothing.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason.

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