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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU IM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Thank you for caring about my work and thank you for all the support and sharing photos ❤️✨✨✨ (book -> linktr.ee/adhdalien/ )

Kiki (the adhd alien) is shown super happy and smiling at the bottom. At the top it says „I’m officially a bestselling author“, underneath it shows „feeling like an adhd alien“ on a list being number 10. On the side it says national bestseller category young adult.

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 26/09/2026

Been a while since I did #RandomGameSaturday so here's something that caught my eye from my NES library: it's The Magic of Scheherazade, which is a Zelda-ish action rpg except for when it becomes a Final Fantasy style turn-based rpg!

NES cartridge, The Magic of SCHEHERAZADE. Someone has scribbled "MG" in marker along the right side (fortunately not on the label though.)

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 26/09/2026

Fergus gets excited about rides

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 25/09/2026

Except for the Mariners :/

Bluesky's trending. #1: "MLB playoff race heats up"

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 25/09/2026

@brandon.insertcredit.com I'm going to be in Emeryville in November. Can you recommend some retro game stores in the Emeryville/Oakland area?

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Helios @helios096.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I wanted to post about a translation project I've been helping with releasing today! Project Metafalica 2.0 is a complete, human re-translation of the incredible 2007 PS2 game, Ar Tonelico 2! www.projectmetafalica.com

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Project Metafalica 2.0 — Ar tonelico 2 Retranslation

A complete retranslation and remaster of Ar tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica for PS2, with bugfixes and QoL features.

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Was going to make a comic about a funny ADHD situation but you know what, it wasn't funny and I cried because I'm just so exhausted before the day even starts (I have a book linktr.ee/adhdalien/)

Kiki is standing in a messy kitchen with a plunger in one hand and a stuffed crocodile in the other. She looks deflated, saying "Why did I come to the kitchen with a plunger and a croc- no you know what I don't care."

Kiki is drawn in a more detailed, black and white style, looking pretty rough and tired. Text says "ADHD isn't funny and I'm an adult and I just want to get things done. I'm tired."

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Stephen Kick ➡️ Follow me on Instagram @pripyatbeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Committing a whole lotta SiN today, who's with me?!

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 24/09/2026

Wooooo, installing Control Resonant

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 23/09/2026

Hey @plante.bsky.social you mentioned on this week's @insertcredit.com you think Wolverine might be the worst Marvel game, period. How do you feel about Silver Surfer (NES)?

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 22/09/2026

Nighthawks is OUT! When the sun sets, outcasts rise. Gather new friends, face old prejudices, and prepare to seize the night in Nighthawks, the vampire RPG where the secret is out... but the hunt continues. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/nigh...

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Deid 🔮 @deidlit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For no particular reason, I feel I should mention I updated my RPG Fan Translation Directory a few days ago with a bunch of new/missing titles, and also a very important change in the last paragraph.

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 20/09/2026

Anyone in the Seattle area want to buy a ps5? 512GB disc drive version, with extra cooling, black side panels in addition to the stock Kaiba collar, one controller, and Demon's Souls. Hasn't been turned on in 3 years. Also have FF16 but it's the fancy version and I kinda want to hang on to it.

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 20/09/2026

Turned on the pihole yesterday. #3 in our blocked domains so far is nrdp.logs.netflix.com. We don't have a netflix account.

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The Price of Reason @priceofreason.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

OKAY FINE YOU CAN HAVE A CHURU

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 17/09/2026

All this GN talk of multinationals hoovering up our personal information has got me in the mood again, this has been turned off for a while cuz it was interfering a bit too much with day-to-day stuff, but going to be experimenting with it again this weekend. Just updated the software.

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 17/09/2026

new cat just dropped!!! www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

a photo of a little tiny leopard like cat
NBC news headline: New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 17/09/2026

I am so sick and tired of the student loan rugpulls our government is inflicting on us. I was *one year* away from my loans being forgiven. Now my options are $175/mo for ten more years (plus an extra $4500 in interest) or $1500/mo for one year. Thanks, assholes.

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Saralene (Sara Leen) 💫🐈 @saralene.tv · 16/09/2026

OUT NOW! Air Management '96 (AKA Aerobiz '96) is now FULLY in English for you to play on your PlayStation 1! This game was nearly released in the west as Aerobiz 2000, then canceled. Now you can enjoy it almost as if it had! You can get the full patch NOW at RHDI! romhack.ing/database/con...

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 16/09/2026

Two weeks of using Windows for work and I'm already reminded of why I switched away from it on my personal computer, and do not regret the decision in the slightest.

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 15/09/2026

Few things more cyberpunk than trying to fall asleep to a streaming zen relaxation thing with soothing music and a more or less still, serene picture, only to have "TIME FOR A BREAK" pop up and commercials start blaring at 1.5x the volume of the relaxation thing

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 14/09/2026

Man, Steam Frame pricing is a *lot* for a snapdragon 8 device. For reference, the 16GB+1TB AYN Thor has similar specs but is only half the price. Granted the screens aren't the same (though there are still two of them) and no cameras, but still...

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 12/09/2026

So these guys arrived yesterday. Three of them still had batteries; two of those (Bomberman and Pinball) had leaked. Bomberman was relatively easy to clean once I pryed the batteries out, but Pinball needs help. It's getting a deoxit bath now, gonna charge my dremel in case I need to grind the rust.

Mini LCD games. From left to right: Bomberman, Key Pin Ball, GA-852 (appears to be Tetris), and Densha de GO! 2.

Key Pin Ball's internals. The battery terminals are soaking in Deoxit D100L.

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Michael Pavone @retrodev.com · 12/09/2026

I promised a new BlastEm release on September 11th... and it's still September 11th here in PST... by 16 minutes anyway. Presenting BlastEm 1.0.0 - supporting most of Sega's 16 and 8-bit hardware. It includes some new features and debugging improvements too www.retrodev.com/blastem/anno...

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BlastEm 1.0.0 Release Announcement

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 11/09/2026

tfw you typo "sense" as "snes" two times in a row before finally getting it right

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 10/09/2026

Updated desk now that work computer needs to share monitors with personal laptop (via kvm switch; displays are showing personal laptop in these photos.) Details in alt text.

My desktop! Two monitors and a laptop off to the left side. Also on the left: Zelda Color G&W on clock mode, a 3D printed Bender head cup containing pens, screwdrivers, etc, and a boom mic with SRW mini keychains (Gunbuster, Great Mazinger, Bryger, VF-1G, VF-1B (Skull), Xabungle) hanging from it. On the right, a fan, a bluetooth speaker/clock, the LEGO Gameboy, and a coffee mug that needs washing. Center detail in the other photo.

Center detail. Starting from the left, PS1 games (Assault Suits Valken 2, Crime Crackers, Crime Crackers 2, Cyber Org, Getter Robo Daikessen!, iS internal section, Real Robots Final Attack, Ridegear Guybrave, Ridegear Guybrave 2, Super Hero Sakusen, Super Robot Wars Alpha.) On top of those, Fortified Zone 2 and Shantae Advance. Moving further right, Undeadline (MD/GEN), Kunio Ball & Brawl Bundle (NES), Toaplan collection 1 (MD/GEN), Assault Suits Valken (SNES), Dottie Flowers (SNES), Always' Awakening (NES), Full Quiet (NES), Phantasy Star Adventure (GG), and a Pac-Man LCD mini arcade game. Also on the right are some Crime Crackers laminated "trading cards" in a case, an Anbernic RG Rotate, a Shadowgate coin, and a soldering iron peaking out behind them.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Project Dream, the SNES prototype that eventually turned into Banjo-Kazooie, had just been uploaded to the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/proj...

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RPG Site @rpgsite.net · 09/09/2026

Gloom Gate is a reaction-based action RPG from Lukas Büffel launching for the Playdate in Season Three: www.rpgsite.net/news/21338-gloom-ga…

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🔥💣SSSS.Camilleअ @getterdrill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

www.reddit.com/r/Super_Robo... Remember how I mentioned that I was one of the lead editors of a REAL SRWZ tl project? Well we just went public with recruiting for it! Please help us <3

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From the Super_Robot_Wars community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Super_Robot_Wars community

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angel @kookity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

twinbee is such a beautiful name for a cat

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 05/09/2026

Long weekend goal: finish setting up desk after the full make-room-for-work-computer teardown earlier this week. It's actually already in pretty good shape but there are still places it can be improved!

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

just want 13 sentinels on my pc finally so i can dial up the particle setting in the graphics menu all the way up "infinite and path traced" so my gpu is guaranteed to melt beyond all recognition the minute a goober gets nailed by the giant buzzsaw robot, i think games would be in a better place

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 03/09/2026

I unironically love Push - the classification of different types of psychics, the world building, the underground/unseen war aspect, it feels very similar to something like VTM but slightly more relatable. The below pitch has basically been living rent-free in my head since like 2012.

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 03/09/2026

Game pitch: Remember the movie "Push", with psychics at war between unaffiliated and the government "Division"? Imagine this in the style of Deus Ex or Alpha Protocol. Player picks a psychic type which determines their base skills, and can add a partner to make up for shortfalls.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/09/2026

That was response to

Another coyote just went viral in SoCal for being the first known coyote to capture a roadrunner. How does that make you feel?

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 03/09/2026

Was listening to the latest @insertcredit.com podcast and they were talking about good implementations of social media in games, I'd offer Ridiculous Fishing. @frankcifaldi.bsky.social @brandon.insertcredit.com

The Byrdr timeline. Maddie Avian (@ByrdrForBirds) notes "I need some fresh air. Smells like old nest in here." Jana Bealsmen (@vicebeak) notes "LOVE. THE. NEW. LOOK" (main character must have just put on a new hat.) Billy (@RodAndGunMan, the main character) notes "These lures don't have enough stink on 'em."

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Gideon Zhi @aeongenesis.net · 02/09/2026

In TYOL 2026 the Google authenticator app still does not let you group logins? There's a feature request ticket dating back to 2014? Geeeeeeez.

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Yuvi @yuvi.app · 01/09/2026

Well, it's been done! I have been able to make a mostly fully functional White Knight Chronicles 2 server! What you are seeing below is 3 friends on their first adventure in the game in over 13 years. Thanks for the help testing! @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games @nichetopic.bsky.social

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