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AetherNightmare

@aethernightmare.bsky.social
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🖤 Bren (they/them). 💜 30's. 🖤 VTuber & gaming Twitch streamer. 💜 Midwestern forest dweller. 🖤 Followers 18+ only please.

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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 1h
"Just adblock-", also no. Hot take, but if you want videos other than rage and slop, you NEED to financially support creators. Either by whitelisting channels for ads, or donating directly. Blockers are great for security on sketchy sites, but they're also the DEATH of small 📺's. [Also read ALT].
For full transparency, these are my videos sorted by top popularity, along with the LIFETIME earnings of each. (Aka, every penny they've EVER earned.)

My most popular video ever has 19,046 views, and has only grossed a lifetime total of $2. 
Tales Of Legendia only got caught up in the algorithm somewhat recently (post-partnership), and with 11,882 views, has still only grossed about $4. Small creators, especially those without brand partnerships or other income sources, are NOT rolling in cash like you may think. 

I don't expect anyone to do this, but unironically, if every one of my subscribers donated even $1 a month, I'd earn $14,000 a year. That is a LIFE CHANGING amount of money. As is, even with consistent multiple uploads a week, ranging from 4-16 hours of new content, my YouTube channel currently earns less than $100 a year. 

Again, this isn't meant to guilt people into donating. I'm just being 100% honest. If you think I don't deserve to earn anything, that's fine too. But don't be surprised either when YOUR favorite channel becomes unsustainable and quits. That is the bargain between viewer and creator, after all. 

I've made videos (on now defunct channels) longer than ad revenue on the site has been a thing (2009). I genuinely enjoy making content for the hell of it. But even I have felt so defeated by this system I contemplate quitting AT LEAST once a month. Because often times, getting no revenue OR views doesn't feel worth it anymore. The time and stress to create (PC issues, my environment, personal health, internet culture) outweighs the fun or benefits.

I know people don't like ads (I don't either), but if a creator is taking time to make sure you have a fair experience under the late-capitalism hell we're both under, I do think it's only fair to TRY and throw them a bone. Turn the blocker off and endure that 15 second ad every half hour, pay for Premium, or use the blocker and either buy a membership or occasionally put a tip in the jar.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 3h
(*Note that if a video is copyright claimed, like my FF13 videos, we no longer have control over ads whatsoever though.) Here's a good video breaking down in detail what that looks like, and how to go about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVp9...
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YouTube's Automatic ads are ruining the platform
YouTube video by Kruzadar Yapps
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 3h
The proliferation of ads on #YouTube lately isn't a platform thing, it's actually on the channel's end. And it's up to creators to go through all their content and manually choose better ad ratios for mid-rolls. We can't choose the ads, but we CAN* choose when they appear. [Read ALTs for details.]
A behind-the-scenes look at my YouTube video monetization settings. This is how many ads there would be on my video if I let YouTube's AI pick the placement and didn't manually trim them down. Each tick on the timeline is an ad, and there are breaks every couple of minutes throughout. Obviously this is a longer video, but ads still tend to be this frequent in short videos too. Which I personally find unacceptable. 

Originally, YouTube told creators that "ads wouldn't always play every time", but lately they do, and as such, I think it's important that creators take time to curate ad frequency and placement. Either by trimming down existing ads from the current placements (just click the trash bins on ones you want to delete), or by clicking the "Ad Break" button to ad them somewhere manually. 

Ads are also generated where the AI think it detects silence, to try not to interrupt the speaker. So consider putting in actual "ad break" sections when creating the video itself, or for gameplay like me, placing them in spots like loading screens. 

Yes, this process takes a couple minutes each time. But honestly, I think we owe it to our audiences. Meanwhile, this is what an ad-break timeline looks like when it has been manually trimmed down. Where once there was dozens of ad breaks, now there's only a tick about every half hour. 

Personally, as a Let's Play / VTuber channel, I've deliberately chosen to put my ad breaks approximately every 30 minutes for story-heavy or engaging segments, and every 60 minutes for rpg grinding or slower ones. Give or take depending on video pace, but never going above that amount. As I feel this is a relatively fair trade-off, and fits the more relaxing "I want to listen to these videos in the background" style of my channel. 

(As such, I'd really appreciate it if you'd consider whitelisting my channel if you use a workaround method. Unless I literally have no choice due to copyright claims, I try and make ad breaks on my YouTube videos to feel relatively natural for where they appear, and thus as unobtrusive as possible.)

However, many creators likely don't even realize this feature exists, and as such I think if viewers are getting bombarded by ads, it wouldn't be wrong to **POLITELY** point out that this setting exists. They may not know that their content is becoming borderline unwatchable as a result. It can be found under the "monetization" tab of each video, and is also available while the video is uploading.

YouTube's AI feature also takes a while to sniff out said ad spots, so creators need to remember to un-tick the "Automatic Ad Slots" button, even if they pick the slots manually, or the AI will just later put them all in again. What the monetization page looks like for a video that has been completely copyright-claimed. The option for ads is listed as "Ineligible", and all options to toggle settings are greyed out. 

So this video in particular might be riddled with ads, or it may have none, but I don't really have any good way of knowing. Either way, ad-wise, videos like these are beyond my control. Sorry.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah, mine is on a 2021 firmware edition so...😿 Have been told old ones aren't playing nice with one of the new Microsoft updates.
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Eevee Pokemon
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sorry, looked at the wrong thing. Looked at my build notes instead of my actual system. It's actually "ASUSTek PRIME Z590-P".
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I appreciate the offer. Though thankfully 32GB or less flash drives aren't that expensive (only about $15-30 depending on type). I just need to go get one. I also have my most important VTuber model files up in a cloud just in case. I'll have to research if my model is easy to update.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ooof. I'll start watching YouTube tutorials then. And buy a flash drive. I want to do a bunch of research first so I don't mess it up. Wish this process had been made a little more beginner friendly over all these years, like GPU's had. 🫣 I appreciate the advice though, even if I'm terrified of it.
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Nervous Red Panda Cartoon
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'll try giving that a shot.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks. Another suggestion I was given was also updating motherboard bios, though admittedly I'm terrified to do so lol. As I've heard tales of that going very wrong, and really don't want to risk my PC at a time I don't have an easy ability to back everything up. 😣
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think sleep mode is enabled, though I do have my PC set to balanced. It's a desktop without a battery, so I never bothered to mess with it.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've yet to replace the thermal paste in this PC, as temps never reported as being high. I have an AIO cooler at the ceiling of the case (along with two attached fans), as well as three regular fans in the front, and one fan in the back. Coolant temp in the pump reads at around 33°C.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I actually deliberately went lower to avoid the power unit burning the CPU issues from that time. Mine is an 11th gen Intel i7-11700K (3.6GHz, 8 cores, 16 processors). My temps also tend to sit around or under 60°C under load.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PC crash last time was a Clock_Watchdog_Timeout. Exact code 0x00000101 (0x000000000000000c, 0x0000000000000000, 0xffffe681ed051180, 0x0000000000000008). I wasn't really doing much any of these times though. Either playing a mild game, or watching a YT video. The code is for one I was idle and afk.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PC crashed again, but it didn't even generate a crash log this time. It just froze and made a buzzing noise through the mic until I manually hit the reset button. Lost about two hours of HeartGold grinding as a result. Thought updating fixed this, as it didn't happen for a while, but maybe not.
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Jigglypuff Crying
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So at best I could use Component output (720p), but most reputable cards have latency/sync issues. And my Composite/S-Video (480i) card could avoid latency, but...is VERY crunchy quality lmao. I used to run my Component card (Hauppauge 2GE) through my Elgato HD60 S, but that was its own jank.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ACIT is still a favorite game of mine too. TL;DR: PS3 has HDCP encryption that is meant to prevent the sharing of copyright movies, but also makes it impossible to record from HDMI output unless you have a device that decrypts the signal (which was also made illegal/hard to purchase in the States).
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Ratchet & Clank Future series can now supposedly run on RPCS3. I can potentially pick this LP series back up now after a 6 year hiatus, so long as my system is powerful enough to run it. I recorded TOD off of a physical PS3, but it was such a convoluted setup for not great video quality.
A Tweet from the official RPCS3 that reads:
“ALL Ratchet & Clank PS3 games can be played on PC without crashes!
-Tools of Destruction (2007)
- Quest For Booty (2008)
- A Crack In Time (2009)
- All 4 One (2011)
- QForce (2012)
- Into The Nexus (2013)”
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Pusheen @pusheen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🍂 🧡
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 26/09/2026
To make it easier, here's a dirty check if your overlay does suffer from regular injection by pasting the attached message into a twitch chat. If your chat overlay no longer has a transparent background and/or reloads (after 1 second or immediately), then it is affected.
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Paste this into your Twitch Chat
Paste this into your Twitch Chat. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 26/09/2026
Okay a tiny thread because people are going to freak out: This exploit in particular takes advantage of a special command that renders images (via attribute escape). If you have an overlay that processes images (most don't) then yes, this is your problem. Overlay must explicitly create img DOM.
A picture of the exploit, using a command that explicitly includes an image file extension, but also would escape out of the src attribute of an image such than an onerror attribute can be added to the img tag. This onerror attribute can run explicit javascript immediately.

Default behavior for most chat widgets is if you have an image it will not attempt to modify image links into actual HTML image tags. Your overlay/overlay service must explicitly be doing this for you.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Starting to have more frequent PC issues. It crashes about once a week now. This latest time when I walked away for a few minutes with nothing really even running (other than my browser just being open). Having a hard time diagnosing from the error code. Wish it would tell you the issue outright.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Please keep in mind I'm still re-editing videos from this region though, so the playlist will still have some gaps until then. But goal-wise, I still feel accomplished. Because behind the scenes I was the sickest I'd even been during this patch, so getting even just story done feels fulfilling.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Almost exactly two years later, and I've finally finished all of Natlan's MSQ. I've still got some world quests to go, and wish to backtrack to fully finish up the playlist, but burnout really hit me at the end. Even though I liked it way more than previous patches. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh yeah, I also finished Resident Evil (2002) Remaster as both Jill and Chris in my own time. And I'm about half way though RE0. I also blasted through FF1: Pixel Remaster to 100% in about 12 hours on a night I wasn't feeling good. Though I prefer the GBA Dawn of Souls / PSP Anniversary editions.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There are so many new game demos I want to play. 🥲 Another Eden Begins, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, Final Fantasy: Resonance, Flamecraft (played this tabletop with friends), and so many older ones I've STILL yet to find time for too (like FF16, RE2, and Trails in the Sky).
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IAHFY ✦ @iahfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Samus & Kirby
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels is "Young Me".
In panel one we see a young version of Sarah, the protagonist. She says, "I want to achieve great things".
In panel two we zoom in a little on young Sarah's face. She continues, "An astounding career! An amazing house! World peace!"
The title for the last two panels is "Adult Me".
In panel three we see adult Sarah, looking down.
In panel four we zoom out and see she is in front of a basil plant. She simply says "I want to grow a basil plant".
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pretty sure Windows just crashed my PC in an attempt to install a security update. At least, I hope that's all it was.
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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
wtf was that
PANEL 1: a pigeon sits happily eating a cheese sandwich
PANEL 2: the pigeon is struck by a white bolt of lightning. they are jolted into the air and they have lost their colour. the background is black. massive red text overlaying them says "SUDDENLY LOSE INTEREST IN AND MOTIVATION FOR YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES"
PANEL 3: back to normal colouring. the pigeon sits, looking traumatised, darkened with smoke. the top of their head sizzles a bit. their sandwich has fallen on the floor. they say "wh..."
PANEL 4: the pigeon flops back, crying out "whyyyyy"
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wait. Just had a thought. If they did all this in a UE5 style...uh....those "spiders" and the Shadow Temple stuff might look some kind of way. 😅 Anyways, I wonder if Link's outfit materials will change depending on where he gets it from? Like mermaid scales for the Zora, or gems for the Goron?
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm kind of mixed on the OOT style presentation overall, but Link's outfit is probably meant to be made out of woven grass, vines, and leaves; as the kokiri wouldn't have easy access to cloth fabrics the way most hylians would. It's *supposed* to stand out that he grew up deep in a forest.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Was storming all morning and I had about 6 cups (1420ml) of vanilla yogurt to use up, so I baked three protein muffin loafs. One basic, a white chocolate, and a chocolate peanut butter. Normally I make these into muffins, but I couldn't be bothered. Probably won't make any for a while though lol.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
*Bleurgh.* 🫠
Image of a digital thermometer reading 116.2°F (or 46.7°C).
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My journey into 7.0 Snezhnaya begins!🩵🪆❄️ I'm not done with the other regions yet though, so I will be recording them alongside the new zone. It's a tad bonkers for me to organize too, so just check playlists to keep properly organized for each region. #GenshinImpact #LetsPlay youtu.be/F80aVa0ei-s
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Genshin Impact ☆ Into the Wind, Into the Frigid North
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Beginning my first real journey into Persona 4 with Golden, and I'm going to see if I can finish it before the remake comes out (unlikely lmao, but I can still try). If you're down for a small town murder-mystery jprg, come join me on YouTube or Twitch! 📺👓💛 #Persona4 #VTuber youtu.be/HaRxS8W3G9U
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Persona 4 Golden ☆ 1 ☆ A Small Town Mystery In Inaba
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
PC updated despite updates being turned off, and then I couldn't even get my second monitor to work without both powering down and unplugging everything. I had just finished editing a video, so I'm not sure if it was a GPU fart or what.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Genshin 7.0 is also out now, and the first timed story event drops tomorrow so...I should really get on that. I'm really torn on whether or not to use the VTuber model for everything yet though. I will for streams and most new LP's, but older, offline LP stuff might be voice-only for now.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I did end up finishing the main story scenario for Xenoblade as well. Though I'll be taking a break before I go into Future Connected or do the rest of the side quests, because I want to finish Persona 4 Golden before the remake comes out. I think my stream layout should be fixed now too.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Been having really bad health flares on top of internet outages this week, so I've been taking time to either rest, game for myself, or record offline HeartGold episodes. (Oh, and I forgot to mention, but I did turn off the AI setting for Twitch already when the change dropped, so no worries.)
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I guess I can see what they were going for, even if they didn't stick the landing. Dante being firearm focused, and Lucia being melee (I didn't get to Trish, but I'm told she's classic DMC1). But they ran out of time in the dev cycle for story or puzzles. So I see the flaws, but also the intent.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Unpopular opinion, the coding in the game is actually pretty solid for the era it came out in, I didn't encounter glitches or anything. But the lack of any real story or narrative cohesion probably hurt it more than anything else. Because DMC1 was clunky too, and the atmosphere held it together.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My internet has been out since last night, so I haven't been able to stream or work on stuff. I did end up playing and finishing both main routes of Devil May Cry 2 in my own time though, for some reason. Idk, maybe I just wanted to play something on par with how crappy I've felt this week.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Probably not gonna stream this weekend, as I’ve been sick the past few days. I’m starting to finally recover, but I’ve pretty much been stuck in bed all week. I have so many grind projects finished and ready to go too. 😭
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Meowth is Sick: Cold, Fever, and Tired
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Idk, I just think it says a lot when every controller I own from NES to PS4 still functions, but Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox X controllers have all needed to be replaced almost annually. To the point I largely just stick with cheap 3rd party replacements anymore, because they have the same lifespan.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've recently been playing with a broken Xbox One controller where the shock absorption is gone out of two buttons, and my wrist gets fatigued shockingly fast as a result. I'm also tired of replacing controllers roughly every year due to poor build quality, when my 360 controller lasted for 10.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I kind of worry about the proposed "buttonless" PS6 controller as well, because flat or touch surfaces repeatedly being pressed like that (or having to hold your thumb in complete suspension above the pad) can be painful or even damaging to wrist nerves.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The old playthroughs for Pokemon Let's Go, Eevee and Pokemon Shield are also now fully back online.
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Forgot to update here, but I have also started a Johto-only challenge run of Pokemon HeartGold on my channel. This is also the first project I began while using a Vtubing avatar. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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AetherNightmare @aethernightmare.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I got through the lengthy fish tycoon event. Nine and a half hours later, for just this quest alone. It was a fun idea for an event, and while they gave us more days than usual to finish it...it was still waaaay too long for me. Especially as someone already behind. It also heavily spoiled the MSQ.
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