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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!! ..........IMMA STREAM GAMES HALLOWTEEN NIGHT 10 IS 👻LIVE👻 twitch.tv/skinnedteen youtube.com/@skinnedteen tiktok.com/@skinnedteen

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Midsommar May Queen

ALT: Midsommar May Queen

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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LIVE - IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE SUBTEMBER SAMHAIN SUBTACULAR SUBATHON We're nearly at our pizza goal + a game key giveaway for THE SKIN STAPLER, and if we hit all of our goals a $100 Steam gift card giveaway is on the line! twitch.tv/skinnedteen youtube.com/@skinnedteen tiktok.com/@skinnedteen

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

wait have i been playing too many solos at work, did i just never notice that the units you pick mean your allies are less likely to see those units in their shops? i did not know i could accidentally do SPA PvP oh gods

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hitting the shocked face followed by this to let everyone else know they’ll have 30-50 dudes comin’ their way shortly

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Travelyan @travelyan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

travelyan.bandcamp.com/album/modula... I thought, "if I made a video game OST, what might that sound like?" and then this happened. While it's Bandcamp Friday don't forget to pick up the other two albums I released in the past month, DYSCOMFORT and A MOMENT OF CLARITY. Thank you!

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Client Challenge

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Godsspeed with any and all recovery/healing/management for it!

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Pretty sure a second player in this lobby ran a similar strat and hit nearly 1k stacks too. Stackgon.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Played a round of Arknights’ Stronghold Protocol Alliance last night and I’m in absolute awe of this player who hit 693 stacks in Sargon and 553 stacks in Precision. I think they had two Titis and two Civilight Eternas generating about 150/75 stacks respectively each round super early. What the fuck

A screenshot of Arknight’s Stronghold Protocol Alliance game mode, showing a player that obtained 693 stacks towards the active Sargon alliance buff, 552 stacks towards the Precision alliance buff, and a couple stacks to active and inactive alliances irrelevant to this post and image. The battlefield shows a number of Sargon and Precision operators fighting a secret boss on Round ???.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I mainly drink mochas so thankfully hot chocolates have somewhat scratched that same itch, but it doesn't *quite* scratch it fully. But if I was mainly into coffees like drip or espresso/americano? I'd be at war with the responsible side of me on the regular

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Travelyan @travelyan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And now I take a break.... Here's "A Moment of Clarity" travelyan.bandcamp.com/album/a-mome...

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A Moment of Clarity, by Travelyan

15 track album

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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

LIVE - THE NEW ALBUM FROM @travelyan.bsky.social IS DEBUTING TONIGHT ON STREAM! "Dyscomfort" is out on Bandcamp in a very short amount of time, and he's gonna take over my stream and talk about it a bit before we listen! GET IN HERE. twitch.sktn.tv yt.sktn.tv

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Travelyan @travelyan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My 7th(?!) album, "Dyscomfort", will be out Friday night on my Bandcamp page and will be premiered at twitch.tv/skinnedteen around 9pm CST tomorrow if you wanna swing by then. Smashed a whole case of beer bottles in a parking lot to capture the cover photo.... Cathartic? :)

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The closest I’ve seen Windows rival this is when I tell it to Update And Then Shut Down but then it simply restarts after updating because Windows does not respect the meaning of words

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This was an actual delivery time window I received earlier this year and I’m still in awe.

A screenshot of a furniture delivery timeframe estimate. It reads: “Delivery Day: Monday, May 25th 2026. Two Hour Delivery Window: 8am to 8pm.” Indeed, the so-called two hour time window is secretly 12 hours long.

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Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

i have a disproportionately high number of trans friends and acquaintances (5) that I knew before they came out and literally 100% of them are lighter, happier versions of themselves post-transition/coming out/whatever. (some of yall are still grumpy af but less than before thank GOD jk jk jk)

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

i hope you feel better soon and/or things get better quick 💜💜💜

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 18/05/2026

Just so happy with how this game feels by now. Was rewatching an older trailer and it's already so solid here - only getting better & better You could help out a bunch with a wishlist over on Steam and a repost! store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

LIVE - Raising money for "Hope For The Day" to promote mental health help and resources. As they say, it's okay to not be okay! #ad #HFTD I have keys to give away for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss and Hell Is Us thanks to NACON, and some incentives to reach our goal! twitch.sktn.tv yt.sktn.tv

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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! I'll be raising money for Hope For The Day. Game giveaways, chaos cards, and so much more. Starting at around 8PM Central time, let's knock the goal out of the park! #HFTD #ad Tiltify link: tilt.fyi/S09NcS8aHR

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Syn @theeyesofsyn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Things are unfortunately pretty dire at the moment, anyone who supports my page will get a voice recording or pencil doodle of your choice- ko-fi.com/theeyesofsyn

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Support TheEyesofSyn

Support TheEyesofSyn on Ko-fi !

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

this gave me the idea of a post-capital utopia where everything is free and accessible but simultaneously everyone's trying to earn cool points by gambling fake currency on anything and everything. free ice cream but thousands of points being bet on which flavor you pick and if you go double-scoop

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

For me, it’s ’cause I’ve got this like social anxiety thing about “intruding” on others’ feeds. ENTIRELY a me thing though as it barely or outright does not matter.

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Deadly Osmanthus Soup is BACK ON THE MENU! @madpierrot.design · 02/03/2026

So my friend Reem's cat Maple has been going through it and has really racked up the vet bills. If you've got anything to spare, do drop it. If not, just repost this. I went through losing Bailey alone and I regret it. So let's make sure Reem doesn't feel that at all. gofundme.com/f/pay-for-maples…

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Donate to Help fund Maple’s emergency vet visit, organized by Reem Sayadi

Hi, my name is Reem. My husband and I have had a stressful week as our silly orange … Reem Sayadi needs your support for Help fund Maple’s emergency vet visit

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Next week’s headlines: “Millennials are killing the soda industry”

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

i was on team "relic of Flash internet but whatever" until the guest-cast list for one-off meows was released and uhhhhh anyways i guess i kinda forget what staying in that kinda era does to someone www.rockpapershotgun.com/edmund-mcmil...

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Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate"

We spoke to Mewgenics co-developer Edmund McMillen about putting together the game's list of internet celebrity meow cameos.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

happy birthday! 💜🎂🎈 may 34 treat you with kindness!

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

CONDITION: UNCONSCIOUS (BPM: 42)

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

it really is as good as people say it is, and i'm both thankful and mad that i waited until it was all out to watch it

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I could be forgetting an occasional one-time notification about a new banner too, and 1-2 new player exclusive things, but that’s about it. Also lmao yea about the Yostar stuff. Even among the same dev studios (not just publishers) I’m sure you’ll see interesting variance in this kinda stuff.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Yea, I couldn’t get footage of the login experience during an event but I think at worst it’s been… 4 pop ups? Daily login, daily event “pick 2/3” tickets, some other daily event login thing, and the one-time free 10-pull. Interrupts getting to the game but I don’t think any of it is shop-pushing?

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I’ve a morbid fascination with games that devour their play experiences for the sake of pushing pay systems. So yes I’ve been thinking about this damn Disney Solitaire game for like two days straight and how absolutely horrifying it is.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Free to play games usually need to make money somehow, so they usually have some element pushing the monetization - an ad, pushes towards the store, etc.; But it’s interesting to compare how different games interrupt the actual game experience for these elements.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

For a comparison point, Slay The Spire has a very slim and quick login experience. The first game decision the player makes is pretty immediate, and no popups or alerts get in the way of that. However, Slay The Spire is both a paid game and originally a PC game. (Works great on mobile though!)

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The Store notification is effectively a classic “free items in store daily” designed to have the player look briefly at the store. Arknights is not free from dark patterns - it’s a gacha game - but it also at least tries to be a game in comparison to Disney solitaire.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Arknights by contrast has one visible timer (a stamina restoring item) and one pop up. In terms of notifications, it has 4: The aforementioned stamina timer, the “Breaking News” space, items at the Base being ready to collect (the Base is arguably gameplay, long story), and a red dot on the Store.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

There’s 7 different red notifications. The Play button is there, but if that top bar is the stamina that allows/blocks progression then it requires you to scan past half the popups to check it. It’s so bad.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The original video has 8 pop ups, 4 of which seem to push towards the shop and 7 having timers for when they expire. After the pop ups, there are 13 or 14 menu options that indicate a time limit.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Arknights being a gacha game, it still has its share of dark patterns: Gacha currencies and stamina prominent, the store/gacha menu are central and sized like other items, there’s a spot showcasing items in the store. But also, that’s it: You can now outright play the game.

The main menu for the mobile tower defense gacha game Arknights. A prominent “Terminal” play button is adjacent to the game’s stamina count. Text is overlaid indicating that the game’s Missions are behind this option. Above, the game’s basic currency and two gacha currencies are displayed. Below both of these are two menu options to customize and upgrade the units and teams within the game. Below that is a section for the Store and the gacha system. Below that are the Base, Inventory, and Dailies/Weeklies/Challenges section. On the left are options, customizable visual elements, a banner showing off items in the Store, a Friends button, and an Archives button.

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This got me thinking about the standard “opening experience” for the games I play on my phone - the kinds of pop ups you see when booting a game up, and how long it takes until you can make an actual game-related decision. Starting with Arknights and it’s already funny the differences.

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skinnedteen @skinnedteen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's Bandcamp Friday! AND @travelyan.bsky.social has a new album out!! Please consider picking up "Comfort" today - 100% of the purchase money goes to the artists on Bandcamp Friday so it's a great time to buy some new music! #bandcampfriday #newmusic travelyan.bandcamp.com/album/comfort

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Comfort, by Travelyan

12 track album

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Rest well, our beloved queen 💜💜💜

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

dude this is damn good work and a damn good tribute. it's so spot-on to the original, too! hell yea to the artist, and for everything coming together! what an excellent tribute!

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

May you never have an internet issue ever again, Jesus fuck BE FREE

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Alex ☕️ @alexegan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Trains would be great economically except for the whole “interacting with The Plebians” thing that rich/upper class folk fear more than anything.

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