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D.W.A.P. (Ben)

@andwap.bsky.social
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He/They Game Enjoyer, Job Hunting, Very much a fan of novelty. Very Occasional Twitch Streamer. Trying to get on making videos.

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 16h
the AI industry is full of people who would automate away playing with a kitten
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WAYNERADIOTV @wayneradio.tv · 23/11/2024
Aphex Twin
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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 12h
if I had cocoa and a mug with an open handle I would have offered a mug of cocoa garnished with another cup of cocoa.
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jai @lowercasejai.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Fatfur Foods @fatfurfoods.bsky.social · 13h
Lesbian Pride Baked Goods: All baked by the ever-incredible @lavbakes.bsky.social!! * Lesbian Strawberry Pie * Lesbian Brownies * Lesbian Star Bread * Lesbian Strawberry Hand Pies ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜 Happy International Lesbian Day!!! 💜🩷🤍🧡❤️ www.reddit.com/user/lavbakes/
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erin @dracula3d.bsky.social · 23h
stealing this
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Emmeline @shirokumahi.me · 18h
had a stray thought about this, decided to check, and inflation so bad adjusted guybrush passed $50 recently fineleatherjackets.net/monkeyinflat...
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VGBoxArt Daily @vgboxartdaily.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Game: Bario Console: Nintendo Wii Created by: Kerpz Uploaded on: December 25th, 2009
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 18h
next time you're at the movie theater, don't be surprised if some of your favorite hollywood actors show up on the silver screen
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 20h
When starting Donkey Kong Land, there is a 1/8 chance the game will boot in a "paranoid ducking state" where Donkey Kong will constantly look around while ducking. This is actually a fault of the random number generator, which "locks in" to a single value and fails to be random.
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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 22h
Technically Darkseed II but I think about this line constantly:
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eBay mugs & glasses @dangmugs.bsky.social · 21h
catch the buzz 🕶️
1999 Starbucks mug reading "Catch the buzz" on a Garry Trudeau illustration of a character with coffee.
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Marcy Nabors @shadolith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
working on deltarune is hard sometimes because i can’t make jokes like “noelle being into girls was based on the phrase ‘don we now our gay apparel’” without worrying people will assume it’s true unless i wrap it in a disclaimer like this
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AltStream.Online @altstream.online · 07/10/2026
Just because the new server migration is going that doesn't stop me working! I was reviewing the information IGDB has and it allows me to also pull the AI disclosure from Steam! Cool, so let's hook that to the game search and add a nice little box to state where it uses AI for streamers and users!
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.
In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM
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courtesy.bsky.social @courtesy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Drawings of Dyna Blade gripping Kirby (he's fine with this), feeding her chicks (Kirby is there)
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026
sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.
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🔄️ Rotating Cars 🚗 @rotatingcars.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚗 Duff Truck 💿 The Simpsons: Hit & Run 🎮 Playstation 2 🗓️ 2003
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Sketti @skettikritter.bsky.social · 23h
Day 44 back at it
photograph of mushrooms growing out of some moss. one of the mushrooms is bent at a 90° angle
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ZephyFoxy @zephyfoxy.art · 07/10/2026
Misleading. The emails that were compromised were that of people with accounts on DoubleCounter or Doogle. DISCORD WAS NOT HACKED. NO DATA from Discord was leaked. If you did not have an account with DoubleCounter or Doogle, you are not affected.
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Ultra64 @superultra64.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you have important folks close to your heart, let them know you care. Spend time with them, give them a hug, anything really. Every moment is valuable. Have a goodnight. Here's hoping for a brighter tomorrow!
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Dr. Hingis ☣ @drhingis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sgreenshorts
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Dave Scheidt @davescheidt.com · 07/10/2026
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Holly @hollowtones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Holly @hollowtones.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Baronhaynes @baronhaynes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Idea by @decentdoicm.bsky.social and @mstangdoespuzzles.bsky.social
meme of a person telling a computer to say "i am alive" and responding with astonishment when it does, but they're playing Lifeline and Rio responds with "leave the room? ok" instead
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eBay mugs & glasses @dangmugs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
things could be worse...we could be trying on swimsuits 🛟
White mug with yellow and black polka-dot design and white text box reading "Things could be worse...we could be trying on swimsuits."
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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
but what IF Spyro HAD been elected president in 2000 like the psychic predicted
ad for Spyro with a screenshot of the scrungly purple dragon that reads "EXCLUSIVE REPORT Spyro breathes fire, glides, flies, and headbutts his way through graphically stunning, completely interactive worlds. Spyro rescues dragon families, collects treasure, recovers jewels and discovers hidden regions. Psychic claims, "Spyro for President in 2000!"Spyro the dragon sitting and looking horrified as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispers in his ear "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack."
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Are you guys going Trick or Treating? @areyouguysgoing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Are you guys going Jarona or Sustingus?
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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fucked up how shitty recomps have made the whole classic sonic game on PC that's just a loose sketchy executable more "realistic". That shit was absurd back when it dropped.
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milk @milkand.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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shy's video folder @shyvideos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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dominic ♻️ @crystalblisters.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
calling Hall and Oates "American citypop"
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Emma (Xfox 360) @xfox360.invoxiplaygames.uk · 07/10/2026
Grimdoomer has just released the first version of the "Peer Pressure" softmod for the Xbox 360, giving code execution at boot time, within 20 seconds, with no hardware modifications required, supporting the majority of console motherboard revisions! github.com/grimdoomer/X...
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GitHub - grimdoomer/Xbox360PeerPressure: Persistent softmod exploit for Xbox 360
Persistent softmod exploit for Xbox 360. Contribute to grimdoomer/Xbox360PeerPressure development by creating an account on GitHub.
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shy's video folder @shyvideos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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CC @cckirby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never in my life have I ever been more thankful for an emergency alert system interruption than just now when we were watching this episode of family double dare
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 07/10/2026
You ever hear them. Their noise
Shoebill drawing. There's an AK47 nozzle firing from inside its beak
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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We used to have 3rd spaces until the 1994 Crime Bill caused all Foot Clan locations to shut down nationwide
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Jakky 🍉 @jaktroose.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
waddle doo
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Cricket @cricketgutz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
nothing sexier...? Homestar Runner impression
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PolarBair, Ehrgeiz Understander @polarbair.neocities.org · 07/10/2026
mods are asleep post dordray dance
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Giant Bomb @giantbomb.com · 06/10/2026
Hey. Remember that time Acclaim wanted you to name your baby "Turok" and time the birth to coincide with Turok Evolution's release for a CHANCE at $10,000?
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're continuing to fill out our collection of Videogame Advisor, a trade magazine that covered the game business in the mid-90s. Currently up to 16 issues! archive.gamehistory.org/folder/be63c...
An article about in-store marketing from the April 1996 issue of Videogame Advisor.

"In all of our actions lies a common goal of motion. I forget the author of that phrase, but he or she has unearthed in a few words the essence of motivation. It translates on a more basic level where we are concerned with videogames, into the term we frequently use, multilevel marketing. All either concept defines is a convergence upon the ultimate transaction, where the product or service is moved into the hands of the person for whom it was made. In short, there are two lines of force that link every individual in the videogame business with every other individual, the product and the consumer.

I realize that this is an oversimplification of the way we do business, and I'm sure there are days you don't quite feel an ethereal bond with your suppliers, but it all ties into the theme for this month's article: marketing on location. The link becomes important as we discover the resources available to us and complete the chain of impetus that compels the consumer to buy.

Okay. This is all well and good, but we need to distill this even further. One of the sources I turned to for help in this matter is a company who has had its hand in nearly every tier of the marketing business for over a decade and has specifically targeted electronic entertainment in the last six years, BDS Marketing. They are the force behind such successful marketing strategies as Phillips' CD-i and the original Panasonic 3DO machine, the FZ-1. You may not be familiar with the company itself, but you positively know the products they have successfully marketed: Hagen Daas Extras ice creams and frozen yogurts, Sharp office products, the Kodak Photo CD, the Videoguide on-TV Programming Guide, and the Miracle Piano Teaching System, to name but a few."VGA Stock Report from January 1996. The top stock of the month is Matsushita, closing at 157.50. The loser is Atari, closing at 1.25.
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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still going on right now, if you want to watch the whimsy
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milk @milkand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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BLUR @blurthefur.com · 06/10/2026
Time for a breakfast of kings
Waffles covered in blue syrup. There is a can of Kraft Dinner cream soda and Capn Crunch Ocean Blue Artificially Maple Flavored Syrup beside the plate.
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maffew going to MAGFest @maffewgregg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
adults who spent their youth fighting in the playground over whether or not Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon had the better shows reading this news
a grizzled war veteran finds out peace had been declared after thirty years, wondering what it was all for
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