iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is there any harm in using AI to work on — or entirely create — projects for the Sega Saturn and elsewhere in the retro gaming scene? Yes, PandaMonium says in this opinion column, equating such work to digital asbestos: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming

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Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos

The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Changes every so often, but I'm confident with this selection.

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Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com · 24/09/2026

Wrote about my feelings on Sora with an AR-15. I lament the decline of publishers Giving A Shit about brand image, and how this crossover is a quiet admission that KH's crossover magic no longer holds the lustre it once did in our post-MCU, Fortnite world: www.respec.net/feature/224-...

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I don't care how big Fortnite is. Sora with a gun is wrong | Respec

Is nothing sacred any more?

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lost 5 hours of progress because of Fortune's Weave stupid calendar mechanic and the fact that auto saves overwrite manual saves. Simply wonderful.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026

microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The silver lining to Wolverine being a critical disaster is that it'll hopefully deter Sony from funding more multimillion dollar projects and encourage them to dip into the AA space more often. And that it'll probably be on PS+ by Christmas.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm 20 hours into Fortune's Weave, and my opinion of this game will vary drastically depending on how it feels to start a new path after finishing another one.

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Ace Attorney @aceattorney.capcomusa.com · 20/09/2026

CELEBRATION! To commemorate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Ace Attorney series on October 12, we're sharing a brand-new illustration by series artists Kazuya Nuri and Takuro Fuse, featuring several fan favorite characters dressed to impress for the occasion!

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two hours in and yeah, Fire Emblem is already shaping to be awesome.

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Zero @scootercomputer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have an unconventional solution to the loneliness crisis and the erasure of third spaces...

Marketing graphic for Nintendo Streetpass on the 3DS. It shows white stick figures going about their days and the two in the middle are walking away from each other, one has a tote bag the other a briefcase. It shows 3DSes in their bags and green arrows forming a circle between the people. At the bottom is two 3DSes doing a wireless communication thing between them.

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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this was the awards show equivalent to “I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding" and it dying because there weren’t enough creative people followed by an ominous speech by one of the greats should be a canary in a coal mine situation

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finished Chibi-Robo for the first time and it might be the most GameCube game of all time.

Screenshot of the end credits of Chibi-Robo for the Nintendo GameCube.

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The way people talk about classic video games makes me really sad sometimes. Makes me think about the guy who said that "everything needs to be remade eventually", because I think this is an unspoken/unexplored thought in the minds of many. It's just kind of tragic to me.

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Nintendo Patents Watch @ninpatentswatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scratching my head over influencers calling OOT Link “AI” and Epona “yassified”. It seems stemming from a lack of art critique vocabulary or limited frame of reference outside of pop culture. Apart from OOT being a pun on ceramic ocarina, Aonuma said that the visual is to evoke nostalgia (懐かしさ). 1/

Side-by-side comparison of characters in Ocarina of Time remake to ceramic figurines:
In-game child Link vs. smiling child figurine
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/reference/e-260728-13/
In-game pony Epona vs. large-eyed pony figurine
https://www.lladro.com/en_us/baby-horse-figurine-en-us-01009029.html
Link Amiibo vs. sitting boy figurine
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4400642614/vintage-boy-figurine-signed-tired-ah1k
Zelda Amiibo vs sitting girl figurine
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1394819363/lladro-flower-harmony-children-with

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Local Sheep 🐏 @roccoco-co.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

level-5 used to make some of the most beautiful and charming games of my childhood. literally every game was so packed with content and love and now it's all slop. fuck AI

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

As a Yo-Kai Watch kid myself, the day Akihiro Hino steps down as CEO will be up there with the happiest days of my life.

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tiredsleepy⭐️🍒 @tiredsleepyzzz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

most of my problems could be solved with Unlimited Video Game Time

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026

DLSS 5 is just a lighting pass and not an ai hallucin--

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Getting some FOMO over both the BotW vinyl OST and Fortune's Weave CE. I guess you can't win them all.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I fear the Samus (Metroid Suit) amiibo is locked behind the collectors edition... *sighs*

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sony: we are getting rid of game discs forever fuck you Microsoft: our next console cant even read game discs fuck you Nintendo: Samus is BACK and BOY, is she HUNGRY

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domino @stopmrdomino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

this website would straight up have people killing eachother if wind waker was revealed for the first time in 2026

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Joe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seeing so many accounts saying really bad translations about the next Directs No they didn’t say the direct wouldn’t contain Nintendo Switch titles No they didn’t say the Zelda Direct would only show OoT game wise If you’re going to report on Japanese posts, learn Japanese

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Only games journalists could glance at the best games released in 2026 so far and deem them critically lukewarm.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Now that I'm done with Shadow Generations, I can confidently say that it's not only a great platformer, but easily the best Sonic game. Highly recommended.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I know that ain't Tyrese Haliburton. There's no fucking way.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Three games, very different feelings. Persona 3 is one of the most profound and beautiful games I've ever played. God of War Ragnarok is one of the most stunning and narratively interesting games I've ever played. Sonic Generations is one of the most mediocre and bland games I've ever played.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This says more about the state of this industry than any graph or spreadsheet ever will.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Farming Primo weapons in Splatoon Raiders is one of the most miserable experiences I've ever had.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You can transfer Pokémon from the original RSE on GBA all the way to ZA on Switch 2, and suddenly they are going to shut it down? Fuck. It kills my desire to replay a lot of these games knowing I won't be able to preserve my team/shinies. What a shame.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Guess I'm not human after all.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I think Fire Emblem has a Three Houses problem, which isn't a terrible issue all things considered, but it's something they need to fix.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I find it incredibly ironic that after months of hearing how Beast of Reincarnation was this ambitious game that Game Freak could finally develop without the shackles of Pokémon holding it back, it ended up reviewing roughly the same as the worst-reviewing mainline Pokémon game.

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That's a wrap on Splatoon Raiders! I think it has the best single-player gameplay in the series, but the story and music didn't quite hit the same highs for me (even though there's a ton of cool lore). The post-game seems huge though, so I guess I'll be playing for a while longer.

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Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ARMS, Snipperclips, Nintendo LABO, ASTRAL CHAIN, Ring Fit Adventure, Sushi Striker, BoxBoy, The Stretchers. There’s Mario + Rabbids and Pokopia as well if you count those. Lots of good stuff if you actually look.

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'll shut up soon, but everyone who hasn't needs to get with Yoshi & the Mysterious Book. It's one of the most interesting games Nintendo has put out in years, up there in the conversation with ToTK and Bananza - it's a game made up only of the chewy fun bits, no filler all killer

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Tony @benitez.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Played 4 hours or so of Splatoon Raiders, and yeah, this feels like a 100+ hour game already. Everything is sooo damn good.

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Nintendo Patents Watch @ninpatentswatch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Sep. issue of Nintendo Dream includes an in-depth dev interview re: Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (img 1 shows the interviewees; img 2 the clay models for development). • Tezuka was involved in the initial phase. Later he was tied up with SMB Wonder, so Nogami took over the Producer role. 1/