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Ryan Bloom

@blazehedgehog.bltn.net
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Too weird to live, too rare to die. I created Sagexpo.org a long time ago, dabbling in game development for 20+ years. They used to pay me to write. People seem to like my Youtube videos. blazehedgehog.bltn.net

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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 1h
Love it when my grocery delivery doesn't include the one thing that I was going to eat on for dinner for three days out of the next week.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026
We maintain that there's no way to implement age verification without compromising sensitive data. Those who choose to opt out of this get a censored experience. A reminder: the leaders pushing for age verification broadly aren't doing so for child safety. Their aim is information control.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026
Despite major outrage from users when they initially rolled out age verification systems, Discord plans to make all accounts teen by default GLOBALLY & you have to scan your face or upload an ID to prove you aren't one. www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-b...
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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.
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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 22h
correct, you should not attempt to launch a game like deadlock in 2026 without all of those things.
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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 7h
I don't feel like you need a particularly experienced nose to sniff out PR puff pieces, but, like If you can't tell somehow, I do feel like that you need to work on whatever muscle is preventing you from recognizing it.
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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 5h
explains why nobody is buying one
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 22h
From: Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Golden Bird (1987), dir. Toshio Hirata, Toei Doga/Madhouse
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 1h
if you are a PR person who’s heard about or worked somewhere that uses AI this way—or a journo who’s been on the receiving end—my DMs are open, I’m nathangrayson.666 on signal, and my protonmail is aftermathdotsite@proton.me
a video of twitch ceo dan clancy saying that twitch uses AI to identify streamers that may not match a brand with a comment from kirk mckeand noting that “PR people also do this to research journalists when allocating code and opportunities”
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 20h
Tonight's Entertainment: Oculus letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...
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A ★★★★★ review of Oculus (2013)
I feel like there's a process to filmmaking, in the sense that either you are making a movie that is totally new and showing the audience something they've never seen before, or you have to retread so...
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Recession indicator
A box of Hamburger helper. At the top it says to try using hot dogs instead of ground beef
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 20h
Tonight's Entertainment: Oculus letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...
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A ★★★★★ review of Oculus (2013)
I feel like there's a process to filmmaking, in the sense that either you are making a movie that is totally new and showing the audience something they've never seen before, or you have to retread so...
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 20h
Nice Ice Baby — 8:54 PM
dont waste your time blaze you gotta catch up on every single movie in FORTNITEMARES so you understand the lore and implications
watch FNAF2. watch every Freddy Krueger movie. Watch Obsession. Watch, uhh, universal park stuff involving Beetlejuice. also the musical.
the purge.
every chucky movie to manifest him into Fortnite this year cuz i really have a feeling hes not happening now

Blaze [SAGE],  — 9:05 PM
I saw FNAF1 and that was enough. I am curious about FNAF2 but more in the "I want to see the bottom of this barrel" way
I could probably watch an Elm Street. I'm curious. I've thought about it.
Matt showed me Freddy vs. Jason when he flew out to Nevada after my mom died and that was pretty fun
I would absolutely watch the Beetlejuice musical and have actually tried but all that exists are bootleg recordings with really bad audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHbwFSqxLqg
this is fun though

Nice Ice Baby — 9:09 PM
sorry in for a penny in for a pound you gotta see fnaf2 right now

Blaze [SAGE],  — 9:13 PM
joke's on you they don't make pennys anymore
:smug:
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 29/09/2026
Tonight's Entertainment: A Field in England letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...
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A ★★★ review of A Field in England (2013)
This is just, like, 10 or 15% too experimental art film for my tastes. I can't deny that there's something captivating here, but it's one of those movies that almost doesn't want you to understand it....
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A SPEEDY CERVICHE PLUSH IN 2026
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 29/09/2026
A fine vintage
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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 29/09/2026
I find it funny when people talk about how games are this art form that can make you feel emotions, but then you bring up something like wanting more games to have timers & people will say its bad design "because it makes me anxious" So emotions only allowed through story, not gameplay. Got it lol.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Free newsletter: When will the AI bubble burst? When the money runs out. Raising debt for AI data centers is becoming untenable, infrastructure break-even points keep getting further away, and many of VC's AI investments look like dead money. www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter, and you can subscribe on the following links: $70 a year, $18 a quarter, or $7 a month. In return you get a weekly premium…
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 29/09/2026
Used to know a guy who only used the internet through his Dreamcast. Didn't have a computer until, like, early 2010s. Anything is possible.
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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting.
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🖤 Ina! ❤️ @ina-strangeworld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is a random ass room you'd find in the shinra building in og FFVII and checking a specific one of these would have you find a potion
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jade's gallery @gallery.oat.zone · 29/09/2026
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Alfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 24/09/2026
Pet project: 1) Advanced PS1/N64 game extraction (+all animations). 2) Website where you can browse and compare models, textures, animations, FMVs, for preservation. Already have FF7, Mega Man Legends 1 and 2 and MediEvil fully ripped. #FF7 #FinalFantasy #FFVII #PS1 #PSX #RetroGame #N64
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Ryan Vance @ryanvance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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geckowo @geckowo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Alice Lia Maro @slimelia.uk · 29/09/2026
when women cheat on their husbands we're always so quick to denounce them, but sometimes it's more complicated than that. maybe they have good reasons for doing so, like they really reallyyyyy wanted to, or they were bored. Don't be so quick to judge. #BeKind
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Ellie Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 29/09/2026
The pay me in shoiks
The famous "they pay me in woims" Nancy comic but edited.
First panel is Nancy talking to teams femme Sluggo with shoulder length hair with a bow in,  and wearing a she/her badge: "I hear you're working at the Ikea". The bait shop has been edited to have 2 IKEA logos on it.
Second panel: Nancy asking "Do they pay you well?"
Third panel: Sluggo saying "They pay me in Shoiks" and holding up 2 different sized blåhaj shark plushies
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 29/09/2026
Anonymous asked: Have you seen Obsession yet? blazehedgehog.tumblr.com/post/8290236...
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The Hotdog Laserhouse
Anonymous said: Have you seen Obsession yet? Answer: Not yet. You’re the second person to ask! There’s a few horror movies out right now I want to see, but it’s getting on Hallostream season so I’m...
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 29/09/2026
Tonight's Entertainment: A Field in England letterboxd.com/blazehedgeho...
letterboxd.com
A ★★★ review of A Field in England (2013)
This is just, like, 10 or 15% too experimental art film for my tastes. I can't deny that there's something captivating here, but it's one of those movies that almost doesn't want you to understand it....
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart
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Josh @geekcritique.org · 29/09/2026
The lesser-known Tower of Power stand.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 28/09/2026
Proboards just updated their terms of service for their forum software, essentially saying "you give us the right to use anything you post to train LLMs, and we can also disclose and sell your personal information, fuck you." One of the worst of these I've ever seen. www.proboards.com/tos
15. USER CONTENT

"User Content" is any content, materials or information, not including Personal Information (as defined in ProBoards' Privacy Policy), that You upload or post to, or transmit, display, perform or distribute by means of, the Website, whether in connection with Your use of Services or otherwise. To clarify, You maintain full ownership of all your User Content posted to ProBoards. Because You own Your User Content, under the law, ProBoards requires a license from You before it can allow the User Content to be posted on the Website. For these reasons, the following provision is a necessary part of this Agreement:

YOU HEREBY GRANT THE PROBOARDS PARTIES A PERPETUAL, FULLY PAID-UP, WORLDWIDE, SUBLICENSABLE, IRREVOCABLE, ASSIGNABLE LICENSE TO COPY, DISTRIBUTE, TRANSMIT, PUBLICLY DISPLAY OR PERFORM, EDIT, TRANSLATE, REFORMAT, ADAPT, PREPARE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF AND OTHERWISE USE USER CONTENT (INCLUDING FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING BY US AND/OR OUR PARTNERS) IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE, SERVICES OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR OR RELATED BUSINESS, IN ANY MEDIUM NOW EXISTING OR LATER DEVISED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT THE PROBOARDS PARTIES MAY PUBLISH OR OTHERWISE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EXERCISE OF THE LICENSE GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION. YOU AGREE TO WAIVE, AND HEREBY WAIVE, ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE EXERCISE BY THE PROBOARDS PARTIES OF THE RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIMS RELATING TO YOUR RIGHTS OF PERSONAL PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT THE PROBOARDS PARTIES MAY REMOVE METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USER CONTENT, AND YOU IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY CLAIMS AND ASSERTIONS OF MORAL RIGHTS OR ATTRIBUTION WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USER CONTENT. YOU WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR ANY EXERCISE OF THE LICENSE GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

You hereby represent and warrant that You own all ri…
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Jill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then...
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 28/09/2026
Tired of going to the dentist. This is my 7th? 8th? Visit in 5 or 6 months.
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Ryan Bloom @blazehedgehog.bltn.net · 28/09/2026
By the way, VOD for last night's stream youtu.be/meTX5sLBs4E
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Sonic: Project Reignition (Stream Archive)
YouTube video by Blaze's Game Dump
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Jacob @snoozyrests.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Isn't it convenient how one of the companies involved in the big money circlejerk ramped up its 'rogue AI' narrative and another company in the circlejerk almost immediately has a solution for it 🤔🤔
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StrayCatalyst @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With Kotick in the news, from www.justice.gov/epstein
A search in the official Epstein files on the .gov site for Kotick and several pages listed that name Bobby Kotick
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: two heavyset fellas sit around an unusual, scrawny humanoid alien at a diner counter. One of the guys pushes a little basket of bread in front of the alien and says, “this here is corn bread.” Panel 2: the alien takes a small bite of the golden corn bread. The alien says, “con… bred.” Panel 3: the alien begins to hover, emitting an otherworldly light and causing gravity to shift around its immediate vicinity. A frightened waitress behind the bar shouts, “what’s happening?!”
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
 
Characters
 
Hannah - Goat - Daryl and Seth's Daughter

Daryl - Bear - Hannah's Papa
 
Seth - Otter - Hannah's Dad
 
Panel 1
 
Setting - The dinner table of the Hardy-Softbell house.
 
Hannah's family is having dinner.
 
Hannah: WOW! Dinner is extra good.
 
Daryl: Thank you. I tried a new secret ingredient.
 
Panel 2
 
Seth puts on a cute happy face. The backgrounds shifts to a pink color with hearts floating all around them.
 
Seth: Is it LOVE?
 
Daryl's face remains emotionless.
 
Panel  3
 
Daryl looks at Seth and responds.
 
Daryl: Toasted sesame oil.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
Daryl: Love isn't a secret ingredient. I put love in everything.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
Panel 4
 
Daryl looks away.
 
Daryl: I used so much love and you never noticed.
 
Seth: I DID!
  
Daryl: From now on I'm putting sarcasm in yours.
 
Seth: NO!
 
Daryl: Yes.

Hannah is ignoring this and just browsing on her phone.
 
Hannah is ignoring all this and has pulled out her phone.
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Collie Cariad @colliecariad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seeing the ease and beauty of farm to table game development behind the bars of my industrial Jira hell.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nancy 9/28/26 … “Sluggo’s Terrible New Hat” Part 1
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
god wants you to back my kickstarter 💦 kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social gave me the go ahead to share the forbidden alternative James Sunderland. Timelapse in reply below
James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2 flexing his muscles in art that i made under duress from Eyepatch Wolf, who is the true villain
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 28/09/2026
literally the banger of bangers. jarvis turn that shit up
youtube.com
Bloody Tears - Perfect Selection Dracula Battle
YouTube video by Castlevania Music
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mikestalikesbirds.bsky.social @mikestalikesbirds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In other news, a lot of more progressive gamer outrage looks a lot like gamergate outrage these days. It's all "they don't make them like they used to/retvrn" shit
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I love Army of Darkness because it really shows how versatile an actor he is; he can play Bruce Campbell AND Bruce Campbell. What range!
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diva of dispair!! 🍉 @morrikyu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CHAT I MADE AN INSANE DISCOVERY THE GUY WHO WROTE SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS ALSO WROTE THE SONG PLAYED IN THE DARKSTALKERS OVA ENDING
sadie's insane text messages on discord read:
CHAT, I'VE MADE AN INSANE FUCKING DISCOVERY.
I'M REWARCHING THR DARKSTALKERS OVA.
...which is peak by the way
AND THE END CREDITS COME UP, AS USUAL
[a link to "the trouble man" by ekichi yazawa on youtube]
"the trouble man" by ekichi yazawa
it's a rock song to be paired with the darkstalkers characters plastered on guitars because it's fucking cool, not terribly deep. cool rock song, cool visuals, all it wanted to be.
BUT EIKICHI YAZAWA DIDN'T WRITE THE SONG on his ownandrew gold helped. (photo credit of the writerz being listed on genius)
and do you know what fucking song he wrote a year before in 1996?
[insert a link to "spooky scary skeletons" by andrew gold on youtube]
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chess!! @videochess.world · 28/09/2026
[thinking about mario 64] i think it's really good that mario is a little difficult to control, but once you get the hang of him you can really make him sing. that's depth... that's what's lacking in galaxy and other games where mario is sticky like a little bug
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mom @milph.mom · 27/09/2026
Metal Gear Solid V(isual Concepts)
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Trash @trashxdiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey man, if you're out there, if your mom wrote this letter to Abigail Shrier about you, please drop a gofundme and we will get you the fuck out of there.
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