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Took me a while to remember how to light a torch in Dark Souls 2 (I'm on a bit of a series tour). Bonfires are usually surrounded by messages saying "seek hole" and the like, so I totally tuned out the "Switch" interaction prompt

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Megane Top Gun @dauragon.com · 9h

It's not even close either

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 10h

Ripping some of my old PS3 game discs and when I opened the case for that Nippon Ichi mystery dungeon game with the Ito Noizi character designs, a flier advertising this new cartoon that just started airing called "Love Live! School Idol Project" fell out. A distant age

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 11h

Wrapped Demon's Souls again. The Old King is a really funny boss fight with 15 years of context. He's got all the shockwave slashes that regular-ass enemies in Elden Ring are constantly throwing at you, but they're pretty easy to dodge and dude will hang back long enough for you to heal freely

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 14h

for rent, duplex unit

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 14h

(For those wondering, the flagship item that's traditionally filled this role has often been, strangely, the Serial Experiments Lain game on PS1, which Mandarake has six, count 'em, six copies of in an attempt to impress you, The Discerning Collector, But Not Too Discerning As To Check Yahoo Japan.)

Six copies of Serial Experiments Lain for the PS1 in various conditions behind glass, most with their obis, all of them expensive.

A bundle of PS1 Lain with the strategy guide for a mere 198,000 yen. But hey, they both come with their obis! So that's something.

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 15h

I had to stop and think about what the English title for Ikoku Nikki was every week because "Journal with Witch" both sounds dreadful and has nothing to do with either the original Japanese title or the themes of the show

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Peytral @peytral.bsky.social · 16h

>anime title discourse

tumblr post by gerardwaist:
people b saying things so definitively. like man i think it depends

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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 15h

re anime title discourse the example being used (GITS) is probably the platonic ideal of "you're just being a weeb using the jp title", the perfect case, and that's why you don't hear of anybody ever actually saying it. the strongest *actually used* case of title weebing is Boku No for sure

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shikaspots @shikaspots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

many people don't let voice lines play all the way out when playing vns, and that's fine you do you however i do think it's important to understand that if you skip it when the voice actor is doing something like this you will not pass through the gates of heaven

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 19h

LLMs are a super power for the Idea Guy who thinks it would be cool if a fan translation project existed, but lacks the time, ability, knowledge, or interpersonal skills to make it happen

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chungris @chungris.bsky.social · 20h

how do you even fuck this one up

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 21h

Demon's Souls is a revelation in gaming, an action RPG where bosses actually take hitstun from your attacks frequently

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sharc @s-h-a-r-c.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

yet another day on this hell app reading an argument about optimal garegga rank management. god forbid any of these people step out of their normie PCB bubble for a bit and expand their horizons with an unjustly overlooked classic like sonic or metroid bsky.app/profile/fara...

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lete lyre@C108乙 @letelyre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

『転生したらSpiders Georgになって蜘蛛1万匹を食うチートスキルでなんと平均をめちゃくちゃにした件』

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I ask the clerk if their RPG is resource management or free healing before every battle. They laugh and say "it's a good RPG, friend." I look inside and it's free healing before every battle

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Rosarie Maria🦐 @fatamorgana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People liking my old tweets

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萌えの哀れ @uncreativecat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think this might be the most insane thing they built for this actually

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かわわぎ @kwwg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🍔🍔🍔

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someone on a SF2 mailing list in the 1990s said "I like pushing this button when I knock the other guy down because it looks meaty and hits for a long time" and we've been stuck with the term ever since, and that's beautiful

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 28/09/2026

I feel like when people get concerned by FGC jargon they're like tattling on themselves for not having hobbies outside of videogames like some people would see how skate trick are named and described and die like a dorito-peasant.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026

current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Remind me: was Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure officially a part of Tenchi Muyo continuity or does it just have a bunch of staff in common

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Call to Hibernate failed: Sleep verb 'hibernate' is not configured or configuration is not supported by kernel" Well, if you told me *which* of those two situations it was, that might help troubleshooting a little, systemctl

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dragula is actually the number one song in America

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Mom @milph.mom · 27/09/2026

Metal Gear Solid V(isual Concepts)

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

Ah shit, I watched too much Normal Youtube and now it's giving me recommendations from Asmongold and shit again, I gotta get it back to giving me exclusively Vtubers covering anisong and middle-aged men talking about their electronics hobbies again

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

Saw a video posted of a Third Strike mod that adds a KOF-style team mode, and it was a really funny concept because while it forces you to play at least three characters, in a game where the top tier whiff normals for meter anyway, nobody really benefits from a "battery" like in KOF

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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

putting everything else aside (you know where i stand) the future this guy describes is a fighting game hell authored by players themselves, as they discover that given a game-balance genie, no amount of editing will satisfy them, and that nobody else will want to play SF3: Me Edition

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

love how this implies the ABC song has "fans"

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かとうきいち（Key1）＠C108 1日目東Ｊ35a　2日目東マ08a @beniyafactory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

「平安名ミラーズ」だそうデス… ダジャレでバイトに付き合わされる身にもなってほしいのデス… …お誕生日おめでとうございます！ #平安名すみれ誕生祭2026 #平安名すみれ生誕祭2026

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

The modem Game Guide experience is googling how weapon upgrades work in Demon’s Souls because it’s been a few years, and then clicking through four or five wiki pages to find the one that actually had the relevant tables. Should’ve just gone to GameFAQS

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 26/09/2026

i am begging people to make gamefaqs for new releases... make me an ascii map, even be opinionated about how much you hate a certain mechanic, anything to save us from 500 websites listing the same information chock full of ads

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weibun🔞 @weibun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope nothing bad happens #leonskennedy

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

hi we're a website you have used for 20 years, we have no idea if you are over 18, send us a selfie. let us connect to your camera. can we get a booty pic with panties on and one without them on? can we also get 3 different pics of your boobs any position

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

TIRED: "The death of the monoculture means nobody knows about the top pop songs on the radio" WIRED: "The death of the monoculture means nobody knows what idiotic post about corporate social norms you're subtweeting"

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

There are a lot of design differences over the thirteen years or so between Demon's Souls and Elden Ring but the one I've been noticing the most this time is how many boss arenas in Demon's Souls will happily let you fling yourself to your death with a bad roll

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the "iced coffee at a job interview" discussion is obviously stupid but also a great representation of the fact that every single HR person/recruiter has their own different made up rules for candidates and all of them think they are absolutely correct

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Flex @mechamacgyver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The scariest part of this article is the Marn jump scare The second scariest part is the number of ppl that continue to leverage their hobbies in hopes of securing a bag

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すーく🎨 @rifusw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

K かわいい I 一流の N ぬい G ぐるみ ※BLEACHパロです

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Heads-up for fellow CRPG dungeon crawler fans as one to avoid: this one is made by ban-evading neo-nazis.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 26/09/2026

i've had so many of these working on imsims. my first was the guards in my stealth game who could hear each other's footsteps and if they didn't already know roughly where the other guy was they would investigate each other and be surprised to see each other. in first person this looks like nothing

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playing Demon's Souls directly after Elden Ring feels like you're playing with the training weights off. Everyone makes really large, slow motions that are easily avoided. It's extremely satisfying

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playing Demon's Souls the traditional way: standing on the top of the second rampart in 1-2, camera perfectly aligned to blast a Soul Arrow at the dragon as it passes by, pressing L1 in time with the audio cue for 15 or 20 minutes straight

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Megane Top Gun @dauragon.com · 25/09/2026

If you are new and playing video game mahjong I cannot stress enough how important it is to pretend the chi and pon buttons do not exist. Those are not for you. You are not ready for that shit. Keep your hand closed and always believe in Chiitoitsu.

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At some point RPCS3 built-in an option to add your PS3 games to Steam, which is great for Big Picture Mode, but I still manually had to set the gamepad configuration defaults to, uhh, use a gamepad. Baby steps

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botoggle @botoggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me, someone who doesn't know anything about pop culture: "huh, the English lyrics in this song Ave Mujica are covering are shockingly coherent. Guess it's a Western pop song?" (sees credits) Does Lady Gaga count as chuunibyou?

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