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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 1h

Got a brand new article for ko-fi supporters on Neverwinter Nights 2! It's... really not a very good RPG: ko-fi.com/post/Neverwi...

A photo showing the the Lawful Good Limited edition for Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC). This includes a small bonus artbook, large figure, and a metal ring.

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Jonny @saturnjaguar.bsky.social · 3h

Many thanks to @krugman.net for preserving "Trot Road" - A Japanese Windows 3.1/95 game that simulates four EM games from Kansai Seiki Seisakusho (aka Kasco). They were a prolific amusement machine manufacturer within postwar Japan, and this title attempts to give players a taste of their history.

The title screen, featuring a little bear that could...drive.

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Kars @karoshimyriad.bsky.social · 11h

Anime film "Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising" will release theatrically in the United States from January 16 to 19, 2027. www.fathomentertainment.com/releases/pue... #まどかマギカ

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DragonDePlatino @dragondeplatino.bsky.social · 16h

Hi Bluesky! I'm making a game about a silly dinosaur called Toudino!

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GOG.COM @gog.com · 13h

Josef and Berta are back! The story continues in Machinarium 2, a brand-new point-and-click adventure coming soon to GOG. Wishlist Machinarium 2 and buckle up for another charming adventure: bit.ly/4dtphhF

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Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net · 15h

Seventeen years later… The time has come for Machinarium 2 🦾🔧 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

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〽️ax krieger wants to port YOUR indie game to switch! @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 14h

thinking about when i was at a booth at PAX West with a very visually impressive, stylized indie game in front of me, and the first thing the (friendly and very reasonable, this isn't me shaming them) booth attendant said to me was "do you like cozy horror? :)"

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It's such a sadness that you represent your game with a bunch of fucking Steam genre tags. Get real.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 15h

I'm almost scared to go to another match because I got so many ridiculous hands, I'm pretty sure karma is about to hit me with a SUPERB!! of its own

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 15h

Mahjong vibecheck: We almost killed the premium gacha user in the first turn lmao I went on to win the match and everyone was a good sport

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scrmbl @scrmbl.com · 07/10/2026

Miki Matsubara's rare 1981 release My Best 16 is getting a physical reissue in November. Curated by Matsubara herself, the collection features 16 tracks showcasing her range as an artist including her global hit “Mayonaka no Door ~Stay with me”.

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David Heredia @ounomachi.eurosky.social · 21h

Otro día más obligado a recomendar Fence para que sepáis cómo está el patio.

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Motherboard Slumd0g from the WetWork NetWork @beachepisode.bsky.social · 23h

One of my all time favourite illustrations. Hiroshi Kajiyama's fantasy visions often are the ones in my head when I play a classic JRPG

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The thing about GenAI, LLM or MTL translations: If it's the same quality of translation as me pointing at the screen with Google Lens, then it's worth NOTHING And considering these numbnuts are also poisoning the cred and excitement around every other release, it's just in bad faith at this point.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And it's also this soulless fucking entonation that he has, he sounds like ben shapiro speed rapping, wet ass pussy

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

the one time I watch a vdgame es0terica, for PCSX2 news, and I'm paying attention to what he's saying, I realize dude is just 95% lorem ipsum diarrhea that repeats itself, I'm speechless no wonder he's also fine promoting AI decomps and shit, dude just bullshits in the name of quantitative content

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Very tired to have to do detective work to find out if a game has been "fantranslated" using AI/MTL. I don't even know what these people get out of it. You're doing yourself and the world a disservice. Please find other hobbies.

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Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Apparently VGE hid the comment I left under his video. Here it is for anyone who wants to see it, as it seems to clearly bother him that someone wants to hold him even slightly responsible for the major damage he's been doing and continues to do this scene.

Not putting any sort of disclosure in the thumbnail or the description that this isn't from the actual team that made the tooling (which this uses and is the only reason it works) and the existing Banjo port is a new low for this channel.

This port is NOT associated with us. It is entirely AI-generated. Both Zelda: Recompiled and Banjo: Recompiled have very clear No AI stances. We have not, do not and will not use AI to ever work on these projects.

Your irresponsible reporting is exactly the sort of behavior I've told you about that completely hurts the scene and the entire reason why people keep pumping out these projects just so they get their 10 minutes of fame in your videos.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's a perfect encapsulation of what's going on right now. Folks are trying to do the hot recomp thing using stolen code and effort for a quick knack of attention, not caring about quality or readibility. Then when you point it out, they get defensive as if they've done anything worth a damn.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That results in him straight up misinforming because unreadable recomps don't facilitate modding in the long run if no one can easily read what the hell is going on. Despite that, he'll repeat the buzzwords of "making mods easier" a thousand times. Bro doesn't care.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm glad VideoGameEsoterica is getting more and more flag. First of all, horrible fucking videos. Most of what he says is just lorem ipsum, sometimes circling back to things he already said one-two minutes ago to fill the space. Second, bro just showcases whatever comes first, quality be damned.

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My Abandonware @myabandonware.com · 08/10/2026

New release: Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm (1993 - SEGA CD) - www.myabandonware.com/game/android-… #abandonware

Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm in game screenshot

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 07/10/2026

another momentous EGG Console drop next week: Magical Zoo's THE SCREAMER (PC88), the 1985 3D cyberpunk dungeon crawler known by some for its gnarly setting & hardcore chara-deleting permadeath system, and indirectly known by millions more the world over for 𝗗𝗘𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗

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プロジェクトEGG - YouTube

EGGコンソールザ・スクリーマー PC-8801 for Nintendo Switch（EGGCONSOLE THE SCREAMER）

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 07/10/2026

this reissue will include scans of the fairly lengthy pack-in manga by the recently-deceased Showhei Halumoto, but it can't quite capture the grandeur of the actual package—the game was shipped inside the included book, which has the front pages hollowed out a la stashing a gun inside a bible

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For those who aren't up to date on the 360 modding scene, this is a Big Deal. Believe it or not, until now, the 360 still never had a softmod and while some exploits in recent years had gotten most of the way, this is the real deal. You probably no longer need to solder your 360 to do Fun Stuff.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I always considered the old 3D Tomb Raider games to be, at the very least, adjacent to the cinematic platformer genre but seeing the GBC version is insane because it's very much a more fluid Prince of Persia. To think that, instead of going the TR, route Paul Cuisset and company did Fade to Black 😅

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It came out amazing!!!! I'll say it again, I think it's one of your top tier works, it's so good 🥰🥰🥰 Glad the world has more Cindy in it 🙏

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Glad for them to return to their workplace but it's insane that you can be making a literal Star Wars XCOM that will be evergreen for decades to come, and even with Dinsey and EA backing you up you have to resort to these kinds of nonsense. Wait, EA is now part Saudi part Amerinazi right?

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 07/10/2026

Okay, let's try this again but MAKING SENSE... I do not know is Ablahshikar is a good game yet, but I am compelled. Mesmerized, even. It is poetic and simulatonist equally. A mostly-ASCII game about ship salvaging in an arabesque world - equal Caves of Qud and Sunless Sea. There is a large demo.

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Ablahshikar on Steam

Ablahshikar is a turn-based ASCII salvage-survival game adrift on the Candle Sea. Bound to a worn terminal of bone-white and brass, you must strip wrecks and tear organs direct from rival vessels. Gra...

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 07/10/2026

The development blog on Steam is also wonderful.

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jasper byrne @jasperbyrne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

SUPER LONE SURVIVOR has just had a major free update on steam currently in beta (opt in on the steam app) out this month!

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

>Open code exists >Create industry to pollute it with LLM nonsense >Slowly but surely no one can understand the code except the machines that polluted it in the first place >¿¿¿??? >profit

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Funny how if three people riichi and tenpai, they can just send 3K points to the shadow realm never to be seen again. Winning by virtue of reckless betting and letting someone else take the fall for you lmao

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Travis (Suditeh7) @suditeh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🔥🔥 ¡¡NUEVO VÍDEO!! 🔥🔥 Con motivo del estreno del anime, ¡le pedí a @fandogamia.com que me enviase los primeros 5 tomos del manga de los 7 caballeros del reino Marronnier! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl7c...

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Los 7 Caballeros del reino Marronnier va de DIPLOMACIA

YouTube video by Suditeh Cómics y Mangas

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lowkey reminding me when people still stuck in the 2000s "edgy" lang use homophobic slurs for anything they don't like to the point it stops having any meaning, or when folks said something was very "Reddit" in a despective way despite that not meaning anything in particular youtu.be/G3JkBXslZUE?...

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Blood Meridian and the reddit-ification of literature

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Reality: *exists* Law: Hey, kid, I heard you liked Tri-Ace games so I made this whole system to differentiation possession from the concept of possessing. Do you like it? Enjoy 500 pages of this.

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Possession: I have this thing, so I possess it Ius possissensi: Because it entered my domain, I gain a right over the thing even though I may not be the possessor because the law equates possession to property as a mechanism of defense because I publicized my domain as such 🧵(1/40)

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From: Labyrinth Labyrinthos (1987), dir. Rintaro, Madhouse/Project Team Argos

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (with NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) tap link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social +See us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on 14th-15th Nov for the LAST of the tutorials BOOKS! Table C1 REDSHIRT HALL!

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But cinematic stuff in of itself has had its own place in gaming for a while. Wheteher you care or not. And it has taken so many forms: ADV, FMV, cinematic platformers, adventure games, "narrative games" (post-Telltale), Supermassive's slasher movies...

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chato @chatomaltes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And I've been guilty of that occasionally, the difference is I'm not making videos about it with red coloured oversized thumbnail text. "Cinematic slop"... the main problem with these is that they are overrepresented by virtue of Sony abandoning all the other games, therefore becoming its image.

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