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New post! Join me as I gush about the iconic shmup Gradius, psychedelic sci-fi, and the importance of never listening to the internet (except for me, listen to me). Oh and moai. Lots and lots of moai. 🗿🗿🗿 Give it a read, punk!!

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Talking games | Gradius

I got Gradius Syndrome (can't stop thinking about Gradius)

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 6h

Album guides are so good man, they give me life Down with rym list tyranny, give me rym list but book, NOW!!!

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games · 12h

The tower calls out to the sinners of Neverland. It's time to repent. It's time to climb. Spectral Tower - English patch, out now!! Translation - Quade Hacking - Tasos500 Graphics - NicheTopic FMV Translations - SnowyAria (No AI was used for this patch) github.com/Yoshimanix/s...

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garth marenghi's darkcayce @cayce.zone · 08/09/2026

hello friends. here is my new album (my 20th release!). it is a mix of both heavier and moody/laid-back tracks. if you liked previous albums like Jidaigeki Groove you might enjoy it. art is by the incomparable @waveform.observer. caycecrane.bandcamp.com/album/it-is-...

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It is Possible to Survive This, But Not Unaltered, by cayce crane

9 track album

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Talking games | Gradius

I got Gradius Syndrome (can't stop thinking about Gradius)

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 23h

re the geller situation: main thing I've been feeling the past day is just absolutely awful for the victim who, because of the power geller chose to take and the ghoulish way this was all revealed, will be ignored, insulted, belittled and blamed by an infinite audience 10+ yrs later

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

dreamed a group of kids were practicing headbutting soccer balls, so they lobbed one towards a boy but it got stuck floating over his head and when they tried to get it down the boy started dithering out of the 3rd dimension and no one could touch him

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The way I live my life -- my actions, my philosophies, my beliefs -- it all comes from right here. My Bible. My guide. My shining light.

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Video Game Titles with Porn Names(Inspired by Siggas)

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faea @faearie.neocities.org · 01/10/2026

hello, everyone. September is always a hectic (and rather sick) time, so the pace of this month's journal sort of reflects that, but as well as discussing some short games and rare STGs, I wrote a few words (and questions) towards the directon of the site. faearie.neocities.org/posts/journa...

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faea gaming: September '26

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you like what I do on the net -- essays, subs, archival stuff, bad posts on Bluesky dot com -- and have the means, think about sending a dollar or two my way via ko-fi! Every cent is always beyond appreciated :^) And if you don't like the stuff I do....idk send me a dollar anyway

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Nick C. @nickisonlinet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

reiko nagase ridge racer from the hit game pac-man fever

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

woke up in the middle of the night bc I could have sworn I saw a little old man the size of an ant scramble out from under my bed and into a shoe investigation of shoe gave no results tho....thinking some sort of old man foot portal maybe?

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

new post coming this week btw! I'll be taking a break from my usual pretentious "what does it all say about ~society~" thing to just gush about how much I love Gradius for a bit🗿

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i fell too deep into the jdrama abyss and now i'm stuck watching snuff number station broadcasts

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

anybody got any recs for places to submit a slightly less than 1000 word horror short story? asking for uh...a friend

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Colin @moxbagel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Labyrinth of Cinema covers another long lost form of studio comedy - Evolution (2001). Listen as @lowercasejai.bsky.social and I have our David Duchovny loyalty tested and muse on the kind of movie that would come out basically once a month in the 00s. Links in the reply!

Evolution (2001) Everyone is looking at a big blob

Evolution (2001) Orlando Jones discovers an alien in his butt

Evolution (2001) The fuzzy no-nose chimps are worried

Evolution (2001) Head and Shoulders en la casa

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Victor Hunter @victorehunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jesus christ its beautiful

October 2026 issue of Famitsu celebrating Sakura Wars’ 30th Anniversary

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しま @4ma4ma5ma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

砂漠の旅

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Pedro Soares @peachflavor3d.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The artwork of Romancing SaGa 3 by Tomomi Kobayashi used on the back cover of the remastered OST and as part of a post card set, albeit with a different color tone. Most likely it was used for other stuff as well. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.

Romancing SaGa 3 clean artwork by Tomomi Kobayashi used on the back cover of the remastered OST and as part of a post card set, albeit with a different color tone. Image depicts two entities dressed in intricate attires: the one one the left has angel wings and seems to represent the good, the one on the right has demon wings, a horned mask and seems to represent evil They're both staring at a baby hovering in midair with an aura around, with some orange and red toned lilies below next to an ornate sword which is carved onto a skull on the ground with blood dripping to the floor and splattered on some leaves. The background features some contrasting colors with green and purple being the more prominent.

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

smoked the king Kaizo Hayashi's NHK sci-fi adaptation of Black Lizard 🙂‍↕️

Heavy blue tint as one legged dancer poses on the ground, woman's face superimposed behind him

A woman among odd plants and trees reaching out

Man holds dying woman in a heavily postprocessed greenscreen sunset

An all.white robot resembling a marble statue with digital text floating in a circle around them reading MARIA SLEEP MODE

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Blaident @blaident.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New Bog Frog! We're talking a bunch about Noise, all the things we loved about it, and then we're talking about Blame(2017) and all the things we uh, don't love about it. Check it out now!

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Bog Frog Book Podcast: NOiSE + Blame (2017)

Welp, a bunch of kids have gone missing lately but thankfully our favorite cop Susano is on the beat and I'm certain she'll mop up any wrong doing soon enough. In the mean time you can join us in talk...

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

1cc'd my favorite action game without any power ups :) uploaded a commentary vid so i can share the joy + love with u pull through youtu.be/GNTgsVo5jvY?...

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Pocky & Rocky NO PICKUPS 1CC Commentary :^)

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Wren Crow @wren-crow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Collector and some of his many friends. Hoping to have some kind of short comic by the end of the year!

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

you ever enjoying a movie but then yr eye starts zeroing in on everyone's nostrils and all you can focus on for the rest of the runtime is nose holes? i got that rn

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EBT GOKU @ebtgoku.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I wrote about Return to Silent Hill, Super Eyepatch Wolf, and how the internet memes discussion out of the picture carolgrantr.substack.com/p/silent-hil...

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Silent Hill, Eyepatch Wolf, and the Internet’s Phony ‘Common Knowledge’

How bad faith begets bad faith

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 25/09/2026

Hello. I recounted seeing Haruomi Hosono's unforgettable performance at Radio City Music Hall last week. I'm still glowing from the experience. www.shy.center/p/haruomi-ho...

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Haruomi Hosono at Radio City Music Hall, September 16th, 2026

My review of the first of a pair of concerts supporting the musician’s 23rd solo album Yours Sincerely.

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Sakura Wars Facts & Updates @sakutainews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'd also like to brig to everyone's attention this academic paper discussing more in depth the history of the Sakura Wars stage shows, their influence on Japanese theater and entertainement industry, and how their key role in popularizing the 2.5D genre!! www.academia.edu/57310255/The...

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The Essence of 2.5-Dimensional Musicals? Sakura Wars and Theater Adaptations of Anime

This paper examines 2.5-Dimensional musicals, or theater adaptations of anime/manga/videogames. As the genre has been gaining popularity in Japan since around 2007, criticism on the genre began to app...

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The cool part about Xevious is when you realize talking about literally any game ever means you're also talking about Xevious Even when you think you're not talking about Xevious guess what? You're talking about Xevious

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's a quick look at one of the beautiful and recently restored color pages from The Sword of Paros by Kaoru Kurimoto and Yumiko Igarashi! The English release will be the first time this page has been printed in color since 1986! Pre-order your copy today: buff.ly/x1ZeN6p

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

at the cafe like wow cool Portopia Serial Murder Case maze art!

Cafe wall, fake plant to the left and an abstract art thing of a bunch of squares and rectangles

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ChloeCade @chloecade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Are you really an Oshii fan if you haven't seen his two episode stint on the tokusatsu show Keita Sousakan 7? (secretly the most poetic thing put to television)

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ever wanted to learn about Wizardry’s Japanese reception throughout history? Read a conversation held between Robert Woodhead and Hitoshi Yasuda as they eat soba? Read stories set in the world of Wizardry? I present the Japanese Wizardry reader: ogrerun.com/the-japanese...

An article on Busin ~ Wizardry Alternative ~ From Comptiq No. 236 (January 2002)

Hitoshi Yasuda and Robert Woodhead posing with a soba chef. From LOGiN (January 1988)

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

praying it'll be like 100 degrees out and my theatres ac is busted the day I go, I want to be sardine packed in a vat of sweat watching this

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映画『太陽を盗んだ男／4Kデジタルリマスター』新予告【10月16日(金)公開】

YouTube video by 東宝MOVIEチャンネル

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Played like an hour of Shenmue for the first time! Finding it almost unbearably sad and tragic (complimentary) Unbelievable tone the game is forcing me to cultivate

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Ogre Run @ogre-run.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tokyo Nanpa Street remains a high watermark of 1980s erogē. One might even call it the Wizardry of the genre. Let’s take a look at the pornographic games Enix ultimately left behind and in the process learn what made them so radical: ogrerun.com/2026/09/18/t...

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Tokyo Nanpa Street and the Eroticism of Montage

From the outset, erogē became a particular genre rife with visual experimentation.

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

oh wow it's close personal friend Pigmon! how's it going buddy?

Statue of Ultraman's Pigmon sitting on a bench

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From the dream diary On the roof w/ my dad (who isn't my dad but I know that right now they are). There's a trampoline up w/ us. It's sunny and he's right behind me, all smiles. I can't see his face bc of the sun, but the same way I know he's my dad I know he's smiling. I can just feel it, I guess

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Blaident @blaident.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And here's the special cover art for this arc by @wren-crow.bsky.social

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Blaident @blaident.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Christ above this thing is finally out. After a year away Covered In Worms returns! We're talking all about The Blindness of it All, Victoria Talk, and whether or not Kurt Busiek would write the Kevin Norton chapter!

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Covered in Worms: A Parahumans Podcast: Episode 12: Arc 18

Hey sorry we'd love to chat but we're really in a pickle here, a giant monstorous teenaged girl is runnin around making clones and lemme tell ya, our clones are NOT friendly. But while we're runnin fo...

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 16/09/2026

Good morning. I wrote a little love letter about Haruomi Hosono's 23rd solo record. The old legend is still bursting with great ideas as he creeps up on octogenarian status. Thanks for all the music. Sincerely, 💌 pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely

Read Shy Clara Thompson’s review of the album.

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Colin @moxbagel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yearly podcast where we crown this year's Garmies with a retrospective section like the Hugos where we're like "in hindsight The Phantom Tollbooth is extremely Garm Wars"

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Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ate too much morning cheese, can't stop smelling the false dairy replacing my insides

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