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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Had a wonderful marathon session of Big Walk today. Many recorded highlights, but my favourite is this one of friend Rosie ending a group meeting in the funniest way possible.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I take part in this Fantasy Critic thing this weirdo mentions and A) it doesn't involve real money, B) if not enough scored reviews come in, tough shit, that's part of it! Be Normal!!

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Not my dad describing a cocktail he just had in a manner worthy of F Scott Fitzgerald

A WhatsApp message from a user named "Dad" saying, "As the champagne fizzed, the bubble eventually burst."

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

UN JAMMER LAMMY NaNaOn-Sha 1999 PSX

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I made this absolutely idiotic edit out of an episode of Batman Beyond and you can enjoy it now too

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Roo @roobyroo.crocodiles.online · 07/04/2026

train subway announcer blown out speaker snare drum xylophone

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Spent three hours with this and it rocks. Gorgeous aesthetic + always-fair roguelite number crunching. When it's a joy even to lose, you know you've got a winner.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I cannot wait for him to fuckin die

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Bless my mother but she did not pick a winner here bsky.app/profile/zhan...

Box art for Circus Maximus Chariot Wars for the PlayStation 2.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Having just cleared this... a-fucking-men

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Out of the blue, remembered this video I made out of an @aynrandy.boontavista.com tweet and thought I'd bring it over here

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This is the main menu for the PS3 game I'm playing tonight. I'll let you know how it goes.

The main menu screen for the PS3 game Magus. The title and options are overlaid on a dark room where the game's protagonist is standing awkwardly in front of a glowing orb. His head is shaved, his posture is strange, and he gives the vibe of an annoyed mannequin.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Excited to get this vibe from the great King Wart in the new Mario movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY71...

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GTA Vice City Ricardo Diaz vs. The VCR

YouTube video by Tyler Hensley (MrPsychoTurkey)

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It feels like the movie scenes AI bros generate are almost always just “what if this IP meets this other IP.” No new concepts or stories. No new world to discover. It almost feels like the ‘00s when companies released games with level designers and everyone just recreated Super Mario Bros. level 1-1

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

i often think about this review

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Mega Man 4's antagonist Dr Cossack obviously has a dumb name but god, what a vibe

A full body illustration of Dr Cossack, who sports unkempt hair, a stern expression, a windswept tie, a powerful pose, and a pair of glasses with one opaque lens.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Fired up RE2 remake for the first time. Holy piss am I jangled. Straight up mewing and dreading what else will slash me. Leon mate, I dunno if we're making it outta this one.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The subject of the Babe speedrunning article I wrote has lovely new music out as part of their great band Dr Spaceman. Please enjoy.

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gbGeorge @georgesgame.zone · 05/02/2026

have just a little bit more space!! 😎

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Ray Barnholt @rdbaaa.space · 31/01/2026

It's them

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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

ZELDA II: THE ADVENTURES OF LINK NINTENDO 1988 NES

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 20/01/2026

Their uncle directed the hit movie Babe, but they hold the world record for its video game tie-in aftermath.site/babe-noonan-vi...

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

My first ever bit of games writing is live on @aftermath.site. It's a winsome tale about my funny friend @xavierrn.bsky.social and their quest for the speedrun world record on Babe for PS2, a game based on the movie their uncle directed. Please enjoy: aftermath.site/babe-noonan-...

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Their Uncle Directed The Hit Movie Babe, But They Hold The World Record For Its Video Game Tie-In

Xavier Rubetzki Noonan started speedrunning bad tie-in games during the pandemic, but they had a special connection to one of the worst

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm two chapters in on The Drifter as part of a monthly adventure game club my mates and I are putting on this year. It'll be good for variety's sake to play games that *aren't* LucasArts-y dialogue and item-heavy puzzlers, but when they come along and hit... sure feels good, man

Gameplay shot from The Drifter. The main character, Mick Carter, is looking up from a business card in his hand and surveying a city building with a sign above the door reading "Herald". The street is covered in rain puddles and detritus. A vagrant sleeps under one of the building windows. A dialogue caption reads "This is the place".

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

RIP SXSW Sydney. Here's Chance the Rapper very unexcitedly announcing his arrival at the city's gamer bar

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sphere (TV³) @d-mag.itch.io · 29/12/2025

it couldn’t be more simple. making things is fun. to hand over the joy of the process of creation to AI is to submit fully to the logic of capital. i am hilariously unproductive and un-prolific, but i enjoy making things, and people enjoy the things i make. i would not trade this for anything.

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Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

1997 Konami PlayStation Software Line-up (Lightning Legend, Breeding Stud: Bokujou de Aimashou, Henry Explorers, Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku, Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori, Contra: Legacy of War [unreleased], Paro Wars, etc.) / Print ad / Konami / 1997

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Despelote's fifth trailer a) is great and b) made me sad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MXK...

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DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER (now on nintendo switch)

YouTube video by Panic

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TOM @tomwalker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

that humble little crocodile has returned

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Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Game Boy cake / Print ad / Sainsbury's / 1993

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Everyone should get to experience the Silent Hill (1999) cast credits/bloopers in their lifetime youtu.be/JZgzec6tSsI?...

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Silent Hill Bloopers end credits.

YouTube video by ESOS

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I'm much less confident after its latest update that DISPATCH is going the places I hoped a superhuman resource management sim might. Then again, it's not just that - it's a budding Critical Role franchise making the same moral tradeoffs Marvel has done for years. Curious how it ends, at least.

Gameplay shot from Dispatch. Bottom row features headshots of several deployable superheroes. Computer desktop windows display information for a work job, and a breakdown of the heroes' cumulative strengths.

A cinematic shot from Dispatch featuring the three characters Robert Robertson, Blonde Blazer, and Chase, plus three branching dialogue options.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"Find me a decent Glen Powell face pic for the thumbnail. Real intensity. Nothing goofy" "You got it"

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I'm gonna say Bionic Commando '09. Stupid, silly game, but I was morbidly fascinated bsky.app/profile/lexl...

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Spence @spencethebence.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Helped my brother buy a new car today and this was the only decoration the salesman had on the desk.

Can of Limited Edition Star Wars Episode 1 Pepsi with Anakin on the can. It is inside a protective glass case.

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I regularly think about the extraordinarily weird retro section of Sydney's one and only EB Expo, and I made a list of the games that were there backloggd.com/u/DaleBastio...

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'Went to a 2016 expo's retro section and heard a dad say "let me educate ya" and his son said "I'll pass". These were the games' a list of games by DaleBastion | Backloggd

Systems listed in Notes

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DB | Dale Bastion @dalebastion.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Funniest moment from when I played Baby Steps tonight

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