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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 16/09/2026

"Woah" is increasingly common. Not that Google Trends is scientific, but:

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 14/09/2026

lol. I applaud this level of nitpicking even if this particular change didn't bug me

YouTube thumbnail for "Obsessing Over The Smallest Detail in OoT's Title Screen" by "Monado Boy," showing a sheet music comparison between the Ocarina of Time original and remake with a small rhythmic difference in the title screen theme

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 01/09/2026

I hope this quote is the entire text of this essay

"I don't think about my own death. There's no point." – Takeshi Yoro, anatomist, "There's No Point Thinking about Death"

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 23/08/2026

it pains him to have to consider this question

Jeff Gerstmann wondering if Tony Hawk is better than Star Fox

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 08/08/2026

I don't care what anyone says, Sir Paul looks great for his age

Marquis de Pastoret by Hippolyte Delaroche

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 27/07/2026

some personal news: I fired up my Mumbawamba

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 16/07/2026

gonna find out where this student lives and break all the pots in her house like link

Songs of Glimmerwick demo screenshot. A character is saying "This book's really interesting. There's a whole section on how you shouldn't talk to people who are trying to study in the library."

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 14/07/2026

Hey so we all got together and talked about your posts

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 14/06/2026

I was watching some Direct reactions and I love what YouTube’s autotranslation did to this Japanese streamer who was excited about the Ocarina remake

“, this is troublesome. I'm in a bit of a predicament. Oh no, this is a problem.”

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 10/06/2026

This photo I took at E3 2014 is kind of misleading (I think they were out getting lunch maybe?), but it's always cracked me up and felt like a potent metaphor for how the show was going haha

Konami booth at E3 featuring plain white walls and zero people

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 02/06/2026

I got one of those thin wallets that holds like four cards and magnetizes to your phone and when it’s detached it looks like an interactable from a scifi video game

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 13/05/2026

youtube algorithm…i'm not going to watch this video but good work

"[Star Fox 64]I had my Arwing destroyed 11 times during the stream and fled in tears"

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 07/04/2026

I hope you’re right, little calendar widget

Calendar widget that says “No More Events Today”

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 24/03/2026

rereading Laid-Back Camp

panel from the Laid-Back Camp manga; two characters say "after you" gesturing to a bath in the background

Japanese ad from the 80s with two soldiers making a similar gesture; see https://spoon-tamago.com/after-you-prime-minister/

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 16/03/2026

rough to lose a game on a called strike down here 😬

a pitch maybe 2.5 baseballs below the strike zone

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 13/03/2026

IGN followed up on this www.ign.com/articles/don...

You said in your talk that it's more fun to destroy things that are beautiful. Why do you think that is?

Motokura: That's a tough question. I think part of it is the surprise element, something that was so elegantly put together, beautiful. When it's destroyed, it goes to nothing. And that gap between these two states is what creates delight and surprise, I think.

Did you ever during development go to one of those destruction rooms where you get a bat and you just break things?

Motokura: No, I've never been, but now that you described it it sounds kind of fun. We would've wanted to go. So do they have a lot of beautiful things for you to destroy?

Some, but I also think you can bring your own things. So if you want to destroy your own beautiful things, you can.

Motokura: Interesting.

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 07/03/2026

Yeah man, ship it. Who gives a shit

unreadable App Store promo tile with black text on a black background

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 15/02/2026

something I noticed for the first time rereading The Hobbit along with Shelved by Genre: this dude LOVES to hit his head and remember nothing more

Bilbo came at it before it could disappear and stuck it with his sword right in the eyes. Then it went mad and leaped and danced and flung out its legs in horrible jerks, until he killed it with another stroke; and then he fell down and remembered nothing more for a long while.

Quite suddenly Dori, now at the back again carrying Bilbo, was grabbed from behind in the dark. He shouted and fell; and the hobbit rolled off his shoulders into the black-ness, bumped his head on hard rock, and remembered nothing more.

"The Eagles!" cried Bilbo once more, but at that moment a stone hurtling from above smote heavily on his helm, and he fell with a crash and knew no more.

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 28/01/2026

It's my classic catchphrase, "What matters is the boy's been doing well for himself, so you folks can rest easy, too"

Trails beyond the Horizon screenshot where a character named Bruno is saying "What matters is the boy's been doing well for himself, so you folks can rest easy, too."

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 12/12/2025

This thumbnail makes me laugh every time YouTube puts it in my recommendations. You can almost hear him sucking air through his teeth

Tim Cain video called “Would I Work On Fallout Again?” The thumbnail looks like this: 😬

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 10/12/2025

The days are still getting shorter for a little while, but where I live we’ve at least passed the earliest sunset of the season. All downhill from here, right? 😬

Chart of sunrise and sunset times. They’re getting later again as of today!

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 05/12/2025

Hi! I found the setlist, but unfortunately they didn’t print a date on this one 😅 I’m 80% sure this is 2004-05-22, but I can’t be positive…

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 04/12/2025

Isn't...isn't Australia more than one time zone? (I was looking up when the Game Awards air)

Map of the world with some times superimposed; one says "Australia: Dec 12, 11:30 AM"

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 03/12/2025

shoutout to this Flecktones setlist I got signed in 2009 where Howard thought my name was Pam (probably misled by that long-stemmed D in Béla's signature there)

A signed concert setlist, with three of the signatures made out to Dan and one made out to Pam

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 16/11/2025

the baseball subreddit held a vote on the minor league name of the year and it looks like it was a real barnburner www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...

bracket with a bunch of extremely good names; the winner is “Zebulon Vermillion”

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 13/11/2025

chaotic evil copyediting

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 15/10/2025

Itoi’s Hobonichi quotes really have an energy all their own

“It occurred to me that I would like to be a gorilla. Not a gorilla in a zoo, but a wild gorilla. I would like to be a gorilla and play with other gorillas, sleep as a gorilla, dream gorilla dreams. I would like to do some thinking in a gorilla way, too.”

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 12/10/2025

when you win the argument about whether or not decorated pottery is a highlight of Meroitic art

museum label whose description begins "Fine, decorated pottery is a highlight of Meroitic art."

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 02/10/2025

It's my classic catchphrase, "I don't mind taking it easy until then"

Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter screenshot where a character named Bruno is saying "I don't mind taking it easy until then."

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 24/09/2025

this dude got a foul ball in the thigh and also lost his entire basket of fries in the process. rip

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 14/09/2025

I assume this video is about the music but I like to think he's just pumped to finally learn about conjunctions

YouTube video called "I Finally Discovered Schoolhouse Rock. It's INCREDIBLE." "HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS??" demands the thumbnail art

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 10/09/2025

i love that this is a face someone can make when prompting a crowd to shout "i hope you die"

john darnielle of the mountain goats holding a microphone out into the audience while pointing and smiling

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 19/08/2025

tfw you’ve added a second button

Sakurai with subtitles that read “but this time we’ve added a second button. Unfortunately.”

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 17/08/2025

I think this bit from the recent Bloomberg piece is the first acknowledgement I've seen from Falcom that they might decide to just keep making more Trails stuff after it ends. (Which, of course they will, but still)

In recent years, Kondo and his team have given a lot of thought to concluding the Trails series. He said he doesn't yet know exactly when it will come to an end but that they will probably cover one more area of the game's world before finishing. "We want to have a strong finish in the end, and after that we'll think of what we want to do for the series, whether to just end it there or continue on," he said. "But first we're going to focus our full attention on getting a great ending."

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 13/08/2025

enjoy your cute animal book, kid

Screenshot of the game Tiny Bookshop. A kid wants a recommendation for "something with cute animals," and I'm recommending The Origin of Species

Another screenshot of the game Tiny Bookshop. The kid liked my recommendation

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Dan Bruno @danbruno.net · 04/07/2025

There are many benefits to making incredibly successful games, it’s claimed

"The ultimate goal in the Super Game strategy is to create a game so revolutionary that it attracts far more active users than any of the Group's games to date. One key to achieving this goal is whether we can draw together a large community, involving not only players but also streamers who stream the game and viewers who watch their videos," said Satomi.

"That kind of community expands and further develops game content, adding value to the game that is unimagined by developers, and sparking a broader movement—which can then draw in even more users and grow the game's presence dramatically."

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