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Shariq (SHAH-rick)

@darkesword.com
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You probably know me from the VGM scene (I run the team that runs @ocremix.org), but On Here I’m rediscovering Bollywood movies and music. Partial to the 90s/00s era.

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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 29/09/2026
PARDONER FENNEL!?
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 28/09/2026
As bummed as I am that Anshika did not with India's Best Dancer (like holy shit how insane was that last dance she did with Rupesh?!) Ritesh definitely earned that win.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 28/09/2026
It's weird how this guy cosplays as a robot master when performing when it's becoming apparent that dressing like a housewife trying to drain spaghetti from a pot in a 90s kitchen gadget commercial would be way more accurate.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 28/09/2026
Right? it’s so good. My favorite line in the comic.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 27/09/2026
“It’s become more than that.” You heard it here. Snuggle Bunch has achieved AGI.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 27/09/2026
Dog of Theseus
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 26/09/2026
Every time I was and dry a load of towels, the lint trap is completely full. If I wash and dry them enough times, will there eventually be nothing left?
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 26/09/2026
oh
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 26/09/2026
lmao
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 24/09/2026
I don’t envy him. He’s smart to keep quiet.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 24/09/2026
People are so soured on Materia’s history, especially where Undertale is concerned, that they don’t see that. It’d be so fucking funny of Toby Fox broke silence and just said “this dude has been making a lot of money off my music. glad my label is handling it.” I really how the fandom would shift.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 24/09/2026
What bugs me is that like…this is actually what Materia is *supposed* to do. This is actually what the force of a record label is supposed to be used for. It gets lost in the fan-media tribute narrative but here the label is protecting the work of the artist.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
It's wild when this happens. Is there a word for the phenomenon of a phrase taking on its opposite meaning after continued misuse?
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
When this stuff comes back I'm going to be the most annoying friend you've got. I will not relent until you play this all with me.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
Monument of Triumph was a perfect send-off to the game. It's as good as we could have gotten, given the circumstances. But now? Being able to run around Titan and Io again? Fighting in the Red War? Getting revenge for Cayde? Doing that dumbass Lost Sector in the Eliksni nightclub? Unbelievable.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
I'm filled with immeasurable joy at the news that Bungie is working to restore vaulted campaigns, raids, and destinations to Destiny 2. It can never be stated enough that these things never should have left the game but I'm done complaining about that.
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🌸MurmurLilies🌸 @murmurlilies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
just watched that Bungie update video and I'm actually sobbing rn lol... I can't believe they're really unvaulting all pre-Beyond Light content... I can't believe they confirmed more Destiny to come in the future... LOVE FUCKING WINS 💜
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
I remember.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
Still, my 2 favorites, Anshika and Geetanjali, made it to top 5. Would love to see one of them take home the trophy.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
Sad to see these boys go, Prince really came into his own and Roshan had so much untapped potential.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 21/09/2026
Bittersweet week on India’s Best Dancer. Prince, who’d experienced an incredible comeback story after his choreographer change, left the show due to an illness. Roshan, who always felt like an underdog, was finally given a chance to battle and absolutely killed it, but still went home.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 19/09/2026
Keep getting emails from private equity firms trying to buy OCR. Fuck off.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 18/09/2026
Vertical split.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 18/09/2026
That's the thing though: GameChops doesn't own the proper licenses. YouTube's revenue sharing function isn't licensing.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 18/09/2026
I honestly had zero interest in the Wolverine game but I saw a screenshot and holy shit that’s what he looks like?! Is this an alternate universe Wolverine whose real name is Stewart?
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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time for another Zelda design soon 👀
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 17/09/2026
Can't wait!!!
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 17/09/2026
I know he hasn't been proven to use AI for the VGM stuff, but if I may offer this anyway: GameSlops.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 16/09/2026
Seems like the MO.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 16/09/2026
The only attempt he makes at defending himself is saying that some of the tracks had YouTube revenue sharing on. I refuse to believe that a guy who’s run a record label for that long actually thinks that revenue sharing is the same as licensing.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 15/09/2026
The Monado…
A spoon is jutting out of a bowl of ground beef.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 15/09/2026
Just upgraded my gear but haven't applied my glamour plate yet...
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 15/09/2026
Yeah I mean like...this is your livelihood you're talking about and you're a grown fucking man. Take off the stupid helmet.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 15/09/2026
Yeah. It's a little gross how Cutman is framing this as a kind of "i'm just a widdle guy, why are dey picking on me" thing.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 15/09/2026
Fascinating to see how people assessing/reacting to the current Materia/Gamechops drama entirely through the lens of Undertale and Deltarune fandom. In that space, Materia is the bad guy. I think folks outside of that space are looking at things differently.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 14/09/2026
In a sense I'm glad I never really got into the GC catalog because now I don't have to Death-of-Author anything I could have potentially liked for a really long time. There's plenty of wonderful, human-made music out there to enjoy, still.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 14/09/2026
That said: using GenAI in your workflow to produce audio targeted at children so you can earn streaming revenue is deeply fucked. To loudly and boldly brag about how you've gotten your magic money button to work while framing it as experiencing a creative renaissance is deeply fucked.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 14/09/2026
So I don't really know how relevant it is for us to weigh in. We don't run events so we don't have to worry about booking the guy. We don't collab with GC on releases/albums. We have zero profit-motive, which is the exact opposite of GC as a label.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 14/09/2026
Like a lot of community leaders, I got that drive link in my inbox a few weeks ago. At OCR we don't really have *any* affiliation with GC; I think the last time we even thought about the guy was when we asked him to prove a submission was not an OST rip with drums on top.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 11/09/2026
Today is 9/11. I know that it’s fun for Gen Z and Gen Alpha to crack jokes about steel beams and “another x has hit the y” but I’m asking all of you to just, for today, shut the fuck up.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 11/09/2026
Hey man, it’s okay if you want to be a story-skipper, but you shouldn’t complain about the story if you did that.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 11/09/2026
I love how the word "Ravenous" seems to have activated something in everyone's brain. Absolutely insane fanart coming out right now.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 11/09/2026
This is such a specific gripe but I honestly never want to see a slick trailer for a beautiful, sprite-art Sonic fangame where the demo comes out and it's like just one zone so far ever again. The history of Sonic fangames is the history of promises unfulfilled.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 09/09/2026
Ocarina of Time remake looks fucking insane, I do not understand anyone nitpicking. Like it legitimately looks gorgeous and Link's design is outstanding.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 09/09/2026
Happy Birthday to the Dreamcast, the greatest console ever made.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 07/09/2026
She’s rocking a BABY with her foot.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 07/09/2026
Etrian Odyssey workout album: “Gonna MeiQ Sweat”
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 04/09/2026
Nobody wants to work anymore.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 04/09/2026
Square Enix please continue this trend of flipping EOS’d mobile games into full retail releases. I will pay full MSRP for a FF Dimensions 2DHD or a War of the Visions tactics game.
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Shariq (SHAH-rick) @darkesword.com · 03/09/2026
I, A Former Harem Protagonist, Couldn’t Deal With The Stress of Dealing with Five Heroines All The Time, So I Transferred Schools To Get Away From Everyone. Now I Just Want to Be a Background Mob at My New School, But My Classmates Elected Me to Be the Student Council President?!
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