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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 7h

I find it kind of hilarious that they put the Marvel Comics head on the Optimus Prime who comes with Elita One, an original character from the cartoon who never appeared in the comics.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 16h

That happened when I sold my Titans Return Blaster. Couldn't find the rocket sled, gave up and went to take pictures without it... And found it stored inside his chest when I transformed him.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the reason I waited on Onyx Prime. Glad to have that decision vindicated.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I slowly draw my fingers through the repro steps, ever so subtly teasing out the expected result. And then, once the error log really gets going, I secretly attach a video."

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have a feeling they probably don't celebrate this one in the Galapagos.

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My brain is forever on shuffle through an ever-increasing amount of pop culture ephemera, and yet somehow this pops up more often than one would think considering the sheer amount of mental fragments on offer...

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found that sticking just a little bit of folded paper in the socket was enough to keep it tightly secured.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That made me think of something. If you come across a typo in the wording (i.e. "He grabbed the the hammer", or an incorrect pronoun), would you "fix" the typo in your narration, or read it exactly as written? Especially with an already-published book versus one that has yet to come out.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Would you say you're being a Charon about this? :P

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also Tears of the Kingdom, which was only possible because the Breath of the Wild team remained together and as such was able to use their familiarity with the code to know how to push it further.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes. By way of example, in 1890 President McKinley imposed massive tariffs on Canada, with the goal of forcing them to be reliant on US goods to the point that we could annex them as the 45th state. Instead it drove up prices in the US and led Canada to align more closely with Great Britain.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Said horrid piece of shit left after selling the company to Microsoft. Whether that's better or worse largely depends on your view of Microsoft, but the horrid piece of shit has been gone for almost two years.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.

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Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees

Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You are correct, and you know, I never really thought about it that way before...

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Huh, that is weird. You'd think he'd at least have been in the background in either RID or MTMTE.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Is Ms. Frizzle sufficiently embarrassing?

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A group of men searches everywhere for a missing cup.

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Chris DeRose @scratchyderose.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Be Strong enough to be gentle.” Peter Cullen tells the story of how his brother inspired the voice he would use to play Optimus Prime. It’s a simple yet poignant quote that sums up why Optimus and Peter are so beloved. Til All Are One. 💔

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RIP Peter Cullen

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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Randy Milholland @choochoobear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's hard to fathom anyone being as universally loved and mourned as Dolly Parton is.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

May as well just use the same example I used before: Nine Millimeter Nails

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Those who don't learn from history, etc.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Weird, that feels like one of those things that should just be readily available because everyone there needs them.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. QA Analyst: Obtain the cup. Slowly add water. Result: the game crashes if the cup's fill value exceeds 50%.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Gonna be honest, I think more companies would do this with IP they're not using and have no intention to use vs sitting on it forever so no one else can use it.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From what I can tell the official timeline is that Fisk becomes mayor before Thunderbolts*, cracks down on vigilantes just after it, and is out of office by the time of Brand New Day.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thinking about the timeline of Daredevil: Born Again, in the couple years leading up to Brand New Day first he was retired, then he was in hiding, then he was in jail.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So many great arguments in this thread.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Even a broken tablet only made you stronger!

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There's an old saying that if players tell you there's something wrong with your game, they're probably right. If they tell you how to fix it, they're probably wrong.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The people we actually worked with knew how good we were, and how valuable we were to their projects, and told us so regularly. Unfortunately, they weren't consulted regarding our continued employment.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And all the people at that company who were still depending on our work were completely blindsided by it and pissed we were cut loose when they still had work they expected us to be able to do.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The best QA team I ever worked on, nearly all of us got laid off because the parent company did a reorg that moved us out from the department we were doing all our work for, to being under a department that had no budget for us and no conception of our value.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Doom 2016 put far too much emphasis on glory kills. Crazy kill animations are cool the first few times, but quickly start to be repetitive and just take up time I'd rather be using to kill stuff, on top of having to keep running into melee to do them instead of blasting stuff.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As an example, look at thimerosal. There was no evidence of ill effects but Antivaxxers complained so we removed it just in case. Antivaxxers still refused to vaccinate, and now many vaccines have a shorter shelf-life and are harder to distribute to poorer countries.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I expect it's harder to pretend the character doesn't age when the actor definitely does.

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Consider one Dexter Douglas, nerd computer ace. Who one day went surfing on the internet. And got zapped to cyber-space. Now he’s turned into a freakazoid, here in…

static.klipy.com

Rod Serling: The Twilight Zone Intro

ALT: Rod Serling: The Twilight Zone Intro

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thanks for highlighting someone to block.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There's a comic writer I follow who started working on a War of the Worlds/Dracula crossover novel taking place in the 1890s, inspired by the fact that both books were written in that decade.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

So you'll need dedicated QA for that, right?

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Dunno about this person specifically, but certain people absolutely complained about the organic web shooters back then.

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Christopher Colton @darktzeratul.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I mean, Ursula the Sea-Witch also engages with the contract in pretty bad faith, using what Ariel paid to deny her the thing she wanted to get out of it.

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