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RPG Time is the very poster child of a "needs more widespread recognition" game. Rarely if ever have I seen something put so much adoring effort into presenting its aesthetic vision.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

on the internet nobody knows you're a claymation dog

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gonna latch onto Tokyo Tower and guess the anime adaptation of X by CLAMP since that hasn't been in circulation for ~15 years

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

He's such a good little cuddly bug! Mine was too stuffed-full to even fit in one of the geneated banners 🙃

A text box on a website showing "Declarations for Sentret" next to an icon of a round brown creature with rabbit ears and a raccoon's striped tail. Text below by "Data_Error" reads: A perfectly adorable little chimera of the best parts of woodland critters. He at once feels familiar and fantastical, unassuming but distinct. A clear role in his ecosystem as well as in my heart. Immensely huggable. The platonic ideal of a Pocket Monster.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Astounded that there doesn't seem to be a TV Tropes page for this, honestly.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

There's a case for things like Kid Icarus, ROB, and Game & Watch that faded into obscurity until they got a revival as legacy characters in Super Smash Bros., but I suspect each of those were popular enough in their heyday to miss the brief.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Best of luck to Minnesota in their weird double header tonight

A screenshot of a sports score tracker showing two games of Dallas versus Minnesota scheduld an hour apart. The first game displays the logos for their respective soccer teams, the second shows the logos for their respective hockey teams.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

There's a ton of this in Spider-verse! I believe Peni is animated on threes (citation needed) in order to match the framerate typical of TV anime.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Or, as he's known by his fans, dl

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

One of the great joys in life is discovering that Dumb Bullshit like this exists and that people cared enough to make it well.

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Em-vira, Mistress of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Always gotta take a moment to appreciate what might be the best sound effect in manga history.

As Bulma, Goku, and Oolong travel on their boat, the sound effect for such action is the succinct "BOAAA...T!!

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It just strikes me that people will gush about the use of medium in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off to the point of it inspiring a video game revival, but the warmest artistic praise adaptations seem to muster in the other direction is "it's fine."

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

What gets me about this is - can somebody name a single one of these in the last ~20 years that maintained half the cultural relevance of its original that isn't named Speed Racer (2009)?

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Every time I begin to feel the imposter syndrome creep in, one of these yokels crosses my timeline and I remember that I'm doing all right actually.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Having visual novels available portably is convenient and all, but real ones know that *all* novels are meant for luxuriating in the home. #DatingSimMonth

A picture of my arm, toasting a goblet of grapefruit soda, in front of a TV running the visual novel game Variable Barricade. My orange cat is observing the soda with great interest.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Right? I'm still feeling out my preference between the Browt and Pombom, but there's not an obvious weak link among them like there so often is.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Already gettin' hype for more Dogsred, Noda has such a gift for drawing distinct characters and obnoxious action. Givin' Oda a run for his money, on ice.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Nuts to "insignificant", touches like this are the entire reason I love playing exploration-forward games (and why I struggle to engage with procedurally-generated environments). Finding the fingerprints in the clay is a straight path to endearment.

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Burglin' Gnomes (NextFest Demo)! I honestly don't mind this wave of $5 co-op games whose premises have the longevity of a tabletop game (which has a similar per-player time/value proposition). Specifically I welcome non-horror options, even one this yet-underpolished. Spring Boots are fun, dammit.

An image of a largely unpolished garden gnome in a video game, viewed from such a low angle that it's making eye contact. The edges of the screen betray a beard at the bottom and red cap at the top - you, too, are Gnome.

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poqu @poqu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

happy 30th anniversary pokemon <3

An illustration of Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur overlooking an overgrown, post-apocalyptic, industrial city. There are pokemon roaming and resting in the background such as skiploom, unfezant, and altaria.

a loose illustration of piplup and torchic running through the snow, seen from above. they’re wearing winter hats and cloaks, and there are light blue shadows of trees and footprints in the snow

Illustration of piplup and torchic in a floaty together. They are floating in the water through some old stone formations. The stones behind them are stacked and carved like a slowbro and its tail. There are also some taillows and cutieflies around the area

Illustration of peaceful scenery based on Palette town, with a wide field of grass and a couple buildings and windmills. There are wooloo on the grass with a sleeping nidoran among them. On the rooftop in the foreground, some starlies are perched and a ratatta is nibbling on bread. Skiplooms are floating about. There are white clouds and a rainbow in the sky in the back. The faint silhouette of a ho-oh can be seen flying under the rainbow.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Altered Alma (NextFest Demo)! Adore the neon aesthetic and animation style - clearly somebody else played Megaman Zero at a formative time. Bonus points for the diegetic Demo boundaries. Not sure if it qualifies for #DatingSimMonth, but I'd schmooze up alien rogues between scrounging for biomods.

A screenshot from the opening of Altered Alma. A cyborg woman is lounging toward the screen, action distorted into tunnel vision.

A screenshot from the demo of Altered Alma. In a pixel-art-rendered metal room in front of a mechanical cityscape, a grinning purple alien in a pilot's shirt-and-vest is grinning and remarking "Hi, Jack." On the right, a proud robot warrior is posing and deciding whether to reply with a flirty "Let's talk about you, Harry." (denoted by hearts) or a flat "Bye" (denoted by a sigil for an exit door)

A screenshot from the demo of Altered Alma. In a pixel-art-rendered metal room backlit by the soft purple-pink hues of a metropolis, a hologram of a police-tape barrier hovers overhead explicitly noting "BLOCKED for DEMO"

A screenshot from the pause menus in the demo of Altered Alma. Rendered in green, the DATA page holds a subsection marked with a heart, wherein VERA and HARRINO "HARRY" Y'ASTRELLA options are presented. Harry is selected, his purple-skinned visage beaming at the camera. Two out of seven hearts are lit up next to his name.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I'm always a sucker for Kshatriya, but your style suits the God Gundam so well!

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Trying to imagine any other genre - gaming or otherwise - where the primary examples that dominate mainstream discussion could be described as being varying degrees of parody.

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 24/02/2026

You really do have to take dating sims/romances seriously. Not love them. Not know everything about them. Not even play them. But take them seriously. They're a legitimate, influential, long-running genre, and the lack of awareness and acceptance in English-speaking circles should be embarrassing.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

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Thaliarchus @thaliarchus.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Top Ten Anime Betrayals

Poster for Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice upon a Time.

Zoom in on the part of the poster that says 'Good bye [sic], all of EVANGELION'.

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

About nine weeks into our senior year, the remaining French teacher was informed that the language wouldn't be offered next year. I am oddly familiar with the 2002 Count of Monte Cristo, the 1998 Man in the Iron Mask, and Belle's Enchanted Christmas.

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

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Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States

YouTube video by Olympics

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I strongly feel that we should post "library hauls" in the same way that we do mail days or shopping runs. Same interest-signaling. Same conversation points (just had a gab with a friend about Kyoshi). But more centered on community and less on (inherent) capitalism!

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Why are we pouring several countries' worth of GDP into lying machines when we could be producing Librarians' Labels that are easy to remove (with/without a specialized tool) and leave no residue when a book is honorably discharged?

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Data_Error @dataerr.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If I infinite resources, my greatest pipe dream would be to reunite the original staff for One Last Job™ to complete the second disk, remastered or not.

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