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DDRKirby(ISQ)

@ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social
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Game Developer, 9-bit Chiptune Producer Currently making Rhythm Quest, a chiptune music game. he/him/she/her all OK!

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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/10/what... What would it have been like? If I had sacrificed myself to become someone else. [...]
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What would it have been like? If I had sacrificed myself to become someone else. There were, perhaps, at least two different people I could ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of September 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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~Monthlies 2026.09~, by DDRKirby(ISQ)
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why when I try to play DDR in my dreams are there only gimmick charts that have 6-8 arrow types, some mislabeled, and the panels are spaced too far apart
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trying to look at examples of good Rhythm Game menu designs and they all suck in one way or another (including mine) =/ Rift of the Necrodancer seems to do a pretty good job. DDR Extreme's basic song selection was probably a high point of the series, everything went downhill from there.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/09/grow... Growing older, I can't tell whether it's gotten better or worse compared to before -- the feeling, sometimes, of wanting to turn my back on the world. [...]
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Growing older, I can't tell whether it's gotten better or worse compared to before -- the feeling, sometimes, of wanting to turn my back on ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/09/what... What else can I say, really? Things are alright. Not great, not bad, just alright. I seem to have drifted away from ALTTPR for now, I guess Rabbit & Steel has occupied my casual "off to the side" gaming and [...]
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What else can I say, really? Things are alright. Not great, not bad, just alright. I seem to have drifted away from ALTTPR for now, I guess ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of August 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You ever had that moment where you were about to do something and then had a nagging parent shout at you "Have you done ___ yet?" On an unrelated note, today I read another comment somebody made about "Why haven't you released Rhythm Quest yet bro did you forget about it"
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/08/meet... Meeting someone new, feels a bit strange these days. I was always unapologetic about who I was, in some regards, but it feels like in the past I also had a vision of who I wanted to present myself as. [...]
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Meeting someone new, feels a bit strange these days. I was always unapologetic about who I was, in some regards, but it feels like in the pa...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/08/stay... Stay, won't you? My love for you is so unwavering that I may sometimes have even taken it for granted. We may never be like we were once before, but that's okay. [...]
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Stay, won't you? My love for you is so unwavering that I may sometimes have even taken it for granted. We may never be like we were once bef...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of July 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-me... I met them in my dream -- the one that I said "I love you" to. But in the end I knew that they wouldn't understand anything I said, that it was all just make-believe. It made me cry, just a little bit. [...]
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I met them in my dream -- the one that I said "I love you" to. But in the end I knew that they wouldn't understand anything I said, that it ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/07/shou... Should probably write in here more often, I always found it to be theraputic earlier in life to write down all the mundane stuff. I've been trying to see if I can get back on using Quabble and those kinds of apps also encourage the same sort of [...]
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Should probably write in here more often, I always found it to be theraputic earlier in life to write down all the mundane stuff. I've been ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-am... I am the wolf in the desert, the star that shed its orbit. I am the bird who clipped her own wings, the caterpillar who refused to emerge. I see the threads beyond the fabric, carve my story with words left unspoken. [...]
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I am the wolf in the desert, the star that shed its orbit. I am the bird who clipped her own wings, the caterpillar who refused to emerge. I...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-gu... I guess it is a lesson I've taken away from my experiences? I'm beginning to think more along the lines of "why should I?", and "what have you done for me lately?". [...]
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I guess it is a lesson I've taken away from my experiences? I'm beginning to think more along the lines of "why should I?", and "what have y...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-... Why is it that people have such exacting standards for who they deem worthy as romantic partners, but assume that they will be alright spending the rest of their lives taking care of their children, no matter who they turn out to be? [...]
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Why is it that people have such exacting standards for who they deem worthy as romantic partners, but assume that they will be alright spend...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of June 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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~Monthlies 2026.06~, by DDRKirby(ISQ)
3 track album
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... The end is nothing more than a return to what once was. You have spent almost all of eternity not existing, and will continue to evermore. If you experienced your life backwards, would you be afraid of your birth? [...]
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The end is nothing more than a return to what once was. You have spent almost all of eternity not existing, and will continue to evermore. I...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/06/self... How many children have gone hungry because of your generosity? How much debt did you incur to pay your respects to God? [...]
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Selfless
How many children have gone hungry because of your generosity? How much debt did you incur to pay your respects to God? How many flowers wer...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/06/i-am... I am not simply lonely, but sad for all that I have "lost". Yet, I would never blame any of those who "abandoned" me, for most of them never did at all. There are so many people that are lonely; [...]
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I am not simply lonely, but sad for all that I have "lost". Yet, I would never blame any of those who "abandoned" me, for most of them never...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-... You who would decry me for doing something which I found was espoused. You who would twist your words, twisting them like daggers "for my benefit". You, who would force your will upon me. [...]
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You who would decry me for doing something which I found was espoused.  You who would twist your words, twisting them like daggers "for my b...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of May 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/05/from... I found this passage referenced online and while it's nothing new, the "I can think of no other medium" part of it stirring some thoughts in me. I think it is easy to just point at "toxic gamer culture" and call it a day, but [...]
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From https://blacktabbygames.medium.com/on-writing-scarlet-hollow-episodes-4-and-5-edition-and-maybe-the-roads-untraveled-too-490a012808ca  ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/05/im.h... I'm...doing alright, maybe? It was a bit up and down of a day; another occurrence of me falling asleep and not really having the strength to wake up again until much later. [...]
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I'm...doing alright, maybe? It was a bit up and down of a day; another occurrence of me falling asleep and not really having the strength to...
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Siobhan (successfully gorilla'd) @ophiolatrix.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
section from the scarlet hollow episode 4-5 devlog regarding players sending hate mail over getting locked out of episodes 6 and 7 for using a hacked worldstate (which, while specifically about video games, is definitely relevant to fandom in general)
I can think of no other medium where I’ve seen audience members assert a moral right to edit a creator’s work and to not only personally declare those edits as valid, canonical alterations, but to expect and demand that a work’s authors publicly condone these actions.

Though often couched in arguments favoring collective ownership, this stance, to me, is rooted in consumerism taken to an extreme: a personal desire to so wholly have ownership over another person’s work that one is willing to strip away anything that causes discomfort, choosing only to engage with a sanded down idea of what a text could have been rather than engaging with the text itself.

If you do hold this mindset and you found this short section of a very long essay upsetting, then I ask you to take a step back and ask yourself why that is.

Again, is this who you want to be?
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/05/big-... Yet another one in the books...this was my 11th Big Dance all-nighter. It was a good night for me! [...]
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Big Dance 2026 (but actually just self-acceptance)
Previous one: https://ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/05/big-dance-2025.html   Yet another one in the books...this was my 11th Big Dance all-n...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-a... We are always losing something or another, or at the very least, feeling like we are. Sometimes more quickly, at other times more gradually. It used to be that I'd feel the loss of people, connections, experiences, activities, memories. [...]
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We are always losing something or another, or at the very least, feeling like we are.  Sometimes more quickly, at other times more gradually...
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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 03/05/2026
📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!
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Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form
This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of April 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/04/week... Week is starting off okay, I think. Had a nice massage, gamed a bunch, and I've setup my new monitor. As reported by others online, there are some gray banding issues, particularly visible on flat monochrome dark gray backgrounds, [...]
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Week is starting off okay, I think.  Had a nice massage, gamed a bunch, and I've setup my new monitor.  As reported by others online, there ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/04/kuro... The past—and the past before that—that you’ve overcome That is *Who you are, who you are* The hand you reach out, the glint at your fingertips That, too, is *Who you are, who you are* "KUROMIfy the world"
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KUROMIfy the world
The past—and the past before that—that you’ve overcome That is *Who you are, who you are* The hand you reach out, the glint at your fingerti...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/04/so-m... So many times have I discovered that people's preconceptions of how life -- sometimes, my life in particular -- ought to be lived are blatantly off the mark; it feels as if though I could make a living out of it. [...]
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So many times have I discovered that people's preconceptions of how life -- sometimes, my life in particular -- ought to be lived are blatan...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/04/huma... I mean, what there left to say, really? There is always something beautiful -- or at the very least, resonant -- in the humanity of it all...hopeless dreams, imperfections, emotions, [...]
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Human Condition
I mean, what there left to say, really? There is always something beautiful -- or at the very least, resonant -- in the humanity of it all.....
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
In light of being recommended some of this late outpour of AI-generated "PS1 Jungle DnB" music (blegh) I tried to find some music in a similar style that was not AI-generated. I failed :') Is ok, I'll be the change I want to see. Will just produce what I want to listen to, lol.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/03/do-y... Do you see it? The warm light ahead, the promise of a better world, the reason why you have worked so hard to become who you are, and no one else. [...]
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Do you see it? The warm light ahead, the promise of a better world, the reason why you have worked so hard to become who you are, and no one...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of March 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/03/ther... There's something about like, "fear of failure" where you're supposed to just "go out and fail a bunch" and get it out of your system, supposedly, right? Like, oh, if you're afraid of rejection, just go out and "practice" getting rejected a bunch. [...]
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There's something about like, "fear of failure" where you're supposed to just "go out and fail a bunch" and get it out of your system, suppo...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/03/17th... The Journey anniversary (March 13) is one of those "annual events" that comes along every year, along with the other ones (usually VBall, Fanime, Big Dance, etc), but I've missed it the past two years -- the last Journey I made was back in 2023. [...]
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17th Journey
The Journey anniversary (March 13) is one of those "annual events" that comes along every year, along with the other ones (usually VBall, Fa...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/03/vien... Another ball came and went. I've lost count of how many I've been to at this point, but the last post is here (ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/02/vien...), to keep the chain going, I guess. [...]
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Viennese Ball 2026
Another ball came and went.  I've lost count of how many I've been to at this point, but the last post is here , to keep the chain going, I ...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/03/i-us... I usually feel like I should be blogging before bed but somehow I've not been the best at getting to it, which I guess is slightly concerning. [...]
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I usually feel like I should be blogging before bed but somehow I've not been the best at getting to it, which I guess is slightly concernin...
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Rhythm Quest @rhythmquestgame.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Rhythm Quest Devlog 83 - Verified Artist Flow rhythmquestgame.com/devlog/83.html
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of February 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-th... I think it's time for me to really sit down with an update...well, here we go. My upcoming trip got cancelled, probably for the best for all parties involved. Obviously I'm excited to have some more time back, and to just not be traveling, but [...]
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I think it's time for me to really sit down with an update...well, here we go. My upcoming trip got cancelled, probably for the best for all...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-fe... I feel their silent judgment, the spite in their voices. These are the kind of memories that leave scars, their mark on your psyche a cruel reminder of a thing that you wish hadn't happened. [...]
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I feel their silent judgment, the spite in their voices.  These are the kind of memories that leave scars, their mark on your psyche a cruel...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/its-... It's still going okay. I have my 5th match coming up for ALTTPR and I've been trying to cram for that to make sure I'm prepared. Fortunately, it'll be a morning match this time, so I won't be spending the whole day anxious about it like last time. [...]
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It's still going okay.  I have my 5th match coming up for ALTTPR and I've been trying to cram for that to make sure I'm prepared.  Fortunate...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/thin... Things are going okay. I wrapped up a fun/busy weekend full of activities and am feeling thankful that Monday is a off-day for me to just chill and maybe work on Rhythm Quest a little, maybe play some ALTTPR or other stuff. [...]
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Things are going okay.  I wrapped up a fun/busy weekend full of activities and am feeling thankful that Monday is a off-day for me to just c...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Since outgoing links are not really a thing anyways, I'm going to take a stab at using these monthly artworks to inspire blog posts to put out there. [...] ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Monthly pixel artworks that I did over 2025. I did tracings for the first half of the year, but moved on from those. June and October were the standouts, they're really so much better than anything I made before despite still being on the same 100x100 canvas. #pixelart
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/but-... But why? Why couldn't I save you? Why did you have to go? So I'm doing pretty well, but also pretty sad. Both are true, almost assuredly. I'm doing more good than bad, but I can't for a moment deny the pain of it. [...]
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But why?  Why couldn't I save you?  Why did you have to go?   So I'm doing pretty well, but also pretty sad.  Both are true, almost assuredl...
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DDRKirby(ISQ) @ddrkirbyisq.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ke... I keep on meaning to write here but end up getting sidetracked into other things. I've been continuing to play lots of stuff, whether it be more ALTTPR practice and prep, or the two roguelikes (Hades 2, Ravenswatch). [...]
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I keep on meaning to write here but end up getting sidetracked into other things.  I've been continuing to play lots of stuff, whether it be...
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