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steam removing daily deals seems bad and I don't trust it. otoh, the barrier to entry for "daily deal" curation (reportedly tens of thousands of dollars of revenue) was already way out of reach for many devs. i can see this system being somehow worse though, steam's algorithm is often very suspect

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

apparently the dumbass trump admin broke the vaccines.gov webpage. you gotta be fucking kidding me

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At this point, though, if someone contends they've never even heard of Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes] or the GRD system, it may say more about the gamer than the game. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world. Perhaps there is a deeper reason they don't win vorpal

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Alan McMillian @alanmcmillian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Felt like tossing a few things up here that maybe I hadn't shown before. Mostly from my independent comics days. Need to do some new stuff.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"mega knockdown's unreleased character #9 is sick actually" -me, the creator of mega knockdown's unreleased character #9

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you claim to have never heard Crazy Frog’s “Axel F,” it says more about you than it does Mr. Frog. This about virtue signaling that you are better than entire genres of music, that your friends are not in the custom ringtone game.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have never heard this song in my life. I listen to the radio every day in my car.

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joh | HYPERFIGHT 2 Releases October 12!! @studiojoh.com · 24/09/2026

!! ANNOUNCEMENT !! HYPERFIGHT 2 will be officially released in Early Access on October 12! If you've never heard of it before, it's my brand-new take on 2D fighting games described by some as "Smash Bros meets Guilty Gear". Rollback included! #gamedev #indiegame #fgc

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 23/09/2026

Vaguely related but I'm thinking about trying to explain fighting game mind game stuff to my sister and saying how you can be good in rock paper scissors and to demo it, I threw paper 9 times, beating her rock every time. She then switched to scissors as I threw rock. I then ran out of the room.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cleared Rabbit and Steel on Normal. Took a lot of tries. Maybe the hardest game I've played in awhile

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whenever I post a clip of me playing something there's a part of me that's like like, hmm, that's not really optimal, or, oh, I shouldn't have gotten hit by that, but then I kinda discard it because I don't think I'm ever that judgemental of other people playing. I'm just like, "oh thats neat"

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today is the last day of the @scrambleheart.city playtest on Steam. Game is incredibly sick imo.

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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trebek would kill us all if he saw this. He'd throw his mustache like that thing Xena has.

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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Remembering sweetxjam" www.patreon.com/pattheflip/p...

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Read a Book! The @scrambleheart.city playtest is live on Steam this weekend. Don't miss it!

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Mr. K @stlmrk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tell your homies you love them. You never know how much time you have.

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Aoi @aoiky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

sweetxjam was the kindest and coolest and humblest person that I've ever met. Helped me learn gg from never having played a fg just on a whim that we met and chatted in a lobby. Guided me through so many things and I don't know what I'm gonna do without being able talk to him anymore god fucking why

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Kizzer @kizzercrate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was going to write an incredibly long and sappy eulogy because if there's one person I've been blessed to meet in my life, it's sweetxjam. He wouldn't want that though. So instead, here's a picture that sums up our brotherhood LOL. Rest easy, my friend. I love you.

sweetxjam and I wearing our "i heart hot moms" shirts, never to be seen again after their debut. Grand opening, grand closing LOL

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

goodbye sweetxjam. gone way too young. i only met him in person once (i think at frostys).. told him i liked his combo videos, we played a set and i had so much fun i almost got dq'd from my bracket. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTQn...

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nobody speak. (ggxrd rev2 sol cmv)

YouTube video by sweetxjam

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Melissa! 🔜 Eclipse/HOLIDAY HAVOC @melissa.guiltygear.gay · 16/09/2026

I don't know if anyone else has posted this yet, but sweetxjam passed away this weekend. If y'all could give something to the gfm for his family that would be great. www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-...

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Donate to In Loving Memory of Daniel Nikov, organized by Desislava Dryankova

There are moments in life when words simply are not enough. With the he… Desislava Dryankova needs your support for In Loving Memory of Daniel Nikov

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is the game mainstream gaming publications have been salivating to give endless coverage to

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

He's old as fuck too and beat his much younger challenger (who had pushed the trans panic narrative and tried to walk it back)

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Imagine spending $400+ to permanently wiretap yourself and everyone you encounter because you can't listen to another human being or say, "can you repeat that?" occasionally

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

City of the Wolves Season 4 DLC roster has been LEAKED! Chang Koehan Lucky Glauber God Rugal Grant Pomni James Donaldson Orenthal J. Simpson J.K. Rowling

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Andrea Demetrio @andreadprojects.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I know it's not a fighting game. I know it's a weird mix of Uchikoshi-like themes, stripperiffic costumes, LGBTQ+ themes and bloody action. I know it's pretty different from what I usually make... But I would be glad if you gave if a chance🙂 I loved working on Mors Blade.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm generally willing to give people another chance (within reason) if they actually try and do better. The worst offenders are generally going to deny, or double down, on bad shit they did

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

(me playing Ocarina of Time in 1998) “This is good, but it would be perfect if they could make Link look moist”

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you're at PAX check this game out! Really unique concept for a fighter

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not crazy about this '1/2' icon they put on threads in the app. Maybe makes sense for very long threads.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You asked for it, Govinda mains. The Gotama matchup is unplayable thanks to this change. What was Hesse thinking?

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sometimes I use Google by accident still (the search toolbar can't be removed from my android phone) and it's profoundly annoying how bad the AI shit is. I just looked up something from King Lear and it assumed I was talking about Roblox

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Results for me (CA) and my wife (TX), respectively. Though we've both lived lots of different places now

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just got a super unprofessional rejection email from a digital festival. Hoo boy

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

my wife put this out there on her socials so I might as well put it out there too because it's a common thing that not enough people talk about. We lost a pregnancy not long after I got back from orlando. We were 9 weeks in. it really sucks.

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Andrea Demetrio @andreadprojects.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mega Knockdown is a sick game and you all should play it.

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 03/09/2026

'It's hard to judge the games the same way once you try to make one' Is so real. Some people have a hard time saying something sucks once they've been there. I'll still say it, but outside a few examples, it's almost affection. The context and conditions of creation matter so much.

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dhamster @dhamster.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Seems like people liked this. Might try and make this a monthly thing. Working on a new one with a spooky/halloween theme for October

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SQXL 2026: 10/3~10/4 @sq.ncfgc.org · 30/08/2026

North Carolina mentioned baby that's us

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