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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

so my 5yo is quoting that one Latin phrase from Genshin Impact all the time now. Ad Astra Abyssosque! [To the stars and the abyss!]

Katheryne and Venti looking across counter at each other at Adventurer's guild. Latin motto overlaid on image in yellow, pink, and cyan bubble letters.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Gave up on my dreams of achieving 80s hair metal look

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?

A yellow box of children's hair elastics knocked down and scattered across a small set of wooden stairs.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The photo to repost for the next meme when folks post one photo from their phone to best describe their life rn.

A yellow box of hair elastics knocked down, with its contents scattered, into a wooden stairwell.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

February made me shiver with each notification delivered

A very busy family calendar on my Androif phone with many entries each day in February.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Last post immediately liked by this bot posting about online security

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Weird vibes from anyone who replies like form letters apologizing for violating my privacy then says they are interested in my posts. For me in English & then to someone else using exact same translated message in German. Reposts multilang, praising Mariann Budde in media post: so a faking-left bot?

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If we say his true name will the spell break and his dealings be thwarted? Trumpelstiltskin! I am hoping for the ending where he ends up driving his right foot so far into the ground that he creates a chasm and falls into it, never to be seen again.

A black and white picture of a woman at a spinning wheel, with a tiny impish figure with a beard leaning in to look at her through a doorway.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I am enjoying Metal Gear on NES just to spite Hideo Kojima... he vocally does approve of changes or quality of this version of the game. All the performances cannot be like the Broadway cast folks. Go Ultra!

Final boss in metal gear for every other version is a metal gear

Nes version of final boss includes a monitor instead with a picture of a helmet

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Spotify😡 CAPCOM🤦‍♂️ You can do better! I think the mistranslation jokes go too far sometimes. yes, even you, sign memes.

The Ghosts n' Goblins Resurrection original soundtrack on Spotify lists Capcom Sound Team as artists. But the title is listed as "Ghosts'n Bobrins" which is a mispronunciation of Goblins.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

there are only 3 kinds of game designers. I will not explain

Caution sign in urban forest area. "Trail is under maintenance"

Dog is pooping. Toddler pats dog on back during poop. CAPTION: "great job pooping!"

Hideo Kojima social media post says "it's actually really simple tbh"

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#ClarifyADHD, part of #Fabulous apps, are all super predatory. It claims you can cancel without obligation anytime for the two week trial (i paid $2 for trial), but won't refund any part of your multi-month subscription. Stay away if you are an easy target like me! That's $60 I could not afford rn.

Screenshot of policy:
Can I cancel my Fabulous subscription at any time?
1. Yes, you can cancel your Fabulous subscription at any time. 2. There is no long term commitment. 3. Once canceled, your subscription will remain valid until the end of the current billing period.
Will I receive a refund if I cancel my Fabulous subscription before the billing period ends?
1. No, Fabulous does not offer refunds for cancellations made before the end of the billing period.
2. Your subscription will remain valid until the end of the current billing period.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I had one of these macdonalds toys as a kid. Knuckles will always be this thicc in my headcanon.

Red echidna spinner toy with prominent white gloves and a dust cloud covering lower body

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I have no idea which state my @bsky.app account is in wrong logged-out users seeing my posts, after multiple attempts before > during > after

Moderation settings for Bluesky: toggle appears off

Moderation settings for Bluesky: toggle is highlighted in Grey with radial progress indicator displayed opposite edge to the toggle UI element

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

They are not malapropisms, malmonteaus, mondegreens or examples of the Mandela effect. Following in the etymological origin traditions of these widely-adopted terms, I'd suggest: - start with m - use poetry or current events as inspiration - name is an example of the word (see comic) - 3 syllables

Caption: Ever notice how Wikipedia has few words it really likes?
ID: a Wikipedia page for "Malmanteau" with familiar elements drawn in webcomic style.
Text: A malmanteau is a geologist for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a geologist. It itself is a portmanteau of [cut off by bottom edge of comic]

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

You're damn right capcom see that Dino Crisis at #2, huh? Now make the damn game I Pitched again in this survey... you already paid me as an employee when I wrote the concept doc (8 years ago). so give me the game I want to play and I will buy the collectors edition from you.

World and Japan rankings from 1 to 9.
World: Devil may cry 5, Dino crisis, residential evil 4 (2023), devil may cry 3, resident evil 4...
Japan: okami, Phoenix Wright ace attorney, Phoenix attorney ace attorney trials and tribulations, monster hunter world iceborne, street fighter 6...

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Is hiring Keanu Reeves for the PaloAltoNetworks Precision AI ad the "jump the shark" moment for Silicon Valley? I am so tired of this show.

Palo Alto Networks LinkedIn post screen shot with Keenu Reeves in sci-fi getup in front of swirling orange background. Caption speaker: AI Copilot. Caption subtitle: "Glad you called, J."

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Fallout 4 Vault Boy metal promo pin from gdc 2016 (given to me by CAPCOM exec who attended, not i). Set of 5 approx half inch pins, I have all of them still.

Vault tech mascot head image on metal pin, like the face on the bobbleheads in-game.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Minimalist job postings have gone 1 step too f

A 70 word job posting formatted into a single page on the phone screen.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

I feel like this might be a bot or someone who does not look deep into context

catapart reacting to my post of throwing dvd into trash

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

That's nailed it precisely, thanks. You have perfectly described why I should take this DVD copy I've never watched from my spouse's collection and throw it in the trash.

A DVD of sucker punch thrown on the trash

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

I posted portfolio stuff here for portfolioday and then just did a shit post on LinkedIn. All mixed up today, might be covid brain fog.

LinkedIn post:
there is a reason Baldur's Gate Ill is only the second most popular RPG for professional gamedev right now. tons of gamedev are joining the Job Hunt player base! 11000+ new players this year and counting.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Going to jump in on Portfolio Day (for game design though). Hi I am Jim and I am looking for gamedev jobs in game design. #portfolioday www.dodgethis.com/portfolio

Games promo art for Nightingale, Company of Heroes 3, MythForce, and The Long Dark

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

so tired of seeing this logo—and the extended archer animation before it—whenever I watch shows that came out in the last 15 years just show a title card for as long as it takes you to say "we made a movie" okay and don't make a friggin show out of it

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

Green tea usually calms me but tonight I put my foot in it while scrolling through my skyline

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

I want this published diagram from Frontier on a T-shirt with "B.S. in Science" on the back, to celebrate nearly 15 years since I graduated FYI this is all AI-generated nonsense like "Resprouization of ie regisor" and it would never be published with peer reviews

An ai generated science diagram of cellular processes that is complete nonsense.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

My biggest issue with Alien Versus Predator (2004) is that it is STILL better than any of the other entries after the first in each series, with Prey (2022) as the only exception. Aliens (1986) is a close fifth place for me.

A frozen Alien queen is shown at the top of a staircase. Statues with armor and polearms are on either side of the staircase and the hallway leading up to it.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

EI approved via renewal of previous claim on Jan 2, 2024; via a message sent less than 24 hrs after I checked. The last message I saw "decision pending" w/ no new alert sent. I'm behind on reports, it says I should've filed the first within 2 weeks of Dec 2nd. Or else I will have to renew my claim.

A rainbow-banded rubber ball resting on a small playroom carpet with bright colours in bands as well. The floor is light wood. There is a smile face on the ball.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Ah bluesky retrimmed the photo after I edited alt text :( Here a close up of the part it trimmed out.

Save button and yellow [t] button closeup.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Android or at least galaxy phones can even grab text from the picture itself now if you did not copy paste it the first time, so these people could just post that. This is a zflip3 so not that new.

Screen capture demonstrating text scanned from photo in galaxy phone picture gallery app. A picture taken of a menu on my old laptop screen with the text highlighted by phone. "Scan" button middle and yellow "[T]" button to toggle text view.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

This must be like the ninth USB and USB splitter combo I've tried to squeeze together... and then reinstalling Mac OS X via internet works today for no explicable reason.

Two USB sticks barely fitting into a USB splitter. The green plastic one is aligned straight but the white and yellow one plastic one is being pushed off center by 5 degrees or so.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

tell me where you were born using just one image of food

A wooden board with sushi, chopsticks, and ingredients on it: rice, avocados, and tuna. Canned tuna. The cans are also pictured beside the wooden board, with the text "wild selections" "solid white albacore" "tuna in water"

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

the plastic cases around USB keys aka thumb drives are always unnecessarily large it's rarely possible to plug two of them in side-by-side, although other peripherals have no issues which must be why macOS requires using two thumb drives to rescue the old macbook operating systems circa 2011 😑

A USB splitter hub that has one USB key aka thumb drive plugged in above an empty USB port. My hand is holding another thumb drive next to the open holes hoping how the plastic cases overlap.

Side of MacBook from 2011 with two USB ports very close to one another. A black cord is attach to the rear USB port.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

that Castlevania feeling when you enter the boss room with a sub-weapon you have no business carrying through the whole level like that and then you break the boss like a twig with it in seconds

In-game cinematic: Rondo of Blood pixel art scene with Richter Belmont performing the Grand Cross item crash. His arm is raised and a beam on light shines down on him as many crosses raise to the sky, purifying the ground around him.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

I know canon Miles Morales is a talented artist--could be great with any tool or medium & it varies across worlds in Spiderverse Still feels wrong when Disney takes away his graffiti & spray paint cans for the kids show "Spidey and his Amazing Friends", making him paint with his web slinger instead

Miles Morales, dressed as Spiderman, a kid version from kids' tv show Spidey and his Amazing Friends. He has quizzical look on his masked face with one eye skewed and a partially-closed hand on his chin as if thinking.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

if you like elden ring you should open your pc tower to unplug all of the cords then plug them back in again in a different configuration glhf

A view inside my computer tower showing power supply unit and motherboard connections

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

captured the opening of this boss fight. backtracking to deny Alucard and keep my monkey ghost companion Grant, for now.

Photo of gameplay for 2d platformer from NES era. The opening to the Alucard boss fight on crypt with Alucard, the vampire boss, standing in foreground, coffin, columns, and large cross behind him. Trevor faces the vampire with his right arm braced in from of him.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

Reintroduction thread: Name: Jim Pronouns: he/him Location: Vancouver-ish Hobbies (outside of games): painting minis noob, entertaining smol tyrants, lego, decorating my home office, maintaining path down to creek. Is therapy a hobby?

Wild brown hair and beard on white man. Blue eyes looking to side. Attempting to smile naturally. In a forest.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

A Town Without Seasons has a lot of similar small community mystery vibes as you've seen in Twin Peaks: oddities, grudges, meandering side stories, and intrigue. There is definitely pain and grief in both shows. It exudes a warm, cozy surface, though, and has more light-hearted messages to share.

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dodgethis.ephemera (he/him) @dodgethis.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

there are some real deep cuts buried in the branching narrative of Man of Medan- I think some of them are co-op specific. after 10+ playthroughs I stille found a new ending today, including a uniqur swap mechanic during a face-off with the big bad... thanks to couch co-op mode allowing solo play.

Three people explore the top deck of an abandoned world war 2 Era ship in the nighttime.

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