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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12h

It's funny because that's pretty much how One Angry Gamer started

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12h

Good bye entirety of games journalism

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12h

This proves that even the hardcore Trumpers believe he's in the files

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12h

Why would calling for Trump to keep his campaign promise of releasing the Epstein files result in a violent response? I thought these were the people who wanted to destroy the pedo elites

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YTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My regular Hong Kong summer(ish) hiking trifecta: seasonal waterfall (or waterfall in fuller flow than usual); lizard; protest graffiti. (Re the protest graffiti: I first noticed it in 2014/15. Then, "CY step down" was most popular. Since 2020, 64 is the most seen graffiti in the countryside.)

Water flowing down a dark rocky surface. Ferns and lichen can be seen growing on either side of it.

What looks to be a Long-tailed Skink, only its tail is short/it's missing (part of) its tail.

6464 written out in white paint on a dark wooden surface. There's a black cross on the left. Possibly written by a second person. A third person also looks to have tried to change the second 6 to something else, then a fourth person came along and rewrote the original 6 more clearly.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Bored so I've been playing sfiv to help me deal with some stuff and I had no idea this connected.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The thing that fucks me up the most is "he jumped at the idea of being a good guy" because he really never gets to be one

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes as did netease and tencent. Ever since tencent announced being AI first company wide WeChat has gone to shit

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I mean, quite a few Asian devs have said they'll be AI first publicly.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

"we're switching to AI because it improves speed and development" *Announcement of going all in on AI comes with the announcement of two games being delayed due to AI* Huh. Funny how that works

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Same is true with bluesky and yet it keeps happening

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

People say this but the technical debt that's accruing right now is insane.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

No because even live journal, xanga, myspace, and some how friendster all had these issues. People just aren't meant to be connected like this because it drives envy and the desire to be popular

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is why the price is high but they've actually been falling as people aren't buying them, obviously

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Some of them bought 50 sealed copies for $3/each and then had them graded and put up for auction. Which then some people actually bought for over $100.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This actually isn't even close to rare. The reason this is $90 is because a bunch of people trolled investors coming into the game collecting scene by convincing them this was a heavily sought after game. So they bought up the inventory and drove up the price not realizing the true price.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Alright let's play some Killer Instinct

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Fuck, Divekick was how I improved my defensive play

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

One of my hottest takes has been if you don't think there's the skill behind Divekick then you don't really like fighting games and you don't understand them. Every time someone asks me how to get better I whip out Divekick. They'll quickly understand their aggression, timing, and spacing issues.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I hate how it turns itself on randomly

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Now is the time to look at all social media and sites. See which ones are dead. See which accounts that try to divide and spread hate are silent at this hour when they're normally active.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Okay but QTE/mashing to open doors and chest was annoying

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Huh I didn't know primal rage had a ps1 port.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The scalpers infesting other hobbies all come from Nike scalpers

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Every time I set up a ps1 emulator on a new device Ape Escape is my test game. Gotta start with one of the best games ever

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nikes aren't selling as well and lots of people have dumped their inventory of Jordans to go to other hobbies. The most popular is Pokemon now. So that's what happened

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I agree but no leap was made. The original post stood fine

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You gotta try Evo Search For Eden!

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

These comments are proving Kayin's point. When I tell people I'm playing Brave Fencer Musashi they automatically cry nostalgia trip instead of realizing no other game has offered that same type of gameplay/atmosphere. Yet when I listen to Megadeth, Metallica, or Ozzy no one bats an eye

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Same with the 64. Do I think extreme g is an amazing game? No. But it's definitely a fantastic idea that needs a bit of fine tuning and would be great

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is why I loaded a bunch of random ps1 games on my ps3. I've been going through them monthly and it's pretty crazy to see how many cool things have been forgotten.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm not sure why it's a controversial opinion that it's bad if the government turns into LiveLeak

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd that has effectively banned pornography and other controversial art.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Red dead 2 sucked as well

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The ghost sex scene in MacGruber took me by surprise

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

MvC2 tried the same thing but flying characters broke it and persona 4 arena tried this too only for naoto to have 3 more moves than the limit allowing you to overflow

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I feel like becoming a Pokemon scalping store and Funko land did more damage than them jacking up the prices of exploit games/machines. Also them "buying" and "returning" every copy of Xenoblade and devil's third so they could sell new copies for $120

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have a 22 hour flight coming up. I need some movies and TV shows to watch but I can't think of anything. I want to watch Primetime but can't find it online.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

GameStop did this with cubic ninja and unpatched oot3d carts. They also did it with the ps3 too. GameStop has a history of raising prices due to hacks. They attempted it with the vita too.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I haven't used Amazon in over 8 years and this is just pathetic. Especially because the product page of this blu-ray player keeps flipping between plays all regions, region free only, or region 1/A.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What? You literally try out new experiences with a massive library of games.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I never got the hate as a kid and still don't. Sure it has a lot of little issues but overall it's still a great game that really captures the feel of questing

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