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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 2h

Please join us for what may be the single most in-depth examination of the differences between Flying Dragon and Virtual Hiryu No Ken in the English language so you too can mourn the absence of KEVIN

Kevin, a rootin tootin cowboy from Virtual Hiryu No Ken on the PS1

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Flashback 64 @flashback64.com · 14h

🐲NEW EPISODE🐲 We are joined by @randomstranger.bsky.social and @emotion-engine.bsky.social for FLYING DRAGON! flashback64pod.podbean.com/e/flying-dra...

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Real quick, what the fuck are we even doing here?

A listing for a machine translation of Phantasy Star Iv, a game that has had a very good human translation for the last 32 or so years.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sometimes its about the letters you don’t type.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thinks it’s incredible that the “autism didn’t exist in MY day” crowd grew up listening to four men self-regulating previously unmapped corners of the spectrum entirely through noise and drugs.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

my all-time favorite artist is Bob Pollard of Guided by Voices. Depending on how you look at it, he has released 140-170 EPs and LPs in my lifetime and has a suitcase of thousands of home tape recordings yet unreleased. He bats MAYBE .550 and I will never hear all of it. I think that’s beautiful

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Surviving Lifehouse Method tracks I’ve found have dozens of views on YouTube and mostly sound like Microsoft Music Producer songs with lots of glassy new age patches.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Meanwhile, the human composed songs that he and the rest of The Who worked on eventually were edited down and became Who’s Next, a 42 minute long album without a single false note to its name that will almost certainly outlive anyone reading this.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete Townsend drove himself into a mental breakdown in the early seventies trying to make algorithmically generated music happen in the early 70s and when technology caught up 35 years later, the website shut down in less than a year and a half from lack of interest.

en.wikipedia.org

Lifehouse (rock opera) - Wikipedia

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

refueling base is easily my favorite id level, almost making up for… like the entirety of Doom Episode 3 single-handedly.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Sometimes when I am feeling down I pull up the car dealership post celebrating J Mascis for buying a sensible compact car and draw strength from it like a jpg spirit bomb

A Facebook post from a VW dealership celebrating J Mascis on purchasing a 2016 Volkswagen Golf

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think it’s fun that all of the core id guys are now normal charming dorky dad types (Romero, Hall, Adrian Carmack) or ontologically evil freaks (John Carmack, Sandy) with American McGee, an ardent libertarian that now lives on a boat and makes plushies, somehow straddling the line.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

more screenshots, mostly of me trying to see what I can get away with in the shader space when it meets Bluesky’s compression

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I actually kind of like it? it’s much more sparkling than other low calorie drinks of that type. They are advertising so much that I cannot imagine it is a going to exist by the end of the year.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For context, the song playing over the store PA at 7:45 AM on a Monday morning when I took this picture was Pon de Floor by Major Lazer.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I live in rural Texas. I shop at a Texas-based grocery chain. This is the first thing you see in there. Until yesterday, i had no idea who this person was because even here most public places don’t play country music and also I am 41 and would just listen to Rival Schools all day if I could

A display for Bum Energy, an energy drink endorsed by Ella Langley with a poster and a quote of hers on a little Texas sign board.

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Line @linesonwhite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Something deep inside me told me I should draw Donkey Kong today.

A four panel comic titled "Hours, Bananas, Doors."
Donkey Kong awakens staring at himself in a mirror, then stares down at his hand as he notices a strange watch on his wrist.
Staring at his wrist, the watch turns out to be one of the numbered bracelets from 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors from the Zero Escape series. It's Junpei's bracelet. For some reason.
Peach then asks a confused Donkey Kong, "Donkey Kong? Have you ever heard of the Parallel Banana Theory?"

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kind of! From what I can tell it's basically a voice acted motion comic without very much motion. There are two volumes on the system.

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 27/09/2026

happy birthday silent hill 2

silent hill 2 comic
pyramid head and mannequin engaged in antics
James: well THAT just happened

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

more screenshots, mostly of me trying to see what I can get away with in the shader space when it meets Bluesky’s compression

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Paul Starr @pa.ulst.ar · 27/09/2026

This is so cool. This is so cool! Take any Wikipedia article and play back its edit history as an animation timemachine.carbonadoks.com

timemachine.carbonadoks.com

Wiki Time Machine

Read Wikipedia and replay every edit of an article as an animation.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Simple 1500 Series vol.056 - THE Sniper is not actually a very fun game to play but it does play a full opening animation before every level and I think that’s beautiful

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

She Steyr my Harquebus til my Wakle Skade (extremely correct buzzer, confetti, the mayor’s office inviting me to receive the key to the city, things of this nature)

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As long as cooking does not mean good, yes they absolutely were.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I live in semi-rural Texas and buy an energy drink endorsed by this lady when I go to the Texas-exclusive grocery store chain by my house and this is the first time I’ve had any context to her name or heard of this song.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just look at these names and try not to feel something.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

GLORIA SHILVERVERG would be such a beautiful name for a baby girl.

A screenshot from the opening fmv of Simple 1500 Series vol.056 - The Sniper featuring beloved series antagonist GLORIA SHILVERVERG

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Here, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Videogames used to want to show us something new once, huh?

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've always called it “the devil’s nap” and my family has standing orders to wake me on sight if it’s past 3 PM

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just look at these names and try not to feel something.

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Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In case you want to start your week off with a six hour dive into Purgatory Dungeoneer's 420 different characters and a tier list that covers all of them, that sure is an option for you (script and game in the description if you aren't watching all that) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIay...

youtube.com

Purgatory Dungeoneer Tierlist of all 420 characters (not joking)

YouTube video by DeveloperDamien

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am no longer an ~aesthetic screenshot~ account for several reasons, one of which is I simply don’t play a ton of games outside of Doom anymore and I have an account for that. But I did get my Retroid Nova in the mail today and i can feel the itch

Opening of Gungage stage 2, where the delightfully named Wakle Skade says “I can feel the existence of beasts here” while surrounded by giant hellish maggots.

THE Tennis from the Simple series, where two hideous pre-rendered homonculi play tennis on a pre-rendered green

The first stage of Einhander where your ship is blasting through a futuristic cityscape full of neon signs, prominently featuring one that says ITS ALL NEW! COMBAT

A shot of the skybox in the first stage of Disrupter, an early first person shooter.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Eleven years is somehow hour presidential administrations and ten thousand once-in-a-generation events ago.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think “Gaucho is Fine, actually” is widely accepted take amongst any Steely Dan fans you actually want to engage with

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Damned To Hellgore 🐦‍⬛ (andrew elmore) @elmore.zone · 23/09/2026

Updating this while I sit by the phone waiting to hear back from a recruiter to see if they have anything yet, still. I feel like I'm losing what's left of my mind in search of something very basic that no longer exists. I always hate asking, but invoices are coming in too slow and too small. Still.

gofund.me

Donate to Help Andrew & Savannah's Family Stay Afloat, organized by Andrew Elmore

Hey there! I'm Andrew, this is my wife Savannah. We have two kids, and we're… Andrew Elmore needs your support for Help Andrew & Savannah's Family Stay Afloat

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy birthday Ryu "Nic McConnell" Streetfighter

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My 10 year old needs his own room and I have made enough mistakes with my first resin printer that this weekend will be its last hurrah. It’s a little sad but also I have printed more miniatures than I may be able to paint in my lifetime

My printer stats. I’ve done 121 prints with 23.2 liters of resin over the last year and a half.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You don’t need to use genAI to make nightmare food when our friends in Eastern Europe are out here creating gigantic burritos stuffed with the final level of a Contra game

A close up of one of the photos in the quoted post where someone has a huge “burrito” that appears to be two possibly unwarmed tortillas vomiting forth a bunch of vegetables in a way that looks like a putrid biomass, each skewered by a cocktail stick.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Retroid‘s Android kernel has screen recording in the swipe from top menu, bit I’d maybe actually get back to being a cool screenshot account if I could hotkey it.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Amazing Allies Edition (2008 | Amaze Entertainment | PS2)

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

action therapist trailer 1-4

PANEL 1: Title screen for Action Therapist, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...By NIGHT"

PANEL 2: an ESRB rating of MATURE for Blood and Gore, Sexual Content, Attachment Issues

PANEL 3: A cab has pulled up to an airport arrivals terminal and Dr. Mariposa is getting in.

CABBIE: "All the way out to the university, eh? Well, it's your dollar, Mac..."

PANEL 4: The cabbie is driving Dr. Mariposa through the downpour.

CABBIE: "Did they ever find that famous professor lady who went missing up there?"

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is still in his dripping trenchcoat and being talked to by Dean Hondo, a heavyset duck with a beard and a coffee mug.

DEAN HONDO: "We're confident your...memory issues...won't keep you from a full load of case work."

PANEL 6:

DEAN HONDO: "Keep an eye on your Psy points. They can unleash special attacks and combos, but run out and you go nuts."

PANEL 1: a mockup of a video game screen. Dr. Mariposa stands in the foreground and Diane in the background in a building.

DIANE: "The police told me to take an ibuprofen and get over it..."

PANEL 2: the player, as Dr. Mariposa, is prompted to TALK

TALK: "Say more on that" 3 PSY
"That sounds like judgment." 5 PSY

PANEL 3: Diane is crying into her hands.

DIANE: "...Maybe you are the therapist who will break the terrible curse."

PANEL 4: Different view of a break room with stats for Dr. Mariposa. This area is called ADMIN BLDG BREAK ROOM and there are menu options to
MAKE COFFEE
MICROWAVE
BULLETN BOARD
DISH WASHER

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is in an aquarium talking to a different patient. Again the player is prompted to TALK: "Let's go deeper on that." 3 PSY
"You're being pretty hard on yourself." 10 PSY

PANEL 6: screenshot of a cinema scene where Dr. Mariposa is looking angrily at a pouncing astronaut

MYSTERIOUS ASTRONAUT: "You won't traverse the catacombs of my mind so easily, Doc!"

PANEL 1: Dr. Mariposa is standing in ruins under a purple sky and a wrong-looking moon. Its strange light shines on a pinkish lake. Crystal, a duck in a uniform from a restaurant is there.

CRYSTAL: "I'll tell you everything, but we can't tarry here..."

PANEL 2: The game interface shows a 24-hour pharmacy. Dr. Mariposa is a slightly higher level now but he has a CURSE status effect.

24 HOUR PHARMCY (NORTH)
* Fill scrip
* Develop photos
* Browse magazines
* Energy drinks

PANEL 3: Dr. Mariposa is talking to a shopkeeper in the faculty store. A flyer for a Walpurgis Night Sale 20% Off hangs behind him.

SHOPKEEPER: "I can only sell items to tenured faculty. You should publish a peer reviewed article!"

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in his underwear and his hair is messy. He's in his office. Diane is there and the sky is strange.

DIANE: "Maybe this CORN KEY x1 will be useful on your journey. It's been in my family for generations."

GOT CORN KEY x1

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is now talking to an astronaut in his office. The astronaut lays back on the couch in full spacesuit.

CMDR WALLACE: "We are building American pyramids on the moon, configured to strange geometries."

PANEL 6: Close up of a hand holding a book.

Text: "It's a paperback copy of Peter David's 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in novel 'Vendetta'"

PANEL 1: A spooky clocktower under a strange sky with an unsettling full moon. Bats are swooping around.

TEXT: "Maybe there's someone in the old clocktower who could benefit from talk therapy."

PANEL 2 : Game interface showing a treasure chest shaped like a corn on the cob.

TITLE: Hidden Corn Treasure Chest
Description: The small chest is shaped like a corn on the cob. It hums with a strange energy.

USE KEY:
* Office Key
* Corn Key
* Citadel Key
* Empty

PANEL 3: Panel from a cinema scene where Crystal the waitress is leaning in to confide to Dr. Mariposa.

CRYSTAL (here credited as only WAITRESS): "My mom tried to get me to go to therapy, but the therapist refused to talk about all the disappearances in town."

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in the clocktower at night. His flashlight is pointing at a nude woman, the Clocktower Hermit.

TALK:
* "That's black and white thinking." 3 PSY
* "Would you say that to a friend?" 18 PSY

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is digging through a filing cabinet in a dark basement.

DR. MARIPOSA: "These are all my old patient notes from before the accident! But ... what are they doing here?"

PANEL 6: White text on black.

PHYSICIAN

HEAL THYSELF

FAST.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am genuinely obsessed with how close these people let Nathan Fielder get in virtually every shot of this trailer. The first documentary shot entirely at kissing distance.

Nathan sitting on one side of the bed while Elizabeth Holmes’ husband stroked her leg on the other.

Nathan Fielder standing a tight 18 inches away from Elizabeth Holmes’s husband in a way that suggest the latter can be pushed against the fridge and be taken to makeout city

Nathan Fielder staring soulfully in Elizabeth Holmes’ eyes less than a foot away.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don’t talk to me, my son, my son, my son, my son, or my son ever again #miniatures #miniaturepainting #nerdlings

A fuller 32mm chaos warrior also done up in Nurgle Green standing in front of the strip of 10mm Warmaster scale warriors detailed below.

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m not the biggest fan of speed paints but I wanted to try something new so I spent an hour or so between calls painting extremely tiny Nurgle warriors with a limited palette this morning. #miniatures #miniaturepainting #nerdlings

The front of five 10mm scale chaos warriors done up in Nurgle Green on their plate mail and shields. They are attached to the top of a pill bottle with poster putty

The backs. I’ve given them crimson capes and shaded white fur collars. The spray paint I used to prime them clumped but it gives them a pleasant snowy effect.

The six paints I used:
Vallejo Color Xpress Templar White
AK QuickGen Crimson Red
AK QuickGen Ochre Green
AK QuickGen Dark Leather
AK QuickGen Space Green
Army Painter Plate Mail Metal

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I loved Panzer General as a kid but cant bring myself to revisit it as an adult for this exact reason.

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