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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro)

@fauxretro.bsky.social
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Writer/Narrative Designer • Twitch and Charity Streamer (Over $38K Raised) • YouTube Partner • He/Him • shaneonealwrites.com • twitch.tv/FauxRetro • youtube.com/FauxRetro Business (Streaming): fauxretrogames@gmail.com

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Mascot Texorcism 🐯 @texsaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing
Theatrical poster for "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me," except the portrait of Laura Palmer is replaced with a Walkling from the game Big Walk, and the film name is replaced with "Big Walk with Me"
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Instantly cured my depression thinking about Hank Hill pronouncing "Nier: Automata"
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm available for work! If you're looking for someone for writing, narrative design, video editing, community management, I'm your guy! I'd love to get in touch and talk! Feel free to reach out through my portfolio site below or contact me on here or by e-mail.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A great, stupid comedy movie can fix a bad week
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm available for work! If you're looking for someone for writing, narrative design, video editing, community management, I'm your guy! I'd love to get in touch and talk! Feel free to reach out through my portfolio site below or contact me on here or by e-mail.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is nuance in discussing difficulty and accessibility in games obviously, but I fear this is my response to people angry at the recent FF7 Revelation discourse
DOOM Twitter account screenshot where the tweet says “you control the buttons you press”
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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also, I have some questions:
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FilmOtter @filmotter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨IT'S THAT TIME🚨 ☎️ Here's my video essay about @adhocstudio.com's Dispatch, Choose Your Own Adventure books, and the quiet importance of quick time events. 🦸‍♂️ So grab some Twinkies and let's discuss... Should Dispatch Have Been a TV Show? 📺 (link in the replies)
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Tiltify @tiltify.com · 17/09/2026
Nominations close one week from today! If you haven't yet, please submit any and all creators and campaigns that you believe deserve recognition. creatorimpacthonors.com/nominate
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Everyone hyping up Fortune's Weave when true Fire Emblem fans know Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls is the best game in the series and will never be surpassed
Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls where GBA portraits of Rory and Lorelai are looking at Dean as Rory says "Dean!! Oh no -- I've been trying to avoid him!"Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls where Rory is talking to Babette as Babette says "Oh hallo sugah! I'ave NO IDEA where dat Streisand CD is."Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls showing a battle field of sprites with Luke selected as the controllable unit with the goal of "Defeat Doose"Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls featuring Rory's stat screen showing her class is "Chilton Student"
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Everyone hyping up Fortune's Weave when true Fire Emblem fans know Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls is the best game in the series and will never be surpassed
Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls where GBA portraits of Rory and Lorelai are looking at Dean as Rory says "Dean!! Oh no -- I've been trying to avoid him!"Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls where Rory is talking to Babette as Babette says "Oh hallo sugah! I'ave NO IDEA where dat Streisand CD is."Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls showing a battle field of sprites with Luke selected as the controllable unit with the goal of "Defeat Doose"Screenshot of Fire Emblem Gilmore Girls featuring Rory's stat screen showing her class is "Chilton Student"
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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
look lads. the newswire burst that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spends "hours" responding to CS tickets - whether true or not - is low hanging corporate propaganda. throw that shit in the trash. it's an insult to your intelligence.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My first time having a post gain some (minor) amount of traction on here...can't say I'm a fan!
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yall just because PlayStation is on a generationally bad news run doesn’t mean we have to pretend Xbox is some beacon of hope let’s be serious
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Lion King 1
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Rhiannon 🇵🇸 @rhithewitch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You really couldn't have asked for a more good faith way of approaching the subject and yet... extremely disappointing! I experienced this at the 1666 Amsterdam demo. If the tech is so great at what it does, why are you so annoyed when we ask you what it is actually doing?
Both Kanno’s answer and that Steam description are still notably vague, so wanting some actual details, I decided to push the issue. I asked, “So if you were to explain, what using it for ideation actually means. What does that process look like for someone, you know, someone who might not be a game developer?”It was at this point I noticed Kanno become somewhat annoyed that I had not moved on. Following a short exchange with his translator, she told me, “[So], we actually have to update this explanation, if you, uh, could… it’s all written in there [on Steam].”

I decided, maybe unwisely, not to drop this line of questioning, consulting my chicken handwriting in my notebook, “ So I do have the current Steam disclosure here- uh, which is, ‘Gen AI was used as part of the ideation process for background objects. However, no AI-generated content will be included in the final game.’ Uh–”

Before I had a chance to reiterate the parameters of the question and ask again what Gen-AI being used for ideation looked like, Kanno began talking to his translator, seemingly visibly annoyed. She then told me, “So it is as it’s written in the explanation, and today I would like to talk about Crazy Taxi: World Tour and the time is limited.”
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Lion King 1
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
That "Focus, M." video has done irreparable damage to video game discourse and I fear anyone who uses it as an unironic point of criticism is not a person to take seriously.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
They better sell the joy-cons separately I swear I need a Switch 2 controller that isn't just black with the smallest hint of color
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I personally don't know the ins and outs of the ESRB process, but I find it so interesting how the Avatar Legends fighting game keeps fluctuating between the Everyone 10+ and Teen ratings in its marketing materials. Post-release I wonder how/why it changes? @avatarfighters.bsky.social
Screenshot of a YouTube video for Avatar Legends The Fighting Game with the ESRB rating of E10+ Everyone 10+ in the cornderA more recent trailer for Avatar Legends with the T for Teen ESRB rating shown at the beginningThe most recent trailer for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game showing its rated T for Teen for Fantasy ViolenceAvatar Legends The Fighting Game's info as shown on the PM Studios website - it shows an ESRB rating of E10+ for Fantasy Violence
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Games used to be named things like CONQ
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Vincent & the Turks” Dirge of Cerberus fans! All 12 of us! WE MOVE.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s so funny, I saw a headline about this that essentially framed it as a huuuge hit to “global productivity” and my first thought was, “only if you’re a little bitch lmao”
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How fun: destroy a game’s art direction AND performance in one fell swoop! What a deal!
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026
🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨  Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 www.dfaf2026.com
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Learned to day my documentary on “Pokemon Live!” got a very sweet shoutout in this great video by Blake Jennings! Super kind and it makes me happy people are still finding my doc for the first time. youtu.be/1n1si9A6nqA?...
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Pokémon's Bizarre Musical: An Opera Singer's Review
YouTube video by Blake Jennings
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Learned to day my documentary on “Pokemon Live!” got a very sweet shoutout in this great video by Blake Jennings! Super kind and it makes me happy people are still finding my doc for the first time. youtu.be/1n1si9A6nqA?...
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Pokémon's Bizarre Musical: An Opera Singer's Review
YouTube video by Blake Jennings
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
youtu.be/uJuKN0chAZk?...
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Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 25/08/2026
All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live aftermath.site/gamescom-openi...
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 25/08/2026
Happy 5th birthday, PSYCHONAUTS 2! 🎂🥳 Check out these pieces of cool concept art to celebrate the birthday of this very (double) fine game; shout out to the incredible DF artists past and present for these amazing works! 🧡 Drop your favorite P2 mental world in the replies ⬇️
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
HELL YEAH.
Store listing for "Universal Orlando Fast & Furious: Supercharged One Last Ride T-Shirt"
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm THRILLED to announce the next world reveal for Kingdom Hearts IV
A promo image for the HBO show "And Just Like That..." with Sora from Kingdom Hearts IV added to the cast line-up
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Okay but will Universal Studios sell the farewell shirts to Fast & Furious: Supercharged online because I need to have a shirt referencing that terrible, terrible ride.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I feel like I'm (relatively) lowkey on here, but when Kingdom Hearts Things happen all bets are off and I won't apologize.
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Jon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 10/08/2026
Screenshot of a presentation slide with a footnote highlighted in red that reads "All em-dashes in these slides were human-generated."
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Decided to throw my live reaction to the extended KH4 trailer at D23 up on YouTube if you'd like to check it out! 💖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1M... SUCH a fun reveal with a lot to chew on! VIDEO GAMES.
YouTube thumbnail for FauxRetro's reaction to the extended D23 trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV. Faux is smiling in front of a collage of images from the trailer: Sora and Strelitzia gazing out on the horizon of Quadratum; Sora in the Coco world getting a new themed keyblade; Riku arriving in Quadratum. The D23 logo is in the corner with the year 2026 listed below it.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The KH Brainrot™ is here to stay, so now I'm thinking about this beautiful twitter reaction from back in the day when I merely suggested that it'd be fun to have Kingdom Hearts more prominently featured in the Disney parks
a tweet exchange where the user is replying to FauxRetro saying "Disney is ASHAMED of Kingdom Hearts and their silence on the series before and after KHIII speaks volumes. You think they WANT to make a Kingdom Hearts ride? They want Kh dead and gone so they can forget they're partly responsible for KH's slide into madness and mediocrity."

FauxRetro simply replies "okay"
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I'm SO AWAKE RIGHT NOW
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Me having a movie night in Discord while Kingdom Hearts news is HAPPENING
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Spongebob and Patrick Panic
ALT: Spongebob and Patrick Panic
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're having guests over, time to bring out the fine china
Two square plates with ornate designs and art from Kingdom Hearts 1.52.5 and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories on the center of each.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm starting to see a lot of misinformation spread due to Twitch's (bullshit) new genAI training setting - its important to keep pushing back and keep questioning these things (again: its bullshit), but the FAQ explains in more detail what happens when you opt out: help.twitch.tv/s/article/tw...
help.twitch.tv
Twitch Help Portal
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
✨MANIFESTING✨ a very cool opportunity
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're having guests over, time to bring out the fine china
Two square plates with ornate designs and art from Kingdom Hearts 1.52.5 and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories on the center of each.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
✨MANIFESTING✨ a very cool opportunity
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm Live on Twitch streaming @househouse.com's BIG WALK with some friends! www.twitch.tv/fauxretro Thank you @popagenda.co for the codes!
Key Art for Big Walk with rocks on a beach with cartoony, spherical bird creatures standing amongst them.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Meme of an old lady watching a video saying "They seem to be very good friends." but Jiminy Cricket's head is put on top of hers and the image she's watching is showing "good friends" Mulan and Shang.
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Still kinda mad the Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV would require me to get a second subscription. Sorry, don’t want it anymore!
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Purple Pizza.
Pizza Lunare from Pizza Moon at Universal Epic Universe - purple ube crust with pancetta, garlic, and ricotta Closeup of the purple ube crust on the pizza lunare
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Shane O'Neal (FauxRetro) @fauxretro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Day 1 done and I AM TIRED @gcxevent.bsky.social
Shane taking a selfie in front of a large mural that reads “Welcome to GCX 2026 Universal Orlando Resort”
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woke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
video games used to be published by Broderbund
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