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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 25/09/2026

That is hollynuinely something that needs to catch on

Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I of course have a boatload of other games that have had some effect in shaping either my relationship with the medium, or in putting me in places that shape who I am as a person, but those are the big ones. None others come close. Games are good.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I was active with Disco for about 4 years in total, but between Freelancer further deepening my love of the medium of video games, and my role with Disco being defining for the way I act in and lead communities, its impacts still resonate into my life today.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

My activity and investment in the community also led me to becoming a moderator, then an administrator. Being a community administrator for an active, diverse, and passionate group of players gives you new perspective.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I played every kind of character eventually. And when you're bad with precision guns, you go for big torp bombers and suicide missions and that becomes its own character in a way too.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I was very active in the community (mind I was still hunting for a home after the NSider forums closed in 2017), having fallen in with a group of Zoners focused on non-combat trading activities and roleplay. I was always shit with dogfighting and my aim is historically, comically bad in shooters.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

There was (is) a forum dedicated to coordination of storytelling and other discussion. We had Skype chats and voice calls to coordinate activities. I made friends here that I still have today, that I've seen in-person, that I went to conventions with.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

Disco was my first experience with character RP in this context - everything in-game was required to be character-focused interactions. It was the first time I really got to do this sort of structured play. It also allowed me to explore parts of myself that I couldn't elsewhere.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

In 2010 I was craving more Freelancer, and started seeking out some new experiences. Maybe other people online had a love for this game like I did? Oh you betcha. There was (and still is!) a thriving mod scene, and I decided to join DiscoveryGC since it was active.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

Freelancer was my first experience with that kind of open-world sandbox. I continued to play it on-and-off for a while, playing through the campaign a few times, and just having it be my chill-out time. But that's only part of the impact it had on my life.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I was so engrossed into the detail, I would spend hours after the main story just cruising around systems, filling out my minimap, reading infocards, and learning the lore. The game felt like such a sandbox, and it was really good at turning you loose and letting you do things your own way.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

Freelancer caught me so totally in just its demo, which is Mission 1 and then a never-ending free-roam in the New York system. I explored it *thoroughly* and then asked my Dad if I could buy it. He found it on eBay for $14. It become just about the only thing I played for a solid chunk.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

2. Freelancer If you know me at all, you probably know that Freelancer is one of my favorite games. Hell I run a fedi instance inspired by my love for it. I first came to it in 2004 after being a bored teen with an internet connection, surfing Microsoft's games websites for demos to download.

A physical CD-ROM copy of Freelancer with the disc stocking out from its cardboard sleeve.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

Majora's Mask is probably my earliest experience of considering a game as art, and has since very much shaped my perception of the medium. Was it always fun? No. But it gave me an appreciation for the topics and subjects and burden sometimes that is art, and the messages that's intended to convey.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

I ended up getting the game to own before too much longer, and it remains one of my favorite Zelda experiences. It weaves the stories and crafts a world whose characters seemingly have their own lives even while you're not looking.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

1. Majora's Mask I think this is the first time a game really gave me an experience that wasn't itself inherently video game-y. I remember renting it from Blockbuster and playing it on a Friday night, and then Saturday morning having to go check the N64 to make sure I didn't dream it up.

a Majora's Mask gold N64 cartridge sitting on a desk.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 21/09/2026

Games have always been a part of my life, there's a photo of me in diapers sitting on the floor next to my dad who was playing Super Mario World. Where I have to go to is two games that had a huge impact on my life.

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Starting my day making some art.

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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Through their pronouns they find they/themselves at the threshold of history. Round one, fight!"

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 19/09/2026

And even for the things I can't do myself, I could spend a day pulling the lever on the lying machine and what it'd give me wouldn't bring me a tenth the joy that is getting to see the amazing things my artist friends are capable of in helping me and others bring our dreams to life.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 18/09/2026

why would i use ai when i could make an original work and learn something along the way

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 16/09/2026

Taco bell heist it is, then.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 11/09/2026

Yeah, typically for me it's to invoke anyone other than that guy. I like to think that when I use "gods" I'm invoking the Greek pantheon because those fuckers are wild. More often I'll bastardize the phrases by saying "oh my dogs" because I have dogs, or "in the year of our orb" because orb.

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

"He likes to feel tall" (old sketch, not specifically related to today's reveals :p)

Samus outside of her suit letting Kirby ride where her helmet would be

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 08/09/2026

Graphic design is your passion

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 07/09/2026

TIL D.A.R.E. had a mascot. There's 200% gotta be rule 34 of that guy.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 05/09/2026

It's sad how many people aspire to be tyrannical middle managers.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 04/09/2026

Also what the *fuck* is all this, I've literally never heard any of these other than "sunshower"

Question 54 of 60: What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
Sunshower
The wolf is giving birth
The devil is beating his wife
Monkey's wedding
Fox's wedding
Pineapple rain
Liquid sun
I have no term or expression for this
Other

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 04/09/2026

I got Nevada as closest, but Miami was next closest and since i grew up in South Florida, I'll call that on point

A heatmap of the United States shaded according to dialect similarity to my own. There's deep red indicating high similarity in South Florida and the American Southwest. Deep blue indicating low similarity in the North Midwest, Deep South, Appalachia, and New England.

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Rubyrubyrubyrubyru 🏳️‍⚧️ @outlawruby.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I want a “Please do nothing to the chef” apron now

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 12/08/2026

"Stop making excuses" is still unforgivably burned into my psyche when all I'd be trying to do is self reflect, acknowledge what the sequence of events was, and identify how to correct behavior going forward.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 07/08/2026

you could've said anything and i'd have never known either way

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 07/08/2026

each day we stray further from the light

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 25/07/2026

My wife and I joke that it would probably be better if more people had anxiety actually.

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Martin Rosner @hotpaper.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

short about duty

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carrie carrarium 🏕️ @carrarium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's okay to ban someone from your chat for no other reason than "their vibes are bad." I promise, it'll be better for your peace of mind and your chatroom's morale.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 19/07/2026

It's really uncomfortable how well I know the inside of Bieber's nose now

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Chris Hanel @chrishanel.com · 19/07/2026

Argentina going with the 1-stop strategy while spain looks to have positive tire delta in extra time

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Mat @montaworldpeace.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've had a lot of shorthand ways of identifying people who I think are "safe" to be around or not, but I think the one I've found to be the most reliable is whether or the person is still making it a point to learn things. Or better still, unlearn them.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 17/07/2026

Never got to see, Zildjian 20" Crash of Doom was super effective.

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Pumpfen Spice Latte @fen.zoner.work · 17/07/2026

Pokemon's gotten weird these days.

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Mat @montaworldpeace.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

then the US player goes up to him trying to point as if he can outpoint a pointer as good at this ref. play your own game, man. this is why youre down two goals

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