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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

After two years of on-and-off playing, I’ve finally done it: my first Gold Stake win! Luckily for me, I got the perfect set of Jokers to cinch my victory. #Balatro

A screenshot of Balatro on a mobile phone. I am using the Checkered Deck on Gold Stake, with the following Jokers: Eternal Photograph, Eternal Burnt Joker, Foil Bloodstone, Eternal Hologram, and Eternal Oops! All 6s. Hologram has a x3.25 multiplier. I also have a Devil tarot card in my inventory.

The boss blind I am about to enter is Cerulean Bell, which forces one card to always be selected.

My winning hand, which consists of a Flush made up of a King, a 9, an 8, a Foil 7, and a 6. The score preview reads “460 x 2,073”, and is on fire.

The win screen, showing me getting the ‘High Stakes’ achievement. My best hand had a score of 953,623, with Flushes being played a total of 30 times.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’d be interested in seeing you TF Ren Amamiya (alias Joker) from Persona 5 into a slime girl; maybe into one resembling one of the female Phantom Thieves. He’s generally the suave, confident, collected type. No color preference; NSFW is fine.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Mii making is fun. If nothing else, the lack of online sharing forces you to get up and personal about things. #TomodachiLife #LivingTheDream #Undertale #OMORI #GenshinImpact

A Mii recreation of Sans from Undertale in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. His personality type is Reserved Observer.

A Mii recreation of Sunny from OMORI with his post-Good Ending eyelatch in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. His personality type is Reserved Perfectionist.

A Mii recreation of Sandrone from Genshin Impact in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Her personality type is Ambitious Maverick.

A Mii recreation of Columbina from Genshin Impact in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. Her personality type is Considerate Daydreamer.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I hereby declare thee “no longer doomed by the narrative”. (Excuse the recording quality, I ain’t taking the SD card just to get the footage.) #TomodachiLife #LivingTheDream #Persona5 #Shuake

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Welcome to Epicly Random Island, population: fifteen weirdos and counting! Characters of varying fandoms all welcome! Unless I don’t know you. Then I’m afraid you might want to find a different place to stay at. #TomodachiLife #LivingTheDream

A list of Miis in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. In order: myself; my brother; Ren Amamiya & Goro Akechi (Persona 5); Zen & Rei (Persona Q); Hajime Hinata, Nagito Komaeda, Chiaki Nanami & Mahiru Koizumi (Danganronpa 2), and Bernadetta von Varley & Lysithea von Ordelia (Fire Emblem: Three Houses).

A continued list of Miis in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. In order: Mami Tomoe, Oriko Mikuni & Kirika Kure (Madoka Magica).

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

On the bright side, I at least got consolation Minigame and Happening Stars for my troubles. It could’ve been worse. (4/4) #MarioParty #NintendoSwitch

The end results to a 50-turn game of Mario Party 3 on Waluigi’s Island. Waluigi (CPU) won with 23 Stars and 11 Coins; Peach (me) is in 2nd with 16 Stars and 24 Coins; Mario (my brother) is in 3rd with 2 Stars and 37 Coins; and Daisy (CPU) is in last with 1 Star and 21 Coins.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Unfortunately, my attempt to salvage the situation didn’t exactly go well. (3/4) #MarioParty #NintendoSwitch

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The both of us were absolutely *floored* when this happened. (2/4) #MarioParty #NintendoSwitch

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My brother and I had our very first 50-turn game of #MarioParty 3 today. It sure was something. (1/4) #NintendoSwitch

Waluigi getting a Star from a Hidden Block on Mario Party 3’s Waluigi’s Island.

Daisy getting a Star from a Hidden Block on Mario Party 3’s Waluigi’s Island.

Peach getting a Star from a Hidden Block on Mario Party 3’s Waluigi’s Island.

Mario getting a Star from a Hidden Block on Mario Party 3’s Waluigi’s Island.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This conversation from the #UndertaleYellow: Shades of Justice mod really got me. I love this community.

A screenshot from Undertale Yellow: Shades of Justice, featuring Clover and Martlet by a large cactus girl blocking a pathway in the Dunes.

Cactus girl: “I ain’t movin’ no matter what anyone does to provoke me.”

Martlet: “Can you at least tell us what’s behind you?”

Cactus girl: “Sorry, I don’t talk to girlfailures.”

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Totally should’ve won this. (Playing as Rosalina on my brother’s account.) #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#SonicFrontiers seems to be a very temperamental game on PC. The game loves to freeze up on me for over minutes at a time, often on the loading and Try Again screens, and I have no idea why. How poorly optimized *is* this compared to Shadow Generations later?

Sonic Frontiers being unresponsive while hung up on a loading screen, with a pop-up asking if I want to close the program.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Yep, this game will never stop being hype to me. #SonicFrontiers

Super Sonic in Frontiers, with his Sonic Adventure 2 gear equipped.

Super Sonic bursting straight through the Titan Giganto's chest.

Super Sonic throwing the Titan Wyvern into a rock structure on Ares Island.

Knuckles jokingly thrusting his fist at Super Sonic, who looks a little surprised. Knuckles is saying, “He’ll [Tails] be alright. Now hurry up and save the day already.”

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Finally decided to bite the bullet and get the remaining two boost #SonicTheHedgehog games that I don’t yet own on Steam (and also Mind Over Magnet). My PC is a veritable Sonic-playing machine now.

A Steam library with Sonic Colors Ultimate, Sonic Frontiers, and Mind Over Magnet as recent additions.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I can’t believe this is real. God bless the Sonic fanbase. #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicUnleashed

A screenshot of the recompiled PC port of Sonic Unleashed, showing an S-Rank achieved in Windmill Isle Day Act 2.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Finally got another mobile game that isn’t Mario Kart Tour. I might be here a while. #Balatro

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Played the #ShadowGenerations DLC. Nice to have another banger of a level in this game, and with Keanu Reeves to boot! I only wish it had two acts instead of one.

Movie Shadow posing for an S-Rank after beating the Shadow Generations DLC level.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Words cannot describe how bipolar my luck was this game. I only ever managed to get Ztars from the tower. Three, in fact. Curse you, Dice Block gods. Curse you. #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

A graph showing the Star count across a 25-turn game of Super Mario Party Jamboree in Mario's Rainbow Castle, featuring Rosalina (me), Koopa (my brother), and Mario and Daisy (Master CPUs). My brother won with 5 Stars to my 3, Mario's 2, and Waluigi's 1.

The awarded Bonus Stars for this game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. I won the Slowpoke Bonus, while my brother won the Sightseer Bonus.

A chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree, showing how many times each player landed on each space. I landed on a Bowser Space twice. My brother and I landed on an Event Space 5 times each.

A general statistics chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. My brother leads in Stars received (8), Minigames won (13), Showdown Minigames won (2), Items bought (7), Items used (18), and spaces moved (193). I lead in Coins received (576), and Hidden Blocks obtained (3).

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A story, in six videos: a 🧵. (I'm Rosalina, my brother's Koopa. Master CPUs.) #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This was a dang good party. I won literally every single minigame, against all odds. Would've lost if it wasn't for Daisy handing me her Star during a Duel, though (*after* losing all of her coins in an earlier duel to me). Thanks, RNGesus. #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

A graph showing the Star count across an online Pro Rules game of Super Mario Party Jamboree in Roll 'em Raceway, featuring Rosalina (me), Mario and Daisy (other players), and Birdo (a CPU). I won the game with 3 Stars and 209 Coins, beating out Mario's 3 Stars and 101 Coins, Birdo's 2 Stars and 59 Coins, and Daisy's 0 Stars and 13 Coins.

The awarded Bonus Stars for this game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. Mario won the Sightseer Bonus.

A general statistics chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. I lead in Stars earned (5), coins collected (422), minigames won (10), and Showdown Minigames won (1).

Achievements earned during this session of Super Mario Party Jamboree. Listed is Legendary Minigamer (for winning every single end-of-turn minigame in a match) and Coin Celebrity (hold 150+ coins at once during a Pro Rules match). Also earned was Super Wealthy (hold 200+ coins at once during a Pro Rules match).

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Seriously, it feels *good* to get a match swinging like this. Rainbow Galleria is just the best~ #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Talk about winning by the skin of my teeth. My brother says he got tripped up by my and his character's being yellow. All the better for me! #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Like, seriously, I don't think I've ever had a game *this good* before. Not bad for being relatively uncharted territory for me.

A graph showing the Star count for all players on an online Pro Rules match of Super Mario Party Jamboree on Mega Wiggler's Tree Party. I have 9 Stars to Toad's 3, Boo's 2, and Donkey Kong's 1. The line for my Star count starts increasing from Turn 8 on and never stops until the end of the game.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Words can't describe just how runaway of a victory my first Pro Rules game was. Hail to the king, baby. #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

#MarioAndLuigiBrothership might legitimately be my favorite game in the series. The pacing can be a little dragged out and the load times annoying, but by and large, it's the perfect adventure for them to end the Switch era on. Welcome back, you two.

The load file screen for Mario & Luigi: Brothership, showing an auto-save for the very end of the game following the final boss. The play time is listed as 65:02:01.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I can't believe that even this game gets a fishing mechanic. Truly, it is a universal thing. #MarioLuigi #MarioAndLuigiBrothership

Mario proudly holding up a glowing Fishing Rod.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I could've brought it back had I not screwed up Shy Guy Says at the worst possible moment (that stupid double fake-out got me again)—but unfortunately, the 4 Stars he earned as a result became too large a gap to cross.

A general statistics chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. I lead in terms of Minigames won (14) and in Items bought and used (9 and 17, respectively).

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Played Goomba Lagoon with my brother. Got horrifically curb-stomped, for once in my life. After my brother gave my Star to Bowser, and then I gave Bowser's stuff to my brother, things started to go a little topsy-turvy. #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

The results of a Chance Time, as dictated by myself. Bowser (2 Stars, 92 Coins) must trade all of his Stars and Coins with my brother, playing as Koopa (1 Star, 50 Coins).

My brother (playing as Koopa) winning Mario's Three-peat to earn him as a Jamboree Buddy during the last five turns.

A graph showing the Star count across an offline game of Super Mario Party Jamboree in Goomba Lagoon, featuring Rosalina (me), Koopa (my brother), Bowser (CPU), and Yoshi (also a CPU). My brother won the game with 7 Stars to my 4 and Yoshi and Bowser's 2.

Koopa's Star count, as shown in his line on the graph, takes a significant leap upward in the last five turns.

The awarded Bonus Stars for this game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. I won the Item Bonus, and my brother (as Koopa) won the Eventful Bonus.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

This online game was pretty middling for a while, but I managed to turn it around thanks to a Boo Bell, a Star Steal Trap, and securing Wario to get yet another three Stars (two purchased, one from Boo). What luck! #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

A graph showing the Star count across an online game of Super Mario Party Jamboree in Rainbow Galleria, featuring Rosalina (me), Toadette (another player), Spike (CPU), and Monty Mole (also CPU). I won the game with 8 Stars to Spike's 4, Toadette's 3, and Monty Mole's 2.

The graph shows a huge uptick in Stars for me around Turns 12-15.

The awarded Bonus Stars for this game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. Spike won the Sightseer Bonus, while Toadette won the Bowser Space Bonus.

A chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree, showing how many times each player landed on each space.

A general statistics chart for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree. Notably, I received the most amount of Coins (415), won the most Minigames (13), and bought the most items (7).

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

This game came a lot closer than I'd like. If it wasn't for the (for once) beneficial Chance Time and my bipolar luck with Bowser Spaces, I probably wouldn't have made it. (F in the chat for my brother.) #MarioParty #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

The results of a Chance Time event in Super Mario Party Jamboree. Monty Mole is giving a Star to Rosalina (me).

A graph showing the Star count across a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree in Roll 'em Raceway, featuring Rosalina (me), Koopa (my brother), Monty Mole (CPU), and Spike (also CPU). I won the game with 5 Stars to Spike's 4, Monty Mole's 3, and Koopa's 1.

The awarded Bonus Stars for this game of Super Mario Party. Monty Mole and Spike won the Shopping Bonus, while Rosalina (me) won the Bowser Space Bonus.

Several stats for a game of Super Mario Party Jamboree.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

#SonicXShadowGenerations is peak 3D Sonic, without a shadow of a doubt (heh). I'd play these levels again any day.

A records screen for Sonic Generations showing all stages cleared and all collectibles obtained.

A records screen for Shadow Generations showing all stages cleared and all collectibles obtained.

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FieryExplosion @fieryexplosion.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Manage to snag this victory yesterday while playing online (using my brother’s account b/c I ain’t paying for NSO twice). Jamboree Buddies really are busted. I love this game so much already, sincerely. #SuperMarioPartyJamboree

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