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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How a party runs itself is how it wants to run the country. #auspol

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

snatcher, screenshot, sega cd (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/7524/sn...

green caps text on a black background:
this story is dedicated
to all those cyberpunks
who fight against injustice
and corruption every day
of their lives.

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✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am at EVERY KIND OF OFF

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@grubb.wtf @tolkoto.com I don't know if its been suggested before, but I think you need to give Dan Lair PS3 for Blight Club. Motion controls only of course. Cool costume.

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

About 10 hours remaining as of this post. For me this game is the defining Double Fine game. Every single aspect of the game is crafted with intention; even if you're not into metal, the love that went into this game is impressive. Do yourself a favour and pick this up for free!

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VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 19/08/2026

Feeling like a genius for looking up Dungeon Crawler Carl images so I can learn I will hate hate hate every moment of this and not waste any money checking it out lol oh so it's just Ready Player One but if Ernest Cline listened to less dadrock and played Portal and Borderlands gotcha

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Aunty Donna @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

*adds to cart

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Always choose a typeface carefully

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 11/08/2026

I have spent an incredible amount of my life reverse engineering some software that's just open source on github right now, it's a slightly weird position to be in

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James Hoffmann @jameshoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Over a decade ago I wrote about The Cappuccino Index (how long a barista has to work to buy a cappuccino in their own cafe). We revisited it with a lot more data from this year! New Video: The Surprising Things We Discovered In The Cost Of A Cappuccino www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtlE...

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The Surprising Things We Discovered In The Cost Of A Cappuccino

YouTube video by James Hoffmann

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Over 150k and still 8 days to go. 🙏 Thank you everyone who has purchased the bundle. Your generosity helps us support laid off game workers who are facing eviction, have put off important medical care/treatment due to losing insurance, and the like. Your solidarity means the world.

A screenshot of the Game Industry Hardship Fund on itch that shows we have raised over 152k as of the afternoon of August 5th

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CommodoreBlog @commodoreblog.uk · 06/08/2026

Sound up, you love it.🔊🎶

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Clyde @gametank.zone · 03/08/2026

I dunno man this chatbot stuff doesnt seem to be getting me anywhere

ELIZA: Please tell me what's been bothering you.
YOU: I want to connect an IDE hard drive to my 6502-based game console
ELIZA: Your 6502-based game console ?
YOU: It's a modern take on 8-bit systems thats designed to be built by hobbyists from currently available components
ELIZA: But your 6502-based game console.
YOU: Yes it uses two 6502 chips
ELIZA: I see.

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

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Save 63% on Klei Cyberpunk on Steam

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“It also detected an “unintended consequence” of the ban: the proportion of parents who didn’t know their child had used social media increased by 10%.” Well who could have possibly seen that happening.

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Among all the many, many infuriating things about LLMs, perhaps less talked about is the harvesting of physical books. Not to preserve for future, but just as grist for the slop mill. So fuck you if you wanted to buy secondhand books in the future I guess? fossacademic.tech/2026/07/30/p...

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Contentification, Pulpification: From Books to Content

[Head's up... this one's an angry post that's probably not totally coherent. But it's from the heart, at least...]

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VoidBurger (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 23/07/2026

Here is how I get out of Youtube copyright claims. I use this general format and it works 98% of the time, I swear (just, y'know, make sure you ain't lying and the video *is* Fair Use, and personalize the dispute to be specific to that video.) ✨You're welcome!✨

_______________CLIPS USED FOR EXAMPLES/SUPPORTING THESIS___________________

I believe this claim was made in error.

One of the primary topics of this educational/entertainment video is ___________. This is an original production and transformative work that contains a short clip of the claimed material in question as an example/demonstration of the topic I would like to clarify that this is not a replacement, nor can it be used as a replacement, for any media a viewer may own. Not only is the copyrighted content marred by audio commentary from the hosts, but it is also hugely truncated. We are within our legal right to present this material as an example to support our thesis in this transformative work.

For further proof and information on Fair Use, please refer to: https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Please have someone manually review this content, thank you!

_____________________CLIPS USED FOR REVIEW__________________________

I believe this claim was made in error.

This is an in-depth review of the (film/game/etc) ________. It is an original production and transformative work that contains short clips of the claimed material in question, though they are out of order, often without sound, or spoken over by my own commentary. I would like to emphasize and clarify that this is NOT a replacement, nor can it be used as a replacement, for any media a viewer may own. We are within our legal right to present this material in order to review the film.

For further proof and information on Fair Use, please refer to: https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Please have someone manually review this content, thank you!

____________________________REACTION VIDEO____________________________

I believe this claim was made in error.

This is an original production and transformative work featuring reactions to the claimed material in question. I would like to clarify that this is not a replacement, nor can it be used as a replacement, for any media a viewer may own, as the copyrighted content is marred by constant audio commentary from the hosts. We are within our legal right to present this material as reaction content.

For further proof and information on Fair Use, please refer to: https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Please have someone manually review this content, thank you!

___________________CLAIMANT DOESN'T OWN IT (Game music)_______________________

I believe this claim was made in error.

The claimant does not own the copyright for this material. The song claimed was composed by _______ for the videogame ________.

In addition to this claimant not being the owner of this material, I would also like to point out that this is an original production and transformative work that features this song as part of my normal gameplay experience. I would like to clarify that this is not a replacement, nor can it be used as a replacement, for any media a viewer may own, as the copyrighted content is marred by constant audio commentary from the hosts, as well as in-game sound effects. I am within my legal right to use this material.

For further proof and information on Fair Use, please refer to: https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Please have someone manually review this content, thank you!

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Jan Ochoa @janochoa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I love these idiots

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned

I can summarize that for you

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

more information on how layoffs have impacted microsoft studios continues to trickle out. today I've confirmed that blizzard china suffered layoffs, and id software lost around half its staff just as it released dlc that required "significant" crunch

“Today was actually the launch of our DLC for Doom: The Dark Ages,” a current id employee told Aftermath. “What was supposed to be a celebratory day after a long effort including significant crunch is now largely a day of mourning. Entire teams have been gutted or even outright eliminated, with institutional knowledge lost that can't be replaced. I don't even know our ability to put out fixes for today's launch if they are needed, let alone new projects.”

“All but one person who helped run all our old titles was let go,” they added. “Passionate fans of id since before working there trying to keep our legacy alive now won't be able to do so, and for some that has been as painful as the job loss itself.”

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 02/07/2026

Look at what Sony is taking away from us

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 01/07/2026

I think given the scale @godotengine.org is now at, this is an incredibly incisive approach to combat generative AI's awful impact on people, code, and communication. Also focusing the ban policy on access & pull requests is a smart way of eliminating huge parts of the problem in a practical way.

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 26/06/2026

It has begun! The first week of ranking N64 games has occured, and now I know somewhat more about Xena: Warrior Princess. Also: Power Rangers, Star Fox 64, and Cruis'n USA! youtu.be/8b9V3mTVRJE

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Let's Rank! Star Fox 64, Xena, Power Rangers, and More! (Episode 001)

A new era is upon us! The world of 64-bit gaming opens its doors as...

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Romero Games @romerogames.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy 30th birthday, Quake! 🎂🎈 And thank you all for playing. See you later today on twitch.tv/theromero. 9pm - 11pm GMT+1. 🎉 #quake #johnromero #fps

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Fantastic deep dive into the sordid world of Neopets. I have no nostalgia for the franchise whatsoever, but even so, it's a really fascinating story. Thanks @vegantyler.bsky.social & Dachs

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It looks like ai-slop, but this sick filth is real.

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UZDoom @uzdoom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Farewell, Bobby Prince. Thank you for creating the tunes to one of our most beloved computer games ever

A photo of Bobby Prince,, credited to John Romero

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Late-stage capitalism is just feudalism

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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

[nodding wisely] Yes! Yes! I know exactly what you mean!

IMDB review reading "Of all the dramas that have ever graced the Silver Screen, some are better than others."

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We need to look to the 13-year-old girls for leadership.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/06/2026

“A.i.” reproduces all the sexism and racism and bigotry of its inputs. If you use it uncritically, you’re accepting and furthering all that bullshit.

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Alex Roberts @flaxless.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Fantastic short game! A masterclass in interactive storytelling.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10/06/2026

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

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Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don't want to pretend this *isn't* shocking or ghastly but, like, when digital media experts are expressing concern generally about the data a game like Pokemon Go is collecting from day one, this is precisely the kind of end game they are thinking about.

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Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 17/05/2026

Editor: You get those photos of Steven Spielberg and E.T.? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Editor: what

A photo of a young Spielberg being cuddled by E.T.

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Lin Codega @lincodega.com · 12/05/2026

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

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AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media

4 Pillars Gaming’s new website adds AI-generated slop to an already ephemeral online historical record.

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