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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 10h

"Shame about the joypad." High scores for Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition for Mega Drive in Oct 1993. But there's a caveat to UK Teletext games mag's Digitiser's praise: buying the new six button controller. Don't even bother buying the new SFII without one, they advise.

A screencap from the digitiser archive site where digitiser points out the need to press start to switch between punch and kick if you play with a 3 button and how it makes moves impossible

93% overall - shame about the joypad. £59.99 for the game and then £15 for the six button

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Enhance | 🎮 Lumines Arise Available Now! @enhance-experience.com · 02/10/2026

Bandcamp Friday is here again! Pick up Hydelic/Enhance's soundtracks and support game music! 🎶 Lumines Arise, Tetris Effect: Connected, HUMANITY, Area X and more. 🎧 Your ears deserve a li'l treat, no tricks. 👂 enhanceexperience.bandcamp.com

Tetris Effect Connected Original Soundtrack cover with cosmic imagery and text.

Geometric design with colorful lines on a dark background.

Topographic face design with colorful lines and text 'Lumines Remastered (Original Score)'.

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The only way to fight fire is with extremely dry bits of wood - Strangereal Sun Tzu

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They keep asking me are games back and I’m thinking they’re back

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 02/10/2026

I wish I was joking when I said that this game does a better job explaining how the Empire became so powerful again in the sequel series and addresses Episode 9's armada of Star Destroyers better than any other Star Wars media of the 10 years.

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

video game PR guy taking his date for a seaside walk: see that lighthouse? you can go there.

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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Konya Turkey. 89:59 on the clock. The referee blows the final whistle, 1 second before full time, ending the match between Konyaspor and the Palestinian national team. Then a message appeared on the stadium's giant screen: "The match has been postponed until Palestine is free."

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996

A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i know a lot of people really, really want gaza to be a two-sides issue that maps cleanly onto US electoral politics, but it isn't. the mainstream of both parties supports the genocide, because the US as an institution supports the genocide. i know that's uncomfortable but you can't run away from it

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

isn't this just every 43 year old gamer dad now

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i haven't played a fire emblem since the gameboy advance and i'm glad to hear there is a new type of magic: a gun

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We are all with you lads, we really are. You will go down in our history as legends. Please #StopTheGames

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dgold @dgold.eu · 26/09/2026

Solidarity with the Irish players this morning. Reports say as many as five players have steadfastly refused to take to the pitch. Training is currently in chaos due to this. This should never have come onto their shoulders. Fuck the FAI, Fuck UEFA and #FreePalestine www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...

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Confusion in Hungary as players hold meeting - updates

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson faces the media in Debrecen, Hungary ahead of tomorrow's Nations League clash against Israel. Follow the latest updates here.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Colour cycling and hi-res Amiga AGA landscapes: A clip from the Mark Ferrari art slideshow production from 2023.

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Tracker_TD @tracker-td.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

STREAMING VGM WATCH Suddenly SEGA’s put the Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax OST on streaming, completely out of nowhere Good, it’s full of absolute bangers

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You joke but this post is how Ringo found out

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Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The actual clip of him saying this is so awesome. Absolutely brutal and from the sounds of it, deservedly so.

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

was reminded recently of this performance of Behind the Mask, which for those unaware is a Yellow Magic Orchestra song that had an unreleased cover by Michael Jackson and was then shopped around until being done by Eric Clapton and performed here with Phil Collins, Mark King and Jools Holland

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Phil Collins / Eric Clapton / All Star Band - Behind The Mask (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1987)

YouTube video by King's Trust Music

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

maybe just a totally normal error like this one

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

some say he's still on ephinaea to this day

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026

'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I always forget on that art there’s just a guy with a gun

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

it's my birthday and that means only one thing: getting emails from forums i haven't logged in to in 15 years wishing me a happy birthday

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've just been thinking about this paradox academy list constantly since this episode dropped

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the orzhov color variant niv looks sick as hell. i hear you have to hold all three punch buttons and hit start to unlock it

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unlike the hateful Macklemore, I have respect for all the world's people—from the Jews of Israel to the Palestinians of Gaza to the Orchids of Asia. by Robert Kraft

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You don't need to convince me that voting the lesser evil is the logical choice for people to make. You need to understand that your logic has overwhelmingly lost elections. If your goal is to win elections, "we're not as good as the other guy" just doesn't cut it. It's imperative they do better.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Can i recommend buddhism

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

so @alisontheperson.bsky.social managed somehow to write the most hindu fantasy story i've read in a very long time. yes, yes, 'dude who has only seen boss baby thinks this movie has boss baby vibes' but it's absolutely true

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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We are 25 years removed from 9/11, the single greatest act of blowback in modern history, and nowhere in the halls of power have we had a sophisticated reckoning with its causes, the moment, or the aftermath still ruling us today. Deconstructing the fascist state can start here!

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When I’m president I’ll make it do you can get a large drink but a regular fries

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rupert Murdoch should be sent to the Hague

…and that overestimate sits alongside a third (34%) of the public believing there are “no-go” areas in London where Sharia law dominates and non-Muslims cannot enter. Virtually the same proportion (36%) disagree this is the case, while one in five (19%) say they don't know.

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borats of canada @forpush.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

weezer voice: we are charlie kirk yeah

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Project Dream, the SNES prototype that eventually turned into Banjo-Kazooie, had just been uploaded to the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/proj...

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

dear god.. a flavor scientist at the Cheetos factory has published a blog post saying no one is prepared for how "dangerously cheesy" they are

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

it’s time to rewatch twin peaks for the first time in decades

Bobby Hurley from Twin Peaks, upon whose giant forehead is written: I'm tired of these jokes about my giant forehead. The first such incident occurred in 1990 when

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And You Thought It Was Safe(?) @aytiws.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is correct. Bugs is far too much of a 19th century anarchist to accept any one else's labels, rooted as a they would be in a society Bugs also rejects, and exists in active opposition to. That (among other things) is why Chuck Jones hated Space Jam.

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