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Kayin @kayin.moe · 09/10/2026
Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse
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written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with  those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true
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itsbrinker.bsky.social @itsbrinker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Honestly the biggest barrier to clicking buy is knowing that more are coming and im not gonna be able to buy 30 shirts (even though i really want to)
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Cαrínα ᓚᘏᗢ @carina.delachancla.com · 26/09/2026
For my ode to Castlevania turning 40, here's my Sega Mega Drive YM2612+PSG remake of part III's Famicom intro that I originally did 10 years ago.
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Kyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rest in peace to Richard Harrison, impeccable B-movie master, part of one of the funniest movie endings of all time.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.
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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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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I generally like the stories for the Mega Man games, but they're not exactly Shakespeare. [Remembers X4's story involves a girl going mad after her brother and lover fight each other] Actually, you know what
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calicocatface.bsky.social @calicocatface.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Does this count as ahegao?
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Hello, it is me, Kira. :) @kirabira.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She also really debunks the common justifications about religion, region, and age. Your grandparents and parents have shitty values because they have shitty values, not because of anything else. They could do better. Anyone can use their eyes to see the world and have the correct read.
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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
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Waffle @plourples.com · 07/08/2026
plourples.itch.io/draw-a-circle
plourples.itch.io
First You Draw a Circle by plourples
Can't Draw Kirby.
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✧Mirai✦ @starrymirai.moe · 07/08/2026
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Nicky 2 @nickyflowers.com · 15/07/2026
permanent daylight savings doesn't go far enough
GET RID OF TIME, BUT NOT THE ZONES

a map of the US, divided vertically into 12 time zones, permanently fixed to 1:00 to 12:00. it's divided horizontally by the AM/PM line

FIXED TIME FIXES TIME!
"It's always 11:00am in Philadelphia!"
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Found a thread for summa y'all
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day
A drawing of Patience and Fortitude, the  stone lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library. Between them is a quote from Kurt Vonnegut: "The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."
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ً @zan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
dreamcast forever 🌀
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This is quite literally the best thing you will see today.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 17/06/2026
the dream of text and picture comedy is alive at @1900hotdog.bsky.social!
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Home - 1-900-HOTDOG
1900HOTDOG is produced from your support through Patreon. Articles with a 🌭 in the title are free to everyone.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12/06/2026
If you've not played it before, Mario Eclipse is a real treat. An enhanced 60fps version of Sunshine (new moves and the island is turned into an interconnected world), plus a whole second campaign unlocked after the ending, with multiple playable characters. It was in the works for yeaaaaaars.
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Super Mario Eclipse | Release Trailer
YouTube video by Eclipse Team
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Daily bunny no.3340 is sick of communal living
Bunnies are characters from "The Young Ones", in a dilapidated and dirty shared home. The four bunnies fall loosely into 80's university archetypes, such as a punk and a campus socialist, and are arguing with each other.
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Frame #18300 from S04 -E18 - Battle Beef-628214
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Amy Poehlergeist @tonybones.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In recent years I've noticed an uptick in ppl speaking about The Lexx. It is fascinating to me because The Lexx is a show you watch alone in the middle of the night and speak to no one about it for the rest of your life. It's taboo. You're not supposed to like it. They'll kill you if they find out.
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beany tuesday @beanytuesday.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Social Media in 2035
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The Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
lemonsharks
My ancestors, watching me dump an entire stick of cinnamon, two cloves, an allspice berry, and a generous grating of nutmeg into my tea, sweetened with white sugar and loaded with cream, while I sit in my clean warm house surrounded by books, 25+ outfits for different occasions, and 6 pairs of shoes, in a building heated so well I have the windows open in mid-autumn:
Our daughter prospers. We are proud of her.
She has never labored in a field but knows riches we could not have imagined.

sighinastorm
I like this so much better than the idea that our ancestors would be embarrassed or ashamed of us for being "soft" or some crap like that.

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My ancestors, watching me stuff my face with fried chicken while studying: She eats like an imperial concubine and can afford to study like am imperial scholar. WE MADE IT
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Ghoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026
Bring back the ancient knowledge
Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.
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Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Also, as teased, @edmundm.bsky.social has launched the fish masters archive and it feels like it's poised to become the next big thing youtube.com/@thefishmast...
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The Fishmasters Archive
FISHMASTERS was a thirty minute comedy take off on the television mainstay, the "Two Guys In A Boat" fishing program created by Carl Edge and Kevin Graves. The Fishmasters try to demonstrate fishing t...
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Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I choose to believe this is how most 90s arcade race tracks were initially conceived #gaming #retrogaming #arcade
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 24/04/2026
business cat (a black kitty in a tie, looking serious) in the vicious cycle meme [going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you] -> [ahaha youre not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach] -> [your data is probably for sale online now] -> [that means someone could easily impersonate you] -> [rinse, repeat]
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Keith Stack-o'-lantern @keithstack.com · 24/04/2026
I am going to stop Mr. Domino.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
From the study -- this distinction between helpful human mentorship + collaboration vs. what chatbots provide to people by default is really striking:
Imagine the following scenario. You are mentoring a student, and they come to you asking you to solve a coding problem. You help them, walking through the solution step by step. They then come back and
ask you to solve another problem. And then another. Eventually, you might pause as you recognize that something is going wrong. You realize that your student isn’t learning how to code and is simply
learning to rely on your help. You subsequently sit them down and talk about the value of persisting through challenges, of practicing new skills, and what it actually means to learn.

This scenario highlights a fundamental aspect of human collaboration. Good collaborators optimize for long-term objectives (Bratman, 1992; Grosz & Kraus, 1996; Balcazar & Keys, 2014; Mattessich & Johnson,
2018). For example, a mentor encourages independent development by adjusting the type of help given and sometimes offering no help at all. In essence, the best collaborators maintain a balance between
helping and fostering autonomy; they know when not to help (Koedinger & Aleven, 2007; Van de Pol et al., 2010; Soderstrom & Bjork, 2015).

Current AI assistants are a stark contrast to this dynamic. They never refuse to help (unless for safety reasons), and provide instant answers to almost any query, across domains ranging from writing to coding to tutoring (Brynjolfsson et al., 2025; Buc¸inca et al., 2024; OECD, 2026; Shapira et al., 2026). In this sense, AI systems are fundamentally short-term collaborators: extraordinarily helpful in the moment, but
indifferent to what that help does to the person receiving it over time
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Kris Moyse @krismoyse.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I was inspired.
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
it was foretold
me and alex rubenstein standing with the seattle pilots monument at the former location of home plate which is now outside a lowe's. the guy's bat has been broken for many years now
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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 09/04/2026
what a beautiful thing spanakopedia.ordoliberal.com
Dr Venture saying SPANAKOPEDIA!
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A year ago I said someone should do Frinkiac for King of the Hill. Well @standard.bsky.social went and DID IT boompane.ordoliberal.com
boompane.ordoliberal.com
Boompane
King of the Hill Quote Search
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 01/04/2026
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this
Highlighted section of the Copilot ToS which says "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/03/2026
20 years ago today, Jack Dorsey posted the first tweet. A lot has happened since then, and Twitter isn't really Twitter anymore, literally and figuratively. That's why we created an archive to preserve the funniest, weirdest, and most memorable tweets in the site's tumultuous history.
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The greatest tweets of all time
Twitter’s best hits, preserved before it all goes down in flames.
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average scottythered @scottythered.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
excuse me WHAT www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Z4...
Jodie Troutman
‪@longtalljodie.com‬
Holy shit, someone found MST3K KTMA episode 3, Star Force II, at a garage sale.  Lost media since 1988. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Z4...
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
To quote Elorm Daniel’s great takedown: A law that says Linux must perform age verification during account setup sounds reasonable at first… until u realize it completely misunderstands what Linux actually is. Because who exactly is supposed to verify their age? The server? The router? The fridge?
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ICARIAN @icarianarts.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I drew the three stooges for my friend
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Something I think a lot of midwesterners are very deeply attached to, but don't necessarily know how to articulate well, is an awareness of the environment drastically changing on a cyclical basis and the signs which show those changes are occurring. It's very grounding and I know I need that.
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 26/02/2026
Neat DOS game remake: God of Thunder 3D! It's free on itch and steam. Very faithful to the original, but gives it a 3D Dot Heroes look: solocodo.itch.io/got3d store.steampowered.com/app/4373380/...
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GOT3D
YouTube video by SOLOCODO
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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
about the org's ideas: I think most ideas at any time in an organisation boil down to *clean up process*. stop for a while and make code that *works*. naturally these ideas are deemed worthless to upper management
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Cαrínα ᓚᘏᗢ @carina.delachancla.com · 20/02/2026
New tower arrived. This button should be standard
Top of a PC tower. The LED button is circled which disables the lights inside
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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
METAL GEAR SOLID KONAMI/TOSE 2000 (Captured on GameBoy Color)
Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaake. Oh you're in here smoking. Sorry carry on
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Brian Fargo @brianfargo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I found the old 35mm slide for the cover for Neuromancer and had it scanned in for your pleasure. Enjoy!
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
roses are red cherenkov is blue just use a screwdriver what's the worst it could do
Demon core experiment
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Here ya go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
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RiffTrax Makes MST3K! — Four NEW episodes in 2026!
Mike, Kevin, and Bill are heading back to the Satellite of Love for Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE RIFFTRAX EXPERIMENTS!
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Dungeon Chill @dungeonchill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is from my local amateur hockey team back in the states. Wtf is going on back there?
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