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Feeling melancholy about Golden Sun: Dark Dawn’s story still being unfinished and how we’ll probably never get a fourth entry in the series.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The early Phantasy Star games (2-4) for sure influenced me. (Credit to Hardcore Gaming 101 for the screenshots.)

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If original Dante is that strong, imagine how invincible Infuriated Writer's Block Dante would be.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2026

"I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal." buff.ly/pykYN6f

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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 28/09/2026

We don’t need more data centers and surveillance cameras. We need clean water, affordable homes, living wages, healthcare, and communities that actually serve the people who live in them.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can’t understand why Ottotto were so easy to find in Japan, including the Pokémon variant, but not a single Japanese/Korean grocery store like Hmart or Mitsuwa carries them.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It is farmers' market empanada day thanks to Luciana's Kitchen. The beef one I got is too hot to eat, but the bacon/cheese/egg one is perfect.

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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week Siliconera's @jmariye.bsky.social joins Eric and Nadia to kick off the game of the year discussion. Yes, it’s already that time. What’s your GOTY, and will it cure the lonliness epidemic? What a year (for games!) youtube.com/shorts/m8cG_... Listen: www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod/...

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GOTY? Yes, it’s already that time. What’s your GOTY, and will it cure the lonliness epidemic?

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Monster Hunter Rise is only $5 on the eShop now and is perhaps the absolute best entry in the series in the last 10 years. www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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Shop Monster Hunter Rise for Nintendo Switch at Nintendo Store. See game details, editions, and availability.

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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave is a dense text; it will take a village to determine the best person to kiss. @jmariye.bsky.social returns to chat with Eric and Nadia about your burning Fire Emblem questions! youtube.com/shorts/ZfC3W... 🎧: pod.link/969659784/ep... 💸 : www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod/...

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Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave is a dense text, it takes a village to determine the best person to kiss

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Siliconera @siliconera.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Siliconera 2026 site survey is live, and we'd love to get your feedback and hear your opinion on things! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Siliconera 2027 Site Survey

Share your thoughts on Siliconera and things you enjoy!

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Ash @fishyash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I got to go back on Axe of the Blood God again! And we talked about Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave! It’s wonderful!

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Clear River Games @clearrivergames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🔥 Announcing Lufia 1 and 2 the Sinistrals Saga 🔥 Two classic JRPGs from the golden age of the SNES return to modern platforms in one wonderous collection 🥳 🎉 Coming soon to modern platforms! From @Taito Wishlist today! 😍 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4027620/...

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh no, the La Colombe s'mores latte flavor is super good. Like, it is even better than the strawberry variety from earlier this year.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Banana deal still up. Comes with a copy of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What does it say about the state of the world when there’s now an official Malort body pillow? (TO BE FAIR… if it wasn’t $75, I can think of two people I know who would love and genuinely use it.)

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh noooooooo I have 1800+ screenshots of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, but don't have ANY of a certain character recruitment that I need. This is my nightmare, haha. (Did I capture it in a video clip instead? Is it just hidden?)

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Love a false fire alarm late at night.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

While I do wish IS did more with Supports and I didn't connect to Eshmel in the same way I did the Flame Lords, I fully believe Fortune's Weave is a 10/10 Fire Emblem.

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sometimes my feed is just: [amazing art] looking for work [goated resume] looking for work [great writing] looking for work [banger music] looking for work Dave Slutbutt, CEO of Game Dev, has laid off 9000 people to buy a 4th house in Bora Bora. [industry veteran] looking for work

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Paul Noth @paulnoth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Mine in today’s @newyorker.com

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 10/09/2026

DLSS 5 is just a lighting pass and not an ai hallucin--

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This close up of Cirno's bow in the Touhou Koumakyou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil remaster is very concerning.

A Touhou Koumakyou: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil remaster screenshot close up of Cirno art that shows her "bow" no longer is one and instead is a flat surface.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't mind me. Just reapplying my clown makeup and updating my "Genshin Impact Switch Port Finally Reappears at Nintendo Direct" skeleton.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here are all my CD, DVD, book, model kit and washi tape finds for the day.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If anyone is in the Chicago area, here’s the flyer from Mitsuwa with the flea market event info.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It was great to see the Chicago Japanese Club Flea Market near Mitsuwa again! There were some neat items. I do wish the book/manga/DVD/CD booth had handled things better and not let one guy and his mom call dibs on all DVDs, CDs and game/anime art books without paying for them.

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Dezi (Boto) @boto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the fuck you mean someone already figured out to mod in stuff from the mobile game into Resonance

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reminder for anyone looking for a Labor Day weekend activity! The updated COVID and flu vaccines are available.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The whole Astral Ordinance thing for Rev.Noir is giving me FFXIII L'Cie Focus vibes.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Listen, I've been good. Give me a Sakura Wars remake announcement before the State of Play Japan ends.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I got very lucky on the extremely overpowered character banner in Fire Emblem Heroes today. (Sigurd was the only one I was missing.)

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 30/08/2026

CVS pays you (sort of) to get the vaccine,

CVS flu vaccination promotion showing a healthcare worker in blue gloves administering a shot to a seated woman’s upper arm. A blue offer badge reads, “Get a $5 off $20* coupon with vaccine.” Large text below the photo says, “Get early flu protection and receive a $5 off $20 coupon after vaccination.*” A QR code and partially obscured CVS-related text appear in the background.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Starting to regret not getting some Jins glasses as a souvenir for myself when in Japan.

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I’m still sad about Before Crisis FFVII.

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Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Remember when you could watch a 30-60 second game trailer (an ad) on YouTube without having to sit through a 10-20 second commercial (another ad)?

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 25/08/2026

All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live aftermath.site/gamescom-openi...

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I got to appear on Axe of the Blood God, and it was so much fun!

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Ki[n]g of Prism/Pretty Series specialist for hヰre お仕事募集中 @aiyane07.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026

message from #stardewvalley developer Eric Barone saying the #StoryofSeasons series #RuneFactory series it's 3 pages long so can't translate everything in five seconds now but he's basically saying it changed his life and are the best games ever and he wouldn't be here if not for them

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Axe of the Blood God - An RPG Podcast @bloodgodpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Siliconera's (@siliconera.bsky.social) Jenni Lada (@jmariye.bsky.social) joins us this week to talk Duskbloods and magical girl RPG compilation Blue Reflection Quartet! PLUS: - Dread Delusion/Entropy - Umamusume - other! AD-FREE - www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod/... FREE - pod.link/969659784/ep...

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The Duskbloods, Blue Reflection Quartet w/ Jenni Lada | Axe of the Blood God

In the name of a bunch of depressed girls, I shall punish you! Victor and Nadia are joined by Siliconera's Jenni Lada to discuss whether Blu

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Jenni Lada @jmariye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If anyone wants to risk Teeth Monkey D. Luffy coming to life and gnawing on your bones while you sleep, it apparently only costs $19.99 at Ross to take that chance.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Look, are we the laughing stock of the world? Yes. Are we losing a war we should’ve never started? Yes. Is all our food poison now? Yes. Are all the jobs going away? Yes. But the important thing is a blue-haired college student I made up in my head feels bad about memes.

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