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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You can tell a lot about a person by what their favorite Dragon Quest games are.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bonus: Enjoyed The Witness and wanted more of it (but without the inclusion of Jon Blow)? Got you covered.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey, fellow puzzle sickos: Want to play a cool Sokoban game that's guaranteed better than Order of the Sinking Star with the added bonus of your money not going into Jon Blow's wallet?

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The duality of gaming YouTube.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

!!!!! EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!! Build-A-Bear Workshop has Fresno Nightcrawlers. That is all. Thanks.

Fresno Nightcrawler plushies. The one on the left is wearing pants and a cowboy hat.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Who is the absolute legend who wrote Mole Mania? I need to know.

"Neuron activation" meme with Mole Mania.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This keeps happening in other mobile games and I do not know why. The only thing I can think of is that some part of "Kite Line" is a slur in some other language.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Few things in video games are as satisfying as having a completed save file on an old Japanese fantasy game. Lots of cute lil pixel art items, weapons, and equipment. All laid out nicely in a tidy, organized menu with their own designated cubby made just for them. Yes I do have OCD, why do you ask?

A video game screenshot showing a menu full of pixel art trinkets.

The game is 迷宮城ハイドラ (Hydra Castle Labyrinth) by E.HASHIMOTO/BUSTER.

It's a 2011 freeware game similar to The Maze of Galious. You should play it if you are cool and interesting and sexy and have good taste in everything.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

You know a game on Steam is gonna be amazing when this is the only thing listed under the awards section:

the "i'm proud to have made something <3" award

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Recently discovered the Game Boy Color aquarium sim AquaLife and I am obsessed with its cute spritework and color palette. Lookit those lil GBC fishies!! (All images taken from The Spriters Resource.)

An assortment of pixel art tropical fish.

An assortment of pixel art aquatic plants.

Miscellaneous encyclopedia pixel art images.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

New profile pic from my friend @cargodin.bsky.social! LOOKIT THIS HANDSOME LIL MAN!!

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Japan always gets the best cover art. Also, if you've never played these games or have avoided them because of the terrible Petz branded box art: They are *not* the kinds of games you likely think they are.

Japanese cover art for "The Dog Island ひとつの花の物語" ("The Dog Island: Hitotsu no Hana no Monogatari"/"The Dog Island: The Story of a Single Flower").

Japanese cover art for the Wii version of "わんこと魔法のぼうし" ("Wanko to Mahou no Boushi"/"The Puppy and the Magic Hat"), released outside Japan under the title "Petz Dogz 2".

Japanese cover art for the Wii version of "にゃんこと魔法のぼうし" ("Nyanko to Mahou no Boushi"/"The Kitty and the Magic Hat"), released outside Japan under the title "Petz Catz 2".

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yeah, I'm what you'd call a Real Gamer™. 😏

Copies of "The Dog Island", "Petz Catz 2", and "Petz Dogz 2" for the PlayStation 2 and Wii.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Playing Tail Concerto (emulating because I refuse to spend $500 to $1,000 for a physical copy) and I love how completely non-threatening everyone is, from the heroes to the villains. Like, this is what counts as "vandalism" in this world:

Darn those kittens!
Look at all this graffiti!
It won't come off!

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Just heard the news and immediately ran to the nearest FuncoLand to buy Myst and Riven for the PlayStation. It's about time these two masterpieces arrived on consoles!

Copies of Myst and Riven for the PlayStation.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I don't think any fake ad will ever top Silent Hill 3's MINMO for me. There's just something about it that tickles me.

Growing Strong and Healthy
.....MINMO!

cat foods
MINMO

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

One of my favorite sensible chuckles is "Toad the Wet Sprocket" which was originally made up as a joke by Eric Idle for a Monty Python sketch and was later adopted by an actual band as a joke. Metal band names are also in a league of their own: metalgigs.us/the-longest-...

Eric Idle, the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance:

I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians, and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words "Toad the Wet Sprocket." And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in LA, and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, "that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket," and I nearly drove off the freeway.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New "draw your OCs doing this" template just dropped.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Let this be a reminder to my fellow gamedevs that no matter how well your game is received, there will always be that one bozo who doesn't get it.

Another wall of five-star reviews... Except for the most recent review, which is one-star and simply reads "Bro fell off".

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Also... Liru, my beloved. This dumb four-eared bimbo caused so many awakenings it was legendary. I'm fairly certain she was the sole reason why anyone even bothered to watch Magipoka. Always loved those big stompy Mega Man boots.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

It's funny revisiting Magipoka some 20 years later and coming to the realization that all of these character designs would have just been VTubers in the modern era.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is my favorite chapter cover in Dragon Half. The art itself is really cute but I also love the juxtaposition between the chapter title dramatically reading "THE DEADLY METAL GOLEM OF HORROR!" paired with the completely unrelated image of Mink looking cute as fuck riding some big rabbit thing.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I think the entire Steam Community needs to be nuked from orbit at this point, honestly.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Dragon Half is something I am Extremely Normal™ about. God this series needs a renaissance.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

New game from the developers of Astalon is out today! Mita Ryūsuke returns with more character designs, and this time these crazy bastards were able to get permission to sneak a Mink cameo in there. Please let this be one small step towards getting a new Dragon Half game. PLEASE I WOULD DO ANYTHING.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I have two copies of the official strategy guide if you need one. (It's also available on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/offi... and is incredibly dorky/quaint in the way that all 90's strategy guides were.)

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Oh dang, you made a Silhouette Mirage keychain at one point? Mad at myself for missing out on it. What did it look like? Big fan of your merch. Looking forward to whatever you do next!

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Inbelievable! Unconceivable! But it didn't matter. AntiBubzia on the other world was doing the precisely exact same thing backwards to cancel out Bubzia's completed run every freaking time.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

lmao at her final social post. This was probably about an hour before she decided to end it all.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Starting off new year great! My Tamagotchi died tonight because I left her with the in-game sitter this morning and forgot to pick her up before 6 PM. Three hours later and I guess that was enough to make her kill herself.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I was refreshing my memory on the various Rockman X Carddass series because I remembered them being utterly bonkers nonsense (complimentary) and I had somehow forgotten there was a villain duo named "Confuse A Stoner".

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

They've posted this only on the dead bird site, but I really love this SOUP room created by @submarichamomi.bsky.social! Beautiful detailed art and color palette, and nice use of the camera angle to make an evocative screenshot!

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Also I dunno who uploaded SOUP ROOMS to IGDB/Backloggd but I really like this little poster they made for it. Wish I could hang it on my wall.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I haven't made a single penny off of indie game development, but I'll occasionally stumble across some really kind words that still make it feel like it was all worth it.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Yeah, of course. Itch.io is your best bet for uploading, I think. We made a post about it in the comments section for Bapalon that goes into more detail.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

You pilot this little egg mech that can retract its limbs and spin around really fast. You can also disembark and walk around on foot to talk with people and access indoor areas. Boss battles shift into 3D without losing *any* of the gamefeel (which is quite an incredible feat, honestly).

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oh you'd better believe I'm going to use this opportunity to recommend EGG for the Sega Dreamcast. Easily my favorite Dreamcast game along with Grandia II. It's a sci-fi Zelda-like with gorgeous hand-drawn environments, a unique atmosphere, a great soundscape, and just overall fun to play.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

November 30th / December 1st

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

SOUP ROOMS is a collaborative minimalist art-game featuring over 100 ROOMS created by cool and talented indie devs from around the world. Admission is free of charge, and you can even make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games to share with others! We hope you enjoy your stay. LINKS BELOW! ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Following that thought: *Very* hard disagree on this take. In both instances you are fundamentally changing how a game looks in favor of a fantasy of how you think it *should* look. It's the sacrifice of preservation and accuracy in favor of "better graphics". Old games are supposed to look old!

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

God I hate remaster/remake culture. Losing my mind at how many reviews/comments I've seen that complain about the vertex jitter in the new version of R-Type Delta. "Wobbly polygons" are part of the charm, aesthetic, and visual identity of PS1 games. Old games are *supposed to look old*.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

RIP Udo Kier. I mostly knew him from his role in Riget (which I'm fairly certain traumatized me as a wee larva), but I also knew him from the very early era of the Internet where his personal website would greet you with this delightful video:

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Other games, such as: P.N.03 for the Nintendo GameCube.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

People forget that Vincent existed in Silent Hill 3. He was both "sexy" and darkly comedic in a Jeff Goldblum kinda way. And let's not forget how the main villain of Silent Hill 4 was basically just a buff version of Kurt Cobain. Sexy in that grunge, Gen X, dangerous-feeling way.

Vincent Smith from Silent Hill 3.
Art by kera, the character and creature designer of Silent Hill ƒ.

Walter Sullivan from Silent Hill 4: The Room.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This one looks really close.

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Kite Line @kiteline.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I wish they had better pictures of these on their website but look at how cute these little wooden ocarina stands are, oh my god.

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