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@kntain.bsky.social
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davidwilliams.xyz twitch.tv/kntain youtube.com/kntain horizonvanguard.com plays a bunch of video games, sometimes makes them. often streams arcade 1cc attempts

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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 8h
today's 1CC revisit was Contra, jacked little game! also genuinely thought I got the Sengoku Ace clear but when trimming it realized I actually started that run from a practice saved state lol. Had to grab a clear post-stream and upload it
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Herbert @xxgr1llmast3rxx.bsky.social · 11h
vibecoded pc ports are karmic punishment for playing N64 decomps in 16:10@120hz
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libby watson @libbycwatson.com · 19h
i don't imagine there are news outlets that would be interested since it only affects twitch streamers and we are lower than dirt, but the new AI "content warnings" that twitch has introduced for sponsored streams are crazy. it monitors what you're saying and pings you if you say a word like "beer"
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
re-got the Battle Bakraid Normal Course scrubclear today
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
today's 1CC reacquisitions, Deathsmiles and Deathsmiles II. Finally played the collection, it's pretty good!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
re-acquired 1CCs in Golden Axe and Chelnov today
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Natt Akuma (ナット) 🛠 @akumanatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Full video: youtu.be/Vh3C09uYCGQ Pouet: www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi... Demozoo: demozoo.org/productions/...
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New Horizons by Otomata Labs (PC-9801) (Party Version)
YouTube video by Natt Akuma Channel!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
maybe in the far future lol, it'd be sick but I don't see it happening too soon
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtpS...
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Crazy Taxi 1CC (Awesome License, Gena) Arcade
YouTube video by kntain
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Got the Crazy Taxi Awesome License :] ...for the second time, first time was 2010. I'm in my pre-stream 1CC re-acquisition arc
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Soukyugurentai fairly fuckin rules huh
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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 30/09/2026
Whenever I write about old software, it still strikes me how absurd it is that it’s easier to run software from the 90s and 2000s on a modern computer than it is to run an iOS app from 15 years ago.
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ok saw the final boss phase 2, at least that made me feel a lil better
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today i hate this game
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
all of em. still pretty sick!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i for one love it when manga artists painstakingly re-create arcade video games solely for their own satisfaction (aki by oosaki mitsuru, bio manga of aki and rumi nikaido)
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
radirgy is a game i have fun with core elements of while also frequently groaning at its shit
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
congrats! also woah right to hardest dips
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
dunno 100% but I've always been under the impression it was based on an official open source release
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Warp Point @warppoint.games · 22/09/2026
Today's featured post: 📖 Reverse Engineering Crazy Taxi, Part 1 by wretched.computer wretched.computer/post/crazytaxi
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Reverse Engineering Crazy Taxi, Part 1
For some reason I put Crazy Taxi's levels into the browser and You Can Too
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Warp Point @warppoint.games · 25/09/2026
Today's featured post: 📖 Gun Frontier by Tain's Game Log davidwilliams.xyz/gamelog/2025/gun-…
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Gun Frontier
Taito, Arcade, 1991 Landmark STG by the director that would immediately after work on [Metal Black](https://davidwilliams.xyz/gamelog/2024/metal-black/ "‌"). The setting here is a sci-fi spin on the wild west and all of the vehicles show an over-th…
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope you're right. I figured 3D/G would be on the table given PS1-based hardware has been done in ACA1 + I assume they're looking for reasons to move away from it but I'd be happy to be wrong
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wish ACA1 wasn't getting tapered off, bummer! I don't expect to get a PS5, and I plan on waiting a while yet for a Switch 2
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
my fav in the series (well, 3tb)
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
cannot overstate how good scythe is
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Kronok @kronok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A few weeks ago I released an update to Scythe, my Unreal Engine level editor, which has a lot of QoL features and cool new stuff. Here's a list of some of the cool stuff starting with "hotspot locking":
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSqB...
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Spinal Breakers 1CC (Good End) Arcade
YouTube video by kntain
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
got the Spinal Breakers 1CC :] Game grew on me a surprising amount. The universe is calm and peaceful...
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the amount of attempts I choked at Belger before getting the clear, lol. You're close!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
getting close in spinal breakers...
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✧Mirai✦ @starrymirai.moe · 19/09/2026
The artifice! It has been laid bare!!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCp1...
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Hyper Duel 1CC (Lloyd)
YouTube video by kntain
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
got the Hyper Duel clear! :] Needed a win after not being able to re-clear Guwange, lol. Had a real nice afternoon with this one, presentation is nuts and it's cool to play an arcade-arcade Technosoft game.
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alexis @steppinlazer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it would be helpful to mention japanese labor laws re: layoffs as a factor in these types of stories
Quiet Restructuring vs. U.S.-Style Layoffs

In Japan, U.S.-style sudden mass layoffs are rare by law and custom. Instead, firms practice a "quiet change". They curb hiring, redeploy staff internally, and expand early-retirement schemes. For example, Tokyo Shoko Research reports that 46 listed companies in FY2025 offered early retirement to over 20,000 workers. Notably, many announcements emphasized retraining and redeployment over firing. A consultant's study notes that Japanese companies are focusing on "eliminating redundant tasks" to boost productivity, rather than simply cutting headcount.What, if any, additional considerations apply if large numbers of dismissals (redundancies) are planned? How many employees need to be affected for the additional considerations to apply?
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In cases of layoffs, courts tend to determine the validity of the dismissal by comprehensively considering the specific circumstances related to the following four elements (Tokyo District Court Decision, January 21, 2000; Osaka High Court Judgment, March 24, 2016, etc.).Since restructuring dismissals are dismissals based on the employer’s circumstances, stricter standards are applied in determining their validity than for dismissals attributable to the employee’s fault. These standards apply regardless of the number of employees targeted for dismissal.

(i) Necessity of Personnel Reduction: The implementation of personnel reduction must be based on sufficient necessity arising from corporate management issues such as recession, decline, or poor business performance, or be recognised as an unavoidable measure.

(ii) Efforts to Avoid Dismissal (Necessity of Selecting Layoffs as a Means of Workforce Reduction) : Measures to avoid layoffs must have been implemented, such as reducing expenses (including cutting overtime pay by stopping overtime work), reducing temporary workers, reducing or eliminating executive compensation and employee bonuses, not renewing fixed-term contracts, halting new hires, suspending pay raises, reassigning employees, or offering voluntary retirement programs.

(iii) Rationality of Selection: Objective and reasonable criteria must be established for selecting employees subject to dismissal, and these criteria must be applied fairly.

(iv) Fairness of the termination process: Conducting labour-management negotiations, individual interviews, and other procedures to provide explanations, disclose information, and engage in consultation with workers.
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it's funny how cleanly i've beaten my 2023 1CC score without getting the 1CC again
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 17/09/2026
this is probably the worst language i've seen a democrat use. saying "transgender ideology" is straight out of the right wing playbook. this is looking more and more like Labour, so I don't want to hear any more shit about how even the transphobic democrats broadly support our rights.
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
played like 7.5 hours of guwange today and didn't re-secure the clear. couldn't walk away, game too good did make it to the final boss a couple times
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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BEEP 1986年11月号
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I haven't yet but it sounds pretty exciting!
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've been bracing for the price when they said it "won't cost more than Index" pre-rampocalypse. I'm excited to mess with this thing. They should send me a dev kit so I can make Horizon Vanguard extra nice and certification-worthy for standalone play on it :]
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
davidwilliams.xyz/gamelog/2026... thoughts on this sick game
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V-V (V-Five) - Game Log - David "Tain" Williams
_Toaplan, Arcade, 1993_ The first game Tsuneki Ikeda worked on, released about a year before Batsugun and a couple years before DonPachi. I first poked at it during my teenage MAME exploration years,...
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"wow, everyone knew this already" is such a cynical, annoying and unfortunately extremely common response to tech news. assuming your privacy is being violated and proving that it is are two very different things, and the latter is the result of hard work and rigorous reporting
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
unfortunately i kind of want the Hori modular stick
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
youtu.be/ZdtDB_GFrHM?...
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V-V (V-Five) 1-All (2-2) Arcade
YouTube video by kntain
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Got the V-V 1-All :] Made it to stage 2-2. Excellent game, checkpoints and all. Didn't expect to clear this one tonight but I was doing some late night practice and decided to try a full run at the end. It wound up being the one. Shame it wasn't on-stream!
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
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tain @kntain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
got to the final boss for the first time lfg
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