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The new x2 CD release of Masayoshi Takanaka's Rainbow Goblins Story (Live at Budokan, 1981) has arrived today! I wasn't expecting such in-depth liner notes from Takanaka's former manager at Kitty. Such a wonderful read!

CD packaging of Masayoshi Takanaka's "Rainbow Goblins Story Live at Budokan 1981".

A page taken from the liner notes describing in detail about the events of The Rainbow Goblins and the long tour that went along with it.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026

video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 23/09/2026

Sportsmates will see this and say heck yeah

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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

sega canceling sonic? that’d be like if microsoft didn’t know what to do with halo, laid off a bunch of people, and gave it to activision

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW: Nearly 300 more jobs cut at Microsoft's gaming team (part of 3,200 announced in July). Majority at Halo Studios, reduced to support Ninja Theory facing potential closure Halo to Activision (dev and publishing) Rare to Activision, too Obsidian to Bethesda www.gamefile.news/p/xbox-halo-...

gamefile.news

Microsoft makes big cuts at Halo Studios, shifts franchise to Activision

Deal to sell Ninja Theory falls through, dimming studio’s prospects

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William Butler Yeets @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Joe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To commemorate the collaboration between Pokémon and the ESA, a special Pikachu plush was sent to the International Space Station from April 11th through June 17th What a picture. Absolutely stunning

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 17/09/2026

dudes rock

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026

A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026

It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA

steamhype.com

Steam Hype

Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.

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Pixel Bard @thepixelbard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🗿 Oh, tengo suerte! Yo compré un billete de ida para Seychelles Yo compré un billete de ida para Seychelles 🗿 #music #masayoshitakanaka #allofme #towerofgod #tog #amigo #amigochaz #alekseiamigochaz #album #webtoon #SIU #amigo #friend #citypop #pop

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 11/09/2026

What do you mean recommended 32gb ram and a 4070 for...Danganronpa

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mii Maker music added to Switch 2 (via _danpar)

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NoelleShiromiya @noelleshiromiya.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a tribute to one of Takanaka's albums, *All of Me*.

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sony: we are getting rid of game discs forever fuck you Microsoft: our next console cant even read game discs fuck you Nintendo: Samus is BACK and BOY, is she HUNGRY

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 09/09/2026

Oh that's us swearing on Dutch TV

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 08/09/2026

Miss Miiverse guy with all my heart

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me: and the murder happened at precisely 3PM? Witness: yes Me: and you saw my client there? Witness: yes Me: well....according to my client's Zelda notes...he was actually STARTING HIS ADVENTURE AT 3PM *everyone gasps and applauds, the judge winks at me and I become valedictorian of my class*

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Three panel comic. Panel 1: an underwater submersible opens a latch and drops a red, pill-shaped crappy Bluetooth speaker. A scientist narrates, “we built a Bluetooth speaker to withstand 2000 meters.” Panel 2: the scientist, speaking directly to the camera, continues: “the squids responded really well to Nelly.” Panel 3: on the dark depths of the ocean floor, a group of squids are dancing enthusiastically around the sunken Bluetooth speaker. A couple of them are getting kinda nasty with it to be perfectly honest

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Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Crow Country intro starts with the current year and then counts down to 1990, which means the intro takes slightly longer to play through each year

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Kyle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐶🎸 @kyleayy.com · 06/09/2026

It's been almost a month now, finally making the Masayoshi Takanaka Super World Live 2026 performance at Brixton available to watch publicly for folks who don't have the funds to buy it! youtu.be/p-XdaHu4v9Q (crude thumbnail pls forgive, not currently on my main PC)

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Masayoshi Takanaka (高中正義) Plays Live in Front of UK Audience!

YouTube video by Kyle A

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wait, why are they doing a Lego PlayStation? It seems to be a physical object. That doesn't align with their current approach. Should be digital legos only.

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采 @azcbcd2.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

✌️

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hideki Kamiya says he’s more concerned about the future of game preservation than whether games remain available physically or digitally. “That’s the big thing for me: whether IP holders are going to take responsibility". vgc.news/news/hideki-...

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Hideki Kamiya says game preservation matters more to him than whether games are physical or digital | VGC

The Clovers co-founder buys games digitally, but wants companies to ensure older titles remain playable…

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 02/09/2026

Switch 2 era has just been "I dunno man flood the screen with everything" and it's pretty cool

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Aggro Crab 💥🔪 @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

REBOUNDER. A new game developed by ThirtyThree, published by Aggro Crab. Rebounder is a hand-crafted precision platformer about a roughneck worker recruited for a hazardous job on a distant planet. Nail the run. Deliver your line. Dropping 2027.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘You can’t own a game’ rendered like the old anti piracy ads

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

SCOOP: A few weeks before the launch of Star Wars Zero Company, most of the developers at its studio were furloughed The studio says they hope to secure funds to restore their pay. Some are skeptical it'll happen I learned about this via a bitter lawsuit: www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-...

gamefile.news

‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch

The details emerged amid a legal dispute between company founders. The lawsuit also provides an unexpected look into a studio behind one of the best-reviewed Star Wars games in years

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Kyle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐶🎸 @kyleayy.com · 30/08/2026

My Steam review of Big Walk. I don't usually write at all, but words started appearing on my screen - long text jumpscare!

A Big Walk review on Steam. Character limit is over 2,000, so I'm linking it directly.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/kyleayy/recommended/1478500/

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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this one is especially egregious

A single panel comic hand drawn illustration of Barret Wallace from FF7 gesturing disgustedly to a screenshot from nvidia's atrocious DLSS 5 slop that leaked, showing a photo of what was once Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is now a yassified Al model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret's text box reads "We're killin' the planet for THIS shit?"

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Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

back in another virtual river getting my pants wet for 30 minutes: youtu.be/mCDH5KnBx9o

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GTA5 Has Rivers You've Never Seen

YouTube video by Any Austin

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2dos @ DK64Randomizer.com @2dos.dk64randomizer.com · 29/08/2026

The DK64 recomp is now out! Play "DK64 Rekongpiled" now! Playable on Windows, Mac and Linux, just provide your own DK64 rom. No generative AI used at any point in the process. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUvGGXTk0E dk64recomp.com

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DK64 RECOMP RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

YouTube video by 2dos

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grünjacke @gruenjacke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

untitled geese meet the big walkers. #BigWalk

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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alistair inkwell @al-inkwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#bigwalk with my big friends

An assembly of multicolored characters from the video game Big Walk.

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limitiv @limitiv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Takanaka! 🌴🍹🌊

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Kobold Factory 🏳️‍⚧️ @koboldfactory.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

video games are cool. i cant believe we harnessed lightning and crystals and metals and used those to make machines that let us make little interactive stories where you can be little guys and hang out with your friends from thousands of miles away.

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Gordo! @posting.fan · 23/08/2026

all “grading” is a scam and has absolutely ruined the second hand games market, especially anything “retro”

A copy of Final Fantasy 7 for the PlayStation, sealed in a Perspex box and given a “grade” of 9.9 and rendered functionally useless while also being “worth” $12.6k

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Any Austin @anyaustin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

wackwctfwfftgwhhn

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Breezin’ and Cheezin’

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GoopyArts @goopyarts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Drawing Alphys doing whatever cause I can Song is Sweet Agnes by Masayoshi Takanaka

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 21/08/2026

Things are just better on DS tbh youtu.be/HF8FW9hObT0

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Resident Evil DS - The Secret Best Version of RE1

YouTube video by GVG

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Jeff Grubb @grubb.wtf · 20/08/2026

For as much as Valnet is fucking up everything, I want to match that energy with some thank god Kotaku is still Kotaku. Just sharp blogs about stuff that is actually worth thinking about.

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