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Virology research and fighting game enthusiast. English and Spanish OK. He/Him.

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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Funniest possible way to finally hit High Master.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was trying to go mostly chronological with this and think that FFX or Kingdom Hearts could probably swap out one of these if I gave it a bit more thought.
From left to right, top to bottom:
Donkey Kong Country 2, Crash Bandicoot 2, Final Fantasy 9, Psychonauts, Silent Hill 2, Dark Souls, Street Fighter 4, Guilty Gear XRD, Disco Elysium.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fun find at the local Labor Day book exchange.
Japanese copy of a “Doraemon” manga book.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I can now hit all the funny Hulk combos and should probably start working on tag pressure now.
Marvel Tokon Character Lesson Screen for the Incredible Hulk, with all trials completed.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Crying behind smug mask meme.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I always feel a little crazy when a discord feed I’m on is dooming hard about patch notes while I’m looking at my characters getting their pain points meaningfully addressed like:
Oro in SFV
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“Human! I grow tired of my current suite of toys.” *Box is rotated 90 degrees.* “WOW!”
A goggle-eyed tortoise shell cat happily perched in a cardboard box that’s too flat and open to meaningfully provide strategic cover.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If Birdie ever shows up in SF6, it's an insta-lock for me.
Key art of Birdie from SFV.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I JUST WANNA GO TO WORK, MAN.
Wasp chilling oh my car door handle, daring me to move it.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
God, I love this character.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“Who the fuck are you?”
Tortoise shell cat standing stiffly on the arm of a staircase as she is pet by an offscreen stranger.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Whew, sure am glad that juggle route actually works.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Another successful Ragnar in the books.
Ragnar team medals arranged on the floor to spell out the “together we chase wild” message. All team members have put a foot around the medals.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Last trail run before Ragnar.
Garmin run results. 8 miles at a respectable (for me, anyway) 13:20 min pace.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Watching this with the same visceral intensity as I do a screen saver box hovering tantalizingly near the screen corner.
Mid point of the video. Two toilets filled with a mystery blue liquid and swinging from ropes, locked in a dance of mutual destruction.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Tattoo finally healed to the point where I can start training for Ragnar again. I think if I manage 5+ miles every day until the end of April I should be back to pretty decent conditioning.
Garmin watch readout. A 4 and 5 mile run recorded after a solid week of nothin’.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I’m probably not going to play Jam Kuradoberi, but I adore all the animation details in her attacks. That bunny does *not* want to be there.
Start up frames of Jam’s 2S, where the rabbit jumps on her face as she flails at the opponent.Active frames of Jam’s 6P, in which her kung fu pose inadvertently throttles her hapless bunny companion.Start up frames of Jam’s 5S, in which she notices her rabbit attempting to flee and catches it, sticking her leg out as a counter balance that serves as the actual attack.Start up frames of Jam’s 5H, in which the bunny lunges at her face and she manages to redirect the momentum into a shockingly graceful elbow strike at the opponent.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Seriously though, this select screen is adorable.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This mostly looks like at *least* two weeks of free damage for me until Leo netplayers collectively develop impulse control.
Faust’s 5K.
Gangly undead doctor engaged in a surprisingly balletic kick.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“Readers and editors were upset when they discovered something they enjoyed contained plagiarized material” is not the gotcha you think it is.
Highlighted snipped from the article: “apparently readers and editors didn’t mind until the use of AI was pointed out to them”.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Part 3! (Wife took point on the curry. I just marinated and chopped vegetables)
Goan monkfish and shrimp curry with dal and rice. Served with naan and raita and paired with Chardonnay.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Part 2 of “Oops, I bought an irresponsible amount of fresh seafood this weekend.”
Seafood pasta diavolo.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Paella night.
Squid ink paella topped with lobster tails. The steam helps give this photo some depth of field that I otherwise couldn’t hope to achieve on my own.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Median Gamer Brain is so goddamn funny, man.
Screenshot of a YouTube video breaking down the changes for Strive 2.0.
Featured comment is a person insinuating that the removal of wild assault is a further attempt to dumb down the game.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I do dig the art style of Damon and Baby. There are also a few nods to Guilty Gear proper, but I have no idea whether or not that’s just window dressing.
Screenshot of dialogue in the Damon and Baby demo.
Damon, mid crash out: “That’s suspicious as hell! Suspicious like frozen food labeled ‘homestyle taste’.”
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Taking advantage of the Spring of Deception to get some trail run practice in.
Garmin results screen for a 5 mile trail run at a respectable(?) 12:26/mile pace.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Like I knew this was going to be bad faith consent manufacturing going in and this still made me shout “oh, fuck off” at my screen.
The summary page that results from correctly identifying all of the human produce texts, which smugly asks the reader if the “clunky phrases” of Cormac McCarthy was what gave it away.

“AI used to make mistakes like these,” it notes, “but today’s systems are much more fluid”.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hell yeah.
30th anniversary Pokémon logo, featuring snorlax.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Scrolling YouTube on my lunch break, and boy these AI summaries are the stupidest things ever.
FGC YouTube Broski’s latest video, titled “Unc crashes out and rants about JP for 17 minutes”.

Dutifully summarized by the AI preview as “Unc vend frustration over a 17-minut…”

Context. Who needs it!?
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA Of course.
X Screenshot of Gootecks telling the Fatal Fury PR account that he liked the AI usage in the trailer, with an accompanying shrug emoji.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Funniest way to unceremoniously end the Faust v Chipp matchup.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The restaurant I’m in was offering a “10 year barrel aged Malort” on the dessert menu. So of course I had to order it.
Unassuming snifter glass of Malort.

Shot at a slight Dutch angle, as it felt appropriate to do so.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Presents have already been exchanged, so one of the packages has since been converted into a catnip trough. Cats are surprisingly ok about taking turns with it.
Ripley, my tortoiseshell, looms on the couch over River (black longhair, butt) rooting around in a cardboard box filled with catnip.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas, all!
Decorated artificial Christmas tree, with a tortoiseshell cat perched on the arm of the couch next to it.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This one had me hyperventilating from laughter the first time I saw it.
Gary Larson comic featuring a family of bruised and battered frogs sitting in their living room. The ceiling is a patchwork of bumps and cracked plaster.

Bottom text simply reads “the frogs at home”
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Probably one of the weirdest feeling characters I’ve played thus far. He actually has decent counter poking abilities, but getting him into that range is so tenuous that I 100% understand why most players just pilot him like a full screen missile. Vastly preferred my time learning Lily.
SF6 win screen of E Honda ranking up to master.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Me alegro mucho que hayan localizado todos los juegos de palabras de los personajes en Ace Attorney.
Foto de la nueva actualización de Ace Attorney.
Phoenix dice: “Está conforme con la prueba, Sr. Elvio Toddoh? O debería decirle… Sr. Elhizo Toddoh!”
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I’M SO VIOLENT AND SICK IN THE HEAD. I CAN’T TELL IF I WANNA KILL MY OPS OR FUCK EM.
Marisa from SF6
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Thank you for doing this! Here’s my donation to the Maryland Food Bank.
Donation receipt to Maryland Food Bank for 154.50 USD.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I’m reading at an absolute glacial pace and have to have my phone dictionary open at all times, but by god I’m actually understanding this thing.
Japanese version of One Piece manga open to chapter 2.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
As far as the SF6 “scary lady charging at you from behind a non-standard fireball” function goes, I like Mai way more than Aki, but maybe a little less than Juri. Charged/OD fan is hilarious and a consistent AA is always welcome, but her combo routing isn’t as fun as the other two.
SF6 win screen of Mai Shiranui getting promoted to master rank.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I thought it was just me accidentally detaching my link lever mid set, but I apparently literally destroyed the whole thing because I play like a yeti.
Broken link lever, recovered from the carpet.
Remaining gear found rattling inside the stick when i opened it up.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
In which i accidentally rip the lever out of my stick mid match and have to scramble for another one before Zangief mauls me.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
So it’s really hard to judge the strength of a character after 3 days of mostly mirror matches, but Sagat feels super fun to play! Definitely a mainstay on the character rotation.
Win screen of Sagat towering over a downed opponent. Opponent’s name has been cropped out, but mine is displayed with a shiny new master title.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Reviewing her trailer, a lot of her moves have a great sense of weight and impact and her lunge punch super *literally* has a reaction shot akin to what I wanted for the above clip. So now I’m more confused.
Hasty screenshot of Vi’s 2xKO trailer, showing a moment of impact reaction shot when her super connects with Ekko.
Slightly later in the clip, you see this demonstrated on a few other characters.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Me, between sobs: “Stop jumping at me! I still need to learn whiff punishes with this character” Diamond league:
Win screen of my wack-ass AKI getting catapulted into Master Rank after 14 consecutive wins.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
And we are outta there.
Your muted words:
“COTW” in text and tags.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Escalating meme of Homer Simpson laughing progressively harder as the background becomes more distorted
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Picture of German muppet ortholog “Bernd das Brot”: his exhausted, thousand yard stare mirroring my own.
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LDB @ldb.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Among other small things, my wife got me some stickers for decorating my console for Christmas. Shout outs to her tracking down an incredibly obscure silent hill 3 reference to throw in the mix.
Stickers:
Top: Faust “skull and crossbones”, Marisa SF6 key art.
Middle: Faust 2S key frame, chibi pyramid head.
Bottom: Phoenix Wright doing the Pacha “just right meme, Silent Hill 3 “MINMO” ad.
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