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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Devil Blade, Senjin Aleste, Armed Police Batrider. It’s shmup Christmas!
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Worked for me, though the code email went to spam.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holy shit, with Linda Hamilton as Chun Li
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Sarah Connor
Alt: Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Square Enix leadership was super enamored with cloud gaming a few years ago. E.g. www.polygon.com/2014/9/18/64...
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Square Enix announces Shinra Technologies, a new cloud gaming service for 2015
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I hesitated to write this after reading the room, but the article read to me like a bunch of extroverts tormenting introverts by sending them to conversion camps.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can you get him to teleport farther? Like, much farther?
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or older TVs don’t have the hardware support for something Xbox cloud streaming will need (security, firmware features, specs, etc.). When I was in the know, Netflix + TV OEM contractual support was 3 years, but generally best effort for 10 years.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The people who have a hard time with this had a really easy time switching from "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence."
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That wasn't even about the Frame. It was about the dwindling VR ecosystem on PC, or Steam VR more specifically.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Simon's Quest came out in North America in 1988, 14 years before that quote. Nostalgic games from 14 years ago: Mass Effect 3 Borderlands 2 Far Cry 3 Nintendoland (Wii U)
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Sloth from The Goonies Close-Up
Alt: Sloth from The Goonies
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Following the establishment of the Department of War, we are pleased to announce the Injustice Department.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Design contractor got the image greenlit, then found out at the last second that Jamie Foxx’s contract requires that he gets top billing and Colin Farrell’s says he can’t be mirrored. Print deadline is 9 AM tomorrow and the marketing exec isn’t an email guy, so it gets submitted as-is.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ve always had the impression Nintendo designs each console to support one first-party launch title, like Super Mario 64, Wii Sports, or Nintendoland. If the console supports any other games, it’s just a bonus.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Aw, OOS now. I subscribed to be notified, but never got a notification and didn't see this post. Will you be making more?
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The year is 2026. AI spontaneously solicits training data from old games.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How much could a banana save? $10?
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Gob Bluth Arrested Development
ALT: Gob Bluth Arrested Development
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I think you have to order both the game and banana for local delivery. Unfortunately, my local store is OOS of the game.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
OOS
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm too lazy to manage them, so I stick to index funds 😂
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That was easy. Thanks!
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is what I think when someone tells me about their vacation home.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Block the brown people from coming in, and deport/rendition the brown people who are here legally Beat and arrest the brown citizens Harass the brown elites and force them out of power Bomb brown people around the world Republican party platform in a nutshell.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Inflation was coming down until Trump did stuff" is quite a pitch, even if you ignore that Trump's tariffs started pushing inflation up before he started the Iran war.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I like Star Trek, but I loathe the Ellisons.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AI slop
Zoomed-in view of AI slop text and faces
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A print run of 20 copies, I assume
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It was the shitposts that sold them. Happy anniversary.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I'm convinced the article emerged whole from the stock photo.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
FF6 is my favorite Final Fantasy, and I have a lot of fond memories of it. But if there were a 5-part remake, 80 hours per, I would just huddle in the corner, rocking back and forth with my old cartridge.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
They probably figured only nerds would ever know, or care. But the LG monitor example got discovered when it spawned McAfee pop-ups 😂 If you use Windows, there are at least instructions for disabling driver auto-install.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I still love OLED, but before you buy, research the ad experience and spyware for a given manufacturer. LG has been in the news for its spyware for both PC monitors (via Windows drivers) and TVs (reporting content you're watching). Some TVs show scale video and show ads beside HDMI input!
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Had to reassure the "omg agenda" chuds they can go back to playing a big, half-naked man next time.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I'll take it, but keep in mind a segment of MAGA is disaffected working-class whites who used to vote blue. For that group, MAGA *is* their "voting for a different party than they normally would." The whole N Korea propaganda approach is to convince the public that the alternative is worse.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If a buyer dies, I’m sure maximizing repro cart resale value will be their family’s top priority.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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We Have To Go Back
Alt: Jack from Lost saying "We Have To Go Back!"
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
TIL Hori is named after its founder, alongside other famous founders like Tina Razer and Aloysius Gamesir.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Whoa, I hadn't heard of this! No Marty support, though?
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I've started three times now. I tried engaging with all the special abilities and stances, but I'm not sure the result is any better than button mashing. And there are HOW MANY hours of this?
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Knew this was going to be awesome. I'm just delighted everyone knows it now!
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sorted into "working" and "trash." Maybe wiped dirt off the working ones.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Exciting announcement: FlexStrike will now be a digital-only release for iOS and Android devices
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
That's good to hear! Hope to see one in person myself.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They sell a Vewlix clone cab through distributors, but their mainboard works with any JVS-compatible cabinet. I use mine in a Taito Vewlix and a River Service New Delta 32.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Not sure what you mean by "shell." You get a cardboard box containing a game cartridge and arcade cabinet art. The cartridge can only be used with their proprietary PC-based arcade platform. The reasons to buy it are 1) commercial exhibition rights and 2) slightly better input latency.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Only $1,690 for the arcade version from Exa Arcadia. When DLC characters come out, just mail your $1,690 game back to Japan for an update exa.ac/product/avat...
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AVATAR LEGENDSTHE FIGHTING GAMESoftware Kit - exA-Arcadia
Battle as iconic characters from across the massively popular AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER universe in AVATAR LEGENDS THE FIGHTING GAME, master unique fighting styles inspired by water, earth, fire, and ...
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Makes you wonder what they were trying to fix.
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Physical ornament, not code in a box
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9999 Damage @mattmccarthy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Guess we're never getting all three on one disc.
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