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www.noahsbarks.com He/Him. Professional writer (journalism/analysis/technical/usability testing/education). Contributor to Old School Gamer Magazine. YGO player. Cottage cheese lover. Check my shiz! linktr.ee/noahsbarks

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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 3h
I feel like Fire Emblem continues to err by leaving many dramatic script lines unvoiced while recording voiceover for 600 variations of every character saying "this food is yummy yummy in my tummy!" I think development priorities might be out of order.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 3h
unfamiliar with the property, but goddang if that vintage art ain't beautiful.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 3h
This would move me to tears... had I any left to shed... I LOVED Swordcraft Story 2 growing up, and not being able to experience its sequel has always hung over my head. I'm so happy to see this! I will without a doubt play through it in the future. Thank you to all of the people who created this.
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Jason Prime @blazingwaters.northsky.social · 9h
Crossposting this here to spread awareness Someone (Pale) stole Life Bottle Production's work for Phantasia Narikiri Dungeon X, used AI to fill in the rest and is trying to present it as their own They also reportedly did this [shitting out AI crap] for a month straight
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 3h
is anyone else unwell enough to play through part 2 for every lead character in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave? i've got two left.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 8h
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has a quest where you do a wellness check on a guy suspected of dying from alcohol poisoning. What the hell lmao
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
Why's there a Wish List limit on the Nintendo eShop? Don't they want me to be buying games? The filter for games on sale is extremely useful and can't be approximated by browsing the entire sales tab, because it's cluttered with games that are irrelevant to me.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
Are AI tools so unsophisticated that you can't like "tell" it to change Ray to Rei under certain conditions, like proximity to Ayanami or Shinji in the text etc.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
Being a third-rate duelist with a fourth-rate deck?
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
I will die unfulfilled if I never learn what inspired this design in the first place
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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Found an account that's auctioning off a SHITLOAD of game flyers, including some for the Japan-only Super Mario Word arcade games. If you've never played these you're a fake gamer. (Names and Mario Wiki pages in alt text.) auctions.yahoo.co.jp/seller/2XUwy...
Flyer for "Super Mario Attack" (1996) by Banpresto, a Super Mario World-themed arcade game, featuring artwork on Caped Mario on the cabinet and the screen. The flyer has screenshots of gameplay in Super Mario World-style graphics but with unique gameplay, and a win screen showing Princess Peach, Mario, and Yoshi celebrating. More info: https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Attack

Source: https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/x1234059380/Flyer for "Mario Undōkai" (1993) by Banpresto, a Super Mario World-themed arcade game, featuring artwork of Mario and Yoshi and a figure of each on top of the screen. It has a Dance Dance Revolution-type dance pad. Screenshots show Mario competing with Luigi, Bowser, and the Koopalings in sports competitions. More info: https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Und%C5%8Dkai

Source: https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/k1234075606/Flyer for "Koopa Taiji" (1993) by Banpresto, a Super Mario World-themed arcade game, featuring artwork of Mario, Yoshi, Bowser, the Koopalings, and Princess Peach. It's a ball-throwing game where players must hit a small Bowser figure that moves along a rail. More info: https://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Taiji

Source: https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/f1234058343/Flyer for "Janken Fukubiki: Super Mario World" (1994) by Banpresto, a Super Mario World-themed arcade game, featuring artwork of Mario, Yoshi, and Princess Peach, and figures of Mario and Yoshi at the top of the machine. It's a gacha-style machine that dispenses small plastic balls with prizes if the player wins at a simple rock, papers, scissors game played with three buttons at the front of the machine and a circular LED screen showing Bowser's hand. More info: https://www.mariowiki.com/Janken_Fukubiki:_Super_Mario_World

Source: https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/1234066133/
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
Haha yeah I guess he's pretty much the coolest guy around
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 30/09/2026
What's the functional difference between using AI/LLMs to find articles and making general search engine queries?
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 28/09/2026
This article is pretty funny. To accurately depict the undressing animations, dev staff took turns observing how they'd remove clothing in order to recreate the motions in-game
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 27/09/2026
#politics
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 25/09/2026
The Critical Catholic
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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
stewardship of videogame history needs ro be forcibly removed from capitalists with no interest in it.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
AND you get to play Grand Theft Auto 6 two days early for like an hour
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
Unfortunately nothing motivates me to put down Mihon more than using Mihon
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
This is already illegal. But the ultimate point is that the legality is irrelevant.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
I'm enjoying Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave very much, but it's painful how apparent its downsizing from 8 protagonists to 4 left some elements of the story in tatters. Completing Dietrich Part 2 unlocks a cutscene exclusive to the Theater, presumably because one character couldn't fit into the plot.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
This is how I'm gonna go
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
Everyone's scared of losing their job, but not everyone knowingly shook hands with devils. There's no meaningful distinction between fearing Trump and being okay with what he's doing. The outcomes are identical.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
I want you all to know and appreciate that I resist daily the urge to post "Trump bad" to get hundreds of reposts, since that's apparently all you have to do on here.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
Lol nothing would happen. Don't try to rationalize this behavior. Some people are just evil.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
Are you equipped with the full Alucart set
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 24/09/2026
Normal Golf Game gets a "fore" out of five
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 24/09/2026
This guy is FUCKED
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
youtube.com
TaleSpin (Intro) [HD]
YouTube video by DanChaotic1
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
What's this oppressive, eldritch-like barrel? It's simultaneously moving and not moving.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
the "there is nothing conservative about this man" bit is bullshit. Trump's policies are by and large the logical conclusion of things conservatives have been pushing for since their party was founded (barring the Southern Strategy). the fact they acknowledged P 2025 and said that is insane to me.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
Such an important reminder of how governments can be a good thing in an age of apathetic politicians (maliciously or otherwise)
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
Been through this with GameFAQs punishments and honestly it's pretty psychotic
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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn about the making of Samurai Shodown and life at SNK in the "arcade action" era of the late 80s in this massive interview with alumni Yasushi Adachi and Tomoaki Fukui! shmuplations.com/samuraispiri...
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The Samurai Craftsmen of SNK - shmuplations.com
This massive interview with SNK alumni Yasushi Adachi and Tomoaki Fukui originally appeared in the SNK Anniversary Fan Book.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
How's it compare to Shining in the Darkness?
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
I would simply deflect the apocalypse with my katana
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
I'm fortunate enough to have not had outstanding medical bills, but in America can they not garnish your wages? It's never come to that for me, but I assumed so.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 23/09/2026
It does alter the story. A story extends past its general plot
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 22/09/2026
And then he probably went on to say socialism never works an hour later
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 22/09/2026
Having fun with Ninae as a General in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 22/09/2026
Putting aside this transparent strawman argument, what's the point of blatantly lying about these being "test lines?" No one records and localizes an entire, sincere alternate story path to... "test" anything.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 22/09/2026
youtu.be
Options / Credits - Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball [OST]
YouTube video by DeoxysPrime
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 21/09/2026
the biggest crime committed in the opening of Super Mario Sunshine is not being able to skip the cutscenes. Shadow Mario is the least of this island's problems.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 21/09/2026
Here's a bunch of people in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave staring at a dead cat
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 21/09/2026
this is true and it's really funny where people draw arbitrary lines. like using summons is fundamentally no less legitimate than having your character wear equipment. i say that as a person who doesn't summon, even. but we should be self-aware how we're doing that to ourselves.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I think about a GameFAQs poster claiming End of All Below (Fire Emblem) had awkwardly-translated English lyrics because of the line "sing with me a song." Sing a Song of Sixpence has been around since the 1700s. People really will just blabber any shit. Blaming video essays.
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 19/09/2026
Can't remember if I mentioned it but I got a computer virus as a kid from searching "hopmon crack"
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Robin Charm Password @rondoofblood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
fuck with me
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NoahsBarks.com @noahsbarks.com · 19/09/2026
nuk- uh... (looks at notecard) china.
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