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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Meeeeep .u. And what a crazy run I had on BACTERIA too... Whoever came up with Clever (rack refill after using up all of your tiles, twice(!!) per wave) as a relic was a genius

A screenshot from the game Towers of Babble. The current level being played is BACTERIA and there's a ton of towers on the left side with lots of mods on them, and EXPENSES (with WOVEN and VOMIT mods on it) has turned into a secret class. Some of these towers have also been arranged in a way to create meta words with them, such as REZ, ZIN, POGO, COBALTS, and GAL.

Scattered across the rest of the map are various harvesters, and the deposits they're mining are nearly empty.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But I was, in fact, able to hold somehow! Soooooo much critting to take care of the Sixes, along with a heckton of other stat ups from auras, secret classes, etc. Fun stuffs! c:

A screenshot from the demo version of the game Towers of Babble. The level is BUBBLE, and over the array of towers and their auras is a level clear box.

The level has been cleared by me (Note). The score is 25 (10 waves x 2.5 (3 depleted nodes)), this score ranks #1 on the leaderboard, and the game shows that BUBBLE has been unlocked as a starting building for future levels.

Various tower stats are shown on the right, and two buttons reading "Endless Mode" and "Return to the Void" are on the bottom.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The game tried to stop my meta word gaming with a building limit (there's a building limit??? ...Actually meep, that makes sense), so I took out a harvester and was left with this setup, eying the incoming enemies & bosses like "wait, what if I can't hold somehow..."

A screenshot from the demo version of the game Towers of Babble. The level is BUBBLE.

Numerous towers near the bottom left have been constructed in a way where they spell out words, namely CAR, ALP, PEW, WARM, HAM, NAAN, NOTES, and HET. Lots of different stat-boosting auras are being emitted from these towers.

Several other singular towers are spread out in the middle and right of the map, for collecting resources.

Under the Start Wave button on the top of the screen is "Wave 10" followed by An army of Dice, Lots of No Entry, Many Snowmen, A few Sixes, and a Biohazard, showing the symbols that will be attacking.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And then I started aura farming (had a bunch of towers that gave other towers within their aura range extra stats)...while still making more meta wordssss~ Finding AGA and ANA to make the meta word NAAN especially felt cooool (not that the effect was *that* crazy iirc... but y'know............)

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, I had such a *banger* run on the BUBBLE level in Towers of Babble (demo)... ;u; Started off like "heheh, I spelled out NOTES with my towers" (and with *ENIGMAS* of all E words)...

A screenshot from the demo version of the game Towers of Babble. The level is BUBBLE.

The five towers NOTEPAD, OVEN, TORCH, ENIGMAS, and SUMI, are arranged in a row to spell out NOTES with the first letters of each tower. TORCH and OVEN are also emitting burn auras.

Another tower, PETAL, is tucked away on the top left, away from the other towers.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BUT THEN, in a later run, I realize I'm running out of time but notice a lone meeple to catch, so I start speeding through my queue to make the loop, but another TNT shows up. Then I'm like "wait, TNT is looooong", and stash it before looping the meeple! I can execute plans properly! Sometimes!

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Playing Loop Lariat (raewtf.itch.io/loop-lariat) and had a moment where I almost looped the whole board! Eventually got the corner piece and TNT I needed...but then I swapped into my corner piece first...and you can't swap back. Even outside of tournaments, I'm blundering the simple stuff... ;u;

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

(Also I loooove the Nekonomicron peep eagerly slamming their head down as if it's the football, what a goober 💙)

A screenshot from Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown. The word "TOUCHDOWN" is shown while a headless zombie cat with stitches and a number 0 football jersey bounces their head off the ground, as if it were a football. Football and star-shaped confetti is in the background.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Update: The Attainable Scarlet Devil!

A screenshot of a Steam bundle including both the remaster and original version of Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. It costs $17.99.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wonder if they'll finally reveal what this game is in the Direct today! They keep teasing it and it seems like an esoteric, yet fun abstract puzzle game of some sort...

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Alsoooo, I like the lil progression in EP/album covers as Transmission Suite was teased with Initial Granada Report and Subsequent Granada Report (respectively)! .u. Things feel mysterious as a fuzzy signal appears (from a band that's been inactive for a while!), but eventually things clear up!

Cover for 808 State's "Initial Granada Report" EP. 5 rounded rectangles in a "U" shape filled with static and having lines connecting them to the edges of the image. The background is black.

(One can possibly make out "808" with the rectangles and "state" in the negative space.)

Cover for 808 State's "Subsequent Granada Report" EP. 5 light blue, rounded rectangles in a "U" shape having lines connecting them to the edges of the image. The background is black with some light blue static on top of the darkness.

(One can possibly make out "808" with the rectangles and "state" in the negative space.)

Cover for 808 State's "Transmission Suite" Album. 5 rounded rectangle-shaped appliances in a "U" shape having lines connecting them to the edges of the image. Two of them look like buttons, two of them look like speakers, and one of them looks like a smoke detector. The background is a white wall with some black spots sprinkled around.

(One can possibly make out "808" with the rectangular objects and "state" in the negative space.)

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

[ #clown | #artfight2026 | #artfight | #art ] Attack 4: N's (znsocials.carrd.co) clown gal PoNn being a lil bit whimsical~ c:

A short clown girl (named PoNn) with red hair and a large orange bow behind her head. Her eyes are closed and she's smiling with her mouth open. She's also leaning her body to the side while balancing on her right leg and sticking her left leg horizontally outward, with her left and right arms held out perpendicularly to her legs, respectively.

The background consists of clusters of 2-3 different-sized circles stacked on top of each other over a dark red backdrop, and a signature consisting of "Note" followed by a square next to it is placed on top of PoNn's dress.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

[ #goat | #cat | #artfight2026 | #artfight | #art | #furryart ] Attack 3: Note dancing with @wesboy106.bsky.social's Roland! Probably to dariacore or somethiiing (Also yes, those are in fact, sneakers with designs based off of album covers ^^; Do you recognize them?)

A gray goat (named Roland) with an afro, cyan horns, and blue arrow markings on the ends of his lop ears dancing with a brown & caramel cat (named Note) with blue hair.

Roland is wearing a white shirt with a picture of the album cover for Mr. Oizo's "All Wet" album on it, as well as light brown shorts, and black sneakers with hollow orange crosses on it. Note is wearing a black shirt with a picture of the album cover for Squarepusher's "Be Up A Hello" album on it, as well as a red flannel shirt, blue pants, and colorful sneakers.

In the background are two speakers with music notes emerging from them, as well as a pattern of blue and light blue diamonds behind them. At the top is a signature that reads "Note", followed by a square after it.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A gray & dark gray starlander (rabbit + dragon hybrid) with a plane-like tail named Kyrin and a pink-bellied lugia (dinosaur + dragon esque pokemon) named Lila arm hugging each other. Both creatures are large and have the same pose: Holding their free hands outward, having the foot closest to each other on the floor and their free leg lifted up in the air and tilted away from each other, and their tails are curved away from each other (making a "U" shape).

The background consists of dark gray and dark pink horizontal stripes, and there's a signature on the bottom that reads "Note" and has a square after it.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

[ #goodra | #pokemon | #artfight2026 | #artfight | #art | #furryart ] Starting off my Art Fight 2026 thread with Attack 1: Dorothy meeting @serafphim.bsky.social's Apollo (in goodra form)! She's ummm, feeling pretty sheepish just looking at him! ;u; Goodrapollo's simply too cool.....

Two goodras (slime dragon pokemon) standing in front of each other. A tan, red-bellied goodra (named Apollo (he/him)) is wearing shades on top of his head, as well as a red & white varsity jacket over his black shirt, both of which don't fit him all that much. He also has a huge tail.

Meanwhile, a dark purple, punk-bellied goodra + pumpkaboo (pumpkin-esque pokemon) hybrid (named Dorothy (she/they)) is standing in front of Apollo while wearing a gray sweater, which also doesn't fit all that well.

Apollo is gazing slyly at Dorothy with a smirk on his face while waving to her, and Dorothy has a flustered smile on her face as she shudders a bit and sheepishly holds onto her tail. Some cartoony sweat drops are also emerging from Dorothy's head.

The background consists of a gradient from dark purple to tan, with blue and pink circles with white borders around them scattered around. On the bottom is the signature "Note" in square text, followed by a large square.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am participating in Art Fight 2026! Allegedly (cause I'm sorta busy this month)!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #artfight2026 #artfight #art artfight.net/~Notester82

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

YouTube Studio, why have some of your page elements (like Video Title and Thumbnail) started to randomly not appear until refreshing the page? And then I exit and go to edit another video and the issue reoccurs until I refresh again??

The YouTube Studio page for a video whose details are being edited. The sections "Video details", "Playlists", "Audience", and other options are available, but a couple attributes (such as "Video title" and the ability to pick a thumbnail) are not present.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

[ #art | #abstract ] Some digital abstract artwork I made to use as a background for my personal website (once I push an update to it)! Welcome to the square zoooone 🟦🟫⬜

A bunch of brown, white, and light blue hollow squares (in small, medium, and large sizes) aligned in a grid-like fashion. Some squares have 1-2 smaller hollow & filled squares inside them, and this is all on top of a cyan background.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Made a couple slightly(??) evil(!!) levels! ^^; CR2HJS & WAAQMK, respectively!

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Gonnaaaaaa try and get around to streaming all of these Next Fest demos over the week! c: (4x4 in a Furniture Store, Fruitbearer, Hyper Bun Blaster: Rocket Hammer Action, Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown, Normal Golf Game, Shape Sender Deluxe, Torment Nexus, and walk!)

Thumbnails for multiple demos for games in the 2026 Steam Next Fest. The games are 4x4 in a Furniture Store, Fruitbearer, Hyper Bun Blaster: Rocket Hammer Action, Intergalactic Puzzle Touchdown, Normal Golf Game, Shape Sender Deluxe, Torment Nexus, and walk.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Y'all When you're greeding the heck out of a sector for its point cubes and planning to ding dong ditch your way out of the mess of tasks/transmissions you made in 868-BACK PLEASE check if you're actually on the last sector or not before you commit to it Or you'll be me A VERY silly scrip kitty

A screenshot of the game 868-BACK. The player is surrounded by a massive amount of enemies on a 6x6 grid. I thought I was on sector 8/8 before I spawned a bunch of enemies from point cubes, but instead I was on sector 7/8.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Yuuuup, it's a "stay up late and finally get around to making a clone of Carnival (Gremlin Industries, 1980) in Pico-8" kind of night... -u- I shaaaaall make more progress later, but it's already neat to have these shapes roaming around and being hittable! 💙

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's still not too late to file reply comments on this (the deadline for that is June 22)! Proceeding: 19-41 Bureau ID: DA 26-392 (Link for comment submission (contains more info and tips for writing + submitting comments) in the quoted post) And what I wrote:

"To the Members of the FCC,

I, a cisgender male, have gotten to know many transgender people in my life, and they all mean the world to me. They're nice, smart, funny, caring, and talented, and I believe that there should not be any warning labels on stories about them or others in the LGBTQ+ community."

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A couple days ago, I beat my previous 868-BACK score PB of 1,312 with a 2,019 run! Also exposed my first megacorp (Megatron) on the last day of said run too! Woohoooooooo 🎉

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

"Hmmm, which .poke should I use... I know, how about the one in my progs, which doesn't advance my scrip stack so I can use my much-needed .quit??" Not the most disastrous 868-BACK blunder but come OOONNNNN, I even thought about how I was in big trouble, but my impulsiveness got the best of me...

A screenshot of the game 868-BACK. The player is surrounded by some enemies in a 6x6 grid with no moves available to escape. One of their programs, .poke, was used instead of the scrip version of the ability, and .quit was under the .poke in the scrip stack (meaning an escape from the level was possible if that .poke was used first, but now that no enemies are in a pokable position, the scrip .poke is unavailable, trapping the .quit under it).

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I cleared 868-Back last night for the first time, and on my first run of the game too! :D (Would've been deathless as well if I hadn't misread that .quit requires a Data Siphon, NOT a Credit... ^^;)

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Also hhhhhhhhh, I just noticed I'm slightly in this screenshot ;u;

A screencap of the Spongebob episode "As Seen On TV", where Spongebob points at himself on his TV while a commercial for the Krusty Krab is playing. Mr. Krabs is laughing while Spongebob is barely visible through the window between the frying room and the main restaurant area.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Not gonna lie, this popped up in my mind as I saw this post -u-

A screenshot of the player character dying in a cloud of asbestos in the 2D, turn-based, mining game Dig Dig Boom. The screenshot has a white border around it and white text under it, mimicking a meme format.

The header text reads "I added asbestos", and the smaller text below reads "Wishlist Dig Dig Boom Today!".

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Look, I even made a diagram c:

A diagram written with colored markers on a whiteboard detailing the menu flow for a video game. The menu titles are written in green, each menu's options are written under the title in blue, and black arrows point from options/menus to other menus.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

[ #cat | #sylveon | #pokemon | #othersart ] Here are my silly scientist characters, Jasper (cat, he/him) and Skye (sylveon, she/they)! They love each other very much~ 💛🤍 Was noice to comm art of them together and it came out pretty cutely! 🎨 @laurabeltran2001.bsky.social

Art of a yellow cat and a sylveon (a fairy dog-esque Pokemon with a white body, long fluffy ears, a dog-esque tail, and two bows with ribbons emerging from them; For this sylveon, her ribbons are striped, and she has one bow on her neck and one on top of her blue hair). The two are happily holding each other's hand while holding potions in their free hands (an orange one in a triangular flask, and a green one in a circular bottle, respectively). The cat and sylveon are smiling, and the cat's eyes are closed while the sylveon's eyes are swirly beneath her glasses.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Added an outline to the flyaway text that appears after you make a square in Squaremaker, and now there's chaining for making squares with 4/2/1 colors! The chain persists even when you break a quad, which *could* be used to push your luck via discarding if you're looking to not break your chain...

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Wowsersss, they kinda went all out on the April 1st Beatblock update, made it feel like an entirely different game!

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Holy heck, I finally got a signal on the Cell Phone in a Dark World in Deltarune...

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Cleared Sektori's Campaign mode on Challenge difficulty for the first time! 🙌 And all it took was a tiny bit more restraint than normal from squeezing out as much points as I could out of every interaction/mechanic at play... ^^;

A results screen for the end of a run in the game Sektori. On the top left is the text "Game Over". A box underneath reads "Campaign | Challenge", and shows that 10,640,900 points were scored in a run that lasted 38 minutes and 6 seconds, with Wold 6 and Sequence 1 being reached and completed. Underneath all of this is the text "New Highscore!".

To the right is another box, showing three thick rings around a yellow pyramid-esque shape, with the text "Redeemed" underneath it.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser mentioned in Consume Me???

A photo of my hand holding a Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser in front of my laptop, while the window for the game Consume Me is visible. To the left is a TO-DO list that mentions various academic-relates tasks. In the middle is a notebook with times from 10 PM to 2 AM listed, and the player has just crossed off their 11 PM bedtime and is getting ready to write "bedtime" next to 12 AM.

To the right is an unbranded eraser that looks very similar to a Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser.

A picture of my hand holding a Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser next to an unbranded eraser seen in the window of the game Consume Me, which is on my laptop behind my hand. Both erasers have red circles around them.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This is sounding like Cubivore... -u-

Boxart for the Nintendo Gamecube game, Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest. On the cover are three geometric creatures made from simple shapes like cubes and cones.

An IGN quote on the cover reads "...one of the most bizarre videogames ever created...". The game was published by Atlus, and the game is rated E for Everyone by ESRB.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Naaaaahhhhh, the Samurai Gunn 2 three-player Ghost dittos on Spines go crazy 🥶🥶

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

You might not think so, but this is what peak moneymaxing looks like:

A screenshot of Jenny in a maid outfit in the game Consume Me. She's wearing a pink shirt with a dirty apron over it, along with yellow gloves and boots, a hairnet, and a mask covering her mouth. She's also holding a broom and a bucket. Her eyebrows are pointing towards her nose, making her look angry/determined.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Did some moneymaxing in Consume Me...

An edited screenshot from the game Consume Me. On the right side are various stats on the top, the protagonist Jenny thinking to herself "I could do laundry... 10/14 outfits are dirty right now.", and the chore "Do my Laundry" being selected.

On the left side, pictures of the descriptions of the clothes and passives currently active are pasted and pointing to their respective icons from the right side. The Chores Uniform description reads "This will let me earn 50% more money when I do chores!", the Pro passive description reads "[today only]: The next time I do chores, I'll earn more money!", and the Efficient passive reads "[today only]: The next time I do shores, it'll take less time!".

A screenshot from the game Consume Me. It shows a schedule on the left side, and it reads from top to bottom:
"Wake-UP!
Get Dressed
School???
Lunch
After School
>>>> FREE TIME
Submit APP!
Bed Time!"

On the right side, the protagonist Jenny is in a laundromat and covering her is a Facts window, that shows various stats. On the bottom right is a piggy bank with $23 in it, and above it is "+$90", as the player has earned $90 doing laundry.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Won my first perfect game of Task Force '86 (Zach Attack)! :) After my last Strike-Fighter was used up, I remembered one Cruiser is horizontal and the other is vertical, so I ruled out the vertical on the left, found the last green + blue Destroyer, and Helicoptered the last Frigate for safety!

A finished Task Force '86 scratch-off game (from Zach Attack). There's a naval battle theme on the scratch-off game, with a grid of squares in green and blue regions. All the enemy ships listed on the top of the card are destroyed, all the player's ships are alive, and every player ship resource has been used.

To the left of the scratch-off card is a scratching pick and a pile of scratch-off shavings.

The information side for the Zach Attack scratch off game: Task Force '86. The game's story and objective is listed, along with a QR code to the game's rules, and scoring checkboxes based how many ships remained after winning the game. The checkboxes read: "5 ships - Admiral"
"4 ships - Captain"
"3 ships - Commander"
"2 ships - Lieutenant"
"1 ship - Ensign"

The "5 ships - Admiral" checkbox is checked.

The bottom right of the card reads "designed by coincidence".

To the left of the scratch-off card is a scratching pick and a pile of scratch-off shavings.

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

And yes, I survived the Pizza Date after all that... ;u;

A screenshot from the game Consume Me. It shows a schedule on the left side, and the current event highlighted is "PIZZA Date!?", followed by "Bed Time!".

On the right side, On the right side, various stats are shown at the top, and a phone is visible in the middle. The phone is open on a messaging app with someone named Oliver, and his messages read "......ppppppizza?", "..pizza?", ".pizza!!?", and "pizza! Pizza!!". The two response options below are "Pizza!! Pizza!!" and "B-but my diet!", and the former one is selected.

The Bites (the game's fake calorie measure) meter shows that +250 Bites will be consumed as a result of picking the first response option (going on the pizza date with Oliver).

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

So all of a sudden, that seemingly useless (in the moment) bonus helped a bunch for letting me exercise more! AND THEN, due to me leveling up in my Athletic skill from the Aerobics, I got a couple nice unlock options that'll help me for future exercising endeavors!

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I go do some Makeup first since it's a free action, and I get a bonus that doubles the money for my next chore. Yippee... Most chores take 1+ Time to do, but I guess Watering Plants costs 0 Time... $1 * 2, wowsers... ...But that puts me at $20, enough to buy 2 Coffees, which give +1 Time each....

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Meeeeeeep, did a Signal to Noise (Zach Attack) run that ended kinda earlier than I wished ;u; I seemed to use an ICE Breaker inoptimally in the Security Ring (scratched off a corner instead of a non-corner, which would've been more revealing clue-wise) and (some of) the rest was tough luck.

A finished Signal to Noise scratch-off game (from Zach Attack). There's an 80s hacking theme on the scratch-off game. 39 Data has been collected before the game ended, and 1 Ice Breaker power up remains.

The information side for the Zach Attack scratch off game: Signal to Noise. The game's story and objective is listed, along with a QR code to the game's rules and scoring checkboxes based how much data was collected. The "0-39 data - Just scraped by" checkbox is checked.

The bottom right of the card reads "designed by coincidence".

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Note @notester82.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

DropMix Mix - Fall Over Closer Shoutouts to Chiller Pack And Afrojack Lots of bangers to add to your stack #DropMix

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