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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 26/09/2026

Probably need to come to terms with the fact that odd are I'll never be a huge success with my art and find a way to be satisfied just being alive and making things, but also how do I kill the constant craving of ambition and the crippling fear of dying unfulfilled?

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 24/09/2026

Really funny how AI bros will claim its democratizing art, then turn around and brag how they one-shot a video game with Astra or Opus for "only" $1100 in tokens...

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 24/09/2026

Curious to see if Discord finally implementing ID malware will push people to an alternative, or if it's so ingrained at this point people will just get over it. Hoping for the former, expecting the latter.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 24/09/2026

Man the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon looks so sick. I can't wait to get one in 5 years used on eBay.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 24/09/2026

I still don't understand W Engines or Disc Drives in Zenless.

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Kyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Rest in peace to Richard Harrison, impeccable B-movie master, part of one of the funniest movie endings of all time.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 23/09/2026

Yo the fight against Pompey fucking ruled. Fighting this tokusatsu-looking motherfucker while this banger played in the background? Purposely soloing him as Caesar and parrying all his attacks? Straight up excellent, my dudes.

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Zenless Zone Zero OST - Long Live the King (Extended HQ Ver)

YouTube video by Finding Purposes

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 22/09/2026

The weirdest thing about starting ZZZ now is like I'll be playing Anby or something in the beginning of the campaign and her kit is like "I swing a sword and sometimes make lightning", then I'll try one of the events with the new characters and they're like "I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING"

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 08/09/2026

She's been playing too much Dark Souls lately 🙃 #lowpoly #indiedev #b3d #retro #ps1

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 01/09/2026

Man mocap + retiming tweaks rule. #lowpoly #indiedev #b3d #retro #animation

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My guiding moonlight...

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 09/09/2026

I dunno what they're feeding the animators over at MercurySteam but god _dammit_ I want some.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 08/09/2026

"Man I'd love to upgrade to a big boi GPU somed-"

Four models of the RTX 5090, now literally more expensive than their model number, going anywhere from $5400 USD to $6130 USD

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 08/09/2026

She's been playing too much Dark Souls lately 🙃 #lowpoly #indiedev #b3d #retro #ps1

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 03/09/2026

Starting to actually get pretty comfortable in Linux. Its conventions are becoming muscle memory. Terminal is just a tool and not scary anymore. Feels great.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 01/09/2026

Sounds like "reasonable consumers" shouldn't give you a fucking dime then 🖕

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seetherabbit @seetherabbit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sorry for taking so long! I picked the worst weeks to start a watercolor painting

#seetheart
Azumi, the one armed ninja raccoon, is on a tall building during the night and is about to leap into an open window. She is illuminated by the city lights below.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 30/08/2026

Booted back into Windows 11 for the first time in like a year cuz a Blender add-on I wanna try currently only supports it and CHRIST this is unbearable.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 29/08/2026

Through twist of fate, I've ended up with a Dell Precision 5560 for $240; 189 for the machine, and 40 for a new battery. Its specs are better than my old Latitude but its bigger, louder, battery life is meh, & it has a cluster of dead pixel. Flip for profit, or keep and unload the Latitude? 🤔

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OboeLauren🔜PAXUnplugged @lauren-urban.com · 29/08/2026

I hate AI with every fiber of my being. I'll never use GenAI or knowingly support anyone that uses it. BUT I would rather accidently support something that has AI and be embarrassed for a moment, than falsely assume/accuse something to be AI when it is not and cause harm to a real artist.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 29/08/2026

All these DLSS5 showcases spilling out now all look like desaturated ungraded cellphone footage because that's probably like 90% of the dataset the thing was trained on. Every game people mod it into lose all their color grading man.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 29/08/2026

Definitely got me to do a double take haha

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 28/08/2026

Man between gas prices and insurance I dunno if I can justify owning a car anymore. Shit is destroying me.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 28/08/2026

That's better. Looks like I missed a couple frames compensating for the mocap jitter tho 🙃 #lowpoly #mocap #indiedev

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 28/08/2026

Getting hardcore into Transformers the last year or so definitely has made Peter Cullen's passing hit harder, but even before that, his work on Toonami was always absolutely peak in my book. Made everything sound so cool. Those bumpers permanently rewired my expectations for trailers. Perfection.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 25/08/2026

Sometimes mocap works great first try. Other times.... 🙃

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 25/08/2026

Sometimes mocap works great first try. Other times.... 🙃

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 23/08/2026

New hyperfixation unlocked: Printing fake cards 😂 Everything I've tried so far:

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TCG Proxying for Cheapskates 101

YouTube video by Pod Strikers

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 19/08/2026

Never thought I'd miss the days when the most annoying intersection of gaming and the government was Jack Thompson.

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 19/08/2026

Downloading, installing, and using terminal commands to make sure my custom mouse cursor works everywhere in my Linux install:

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Animated Sharks Hacking on Computer

ALT: Animated Sharks Hacking on Computer

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 17/08/2026

Got a good deal on my Devastation main 😎

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 15/08/2026

Honestly, I don't know how to stop being this guy. How does one promote their own characters properly? Truly a mystery.

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Max @hyynma.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is because it permits them to cycle workers cruelly/ pay them less since Unreal is standardized. You can fire whoever you want and just replace them since they're all trained to use UE!

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[ps] Oliver @popstrikers.com · 15/08/2026

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