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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 09/09/2026

I just hope it's longer than Dread; I borrowed that one from the library and ended up returning it early because it was like 12 hours long 😩

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 04/09/2026

I'm not sure how much of this result is from my upbringing, and how much is from me trying to "correct" my dialect, but I did try to only answer based on how I would've answered as a kid. mydialect.us

A dialect heatmap of the US, with slightly reddish regions around Michigan and the entire West Coast, and slightly bluish regions near the Dakotas and the Deep South. Alaska actually looks the reddest to me, with the far reaches of New England the bluest. Hawaii's pretty blue as well.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 20/08/2026

Hey, c'mon, c'mon... down to Baskin-Robbins~

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 10/08/2026

Aww, I'm so sorry; it's never easy to lose a loved one, regardless of species. 💖

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 07/08/2026

Two or more rubber bands that won't survive another use

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 01/08/2026

compact disc email California roll RGB log out

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 28/07/2026

I needed to make this to get it out of my head, and I'm not sorry. #auguste #marvelous #octopathtraveler0 #octopathtravelercotc

A partial screenshot from a DDR game in which the player has hit a note perfectly, triggering the "Marvelous!!" text. Next to this is a blown-up sprite of Auguste from the Octopath Traveler series, for obvious reasons if you're familiar with him at all.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 14/07/2026

All of these answers are correct 🤔

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 27/06/2026

Titania is a delicious hamburger. Retrieve Slippy before he eats the whole thing. 😋

The stage intro for Titania in Star Fox (2026). The description reads "Titania is a treacherous wasteland. Retrieve Slippy before the planet claims its next victim."

But the planet kind of looks like a hamburger.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 02/06/2026

This is the exact lunchbox I had as a kid! 😍

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 30/05/2026

I won't say it was the highlight of the trip, but I do love topping off my MAX Coffee supply (I also brought home six of the 500ml bottles). 😋 #MAXCoffee

A close-up view of a 30-pack case of 250ml MAX Coffee cans in their iconic yellow and brown livery

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 22/05/2026

I was just very quietly asked to move out of the way by a cat robot 😭 #ジョナサン

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 18/05/2026

They don't usually show Tokyo Station from behind, and now I see why 😅

A fancy brick building (Tokyo Station) with a network of stone and metal platforms and other infrastructure mostly blocking the view.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 16/05/2026

@klaige.bsky.social We're up so early that they're not even open yet~

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 21/04/2026

Sure, why not? A flying squirrel suit keeps me from freezing to death and allows me to basically fly.

A scene from Tomba 2 in which a woman carrying an empty hexagonal basket on her head is giving Tomba crucial information: "If you put on a Pig Suit, you'll be able to understand the pig language."

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 18/03/2026

Not only is it possible, it's encouraged.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 01/03/2026

What games came out when you were 12? I guess violence was the answer back then 😱

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Kari Fry @keefry.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Congratulations to ConcernedApe on 10 years of Stardew Valley!! 🥹❤️ Oh to have such a positive effect on the world. I'm so grateful to have the chance to support Stardew Valley with artwork whenever I can 🙌😭

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 24/02/2026

It's still far from finished, but my NES collection is on display! I've misplaced my Street Fighter 2010 and the Stadium Events cart is a repro I made for this display, but the rest of the licensed US carts are there!

A large white shelving combo made from two wide IKEA BILLY units with a narrow unit between them. Each wide unit has a whopping TWELVE shelves, and the top 8 shelves are crammed full of NES cartridges, 45 to a shelf.

The left unit, containing 0-M, with a full set of Tengen and Camerica carts on the shelf below, followed by empty shells I'd been using for filler.

The right unit, containing M-Z, followed by most of the PAL-exclusive games. The shelf below contains a mostly-complete set of Color Dreams and Wisdom Tree games, and the one below that has a full set of AVE and AGCI games, two of the Panesia games, two Game Genies, two Action 52 carts, Cheetahmen II, and the Caltron and Myriad 6-in-1 carts.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 22/02/2026

And Super Mario Bros. 3 below~

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 22/02/2026

Pac-Man (Tengen) Adventures of Lolo 2 Rollerball Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen) Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular Super Mario Bros. 😎

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 17/02/2026

I have a Japanese copy of Jack Bros., but I still need a US one. I'm also missing Space Invaders Virtual Collection, Gundam, and Virtual Lab, but I think that's about it!

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 17/02/2026

Everything old is new again ✌️

An original Virtual Boy next to the official Switch / Switch 2 Virtual Boy accessory, which is nearly identical, though maybe a tiny bit taller. Two stacks of boxed games sit behind them.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 01/01/2026

Thank you! This is exactly what I had in mind when I made the post 😤

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 25/12/2025

It took me several watchings of Die Hard to notice this little Sunflower ferry in the model of Nakatomi's Indonesia project. 😍

Sunflower, Sunflower, taiyou ni mamorarete~

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 19/12/2025

Haha, thank you! I remember the rush of emotions that hit me the first time I saw it on a shelf; it felt like such a big deal even though it's like my 8th book 😅

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

The princes of Midenhall and Cannock, and the princess of Moonbrooke, from Dragon Quest II. Malroth is visible in the background, but he doesn't count.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 05/12/2025

It's this or "Pancaked by Drunk Dump Truck Driver" 🤷‍♂️

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 29/11/2025

Nice! I've been listening to the audiobook versions (narrated by the author himself, since Travis Baldree was a narrator long before writing his first book). 😁

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Kari Fry @keefry.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

¡La edición en español de la guía de Stardew Valley ya está disponible! The Stardew Valley Guidebook is now available in SPANISH, in the US and EU 🎉 I'm thrilled that we're able to offer this!! 🥹 www.fangamer.com/products/sta...

A photo of the cover of Guia de Stardew Valley, an all-new translation of the Stardew Valley Guidebook into Spanish!!

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 16/09/2025

I just finished Silksong (in around 48 hours total with 80% completion), and boy does my hand hurt 😅

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Kari Fry @keefry.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This is a GOOD DANG DISCOUNT ($32 ➡️ $26) on our Wanderer's Journal book, if you had your eyes on it but haven't picked it up~ It's an official Hollow Knight lore and art book I illustrated and @retrogamerryan.com wrote. Discounted in honor of Silksong day!

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 28/08/2025

Also must rhyme -pony -phone ya

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 11/07/2025

Heh, it's still not perfect; the magnets are just barely strong enough, so if you disturb the blinds, they'll fall. We're planning to add more magnets 😎

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 11/07/2025

Sometimes, the first step is the hardest 😩

A pair of white faux wood sidelight blinds, held up entirely by the power of magnets; coming up with a way to get them to hold took much longer than I expected.

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 02/07/2025

Well, surely they had something else in the store they could 醤油

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 27/06/2025

Honestly, your description's pretty spot-on! You deliver packages, connecting folks to the new Kojima Weird™️ internet, and then it keeps getting Kojima Weirder™️ Having said that, I did platinum it and enjoyed most of it!

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 25/06/2025

Ah, I thought I detected the subtle flavor notes that come only from the 100-548050istillation process. 🧐

A screenshot from Yakuza 5 showing a bottle of Herradura tequila. The game's description reads "Herradura Tequila is a premium tequila, 100-548050istilled from the blue agave plant."

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Retro Gamer Ryan @retrogamerryan.com · 06/06/2025

It's STILL downloading at this moment 🤣 But it didn't slow anything down, and I did switch to the dark theme shortly after taking that photo~

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