iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

some of the hidden the morph ball tunnels in this game are ridiculous guess-em-ups, including one that feels particularly cruel in that it is necessary to progress in the early game. i have more minor gripes (why are the spazer and plasma beams so close to each other etc) but i will leave it at that

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Metroid II: Return Of Samus Music - Ancient Chozo Ruins

nearing the end of Metroid 2 and man…obviously the hardware was limited, but the uniform environments make the lack of a map a real pain, early spider ball compels you to explore everywhere (derogatory), and there’s this Alien Big Top ass song. surely cold takes all around, but i did try to like it!

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YouTube video by Metroid Music Channel

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Metroid Fall thread: i played zero mission and it was mostly excellent. i like the little zero suit + gravity suit postgame!

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no doubt i think we are on the same page there. i reckon i’m just a real hem and hawer

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 18/09/2026

once i got a mister, the idea of playing old console games on my phone began to feel a bit gauche, but that’s because i’m a sick and twisted gear freak. i still think mobile emulation is a big win for accessibility, and i’m always for more people playing more games more easily

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yo this right here is real video games dawg strap in

riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 12/09/2026

Weird Al parody about Meowth doing a marathon of Tony Shalhoub’s filmography called “Dat Monk is Playing at My House”

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 10/09/2026

i like everything about the water temple except for the constant pausing to put on/take off the boots. it’s my understanding that this is fixed in the 3ds version though, and based on the trailer that seems to be the case in the remake as well

riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 26/08/2026

just saw The Last Black Man in San Francisco and man, it sucks that jonathan majors turned out to be such a bastard, because he sure was compelling in his role. guy really speedran the success-to-right-wing-grift pipeline. great movie though! curious to see more from jimmie fails and joe talbot!

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 25/08/2026

ball detector is smoking and sputtering. an all-timer auteur album

riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 24/08/2026

now this is What the Fuck I’m Talking About

riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 20/08/2026

not sure what this has to do with super tux kart for macos but i’m excited to find out the answer

riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 07/08/2026

i just feel like matt damon was a weird pick for mario is all

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 05/08/2026

Max Keeble’s Big Walk

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 01/08/2026

i’m so sorry to hear this, lex; he sounds like he was a truly amazing guy.

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 25/07/2026

i think about this song nearly daily and i have come to the conclusion that it is probably the best song of 2025 (and a serious contender for best song of the decade so far)

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 23/07/2026

not to mention that without reasonable people around, red states would just turn into hate factories. history has shown time and time again what happens when right-wing political ideology with heavy religious influence goes unchallenged

that being said, there may be cheaper options that are just as good. i’m not exactly an expert on the stuff; i just did some redditing around and bought the one that seemed best for allergens and it happened to also be good for smoke and other particulate matter

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Blue Pure 211i Max Air Purifier | Large Room HEPA Filter | Blueair

i don’t know if this is old news for people being affected by the fires right now, but i recommend getting a good air purifier if you can. we have this at home and it is a tremendous device. they even make a smoke-specific filter (though that may just be marketing fluff. idk anything about the tech)

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Shop the Blue Pure 211i Max — our most powerful air purifier for rooms up to 3,000 sq ft. HEPASilent technology removes 99.97% of allergens, smoke & dust. Free shipping.

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yeah, i reckon there is a part of me that took “zelda clone” far too liberally for the intended purposes of the thought experiment

unrelated but i realized there is a much more obvious answer with almost the same name: dark souls

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dark cloud seems to come up often in this conversation, though i have never played it so i can’t speak to the veracity of that sentiment

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 15/07/2026

there was a time when i would have gone to bat for fortnite as the best multiplayer game of all time, but that was years before the AI darth vader thing, which was the last in a line of increasingly repugnant straws for me. this is just the logical next step for such a floundering idiot parade

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imo you should really finish persona 5 first because strikers is a bit of sequel situation

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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As a US politician you can routinely call for, and use your considerable power to vote for and agitate for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people around the world and it doesn't count as killing them for some reason. A person who does that is not a killer for some reason.

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riley @riley.gauche.rodeo · 08/07/2026

they should invent an alarm that detects if you are already up and automatically turns off for the day