iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

as a belated celebration of the new Starfox, here's some bad Fruity Loops songs I made over 20 years ago with SF64 voice clips and posted on YTMND, a hip new site at the time dpjy.ytmnd.com idontbelieveit.ytmnd.com

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No way! I DON'T believe it!

I don't believe it's been more than three years since I made this. The "No way!" echoes at the start and the absurd FruityLoops cymbals still manage to make me laugh. Sorry to everyone who was expecti...

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

updated my gmail avatar so it accurately communicates how your email finds me

A pixel art caricature of me looking at a laptop with a mildly perturbed look on my face.

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

you say the thread is done and yet I see no post where Musician Reacts to Dancing Mad so you must be mistaken

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

oh hell yeah. just saw this thread now. this was my first real RPG and it absolutely changed my brain development as a kid. still one of my favorites. looking forward to following this—enjoy!

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I love this new style you're developing. How the negative space is worked into the figures, the textures, how the simplified shapes are combined with some insane attention to detail. Good shit all around.

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Dreamed I made it to the final-round video interview for a senior editorial position. I performed the opening dialog from Symphony of the Night, in a home-made costume designed so my left profile was Richter and my right profile was Dracula. Six months later I received a boilerplate rejection email.

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Not the most busted thing that can happen, but sufficiently busted nonetheless. Slay the Spire 2 is neat.

A screenshot from Slay the Spire 2 that shows a potion belt holding 9 potions (the Potion Belt relic and Alchemical Coffer relic are also visible). The Delicate Frond relic is highlighted to show it's description: "At the start of each combat, fill all empty potion slots with random potions."

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Like they’ve been making the same songs with the same politics for 20 years now. Worker’s Song was 2003. Nazi punks fuck off.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I’ve never been the biggest Dropkick fan but idk how you fuck up their politics that bad outside of willful ignorance Even if you’re a die-hard punk I feel like Dropkick tracks are best seen as a reliable way to fill out a playlist and if that isn’t working class solidarity then idk what is

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

[elder millennial voice] I also knew a thing or two about “mogging” back in my day: the only way to learn Water Rondo was to go back through the Serpent Trench, which meant taking the ferry from South Figaro to Nikeah to get back to your airship—and you had to do it *before* the World of Ruin

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I felt similarly, to the point where I found the difficulty discussion confusing. It’s hard, but nothing crazy. I mean, I’ve been playing metroidvanias for like 30 years and—oh. Oh, that’s probably why.

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

using AI to make this header image in specific feels like a bit

An article snippet from The Economic Times titled, “Word of the day: Verisimilitude.” Its header image is AI slop showing a gnarled and wrinkled appendage that looks like a cross between a hand and a foot, and it’s clutching onto a piece of chalk. A chalkboard next to it reads, “Verisimillitue,” underlined twice.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Lucy ranking off the chart

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I cannot adequately convey the degree to which that whisper fucked 2001 me up the first time I heard it. a fitting horseman imo

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

similarly, I love how anti-fanfare the "you just beat the boss" jingle from Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon sounds. it feels conclusive, but it's such an uncertain, weary, temporary conclusion. youtu.be/V84_mr0cwCY?...

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon | Full OST with Timestamps | High Quality Soundtrack

YouTube video by YettoPlays

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

goddamn this is so fucking good holy shit

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

you did a great job explaining the text and its context—super helpful as someone who missed this book entirely aside from vague awareness—and part 3 was a really compelling argument about how the story still manages to stand on its own, completely aside from its author's intent. a good video 👍

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I've been playing these games since Metroid and Castlevania II. Silksong is the most well-crafted and considered entry into this genre I've ever played. if you’re looking for a secret, do you keep hitting a wall in the same spot, or do you hit everywhere you can until you find the one breakable bit?

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my Silksong hot take, now that I'm at 100%, is that most—*most*—of the complaints I've seen are from someone bashing their head against a wall instead of looking for alternate solutions. runback obnoxious? or did you miss a better route? boss unfair? or were you being too aggro/reactive?

never mind, they nailed this one

An article from the Anker blog titled, “What Is a Power Bank & Why Should You Even Care?”

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titles could use some work

An article from the Anker blog titled, “How to Ensure Charging Safe with Power Banks”

An article from the Anker blog titled, “Does Charging Power Bank with Power Bank Work? Here to Tell.”

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

ok so like at a certain point the creepy-horny becomes *statistically significant* creepy-horny and I feel like "suggestive statues of all the women in Sucker Punch" is so far over the line that its scientific study would tangibly contribute to the overall good of society

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I didn’t start using the shower in this way until my late 20s so the label seems legit to me

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I know I’ve said this before, but this new style you’re developing (vs your pixels) is just so fucking good. I love the texture, the neo-retro stylization, the blending of negative space with the dominant color of their dress. And here you’ve outdone yourself with her expression, dang

Arya (hogpog_98 elsewhere) @aryawrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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Been working on this for the last few months, and it's really really important to me. We've got some really cool games and folks. Please come by and watch the stream and donate!

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I have not had adequate time to express it recently but your art is very good and I am glad you make it.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This was me last year: whole office closed after 12 years. You did make a great Dark Souls LP once, so I’m sure you’ll find your footing. My condolences and good luck!

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I was an altar server in my teens and feel like I was paid well below rate for a scene where I had to wash several pairs of priest/deacon feet in front of an entire congregation

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

as much as I miss your pixels, I love this new style you've been developing. the textures, the varying line widths, it's all so, so good.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

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You enter the STUDY unannounced. GRIEVOUS ERROR! The occupant seems STARTLED and UPSET by your intrusion.

A hero enters a sparsely-decorated room. There's a giant hole in the ground in front of them, from which a large monster is emerging, its fingers crooked around the edge of the hole.

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

yeah it’s quite frankly astounding how much game there is in this game—and he didn’t even cover all of it

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

gotta recommend Common Side Effects if you haven't seen it yet. funny, compelling story, and the attention to detail in the animation, specifically with expressions, is amazing—especially how spartan they can be with frames. fascinating to see what they chose to animate and what they didn't.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

according to the signage this place has everything: RENTALS, THEATER, MAGS, NOVELTIES *and* ARCADE??? I feel an overwhelming #need to go to WV by St.Albans, to see what games are available at this VIDEO ꜱᴜᴘERSTᴏʀᴇ

A Google Street view of the building at 6901 MacCorkle Avenue, with a signpost out front declaring that it's OPEN and called VIDEO SUPERSTORE. It looks like a long shipping container with green, striated walls. There are intermittent vertical signs along its exterior and a few doorways, all of which have blue awnings over them. The signs read, from far left to right, 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS, RENTALS, THEATER, MAGS, NOVELTIES, ARCADE, 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS. There are no windows: No one is allowed to see what happens inside VIDEO SUPERSTORE. A single car is parked out front, its license plate blurred.

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Their stated rationale feels insane to me. It “rewards having a deep knowledge of the rules and cards”?Maybe to initially brew the deck, but certainly not to play. They also claim it can be frustrating to lose to because it “abuses the rules,” and not “mulligans are your last point of agency.”

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

1. this is insanely cute and very well done 2. how many styles do you have???

Crim Reaper @crimreaper.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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Kaijune 2023 Illustrations "Beware of the fungus that takes over the corpses of the beasts"

The skull of a Whale given an amorphous body by a cluster of mushrooms and fungi that took over the corpse of the animal

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rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

adults who enjoy being addressed in that way also seem open to being addressed as "my [good/bad] little one"

rinski @rinski.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

well, enjoy! I watched it after seeing so folks talk up the facial animation quality on tumblr (they were right to do so it’s ducking incredible) and wound up watching the whole thing in one sitting. so happy they’ve already greenlit a second season.