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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's my "top 9 most influential games" meme that's going around! Get yours at my9games.net/en/edit

1) Riven, 2) Super Mario World, 3) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, 4) The Secret of Monkey Island, 5) Final Fantasy IX, 6) To The Moon, 7) Secret of Mana, 8) Relentless: Twinsen's Little Big Adventure, 9) Chrono Trigger

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The surrealistic adventure that became my world"

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yarrr, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day!! And in honour of such a momentous occasion, here be me as a pirate Lego minifig. #pirate

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Or if you can't see that link, archive.li/gKX3U

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fozzy in Riven: Wahrk-a Wahrk-a

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There's far less red things here than I imagined #RedmondWA

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This looks so good, it's sad it's not in active development

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sydney I am in you, demoing my #Andotrope technology!

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fun fact! Here's what the theatre to #Beetlejuice The Musical looks like in normal vision & in night vision so you can see all the hidden stuff. (The show was very good I recommend it A++)

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

One of my YouTube vids cracked a million views and when I checked it was sitting on 1001337... A million and leet... How perfectly cromulent. #leet youtube.com/shorts/pK9tc...

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Ferrofluid (magnetic liquid) in a bottle looks like Venom from Spiderman

YouTube video by riumplus

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Reposted by Mike Ando

Oscelot @oscelot.art · 08/05/2026

There's only 13 hours left in @brad-talesuntold.bsky.social Gilmoril's campaign! If you love Hunter, Bloodborne, or anything of that sensibility, give it a look! I got to beta play one of the adventures in @wrenound.itch.io's Redeem from All Lies path, and it is AMAZING. Go show them some love! ❤️

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Gilmoril: Technogothic Nightmare – A Monster Hunting TTRPG

Gilmoril is a tabletop role-playing game combining the monster hunting, mystery, and aesthetics of The Witcher and Bloodborne, with a few twists of its own. Join the Venerer in the fight against the ...

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's the humble 555 timer IC chip's 55th birthday this year! Naturally I'm posting about this on 5/5. Because today seems most appropriate. #electronics

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Driving to the other side of town so I can go to the last remaining Wendy's milkbar here just so I can relive the 90s and have an Agro cone one more time again #Agro

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Watching Inner Ghosts... This horror film has a 3.7/10 rating on IMDb and features a demonically-possessed 3D printer. Aka - it's bad :p

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Colin Mochrie from Whose Line is it Anyway fame signed my rubber chicken

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Web developers know how satisfying it is to score a perfect 100 on Google PageSpeed for my #Andotrope website (on cheap shared hosting, no less!).

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

My computer monitor is making a quiet buzzing sound like a Cylon. No really. Should I be worried? #BattlestarGalactica

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I've been invited to take part in a paid study by MIT on Temporal Forecasting Research. Not sure if predicting the future counts as time travel or not but I'll take it

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Why isn't "Lovescats" a valid last name like Lovejoy or Lovecraft?

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My home away from home for the next month

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Some more bowling alley behind-the-scenes pics

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Life goal unlocked... I got a backstage tour of an old-fashioned #bowling alley!

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

First big project of 2026 finished - this adjustable-angle laser-cut #bookstand for my #Myst book! @cyan.com

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We also don't count times she tried to bite/swipe but we moved our hand out of the way quicker than she could get to it, so it's not 3 months without attempts, just 3 months without successes. Still, for someone once labelled a Grumpy Cat, it's a big improvement!

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

There's a * because of two things: for one, we don't count bites/scratches she does when we're trimming her claws because she just hates that so much, understandably so, so she gets a pass for then.

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This week marks 3 months since Lana has bitten or scratched anyone* and we're so proud of our cranky, judgy, blep-y little girl #CatsOfBluesky

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I can confirm that if you order a #Milo McFlurry from McDonald's with 5x the amount of Milo, it comes with what I consider the correct amount of Milo to put on your ice cream. SO MUCH MILO

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oscillating pedestal fans are like a time share of being cool

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Went to see Australia's largest #Christmas tree. 45m/148ft high, 50,000 lights, took them 6 months to wire it up!

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Did you ever think that quiz shows are really just "who's the most autistic" competitions?

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

It's Lana's birthday this week! She is a 14 year old baby cat and forever a kitten ♥️ #catsofbluesky

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If you've ever wondered what it's like to actually drive a DeLorean, The Stig recently reviewed one... And actually kinda liked it (though he undersold just how much attention you get!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKV...

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Ben Collins Goes Back to the Future | DeLorean Review

YouTube video by Ben Collins Drives

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Presented without comment as I'm not revealing what it is until it arrives, but ohh boy am I excited! #JimHenson

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Received an email from myself, from 20 years ago, in a time capsule... Happy to say I've done most things I listed!

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Watching Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters.. The percentage of people in this audience with dyed hair is notably higher than the norm

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Is it just me or do these boxes of resealable bags look like #VHS tape boxes?

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Happy Mol Day! :D (Confused? At 6:22 today it was 6:22 10/23. 1 mol, a chemistry constant, is 6.022e23. Yes it's reaching. Yes I'm THAT much of a nerd :p ) Also taking the opportunity to pimp that this nerd owns the domain name 6.022e23.com

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Realm of RIUM+

The ramblings of the Time-Travelling Mad Scientist, Inventor, Professional Geek and Potato Connoisseur Mike Ando.

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I just saw a car done up like the Dukes of Hazzard General Lee. It drove right in front of me. And I watched it get done for speeding through the intersection I was waiting at.

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Today's date is a dual square number! 27092025 is not only square... but if you write your dates the other way, 09272025 is square too! It's a rare collision to get BOTH dates square like this! I believe today, of all days, it's hip to be square. #mathnerd

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Mike Ando @riumplus.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I gotta admit, she does look pretty all shined up. It's good to finally have her back on the road again. #DeLorean

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