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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 17h

If you leave short story-sized comments in your code, it should be to explain something so messed up that you need to leave a message to yourself, Memento-style See: the first half of a comment block I left in the weapon code of Reelism 2

A massive comment block in the Basketball weapon code for Reelism 2. It reads, in part:

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter the Splot_BasketballProjectile section!

During the Early Excess period for Reelism 2, the Basketball was extremely prone to crashing. This was probably the most frequent piece of feedback that we received. We tried many, many, many times to fix it, and for that reason, I must tell you the story of what happened.

The Basketball was originally split between two objects: a projectile actor, which handled the collisions with monsters and geometry, and a WeaponGiver actor with a larger radius, which is what the player picked up and made the ball easier to grab in the air. This configuration ran into an issue where, randomly, GZDoom would crash immediately after the ball was thrown or dunked. The problem stuck around for months, even persisting into the first public release of Reelism 2, much to our frustration.

As far as we can tell, the underlying problem was related to how the two Basketball actors would need to constantly reference each other. If one actor was removed from play in the middle of the other actor's script, there was a chance that GZDoom would crash by trying to reference the properties of an object that didn't exist anymore. We could never get the two actors in sync, no matter how many safeguards we added.

The obvious solution to this problem was to combine the two Basketball objects into one actor, which is what you'll see below. However, I was reluctant to do this at first, because we would lose the expanded WeaponGiver hitbox. The Basketball is a pretty small object, so I was hestitant to cut that feature.

I started to implement the trimmed-down version of the Basketball on the evening of December 2, 2020 when the solution dawned on me: We could still use a hitbox actor, as long as it did NOTHING."

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today would've been the sixty-fifth birthday of Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. It tends to get swallowed up in the enormous franchise it became, but I truly believe that his original manga can provide a valuable lesson to artists about process and work and improvement over time.

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Ants Schmants @zippermint.itch.io · 24/07/2026

This reminds me of a youtuber I saw once complaining that Garfield Kart would shut down his computer with a controller plugged in and it turns out the problem was that the most upvoted steam config for Garfield Kart at the time was a community config that bound every button to "Shutdown Computer"

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Deadlock players the instant Deadman Danny gets a heinous build that takes over the meta

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playing through FF7 Remake and wondering what all the not-loading-screen hallway transitions are about until I remember this was a PS4 game from 2020

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DitzyFlama @ditzyflama.com · 21/09/2026

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 15/10/2025

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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4thdslip @4thdslip.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trans women will be like "you have GOT to hop on this game, it's peak" and it's some Japan-exclusive shmup for the Sega Saturn called

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RAILGUN WARNING @nanocorn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

TOP 2 WORST THINGS EVER 1.) being employed 2.) being unemployed

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Micro💫 // Read INVariance! @antisocialmicro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"... And She Was Ravenous" (1/3) A short comic I doodled up for the day😎 #metroid #halo #art

The first page. Cortana speaks the entire comic with Chief as stoic as usual.

"Chief. For lack of a better term, these Flood were... eaten."

Chief and Cortana stand in front of a motionless Flood spawn. On its right shoulder is a strange energy leaking from an imprint. It looks like it was chewed off (or at least it's supposed to lol).

And yes the "... And She Was Ravenous" is meant to show up exactly like how the titles of missions show up in Halo games so just imagine that.

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Antonio Buch @buchplays.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Big Binky and the Banana Boys will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

Big Binky and the Banana Boys. Their frontman, Big Binky, is an orangutan, seen wearing sunglasses and shredding on guitar. His bandmates, a conga player and kazoo player, are also orangutans wearing sunglasses.

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James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 10/09/2026

They roasted me for this one and it has aged like a vintage wine

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Kevin牛 @kevincow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I feel like something people have fundamentally misunderstood is that the joke with those "Nintendo hire this man" type projects wasn't that they had lots of detail and realistic environments. The joke is that they just carelessly dropped a character into a scene filled with default Unreal assets.

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Surely they cant be that desperate for members can they

A flagrantly obvious scam email labelled as from "The Illuminati" claiming they want me to join

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Scare-o-lyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's fine to be totally disinterested in what GTA 6 is doing. It's fine to think it's getting too much coverage. It's fine to think the GTA games are bad. But if you think there aren't people out there with broad/rich/deep taste in games who are excited about it, I just don't think that's accurate.

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sometimes the best part of a commander deck is getting to name it, especially if it's something juvenile

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Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 13/08/2026

Head this way to discover Gort's Pit.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 12/08/2026

Amuro, have you ever realized that the video games often labeled as “girl games” revolve around positions like store owner or farmer which for generations were opportunities only given to men. As a child of a mother, do you feel this reflects how nonviolent care is incompatible with our masculinity?

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Ruby the Lil' Buddy @rubyraspberry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My favorite is when he put a menthol sausage on the grill and it cuts from his jolly demeanor to him choking on its fumes

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

in a moment of clarity i've come to realize that "used to kirk shinzo abe" is an insane statement, and the way the english language evolves is fascinating

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Em-vira, Mistress of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

People have been getting way too comfortable saying the r-word again and it'll never not be excessively gross and mean-spirited. Instant way make me not value a single thing you'll ever say.

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Jersey Mike's if the franchise was run by alchemists: "As a Sub Above, So a Sub Below"

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cloth gown gridlock @rosyrhapsody.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Space Jam mashups still being made is like the ytp equivalent of the Costco hotdog still being $1.50

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Cream Queen 2016 🎃 @estrogenburger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

how all my umfies be acting whenever someone says marvelous

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Jace talking about his perfect new multiverse with no pain and suffering like he didn't keep Student Loans around for his military college

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Proloe 🌙🧚‍♀️ Very Fairy Vtuber @proloe.gay · 28/02/2026

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

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Gozu @gozufucker69.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

i know what you all mean when you talk about Kirk in MTG but surely you understand, with recent developments, where my mind goes and why i must keep laughing

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Gozu @gozufucker69.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"pretty good thread, gozu! but how do the classes play?" that's a fantastic question, i'm glad nobody asked that and i'm forcing the issue anyway. i'm gonna use this thread to explore all the classes in fate/domination first in general, then using a fsn servant as an example, + smth more complicated

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I think the problem with the Rock is that the Rock still thinks he’s really cool while John Cena realized that he’s a ridiculous human being and did interesting things with that and Batista realized he was a ridiculous human being and decided to become Daniel Day Louis

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

fun fact: Marvel Rivals pubs all have a special brain implant installed which allows them to instalock Daredevil, Spider-Man, or Black Panther within 0.2 seconds of the character select screen loading

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I just started Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze and it’s asking me if I want “original mode” or Funky Mode” like I can possibly understand the full ramifications of that choice

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Also fighting games I forgot about fighting games

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

How people talk about every character in every hero shooter and moba at any point in time regardless of actual tiering

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Spookydoof @doofivirus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Straight guy playing Rivals: I can't wait to see what hot new skin they're gonna give the ladies this time 🤤 Captain America for some reason:

static.klipy.com

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

i do think ppl rly do need to engage with a lot of older games a ton more than they do because there's years and years and years worth of good shit out there but also 99% of the time the ppl are saying that because of the doomerism and not because they actually want ppl to play old stuff they'd like

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Been playing Middle Earth Shadow of War recently and while doing Arkham shit to Urukhai is still really fun, good god this game is like everything people have been mocking about Triple-A game design for a decade now

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

When I'm in a "Make a PvP mode in a gacha game that makes its players feel like complete dogshit" competition and my opponent is Cygames

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Toby Fox amd crew every few months: "yeah let's make like 8-9 characters that will dominate the timelines for the next 5 years that'll show em"

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samiam016.bsky.social @samiam016.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oh boy Steam Next Fest, I love when a bunch of demos for games I might end up interested in but am unaware of get buried under a mountain of the most GenAI crap ever put to a digital gaming storefront (this is an unsubtle ask for demo recommendations people have)

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Its legit frying me that the one game Trump went to, the Knicks lost

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Cathode Ray Blanchard @shivs.kindgirls.online · 11/06/2026

"you simply must accept slop if you want new videogames" my jrpg backlog is literally mathematically unfishable assuming I even reach my average life expectancy

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KZ @kzxcellent.live · 11/06/2026

My timeline is killing me

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Herro @ASC @jackalcakes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I did a panel earlier this year on character development, and the idea of "earned subversion," where there an "earned" payoff to keeping a characters traits very consistent for a long time, for the purpose of getting to make jokes way later on in their arc. This is my favorite example of this 😭😭

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