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Damn, they got my ass laser targeted pinpoint-accurate.

Amazon "About You" page:

"Departments: Candy & Sweets"
"Product Preferences: Consistently purchasing candy across all time periods"
"Departments: Cooking Equipment"
"Interests & Hobbies: Plays video games"

Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 05/10/2026

It's the most expensive game ever made! That automatically means it's the best game! I am a prestigious industry investor!

A meme of a guy in a well saying "I am very intelligent." with a bunch of empty chat bubbles.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 05/10/2026

Hot damn, Dressmaker is one hell of a game.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 03/10/2026

Who’s got two thumbs and accidentally tensed up during a flu shot and made the vax tech think I was a scaredy boy? This guy!

Me with a big dumb smile and my shirt has a sticker that says “I am brave!” with a little cartoon turtle.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 01/10/2026

I love how everything sucks now and I get to join a server queue to pay rent.

"You're in line - unlocking your resident experience.

Estimated wait time less than a minute."

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Thank you to the cinematographer(s) of Lanterns for perfectly capturing the feeling of the moment.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Marvel screen-writers over here breaking new ground with hot new concepts like... The Protagonist.

John David Washington from Tenet. His character is called The Protagonist.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 24/09/2026

I will not click this button. I have a job. I have responsibilities. I need to get a paycheck. I must not click this button right this very second. I must NOT click this button right this very second.

Steam status for Control Resonant now shows the large green "Play" button.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 17/09/2026

Oh no help someone give me $1000.

"You are officially in the reservation queue for Steam Frame 256GB Kit".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 15/09/2026

Damn, this new Fire Emblem game looks awesome.

A road sign for “Pleasant Run Trail” shows a triangle that reads “yield to”, with various arrows connecting a person, a roller skate, and a bike.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 08/09/2026

Normal things at the local DQ Drive Thru.

A large red bollard with a sticker showing a bell and the text “I SHIT MYSELF”.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 08/09/2026

Everyone else? No more physical games. Nintendo? Fuck yeah, get that limited holofoil!

The OoT game box with "Textured Foil Cover Art. Special packaging available while supplies last."

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 08/09/2026

Oh my god, he looks like a pouty little kid. Shit, it's perfect.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 04/09/2026

I saw there was a new version of Audacity, so I decided to try it and wow this is a bad start. Back in my day, Audacity was an app you download and launch and that's it.

An app called MuseHub, which is apparently a launcher for Audacity. The page is full of add-ons and services to buy.

One of the first things you see when starting Audacity 4 is a setup wizard that includes a login screen for audio.com??????

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 26/08/2026

It happens in threes, right?

Google result showing Donald Trump's age as 80 years.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 22/08/2026

I’ll try out this Dustbloods test and OH FUCK GOD DAMNIT THATS RIGHT

A screen saying “Nintendo Switch Online membership required.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 04/08/2026

1. How is this measured? 2. Why would any company report their internal metrics to them? 3. How do they know who to reach out to? Are they somehow tracking if you build an apk that isn't tied to unity cloud services?

A chart showing annual costs for different tiers of monthly active users. 0-100 is free. 101-500 is $7500/yr. 501-5,000 is $40,000/yr. 5,001-15,000 is $75,000/yr. Anything higher than that just says "custom".

For current customers: "Your existing internal applications will be permanently exempt." "We will be reaching out in the coming months to register your existing applications" and "New applications have a full year grace period.".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 03/08/2026

There's something really fun to me about seeing different people post the same promo, but with slightly different formatting. Like obviously, those images both need to be made for their target audiences, but seeing them next to each other is kinda fun.

Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave Direct happening on either "8.4.2026" or "04.08.2026" depending on which image you look at.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 31/07/2026

God, video games used to be so fucking good.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 31/07/2026

Anyway, shoutout to Donut Hut in Little Canada, MN. I will forever miss you.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 31/07/2026

This is my Roman Concrete. How in the fuck has *this* become a lost art? Why is every donut shop now a place for the most pretentious assholes to get artisanal filet mignon caviar bullshit donuts?. Fuck you. Bring back the Homer Simpson basic-ass simple stuff! It’s a solved thing!

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 31/07/2026

Indianapolis is a fucking joke. WTF is this? These are not donuts. And why did this cost me $10!? And why is this apparently every donut shop now? Why can’t I just get a basic glazed or frosted anywhere?

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 22/07/2026

Something about the way this is written has the vibe of "The play director will post the casting sheet in the hallway of the high school at a dramatically appopriate time" kind of vibe.

"Thank you for applying.

Please wait until participant selection has ended. You can check your application results on the page below.

Results will be announced August 7 (Fri.) at 6:00 a.m. PDT."

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 21/07/2026

I shelved this project a year and a half ago, and now I'm seeing multiple mancala-based games coming soon and all of them with unique hooks and like... ... I think(???) there's still not many base mancala games outside of Clubhouse Games? Maybe I need to actually finish this?

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 10/07/2026

I feel like my walk animation might be just a small bit off, but also maybe I've just created some kind of new backrooms creature.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 05/07/2026

Oh, it's called Final Fantasy Tactics!

Ramza from FFT saying, "Delita. What is this game you play with us?".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 02/07/2026

Show me a cool physical game.

Steel Batallion with the full mech controller on a table with a CRT TV and an Xbox.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 29/06/2026

Hell yeah, I loved that show!

In American Gladiators, a man is hiding behind a wireframe cube shape while holding a “rocket launcher” aimed at a distant target.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 27/06/2026

This book I’m reading has had some fun albeit very dated references, then all of a sudden drops this timely bombshell.

How to play World Without Oil:

At heart World Without Oil is very simple. It’s a “what if” game. What if an oil crisis started today — what would happen? How would the lives of ordinary people change? What would you do to survive the crisis? How would you help others? Let’s play “what if” and find out.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 26/06/2026

TBH, not sure why I even signed up for the list. I think I just like the idea of being randomly chosen.

Email from steam telling me I didn't make the list and now I have to wait for a Steam Machine.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 17/06/2026

I guess I should've made my prayers more specific.

A weather radar map with tons of red showing "TORNADO WARNING" directly on a town called "Elon". Ryan Hall (Y'all) is in the corner.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 17/06/2026

Playing a few NextFest demos and found a gem I feel like I haven't seen anyone mention. Killer Aces Volleyball It's both unbelievably difficult and very very satisfying. Almost like an RTS as a volleyball game, but played out in fractions of a second. I've not seen anything like it. I'm obsessed.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 15/06/2026

$60 on fb marketplace bay-bee!

A Lenovo ThinkCentre mini pc with a Train Jam USB stick plugged in is sitting on top of my PC speaker.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 11/06/2026

Weird. I don't remember signing over my likeness rights.

Steam promo email about a sale. Game description (Baby Steps) reads as, "Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one...".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 09/06/2026

Ex-fucking-cuse me, Nintendo?

Nintendo eShop listing for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Nintendo Switch 2 Edition showing it at $70.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 09/06/2026

These assholes got involved.

Microsoft 365 Business sales tiers. (All are formerly known as Office 365 Business).

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 08/06/2026

we don't usually see each others headers, but here's mine. quote post with yours (if you feel like it) (I should really change mine. That show actually killed a person.)

The commentators from Terrace House all grimacing at something awful that's just happened.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 05/06/2026

Incredibly sad bummer news. RIP.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 03/06/2026

TFW the library wanted a pic for my profile, but it didn’t know how to fit a rectangle into a square so now I’m a Stretchy Boy!

A photo of me with my name under it. The photo is squished in a way that makes me look like an actual cartoon.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 03/06/2026

Oh trust me, youtube. I haven't forgotten.

Youtube Music showing me "Forgotten favorites", featuring "Uniracers SNES Title Music".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 29/05/2026

GameDeveloper (dot com) posted this article with a headline that pretty much stated this already happened. Over the next hour or so, pretty much every person on my timeline lost their shit. Then they replied saying basically, "actually, maybe not".

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 28/05/2026

"8 dollars is basically 5 dollars" becomes literally true.

"Crashout Crew", the next game from the Peak devs on sale on Steam for $5, but normally priced at $8.

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Ryan Schaefer @schaeferyn.itch.io · 26/05/2026

I hope they get SO MANY insights from me typing this.

In the "typing insights" AI setting, I've typed "I'm glad I installed Linux on this machine." into the search bar.

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