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Dev'n Music 🎶

@shadowobsessed.bsky.social
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They/them AuDHD cutie 🦀 34 🐱 NorCal to Philly 💖 LIFE4 DDR Pearl II rank! ⬅️⬇️⬆️➡️ Rhythm gamer 🎵 Indie board game designer 🎲 ''Weird in every way possible,'' "A pretty good nerd," "Flippant iconoclast"

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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Found out that my grandma Diane passed away in Colorado. She was my last remaining grandparent. Here's a photo from when we met in 2018. She loved to dye her hair pink. I wish I met her much earlier in life, but the little time we spent together was a great joy. I wish I had called her more.
Me with my grandparents on my dad's side
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The spoils of today's video game shoppe adventuring with Magnet! All of them are complete-in-box, and several of them are ones I have always wanted to play but never owned (and just had a demo of). :)
Video games!
For the Wii: Elebits, Super Monkey Ball - Banana Blitz
For the Wii U: ZombiU
For the PlayStation 1: Gex - Enter the Gecko, Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver
For the PlayStation 2: Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal
For the Xbox 360: Worms Collection
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of Magnet's colleagues gifted me a purse today, and I'm speechless T_T She said she thought it matched my style, based off a purse I was using when I came in last (a red rotary phone bag). This piano bag is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! 🥰 I can't wait to coordinate it with an outfit!
An emerald green piano purse with black straps and gold metallic accentsThe inside of the purse, which is burgundy.The back of the purse. There is a diamond pattern.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There are other spots in the mall that lend a feeling of community arts & entertainment; a performing arts theatre, a bookstore that had a club meeting in it, and a gaming tavern next to Game Traders Club! There was even a pub with a saloon look that had karaoke. Last pic is what I bought. Go!! 9/9
The St. James Players Live Performance TheatreThe Haunted Whimsy BookstoreAdventurer's Hollow Gaming TavernThe games I picked up. SNES: Tiny Toons Wacky Sports Challenge; PS1: Tekken 3; PS3: Uncharted, and Xbox 360: Minecraft. Again, specific uses for these coming up :)
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is another place we could easily spend a big chunk of time on. I was very happy with the older system selection, though they have newer/current titles as well. There are also a variety of sales, specifically ones I noticed for the PS1 and Wii games. It was a joy to wander through. 8/9
Shelves of Nintendo DS and Nintendo GameCube games.Shelves of Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast games.A PS2 shelf and a corner game demo unit running Smash Bros. on a CRTConsoles for sale behind the counter, and cables and accessories organized by drawer.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I definitely felt like I found some treasures here. While it may not have the sheer amount of real estate that Just Press Play does, it is still definitely worth a visit to see what you may find. Especially for a mall store! I'm so glad that we gave it a go. 7/9
Atari gamesSega Genesis gamesPS1 gamesWii U games
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We were pleasantly surprised by not only the volume of video games packed into this mall storefront, but also the variety of them! Perhaps because it's a little more off the beaten path (at least for city-folk), or because the mall looks run-down, but there were some real gems on these shelves. 6/9
An Xbox game wall, with a TV above. It's displaying a trailer/commercial for the game "Big Walk."A display case featuring some GameCube games, such as Zelda: Twilight Princess, Crazy Taxi, and Chibi Robo.A PC Engine Core Grafx II, for $149.99.A SNES Super Advantage controller on the shelf. It looks like a fight stick, but in the SNES colors (plus turbo controller sliders), and with fake power/reset purple buttons near the top.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
After the PA renfaire, Magnet and I decided to hit up a new game store we found on a whim: Game Traders Club! (Yes, with the exclamation point!) First of all, it is in the Lebanon Valley Mall, which actually looks abandoned from the outside, but it turns out to have quite a bustling community! 5/9
The entrance of the Lebanon Valley Mall. There are small signs on the doors, but they are faded and not possible to see from the parking lot.The entrance of the Game Traders Club!, with a Mario standee on the left and Donkey Kong on the right. There's a gumball machine out front.A view down the aisle, with a variety of games and merch, and a wall-mounted TV showing a game commercial at the back.Magnet peruses a wall full of NES cartridges.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I highly recommend Just Press Play to anyone with an interest of video games, especially for the area of game-related things. They have a section upstairs with vinyl records, and a museum-like display of gaming history. And the other side of the building is for card games! Last pic is my spoils 4/9
A display case with Elemental Gearbolt and the solid-gold gun in a briefcaseA display case with Mario Bros. merch, along with other Nintendo standards (R.O.B., Duck Hunt, Earthbound, the Power Glove)A section with vinyl records (many standard/normal rock bands, but still with some video game record options)The stack of games/titles I bought from Just Press Play Mega Store. For Xbox 360: Dead Space, LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4, and LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. For PS2: Radiata Stories. For PSP: Hackers (UMD movie). And for SNES: Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I have specific plans for these games!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sadly, both times that we've been, we haven't been able to spend as much time as we'd like. BUT both times we've gone, I've had one specific game in mind, and they happened to get a copy in within about half an hour of me visiting. Seriously! 1st visit: Ape Escape. 2nd: Zombies Ate my Neighbors 3/9
A Sega Dreamcast demo unit (sadly, not powered on).A view of some newer games and controllers (PS5), with gacha machines in the back.Some PS2, PS4, and PS Vita games behind a glass case.A fishing hat with Big the Cat that says "Gone Fishing".
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This place is full to the brim of everything game-related you can think of... from the video games themselves, to plush, keychains, and even vinyl records and manga! Along with console accessories like cables or controllers you might need. You could easily spend HOURS here. 2/9
A display case, showing games from Nintendo 64, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo GameCube, and Super Nintendo, all behind glass.A wall of Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One games.A wall of Nintendo Switch games and related accessories.Plushies and collectibles near the registers. A loooot of Pokémon ones!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The other part of my and @imamagnet.bsky.social 's adventure on Saturday: Video game stores! We stopped for a second time at Just Press Play Mega Store in Lancaster (thanks for the rec, @dendycrew.com) and for the first time at Game Traders Club! in Lebanon! Both in PA. First, Just Press Play: 1/9
An outside wall of Just Press Play Mega Store in Lancaster, PA. The windows are covered with art of the game characters Link, Mario, Minecraft Steve, Kirby, Sonic, Isabelle, Pac-Man, and Mega Man, all in fighting poses.More window art outside of Just Press Play Mega Store. There's a Porygon, four LEGO heads wearing helmets, and a Gengar. Also, a sign that says "Batmobile Parking Only."One small section of video games, in a huge store full of video games. These shelves include (from left to right) Playstation 2 games, Playstation controllers and memory cards, and Playstation 1 games.A slightly fish-eye photo of the bottom floor of the store, shot from the second floor. "Just Press Play" is painted on the left side. You can see a store full of games, merch, and memorabilia.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here you go. I had only done sunset pass before because the regular tickets sell out quickly. This was my first time remembering to buy a ticket in advance so we could go during the daytime 😅 but also, there are some incredible video game stores in that area too!!
Screenshot with sunset admission deetsSunset admission, pt. 2
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A shot from the new flashlight tour in this prison this season. The root tendrils remind me of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark... The later segment of the tour is creepier (imo). I give my first one tomorrow night. Wish me luck! (I don't publicly name my jobs, but happy to answer Q's in DMs!)
A photo taken using a combination of a flashlight and a phone camera. It is a view into an abandoned prison cell at night with some rubble in it and a door in the back that's sealed over. There is a small window slit in the ceiling, and there are tree roots growing down the wall.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Went back to the Shire with @imamagnet.bsky.social at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire :) We did a spirits tasting, watched a sideshow performance, and just walked around enjoying the sights and sounds. Our first time purchasing tickets early enough that we could come in the daytime hours, yay!!
Magnet and I sitting at a small toadstool table with stools. He's wearing his cloak, and I my tricorn hatA selfie of us smiling in a theatre seating areaA procession of people from the Merchant's Guild (with the Queen herself following them)Pipsy the Clown, about to do some crazy stunts!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1. I got off work & ran to the store before close. As I walked back, a security guard asked if I was okay. I said yes and "ice cream is a serious matter" LOL 2. Got these games/DVDs/this book from my favorite thrift store for less than $6 due to their discount tag day!!! Thrift store stays winning.
A stack including Wii Fit Plus for the Wii, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes for the Wii U, Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360, a book called "Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy!" and the complete box set of the show "Angel," season 2.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CRT pickup #2: a Curtis Mathes 20" TV, playing Super Bomberman on the Super Famicom :) Also, when Magnet and I went to pick up a shelving unit, the seller threw in these cassettes! She said that most of them were from her 80s college days. 🎶
Super Bomberman start screen. 1993, by Hudson SoftA 2-player match going (though I did get a pic of a 4-player one, it turned out poorly on my camera lol)Batch 1 of 2 of cassette tapes -- featuring DeBarge's Rhythm of the Night!!!Batch 2 of 2 of cassette tapes
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Got this really cute Kirby wall art from local artist Digi Megg at a queer art fair today!! ✨️
A round piece (like a cross-stitch, but not fully?) of the original GameBoy design of Kirby (with the whiskers), with the text "Still Round" and bordered by two stars
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tested a new 13" CRT I got today by playing Beautiful Katamari on Xbox 360 with it! I'd say it looks pretty nice :) Hello, RCA!! (I am collecting CRTs for Reasons that are exciting and will be shared later. If you see any cheap/free ones near Philly, give me a heads up!)
The 13" RCA TV has a silver front, and a greenish grey back. It also has an interesting wavy design I've never seen before. The screen is blue and showing the scanlinesWandering the map on Beautiful Katamari (with Marcy)Marcy, stance akimbo, stuns in her scarf as she stands in the entrance of Sunrise CastleThe King of All Cosmos is standing before you, saying "What you need are lots of Japanese things."
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three vaxes down today. I got the new Covid, the flu, and the Hepatitis B vaccines. Going to play some Super Mario Sunshine while I develop my new superpowers. I recommend you all get the Covid and flu shots as well, while we get closer to illness season. Stay healthy! 💓
Me smiling at the camera, with two bandages on my armClose-up of my two vaccine bandagesAn orange spice GameCube controller, next to the game Super Mario Sunshine
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Life update: In a week, I start working my 4th season at the haunted house! Consequently, I am going on hiatus from my board game restaurant job. I haven't fully decided, but likely will not come back. Still at the bakery! I'll have future news soonish :) Photo: Games & accessories I got today!
Today's game haul!

PS2 game: 
High School Musical 3: Dance!

PS3 games: 
Kung Fu Rider
Katamari Forever

XBox 360 games:
Dead Rising 2
Diablo III

And a stock Dreamcast controller!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good night, café.
A restaurant, closed for the night after a full day of service.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's not just in Philly any more. PAX Unplugged will also be in Houston starting next June!! (Board game + tabletop convention! 🎲)
An email stating that Unplugged will be taking place June 25 - 27, 2027, in Houston, Texas
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My coworker showed me an incredible photo gallery of LAN parties, but I especially love this man pondering his anime girl wallpaper
A man looking at a CRT monitor at what may be Love Hina. He appears contemplative.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I complimented a customer's gorgeous butterfly dress today. She asked if I liked butterflies too, and then handed me these stickers! 🥺🦋
Three bluish/purplish pink iridescent butterfly stickersThe same three stickers, but against a board game backdrop for Ambiance
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did some more retro game-hunting with @imamagnet.bsky.social today in our favorite place, New Jersey 🥳 Happy with the ones I got today!! Haul is from two different game stores. Third photo shows Wonder Project J2 next to the first, which I picked up just a few weeks ago :) Last pic is a store shelf
Yoshi's Island and Kirby Superstar for Super Famicom, and Wonder Project J2 for N64 (all Japan region, with the latter being a JP-only release)Wonder Project J2 is complete-in-box! The game manual shows beautiful, Ghibli-like illustrated art of a robot girl with a flowy dress and a bird, balancing on top of a building. The cartridge and back of the box are also showing.Wonder Project J for the Super Famicom, next to Wonder Project J2 for the N64. JP region only games.One of the JP import game shelves at one of our favorite New Jersey game stores.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Whoever her mom is
Blaze the Cat, a Sonic character
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I went into it as friends of 2 people there and an acquaintance (now hopefully friend!) of a third, and then I realized that I was actually in a fashion show with one of them and didn't realize because we looked complete different! 🤣 And now I hope we are all friends, because they're all so great 💝
My purple yam crepe cake!!!Smoked salmon sandwich, sweet potato fries, side salad, and an iced jasmine teaSome earl grey in the nice teacupA selfie of me at the table
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Photos from the EGL/lolita fashion tea party meet a few days ago :))) This was my first time trying a sweet lolita look with a group & also first official EGL tea party in general! I was so flattered to be invited. Everyone was SO nice & it felt great to be with a queer alt group and just talk! :>
A group of 9 of us dressed in Elegant Gothic Lolita fashion at a tea house!Me with two friends, one in a more aristocratic/hime look, and another in a sweet look!Me holding my dress out to the sides, almost in a little curtsy. I'm wearing a pastel minty blue, pink, and yellow JSK (jumper skirt) called Rainbow Dollhouse by CC Cat, with a long-sleeved frilly white blouse underneath! I'm wearing white zip-up boots with hairclip bows attached (thanks to my friend Nel for the decoration suggestion!). My headgear is a straw boater hat, and my hair is up in pigtails.Place settings at the teahouse, featuring a teacup, saucer, and spoon with a purple flower design, next to a heart-shaped doily with the event flyer on it. My name is written on a placard in front of me (With "They/Them" on the other side!)
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I started playing Yakuza 0 again, after almost two years exactly to the day. I hadn't touched it since my mom was undergoing chemo radiation treatment. I played through Chapter 1 in the oncology center, and put it down. Now that I'm trying it again, it's delightful. What a great game.
My Yakuza 0 save files, two days short of two days apart.
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What I look for in a man 🐛
Woman on a dating show, saying, "He was really good at driving that buggy."
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Got a snack, a fresh brewski, and trash TV 😎 Weekend commence~
my quesadilla with taco seasoning + Lao Gan Ma, and a Corona Extra
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Acceptable responses when one is near a copy of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
A TV show where a young girl is asking a college boy "Could you show me how to hook up your GameCube?"Footage from the game. It says "[video game chirping]"The girl is playing Mario Kart on the couch with the boy. She says, "That was so awesome. Did you see that?"She says, "If I had this game, I would play it every second."
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I looked up Lorcana events last night and saw there happened to be a special draft night tonight! So I made myself try a public event for this game (only my second time playing!). I lost each game, but came pretty close several times... and drew my first Enchanted, in my very first draft pack?!
4 boosters from Lorcana's Attack of the Vine! setSome "Hunny" synergy with Owl, Piglet, Winnie the Pooh, and the Hundred Acre Wood location I was only two points away from winning this match, and three points on another!I took my time reading the cards in my first pack and getting acquainted with them. As soon as I got to this Pocahontas & Meeko in the end of the pack, the person across from me gasped loudly and gave me a free top loader to put it into!!! :') Look how shiny the Enchanted card is
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
MAX300 ESP on my birthday for @kellygoround.bsky.social ^-^ Thank you for the request! And the accidental birthday song meme, hehe. I haven't been able to play consistently for months now, but still got a 9k score raise!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Medals on all 40 normal stages on Groove :) now to begin the Perfect grind... (have 3 so far) #rhythmheaven
A pic showing my 40 medals in Rhythm Heaven Groove for the Switch, meaning I have gotten an Amazing grade on each stage!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
as for the elephant: This is circa '95 or 6? I rode an elephant with my brother + our oldest brother's girlfriend at the time. I feel bad about it since I know how exploitative that kind of thing is now, but as a veeeery small child it was quite exciting 😅 I believe it was at Six Flags in Vallejo.
me likely going "wheeeeeee" while on the back of an elephant in the mid-90's
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thank you!!! There are a few I really enjoy, but I'd have to say Rhythm Heaven for the DS is my favorite (and I'm enjoying the new one, too!). I love it sooo much 🥰 but Elite Beat Agents, DJMax Technika, & vib-ribbon are all dear to me as well. <3 Here's my 17th bday, a Technika gathering at SVGL!
a gathering of friends at Sunnyvale Golfland in Sunnyvale, California, in front of the DJMax Technika arcade machine. I am holding a Technika soundtrack that someone not in the picture (Corey) gifted to me. It was my 17th birthday, and I arrived with a few friends, but had also posted in advance on Bemanistyle that I wanted to play Technika for my birthday, and at least 7 folks showed up from the forums :')
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Picked up Rhythm Heaven Groove a few days ago! I forgot to pre-order it, but there was a copy left over that someone didn't buy. Played it with @imamagnet.bsky.social (his first Rhythm Heaven!!) and got "Amazing"s on the first 3 sets of stages so far. I love this seriessss 🎵💖
A cute results screen about a crab rhythm-based minigame
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Crazy coincidences on Friday. Magnet & I went to two bars we'd never been to before, and at both, we ran into someone I met and/or worked with at my first job in Pennsylvania. I met both people almost exactly 10 years ago, and I saw them both back to back, on a whim. They don't live in this city!
Shots at the cowboy bar where our friend was waiting for a tow truck (their tires got stolen...)Ciders at the cider bar where my old coworker was playing pool
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Board game surgery is complete!! Scoville is back in business.
Scoville missing boardMy mew board in placeBoard with peppersScoville box
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My work's copy of Scoville is missing the main center board piece, so I made a mock-up one so we don't have to throw our copy away. Not too shabby, I think!
Scoville board, not my picMy pepper field mock-up
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Magnet and I celebrated the 4th of July by watching Toy Story 5, playing Pop'n Music, seeing someone threaten someone else on the subway with a knife (classic), and playing SEGA BASS FISHING 🥳🐟🎆🎊🎇🎉 on the Dreamcast with my pristine new fishing controller!!!
My Pop'n Music score feat. Anna and Hatsune MikuMy new Dreamcast fishing controller!Me in my "I'd rather be playing Sega Bass Fishing" short, a bucket hat, and shorts, ready to reel it in with the fishing rod controller. Very American.My best bass on that run was 5 pounds!!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happened to her :(
Wicked Witch of the West from Oz
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Bennie and the Jets and it's sung by this guy
Jay Jay the Jet Plane, a creepy anthropomorphic kid face attached to an airplane
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I got to go to a convention with my love and my friend today, and we ran into other people we knew! I spent my dad's pre-birthday money to me on an incredible game haul I am very happy about :))) Another successful TooManyGames!
My TooManyGames 2026 haul of a TMG shirt and keychain, Super Mario Sunshine for GameCube, Excitebike for NES, Donkey Konga for JP GameCube, Bust a Groove for JP PS1, Super Bomberman and Super Mario Kart for Super Famicom, pop'n music GB Disney Tunes and Dance Dance Revolution GB 2 for GameBoy Color, Donkey Kong 64 for JP Nintendo 64, pop'n music 4 append disc for PS1, Okami for PS2, Math Blaster for NDS, annnnnd Sega Bass Fishing for Dreamcast with pristine in-box fishing rod!!!!!
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Everyone wish @imamagnet.bsky.social a happy birthday!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 (photo from a week ago, but we're about to get more dogs 🌭 😋)
Magnet smiling across the table, with his hot dogs, my veggie dogs, and our tater tots
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Yesterday's haul from a local game store sale!! 🎮 (Including some other physical media)
PoPoLoCrois for PSP, Puyo Puyo Sun for JP N64, and beatmania + DDR OhSta for GBCMononoke (anime series) complete series DVD, and Magic Knights Rayearth Vol. 3 manga (thank you to Magnet for spotting it!! I only had the first two)
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Dev'n Music 🎶 @shadowobsessed.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I went to Emo Night with @imamagnet.bsky.social , went up on stage to sing I'm Not Okay, and a random and sweet woman painted glitter on my face
Magnet and I smiling, with glitter on our facesA stage/crowd of happy peopleSomeone painting my face pt. 1Someone painting my face pt. 2
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