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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026

LIKE LOOK AT THIS SHIT TELL ME YOU CAN'T IMAGINE SAORI HAYAMI OR SOMEONE ELSE DOING A RAVENOUS DRIVER CALLOUT LIKE "RAVENOUS FINISH" OR SOME SHIT I'M LIVING

Samus in what appears to be her Metroid Suit doing a Rider Kick-like attack.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026

Mr. Virgil Ovid Hawkins himself.

Virgil Hawkins/Static, as depicted in the animated series Static Shock.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026

Sorry if you pick something I don't know too tough lol

Give me a franchise, and I'll tell you my favorite character.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 26/07/2026

One of the unfortunate things about being someone who is fond of metered system moves that jet you forward as an extension (HNK Boost, Drive Rush, etc). is that the way people react to Drive Rush makes you kinda go like this when your pet fighting game idea has a metered rush/dash/extender (1/4)

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 12/07/2026

watching @punchystream.bsky.social's video about the Rugrats PS1 games & I just had to stop and snip this to laugh my guts out about it b/c the idea that Phil and Lil are the Yun and Yang of a hypothetical Rugrats fighter & that Angelica would have the white girl/ojousama sweep is pure hilarity

A tier list joking about a hypothetical Rugrats fighting game, overlaid over a screenshot from the Rugrats in Paris videogame, taken from Punchy's Youtube video about the Rugrats PS1 games. At the top are Phil and Lil in S tier, captioned "twins always strongest". Angelica is in A tier, captioned "ojousama normals". Tommy is in B tier, captioned "ryu from streets". Chuckie is in C tier, captioned "puppet character". Kimi is in D tier, captioned "grappler for some reason".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026

Custom Robo Battle Revolution: C L E A R E D 16 episodes (Almost) all parts unlocked All Gold Trophies in The Grand Battle Peak gaming. New long game starts next Sunday 6 PM ET. Come join us on my Twitch channel then; I might be taking July 3rd off but we'll see, lol.

The entire cast of Custom Robo Battle Revolution on Gamecube, posing in a sepia-toned photograph with the caption "Thank You For Playing ..."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 18/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. (Hard mode: Mirage of Blaze and Vandread.)

Key art for the anime Samurai Deeper Kyo, featuring Demon Eyes Kyo and several key characters.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 14/06/2026

KNICKS IN FIVE IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 53 YEARS MAHVEL BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Official art of Sentinel from X-Men as depicted in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, in its "Mango Sentinel" palette of blue and yellowish-gold.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026

KNICKS IN FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

A Marvel Sentinel in the famous Knicks palette (blue and orange) from Marvel Versus Capcom, as depicted in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026

The way this meme just stays eternally relevant and people keep pulling a DW in the face of its sage advice.

Idris Elba sitting with his fingers steepled and looking thoughtful, with the caption "Learn to sit back and observe. Not everything needs a reaction."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 06/06/2026

EAST COAST PHILLY WHERE YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (Congrats to the Knicks)

Sentinel from Marvel vs. Capcom 2, in its infamous "Mango Sentinel" palette that colors it the same orange and blue of the New York Knicks.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 04/06/2026

no sound effects or spice yet, and some of the mechanics are still governed by the invisible hand of things i decided not to tell the player for the memes, but i figured out why the prediction line was busted (because I accidentally parented it to the invisible cannonball). #Godot #GameDev

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 03/06/2026

the level of concentration it is taking me to not overcomplicate this microgame is high, but we persevere the only thing i need to figure out is how to get this damn prediction line to work correctly but I'm getting there #Godot #GameDev

A game where a cannon is firing cannonballs at crates falling from the sky, transparent cannonballs serving as "prediction lines".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 24/04/2026

Need a separate one for 3D fighters so I might do that one later, and I may revise this one later, but this is pretty accurate to how i feel, I blame @kayin.moe for getting me to think about this. I will explain certain things if asked but I'm not budging on MK post MK9 or Injustice LOL

A cartesian graph split into 4 parts: appreciator is the top of the y axis, complainer is the bottom of the y axis, liker is the right of the x axis and hater is the left x axis.

Sean has organized various fighting games into these quadrants. SF6, Strive, and Under Night 2 are in the top right in "liker/appreciator" with various games such as Xrd, DNF Duel, AC+R, Persona 4 Ultimax, Chaos Code, and more in the top right.

Super Turbo, Bushido Blade, and SF4 are closer to the center in hater/appreciator.

3rd Strike, HFTF, AACC, and AH3 are in the upper part of liker/complainer.

MK (including MK9) and BBTAG are close to the center as hater/complainer, while MK-post MK9 and Injustice are in the hater/complainer quadrant.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026

Related to current game dev discourse, this is pretty much all I have to say on the subject since y'all know I'd yap for days otherwise. That, and to add that for Shootlanzer, all of our current temp voicework is my voice recordings exported from DarkAudacity lmao.

A snippet of a Discord conversation which says "undertale is one of the most commercially successful games of all time and it has no voice acting at all

literal skill issue at this point idc"

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026

so for anyone who wants to know how Custom Robo Battle Revolution treated us on stream tonight, a saga in three parts This game is way too real for a haha hee hee robot battler lmaoooooooooooooooo

Harry, one of the main characters of Custom Robo Battle Revolution, yelling at a pair of cops (one of whom is his sister), saying "You're not looking after *the people who need you!*" "The people who need you is inflated in big red letters.

Paulie, a cop in Custom Robo Battle Revolution, facing down the protagonist across a holosseum before a battle. He says, "Insurance didn't cover any of my bills, so I'm trying to make some scratch on the side, OK?"

Paulie, a cop in Custom Robo Battle Revolution, facing down the protagonist across a holosseum before a battle. He says, "I'm gonna do better this time. This time, I'm in it for the MONEY!"

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 19/03/2026

This is how I have it phrased in my community Discord, and no one has argued about it, for which I am immensely grateful. I phrase it more formally here because that's kind of how my brain goes when writing rules but it captures the spirit of it. (2/2)

The moderation team reserves the right to remove or ban individuals who demonstrate that they are a poor fit for the community space, separate from whether or not they have broken any rules. This can include antagonism toward other community members, disregard for community norms, or generally creating an unwelcoming atmosphere, whether that is outside of the community space (i.e, here or the stream chat) or not.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 16/03/2026

A few things. 1) I don't actually mind a Discord fighter if I have enough people to play with, and Xrd is one I'd play gladly. 2) I already have Strive back on my shortlist once Jam is released with Strive 2.0. 3) Related to both of the above, see the image below. Thank you for understanding.

A post where I talk about my frustration with the Saudi government acquiring more of a stake in Capcom, with a particular point circled: "No suggestions for games right now, I'm just venting".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 03/03/2026

Last repost related: oh hey I dropped these, whoops these also go double for Black and brown people, I don't make the rules

A Pokopia-themed image that says "trans rights are human rights" in the Pokopia font

A Pokopia-themed image that says "reproductive rights are human rights" in the Pokopia font

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 25/02/2026

Everyone shuffle your music library and post what the first song to pop up is. I want to be introduced to some new music.

The Tekken 7: Soundtrack Plus displayed in an iTunes library, indicating that the song being played is Moonsiders 2nd.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 12/02/2026

It's funny because recently I was talking with students about three major ways to avoid scope creep in your games, and guess which one is relevant here. I know that in this context Sobel isn't talking about scope creep but it still applies IMO. (1/2)

A snippet from a set of slides that says "Get playtesting done fast - External playtesting especially: if you play it too much yourself you lose your objectivity".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 12/02/2026

presented without comment if, however, you think you understand my meaning (and weren't there for the context of this conversation) feel free to discuss in the replies lmao

A post from a Twitch chat where I am saying "Similarly, if Hideo Kojima is evil Mario and Goichi Suda is good Wario, Yoko Taro is Waluigi".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026

$50K SMAAAAAAAAAASH LET'S GO @blackinaflash.bsky.social LET'S RACE FORWARD WE SAY RUN BLACK JOY FOREVER

The money tracker for the Black to Black speedrunning charity fundraiser, showing that they've raised $50,202 for Race Forward.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 06/02/2026

I feel like it says a lot about even how this is internally considered nowadays that Godot, when listing controller inputs in its project settings where you set input mappings, follows diamond convention *AND* leads with its respective position as a face button, not anything else.

An input from the Godot game engine, described as "Joypad Button 3 (Top Action, Sony Triangle, Xbox Y, Nintendo X) - All Devices"

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 28/01/2026

Hey, it's time for my favorite image to describe my feelings about Eric Adams again. We'll see how Mamdani tries to close the gap, but anyone from Adams's camp saying "no, it's not Adams' fault" is a goddamn liar because Adams is more crooked than a line drawn during an earthquake.

Auntie Maya of the webcomic Kill Six Billion Demons, fiddling with her beaded necklace, as she says, regarding a specific character, "God will never forgive me for the hate I feel for that man. There is no word to express it."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 13/01/2026

you know, auntie maya of kill six billion demons can describe how i feel about this and about eric adams a lot better than if I just paraphrased her, so I'm just gonna drop this off here like i know adams' antics are so brazen as to make you laugh, but he is a terrible person. (1/2)

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 20/12/2025

made it to 46% on the rent drive today & got master rank viper i think i'm probably not going to keep maintaining her--there's a wall i'm not feeling the urge to break through--but i'm glad i saw this through. big thanks, everyone. see ya sunday for dread www.twitch.tv/sjhdoesgames...

The results screen after a fight in Street Fighter 6, showing a fresh master rank for C. Viper for SJHDoesGames (me).

The notification screen Street Fighter 6, showing that "Master Rate" (master rank) for C. Viper was added on December 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 19/12/2025

Here's the concept as a GIF. And this is why @munitygames.bsky.social values being human-centered, human-driven communication and concept planning. Planned and did this in an afternoon. No need to use slop machines or waste water. Just MSPaint, Discord, and a bit of back and forth over text. (2/2)

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 19/12/2025

literally had this conversation with @ludodraconisvt.bsky.social while working out feedback we got on Shootlanzer's how to play screen. In order, her interpretation of the feedback, my plan for how to animate it, her final suggestion, & the current WIP (see next post for animated GIF). (1/2)

A quick MS Paint sketch with three arcade buttons laid out: shoot and bomb up top, and dodge on the bottom left. a-two-headed arrow is drawn above Shoot and Bomb to connect them with the word "Ult" above it.

A quick MS Paint sketch in 4 panels with arcade buttons laid out: shoot and bomb up top, and dodge on the bottom left. The sketch describes a process where each button is animated getting pressed down for 3 seconds each, then the last animation is the shoot and bomb buttons being pressed together for 3 seconds before looping back to the first.

A 4-panel MS paint sketch with three arcade buttons laid out in each panel: shoot and bomb up top, and dodge on the bottom left. The panels are labeled, from left to right, "Shoot", "Dodge", "Bomb", "Ult". The suggestion of the sketch is to animate each of the buttons separately in each panel.

A 4-panel display in the game Shootlanzer, with three arcade buttons laid out in each panel: shoot and bomb up top, and dodge on the bottom left. The panels are labeled, from left to right, "Shoot", "Dodge", "Bomb", "Ult". Each panel has an image of Leona, Shootlanzer's main character, doing the corresponding action, except for Ultimate, where the text simply says "Trade powerups for ultimate power".

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025

i look at the concept artboards that the other members of the team come up with and i see real photos, sprites from other games, video research--all a bunch of very deliberate, meticulous searching of specific insects and ideas. literally didn't need the slop machine. and look what we get. (4/4)

Leona Almeida, the main character of Shootlanzer, flying into stage 1 of Shootlanzer. She is wearing red and cyan armor patterned after an orchid mantis; the rest of the screen displays various info about Leona.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025

so, last thing i have to say about this whole larian thing for now, with a story about @munitygames.bsky.social and Shootlanzer. the armor of our main character, leona (concept art by @solarisyuna.bsky.social), is themed and patterned after (iirc) an orchid mantis. (1/4)

Leona Almeida, the main character of Shootlanzer, on an abstract background vaguely resembling a forest. She is wearing red and cyan armor patterned after an orchid mantis.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 16/12/2025

Like look at this MMZ3 concept art for Zero's Recoil Rod. No machine could've come up with this shit. *People* had to think about how you turn the sword grip Zero uses for his Z-Saber into a tonfa/melee weapon grip. Embarrassing for a studio at the head of this industry to miss this point. (4/5)

Concept art for Zero's Recoil Rod in MMZ3, a weapon that uses his Z-Saber to make a tonfa grip. There are several other designs included for it, including a wrist-mounted one or a physical knuckle with emitters on it. The design notes are written in Japanese but detail various aspects of each design.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 16/12/2025

So, I missed this because I rarely check YouTube comments on my stream VODs to begin with--the channel just exists so I have somewhere to keep records of my streams and other stuff--but someone actually posted this on a video and I had a laugh before I nuked the comment. (1/2)

Some dipshit leaving a comment on my video saying "Bro just play games for yourselves... Nobody watching anyway.."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 13/12/2025

If you feel as if other RPGs aren't "mature enough" or "deep enough" like E33 is--OK. Some aren't. But not everything that looks "shallow" is as shallow as it looks, and if you make that assumption off looks alone, who's really the shallow one? (4/9)

A man points at an abstract painting in one panel, and asks, mockingly "Ha ha, what does this represent?" In next panel, the painting points back at him and says "WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?" startling him.

Below the panels, the man lies knocked out, with the text, "An abstract painting will react to you if you react to it. You get from it what you bring to it. It will meet you half way but no further. It is alive if you are. It represents something and so do you. YOU, SIR, ARE A SPACE, TOO."

Source: The comic How to Look at Art drawn by Ad Reinhardt, in Arts & Architecture, January 1947.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 10/11/2025

I admit I don't know what precisely to say to people who are feeling as disappointed as I am here in the United States right now, but... I keep thinking about this quote from Kamen Rider OOO. The main character Eiji Hino said it. (1/3)

A quote from Eiji Hino of Kamen Rider OOO: "If there is a hand reaching for help, and I don't reach out my hand when I can, the regret would make me wish I were dead... I reach out my hand, because I don't want that."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 02/11/2025

Here are the incentives and milestones for what we're up to. If you can't support me directly, please pass the links along. I know this is a big ask and times are tight, but this is important to me. Again, you can donate to support at ko-fi.co/sjhdoesgames. See y'all on stream.

A description of the winter rent drive that I'm doing for the rest of 2025. milestones listed include unlocking game streams of tales of vesperia definitive edition, metroid dread, smt nocturne, and shadow hearts 1 at the milestones of $250, $1000, $2000, and $4000 respectively.

incentives include paying $5 for googly eyes to go on my forehead, $10 for a set of ten pushups, situps, or squats, and $20 for switching the green screen I have.

you can watch the stream at twitch.tv/sjhdoesgames or donate at ko-fi.com/sjhdoesgames.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 15/09/2025

*finishes curbstomping the person whose secret mission gives me that second item.* IT'S MINE. DO YOU HEAR ME? MINE YOU ARE NOT KEEPING A SECOND FAERIE RING FROM ME YOU BASTARD, I WAS PREPARED TO GO ALL NIGHT CLEANUP TO GET THIS FROM YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Part of the results screen of a boss fight in Tales of Vesperia, displaying that I got a Faerie Ring from the secret objective in that fight.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 06/09/2025

LET'S FUCKING GO PRES!!!!! COME ON!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 05/09/2025

I just want to thank the Gauge Gang (my stream community) for their unending support, their care, and their constant memes and compliments for making me feel empowered enough to try this. Elena is the second character I've ever Master ranked in SF6. We'll see who may be next. (1/2)

Elena, from Street Fighter 6, in the middle of her winpose behind a graphic that indicates that I just got Master rank with her as a character.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 25/08/2025

Putting alt text on this one since it crossed my skyline without it. But at my old job I coined "challenge resilience" to describe this same phenomenon. You have to build up the grit in you to take the setbacks, and the wisdom to know when to take breaks. (1/4)

Deactivated Tumblr user eldritchdilf says: Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw out the "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 08/08/2025

While this talks about abstract art, Ad Reinhardt pretty much nailed the whole shebang here. Sure, you don't have to get *that* deep with everything you experience, but sometimes it helps to introspect and examine things too. (3/3)

Ad Reinhardt's comic How to Look at Art, from Arts & Architecture; it features a man pointing at an abstract painting and laughing at it, saying "Ha ha, what does this represent?" followed by the painting pointing back at him and saying "What do you represent?" and scaring him.

The text below says, "An abstract painting will react to you if you react to it. You get from it what you bring to it. It will meet you half way but no further. It is alive if you are. It represents something and so do you. YOU, SIR, ARE A SPACE, TOO." The man lies down, knocked out, under the caption.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 01/08/2025

Yeah, sure, let's get some more non griping about slop tech onto the skyline.

A graphic that says "learn about my vgm tastes! one like, one answer" with different criteria to match each like.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 25/07/2025

Ground rules: - If you pick a game I haven't played I'm going to have to hit you with the "Haven't played it" and move forward from there - One game per person per day - If you recommend me anything hateful/bigoted/etc you're catching a block That's pretty much it. Go to

Tell me a video game name and I'm going to tell you my honest opinion about

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 12/07/2025

As a Kamen Rider fiend, I too will also strongly recommend watching Kamen Rider. Even the ones people say are "bad" still manage to capture the spirit of KR in some aspect or another. Remember: even if there is no God or Buddha, there is Kamen Rider.

A man cradles a crying woman, and says the following lines:

"Hey... won't you believe in him? That.... even if there is no God or Buddha... there is Kamen Rider."

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 27/06/2025

I know I technically did this already with Lost Kingdoms earlier, but in the spirit of more positive posting than last time, ROBOPON 2 FOR ME BAYBEE The first Robopon was trying a little too hard to be Pokemon-like; the second game is much more unique and is one of my favorite obscure RPGs.

The cover art of Robopon 2 Ring Version, featuring the main Robopon, Sun-02.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 27/06/2025

Post weird games that you love Aside from the quoted kickpunch RPG, I am also fond of this funny card action RPG that preceded Fromsoft's current reputation, and I would like to play the second one on stream sometime.

The cover art for Lost Kingdoms, depicting Princess Katia, a dragon, a skeleton and another monster.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 25/06/2025

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO THIS

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 25/06/2025

GETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNKED ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN LET'S GO NEW YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORK

Michael Jordan doing a huge celebratory jump after his legendary buzzer beater shot during the 1989 NBA Playoffs.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 24/06/2025

OK so here's why this excites me

The first volume of the Clock Striker manga from the Saturday AM imprint, created by Issaka Galadima and Frederick L. Jones. It features Cast, a young black woman who is the main character, and her mentor Philomena Clock.

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Sean H. @sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app · 28/04/2025

while i cannot share what the specific good news is, i can express how i currently feel with this image, specifically because of the long-held rumor that Sean's jump winpose in Street Fighter III is based on this moment brb crying my fucking eyes out because god damn i've been praying for this

Michael Jordan in the middle of his celebratory jump after The Shot, the legendary buzzer beater that won the 1989 NBA First Round Eastern Conference Playoffs for the Chicago Bulls against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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