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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1h

late night bump for the rec thread, which has over 50 recs in it now! dig in!

Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1h

unlockable isao ota side-mission in patlabor game which is a sort of Desert Bus-esque experience where you have to constantly maintain just enough control over ota's trigger finger/Id and go an entire real time three hour public appearance in a labor WITHOUT ever pulling out the labor's gun

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1h

patlabor game mission where the giant flashing green arrow is directing you towards your next objective which is chief goto telling you quit screwing around and to just get delivery or drive to the restaurant in a car like a normal person instead of finding an excuse to take a labor out

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1h

i still need to try that new Patlabor game but am still miffed that it is not some kind of visual novel/simulator combo that is more about budget management and sitcom shenanigans than ever actually firing a gun once, as is the true Patlabor spirit

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🐊 @kyssimmee.com · 24/09/2026

here's a couple more darkseed 2 drawings from 2021

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 2h

yeah iirc it was because the actual jamaican restaurant with the same name was getting pretty insistent on it

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 2h

25 years of nobody coming to this guy's Winter Solstice party with the Matrix

a panel from Leisure Town's "Nobody came to my Winter Solstice party" featuring a bendy toy man furiously typing at a computer, interposed with a forum post saying:

"Yes, hello. Good evening. I would please like to know why nobody bothered to show up for my Winter Solstice party.

I know WS doesn't officially kick off for another three weeks, possibly four - but I-"

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 2h

fucking me up knowing that this one is pulling all the way back from Leisure Town specifically

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 3h

yes, your kids can learn how muzzy is expressing his disgust for them in french with these simple to use educational tapes

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 3h

something about amelia bedelia makes this funnier to me than it would with other g-rated characters. babar? not so much as a smirk. amelia bedelia? grinning for days.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 3h

just saying "amelia bedelia is back, and she's PISSED" to myself over and over in a bad don lafontaine impression

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Z. Bill @zbill.itch.io · 06/10/2026

I really appreciate that you keep recommending my odd mummy game! I released a follow-up (? - well equally as weird I think!) several weeks back called Encroacher: Snakes. It's about Apes and Snakes on Mars. On sale for the very first time 20% off! store.steampowered.com/app/3781530/...

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Save 20% on Encroacher: Snakes on Steam

A snake-tossing cryptic adventure. Visuals that remind you of schooltime spent in computer lab. The snakes will not tolerate failure.

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follyn @follyn.bsky.social · 7h

all my homies love Garage: Bad Dream Adventure

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

alright, gonna pause there! more recs to come all the way up to the final day of the steam sale! hope you found something new or old to love! enjoy video games!

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

HYPERBEAT ($10.49) - a rhythmically told story. chase your peak as a Knight in the Wellspring, climbing to the very top so you can get... so you can get... ...well. everybody wants something different. sometimes you don't know you wanted something else. store.steampowered.com/app/2263360/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

"colin, just one great picross game isn't enough, i need more!" howzabout Squeakross: Home Squeak Home ($11.24)? this adorable title rewards you with new ways to decorate your mouse buddy's home, like Animal Crossing Home Design meets Picross. store.steampowered.com/app/2871440/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Khimera: Puzzle Island ($2.49) - the best picross game you've never played, at a dirt cheap price. also has a great, funky soundtrack that has big Sonic CD vibes. ...it's just great picross! you'll know if this is your kind of game! store.steampowered.com/app/1217830/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Pyre ($3.99) - still my fave Supergiant game to this day. narrative driven magic infused NBA Jam that even comes with its own talking Air Bud as part of your team. have your exiles complete rituals so that they can earn the right to return to civilization. store.steampowered.com/app/462770/P...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Hypnospace Outlaw ($4.99) - my 2019 GOTY, a hilarious and heartbreaking story of internet past. in an AU 1999, you're a mod for an internet that can only be accessed in your sleep. handle flame wars and copyright infringement in this bittersweet net sim. store.steampowered.com/app/844590/H...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia ($5.99) - fans of Touhou, classic SMT, or if you just love dungeon crawlers period? grab this! use a smartphone and your danmaku skills to successfully battle the roaming clones of the denizens of Gensokyo. store.steampowered.com/app/2248430/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Card Shark ($3.99) - in 18th century france, you're looking to make your ways up the halls of power. and your method? winning at card games. do you do this by being GOOD at cards? heavens, no! nothing so CRUDE. you do it by learning how to cheat. store.steampowered.com/app/1371720/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

FixFox ($2.99) - this cute as a button adventure is perfect for parents looking for something to play with their kids. explore and repair things in a future where dealing with climate change means everyone becomes a furry. zero combat, big worlds, lotsa charm. store.steampowered.com/app/1696220/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

30 Birds ($8.99) - in this gorgeous offbeat mystery adventure inspired by persian art, you'll wander through worlds made of rotating lanterns as you try to rescue the goddess Simurgh. solve puzzles, make music, and most of all? meet some birds. store.steampowered.com/app/1708770/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Skin Deep ($11.99) - an immersive FPS, where 'immersive' goes as far as 'sneezing can alert guards'. you're a starship's 'insurance policy', and your means of protecting it against pirates is endlessly inventive slapstick. a great comedy stealth sandbox. store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

"colin, what is Garage: Bad Dream Adventure ($14.92) about?" ...you know what? that's a good question. in this strange, decaying world, become a machine among machines as you search for your own shadow. explore. talk. work. drink breast milk. escape. store.steampowered.com/app/1946430/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Metro Gravity ($8.44) - are you a Gravity Rush fan? do you, like me, agonize that we'll never get a 3rd game or PC port? well, this won't fix that, but this topsy turvy mix of rhythmic combat and platforming is a good time. Pseudoregalia fans should try this. store.steampowered.com/app/2986450/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

"okay but colin why did you wish us a happy karateka tuesday" well, cuz it's karateka tuesday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkG...

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karateka tuesday

YouTube video by ROBBYDUDE

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

The Making of Karateka ($5.99) - HAPPY KARATEKA TUESDAY EVERYONE! far more than a remaster or a remake, this is an incredible interactive, playable documentary. an incredibly thorough undertaking of one of the most influential games ever made. store.steampowered.com/app/1163060/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] ($11.24) - a remaster of a game that never actually existed. wildly stylish sci-fi platforming that follows in the footsteps of the original Prince of Persia and Flashback. deeply moody and has a killer soundtrack. store.steampowered.com/app/963450/T...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

Beast Breaker ($10.04) - described as a 'tactical ricochet RPG', here you take your enemies apart - quite literally - by launching yourself like a pinball, careening around the enemy's limbs and systematically carving it apart. underrated gem. store.steampowered.com/app/4011790/...

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 7h

hey hey, there's still a couple days left on the steam fall sale, what say we add more recs to the thread, huh?

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 10h

reading a very dumb comic about a 1980s businessman who keeps forrest gumping his way into investing in apple computers, the movie top gun, etc, but cell phones are ubiquitous and 21st century styled which is pretty funny. the past is simply collapsed into "old". a glimpse into future period pieces

an older nokia style cell phone from the 21st century

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

as with so many things, we're probably banking less on 'maybe leadership will finally change their mind and loosen up' and more 'maybe a whole bunch of seniority will finally die of old age by then'.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

again, it does not help that they are basically politically identical too. so anything one of them does you could also reasonably assume the other would too. good morally, hard for keeping track.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

IIRC it was by the South Park guys. sucked!

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

i mean Family Matters itself has a billion episodes that are basically light novels in and of themselves

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

man did not become an open borders radical like me, but he just simply did not abandon actually basic moral principles, which counted for a fucking lot when the party was going "man a border wall is actually AWESOME, it's just that trump is doing it WRONG"

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

they're not! hence, they're libs i have soft spots for, similar to van hollen and brad lander here. "liberals who actually mean it" kinda stuff. like julian castro has stayed in my mind because when the party went "we have GOT to 180 all our 2020 immigration stances" he went "what? no. that's awful"

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

astonishing how often "michael j. fox was pretty good in Spin City" and "man Spin City had a gay black guy as part of the main cast on network primetime TV all the way back in the 90s!" enters my mind when i haven't actually watched the show in years

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

brain: joaquin and julian castro are identical twin brothers in congress. joaquin was a campaign chair on julian's presidential campaign. me: correct. brain: in a slightly different universe, this is just the premise of a sitcom on NBC trying to compete with Spin City on ABC in the 90s. me: hm.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

what's funny is: he and julian castro are literally identical twin brothers, and are basically the same politically too. to the point that sometimes i've gotten their names mixed up, apologies to both of them on that.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 12h

also good to have in pocket for "you lefties with your damn unicorns-" shit. i'd be fine with joaquin castro as a compromise pick for high office. would you not?

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 13h

joaquin castro has remained one of the lib pols i have a soft spot for

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 13h

getting your head squished so hard you become ronald reagan

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

you already know (after some delay) what's up (steam sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on older, obscure, or just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't tend to need the help. with that said, onwards!

an edited version of the box art for the dreamcast survival horror game Blue Stinger. the face in the background has been replaced with a picture of my fursona (a pink kangaroo), and the title now says Spacetwinks Rec Thread. 'Sega Dreamcast' has been changed to say 'Online Kangaroo', 'Sega' was changed to say 'Dogs Bower', Activision is changed to say 'VideoGames', and 'Rated M for Mature' now says 'The Letter M', above the letter M.

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chess!! Hhalloween october @videochess.world · 30/09/2026

tfw it's music

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horse c. @horseonvhs.com · 05/10/2026

ultima six portrait

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

always glad to see you two doing well!

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