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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️

@svensational.bsky.social
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he/they. Former Community Manager and QA Tester for Blaseball, next ventures unknown. Wanna be renaissance man. Horror point-and-click adventure protagonist. Has approximate knowledge of many things. PFP by graciedarts on Twitter.

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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don't regret my time with it in the least! What it gets right, it gets scathingly right - the art and presentation is aces - but there's just not enough meat on this bone to recommend sight unseen and there's not enough depth to encourage me to come back again for a second round.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I played this with @ashenveingate.bsky.social and we both concluded the game needed a proper act 3 to tie all its little narrative threads together - the dramatic irony of knowingly playing into a terrible idea is a hard needle to thread at the best of times, let alone when you immediate end after.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Game finished: The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (Cloak and Dagger/Wadget Eye Games, 2022), 7.5/10 A fun and suspenseful point-and-click adventure game that is truly artistically polished but leaves you just unsatisfied enough to be frustrated. Still a fun, spooky time if you're in the mood.
The title card for "The Excavation of Hob's Barrow", by Cloak and Dagger Games, published via Wadget Eye Games. Released 2022.

The protagonist, Thomasina Bateman, is sitting in a train car, writing in a booklet with a lantern opposite her as she looks out over scenic English countryside. While she looks bored and stern, her reflection in the train's window is one of horrific awe. Far in the distance is the titular "Hob's Barrow", shedding an otherworldly purple-pink glow from its entrance.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Courage The Cowardly Dog S01E07a: King Ramses' Curse. Self-explanatory.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah you guys were a little critical but it was very much "these are minor quibbles" compared to the grand scheme of "this is really, really good". Serendipitously I just finished the demo myself and had a blast with it but I do think some of the small nitpicks you guys pointed out ARE pretty valid!
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⚧️Cinder (18+) @ashenveingate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our strongest moments are those where our glory can live side by side with our grief.
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🦁 FunkyLion 'Yuyake' 🦁 @funkylion.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Getting tired of untested vibecoded ports that are just buggy and because no experienced coders are around, they can't fix it? Never fear, as I have listed decomps and recomps done by actual people and it will continue expanding! If you know any, lemme know!
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working. I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 30/09/2026
When we talk about what we've lost in the gutting of the media, it's this. Allowing Matthew Ball to "tutor" you is just getting fed company propaganda that you're expected to parrot. This is so gross in every regard.
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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 30/09/2026
That wasn't "tutoring." It was access re the company's stance and how it was ensuring its independence. They emphasized rank & file employees as a source of strength. 1) LOL. It sure ain't that Ubisoft anymore. 2) I asked HARD questions. I knew the story. I was getting untold perspective from them
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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham! @futterish.fsquared.biz · 30/09/2026
"Tutored" What are we doing here?? This is why we need a vibrant, empowered press. The only thing I can liken this to was Ubisoft requesting a meeting with me to have an E3 convo with a non-forward facing financial exec during the Vivendi hostile takeover attempt.
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Kuro "Leigh" Ronin @kuroronin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Noel [from GigaBoots] 🏳️‍⚧️ @gigaboots.com · 21/09/2026
GB's 16th Anniversary! THE X6 vs DMC2 Race Begins!!!
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Jace Pento @jace-pento.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy 16th Gigaversary! Thank you @gigaboots.com and @gigabob.bsky.social for another great year!
A collage of memorable moments and characters from the past year of Gigaboots streams.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
my static broke and eventually disbanded on Abyssos, that 10% is FELT
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yeah, exactly that. If IGN is giving you a -6- something has gone seriously wrong.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Major game review publishers giving Wolverine - a highly marketed AAA action game - 6s and 7s is the closest equivalent to them spamming the LowTierGod meme in Sony's general direction
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ehehehe! I'm not a hint sorry.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Euuuugh
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vic-or-squeak!! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ @gizmouse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
made this edit in a fit of rage
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good morning!
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Damn, that's a good point. Well-reasoned.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Can't believe you would truncate the First Gundam > Zeta watch order like that. Everyone knows the intended experience is First Gundam > Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope > Heavy Metal L-Gaim > Zeta (also branches to Five Star Stories)
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Gods I love this woman so much
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you made it Rising Thunder-level complex but had a launch roster of 30+ 2XKO would still be alive and probably releasing characters faster than any other fighting game on the market which would give it a huge niche compared to the current mainstays
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is actually something I have been banging the pots about in my own social circles - 2XKO's roster was so tiny because the game was too complex for its own good.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This makes the guy who did the same thing to Power Girl look almost reasonable, cripes
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Yeah I agree with that assessment entirely.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yeah like I don't deny in 4 and Reverie he immediately hits escape velocity. But I can't think of a time during any of the Cold Steel games where mid to late didn't end up turning into "and then Rean solves the entire combat immediately, the end"
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I might be insane and I haven't dug into the second or third game yet but I feel like the bonuses you get from proper quartz setups aren't as interesting, and the combos you can build thus don't feel as outright psychotic as building 120% dodge Fie/Kurt or Apocalypse God-Rean, but that's just vibes
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Being fair this could describe Rean in every Cold Steel game with maybe the exception of 2 where he stunlocks the boss in the infinite delay tsukiyomi instead
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Significantly.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you enjoy fanfic, perhaps you'd enjoy @ashenveingate.bsky.social 's remix of Pathfinder's Wrath of the Righteous? It's really good! She's woven already a lot of delectable tension around some very fun characters (one of which I played)! NSFW Warning. archiveofourown.org/works/582915...
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Under the Tapestry of Night: A Wrath of the Righteous Reimagining - Chapter 1 - Ashenvein_Gate - Pathfinder (Roleplaying Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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⚧️Cinder (18+) @ashenveingate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There!!! After over a *year* trying to get my feet under me to rewrite this chapter and chuck it out there, it's finally finished! Battle rages, a hero falls, companions are pushed to their breaking points, and a terrible foe finds his new obsession. #writing #nsfw #pathfinder #transwriter
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Under the Tapestry of Night: A Wrath of the Righteous Adaptation - Chapter 6 - Ashenvein_Gate - Pathfinder (Roleplaying Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Cut off their limbs." Who says Halloween can't come early? I got my costume ready! #ffxiv #gpose
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Noel [from GigaBoots] 🏳️‍⚧️ @gigaboots.com · 03/08/2026
Today marks the beginning of Gamers Go to the Movies' journey through the "They have no idea what to do with the RE film franchise and will make you aware of that in the opening of every movie from here on out" arc. ENJOY! Gamers Go to the Movies #25: Resident Evil Extinction youtu.be/4DkuEhgcP0o
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⚧️Cinder (18+) @ashenveingate.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Today's Ashley! Got my first proper date with @svensational.bsky.social now that we're formally girlfriend & boyfriend--gonna drag the boy through Doom 3!~
A shoulders-up photo of Ashley, dark brown hair pinned back by a hair ribbon with a big lock flung forward over each ear, and a necklace of stainless steel platelets. She sports a short-sleeved black dress and a full suite of black makeup--shadow, liner, and lipstick--on a corpse-glow foundation
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Get Equipped With @getequipped.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
get equipped with strength rest
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Dr. Aggro @draggro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 16/01/2025
Sony in 2020: We're making 12 service games canceled canceled canceled canceled canceled helldivers 2 canceled canceled concord canceled canceled fairgames$
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Code 🎮🐾 Retro & Indie Catgirl Vtuber @codechannel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This has been my go-to controller for the last like 5months and it's been an absolute banger -- I'd highly recommend it for anyone gaming on a budget like me, or anyone who's got that grip™ that turns controllers into dust every 10-12mos (like me) 🫠💦 Everything you need for a great retro controller.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm not wholly convinced that even by being the most anticipated game of all time that 80 dollars won't neuter its tail stone dead, but I guess we'll see!
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Cat I have great/terrible news
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/06/2026
During big moments I like to try and give myself some scale. Anyway five years ago I had 1847 subscribers and today I have 105,193 subscribers. I was told nobody would read long form and that I could not do this without legacy media experience a hundred times. Never stop posting
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Substack’s mobile experience sucks so getting exactly a year was a pain in the ass. It was likely lower! Probably like 1500• Members
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Crocodine the OG and the best to ever do it
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Crocodine: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
ALT: Crocodine: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Hm, is this source telling me that the multiversal omnicide I prevented was actually the GOOD version of the multiversal omnicide I can't POSSIBLY prevent biased in any way? Nah, that couldn't be it! Genre conceits? Story hooks? What are those?"
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Well I've managed to catch up on patch 7.5 MSQ and it was a close competition but I would like to congratulate the Final Fantasy XIV community on being the least literate fandom
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Ultimate Pullahoko @pullahoko.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is what every game developer sounds like right now.
A chef insisting that his cake made with diarrhea is perfectly fine to consume.
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Sven "Notes" Michel |🎵🗒️ @svensational.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING! THE DISEASE IS INSIDE YOU!
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