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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 10/10/2026

Sometimes the cheerful, bubbly ones just hit their limit. #Anime #YumeMita

Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 08/10/2026

Seiko Yoshioka (concept artist, layout designer, worldview illustrator) posted a bunch on twitter really highlighting some of the work the anime team did that expanded the world of the manga from sometimes rather generic fantasy design: x.com/seiko11/stat...

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 06/10/2026

The chemistry across the entire cast is such a big selling point of this show for me. That and how it avoids so many tedious anime romcom tropes in favor of characters actually communicating, etc. Gonna miss these kids. Poor Miyu never did figure out how to not smile weirdly in photos.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 27/09/2026

Finding dog toys and fighting vending machines. #ControlResonant #Gaming

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 26/09/2026

Counterpart was so good. Haven't seen River... the 6 episode BBC series? Might have to check that out.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 13/09/2026

It's not fair that we didn't get a Mari & Gon-chan slice-of-life side series or even a few webisodes or something! #Anime #SayonaraLara

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 12/09/2026

I remain pretty terrible at shmups, but am still enjoying slowly improving at the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (Touhou 6) remake. The Spell Practice mode where you can just keep trying against specific boss attack patterns is a favorite QoL feature. #EmbodimentOfScarletDevil #Gaming #Touhou #Shmup

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 09/09/2026

Happy Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Remake Day to all those who celebrate. Also Happy Cirno Day! store.steampowered.com/app/4659620/... #Gaming #EmbodimentOfScarletDevil #TouHou

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 08/09/2026

The first computer I encountered was a kit-built ZX80 clone, but the first computer I really used was this Commodore 64.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 07/09/2026

Loved this moment. (which I happened to save as patch-notes.mp4).

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 06/09/2026

Happiness is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on a 65" OLED TV. (SuperStation ONE / MiSTer FPGA PSX core) Just the soundtrack alone is soooo good.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 06/09/2026

The SuperStation One I ordered a while back turned up this week and it is a lovely device. Basically a single-board implementation of MiSTer FPGA with a nice enclosure in the style of the psone. $250. retroremake.co/pages/supers... #Gaming #RetroComputing #MiSTerFPGA

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 27/08/2026

Well at least some things have not changed on this timeline... #Gaming #SteinsGate0

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 23/08/2026

(An) Ending: Get! Though I'm not at all sure what choices brought me here. #Gaming #SteinsGate

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 23/08/2026

I'm enjoying Steins;Gate a bunch. The first 4 chapters are a bit of a slow build, but then chapter 5 escalates from somewhat ominous to very dark, and chapter 6 just puts the foot down on the accelerator (while also starting to pay off some longstanding threads/questions/character development).

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 22/08/2026

I think all my pigeon photos are of the weird tourist variety... Some Japanese Pigeons in Tokyo (Ueno Park) in 2002:

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 22/08/2026

Some more assorted STEINS;GATE (original VN) moments... #Gaming #SteinsGate

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 17/08/2026

Chatter about a soon-to-ship STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT reminded me that while I had seen (some of) the anime, I had never played the original VN, and it turns out that's on sale for $6 on Steam right now, and really, the character and background art for the original is delightful and just fine at 1080p...

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 11/08/2026

Okay, Hyper Light Drifter question... I've defeated the bosses in all the cardinal directions and unlocked this elevator back in the town... if I go down (up?) there, am I going into a point-of-no-return endgame situation (should I wrap up my above ground exploration, etc. first)? #HyperLightDrifter

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 08/08/2026

Playing some Hyper Light Drifter... Enjoying the scenic vistas, pictorial story-telling, mysterious artifacts, and buying thermal detonators from bird-person NPC vendors. #Gaming #HyperLightDrifter

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 07/08/2026

bsky's limitations (this time the post size limit) are once again preventing folks from experiencing the future of (emoji based) computing! oldbytes.space/@gloriouscow...

i have a new emoji program for you.
Save as MANDEL.COM. Should be 1092 bytes.
md5 should be 9ed65cc927b257b113a298dee37215cc

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 05/08/2026

Big Walk is a fascinating experience (from the Goose Game folks) that I just spend about two hours blundering around with some friends. Looking forward to more exploring and puzzling in the future. #Gaming #BigWalk

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 03/08/2026

The modern world is full of hazards for the unsuspecting mermaid joining the workforce. #Anime #SayonaraLara

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 02/08/2026

The job market is tough everywhere these days... #Anime #SayonaraLara

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 02/08/2026

It is the year of Linux on the Television (if you're sufficiently lucky with the waiting list). So far the GabeCube, er, Steam Machine, has been a pretty painless and enjoyable experience.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 29/07/2026

Game Changer has come so far across its eight seasons and multiple spin-offs, but this clip from S01E02 (the original Make Some Noise) is a nice reminder that it's always been funny. #DropoutTV #GameChanger #MakeSomeNoise

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 27/07/2026

Some bonus still frames of Suzuki being a delightful gremlin. #Anime #SeihantaiNaKimiToBoku #YouAndIArePolarOpposites

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 27/07/2026

Once things have gotten to the point where even Tani's figuring out what's going on, that's probably a sign that you should just start dating already... #Anime #SeihantaiNaKimiToBoku #YouAndIArePolarOpposites #Nishi #Yamada

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 26/07/2026

Sayonara Lara continues to be a delight and among other things explores the hazards of exposing your mermaid housemate to streaming television... #Anime #SayonaraLara

Shot of a flat panel TV showing a drama scene: boy, girl, and big fluffy poodle in a park, cherry trees blooming. The boy grips an IV stand tightly, says "I'm not able to love you!" through gritted teeth while the girl cries.

Mari and Lara sitting on a couch. Mari looking up from the book she's reading as Lara cries, tears streaming down her face, a box of tissues on the table in front of her.

Another scene from the TV drama. The boy is now in a coffin, filled with white flowers, still gripping the IV stand. The girl kneels next to the coffin, gripping the side of the it, crying. The Poodle stares blankly, tongue lolling.

Closeup of Mari looking at Lara over the top of her book, as Lara continues to cry and wipe her tears with a tissue.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 25/07/2026

This Star Trek ToS LEGO set is adorable. www.lego.com/en-us/produc... A friend pointed out that it has 1701 pieces, which is also adorable. #StarTrek #LEGO

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 10/07/2026

Also fun are extremely detailed and lovingly curated game/publisher specific resources like Dustloop: www.dustloop.com/w/GGST/Unika #Gaming #FightingGames

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 10/07/2026

The Fighting Game Glossary is a fascinating world of genre-specific jargon. I've never really interacted with fighting games beyond a few minutes of extremely casual (and ineffective) play here or there over the years, so this is all new to me and fun to explore. glossary.infil.net #FightingGames

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 09/07/2026

The Science Saru adaptation of Ghost in the Shell is off to a solid start. I'm liking the gremlin energy and fun facial expressions Kusanagi has (something earlier adaptations didn't carry over from the manga) and also these casual outfits (and the grain effect that evokes 90's cel-painted anime).

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 07/07/2026

Hacking on web frontend goop for a little project to organize media files. Sort of a cross between a personal image board and photo gallery. Finally wired up some fancier upload UX. This clip from before I added drag-and-drop support and removing items from the upload list as uploads complete.

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 29/06/2026

Committing some acts of hobbyist web app development...

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 25/06/2026

New Satisfactory (1.2) playthrough has now entered the start of the main phase of the game... Tier 3 goodies unlocked, existing production lines running on 210MW of biofuel power, about to set off in search of coal to upgrade to more robust power infrastructure and get steel production underway...

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 15/06/2026

introduce yourself with 4 games

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 15/06/2026

Taking a more modern variant of this test that explores the 6 personality types via (excellent) girls band anime!

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 11/06/2026

Dishonored 2 already passes by those rules, but I think it deserves bonus points for witches having tea on a chandelier. (I love all forms of environmental storytelling)

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Brian Swetland @swetland.frotz.net · 08/06/2026

I remember doodling with one of these flowchart templates when I was a kid (I think it was my mother's, from a COBOL course she took in college), and it never crossed my mind that IBM would have a whole *manual* about it, but of course they do. bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/gene... #ComputingHistory

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