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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"habaneros aren't spicy" is a lie that's being perpetuated by Big Hot Sauce but now my eyes are open to the truth

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aLec robBins @alecrobbins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

looked up mine and this is killing me lmao

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You should recognize your faults but what matters more is the answer to "what are you going to do about it" "nothing" is a valid response (it's okay to not be good at everything!) but so, keep it at nothing. Going even further and whining about it doesn't foster growth and just brings down the mood

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This also applies when trying to describe yourself. It's important to be self critical but being kind to yourself is even more important

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nepo baby CC is real cute #Immergination

A bust up picture of Cecilia Immergreen of Hololive Justice in her new casual outfit, back-lit by the sun, looking down at the viewer with an eyebrow raised.

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh so that's what making the numbers go up feels like again I promised myself I would not draw for the funny internet serotonin numbers but it's a little cathartic finally seeing something I drew start to spread

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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Game Dev: I think AI is the future if we let it be the future. Which is why we need to reject it outright. Please don't take my words out of context and make it sound like I said "I think AI is the future." Game news headlines: Game Dev Says "I think COOLSVILLE SUCKS!!"

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nda🔞 @ndasfw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

THE BURNINATOR

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In an alternate universe where Advance Wars was the Intelligent Systems cultural phenomenon instead of Fire Emblem:

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Super Mario 64 DS Hidden Stars @sm64dsstars.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Find the 7 Red Coins That Aren't Hidden Behind the Evil Sentient Piano, Bowser's a Sick Fuck for That One

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flyin' friend jaq @flyinfriend.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cant believe i havent seen this one tet

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

Seriously, go play Jet Lancer, Copy Kitty, Astlibra, Fantasy Maiden Wars, Radiant Silvergun, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, Fight 'n Rage, Freedom Planet, Infinifactory and Labyrinth of Galleria. Ten of the most videogame-ass videogames I have ever games video'ly with.

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Waffle @plourples.com · 07/08/2026

First you draw a circle, First you draw a circle, First you draw a circle,

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I watched the Jungle Book a lot as a kid but always stopped right as it hit the Shere Khan scene

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I just say that I'm an 09er and remember when it was used as an insult and see it as a badge of honor now

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Slashback @slashback.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Its official. Slashback Vol.5 [Hybrid Theory] will take place April 10-11, 2027 at @guildhouse.bsky.social in San Jose, CA. Registration dates, game lineup, forms, and more - coming soon. #Slashback2027

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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 04/10/2026

NEW! We’ve got Beep Runner designed by Fitas Artwork and Offshore Account designed by @terrymakesstuff.com both #dailytees available for 24 hours only at www.theyetee.com

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Besto Game Team | FoxTales out now! 🌽 @bestogames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

FoxTales is OUT NOW! Play at: masterjonald.itch.io/foxtales Happy Birthday, Shirakami Fubuki! 🦊🌽 #絵フブキ #hololive

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🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫ @vegetablegremlin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the human capacity of art genuinely brings me to tears. im not even kidding. im crying right now

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Tool-Assisted Speedrun clips @tasnocontext.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Game: Super Metroid (1994, SNES) TAS Author: JXQ Source: tasvideos.org/817M

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Ben Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When witches are cackling and telling you “Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” take a step back. Breathe. Those are normal things for fire and cauldrons to do. They’re trying to mess with you.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

dudes with attitude, title screen, nes (1990) www.mobygames.com/game/33166/d...

dudes with attitude are balls, wearing shades, grinning, bouncing across a blue landscape. a kinda evil looking ball is looming in the background, wearing an eye patch.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door includes its own fictional language that is a cipher for English. Amusingly, the misspelled "Game Cuve" graffiti from the original version is translated into the new language... but still reads "Game Cuve" when deciphered.

The Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains an in-universe language used for signs and labels that is a cipher (i.e. a one-to-one symbol conversion) for English.
Textures that were in English or unreadable in the original (left) are translated into the cipher in the remake (right). The remake's poster reads "Wanted" and the signboard reads "Signboard".
A famously misspelled "Game Cuve" graffiti appears in Rogueport in the original.
In the remake, it can be seen through this arch from the back.
Analyzing it reveals that it is still misspelled! The designers deliberately kept the misspelling in the translation.
Here is the key to the cipher used.
Source: research/images by Mario Wiki users "LadySophie17" and "Reese Rivers", mariowiki.com/List_of_fictional_languages

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Action Shakespeare 🐙🤤 @thatgalinthehat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Environmental storytelling at the elementary school

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah i definitely missed playing Xrd lol

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

screw it i had fun with it last weekend

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Goomber Definitely a bit more of an older styled one because of how it got constructed but it still checks out

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ColorBrews @colorbrews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy Anni Dragalia Lost. :> (Hope I'm not too late!) Botan in her second anni dress hands you a balloon :D (which may or may not have personal meaning.) #ドラガリ

Botan from Dragalia Lost. She is wearing her second anni dress, in the sunlight. Holding balloons in her hand and handing a pink one to the viewer

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SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

should you use english or japanese titles for anime www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_nf...

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should you use english or japanese titles for anime

YouTube video by ProZD

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NightmareSnake🐍 @nightmaresnake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Real shit Pikachu, thank you.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Still one of the greatest contributions that homestar runner ever made to culture at large is this image

The good graphics!!!! Still from homestar runner

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A pro-union game journalist would be explaining the history of Japanese labor unions & strikes to readers. Telling them this is why no one at Nintendo can be easily fired. Instead we get this limp dick "I wish Iwata saved us all 😭" demobilizing nonsense

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

These things really bother me because games journalists are always saying they're pro-union. Well, Japan's game industry doesn't has mass layoffs because of the work of labor unions! Of strikes! But here we are, rewriting that history into "Japanese CEOs are nicer". Kill the neoliberal inside you.

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Felipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Real talk, why half of the remaining games media is in Japan this week but no one can ever find a Japanese dev, consultant, journo or researcher to talk about Japan? Especially when we then get these experts who ignore the well-know fact that Japan has laws which make firing people extremely hard.

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Also don't forget "todo: placeholder"

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Alternatively, you can choose your puyo theme between rpg fantasy, Kirby, westernized sonic the hedgehog cartoon, or Timon and Pumbaa (unlicensed (the game not the characters))

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

truly tickled by this recommendation for “things that feel like elden ring”

Looking for books, worlds with expansive lore, dark but also immensely beautiful gothic vibes. Deeply sad/ melancholic undertones and wildly bizarre and exciting creatures and aesthetics
There's something incredibly beautiful and romantic, but deeply unsettling about the entirety of the Elden Ring universe and I would love to read something like that
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Ima be 100 percent Honest. The Old Testament bro

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A random interaction I had that turned out to be super wholesome was finding out the guy I was talking to for like 15 mins was close friends with the fiance of one of my close friends and I guarantee that would not have happened if I had a phone to stare at

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RyyBOOdo @ryyudo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The lack of cellphone/internet connectivity is a feature and secretly is the strongest point of the event. Folks couldn't just retreat to their own world. That made folks more aware of others around them. Folks would jump into conversations because they overheard something. Or saw a cool shirt.

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lete lyre@C108乙 @letelyre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

『転生したらSpiders Georgになって蜘蛛1万匹を食うチートスキルでなんと平均をめちゃくちゃにした件』

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deck.blue @deck.blue · 26/09/2026

quick reminder to commission real artists over here instead of generating ugly stuff

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Line @linesonwhite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Something deep inside me told me I should draw Donkey Kong today.

A four panel comic titled "Hours, Bananas, Doors."
Donkey Kong awakens staring at himself in a mirror, then stares down at his hand as he notices a strange watch on his wrist.
Staring at his wrist, the watch turns out to be one of the numbered bracelets from 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors from the Zero Escape series. It's Junpei's bracelet. For some reason.
Peach then asks a confused Donkey Kong, "Donkey Kong? Have you ever heard of the Parallel Banana Theory?"

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These haven't changed since last time so I'm just gonna qrt it

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Matt @talkingchicken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally have signal again Cabinet in the Woods was great and you should totally go next year Mandatory internet detox and just good vibes and good games was so much fun

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