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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 14h

I get that there’s a reason for it but the fact that you now have to download and install every game only for it to take another 30 minutes while it complies shaders feels like a microcosm of how games are getting worse

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t stop laughing

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I simply refuse to believe that the new gears of war, a notoriously over rated series, is as good as the reviews are saying it is. It has never once been true.

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芊 @alonemistrist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Leda / Olympia They always make me think of this meme #FireEmblem

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It must be October because I’m in bed early watching The Omen and the cats curled up nice and warm too

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve seen it but I’m afraid I don’t have time to discuss the incredibly bad centrist Eminem song. You see, I was just recently pulled out of the ocean and before I knew it was handed a dead, fake Ace Pilots call sign so my recently invaded company can win a war through PR

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s all well and good saying shit like this but in what universe had Geller done anything to actually meaningfully atone?

ResetEra post about Jacob Geller admitting to rape that reads:

“I'm deeply concerned about a society in which you have to keep carrying the burden of your past mistakes, in which you've never atoned enough, and in which everything is so polarized that you're either completely for someone or you completely "cancel" that person. Are people obligated to disclose all their past mistakes? Doesn't anyone have the right to a fresh start, a clean slate, no matter how serious past mistakes may have been? What a shame.”

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Jose @josendhelp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have you seen Werner Herzog watching and discussing skate clips? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLI...

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Discussing Skateboarding with Filmmaker Werner Herzog

YouTube video by jenkemmag

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

YouTube recently introduced me to a guy who spends thousands of dollars buying mud that is allegedly from a working gold claim. He buys this so he can go panning for gold from his own home. He is constantly being ripped off but the allure of “what if?” Is too strong. This to me is modern America

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is there like, a precedent or even just a reason for this guy to be going out on stage every 2 months and saying this same shit as if he were saying it for the first time? Like why is he constantly doing this?

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

RE: Jacob Geller I’ve seen a lot of people say that it’s wrong that this didn’t come from the victim themselves (many in good faith, others as a way of dismissing the allegations) and it’s very difficult to discuss but I feel like this mentality places an unfair burden of responsibility on victims

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh aye? ayatollah paid their bail did he?

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He’s got the same weird angles as a cybertruck

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Beefcake Dad @jeffsreturn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Googling Tony Blair Arms Deal to find out what the deal is with those arms

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yo @lasers.bsky.social I’ve been obsessively thinking about this all day and you’re literally the only person I know who won’t judge me for it youtu.be/F_vo-mNdgGE?is=cPEnHNRNg7j… It’s too much in too shot of a clip but I like that we’re getting dripped our grey representation

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The Pennsylvania Backyard Alien Case Gets Stranger

YouTube video by Quirk Zone

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You can tell how lonely a person is based upon how they talk about AI as if it’s sentient. Even the dream of it being sentient is indicative of a loneliness and isolation only ever explored in Herzog documentaries

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m pretty hooked on the new fire emblem but if you have minmax brain and can’t just let a game play out how it plays out you should probably give it a miss

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Call me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Faine, I cannot believe you left off Calvin’s quote that went with this portrait.

John Calvin’s noted prophecy concerning BlueSky. The elect shall know the glory of Alf's hog, and they shall find it in a place of eternally BlueSkies wherein they shall commune with the other elect

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s bad and troubling, though given our current system completely inevitable, that the rhetoric around benefits has shifted to going after pensions but I’d be lying if there wasn’t a small part of me that didn’t think it’s about time the people inflicting shit on others got a taste of the fear

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you buy that $400 GTA VI special edition that doesn’t include the game the state should have to step in and take over management of your finances. Also you should be taxed at 100%

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No way?! Right now!!? At a time that coincides with all these AI companies trying to drum up investor money and self-governed regulation?! What are the odds?

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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 22/09/2026

Theme Hospital, a patient with a huge fat bloated head (like the journalist) is about to be treated by a bored doctor

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Lilac @averagelilac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

YouTubers when hundreds of people lose their jobs

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“How come InExille aren’t being merged with Bethesda?” I see morons asking. Because once their extremely niche rpg that’s more expensive than any of their previous games and has at the last minute been made an Xbox exclusive bombs the studio is being completely shuttered. This is Asha’s design.

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Y’know, as difficult as this is to admit, the Catholic Church was probably, on average, correct about the layman’s inability to comprehend and interpret the gospel when left to their own devices.

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Trans Moleman, Street Estrogen Junkie @transmoleman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Shopping mall shooting spree thwarted because the dude had eighty guns on him and got overencumbered

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“I’ve abandoned my boy! I’ve abandoned my boy! Lol (Positive affirmation)” - Ed Sheeran’s Da

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I personally think it’s important to point out that Taylor Lorenz hasn’t suddenly rotted her brain or crashed out over criticism. She’s always been like this. She’s always been this mix of annoying and petulant.

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

He uses the money he saves on parking to buy shirts with patterns on them from Dan Flashes

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This person is completely insane and probably racist

Quote of the eurogamer article about Japanese studios having no layoffs because of smaller teams and lower exec pay that reads:

i wonder if that's why 90% of the games are basically identical mechanically and there are only a handful of studios producing anything of note

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The Haunting of Moose Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's especially funny considering how the RG are currently treating their courses like a sausage factory and cramming as many students in as they can which is also killing the rest of the sector

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If this £3k loss per student is true (it’s not) some authority needs to have a word with the people running these universities and ask them to explain what the fuck they’re doing with the millions they vaccum out of their students. They sure as shit ain’t paying their staff well

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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 18/09/2026

I forgot that not being annoying about your needs means nobody knows they exist! Just spent my final money on these guys' provisions: beef hearts, beets, Greek yogurt, eggs, and oat flakes! STILL AT -45/1250 FOR THE WEEKEND!!!

Two adorable dogs waiting for their special dinner.

Special dinner, meal prepped for the week, beef and beets frozen, eggs and yogurt in the fridge, oat flakes made fresh every day.

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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Speak a lil Chinese for ‘em, Tilly!

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Everyone hates Trubbish the trash bag pokemon but he’s still my favourite. He’s my best friend, he’s my pal. He’s my home-boy, my rotten soldier. He’s my sweet cheese, my good-time boyeh.

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Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is an incredibly funny headline but to be fair it’s Straley saying this and I can see him taking a more Oppenheimer “I am become death” type of stance. Not that Druckmann wouldn’t also say modern AAA games are boring, he just wouldn’t think it applies to him.

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