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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have now decided that Fortune’s Weave is one of the very good Fire Emblems, with my only real gripes being a softer difficulty and that there might be too much of it. Everything else about it is pretty great though, including one of the best Treehouse localisations in recent years.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mircosoft continues to be rubbish. I mean, Obsidian. Really?

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Super Space Invaders 91 is still awesome. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

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Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pneumatic Hammers / Amstrad CPC / Firebird / 1987

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That there Hori Arcade Classic Pro stick looking Very Desirable. So much so that I had to capitalise those words.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Again, the PC gaming collective really needs to talk up platforms other than Steam at this point.

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shmuplations.com @shmuplations.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Kicking off September with an eye-opening interview between Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoshi Tajiri from 1993! The conversation is mainly focused on the newly released Star Fox and Miyamoto's ideas about polygons, shooting games, and CD-ROM media. shmuplations.com/miyamotoxtaj...

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Shigeru Miyamoto x Satoshi Tajiri (1993) - shmuplations.com

This delightful interview between Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoshi Tajiri was originally featured in the 4/93 issue of Hippon Super.

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Harris Foster - Biddy Blas FAN ACCOUNT @harris.zone · 08/09/2026

what zelda will look like in 2026

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sneaking beneath the current Discourse to say that there realistic art style would be *great* for a creepy, dark fairytale-style MM remake. Less so an OoT one though.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Been watching various streams of folk playing The Big Walk and thinking to myself ‘I’d really like to play The Big Walk.’ Kind of need to rope someone in to join me though. Maybe in time!

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I can say that Apidya Special does indeed confirm that the original Apidya is, in fac,t one of those Amiga games that has aged well. It’s a generally good port/rebuild as well, as long as you understand that it pursues those ‘Amiga STG’ bells and whistles rather than the usual ‘arcade STG’ ones.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well that’s me put off the Dodonpachi Resurrection re-release then.

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You're a vertical shooter. Translating the entirety of the first Darius collection was a job that took me two days and cost Taito or whoever footed my bill like $500 back in the day. If you wanna save money, just don't hire generalist agencies where like half the fee is pure profit margins lol

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M.Knight @m-knight.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

DariusBurst - Thousand Knives #STG #shmup

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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 20/08/2026

[reading the preview writeup on duskbloods] oh so it's like kirby air ride city trial but for bloodborne ok cool

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

*pops head out of Bluesky outage* Vibe-coding continues to be a bad idea.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

*looks at random cool mech* I should get back into Mechwarrior 5 again.

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Cold_ @coldcomfort.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Huge fan of this Titanic Lance (from darius gaiden) model at Wonderfest. Long guy

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🃏 Clip 🃏 @clipthejester.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Once again finding myself thinking about this ad for the combination low-cost N64 devkit/VCD player/ROM loader, the Doctor V64, which may be the single greatest work of advertising known to man

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Following Sony’s refusal to preserve anything, I’ve decided to do something I should have done a long time ago and started poking around with game emulation to explore games that might otherwise be lost to history.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Id Software and Obsidian suffering layoffs as well? Bloody hell.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Would honestly be stunned if the PlayStation and Xbox brands weren’t smouldering heaps by the end of the decade.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Would honestly be stunned if the PlayStation and Xbox brands weren’t smouldering heaps by the end of the decade.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Again, I hope everyone that Microsoft has laid off and will lay off lands on their feet okay, and again, screw Microsoft.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

(Psst. Anybody who says the game industry isn’t in the midst of a crash right now is either a liar, daft or both. Wouldn’t be surprised if you knew that already though.)

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hoping as many people as possible land on their feet following this round of Bungie layoffs. They’re all tremendously talented people who deserve much better than the (historically at least) poor management there, as well as Sony’s current poor leadership. I’m sorry Jim Ryan happened to you all.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Looking like the PS5 will be my last Sony console if their AI plans are anything to go by. Ho hum.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Why would anyone even entertain the idea of an Xbox at this point.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The (almost) entirety of Destiny 2 is currently on a very significant discount now and, as the game is now essentially complete, this is the best time to grab it. And I do recommend you do so! At the price, its highs definitely outweigh its lows.

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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 11/06/2026

can we please take a moment to think of prototype whomp

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Kinda wish Sony took the money they threw at something like Until Dawn 2 and used it to make 5 smaller games. Just saying.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Had an exciting finish of Marathon’s first season with my first ever Compiler encounter and *almost* kill with two matchmade randoms. Cool fight, but I was dramatically betrayed by my crew when things went south and locked out of the escape airlock and left to die with that S’pht. It was awesome.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 21/05/2026

Bungie ending support for Destiny 2 marks the end of an era: aftermath.site/bungie-sony-de...

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Spending a bit of time with the 54FPS ‘Arcade’ patch on on Raiden Fighters Remix Collection now and, yeah these games do feel better to play now. Which is good. The Raiden Fighters games are awesome STGs and you should play them.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Things I’ll say: - Destiny really should have earnestly ended with The Final Shape (though, perhaps thankfully, it at least did spiritually). - Building and maintaining two live-service games at the same studio is a bit of a fools errand. - Jim Ryan really had no clue what he was doing.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I love Destiny 2 (I’d still call it my live service game of choice), but yeah, it now needs to come to its end. For its many up and downs, Destiny has been a 10+ year trip well worth taking, and I wouldn’t ever ask for that time back. Sincerely, thanks to everyone at Bungie who ever worked on it.

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sebmal @mrdo.pro · 09/05/2026

looking at some pokemon black & white prototype stuff i hadnt seen before and laughed really hard at this fucking thing

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Not keen on Reform UK making the gains it has, but I am happy about Scotland’s general continued push the left, Wizard Book Writers be damned. Also happy that the Greens are starting to make real marks.

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"...and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Nintendo just make a good-ass tightly paced Rail STG challenge (impossible).

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Can you say you’ve ever heard Darude’s Sandstorm played via accordian at a Scottish Cèilidh during a wedding before? Because I can now.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Short current Capcom game opinions for you, the busy person. Resident Evil 9 is… fine. It’s a series victory lap, but it oddly feels a bit flat and sparse for it. Story’s good, mind. Conversely,I like Pragmata more. Basically a compelling puzzle-shooter with a narrative that is generally Not Good.

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

we have to stop forcing our movie stars go on hot ones or take a lie detector or go on a podcast or tiktok show to promote their movies we have to get back to basics and force them to go into the world of brazilian comic monica and friends

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 24/04/2026

I just want to say that I absolutely don’t blame anyone for not keeping flawless tabs on which seemingly “safe” company owns/has shares in/supports/is a subsidiary of some awful horror, even if they’re trying to. We shouldn’t have to check in the first place, really :/

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today, I learned that Sunsoft are still around. Neat! Today, I also learned that current Sunsoft also have investments in ICE contracts and Israeli defence, and are generally a shit corporation. Fuck! It was a nice hour or so while it lasted.

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David @transientnova.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

‘Man, Marathon is so ruthless solo. Everyone wants you super dead.’ *tries proximity chat, starts finding most solo runners are generally chill when you say ‘Hello’ or ‘Friendly’ first* ‘Ohhhhhh.’ #marathon

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