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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Awful lot of hollering dogs this morning.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I haven’t gotten this emotional over seeing a guy put his iconic hat back on since Red Dead Redemption 2.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Story pitch: Neon Genesis Evangelion but Nerv kidnapped and cloned their own version of Santa Claus.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you ever pet a bumblebee? In all seriousness I highly recommend it. 🐝

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How are we supposed to get anything done while this little weirdo keeps staring at us?

Edward the fluffy black cat, sitting on the tile floor, staring up at the camera.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you’re going to watch one Mobile Suit Gundam series, watch Gundam 0080, it’ll give you the best idea of what Gundam is like. “Is it short?” No it’s like fifty feet tall.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Are they hosting a funeral for their key animator?

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh god I can already hear Ray Charles I wasn’t prepared for this today

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hold on, I’ve just been informed that the name of the group is in fact “The Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band” and they turned down a new request to open for Sheeran. Their current gig is performing nightly at a local Frogtown Hollow restaurant for free meals.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Emmett Otter’s Jug Band has dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour.

Emmett Otter and his fellow winter clothing-wearing furry muppets playing home made musical instruments (jug, washboard, etc)

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I hope he’s been spending every day of the last few months helplessly listening to everyone around him talk about when to pull the plug.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If there were any such boys, I 100% guarantee they were rich conservative kids amused by thoughts of world war and accelerationism, which she would find easier to parse by revising her memory of their identities.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I spent the 2000s being exposed to (among other things online) @darkprimus.bsky.social ‘s ironic collection of mpreg Optimus art, you cannot shock me these days.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sorry there wasn’t a Quest 64 Remake announcement this Nintendo Direct. We were rooting for you.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Notice how none of the anti-“CalArts”folks never point out that two out of every three cartoons in that whole decade looked just like this. Just sayin’.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two of the first games whose development I actively followed (via Nintendo Power and the early web) were “Zelda 64” and “Eltail”. I remember in retrospect thinking how much Quest 64 embodied the look of those early Zelda screenshots, like it never really left that development stage.

Screenshot of link standing in a wide empty street in a large town from the Zelda 64 beta 1997

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There’s definitely an element of “we have to make this look busier and more effort-driven than all those Unreal 5 YouTube videos so the fans don’t confuse the two” with the overall aesthetic, but I kinda like how it embodies the feel of the original (and Twilight Princess to an extent).

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The only thing so far about the OOT remake that bugs me is Link’s hat. Materials texturing is always good. I can take or leave the extra decorative details and layering. But the tassels on the hat alters the silhouette. You don’t simply alter the silhouette.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can’t be Psychic School Wars, where are the cherry blossoms?

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake features Lock-On Technology. Connect any previous Zelda game and play in a high-def remake of that version of Hyrule. (Except BOTW/TOTK, those just unlock a Zelda-themed version of Blue Sphere.)

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I dare someone to smuggle a bag of microwave popcorn into a movie theater, along with the microwave to pop it.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Anyone got the clip of the announcer introducing the mascot as “la ❤️Bussi~!❤️” (like they were the hottest thing on two legs in Spain)? Now I consider myself thoroughly straight, but I *gasped*.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My one droid friend and I say it all the time to each other, it just means anyone with no self-determination. Doesn’t bother him. That war was what, 20 years ago? The meaning has changed. No, I don’t know why he won’t go the the Mos Eisley cantina with us, what’s that got to do with it?

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Look, if they can canonize Thomas Aquinas for thrice-sniffing his own farts then Saint Dolly should be in the bag.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think I’ve outdone myself in 3D design and resin printing. I wasn’t sure I could both print and paint lettering that tiny. I could have made the dial rotate but it’d be too fiddly.

The base of a 1:12 scale model rotary phone in unpainted resin. It’s about one square inch and an inch tall (25mm). The numbers on the dial are recessed at about 0.1 mm depth.

A 1:12 scale model rotary phone in resin, painted in dark brown and brass. The numbers on the dial are white with black lettering. The model is being held in my fingers.

A closeup of the model rotary phone in resin, painted in dark brown and brass. The numbers on the dial are white with black lettering.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Edward sunbathing in front of the window.

Edward, the fluffy black cat, sitting curled up on the back of a green leather couch, sunlight pouring over him through a window blind.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

HIM: “Hey, I shipped my Megazone 23 kickstarter reward to your house since I’m moving. Can you open and check if the contents of the package look OK, and bring it next time you visit?” ME: “Oh I’ll do you one better. Heck I’ll do you two three better.” THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE:

Fake box art for Megazone 23 Blu-ray but the title says Mega Chungus 23 (in both English and Japanese) with an image of Big Chungus. In the bottom corner are the logos for Manga Entertainment and US Manga Corps. Company spokes-mecha MD Geist appears courtesy of manga entertainment.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If C-3PO recommended you set aside money for a 401K, would you at least consider it? If so, would you also invest in R2-D2’s very obvious Ponzi scheme, if he promised it might someday stop being a Ponzi scheme? I have such a lovely view of my navel from this armchair.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

(Wait till they find out about Christmas that year.)

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Folks, Big Chungus was a birthday present to @thomasguycott.bsky.social from a previous year. Guess what present he received next:

HGUC Gundam model kit box with custom fake art for a RX 179 big Chungus Mark II (Titans colors). Big Chungus is blue.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

ME: “Hey your birthday present is in the mail, it should arrive in a day or two.” HIM: “Thanks, hey it’s not ‘big chungus’ by any chance, is it?” ME: “I uh… don’t know what you’re talking about?” ONE OR TWO DAYS LATER:

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I designed the raised lettering and icons in TinkerCAD. Read the alt text for my exceedingly nerdy (brilliant) choices of fonts and lettering.

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The Legend Rado Tharadus @utsanomiko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Well, I had a productive afternoon finally painting my Legend of Zelda scale model book of Mudora.

Resin 3D printed book (about 1 inch tall), painted dark green with raised lettering & Triforce symbol painted gold. The lettering on the bottom uses a font from Twilight Princess and reads from left to right “book of Mudora.” The lettering on top uses syllabic characters from Ocarina of Time and reads from right to left “mudora no hon.”

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