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Rob "Xemu" Fermier @xemu.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Environmental storytelling

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is not too uncommon. I had a Lord or two end at like 49-51. Eshmel still busted af

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm sorry... Costume Quest 1 & 2 bundle is only $4 on Steam right now? What the heck are you doing looking at social media when you could instead be playing Costume Quest 1 & 2 for $4? store.steampowered.com/sub/53813/

store.steampowered.com

Save 80% on Costume Quest 1 & 2 Bundle on Steam

Includes 2 items: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/115100/Costume_Quest/">Costume Quest</a>, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/275180/Costume_Quest_2...

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JuliaTheGolden @juliathegolden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i'm going to keep trying to make the piping not look like total ass cheeks but this side is the side that turned out the best and i want some serotonin from sharing it #dressmaker #umineko

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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music

I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not only is this an incredibly tired and flawed argument, but listing Starbucks specifically is a really bad comparison! Because, like Harry Potter and the funds going to harm trans people, we have unions actively asking us to boycott Starbucks due to harmful conditions and union busting!

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The important thing is that the vibes are the exact same. Just... Detailed! A lot more detailed.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey what do you know! A private company acquired a community resource, made changes to make said community dependent on them! We've never seen that happen before!

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MotorRoach @motorroach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Honestly refreshing to see a recomp clearly stating this. Go check it out, tbh

Warning To AI Bros

Again, BlackLabelHQ and by extension MediEvilRecomp is proudly made entirely with human hands. We want to keep it that way, so please respect that.

* Fully AI written issues will be automatically closed

* ALL AI based PRs(such as ones containing claude as a contributor or clear AI code) will be rejected innately, however this is your warning that you will be permanently banned from BlackLabelHQ's repos if you do it anyway.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It will always be so funny comparing this to the original scans of part 5, that was also a CN->EN translation, but instead of being Correct But Goofy, it was Competent But Wrong Constantly. I will always remember the map of Italy in between chapters that only got like one location name right

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 28/09/2026

This cover's a great illustration of just how big of a deal Sakura Wars is. Look at it: The series ~being remembered decades later~ is enough to relegate fresh Persona, Silent Hill, Ace Combat, Dynasty Warriors and more news to plain text in the top-right corner.

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皐月 @satsuki-cm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

軌跡／リース空3rdは流石に再来年かなと思ってる

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did we ever even see any actual gameplay of this? Or was it just that one big Largely-AI generated trailer? And just a ton of smoke and mirrors, besides

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That ending was Outrageous though. First time as a kid I ever got mad at a video game ending

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As someone who did play the original EN release way back when, I will admit I'm far more interested in a replay for a full retranslation than just some strong edits like the last project to try to salvage this. It did always deserve better.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've also purchased a "new" game online that came in a generic GameStop case, but it at least had some sort of art!

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It would not be an exaggeration to say Microsoft has singlehandedly obliterated a large % of the North American AAA industry at this point

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026

microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh my God. I was irritated but not like deal breakeringly so with my steelbook edition, but that's *so much worse*

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

alex trebek's wardrobe furnished by GUY MR GUY GUY GUY BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA

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Cheez 🖤 comms closed! @ricecakehomie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is immediately going into my vocab

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean we know for a fact that he's lying through his teeth. Maybe if his definition of AI here is "no final art assets were AI generated without human touch", this might be true. But it's hard to beat his "80-90% of code is AI generated" quote and act like that can be undone so quickly.

automaton-media.com

Level-5 CEO says games are now being made 80-90% by AI, making “aesthetic sense” a must for developers - AUTOMATON WEST

As AI becomes more common in game development, in order to break through devs will need to have a "sense for aesthetics," says Akihiro Hino.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

While there's no proper NS2 version of it, Hyrule Warriors loads so much faster on S2 that looking back at S1 footage does make me go "God how did I ever deal with that"

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cherry flavored cough syrup but they only put in the food coloring and not the cherry

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hell yeah my girl Diabellze. So glad we're getting more White Forest support instead of just Sinful Spoils/Snake Eye

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scwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This man won his primary by 30 points.

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

People really say that it is impossible for Democrats to win in Texas, and I personally don't think it is impossible! But boy do they never, ever do themselves any favors, ever! AAAAAAAAAA

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’ve ever played or enjoyed a Shiren the Wanderer game, or a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game, or any Mystery Dungeon game, really: they all spawned from this—originally a Dragon Quest spinoff that came out in the year following DQ5 in Japan (1993). This is the first time it’s been localized, too!

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was so fucking baffled when this just got the most cursory mention??

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

insideprecisionmedicine.com

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No, only someone who lives in a home can invite a vampire inside. I'd argue even a landlord who owns a house doesn't have invitation rights if they're not currently living there. Now, if the judge who approved the warrant also lives in the home, then you're in trouble. For several reasons.

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carl // Isle of Reveries OUT NOW! @desertcucco.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Isle of Reveries is OUT NOW on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation, and Xbox! #zelda #indiegame You can also find the OST for purchase on Bandcamp. All links 🔽

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How to visit an art museum with someone who isn't used to visiting art museums:

Two social media posts by @pan_juho (Translated from Japanese):

"I love going to art museums, but when I go with someone who's not used to them, if I say, 'If you were a great thief, tell me later which one you'd steal,' they end up looking the exhibits pretty seriously, and that makes me happy.

"Whether you steal something you like or something that seems valuable -> it opens up endless conversation based on what vou liked about it or where you saw value in it, so it's also great as an easy icebreaker for chats after visiting the museum."

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

[Spooky skeleton voice] MY NAME IS NOT ALICE.... MY NAME... IS LEWIS

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Ven "Ven" Jacobs @venbright.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My favorite thing about this is that, unlike the press release cover, Patterson's name is absent from this cover here on the store shelf. Often times, Patterson's name is larger on these covers than *the name of the book*, so his name being absent here tells me A LOT.

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