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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Oop, time for another base to join the family. This time, it's a cavern one I built in the Aether.

A picture of my latest base in Terraria. This one sits in an underground biome known as The Aether. The Aether generates as half-dome cavern room, with a smaller half-dome pool of liquid beneath it. The liquid is a pearlescent and lavender substance known as The Shimmer. Being near this biome causes the background to be rendered with a dark, starry, twinkly background, as if one was in space. In addition, the stone surfaces of this particular generation of it have been overrun with Xenon Moss (which glows in the dark with a brilliant sky blue).

Situated above the cavern's bottom surface is my base. It's broadly a structure built with a golden set of blocks, and colorful interior walls, spread into two wings. In addition, there's above it, there's an extra set of special bedrooms built with more off-white materials, that sit beneath an off-center ice cavern.

The left wing of the base follows the general motif of the central area. It contains various elements, such as a bedroom, a display area, a special crafting station, some storage, and a miniature library. The left-most wall is mostly diagonal, with a window its center. This window looks into a large room with rainbow waterfalls, a white stream, and Helium Moss (a special hue-cycling moss).

The right wing somewhat breaks away from the golden and rainbow aesthetic. It opens up into a moody, yet whimsical tavern... which leads to a somewhat dingier storage area. If you follow the storage area up, and head above the tavern, you'll find some living spaces, decorated in with materials and furniture that invoke space and the night sky.

The center of the base contains the town's pylon, in front of some stained glass, and sits above the Aether's Shimmer pool. There is a rope that leads down to a floating platform, with the rope flanked by rainbows that sort of 'bleed' from the base itself. The base is also supported by two pillars, flanked by 6 gem trees in a rainbow formation.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And a more zoomed in picture of the jungle base too.

The previous image in the thread, of the jungle base, except this one is cropped more, so that it just focuses on the base, rather than the cave fishing hole, or chasm.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I also made my jungle base after that and Holy Shit That Went So Much Quicker. I didn't want the scale of the prior bases, especially the desert one. With that in mind, I think it turned out fairly alright. It's certainly the most fishing hole of any of the bases so far.

A Terraria base that lies in the jungle biome.

It's primarily made of mahongy wood, with some other materials sprinkled in like bamboo. It lies on small stilts above the terrain.

Kind of like the desert base, this one is also somewhat bisected into two parts.

The larger part on the left is the busier of the two, as it features actual living spaces, such as a bedroom and kitchen. The smaller part on the right is mostly just a couple stories that house baskets and vases.

Connecting the two parts is an interior bridge that houses the pylon. It has trap doors in the floor that drop into an artificial giant hive, with a honey pond inside. Similarly, beneath the left building, is a ladder and platforms down into a fishing hole that lies in a sort of cave.

On both sides of the base, there are rooms that connect to the outside world, as they drop down into the outside space, with ropes. With the right-side one, it drops into a massive chasm, with a pier to greet the rope from the rightmost terrain.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've got a base going in the desert now too. I think I went overboard on the scale with this one. At least compared to what it's housing. It feels kinda rough to me, and maybe I'll get around to tweaking it at some point, but for now... I'm so tired of building it.

A picture of a Terraria base that resides in the desert. The base is a multi-story complex, more or less split into two buildings, with a transitional space between them. Both are primarily made of marble, and similarly 'fancy' materials like glass, dynasty wood, office blocks, etc.

The building to the left is smaller, and houses a lot of critters in terrariums and jars. Also clumps of paintings.

The second building is fairly tall and wide, and is it itself home to multiple areas. The ground area features reception counters, sunflowers, a tree, and a fountain.

Above the prior segment on the left side, is an herb farm, which towers upward. It's an open space featuring rows of different planter boxes, with matching colored glass and torches.

To the right of that segment is an elevator shaft and stairwell... further right of that is a bunch of hallways and offices... with a little leisurely roof space.

All the way to the right is two things: On the ground, is an oasis, with a marble pier extending from the building over it... Above it, is a floating island with some extra desert on it.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How it feels to be 12 years late to the Awful Hospital party

Fern (a woman with a stylized green look) holding a cup, having a mind blowing experience (in a good way) in which she wasn't prepared for... with the background in mind, it amounts to a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Cheryl (a woman in a somewhat put together red outfit) lying sprawled out on the floor in a way that's reminiscent of the dead Sonic meme from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. She lies in an empty wide void.

This screencap edits out the ~Z above her head.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eh, fuck it. May as well post the one I did a few days back

My own lineup of "My 9 Games - The 9 Games That Sha0ed Who I Am"

The listed entries are:
- Pokemon FireRed
- Minecraft (Java Edition)
- Portal 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
- To the Moon
- Undertale
- deltarune
- Metroid Dread
- Sonic Unleashed

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some other images too, featuring the underground, and a broader view of the place... with one at night.

This image showcases the underground beneath the Living Tree base. The overhauled roots are shown in full, with a room in the middle...

Off to the side, and beneath the pond, there's a set of rooms that sort of branch off into a sort of tavern and cellar vibe.

Further down in the underground, you get more general platforms, ponds, and the like... with an underground graveyard overlooking its own pond.

This image is more or less a view of the topside, and the underground, as shown in the prior images... although some of the less important underground is cut off in this image.

It's the same as the last image, but now it's night... with much of the surface now blanketed in darkness... however, the base itself is still fairly lit, speckled in many lights.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Been trying to get the swing of Terraria again, and seeing if I can actually finish an Expert run nowadays. I think I've made satisfactory progress on my first base. There's still things that can be touched up, but I think this is it for now. I want to actually mine and fight a boss lol.

An zoomed out image of my Terraria base.

The main point here is that I've converted two Living Trees into my place of residence... string up platforms between them, making rooms in the canopies, and putting treehouses on their tops and sides.

There's other features to note too. Over to the left, off the ground, there's a giant cloud that functions as an arena. Over to the right, there's some piers over a small pond.

The roots of the trees have also been revamped, but aren't shown a ton in this image.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Damn, DOOM 3 was really ahead of its time

A cropped screenshot from DOOM 3's Game Versions & Betas screen in its Steam properties.

The key element here is that the available, selected version is "Default Public Version", with a notation saying it was last updated... December 31st, 1969

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I think the prophecy states that this will grow in Chapter 6

An excerpt from Ralsei's page on the deltarune wiki. It's of their pronouns, which read:
he/him (primarily)[1][2][3]
they/them ("Dark Vine" title)[4]

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Not... so much with this one though.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

So I was looking back to see if I could find where/when I first watched TADC, and

A screenshot of a Discord message of mine, from October 13th, 2023. It reads:

dumb prediction that probably won't even be right:
the characters probably got SOMA'd

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Shoutouts to Samsung or Google or whoever for making the timer's remaining ratio harder to tell at a glance for no reason. Would expect nothing else from these companies.

A screenshot of my the clock app on Android. It shows a timer ticking down with small, illuminated, ticking notches, rather than being an illuminated ring as it used to be.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

this kind of thing is always hilarious to me "source: trust me"

A cropped screenshot from a github page. It depicts a warning reading: "If your antivirus software flas the game, it is a false positive. Builds downloaded from this page will always be safe."

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I've also disliked the smirk on that first render for an additional reason: It just doesn't look right to me, in certain contexts... The curves on the ends of his mouth read to me less like the ends of his smile... but moreso a continuation of that smile... like he has an awkward, pained expression

The Sonic 4 render, but completely desaturated. A hot pink markup portrays what the mouth is supposed to be perceived as. The word "ACTUAL" is printed below his face.

The same prior desaturated render. However, now the hot pink line is more curved and exaggerated. At this point, it's no longer a smile. The word "PERCEIVED" is printed below his face.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

As much as I got into Sonic with Generations... and as much as I love a good 3D model... I gotta say, I think the 3D key art for Sonic during the 2010s is some of the worst high profile key art I've ever seen. It always looks so awkward and dead. There's a zombie-like hollowness to it.

A render of Sonic for Sonic 4: Episode 1. It's that one promo piece used on everything, with his little awkward smirk... upwards pointed finger... hand awkwardly resting on his hip...

A render of Amy for Sonic Runners. She may have a big smile, but there's no life behind it. She looks head empty in a corporate way.

A render of Vector for Sonic Runners. I'm not sure what they're trying to convey with this render... confidence? Ruggedness? Regardless, he's blankly staring at the camera with an open mouth, and a hand awkwardly partially placed on his belly.

A render of Classic Sonic for Sonic Generations. He's in the pose he uses for the covers of Sonic 1. There's something uncanny about the rotundness of his body, and it's lit.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

this is me being tongue and cheek with someone, and not meant to be taken TOO seriously, but my views on OSes previously vs my views on OSes now

Two very simple flow charts, starting from the bottom and going on up.

On the left side, you have "Beginner: Mac" to "Intermediate: Windows" to "Advanced: Linux"

On the right side, it still starts with "Beginner: Mac", but then branches out into "If you care about yourself: Linux" and "If you hate yourself: Windows"

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

chat, how do you dislike an e-mail this was the saddest attempt at promotional material I've seen in a long while

An image from a promotional e-mail sent out by Nintendo. The festively decorated iamge reads: "Through every adventure, you brought the smiles! Thanks for playing! Happy Holidays"

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Incredible. I love technology enshittification.

A cropped screenshot from the Samsung Galaxy settings app. It depicts side button options. Double press is toggled on and set to camera. Long press is set to "Digital Assistant (None)"

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Completely normal way to program things.

A cropped screenshot of some Portal 2 visual settings... The topmost option reads "Aspect Ratio - Widescreen 16:9"... The bottom one reads "Display Mode - Full Screen"...

The notable element here is the middle one: "Resolution 3840x1080 (Native)" (the resolution of two 1920x1080 monitors horizontally)

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Ayyy, you too. On top of this, Portal 2 REALLY didn't like my dual monitors. It's the only game I've ever seen go "hey, we should apply the resolution of both monitors combined to one of the monitors in fullscreen, right?"

A screenshot of a late game title screen in Portal 2. The notable thing here is that the menu assets are horizontally squished, and the background is awkwardly cropped.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This ranking is 0/10 because it doesn't use this image

An image of Pokemon Black and Pokemon White sharing a box art image, shared almost down the middle. The image is split in a way so that it reads "Pokemon Whack Version"

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

But that last one doesn't cover every case (non-Steam games) or cover every case how I would do it I need that good manual sorting. As it is, with only one saved configuration, this is the monstrosity I'm currently maintaining.

A view of my steam library categories, uncollapsed. It's a hefty list, containing:
Favorites
Misc - Demos
Misc - Legacy Versions
Misc - Library Sharing
Misc - Mods
Misc - Non-Steam Games
Misc - Not Functional
Misc - VR
Amazing - Blue Moon
Amazing - Replay/Chip
Bold - Blue Moon
Bold - Replay/Chip
Content - Blue Moon
Content - Replay/Chip
Dour - Blue Moon
Dour - Replay/Chip
Ewww - Replay/Chip
In-Progress - Active
In-Progress - Backburner
In-Progress - Backburner 100 Percent
In-Progress - Chipping
Linux Native
Replay on Stream
Unplayed - Paid - Own Time
Unplayed - Paid - Stream
Unplayed - Paid - Unknown
Unplayed - Freedeems - Own Time
Unplayed - Freedeems - Stream
Unplayed - Freedeems - Unknown

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I've been getting into the Mega Man series in recent years... and some of my favorite games include games like Mega Man 4. I don't love Mega Man 4 because it redefined what it means to be a Mega Man with a bold new take... I love Mega Man 4 because it's a really polished take on Mega Man.

A Mega Man tier chart I've been keeping over the past few years. The Y axis is defined by rankings, starting at the bottom with E, and peaking at S... The X axis is defined by years, and entries within those years.

Furthermore, different lines and colors are dedicated to different sub-series... which include: The classic saga, the X saga, the World (Game Boy) saga, the Legends saga, the DOS duo, and Mega Man Soccer.

Currently, the chart goes from 1987 to 2000. While nothing has managed to hit S tier yet, there's still entries hitting some good spots at high B tier, and A tier amongst the later classic saga, X2, X4, Legends 1, and Tron Bonne.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Chat do you think I have a problem?

In image of 30 installed official and unofficial Sonic games in my library, which are:

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Forever
Sonic 2 Absolute
Sonic 3 AIR
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing
Sonic and the Fallen Star
Sonic CD
Sonic Chrono Adventure
Sonic Forces
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Generations
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Sonic GT
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Mania
Sonic Omens
Project 06
Sonic Robo Blast 2
Sonic Superstars
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II
Sonic Before the Sequel
Sonic After the Sequel
Sonic Time Twisted
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit
Unleashed Recompiled
Team Sonic Racing

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Only the best collection of hedgehogs

A cropped screenshot depicting a portion of my Steam library... namely some non-Steam games added through it, with custom library art. The list includes: Sonic Forever, Sonic 2 Absolute, Sonic 3 AIR, Sonic Omens, Project 06, Sonic Robo Blast 2, and Unleashed Recompiled... at the front of the list however, is an itch.io copy of Celeste

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

idk when YouTube added a pronoun field, but it's kind of pathetically hilarious how limited this thing is

An screenshot of me attempting to add my pronouns (it/she/they) to what is ultimately a pronoun search field in YouTube Studio. The search box has denied my request with "No matches found - We are periodically reviewing pronouns which may become available in the future."

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

So I've tried adding some non-Steam Windows games to Steam for Proton See if it's that easy. And so far it is. But when I tried bringing in Project 06... It accidentally created the most Sonic 06 image ever

The title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog, but instead of the usual background at the grassy ruins of Kingdom Valley, it has been replaced with the color bars and static that's associated with technical difficulties.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

According to the in game settings, it was set to the COMBINED RESOLUTION OF MY MONITORS (3040x1080) Even when I got past that, the game displayed the worst screen tearing artifacts I've ever seen in my life.

A cropped screenshot of Portal 2 video settings, focused on Aspect Ratio, Resolution, and Display Mode. The UI is also horizontally squished. The notable element here is that Resolution is set to "3840x1080 (Native)".

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My experience with Steam games on Linux so far Do note that I am getting the troublemakers running, I just find this EXTREMELY funny... Especially for Valve's own stuff

A meme using the format of a quality looking Mickey and Disneyland, and a low quality Goofy and backroom.

The high quality Mickey side is labeled "Windows games running through Proton"

The low quality goofy side is labeled "Linux native games"
Additionally, on the low quality side, there are logos of Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, and Open Hexagon

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This is what old 3D games look like to me when they have their resolution bumped into HD

A side by side comparison of a character in a jester hat.
On the left, a character labelled "The OG Fella" is are round and soft looking, with an eager smile
On the right, that same character is jagged looking, with off looking details. They are labelled "THE POWER OF THE FUTURE"

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

HEY WAIT A DAMN SECOND I'm... probably very late to any sort of speculation on this... But this optional dialogue from Chapter 3 has me realizing...

A picture of several text boxes from Deltarune Chapter 3, reading as such:

* In the once upon a time, there was a land like purple cliffs.
* A frozen waste, a water basin, a metal desert.
* But, this theater was built upon that. . . and, it grew.

* Not everyone liked the change. Some people left.
* Of course, that was in the days of the black-and-white.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

and yeeeeees officer, I "got gud" my license to complain is right here

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Everyone and their grandmother: "yoooo the challenge mode in NSMBU is so fucking good. best part of the game. must play." NSMBU's challenge mode: "what's the most awkward and frustrating thing we can turn into a speedrun challenge?"

A screenshot of the New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe challenge start screen (specifically the speedrun variation).

The challenge in question is "Mini Mountaineer", which is described as "Reach the goal ring in 100.00 or less without touching the ground in mini form!"

The bronze medal for the challenge is for 100.00 and under, the silver medal is for 40.00 and under, and the gold medal is 25.00 and under.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Made an update to my Sonic tier list; put on same games I've been meaning to put on (The 2nd one is a simplified version with all alternate versions of games removed, barring Sonic Forever vs Sonic 1 GBA)

An image depicting my complete tier list. There are far too many pieces of Sonic media to depict here in alt text. Highlights, however, include:
The non-3DS Generations titles in S tier, the popsicle in B tier, Sonic 06 in B tier, Sonic Colors in C tier, the Knuckles show in D tier, and so on. To clarify, absolutely none of these placements are jokes.

A slightly smaller version of the tier list. Most alternate versions are removed. This impacts Sonic Generations HD, Sonic Mania, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and the 8-bit 1 and 2.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I guess I'm doing this, huh? There's some close seconds when it comes to some of these... and others it's no competition. You get a cookie if you can guess my close seconds.

A line depicting my favorite Pokemon starts. The line covers the following Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, Mudkip, Turtwig, Snivy, Fennekin, Popplio, Scorbunny, Sprigatito

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Well well... well well... We're not done blasting through the past... - TOMORROW: It's time to cleanup SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS! Gonna prioritize Shadow's campaign. Coming at ya live @ 2PM PST, over at www.twitch.tv/virtualscallop #virtualscallopstreams

An image of the stream announcement, citing that Sunday the 17th, at 2 PM PST, I'll stream the Generations cleanup. In contrast to my usual stream announcement images, this one is rendered white instead of being more magenta or purple.

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Oh, oops, I haven't made a habit of checking this site regularly yet. I hope you don't mind this is a few days late. I've been growing this one for a while, trying to fill in the gaps I don't have yet. If you see a notable omission, I just need to get to it.

The image is of my personal tier list. There's too many games to list them all, but here's some highlights: Sonic Mania, its Plus version, Generations, Sonic Robo Blast 2, After the Sequel, and Unleashed HD are all in S tier. There is a Sonic popsicle and the original Sonic 06 in B tier. This is not a joke. Sonic Colors is mid in my eyes, and towards the bottom of C tier

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Virtual Scallop @virtualscallop.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Well well... well well... We're not done blasting through the past... - TOMORROW: It's time for more SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS! It's time to play the Sonic half and see what they did or didn't do with the original game! Coming at ya live @ 2PM PST, over at www.twitch.tv/virtualscallop

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