iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 09/10/2026

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

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written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

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erin plasma @plasmasword.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

these being in the yakuza font cracks me up. carl sagan saying this before he rush style punches me in the stomach

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Chris CHCHCHCH @chchchch1tf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The #Transformers Glamour Studio 2027 Calendar is now live on Lulu! December: MEGATRON! Check my profile!↖️

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 08/10/2026

konami asked me to draw PEACE WALKER characters as CATS and I said YEAHHHH!!! 🐈✨ this poster will be available for preorder from the Official Konami Shop during CatCon!! (Oct 10-11)

A poster featuring all the metal gear solid peace walker characters as cats

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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🧄💥S𝐨ᑎ𝓨-丂нᵒ𝐂Ｋ💥🧄 @sony-shock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Let's fight with mama cat card 🐱 #Mewgenics

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 08/10/2026

Streetwear Muppets or something

Sketches of Fozzie, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Kermit all stylized as humans wearing street clothes.

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 07/10/2026

ayyyyyyy while fascist billionaires are speed-running the collapse of the TV/film industry, I hope artists and writers in Hollywood are thinking about what they want the industry that rises out of its ashes to look like bcuz this industry is going to need leaders that give a shit about making art

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Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Invest in human art like commissioning your very talented sculptor friends for a custom figure of your fave blob son 🥺♥️

Custom gastrodon figure with laurel/kelp crown!! Because he is mvp!!

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today would've been the sixty-fifth birthday of Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. It tends to get swallowed up in the enormous franchise it became, but I truly believe that his original manga can provide a valuable lesson to artists about process and work and improvement over time.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Ida Ꮚ•ꈊ•Ꮚ @floofyfluff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bumble shark plushies! She's so fuzzy 😭🐝

A photo of Humlehaj, the bumble shark, being held by two arms up in the air against a background of sunflowers and a traditional red Swedish house. Humlehaj is a hybrid between bumblebee and shark, and has therefore a fuzzy body and brown and yellow stripes, as well as small bumblebee wings. She looks like she is ready to buzz away and towards the sunflowers! If only those hands would let her go... Free her!!!

A photo of Humlehaj, the bumble shark, being hugged sweetly against a person wearing a striped t-shirt. There are some sunflowers in the background. Humlehaj has two hands cosily hugging her against the person's chest. She is such a cosy cuddle buddy!

Humlehaj has been caught again in this photo, and is being held against someone wearing a dark brown coat while she is pointed outwards, her fins sticking out a little.. Humlehaj does not seem to mind much, though, as she is smiling and as round as ever. One could even say she loves a good play session!

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The Amityville Jordan (1979) @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/09/2026

These clowns want to cede the most important decisions in comics storytelling to a fucking bot. And you know this would lead to further underpayment of artists. Boycott any book or publisher that uses this.

Walk me through what the platform actually does.

You put in a manuscript. The system spends time studying the story, including the thesis, the background, the protagonist, and the emotional beats that pay off for a reader, and produces a storyboard that gets you to roughly 60–70% of a finished product. Then an editor, the author, and an illustrator go in and shape that further, because a purely AI-generated output tends to lack soul and be generic. This is not a self-driving car. It's more like handing a Ferrari to someone who already knows how to drive.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026

*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Darkwing Duck" reboot is coming to Disney+, with Mark Hamill & Seth Rogen in lead roles. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Go to ✨ kck.st/4hjaUh3 ✨ to get my new book, featuring Khepri!

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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 28/10/2024

Dr. Teeth

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Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 28/10/2024

Cleric Beast Animal

The Muppet Animal styled as the Cleric Beast from Bloodborne

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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mit @mitsame.art · 20/09/2026

i realized i could draw whatever i want so i drew them together

aerith gainsborough from final fantasy vii and shadow from the sonic the hedgehog series posing together. aerith has her back facing shadow, looking at the viewer while holding her guard stick. shadow leans forward, holding a green chaos emerald

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Among my core philosophies:

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scrapbook @feralzone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

sakuyamonnnnn

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 CRYPTID SIGHTING 🚨 Spotted at E3 1995. If you see this Rayman, please report him to raymanwatch@raymancontrol.gov

A mascot suit for Rayman, as seen at E3 1995. He is unusually lanky and has permanent pog face and a haunting stare.

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raxdflipnote @raxdflipnote.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

feel the rain on your skin

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Bullshit (comisions open) @bsporn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just want to shout out the fuckin amazing work the translators and letterers are doing in centuria on jump plus. AI could never do shit half this cool.

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Sludge @melangetic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@otterbutts.art 's Serperior!

serperior in punky attire looking at the viewer

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Episode 04, Space Raiders, premiering 11/20, is the Dr. Forrester & TV’s Frank one, in case you were wondering.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

phoenix wright: ace attorney - justice for all, official website, excerpt, nintendo ds (2007) web.archive.org/web/20070119...

you can yell "objection!"
utilizing the ds's internal microphone, you can become pheonix wright and yell "hold it!" and "objection!" to rattle witnesses and present evidence.
(to the right is a picture of a nintendo ds with the word "objection!" in styled red on the top screen and pheonix wright on the bottom screen, suit, looking determined, slicked back black hair).

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

[metroid] ravenous scribbles

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 02/09/2026

Yeehaw partner 🤠 #art #sharks

Illustration of a shark by the mountains wearing a cowboy hat with the words "you just gonna scroll by without a yeehaw..."

well are you?

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Steve Uncle @the-barely-jew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this one is amazing

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Jellybox Studio @jellybox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

UMBERT ACTUALLY! EP 7!!! Why are we paying for incomplete games?! #UmbertActually #UnionYaoi #MistermanGuyfella #Jellybox #IndieAnimation

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this is excellent

stigmatizing Rowling’s weaponization of childhood not only requires personal withdrawal for most people, it necessitates something much more difficult: being a giant fucking killjoy. You should tell people discussing the show that you’re not watching it, and why, and you should let yourself openly cringe at your sister-in-law’s Harry Potter tote bag, and you should bring up unprompted that the onslaught of legislation against trans people makes you sad and angry, presuming it does, and you should do this because, not despite, the fact that it will make you look annoying as hell and may make everyone present uncomfortable. (You probably won’t even get the kudos of looking like a cool ally, because you’re still ultimately talking about Harry Potter. Sorry about that.)

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

please enjoy new tingler POUNDED BY THE COMPULSION TO CHECK MY PHONE EVEN THOUGH I JUST DID TWO MINUTES AGO BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES ARE MONETIZING OUR ATTENTION WHICH HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN DEVASTATING SOCIETAL HARM out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH7RDYV5 and patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...

cover of POUNDED BY THE COMPULSION TO CHECK MY PHONE EVEN THOUGH I JUST DID TWO MINUTES AGO BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES ARE MONETIZING OUR ATTENTION WHICH HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN DEVASTATING SOCIETAL HARM featuring a shirtless man in sunglasses on the left side with short beard and blonde hair. next to him is a MESSAGE NOTIFICATION for one HANDSOME undread message they are on a city street

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I always feel in my heart sink when I see posts like this. The Democrats have failed to capitalize on so many obvious angles of political attack in my lifetime. Whenever some really basic strategy is explained, I imagine them staring like a dog who doesn't understand pointing.

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Vexx and Death at Camp Miasma @thenoirgal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Artist! Quote with something noir!

Black and white illustration of Kermit as a P.I. And Ms. Piggy as a femme fatale

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

part of selling a service is understanding and allocating the hours that service will require. emergencies happen but if they are happening frequently enough to cause months-long delays, it's time to reassess your workload.

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