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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 12h

I got to see him perform this all live, alone on a stage with just a clarinet and some pedals. One of the coolest live music experiences I've had!

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 12h

Need to share this album I've been listening to, Press Start This solo clarinetist uses effect pedals to make some wild music. This is a concept album he did, a soundtrack to a game that doesn't exist. It's a little bit classical, a little bit metal, very cool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5LU...

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YouTube video by Christopher Mothersole - Topic

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v0xEvelynn @v0xevi.christmas · 26/05/2026

The Jinjo when they get their hands on Gruntilda

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

Environmental storytelling

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There was about a year of my CS degree where I thought I was stupid because I didn't understand the pigeonhole principle When actually the problem was that what the pigeonhole principle was describing was so blatantly obvious, I thought there must have been something more to it I was missing

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Cammymoop @cammymoop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My free game making tool for grid-based games is out now! cammymoop.itch.io/grid-game-ma...

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Puppy Truck! @puppytruck.dog · 01/10/2026

Did you hear the news? You can play the Puppy Truck demo on Steam RIGHT NOW It's getting rave reviews such as: "This is a real video game" and "It has a deeper storyline than the show Chernobyl" Pretty good! 🐕 midnighte.rs/puppytruck-steam

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Puppy Truck on Steam

Puppy Truck is a puzzle-packed 3D platforming adventure about a tiny truck with the heart of a puppy! Explore Grandma’s eclectic house, filled with contraptions, challenges, and surprises as you race ...

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Everybody had a friend at the game who would run to a nearby phonebooth and relay the score to them between outs

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the record, I ended up doing Chuck Berry's first album for #500 I've listened to a bunch of individual "origin of rock" songs over the years, but the earliest rock album on this spreadsheet was from The Beach Boys, and something felt wrong about that, lol

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Videogame Beaches🏳️‍⚧️ @videogamebeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Caliko Coast (Double Shake [Demo], PC, Rightstick Studios, TBA)

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A YouTube video title is more similar to a marketing tagline than to a film's name. And yeah, when a studio sees that a marketing campaign isn't working, it's normal for them to make changes to it. I don't think anybody is happy that this is the way things are, but this is the platform we all use.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The problem is that YouTube titles don't serve the same function as titles of songs or movies. Movies have marketing campaigns to convince people to come see them. A YouTube video has to do the entire marketing job just with a title and a still thumbnail image.

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am *always* going to be down to listen to more TMBG

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I consider myself pretty bad about listening through the entire works of a band I like, so honestly I'm a bit surprised I'm already at 7 by TMBG, haha I have gotten a lot better about it in the last couple years though, so maybe I'll make a push soon to go through everything else they've done

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

link to my spreadsheet in case anyone wants to peruse a stranger's music tastes docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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All the Albums I Care About

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if I decide not to do a 2026 album next, then #501 and #502 will almost certainly be the Mitski and Gorillaz albums from this year

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I keep track of every album I listen to, and I noticed today that the next one will be number 500 It kind of snuck up on me, and I'm not sure if I want to listen to some "important" album I've missed, or try to fill a genre hole, or just listen to literally anything from 2026. Open to suggestions!

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InnerSpiral (the scary version) @innerspiral.lol · 15/09/2026

What happens when a game explains too much, and what do we gain when it leaves something unresolved? #blog #gaming

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The Gaps We Leave

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think about this a lot I've noticed that over the last few years, my complaints about movies have shifted a lot from, "I disagreed with this choice" to "I didn't understand the vision here"

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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 31/08/2026

Over the summer, I've written histories of 13 computer games which reached #1 in the UK charts during 1987: superchartisland.com/timeline/#1987 Here is a thread on what the British public was buying that year, with links

An edited screenshot of Barbarian for the ZX Spectrum. A goblin carries away a headless body.

Barbarian
Palace
1987
Various
Gallup combined #1
W/E 13 June 1987

An edited screenshot of The Last Ninja for the Commodore 64. A ninja stands near a canal with stepping stones.

The Last Ninja
System 3
1987
Commodore 64

Gallup combined #1
W/E 20 June 1987

An edited screenshot of Grand Prix Simulator for Amstrad CPC. A top down view of a twisting racing track, with art of two F1 cars at the top (a McLaren and a Ferrari)

Grand Prix Simulator
Code Masters
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Various

#1 in Gallup combined
W/E 03 October 1987

An edited screenshot of Out Run for Atari ST. A red Ferrari drives along a road with water on one side and palm trees on the other, under a blue blue sky.

Out Run
U.S. Gold
1987
Various
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W/E 12 Dec 1987

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Iain Mew @superchartisland.com · 30/08/2026

The way Sinclair User put these two games in the same title box for their review made them sound like a more interesting third thing

A pair of reviews of Llainlan Software games from the April 1985 Sinclair User. They have been covered together, with the result that the title reads 'Falklands Crisis BMX Trials'.

"Both games are awful. Llainlan Software can be avoided at Pontyberem, Llanelli, Dyfed."

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WombleScrabble @womblescrabble.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Big article worth reading by Michael Baron about Scrabble & Scrabble Words - Present, Past & Future www.michaelbaronphd.com/articles/scr...

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Article | Michael Baron, Ph.D.

Article by Michael Baron, Ph.D.

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Auuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One of my favorite questions is, "how many games in the N series are there?" because the answers could be anywhere from like 3 to 12 depending on who you ask and what they consider to be a distinct game

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“your ideal childhood. what picture of concerned work. i can let you hold it.” — #fridgle 2 fridgle.net

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This 30 seconds of this movie from a hundred years ago needs to be talked about more (timestamped to 13:53, in case the video embed doesn't work right) youtu.be/KmL-GvsbrTU?...

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Charley Bowers - Now You Tell One (1926)

YouTube video by Leweegie1960

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I rented a Charley Bowers collection last weekend, and I get why he's not still a household name, but most of his films I saw seemed to have *one* extremely good bit like this. I'd recommend watching the rest of this film, as well as Egged On, also available on YouTube.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Sure, Buster Keaton's train scene is great. But have you seen Charley Bowers' mouse scene?"

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This 30 seconds of this movie from a hundred years ago needs to be talked about more (timestamped to 13:53, in case the video embed doesn't work right) youtu.be/KmL-GvsbrTU?...

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Charley Bowers - Now You Tell One (1926)

YouTube video by Leweegie1960

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And that discourages playing with the rest of the extremely fun movement options in that game. SMS absolutely controls better than SM64 in every other way.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's been a couple years since I've played it, but iirc bonking in SMS is one of the worst feelings in a video game. It takes roughly three hours for Mario to stand up again and for the player to regain control.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I had an absolutely delightful time catching up with Orry Swift, a Houston-area native and accounting professor at Lamar University who is one of the top players in competitive Scrabble. We talked about his heartbreaking loss at this year's finals and why he won't quit: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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It's a matter of when, not if, this Texas man conquers competitive Scrabble

"If anything, the loss just made me more motivated."

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Muzgrob @muzgrob.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Give this a look. It's a great bestiary for Shadowdark! Forgotten Foes for Shadowdark RPG: 250+ Classic Foes Reborn, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Forgotten Foes for Shadowdark RPG: 250+ Classic Foes Reborn

Hundreds of classic monsters brought to life with evocative art for Shadowdark RPG.

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My Abandonware @myabandonware.com · 04/08/2026

New release: Scrabble (2008 - iPod Classic) - www.myabandonware.com/game/scrabble… #abandonware

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maybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

starting a collection of quotes like this

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I am not wealthy, but out of curiosity how much money roughly would you need to move across the world?

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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 23/07/2026

Want to get a sneak peak at N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO, specifically the brand new (and "wicked awesome") Team Tag mode? Tune in to twitch tomorrow at 3pm where we'll be playing with members of the N++ Racing League (which I guess we need a new name for...)! :D m.twitch.tv/metanet_soft...

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Twitch

Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.

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Xandot Oaster @xandotoaster.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

never occurred to me that this might be an American thing, but I am American and I do this all the time, lol

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