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This is a real bummer, considering Humanity had my favorite soundtrack of the year it released!

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face” – Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

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that's totally fair. one reason i love game design is studying how different people engage with the same experience. i think it's neat that while, for me they are frustrating, they actually seem to help you stay focused.

I personally hate boss run-backs in every single soulslikes and think they are usually a bad choice, but adding them obviously a decision Team Cherry made intentionally in service of their vision. I think there are better ways of creating difficulty, but it’s not my game. 🤷‍♂️

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A featureless figure with it's head and arms melting across it's legs on a large square with a bright light behind where it's head would be. In the background are some very processed images of houses.

Hi! It's bandcamp friday! You should go buy my music! Or stream it somewhere belowwwwwwwwwwww!

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YouTube video by The Beths The Beths - "Straight Line Was A Lie"

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loving the new Beths album

#16: Donkey Kong Bananza

#15: Peggle Nights

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:

#14: Deltarune (Ch. 1-4)

glad I still got it 🫡

nobuo uematsu is possibly the most famous and well acclaimed video game composer of all time. indisputably he's in the top 3. and i'm gonnna say it: he's probably still underrated

I can’t imagine carrying a child for nine months… I think my arms would get tired

#13: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history

the games industry breaks my heart. i love this medium but i don’t think i will ever be able to have a career in it. it’s not worth the financial turmoil.

language like this is so insulting, imo. is it a compulsory thing for CEOs to need to brag while laying people off?

only took me eighteen months of on-and-off gameplay 🫢

#12: Persona 5 Royal

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it’s the sexiest, most powerful thing you can do, actually

Surprisingly, the Switch sales are solid right now

Feels like ranked choice was absolutely decisive in this race—not because of the vote count, but because of how it changed the incentives from zero-sum to cooperapetitive. It allowed a fractured left field to align organically through co-endorsements instead of falling into a circular firing squad.

Nice. I’ve never really played but this set is intriguing ….

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

yoshi 4 life but recently ive also been playing penguin

it’s like the dark souls of instruction manuals

#11: Mario Kart World

#10: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour