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Dark Souls Dissected & retro VGM sound design nerd. He/him, gay. explod2a03 in a past life. https://patreon.com/illusorywall http://youtube.com/illusorywall

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Greed is Destroying the World
YouTube video by Drew Gooden Greed is Destroying the World

The latest Drew Gooden video was excellent.

youtu.be/W8Z3MfNpJpE

04.12.2025 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I don't think you thought this through. And if you don't see how you've come to be in favor of egregious censorship/ deplatforming, that's pretty sad.

This also has nothing to do with whether or not steam should be "allowed" to do so. It's that it's simply a very bad and troubling choice they made.

04.12.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not in favor of any of these things.

Trying to defend the ban by saying "they could self publish" is also the exact same nonsense that anyone trying to get books removed from most stores and major retailers would say.

04.12.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you really just mention "depictions of slavery" in a list of reasons to be okay with media being banned?

Do you not hear how that sounds and do you not understand the implications of that?

Any of this stuff would be fine in an r-rated movie btw.

04.12.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He looks like he's already thinking about breaking another ornament!

03.12.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah so the thing I was vague posting about for this evening might have to be delayed by a few days.

Don't want to say what it is because... reasons, but I'm excited about it. :)

03.12.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's coming for all of us... sooner or later.

03.12.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice".

A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice".

A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice".

The resistance stat is red as it is will be lowered while the humanity amount is blue as it is will be increased.

A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice". The resistance stat is red as it is will be lowered while the humanity amount is blue as it is will be increased.

A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice".

Agreeing and a prompt comes up, reading "Trade for humanity" with two prompts "Ok" and "Cancel".

A screenshot of a menu from Dark Souls. It looks similar to the level up menu for exchanging souls for levels. The title of the menu is "Restore humanity". A subtitle reads "Select parameter to sacrifice". Agreeing and a prompt comes up, reading "Trade for humanity" with two prompts "Ok" and "Cancel".

Dark Souls has an interesting unused menu.

Opening it shows a menu similar to the level up menu with "Restore humanity" as title. It allows you to sacrifice stat levels and get 4 soft humanity for each in return.

#DarkSouls #SoulsTrivia

03.12.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

wow thanks!

03.12.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I haven't played it yet but absolutely will!

03.12.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll be debuting my PNGtuber Vagrant soon. And will finally have a proper pfp that isn't just a direct screenshot.

It was drawn by Zullie the Witch. Turns out she's a great artist too!

Also kinda related to all of this, maybe set aside some time later this evening and keep an eye on this page...

03.12.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 288    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

debuting soon!

(it's just a vagrant it hasn't been anthropomorphized at all, but i'm really happy with it)

03.12.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's always been something appealing to me about that very nasally quality of PCE/ Turbografx music. Like even the baselines are nasally sounding.

Great track!

03.12.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're right, mothgirl is *actually* the correct pick.

03.12.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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lol

03.12.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
bjรถrk : triumph of a heart
YouTube video by bjรถrk bjรถrk : triumph of a heart

Required viewing:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z-r...

03.12.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*triumph. of. a. heaaaaaart*

03.12.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you're welcome! I'm super impressed by everything you do

03.12.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This story was hella grounded. Like obviously it's fiction but I know you know about details in here that totally track, or loose sources of inspiration, etc.

03.12.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love that its become a meme, haha.

03.12.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well we know she already has a cat husband, and in Oceania she says:

"Every boy is a snake, is a lily
Every pearl is a lynx, is a girl"

So I'm going with Lynx!

03.12.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This got your attention for other reasons. This got my attention b/c of Bjรถrk. We are not the same. ๐Ÿ˜ค

03.12.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is real folks, it's happened to me. ๐Ÿ’€

03.12.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey thanks for the kind words!

02.12.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The code archaeologists: discovering the secrets buried in games These dedicated experts unearth dev secrets, buried levels, and abandoned stories in the games we love

The latest newsletter celebrates the people who explore the code of our favourite games, discovering secrets and shining a new light on why we love them so much. Feat @zulliethewitch.bsky.social, @illusorywall.bsky.social, @kingborehaha.bsky.social

gameroom.substack.com/p/the-code-a...

02.12.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Someone's gotta peg them, because the AI won't.

02.12.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You did an excellent job with the soundtrack!

01.12.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The protagonist asking "What the hell is a Sniffies?"

The protagonist asking "What the hell is a Sniffies?"

iykyk. lmao

01.12.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the protagonist realizing they don't know the real life name of the person who booked the room, when attempting to check in. Text reads "I just flew across the country to stay alone in a room with two people that I don't know the names of, and now I'm supposed to explain that to this normal human woman?"

Screenshot of the protagonist realizing they don't know the real life name of the person who booked the room, when attempting to check in. Text reads "I just flew across the country to stay alone in a room with two people that I don't know the names of, and now I'm supposed to explain that to this normal human woman?"

It's also funny reading this because I can catch small bits I know were inspired by real life events/ conversations.

Hell, I even feel like I'm partially in this thing. Not as a character, but like, I'm pretty sure this was inspired by a room being booked in my name once. ๐Ÿ˜‚

01.12.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damn, that ending.

It's great when stories like this are sobering and not wish fulfillment.

Great work from everyone involved, I like having friends that make cool (and very unapologetically gay) shit.

01.12.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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