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@d-volt.bsky.social

American in Japan makin' it as best I can. Destructoid is dead. Long live Blutoid. Generally interested in video games, vintage audio devices, anime, etc. (If you don't like politics, turn around. I went to college for that shit.)

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Latest posts by d-volt.bsky.social on Bluesky

I really try to keep an even keel, and self-regulate because itโ€™s the only way to be in this for the long haul, but sometimes the fury overtakes you for a bit.

30.01.2026 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9255    ๐Ÿ” 957    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 455    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
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CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoplesโ€™ movement for land rights with an active membership ofย 250,000 landless poor and is r...

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

24.01.2026 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15451    ๐Ÿ” 6234    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 370    ๐Ÿ“Œ 224

You will never be delighted unless you risk being disappointed

16.01.2026 05:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ›Œ๐ŸŒตโœŠ๏ธ

01.11.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Idk what the fuck we're all doing when there's a new Katamari game and we're not all just playing that instead. We are a broken people. We should be rolling up cows rn.

25.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 329    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

20.10.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11746    ๐Ÿ” 2095    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124

Staggeringly flawed as a game, but I'll always appreciate and dig what is was going for from a Flash & Noise perspective. There's not really anything else like it. Great trailer too.

20.10.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

17.10.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7630    ๐Ÿ” 2850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 128    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95
Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

14.10.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8436    ๐Ÿ” 2793    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

God of War: Ragnarรถk in particular, has the protagonists using violence while searching for a nonviolent solution to their problems, only to magically discover that violence was the only answer all along. lol

14.10.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Feels like quite a few of the Sony 3rd person cinematic action games have narratives that revolve around showing the bad guys are actually complex people with logical reasons behind their actions, tasks you with using terrible violence to oppose them, then condemns you for that violence.

#blutoid

14.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Her face reminds me of Trudy Proud from the Proud Family, and I really like that.

14.10.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, itโ€™s all directed from the top down

they just canโ€™t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

13.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2962    ๐Ÿ” 600    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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George Stephanopoulos cuts off JD Vance mid sentence ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ”ฅโ€ฆ.this is the way!

12.10.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2965    ๐Ÿ” 685    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 150    ๐Ÿ“Œ 98

I was blocked by someone on here and it still makes me a little sad. Still, that's a find group of oofmies.

12.10.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"But Barleybap, The Ooze didn't sell."

Then how do you explain the fact that I own two copies? I only have one copy of huge hits like Breath of the Wild, GTAV, and Animal Crossing New Horizons, yet somehow I just happen to have two of The Ooze, a game that *supposedly* sold poorly? Get out of here.

11.10.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I've been swapping between God of War: Ragnarรถk and Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut. I was tempted to spend $70 on Ghost of Yลtei and I've instead opted to finish my other Sony 3rd-person cinematic action games to keep me from overspending on another. So far, so good.

11.10.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'Aight, you can't just say it's not spectacular without naming a JRPG that actually is. Because if Chrono Trigger in the Year of Our Lord 2025 isn't still spectacular, then some JRPG must have outclassed it by now that I evidently missed.

But in all seriousness, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

10.10.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The subtitle reminds me of Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. Probably no connection between the two, but I love the subtitle for that reason!

08.10.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I boot up a game for the first time and one of my brothers is watching, they WILL mock me for going to the options instead of just starting the game. I need to make sure subtitles are on! And what if the HDR settings are wonky!

07.10.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Constant Companions on Vinyl

Constant Companions on Vinyl

The song Dance Delightful from the album Constant Companions playing on an iBasso DX180 in the dark while chillin' in bed.

The song Dance Delightful from the album Constant Companions playing on an iBasso DX180 in the dark while chillin' in bed.

Eagerly awaiting my vinyl copy of Constant Companions Deluxe Edition hopefully arriving in November (fingers crossed!) It's still my personal album of the year. @jamies.page made a masterpiece and damn it, I want an oversized disc with grooves cut in it that screams, "I really like this album!"

07.10.2025 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like, I get it: the financials were a mess, and the moderation was inadequate among (many) other issues. But cohost felt like it actually had a beating fucking heart, unlike the soulless algorithm machines that are most modern social media sites.

07.10.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really enjoyed my time with cohost (I was a cohost Plus! subscriber 'til the very end), but its demise could be seen coming about a year or two ahead of time. That site made me into a blogger, and when it died, so too did my desire to blog. Other sites don't hit quite the same.

07.10.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I finally figured out the coaxial cable situation in the basement of my parents' house. Turns out we had the main internet line running through a 3-way splitter for literally no reason! Rerouted it, and now there's faster internet and more convenient router placement for ethernet access!

#blutoid

06.10.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It should still be feasible, but now I have to map out the cables to determine which cables go to which rooms, figure out why there are more coaxial splitters than there are rooms to deliver cables to, check each cable for service, and simplify the setup if possible. This'll be fun!

06.10.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wanted to use MoCa adapters to turn the coaxial ports in my parents' house into essentially ethernet ports for devices. But it turns out there are no coaxial ports in the house. Instead, the basement has a series of coaxial splitters, and the cables are then fed up and through floors and walls. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

06.10.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooo, the original Breath of Fire! Great memories with that one.

06.10.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly, I do not have the money to buy games I'll never play. Hell, I barely have the funds to buy the ones I do play!

06.10.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a kid, I only ever used my Game Gear (a Sega Sports Blue version) with the AC adapter because of how battery hungry it was. Needless to say, it wasn't much of a portable system for me!

06.10.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pokรฉmon Prism running on an Analogue Pocket.

Pokรฉmon Prism running on an Analogue Pocket.

Playing Pokรฉmon on the Analogue Pocket while lying in bed has been a much needed blast of nostalgia. Of course, a completely authentic experience would require no backlit screen, a dim, constantly flickering worm light, and no rom hacks. But that's a bit too much nostalgia for my taste.

#blutoid

05.10.2025 04:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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