IrishNinjⒶ

leaning towards pc-fx as i still don't have one but man that super stick looks so baller

The Legend Of Zelda didn’t create a genre, but it did help define it 40 years ago The Legend Of Zelda helped introduce the then-young action RPG genre to a generation of video game fans.

My latest for @theavclubgames.bsky.social is on the 40th anniversary of original The Legend of Zelda, and its role as a streamliner of the complicated, demanding, and burgeoning action RPG. This classic did not come out of nowhere, but was to action RPGs what Dragon Quest was for turn-based ones.

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.

a black and white typography edit that reads "i am making permanent choices because i want permanent changes." the text is in all caps and is printed over a opened case of tools. the image is textured with very small halftone dots

i ❣️ bodily autonomy

‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

white people and people in the global north (i say as both) like to act as if we're the only ones on the planet with the inner complexity to both Hate Our Governments and also Not Want Other Countries To Bomb Us About Our Bad Governments

"Defensive strikes" in the country that was attacked first, because of nuclear weapons that don't exist.

I know it's a joke at this point but we're basically in 1984 doublespeak right now.

It is deeply depressing to see people on the left, people much smarter and more accomplished than me, making mistakes that concede ground to fascists, effectively dumping oppressed communities, because they are so laser focused on electoralism and/or populist economic redistributionism.

twin peaks
patlabor
hard boiled (john woo)

wait shit the NiGHTS thing? i was hoping that was still going

I genuinely just don't know what more these people want. We're in an age where non-Ghibli anime films can be box office juggernauts and physical manga routinely does circles around Marvel and DC, all while paying pennies on the dollar for good translation talent. They're cultural rent-seekers, dude.

Anyway, pay your manga translators (and everybody else involved) a living wage and give them royalties, for fuck's sake. You're bigger than ever and can afford rates many times bigger than the 90s on the bestsellers topping the fucking NYT charts. Embarrassing you refuse to take care of your own.

If translation *alone* took six months, the pay rate would be so huge, it'd eclipse the golden years of the 90s and every manga translator I know wouldn't be juggling 10+ series. But no, it's one of the quickest, cheapest parts, for worse and for worse. You're drawing blood out of a stone, dinguses.

“Saudi official:

"American defense is focused on Israel — without concern for the defense of the Arab Gulf states, which host many of the military bases."

Gulf Arabs are finally waking up to the fact that those bases they host are nothing more than a protection racket and an intel collection hub.”

❝ Across the wider Arab world, however, reactions were more divided, exposing a gap between official statements about territorial integrity and a public debate over whether the presence of foreign military bases on Arab soil made escalation inevitable. ❞

— Nagham Zbeedat
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going to sleep with the hope the AI bubble crashes tomorrow cause i like the computer

icymi

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A state of 14 million (nine million citizens, seven million first class citizens) which occupies the territory of three states and bombs the territory of another three with impunity and people pretend it is not rogue

Live updates: At least 31 people killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states and Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and warnings of more U.S. casualties.

BREAKING: Fire and smoke rise from inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait after an Iranian attack. Video obtained by The Associated Press showed the smoke with an alarm wailing.

"The waiting period for accessing surgery can be really challenging because these surgeries are transforming, life-saving and life-changing ... The uncertainty of not knowing when you'll be able to get surgery and the years-long wait-list can be really challenging for people's mental health."

Bloodied pink schoolbag badmg, abandoned in the dust.

School days over.

I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

Prompts

Cartoon of two immigration agents, one masked and the other unmasked, carrying large weapons. “The government doesn’t need A.I. that kills autonomously and never refuses illegal orders … They’ve got us!”

Sunday Taquitos #17: The Human Touch

By @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

learn your history, besties

stoned tetris effect made me feel more connected to the universe than actual tripping did, somehow

stoned lumines arise only reminded me that im kind of shit at lumines and perhaps my ancestors would be ashamed 😮‍💨

the only true cozy game is the first 20 minutes of silent hill when you're just some guy hiking

stardew valley has violent combat, themes of loss, and sensitive character matter: not at all a cozy game. animal crossing makes you think about colonizing and capitalism, not a cozy game. the only truly cozy game is stoned tetris.