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Gov. Mike Kehoe has activated the Missouri National Guard, declaring a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in the state.

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"They didn't realize they were tackling a Senator for asking questions, they thought they were tackling a journalist for asking questions" oh, ok then

submitted 13 hours ago • 59 comments

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THESE WERE MADE AND NEVER USED!?!??

submitted 14 hours ago • 45 comments

Can you not say murder in the title headline? That's so weird.

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Brody King shared a post about what is happening in LA right now on Instagram. #AEW 🤼

submitted 17 hours ago • 47 comments

you show signs of wanting to change the party for the better and they oust you, this party has learned absolutely nothing from 2016, from 2020, and from 2024 and never will

submitted 1 day ago • 280 comments

It's so, so infuriating, over and over and over again, to see video game executives who don't know fuck about shit absolutely wreck the creative work of people who have amazing stories to tell, for no fucking reason except "live service make money" is the latest industry truism

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Placing your trust in someone who doesn't know how to take a screenshot with their phone.

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#MetalGear Solid Mobile's SoftBank trial version was preserved by Cuebus! This is the second keitai trial version that has been preserved (the other was for EZweb devices). It runs pretty well, too! The full Western release of this game was preserved by @krzbrew last year.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

No MGS Collection Volume 2. No new Breath of Fire. Man, some of these companies are doing the blocking for themselves. Suikoden Star Leap coming to Steam at least. Now, can you put it on consoles too?!

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

this is the intended use of gen-AI btw in case anyone didn't know. they want 10 years of unmitigated unregulated slopfeed programs in all your electronics and the states' electronics so they can cut loose a wave of propaganda that would have made edward bernays and marshall mcluhan blush

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Along with abolishing ICE we should abolish all for-profit prison companies in the country.

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Why isn't Ness in Mario Kart?

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Oh wow. So @solfleet.bsky.social did a great write-up about the SGF demo of Onimusha with a lot of context around the original games. I've gone from "What have they done to my boy?!" to being all-in on the new game. Excellent read.

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Being radicalized by this virtual game card bullshit.

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Color me cynical, I just don't believe your average gamer looked at The Veilguard and said some shit like, "Hmm... there are some tonal inconsistencies with the writing..." SkillUp put out a video that reinforced some Gamergate talking points and put the game in the center of a culture war.

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I still cannot believe that women’s sports—a topic literally no one but queer women cared about, to the point that every TV show took cheap shots at the WNBA—was the fucking Rubicon for trans genocide.

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I'm bummed Onimusha kinda looks like a AAA action/adventure now, but @jamesthecarr.bsky.social did a great write-up for @monstervine.com about it.

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dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers

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Spent six hours on the streets in LA today. I saw peaceful protests, people helping others, handing out water, even helping the elderly. And then the cops throttled a crowd that did NOTHING to incite. Tomorrow I’ll be out again. Stay safe everyone.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

We’re in the streets in downtown Chicago.

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Continual reminder that nobody should fucking use genAI because it is a tool of the oppressor.

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It's just a violent military crackdown on peaceful protestors, not something serious like a magazine editor getting fired for being bad at editing.

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i think MMOs should really pivot back to one time purchase or subscription based models. idk. i'd rather have that then the 10-15 different currencies and maybe having to dip into your wallet to pay for weapon upgrades, etc. the tldr; i want less "mandatory" monetization in modern MMORPGs

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relatedly we should probably emphasize more that the AI algorithms that have been built to cater exactly to these men's preferences almost universally produce sexualized images of women who look like theyre 16

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"An incompetent warning shot or the act of a coward, either way it needs to be properly investigated... how is it okay for your police force to be firing at unarmed Australian journalists?" Karl Stefanovic, an anchor for the Australian broadcast channel that @laurentomasi.bsky.social works for.

submitted 3 days ago • 442 comments

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VERY happy to oblige 🫡 Announcing “Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth”, a spiritual successor to “Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley”. This time we follow Moomintroll himself, in a cold but cozy winter adventure 💙 Check out our teaser! www.moomintroll.game #moomintroll

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I like it when ChatGPT is down because ChatGPT is bad.

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Why do all the faces in RE6 look so bad? This game looks so bad!

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this is going around as people finger wag about optics and peaceful protests and i just want to note that the cop here - john pike - received retirement, 8mos of suspended leave pay, and $38k for the pain and suffering of macing kids the students received $6k-30k, most at the lower end

submitted 3 days ago • 41 comments

Fuck the FTC

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stay safe! avoid kettles!!

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"I used midjourney to p-" trashes e-mail Cool, send your press e-mail to the AI then. Maybe they can report on it.

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1) You can’t make a bigot money and still call yourself and ally. 2) The fact that WB is cranking out these “this actor is cool! Separate the art from the artist” weekly PR pieces means that Rowling funding the assault on trans rights is hurting their bottom line.

submitted 3 days ago • 36 comments

I dont know how this is going to sound but I feel the need to get it off my chest It felt quite dystopian to be at a million dollar event promoting video games while down the block my brothers and sisters are out here getting shot & locked up for no reason at all. I feel like I should be doing more

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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

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Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by the state of Israel. "Please make sure to be loud." - One of the last messages from the crew before being taken hostage after the attack from Israel RESHARE! REPOST! SPEAK OUT! RELEASE. THE. CREW. END. THE. BLOCKADE. FREE. PALESTINE.

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America elected one Black president, and every wealthy person who hated that convinced every poor person who also hated that to get the guy who hated it the most elected as the next president That's all this ever is. A pyramid scheme of hatred and greed led by sociopaths. Time to break its legs 👍🏾

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Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.

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Jeez, there really were like 200 game announcements over the course of 72 hours. And it seems that most of the games press (and half of the audience) are downright miserable about it. That doesn't feel like a good sign.

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