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they're making monster rancher too easy these days. back in my day you had to own a physical copy of the best of earth wind and fire on cd in order to get the suezo that looked like the planet. if you wanted a golem in his underwear you had to go buy the abbey road ep by red hot chili peppers

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UNDERTALE is on sale for $1. If you're a bluesky user who hasn't played this game - now is the best time to join the other 99% of people on this website and pick it up. store.steampowered.com/app/391540/U...

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@vgadvisor.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

when you and the buckaroos start showing off which of your ebook holds just came through

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What song do you think this 2002 J-Drama about a poor family who owns a ramen shop used for its ending theme? Make a guess, then click play. You'll be wrong.

submitted 16 days ago • 138 comments

NES Acclaim Remote. From EGM, Nov 1989.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgff...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo5r... Back in early college when I still lived with my parents, I was singing along to this song one day, trying to match the high pitch toward the end. I apparently failed badly, because their dog started barking at me until I stopped.

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WarpSpeed. From EGM, June 1993.

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BIG thing i get teased about over the years (in playful ways, it is fine buckaroos, but a light tease none the less) is the DIRECTNESS of my titles. many who stumble upon my books will immediately comment 'the title is so long it just says what happens'. here are some of my thoughts on that...

submitted 27 days ago • 45 comments

maybe my favourite etymology: the phrase “curry favour” originates from a medieval french morality poem about a conniving horse named fauvel who amasses a following of sycophantic humans to groom and tend to him. over time, “currying fauvel” eventually became “currying favour.”

submitted 96 days ago • 28 comments

Look, during this period when investors are funding crusty throwback games for 40 year olds, can a homie get a Jem and Holograms combination point and click adventure/rhythm game with a terrible minigame where The Misfits try to run you off the road with those bigass guitar motorcycles?

submitted 32 days ago • 7 comments

Typically at GDQ, whenever there's a spherical object on the screen, the crowd will shout, "Orb!" Here's a thread about why, with a further deep dive into Mario history.

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RPG Limit Break is happy to announce that Game Submissions are open for #RPGLB2025! 🎉 To submit a run, go to rpglimitbreak.com and create an account if you don't have one, then go to your profile at rpglimitbreak.com/profile and click Create/Edit Submissions.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

We finished Matilda and my daughter's final verdict: "I like that book, because the last page has huggies, which are my favorite."

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Who would have won the 'Simon-Ehrlich bet' over different decades — and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity? The new Our World in Data article by my colleague Hannah Ritchie. ourworldindata.org/simon-ehrlic...

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New blog post. I figured, after ragging on Chrono Trigger's abysmal understanding of Early Modern English, it would be good to counter with some positivity. The Early Modern English in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is excellent. swimmylionni.substack.com/p/early-mode...

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