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Brad @beinvoked.bsky.social · Oct 17

Brad

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LIBERAL WHO'S ALSO REALLY OBSESSED WITH HIS GAMER SCORE AND IS PLAYING TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: There's a heckin cheevo in the white house

January 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM

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leon

@leyawn.bsky.social

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM

Brad

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There's some fun to be had with Synduality even if you don't stick with it imo, pick it up

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Last chance to get US PS+ Essential December titles:

-Lego Horizon Adventures buff.ly/E7Vts2J
-Killing Floor 3 buff.ly/njhn4eJ
-The Outlast Trials buff.ly/uUUmr6a
-SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada buff.ly/vXYOXIB
-Neon White buff.ly/EzR5BIW

January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM

Brad

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Sure did wake up to the most infuriating news possible!

January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM

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stuart

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👏👏👏

January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM

Brad

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This is one of the most important things written for the entire genre IMO

Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 3d

I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain

How to use your imagination

When your party stays at the Inn overnight, what do they eat?

If you ever catch yourself wondering that, then you know you've formed an attachment to your characters.

With Etrian Odyssey's characters, you only give them a name and a portrait, so no matter how you think of the character, it's technically just your imagination. But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing.

For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... If you can imagine small details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more.

The essence is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if you invest those "numbers" with your own feelings, you can spice up the game a little. Think about this:

In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they only have a couple of HP left, and no TP. They're certain to die in their next turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2 characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief time before your game ends.

Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who'll die facing the enemy and laughing? Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath?

The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it could play out very differently.

The game itself isn't that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic and fun situations in your own minds.

January 3, 2026 at 5:11 AM

Brad

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I'm so excited for this! Shelved by Genre is such a phenomenal podcast and I've been itching to give these books a reread for years now.

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 3d

With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...

January 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM

Brad

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I basically watched all of Haha You Clowns today... That dad's done such a good job of raising those boys...

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January 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM

Brad

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THEY ALREADY DO THAT

January 2, 2026 at 1:40 AM

Brad

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I didn't do shit today and it felt great

January 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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tobyfox

@tobyfox.undertale.com

guy who pronounces ".png" as "dot pinge"

January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM

Brad

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*trying really hard to remember the howard stern thing*

January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM

Brad

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I'm going to try to do 100 movies this year, originally wanted them to be all new to me but there are too many movies I haven't watched since I was a teen or younger that I keep thinking of going back to as an adult so I'm going to say those count too

January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM

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sylvia

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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 AM

Brad

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We got 'em...

January 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM

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Savaged Regime

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Nanao should be in more games

"Don't feel sorry for me. I found work at the Helgen inn!"

December 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM

Brad

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I'm... happy I got my PC when I did

NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 6d

[Newsis] Consumer GPUs to increase in price next year. RTX 5090 to increase from $2000 to $5000
www.resetera.com/threads/13...

December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM

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bakoon

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December 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Brad

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Got a bone to pick with the Balancers

December 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM

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J.M. (But also Nemo)

@alamhigo.bsky.social

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM

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COMBOBREAKER

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Live from the Midwest!

Join us for CB2026 on May 22-24 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois!

Visit combobreaker.org for more info.

Visit start.gg/cb2026 to register.

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