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Geriatric Sega kid | Dogs Bower fan club president | Slowbro energy | I ramble about video games via writing & podcasts of varying quality: thevirtuaplanet.com, thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk, TitanCast podcast
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I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
mrsdrsyd.bsky.social Mrs Dr Syd @mrsdrsyd.bsky.social · 3d
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Personally, I get pretty weird about Greenland every time I fly over in awe of its unending mountains and glaciers. It’s one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever seen from an airplane window.
swordsjew.bsky.social Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 3d
i miss the old ways americans used to be weird about greenland, like getting iced in on ships off its coast trying to find the north pole. or inventing a fictional continent north of it for book sales. or getting poisoned by their crew for being a maniac and everyone fucks off back to greenland
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Xenoblade Chronicles X might be onto something: it’d be cool if we could find ourselves with the press of a button.
Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles X: My characters standing around and vibing in the world Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles X: Early game map Screenshot from Xenoblade Chronicles X: Map prompt says to click left stick to “Find Self”
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
This is the same score I had in Madden on easy mode earlier today
49ers defensive coordinator Robert Salas staring into the void as the Seahawks lead the 49ers 41 to 6.
January 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
The Dreamcast Junkyard 20th anniversary celebrations continue! We have collaborated with some incredible artists to bring you four new t-shirt designs:

🔷Animated AF!
🔷From Ashes to Fire
🔷Uncle Clutch
🔷Segagaga creator Tez Okano

👉Our merch store: thedreamcastjunkyard-shop.fourthwall.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Even before gen AI, big tech’s sales pitch has always been “we’ll spare you from slight and hypothetical inconveniences if you give us unfettered access to every detail of your life.”

Now this is just another layer of hell.
jasonv.bsky.social JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 10d
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
"Here’s an example that Google’s Josh Woodward, VP of the Gemini app, Google Labs, and AI Studio, shared in a blog post about how Personal Intelligence can work. Google also put together a similar example in a video that I’ve embedded below: For example, we needed new tires for our 2019 Honda minivan two weeks ago. Standing in line at the shop, I realized I didn’t know the tire size. I asked Gemini. These days any chatbot can find these tire specs, but Gemini went further. It suggested different options: one for daily driving and another for all-weather conditions, referencing our family road trips to Oklahoma found in Google Photos. It then neatly pulled ratings and prices for each. As I got to the counter, I needed our license plate. Instead of searching for it or losing my spot in line to walk back to the parking lot, I asked Gemini. It pulled the seven-digit number from a picture in Photos and also helped me identify the van’s specific trim by searching Gmail. Just like that, we were set." https://www.theverge.com/news/861576/google-gemini-ai-personal-intelligence-gmail-search-youtube-photos
January 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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tadashidaiba.bsky.social
Masaya Matsukaze (voice of Ryo Hazuki),
Hazuki Ishigaki (voice of Shenhua),
Hidekazu Yukawa on August 2, 1999 at the Ginza subway station where the demo version of Shenmue was presented, showcasing the QTE system for the first time.
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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shadowtodd.bsky.social
Really, ChatGPT is just giving you a luxury experience that is normally only accessible to the rich and powerful -- the experience of filling your life with butt-kissing and sycophancy until you completely lose touch with reality.
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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roodypatooti.bsky.social
Wish I could internalize this
brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
How on earth did [plastic characters holding game controllers] become a whole metaverse-spanning product genre?

I guess they’re at least nominally better than Funkos on the technicalities that 1) they are useful for precisely one function instead of none and 2) the eyes are less dead
A wall of plastic, licensed character statues made to hold game controllers, including Sonic, Pip Boy, Venom, Fortnite, Call of Duty, and god knows what else.
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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playhistory.bsky.social
David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.

www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...

An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
1996-12 Next Generation pg 8. David Rosen. David Rosen and his wife Masako, circa 1980s. 1969-07 VT Music & Games pg 18. David Rosen.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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marcnormandin.bsky.social
Sneaking in one final freelance piece before 2025 comes to an end. For @avclub.com: It took multiple consoles and a lot of experimenting, but Sega finally figured out how to make the internet work for them 25 years ago with Phantasy Star Online
25 years ago Sega finally figured out the internet with Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles.
www.avclub.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There's a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don't look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn't notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don't need me to believe it's useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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frankcifaldi.bsky.social
Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Merry ‘Castmas, however you celebrate
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
New DreamPod: We're looking back on 20 years of The Dreamcast Junkyard! We’ve reunited some of the people who helped shape the site to revisit its origins, celebrate its best moments, and discuss its continued passion for Sega's final console.

🎧👉 www.buzzsprout.com/42610/episod...
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
This ad made me moderately excited to play Sonic 3D Blast when I was 11
jetbrianradio.bsky.social Jet Brian Radio @jetbrianradio.bsky.social · Dec 2
Sega also does this sort of shit
Sonic 3D Blast magazine ad with the text: “Alert the stars Wake up the moon Summon Saturn Blue is Back”
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
That’s one hell of a Shenmue 3 face
Screenshot from Where Winds Meet: The Old Jin swindler character with high, pronounced cheekbones, bulging eyes, and large mouth akin to several the NPC facial designs in Shenmue 3.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Happy 25th anniversary to Shenmue in Europe!

Here’s a podcast we did to commemorate the occasion.
thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk The Dreamcast Junkyard (is 20 Years Old!) @thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk · Nov 24
It's been 25 years since the Sega Dreamcast's killer app #Shenmue made its voyage to Western shores. The DreamPod celebrates with Matt (@shenmuedojo.com) and KC (@thesegalounge.com). We discuss personal memories, the series’ legacy, and hopes for its future.

👉 www.buzzsprout.com/42610/episod...
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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debjitduttaart.bsky.social
What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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After 600 years, Christmas markets finally let you play Sega games
Me in front of a red one-armed bandit slot machine (produced by Sega in 1963) Close up of the Sega emblem on the red slot machine Another of Sega’s vintage British copper penny slot machines from the ‘60s. A penny arcade stall with a few different games at a Christmas market
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
jetbrianradio.bsky.social
Today I’m thankful for the fact that I don’t have to change the date when I turn on my Dreamcast.

Happy Thanksgiving and/or 27th birthday to the Japanese Dreamcast (whichever you celebrate)
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
It's been 25 years since the Sega Dreamcast's killer app #Shenmue made its voyage to Western shores. The DreamPod celebrates with Matt (@shenmuedojo.com) and KC (@thesegalounge.com). We discuss personal memories, the series’ legacy, and hopes for its future.

👉 www.buzzsprout.com/42610/episod...
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM