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John Michonski
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EiC of Gamesline.net, contributor to Old School Gamer Magazine, and always looking for more! Who is cuter, Pikachu or me? I post dumb jokes and games industry insight in equal amounts.
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Friends,
November 15, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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Is there a truly correct way to play a game? Can a game mean something to you in different stages of your life? @gallowlessdatura.bsky.social muses on these questions and more. gamesline.net/mechanical-f...
Mechanical Fantasies or: How I Made an Art Out of Playing Games Wrong
It’s that time of year again: when people start thinking about how they’ve spent their time and try to construe meaning out of this cosmic absurdity. Reflections on experiences had, moments cheri
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December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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plurb art
😀😀
#pluribus #yuribus
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Someone retweeted a classic tweet I made so we can all remember
December 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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a woman with brown hair, a yellow sweater, and blue overalls with red accents and a yellow-and-red bear peaking above the words "BooH" stands with her hands at her hips. The textbox below her has a picture of her face and is accompanied by the text "I have to work hard!" various grey and brown skyscrapers are in the background.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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バクちゃん
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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shanoa doodle from 2018
A black-and-white drawing of Shanoa from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. It's a portrait, showing her somewhat in profile with her head tilted, long black hair snaking around, and a full moon with bats behind her. This art is from 2018 (holy shit), but I still kinda like it.
February 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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I'd get through of the Devil ch 2 in one sitting if playing it didn't put me on edge bad enough to make me feel a bit queasy lmao (this is a major compliment)
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I hit peak with this cover and it's just been downhill from there tbh
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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#endlessmonday
penny from hit indie game Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines working at her desk, holding her head and looking pained. i drew this in early 2023.
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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every day I log on and see this girl here
The character Nanao from the game Robot Alchemic Drive. A stylisted, anime-esque illustration of a girl with light skin, brown hair in twintails, wearing a white collared shirt with a beige cardigan on top, and a yellow jacket on top of that. She stands in front of a 3D rendered scene of a street in an evening sky.
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Yu-Gi-Oh card called hotdog with wing with a picture of just that, description is "cool as hell" 2.5k atk, and 1.5k def
December 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Serra of the Devil looking down and sad while Diamani says "Stop it, you're making her depressed."
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Rung up Alex Jones (yeah the Infowars guy) at the arcade I worked at. Was wearing an N95 and he didn't say anything which genuinely surprised me. Nobody else at my job recognized him. It was after he got obliterated by the Sandy Hook parents so I have no idea how he was paying for anything.
bolt451.bsky.social Deck the Halls with Bolt451 @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Reze
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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What a quote.
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.

🧊👓✨
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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(Defeats the Byogen with my special attack) Odai shini~
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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john waters' 1995 christmas card with steve buscemi as him
a card that reads "seasons greetings" with john waters' signature underneath, and a photo of a young steve buscemi dressed as him, with a moustache and all. underneath, photo credits: steve buscemi as john waters, baltimore 1995. photo: betty beebe
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Guess we already had our first weeb president.
hokutoandy.bsky.social HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 18h
This can seem like the US general sat through solemn slow dancing, but the Noh he watched had samurai sword assassins, dancing Chinese turtles and orangutans, and super powered demons.

Ulysses S. Grant was the first American to see a Spider-Man shoot web, he was America's first Tokusatsu fan.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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This can seem like the US general sat through solemn slow dancing, but the Noh he watched had samurai sword assassins, dancing Chinese turtles and orangutans, and super powered demons.

Ulysses S. Grant was the first American to see a Spider-Man shoot web, he was America's first Tokusatsu fan.
Tsuchigumo is a Noh play.[1] More specifically, it is classified as a genzai Noh (現在能),[1] a relatively realistic work featuring human characters and taking place in a linear time line. It is a gobanme-mono (五番目物),[1] meaning that the Nihyakujū-ban Utai Mokuroku (二百拾番謡目録) indicates that its author is unknown.[1] In the modern era, it is part of the repertoires of all five of the major schools of Noh (五流現行曲).[1] The story takes place in the Heian period of Japanese history, depicting a popular hero of that era—specifically the late 10th and early 11th centuries—taking down a monstrous spider, but the play itself dates to the significantly later Muromachi period (14th–16th centuries).[2] Sources On July 8, Lord Iwakura invited Mr. and Mrs. Grant and some of the Imperial family to his residence, treated them to Japanese and Western dishes, and entertained them with Noh performances. These included the short Noh piece “Mochizuki” by Hōshō Kurō, the Kyōgen piece “Tsurigitsune” by Miyake Shōichi, and the Noh piece “Tsuchigumo” by Kongō Taiichirō. They also watched some Noh dance pieces, including “Hanagatami” by Kanze Kiyotaka, “Shun’ei” by Umewaka Minoru, “Kurama Tengu” by Umewaka Rokurō, and “Shōjō” by Umewaka Manzaburō. It proved to be a highly successful event, not only because the performers were all great masters of the age, but also because the Grants were provided with brochures with English synopses of the Noh and Kyōgen pieces. “Mochizuki” is a revenge play in the category of Genzai Noh (stories set only in the present), and has many attractive dance scenes including ones with a lion’s mask. “Tsurigitsune” is one of the most accessible Kyōgen pieces, while “Tsuchigumo” is one of the specialities of the Kongō school and features the stage effect of spider threads. The dance pieces mostly involve clearly expressed movements. It was only natural that the audience appreciated the spectacular performances from the masters of the age, and General Grant was deeply moved by the plays. In his words of praise, he suggested that Lord Iwakura should pay close attention to preserving and maintaining Noh because such an art could easily degenerate. Lord Iwakura, already a strong supporter of Noh, was encouraged by the suggestion to made further efforts to back the art. The Noh community of the Meiji era subsequently moved forward to days of prosperity, starting with the establishment of an all-school organization, Nōgakusha, followed by the opening of a Noh theatre in Shiba. In light of this, General Grant is counted among the benefactors of the restoration of Noh in the Meiji era.
December 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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the mark of the knucklehead #azumangadaioh
YUKARI: "welp, without bidding further adieu... it's Final Exam time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ---- YUKARI: "...wait 'til everyone gets their page before you all un-flip yer SURPRISE~" ---- OSAKA: "ah-... ah've been MARKED fer DEATH..." YUKARI: "woops, my pen bled on that one."
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Sometimes when I am feeling down I pull up the car dealership post celebrating J Mascis for buying a sensible compact car and draw strength from it like a jpg spirit bomb
A Facebook post from a VW dealership celebrating J Mascis on purchasing a 2016 Volkswagen Golf
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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The conversation about mainstream games coverage about Chinese games is fraught, because people don't want to be racist. I get it, I don't either. But when most of the games getting a spotlight coming from China are flashy wuxia stories that are usually Soulslikes or gacha games...
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM