The ManSpyder
@manspyder.bsky.social
Charmingly irregular. People say I'm funny, but usually I just chat nonsense & hope for the best.
I write & edit gaming videos & retrospectives for @RetroHutch.com. I like cats.
https://youtube.com/@themanspyder
I write & edit gaming videos & retrospectives for @RetroHutch.com. I like cats.
https://youtube.com/@themanspyder
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The ManSpyder
@manspyder.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Shadow Dancer - Rewind Review
YouTube video by Retro Hutch
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New video! We all have our miserable little piles of secrets, according to Dracula. But what is The Secret of Shinobi? Herbal Essences? Maybe it's Maybelline? Nope. Turns out, it's a doggo! Here's my retrospective look at Shadow Dancer on the #Sega #MegaDrive.
#ShadowDancer #Shinobi #Doggo #Ninja
#ShadowDancer #Shinobi #Doggo #Ninja
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
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The very unfortunate passing of Rebecca Heineman has also lined up with other developments and findings involving her 3DO port of Doom.
So I’m making an update video because there’s enough for a whole video. I was originally planning on just a short!
So I’m making an update video because there’s enough for a whole video. I was originally planning on just a short!
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The very unfortunate passing of Rebecca Heineman has also lined up with other developments and findings involving her 3DO port of Doom.
So I’m making an update video because there’s enough for a whole video. I was originally planning on just a short!
So I’m making an update video because there’s enough for a whole video. I was originally planning on just a short!
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Fuck Around (making a rocket ship at home in Lancashire with help from your dog) & Find Out (that the moon really is made of cheese)
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Fuck Around (making a rocket ship at home in Lancashire with help from your dog) & Find Out (that the moon really is made of cheese)
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On #InternationalMensDay, take a moment away from cracking jokes from the privileged perspective of cishet white people and think about the “international” aspect of it. 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On #InternationalMensDay, take a moment away from cracking jokes from the privileged perspective of cishet white people and think about the “international” aspect of it. 🧵
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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laughing again because during a quiz there was a question about a famous pirate and I said to my friend just name any pirate and he panicked and said long bon jovi
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
laughing again because during a quiz there was a question about a famous pirate and I said to my friend just name any pirate and he panicked and said long bon jovi
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I hope they used the same two topless men every time. I would watch an Edwardian Road movie about these two chaps, zigzagging the country by train, methodically but reluctantly measuring out 70 feet and then exposing their nipples to be sure.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
In the UK, houses that back on to each other have to be at least 21 metres apart because of a 1902 law. This is all about protecting a woman's modesty.
This distance was decided by two topless men backing away from each other until they couldn't see each others nipples.
This distance was decided by two topless men backing away from each other until they couldn't see each others nipples.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I hope they used the same two topless men every time. I would watch an Edwardian Road movie about these two chaps, zigzagging the country by train, methodically but reluctantly measuring out 70 feet and then exposing their nipples to be sure.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
I’m calling them Hedley and Chadwick.
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Anime vtuber skins are a fun, accessible/high privacy option for creators (also damn impressive technically). ZERO shade to anime vtubers.
My shade is that I don’t want using an avatar to be the *ONLY OPTION* for women in order to be seen/recognised by their peers within the industry.
My shade is that I don’t want using an avatar to be the *ONLY OPTION* for women in order to be seen/recognised by their peers within the industry.
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Anime vtuber skins are a fun, accessible/high privacy option for creators (also damn impressive technically). ZERO shade to anime vtubers.
My shade is that I don’t want using an avatar to be the *ONLY OPTION* for women in order to be seen/recognised by their peers within the industry.
My shade is that I don’t want using an avatar to be the *ONLY OPTION* for women in order to be seen/recognised by their peers within the industry.
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I love when Zelda says the game's title
"To save Hyrule's future, we must find a Link to the Past."
"Can you smell it Link? The Breath of the Wild."
"Breakfast is grows cold! It is time for Link's Awakening."
"Oh no, I'm late for Link's Crossbow Training."
"Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosey Rupeeland."
"To save Hyrule's future, we must find a Link to the Past."
"Can you smell it Link? The Breath of the Wild."
"Breakfast is grows cold! It is time for Link's Awakening."
"Oh no, I'm late for Link's Crossbow Training."
"Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosey Rupeeland."
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love when Zelda says the game's title
"To save Hyrule's future, we must find a Link to the Past."
"Can you smell it Link? The Breath of the Wild."
"Breakfast is grows cold! It is time for Link's Awakening."
"Oh no, I'm late for Link's Crossbow Training."
"Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosey Rupeeland."
"To save Hyrule's future, we must find a Link to the Past."
"Can you smell it Link? The Breath of the Wild."
"Breakfast is grows cold! It is time for Link's Awakening."
"Oh no, I'm late for Link's Crossbow Training."
"Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosey Rupeeland."
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![@tomb_urges - Whenever I see someone on one of these, I like like to imagine they started out with a much larger vehicle and their journey has been riddled with mishaps. [pic of guy on a unicycle type thing]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreialamhqwi5ukvc5s2hvbpuofiltysnogvfr6kqcy7cj4ye6alqkau@jpeg)
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After years working from home, I realised I could piss into a plastic tub during voice calls and nobody would notice. That's not the fess though. The fess is forgetting to empty it, and spending days working next to a tub of cold piss.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After years working from home, I realised I could piss into a plastic tub during voice calls and nobody would notice. That's not the fess though. The fess is forgetting to empty it, and spending days working next to a tub of cold piss.
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When I was in my 20s I was clubbing about 3 nights a week, going to the coolest venues, and getting out of my nut to nosebleed techno. Now I'm in my 50s and the two tunes that are guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor are B*Witched "C'est La Vie" and S Club 7 "Don't Stop Movin'"
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When I was in my 20s I was clubbing about 3 nights a week, going to the coolest venues, and getting out of my nut to nosebleed techno. Now I'm in my 50s and the two tunes that are guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor are B*Witched "C'est La Vie" and S Club 7 "Don't Stop Movin'"
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Video coverage in the future, but today on embargo, check out our extensive web review of the phenomenal Analogue 3D: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/anal...
Review: Analogue 3D overclocks the N64 in stellar fashion
The most impressive Analogue "FPGA" console yet.
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Video coverage in the future, but today on embargo, check out our extensive web review of the phenomenal Analogue 3D: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/anal...
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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The bloody opening scenes from SCARF JACK (1981), a brilliant but obscure ITV drama about the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the Brits as the villains, and airing slap bang in the middle of the Troubles. Dead kids strewn everywhere at 4.45 in the afternoon - it was a kid's show!
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The bloody opening scenes from SCARF JACK (1981), a brilliant but obscure ITV drama about the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the Brits as the villains, and airing slap bang in the middle of the Troubles. Dead kids strewn everywhere at 4.45 in the afternoon - it was a kid's show!
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Game Boy cake / Print ad / Sainsbury's / 1993
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Game Boy cake / Print ad / Sainsbury's / 1993
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This carrot is an orphan. This snowman won't see its children this year. Paddington is dying of a wasting disease. Now here's Smack My Bitch Up sung by Katie Melua.
Every Christmas ad in the UK:
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This carrot is an orphan. This snowman won't see its children this year. Paddington is dying of a wasting disease. Now here's Smack My Bitch Up sung by Katie Melua.
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Every Christmas ad in the UK:
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Every Christmas ad in the UK:
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
How do you feel about…
Old people? *sad* old people?
Babies? Pregnancy! Nostalgia about babies? Children with nostalgia? Um…
Talking vegetables? *sad* talking vegetables? Characters from your childhood books? Talking to babies? Nostalgic babies?
Uh
Um
CRY DAMN YOU, CRY!
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traditional english pub food
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
traditional english pub food
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Right @mbalazo.bsky.social has informed me that in his hometown there's an English-themed pub called Bollocks. This would be like someone here opening a US-style diner and calling it Jerking Off or something.
bollockspub.com
bollockspub.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Right @mbalazo.bsky.social has informed me that in his hometown there's an English-themed pub called Bollocks. This would be like someone here opening a US-style diner and calling it Jerking Off or something.
bollockspub.com
bollockspub.com
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The story of how Rebecca Heineman overcame corporate incompetence to develop the Doom 3DO port in two and a half months is incredible (via @bghof.com) www.badgamehalloffame.com/doom-3do/
DOOM (3DO) - Bad Game Hall of Fame
"Swept With the Boom, Don’t Forget to Assume, Time Catches up With Some 3DO DOOM." DOOM's foray onto the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer doomed from the word go, thanks to its being handled by the indust...
www.badgamehalloffame.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The story of how Rebecca Heineman overcame corporate incompetence to develop the Doom 3DO port in two and a half months is incredible (via @bghof.com) www.badgamehalloffame.com/doom-3do/
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Anyone wondering why people are mourning the loss of Rebecca Heineman should watch this video from @stopskeletons.bsky.social. This is just a footnote in her extensive career, but it's what made me follow and donate to her cancer fund. We lost a legend today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxF1...
Doom’s Worst Port Was Made in Ten Weeks | 3DO Console Doom | Past Mortem | SSFF
YouTube video by Stop Skeletons From Fighting
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Anyone wondering why people are mourning the loss of Rebecca Heineman should watch this video from @stopskeletons.bsky.social. This is just a footnote in her extensive career, but it's what made me follow and donate to her cancer fund. We lost a legend today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxF1...