Stephen Kleckner
@sosadillatron.bsky.social
- Indie ゲーム Dev/Illustrator/Pixel Artist/Etc.
- No Generative AI/Scraping
- El Jefe 52 Pick Up/It Was Tuesday
- Bylines: VentureBeat/GameSpot/1up/other extinct websites
- ア-ケ-ド Junk Hoarder/Old man FGC/♥ Shmups
- He/Him
- Cara @sosadillatron
- No Generative AI/Scraping
- El Jefe 52 Pick Up/It Was Tuesday
- Bylines: VentureBeat/GameSpot/1up/other extinct websites
- ア-ケ-ド Junk Hoarder/Old man FGC/♥ Shmups
- He/Him
- Cara @sosadillatron
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初めまして
I'm a graying weeb-ass out of work Art/Game/Writing Jack-Of-All-Trades
I tend to follow folks in similar circles
I sometimes post NSFW stuff, but tag it when I can
Fuck Gen-AI. Fuck Fascism. Yay cool people doing cool shit
These are bad times, you are allowed to be mad/sad
初めまして
I'm a graying weeb-ass out of work Art/Game/Writing Jack-Of-All-Trades
I tend to follow folks in similar circles
I sometimes post NSFW stuff, but tag it when I can
Fuck Gen-AI. Fuck Fascism. Yay cool people doing cool shit
These are bad times, you are allowed to be mad/sad
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many of you
yeah so uuuuuh
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
many of you
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SFII planning document for E. Honda's stage. This has many interesting tidbits, including: the character being named "E. Suzuki" and "Japan: Sumo" on the reverse of the paper. Also, several areas labeled 「すじ流れ範囲 ビョーン」indicating line scrolling areas that get warped, "sproing! zoom!" [sic] etc .
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
SFII planning document for E. Honda's stage. This has many interesting tidbits, including: the character being named "E. Suzuki" and "Japan: Sumo" on the reverse of the paper. Also, several areas labeled 「すじ流れ範囲 ビョーン」indicating line scrolling areas that get warped, "sproing! zoom!" [sic] etc .
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Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
I'm seeing the Adobe Animate posts and I am thinking about how frequently lately people who create things keep being put in a position to scramble and adopt new tools. It feels like even our tool standards are being smashed on purpose.
What does the future look like when there are no hammers left?
What does the future look like when there are no hammers left?
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I'm seeing the Adobe Animate posts and I am thinking about how frequently lately people who create things keep being put in a position to scramble and adopt new tools. It feels like even our tool standards are being smashed on purpose.
What does the future look like when there are no hammers left?
What does the future look like when there are no hammers left?
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
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For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
Every song I am listening to on Youtube today sounds like it has been speed up by a couple FPS (unfortunately the ads seem unaffected)? Is something up universally on the platform? Did something happen to the universe's gravity to affect time? Is this once again just time being a human construct?
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Every song I am listening to on Youtube today sounds like it has been speed up by a couple FPS (unfortunately the ads seem unaffected)? Is something up universally on the platform? Did something happen to the universe's gravity to affect time? Is this once again just time being a human construct?
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It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
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imminent Mako reactor meltdown in chocolate Midgar
February 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
imminent Mako reactor meltdown in chocolate Midgar
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Me: Okay Grok, but CAN you make a party invite?
Grok: Sure! BOPBOOPBEEPBOOP woo Woo WOO! HAOOGAH! DING!
*perforated printer noise*
Me: This is a sign up sheet for the Nazi party? *adjusts glasses* Oh. Sorry. Nazi youth party. On Epstein's island. With the world's rich and powerful already RSVP'd?
Grok: Sure! BOPBOOPBEEPBOOP woo Woo WOO! HAOOGAH! DING!
*perforated printer noise*
Me: This is a sign up sheet for the Nazi party? *adjusts glasses* Oh. Sorry. Nazi youth party. On Epstein's island. With the world's rich and powerful already RSVP'd?
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Me: Okay Grok, but CAN you make a party invite?
Grok: Sure! BOPBOOPBEEPBOOP woo Woo WOO! HAOOGAH! DING!
*perforated printer noise*
Me: This is a sign up sheet for the Nazi party? *adjusts glasses* Oh. Sorry. Nazi youth party. On Epstein's island. With the world's rich and powerful already RSVP'd?
Grok: Sure! BOPBOOPBEEPBOOP woo Woo WOO! HAOOGAH! DING!
*perforated printer noise*
Me: This is a sign up sheet for the Nazi party? *adjusts glasses* Oh. Sorry. Nazi youth party. On Epstein's island. With the world's rich and powerful already RSVP'd?
It feels like I haven't had a real bed with a real mattress that I actually fit on in so long. It's been the ground, grass, car seats, futons, benches, leaky air mattresses ...
I just laid down on it without making the bed and I never want to get up again
It's those little things in life ...
I just laid down on it without making the bed and I never want to get up again
It's those little things in life ...
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
It feels like I haven't had a real bed with a real mattress that I actually fit on in so long. It's been the ground, grass, car seats, futons, benches, leaky air mattresses ...
I just laid down on it without making the bed and I never want to get up again
It's those little things in life ...
I just laid down on it without making the bed and I never want to get up again
It's those little things in life ...
Proving once again that first gen Toyota Scion XB/DBs are the absolute, undisputed, king of cars
(That's a California King mattress)
(That's a California King mattress)
February 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Proving once again that first gen Toyota Scion XB/DBs are the absolute, undisputed, king of cars
(That's a California King mattress)
(That's a California King mattress)
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
I haven't been able to really draw much since the holidays, and I haven't drawn with a pencil in a very long time. Decided to stay in tonight and do rough doodling n' playing around on a piece of copy paper. Just screwing around on paper not caring is my happy place now days.
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I haven't been able to really draw much since the holidays, and I haven't drawn with a pencil in a very long time. Decided to stay in tonight and do rough doodling n' playing around on a piece of copy paper. Just screwing around on paper not caring is my happy place now days.
I made a post about this already on the JP birthday (when I played PSO), but again this is a top tier start screen for an all-time 10/10 game. Every decision around art/audio here is excellent.
Which is how everything in this game is: Every element is really well thought out.
Which is how everything in this game is: Every element is really well thought out.
Happy 25th birthday, PSO! (Again!)
25 years ago, Phantasy Star Online had rolled out across North America following its launch in Japan in Dec 2000. Sega brought an online RPG experience to console players, one still enjoyed through fan servers.,
Share your PSO series memories and love, peeps. 💜
25 years ago, Phantasy Star Online had rolled out across North America following its launch in Japan in Dec 2000. Sega brought an online RPG experience to console players, one still enjoyed through fan servers.,
Share your PSO series memories and love, peeps. 💜
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I made a post about this already on the JP birthday (when I played PSO), but again this is a top tier start screen for an all-time 10/10 game. Every decision around art/audio here is excellent.
Which is how everything in this game is: Every element is really well thought out.
Which is how everything in this game is: Every element is really well thought out.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
Whatever criticisms we had over Microsoft and Windows 95 BITD, this ad pushed a vision that I think should've never changed (even if insincere): Your software is a tool. Your PC is your toolbox. The OS organizes your toolbox and makes your tools accessible. That's it. No AI. No meddling. No bullshit
Windows 95 - Start Me Up - Promo / Commercial (High Quality 720p)
YouTube video by Kyntteri
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Whatever criticisms we had over Microsoft and Windows 95 BITD, this ad pushed a vision that I think should've never changed (even if insincere): Your software is a tool. Your PC is your toolbox. The OS organizes your toolbox and makes your tools accessible. That's it. No AI. No meddling. No bullshit
Kids today may see a picture of a happy little car enjoying a beautiful day on the docks
But those in the know see this as a, "Last known photo" horror trope
But those in the know see this as a, "Last known photo" horror trope
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Kids today may see a picture of a happy little car enjoying a beautiful day on the docks
But those in the know see this as a, "Last known photo" horror trope
But those in the know see this as a, "Last known photo" horror trope
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Stream day!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Stream day!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
Let’s have a look at three manuals today as I celebrate joining the @soundstone.network stable of shows. We have Fatal Fury, Game Boy Spider Man and Death Duel.
twitch.tv/nicmcconnell
12pm Pacific TODAY - Wednesday the 28th
I’m on DayQuil!
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I've said before...
'Kawaii' is a state of mind 😊
It's not a skin color, sex, gender, height, weight, whatever. If you are kawaii in your heart and soul, then you ARE kawaii!
Trust me, I lived the 'kawaii' life in the late 1990s and early 2000s! 😉
'Kawaii' is a state of mind 😊
It's not a skin color, sex, gender, height, weight, whatever. If you are kawaii in your heart and soul, then you ARE kawaii!
Trust me, I lived the 'kawaii' life in the late 1990s and early 2000s! 😉
After some chungus on Twitter said "u cant be kawaii n blk," Black kawaii fans worldwide & JP users united to shout them down. One wrote: "Don't belittle Japan's kawaii. Calling it incompatible w/ a skin color is nonsense. What's incompatible w/ kawaii is being a racist like you."
January 28, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I've said before...
'Kawaii' is a state of mind 😊
It's not a skin color, sex, gender, height, weight, whatever. If you are kawaii in your heart and soul, then you ARE kawaii!
Trust me, I lived the 'kawaii' life in the late 1990s and early 2000s! 😉
'Kawaii' is a state of mind 😊
It's not a skin color, sex, gender, height, weight, whatever. If you are kawaii in your heart and soul, then you ARE kawaii!
Trust me, I lived the 'kawaii' life in the late 1990s and early 2000s! 😉
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After some chungus on Twitter said "u cant be kawaii n blk," Black kawaii fans worldwide & JP users united to shout them down. One wrote: "Don't belittle Japan's kawaii. Calling it incompatible w/ a skin color is nonsense. What's incompatible w/ kawaii is being a racist like you."
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 AM
After some chungus on Twitter said "u cant be kawaii n blk," Black kawaii fans worldwide & JP users united to shout them down. One wrote: "Don't belittle Japan's kawaii. Calling it incompatible w/ a skin color is nonsense. What's incompatible w/ kawaii is being a racist like you."
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No! NO! NOOOO! You can't just tell me that Sega released a Japan exclusive Twin Peaks board game!! This information is going to ruin my entire fucking life!
December 29, 2023 at 8:28 PM
No! NO! NOOOO! You can't just tell me that Sega released a Japan exclusive Twin Peaks board game!! This information is going to ruin my entire fucking life!
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Tower Dungeon (Tsutomu Nihei)
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Tower Dungeon (Tsutomu Nihei)
This reminds me of when I played MTG with my daughter when this set and card hit. The pandemic had just really set in, she was learning about exponential growth both in math AND from news of how the virus spread.
It was an amazingly good card for teaching the concept and seeing it in practice.
It was an amazingly good card for teaching the concept and seeing it in practice.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
This reminds me of when I played MTG with my daughter when this set and card hit. The pandemic had just really set in, she was learning about exponential growth both in math AND from news of how the virus spread.
It was an amazingly good card for teaching the concept and seeing it in practice.
It was an amazingly good card for teaching the concept and seeing it in practice.