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athe52
@athe52.bsky.social
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graphic designer & artist. aroace 🏳‍🌈. expect random posts every now and then
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nintendo acknowledges bowser porn (2025, colourised)
A screenshot from the SMG Movie trailer, showcasing Bowser holding a portrait of him (but muscular and more humanoid) and Peach together.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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if the News Channel and Forecast Channel for the Wii were also available on the 3DS:
The 3DS Home Menu hovering over an app called "Nintendo 3DS Forecast" The 3DS Home Menu hovering over an app called "Nintendo 3DS News"
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Flipnote Studio Showcase
A Wii Channel opened to a fake "Flipnote Studio Showcase" application.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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does anyone else remember presentasia os
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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DSi No Ma
The title screen of a fictional game called DSi No Ma.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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An old VHS tape containing an early PS1 startup sequence
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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an early ps2 BIOS, discovered on a prototype ps2 from mid 1998 (this is fake, nothing more than an art piece)
A prototype BIOS for the PS2, with various debug functions on screen.
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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PlayStation 3 if it had the New Xbox Experience/NXE from the Xbox 360
The New Xbox Experience but with an XMB/PlayStation 3/PS3 coat of paint.
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Xbox 360 if it had the XrossMediaBar/XMB from the PS3
The XMB/XrossMediaBar if it had an Xbox 360 NXE/New Xbox Experience coat of paint.
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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macOS Tahoe if it was Mac OS 9/in the Platinum theme
A screenshot of "Mac OS 26" - essentially macOS Tahoe in the style of Mac OS 9.
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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what if...?
A fake screenshot for the splash screen of Sony PlayStation (1) games on Nintendo Switch Online.
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Mac OS Leopard in the style of Windows Vista
(inspired by a currently-unreleased-on-bluesky work by
@mondyspartan.bsky.social )
A screenshot of Mac OS X Vista - Mac OS Leopard in the style of Windows Vista - featuring its Winver equivalent opened up.
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Wii and Wii U games on Nintendo Switch Online/NSO/Nintendo Classics
The splash screen for Wii/Wii U - Nintendo Classics The game select screen for Wii/Wii U - Nintendo Classics An in-game screenshot of this app playing Mario Party 9
September 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Nintendo 3DS if it was on NSO/Nintendo Classics
September 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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about project fossil:
I don't really know if I want to work on this timeline anymore. I already mentioned it in <#1297208138402889809> , but working on this timeline just feels daunting to me nowadays. For now at least, **this timeline's going on indefinite hiatus.** I might come back to it, I might not. Who knows, perhaps I am just going through anhedonia right now and I'll say "this timeline's back in session!", but idk. I'll probably just go back to doing regular OSM in the meantime, maybe go back to working on nocilis (I do have a few ideas in the back of my mind).
September 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Bluesky for iOS 6
The default interface of iOS 6, but with the addition of a Bluesky icon after Settings. The interface of Bluesky for iOS 6. In ultra skeuomorphic Apple fashion, there are textures and gloss everywhere. While the top bar has a dark blue cloud look to it, the navigation bar on the bottom looks like any other iOS application from that era, featuring icons for Home, Explore, Chats, Notifications, and Me (which would lead to the user's profile). 3 posts are visible; a post from athe52 at athe52.bsky.social saying "the iOS 6 app for bluesky looks pretty cool ngl. love the corkboard aesthetic"; a post from Voxandra at voxandra.gay showing a shitpost (original post: https://bsky.app/profile/voxandra.gay/post/3lxvai32vm22i); and a post from Nanoraptor at nanoraptor.danamania.com saying "The Macintosh Horizontal Product is what happens when you lose dimensional stabilisers for a bit and land about six stops too far from your own dimension-space. This..." (original post: https://bsky.app/profile/nanoraptor.danamania.com/post/3lxouvz7wwk2y). Behind the posts is a corkboard texture, to simulate the posts being put up on a noticeboard.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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macOS Skeuomorphic-era / Tahoe hybrid, complete with Liquid Glass
An empty desktop of a version of macOS/Mac OS styled around a hybrid between the skeuomorphic era of Mac OS X (specifically, Leopard to Mavericks) and macOS Tahoe.
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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man, windows XP looks different than I remember...
The desktop for a fictional version of Windows, called Windows 2001 (styled as microsoftwindows 2001). It features a user interface quite different from vanilla Windows, featuring a macOS-esque menu bar at the bottom and Microsoft Chicago-style buttons on the bottom left.
August 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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hits a little too close to home lol
August 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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I remember seeing my sister play it when I was 7 or 8. Looking back, this game's had a major impact on indie gaming and gaming as a whole. The music's great, too.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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RIP to the "forgot to install CSS" joke
Part of the July 2025 Garry's Mod changelog detailing how content from both Counter-Strike Source (aka CSS) and the HL2 episodes are now bundled in with Gmod.
July 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Windows Liquid (2011)
A screenshot of an early 2010 desktop showcasing Windows Liquid, a never-released version of Windows. The taskbar and tray areas are full of icons, there are three Vista-style orbs on the left for Start, search and Flip 3D, there are 7 icons on the desktop (stating Recycle Bin, Computer, athe52 (the user folder), Games, Downloads, Minecraft, and external drive (E)), and Winver is open. It's a very Fruitger Aero mockup, with Liquid Glass-esque effects on both the taskbar and the window itself. The background depicts a beach scene with some big rocks around sunset, tinted yellow.
July 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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so now bsky separates post and repost notifications. kind a weird but idc
A screenshot of two separate notifications. One is of a user liking my Mac OS X dark Aqua concept, while the other one is a user liking my repost of MondySpartan's Bluey Xbox 360.
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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average windows/microsoft social media post be like:
The "NO TAKE, ONLY THROW" image macro. It says "Pls nostalgia for old windows", "No customisation", "ONLY customisation" [all sic] in each box.
June 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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MacBook Touch - because Apple doesn't put macOS on iPads
The website promo image of a fictional Apple product called the MacBook Touch. A tagline of "What can't it do?" is immediately below the wordmark, with "Learn more" and "Buy" buttons beneath it. The product itself seems to be a hybrid between a MacBook Pro and an iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard, with a hand fading in showcasing that the screen can be touched. The promo image is set upon a subtle purple to white gradient background.
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM