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Michael
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32 | He/They | Queer | Mestizo | Spending too much time thinking about games
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So I never actually finished that run because I forgot the little detail that Three Houses is uh…not fun to play. Oops…

I did just complete cavalry-only Engage though, which was a good time
Screenshot from the postgame crawl of Fire Emblem Engage depicting the main character, given the name Cavalear as a play on the class cavalier and their canonical name, Alear. He stands in the golden great knight armor next to his husband, Kagetsu, a bow knight
July 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Thank you, Hypergryph, for sexualizing that old man 🙏
A screenshot from the mobile game Arknights, showing the new skin available for operator Harold. Harold is an older man with shoulder-length blue-grey hair, yellow eyes, a smartly curled mustache, and pointed cat ears with tufts of white fur. He reclines on a sofa in front of a large window through which an alpine snowscape is visible, and holds up a cat-shaped mug toward the camera’s perspective. He wears a silver dressing robe with an animal pattern and a neck pillow. His legs are crossed, letting a small portion of his right thigh and sock garter peek out, and revealing the metal of his prosthetic left leg. A small moose-like animal sits next to him, looking up at him affectionately
June 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Truly cannot overstate how gorgeous “How a Game Lives” by @jacobgeller.com is. I’m not an unboxing girlie, but each step felt like unwrapping a lovingly-packaged gift. Can’t wait to dive in and revisit these essays that have been rattling around inside my head since I first watched them
A photograph of a sturdy, shallow red box sits on the desk top with its lid set askew on its corner. The lid has “How a Game Lives” and “Jacob Geller” printed on its side. Inside the box are a book and several paper items A photograph of the majority of the contents of the box from the previous photo laid out on the desk top. There is a vinyl record resting atop its sleeve, a bright red bookmark with an iridescent, geometric pattern on it, and four small art prints, one slightly larger than the other three A close up photograph of the book’s sleeve, emphasizing the embossed pattern, evoking a mountainside. The cover of the book peeks through geometric shapes punched out of the sleeve A photograph of the book’s sleeve lain open upon the desk top, displaying a page with annotated text, a screenshot from the game Control, and a large black sidebar taking up a part of the right hand page
June 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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It’s so over 😭😭😭😭😭
The official English translation of the Shantotto card from the previous skeet: Shantotto, Tactician Mage Legendary Creature – Dwarf Wizard Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Shantotto gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If X is 4 or more, draw a card. “Ohohoho! I might be the harshest mistress in all of Vana’diel. But I may yet forgive you, if at my feet you kneel.”
May 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I’m gonna be so sad if her flavor text gets translated any other way this is the funniest thing ive ever seen
A Magic the Gathering card depicting Shantotto from Final Fantasy XI. The card text is in Japanese. The art depicts a smug tarutaru woman with blonde pigtails and a striped robe surrounded by blue and pink magical swirls as she does the noblewoman’s laugh A translation of the previous card into English. Shantotto, the Radical Lady Legendary Creature - Dwarf Wizard Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. If X is 4 or greater, draw a card. “Oh my! I’m so pissed.”
May 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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I finished Indika a couple hours ago and since then have just been sort of sitting and staring into the middle distance. That ending totally blindsided me 😩 What a striking game
A screenshot from the game Indika. The eponymous main character stands in a distant doorway, dressed in a nun’s habit, and looks to the camera. The camera looks back at her from within a dark void that seems about to swallow her A screenshot from the game Indika. The eponymous main character stands in the foreground, silhouetted in her habit against a background so awash in light as to have lost all color. A pair of truly enormous bells hang in the distance.
April 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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I was checking out some of the hairs I hadn’t realized they added for hrothgar and inadvertently aged my boy like 20 years 😂
A final fantasy xiv screenshot. My warrior of light, Pawel, is a grey-furred hrothgar with short side swept white hair, a beard and mustache. He wears an ornate black jacket with gold details over a red shirt with a plunging neckline that reveals a patch of white fur with grey spots on his chest. He stands center frame with a warmly-lit inn room visible behind him
March 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Stayed up until 2:30 this morning grinding IS5 to unlock my husband, but look at him…… 🥹🥹🥹
Screenshot of the mobile game Arknights. The operator screen for Tin Man, a robotic private investigator in a state of disassembly being supported by another cybertepmic figure behind him, making the composition similar to the Vitruvian Man. The operator is max level and has his skills mastered
February 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

I know Bree is in the NRA and all, but girlies, I think I’m in trouble 🥲
The eponymous Desperate Housewives look on judgementally from behind an ivy-draped white picket fence
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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He’s just so pretty 😭
A screenshot of Dragon Age: The Veilguard showing my version of Rook, the playable character. He is a brown-skinned dwarf man with dark curly hair and a cropped beard. He has geometric designs painted on his face and chest in red and yellow. He wears a grey vest and golden necklace The same Rook as the previous image stands in an autumnal forest with the ruins of a castle floating behind him, engulfed in green magical energy. He now wears dark leathers with a dramatic feathered collar showing off his chest, and an even more dramatic golden necklace
December 2, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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The new #Arknights annihilation stage has Kristen’s orbs on it. You know what that means…… 🧩🧩🧩
November 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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Told my boyfriend I had the idea to do a bow-only run of Fire Emblem Three Houses. He said that was a terrible idea.
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Anyways,
A screenshot of the game Fire Emblem Three Houses. The protagonist stands against a black background and a dialogue box reading “Is Bowleth correct” appears in the middle of the screen. The option “Yes” is highlighted.
October 22, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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I’ve been obsessed with this weird little show for YEARS, and finally getting to see it live was so surreal! Thanks to the folks at Open Stage in Harrisburg for making this a reality 💖 Support small theatres so they can keep putting on weird little shows like this 😤👏
Blue-tinted light and fog flood the main stage at Open Stage Theatre for their production of Ride the Cyclone. The set is reminiscent of an old, run-down carnival ground with chipped paint, faulty lights, and broken marquees
October 13, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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This event is so deeply unserious lmao I was worried it was gonna be gritty military fiction but it’s SO goofy
A screenshot from the Arknights/Rainbow 6 crossover event, Operation Lucent Arrowhead Operators Tequila (a brightly-dressed blond man with dog ears) and Doc (a dark-haired frenchman in tactical military gear) stand in a dingy, ramshackle room. Doc says, “Non, my little friend. It’s croissant. You say it like this, ‘cwuh-son’.” Another screenshot from the Arknights/Rainbow 6 crossover event, Operation Lucent Arrowhead A young boy with cat ears wearing a newsboy cap stands in the same dingy room. The boy responds to Doc’s correction, saying “……Quaso?”
September 7, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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Splurged a little on Smothering Tithe as an early Christmas gift to myself to complete the set ☺️ Truly the stars aligned so I was getting back into paper Magic just in time for these absolute beauties by @shaferbrown.com For sure my favorite pieces of MTG art 💖
5 Magic: the Gathering cards laid out on a mat depicting a bear sitting on a rock in a green field. The cards are Smothering Tithe, Forced Fruition, Raid Bombardment, Stab Wound, and Sneak Attack, each from the Enchanting Tales series and illustrated in a storybook style by Shafer Brown
December 5, 2023 at 2:44 PM