Colgate
@colagtagte.bsky.social
i'm the annoying classic mega man guy who works on Mega Man Y+1.
you can also find me on discord under the name "colgate". actually managed to snipe the canonical username there.
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Colgate
@colagtagte.bsky.social
· Oct 16
you likely know me as either the annoying mega man y+1 guy or the annoying classic mega man guy
as such, so long as this post is pinned, feel free to ask me anything about classic mega man or mega man y+1, whether it be my opinions or a Fact Check or whatever. it serves as enrichment for me
as such, so long as this post is pinned, feel free to ask me anything about classic mega man or mega man y+1, whether it be my opinions or a Fact Check or whatever. it serves as enrichment for me
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I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
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Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
This is just the tip of the iceberg of over 314 questions outlined here including eg Do you start fires? Do you steal? Do you physically assault people?
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
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Over the next few days I'll be posting clips of my main video doing a breakdown of #TheGameAwards Accessibility category to help explain why each game was nominated.
First up today is #Atomfall
youtu.be/QB6gh77RwR4
First up today is #Atomfall
youtu.be/QB6gh77RwR4
The Game Awards Nominated Atomfall for Accessibility - Let Me Show You Why
YouTube video by Steve Saylor
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Over the next few days I'll be posting clips of my main video doing a breakdown of #TheGameAwards Accessibility category to help explain why each game was nominated.
First up today is #Atomfall
youtu.be/QB6gh77RwR4
First up today is #Atomfall
youtu.be/QB6gh77RwR4
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The BBC is absolutely riddled with small but cumulatively meaningful decisions like this, and once you notice them you can't stop, and it drives you insane.
Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The BBC is absolutely riddled with small but cumulatively meaningful decisions like this, and once you notice them you can't stop, and it drives you insane.
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i started this a few months ago (right after the deltarune hype i think, early july) and nicknamed it "amaranth castle", but i don't think i will finish it. i still think it's cool that sgm and other free/stock stuff have so much versatility (when used right)
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i started this a few months ago (right after the deltarune hype i think, early july) and nicknamed it "amaranth castle", but i don't think i will finish it. i still think it's cool that sgm and other free/stock stuff have so much versatility (when used right)
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Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
The thing about elon going to epstein island in 2014 is that Epstein very publicly became a registered convicted sex offender in 2008, 6 years earlier.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Oh my goodness, there's an actual Accessibility menu in a first party Nintendo game?!
I really picked the wrong Direct to skip...
It uses the Accessibility stick figure icon and everything!!!
I really picked the wrong Direct to skip...
It uses the Accessibility stick figure icon and everything!!!
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oh my goodness, there's an actual Accessibility menu in a first party Nintendo game?!
I really picked the wrong Direct to skip...
It uses the Accessibility stick figure icon and everything!!!
I really picked the wrong Direct to skip...
It uses the Accessibility stick figure icon and everything!!!
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did you know they do this so they don't have to hire disabled people
It is deeply immoral that cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
did you know they do this so they don't have to hire disabled people
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With the continuous rise of prices for games, systems, and tech, and as companies like Xbox announce further increases for services like Game Pass, some disabled individuals are choosing to forgo AAA gaming altogether. Read my latest Access Granted report here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
As Prices Increase, Disabled Players Feel Left Behind
Rising costs of games, systems, and tech forces some disabled players to leave behind their favorite accessible hobby.
accessgranted.ghost.io
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
With the continuous rise of prices for games, systems, and tech, and as companies like Xbox announce further increases for services like Game Pass, some disabled individuals are choosing to forgo AAA gaming altogether. Read my latest Access Granted report here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
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I feel like if you wanted to ban stuff in a way to make people less mentally harmed by the internet, you'd ban infinite scroll algo feeds and autoplay videos. All ages, full stop.
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I feel like if you wanted to ban stuff in a way to make people less mentally harmed by the internet, you'd ban infinite scroll algo feeds and autoplay videos. All ages, full stop.
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When your social media is not accessible, you risk excluding players.
Five quick tips:
1. Provide alt text for images
2. Avoid flashing in videos or gifs
3. Provide subtitles for videos with dialogue
4. Provide videos with audio description
5. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in your hashtags
Five quick tips:
1. Provide alt text for images
2. Avoid flashing in videos or gifs
3. Provide subtitles for videos with dialogue
4. Provide videos with audio description
5. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in your hashtags
September 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When your social media is not accessible, you risk excluding players.
Five quick tips:
1. Provide alt text for images
2. Avoid flashing in videos or gifs
3. Provide subtitles for videos with dialogue
4. Provide videos with audio description
5. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in your hashtags
Five quick tips:
1. Provide alt text for images
2. Avoid flashing in videos or gifs
3. Provide subtitles for videos with dialogue
4. Provide videos with audio description
5. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in your hashtags
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One final share for the weekend – Silksong's difficulty should not be the main accessibility critique. Conversations about it are only diminishing real inaccessible barriers. Read my latest Access Designed here:
There are overarching accessibility problems in the Metroidvania genre, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is just perpetuating and reinforcing inaccessible barriers.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One final share for the weekend – Silksong's difficulty should not be the main accessibility critique. Conversations about it are only diminishing real inaccessible barriers. Read my latest Access Designed here:
new social media discourse: should the regurgitation of the easy mode discourse every half year or so have an easy mode
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
new social media discourse: should the regurgitation of the easy mode discourse every half year or so have an easy mode
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The game in question is Mega Met! Check it out! sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showc...
September 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The game in question is Mega Met! Check it out! sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showc...
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I just learned that other Mega Man fan games are adding Toggle Movement to their games as well as other accessibility options I helped designed.
I am SO hype about this. The community is learning from each other and our games will only be better because of it.
SO AWESOME!
I am SO hype about this. The community is learning from each other and our games will only be better because of it.
SO AWESOME!
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I just learned that other Mega Man fan games are adding Toggle Movement to their games as well as other accessibility options I helped designed.
I am SO hype about this. The community is learning from each other and our games will only be better because of it.
SO AWESOME!
I am SO hype about this. The community is learning from each other and our games will only be better because of it.
SO AWESOME!
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For six years, I've had the privilege to publish countless reviews, features, and investigative pieces across numerous publications. I love what I do, and I think it's time to start a new venture. Welcome to the first post of my new newsletter, Access Granted.
accessgranted.ghost.io/welcome-to/
accessgranted.ghost.io/welcome-to/
Welcome
Welcome to Access Granted. I want a place where I can comfortably and confidently share the stories that I want to tell but also need to be told.
accessgranted.ghost.io
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For six years, I've had the privilege to publish countless reviews, features, and investigative pieces across numerous publications. I love what I do, and I think it's time to start a new venture. Welcome to the first post of my new newsletter, Access Granted.
accessgranted.ghost.io/welcome-to/
accessgranted.ghost.io/welcome-to/
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This is a really weird comparison, but putting the sonic 3 "WOO!" or "COME ON!" sample in any kind of sonic or genesis remix in general is the chiptune equivalent of "...hes right behind me isnt he?"
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This is a really weird comparison, but putting the sonic 3 "WOO!" or "COME ON!" sample in any kind of sonic or genesis remix in general is the chiptune equivalent of "...hes right behind me isnt he?"