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@sheogorath.bsky.social

In like 5 years I’ve gone from “well I think adults can do what they want and if they can be responsible about it then gambling is okay” to “the entire gambling industry needs to be burned to the ground and it’s abettors should be prosecuted like the Chinese do drug dealers”.

December 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM

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Platinumeggs‼️COMMISSIONS OPEN

@platinumeggs.bsky.social

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone

- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware

but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM

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Rine

@rine.bsky.social

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

Polygon @polygon.com · 2d

Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.

Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0

Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.

www.polygon.com

December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM

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CyricZ - The Dragon of GameFAQs

@cyricz42.bsky.social

Announcement:

I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.

Full statement below:

Hi everyone. CyricZ here. After giving myself time to reflect on my options, I’ve decided that I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3 / Dark Ties. I will not be purchasing the game, nor playing it in any capacity.
I write guides because I love writing, and I write for the games that I write for because they inspire me. The joy I find in them drives me to give my best work. If I were to write a guide entirely out of obligation or expectation, I do not believe my best work would find its way to the page.
With the hiring of known sexual harasser Teruyuki Kagawa to the face and voice cast of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I do not find myself inspired by the game. The Like a Dragon series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms and I feel this casting goes against that message.

Key members of RGG Studio have refused to speak on the hiring of Kagawa after his misconduct was made more widely known. While they are by no means required to speak about this, by their silence they have sent a message that they do not view Kagawa’s misconduct as a dealbreaker for inclusion in the series cast, nor do they deem it worth addressing. This stands in contrast to steps taken in the past to replace other cast members that did not align with their values.
I won’t go into further detail on the issue itself as the information is widely available via the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. The rest of this will be about me, my guides, and my relationship with RGG Studio and the Like a Dragon series.

I remain a fan of the Like a Dragon series. It’s not something I can just excise from myself. I intend to continue playing past Like a Dragon games on stream as they are some of my favorite video games. That may be subject to change in the future, but the plans are to continue playing the games on stream in my intended order, with the exception of Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties. The only minor thing that will change with regards to my streams is that I intend to take special note during stream of the many, many instances during the series that remind us of the societal ill of sexual misconduct.
As to future games put out by RGG Studio, I reserve the right to not make a decision on those at this time. That will be a “wait and see” situation, dependent on future actions or inactions by RGG Studio.
Further, if things change with regards to the release of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I reserve the right to reassess all the preceding. RGG Studio still has the opportunity to do right in this situation, and I hold onto hope that they will see the best way forward.

Finally, I promise to all my readers that my GameFAQs guides for the Like a Dragon series and other RGG Studio games will be going nowhere no matter what happens. Not only are they some of my best work, but if I preserve the guides with myself as the author, I remain in creative control of them. This prevents others from taking the text and redistributing it without my consent, which is something I fear would happen if I were to remove them from GameFAQs entirely.
For those of you who read my guides, thank you so much for your support, and I’m sorry I will not be helping with this upcoming game. For anyone who wants to write a guide on GameFAQs for Yakuza Kiwami 3, be my guest, not that you need my permission anyway. For those of you joining me in solidarity against Kagawa and this release, I thank you all for sticking with it. Your commitment has inspired this.
Be good to each other,
Scott “CyricZ” Zdankiewicz

December 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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Jeleynai

@jeleynai.bsky.social

"I wish all companies insisting on AI a very bankruptcy"

December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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Hexakush

@hexakush.bsky.social

Stop calling Rosalina a Princess. She's literally God. The birth mother of the entire Mario Universe.

December 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM

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Existential Comics

@existentialcomics.com

Controversial opinion, but Spain should rebuild her mighty Armada and have one more go at England.

December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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rahaeli

@rahaeli.bsky.social

Unsurprisingly, procrastinating all day has not made the thing I need to do spontaneously resolve itself. Maybe if I procrastinate another half hour it will?

December 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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ren🔞 comms open

@lozzagnadraws.bsky.social

when i say i'm "going to bed", i really mean i am going to fantasize about my OCs kissing until sleep eventually stops me

December 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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Dualcasted sleep🏳️‍⚧️

@enbnuuynoises.bsky.social

Yall make the fight worth fighting 💜

A 4 piece comic. 1. Two hands hold a sheet of paper that's had "Oomfs OCs" edited onto it.
2. A man in work clothing looks longingly at the paper.
3. He's turned his back to the camera, tucking the paper into his back pocket while securing a red hat.
4. The man now has two large brown sacks on his shoulders as he continues his work

December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM

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Shirley Temple Bar

@shirleybar.bsky.social

Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA

December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM

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Lychii

@sweetlychii.bsky.social

👁️

December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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Snackiejack!!

@snackiejack.bsky.social

This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.

What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13d

Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.

Committee hearings begin tomorrow.