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Adam Pavlacka
@gamescan.bsky.social
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Been writing about games for a long time. Can't stop. Won't stop. Likes friendly people. Doesn't like bullies. LOVES dogs.
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The hair is undefeated.

www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
When Gavin Newsom, then a San Francisco supervisor, was dunked in the Phoenix’s pool as part of an annual celebrity pool toss, his hair left an oil slick on the surface of the water.
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Ok, fess up, who on the Chronicle web team is responsible for this amazing typo? 😁
URL of the Chronicle story, but the name of the supervisor (who just resigned amid tax evasion allegations) is spelled Alcatraz instead of Alcaraz.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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A poster for the 1997 film Wag the Dog. An open film canister with the Presidential seal is seen on a white background. DUSTIN HOFFMAN ROBERT DENIRO A Hollywood producer. A Washington spin-doctor. When they get together, they can make you believe anything.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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An underrated feature of @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is the looping thunderstorm on the title screen.

Simply firing this up and letting it play in the background can be surprisingly relaxing. Sound on.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Alien vs. Predator (the arcade game) is based on a movie script that was meant to follow up on the extremely badass Aliens vs. Predator comic series produced by @darkhorse.com. Any director who moves in that direction is doing the right thing. Also @capcomusa.com needs to re-release the game ASAP.
Cover art for issue #4 of Aliens vs. Predator. A predator and a human woman are standing back-to-back in a defensive pose, with multiple weapons raised. Multiple xenomorph tails are pointed at them. A poster advertising the Alien vs. Predator arcade game. Two predators and two human cyborgs walk down a narrow hallway. Dead xenomorph bodies litter the floor.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Still seems weird to not see the Midway name there, but I am absolutely looking forward to checking this one out. And Kudos to @digitaleclipse.bsky.social for making it cross-gen compatible across Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles.
Here is what you get Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Atari
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
Harrison Ford as Deckard from Blade Runner. A clean shaven mid 30s man with brunette hair stands in a brown trenchcoat. He is wearing a blue and red button down shirt with a thin red necktie.
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Why TF does SOLITAIRE require data sharing with 876 “partners”?
By clicking "Accept & Continue", you agree to allow Microsoft and its 876 partners to Store and/or access information on a device, including personal data, such as unique identifiers, cookies, and diagnostic data. All of this is used to provide Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, and audience research; Develop and improve services; Match and combine data from other data sources; Link different devices; and Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically. We and some of our partners also have a legitimate business interest to Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors; and to Deliver and present advertising and content. When operating under their legitimate business interest our partners may not ask for your consent to process your data, but you may object to how they process your data here. These settings apply to all Microsoft Casual Games properties installed on or accessed by this device. You may change these settings at any time by accessing the Data Usage Settings in the game Menu. For more information, please refer to the Privacy Policy. to allow Microsoft and its 876 partners to Store and/or s unique identifiers, cookies, and diagnostic data. All of
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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When the pilot has to do a go around and the in-flight map updates to an extremely local round trip.
A United in flight map shows a flight from Orlando to Orlando.
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Soufiane Guerrab as Detective Youssef Guédira in Lupin. A man stands on a beach. He is wearing a blue jacket over an olive shirt. The shirt is barely visible because the zipper is only halfway down. His hair is short and curly and he has a short beard. He is looking off to the distance, with a serious expression on his face.
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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"I just scanned my face to continue playing games"

Why does the UK "online safety" law appear to be quite invasive when it comes to privacy? Isn't all that PII data it is generating a bit of a tempting target for cybercriminals?

www.reddit.com/r/xbox/comme...
r/xbox I just scanned my face to continue playing games and feel violated 😂 Not something i ever expected to do. Just feels so wierd to have to do this. EDIT: sorry should have clarified that this is only for UK residents thanks to our new "online safety" act. Xbox are not responsible for this and have to follow the rules as its part of UK law now.
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Whichever PM at Microsoft created this screen has a sick sense of humor. It never actually works. If you see this screen, it means “Windows is fucked and the OS has no idea how to recover.”
Windows boot screen with the text “Preparing Automatic Repair”.
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This is art.

Oakland ICE/CBP protests were looking like Fortnite IRL.

This one ICE dude seems to have pissed himself in fear while dousing someone in gas at point blank range.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/oakland/co...
A person in a blue dinosaur suit is carrying a beverage and casually walking through a crosswalk behind two ICE/CBP "commandos" who look like they are dressed for paintball. The ICE dude on the left has his mask off his nose and a noticeable wet spot in his crotch. He has just fired off a less-than-lethal gun at point blank range to cover a protestor's head in yellow gas. The ICE dude on the right is wearing a helmet, mask, and a plaid shirt with white slacks, and is aggressively pointing a gun at the protestors. Behind them all is a US Coast Guard member with a "What the fuck are these idiots doing and why do I have to babysit them?" look on his face.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Steam) is on sale for $15 via Gamebillet.

Also includes Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers 2.

gamebillet.com/like-a-drago...
Daytona race cars are racing around the corner of a track. The lead car is yellow. Daytona USA 2: Power Edition is at the top of the poster. At the bottom, it says "Show me what you can do... Now enjoy an even more in-ya-face realism on the beginners' oval course! All the thrills of stock car racing fully recreated!"
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Original Soundtrack by Michael McCann
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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If you have united this many Christian groups against you, you have SERIOUSLY fucked up.

Full story: religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
Signers of the letter represent an unusually diverse array of Christian groups, hailing from Presbyterian, Catholic, Black Protestant, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Lutheran, Mennonite, Episcopalian, Anglican, Unitarian Universalist, Disciples of Christ and Baptist traditions, as well as evangelical denominations and nondenominational evangelical churches.
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"Financial decisions" that are "intimate and embarrassing" but "do not relate" to "a governmental body."

Was Elon Musk giving Greg Abbott insider information to use for personal investment purposes?

That's the first thing that I can think of that would fit those criteria.
Taylor also argued that the communications are confidential under an exception to public records laws known as “common-law privacy” because they consist of “information that is intimate and embarrassing and not of legitimate concern to the public, including financial decisions that do not relate to transactions between an individual and a governmental body.”
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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You gotta be more specific.
A boy asks "In the Christian faith?" A goose responds "WHICH ONE?"
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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This would be hilarious if it wasn't just another sign of admin corruption.

Lindsey Halligan is talking to a reporter (Anna), using a messaging program that is DESIGNED TO DELETE INFORMATION rather than preserve it, and then trying to retroactively claim everything is off the record. 🤦
Lindsey Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent to you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know. Anna: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works. You don't get to say that in retrospect. Lindsey: Yes I do. Off record. Anna: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story? Lindsey: It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal What is your story? You never even told me about a story.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The Economist created a heatmap of game difficulty.

Calls out Dark Souls, but not Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fester's Quest, or Battletoads.

Also, the US version of Super Mario Bros 2 as above-average difficulty?

Heatmap is invalid. :P
A heatmap of game difficulty that highlights Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Wii) and Dark Souls (Xbox 360) as some of the most difficult games. Super Mario Bros 2 (NES) is listed as an above average difficultly. Most would not consider the US version of SMB 2 a particularly difficult game.
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Voting is a form of resistance.

#Prop50
California State Ballot showing Prop 50 (redistricting). A ballot showing the YES oval filled in.
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Student journalists are journalists. And the fight for the truth has always been greater than school rivalries.

Purdue student journalists stepping up to help Indiana University student journalists. ✊
Sara Whitmer I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and lUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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A colorful screenshot displays the text "Virtua Fighter". In the background is a blurry globe with a ring around it, looking very dramatic.
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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"Demi and the Fractured Dream" is absolutely channeling those N64 adventure vibes. The camera still needs a little work, but the core gameplay loop is already here. @annapurna.com and Yarn Owl Studios definitely know their audience.

Full demo impressions:
worthplaying.com/article/2025...
A young adventurer looks through a large wooden door with oversized chains hanging from the top. In the distance is something that looks like a fancy birdcage. A humanoid creature with an octopus for a head and a large, single eye is attacking Demi with a large energy wall. The boss creature is named "Zion's Acolyte". Demi propels a floating platform by waving an oversized leaf in the opposite direction. Demi stands on top of a large circular platform, while a flying dragon approaches. All around the platform are clouds, which are lit up with a light orange color, as if the sun is setting.
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Do you have the Alien Little Golden Book?

If you're getting a cute doll, you need the cute book to go with it. 😉
Text: A Little Golden Book A is for ALIEN An ABC Book Image: A super chibi xenomorph is ready to "attack" a defiant Ripley, who is holding an orange cat that looks warily at the xeno.
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM