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Jay

@envinyon.bsky.social

"Why are more people playing retro games"

Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 13h

In case you were wondering what it’s like to boot a free to play mobile game in 2025

December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM

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🧊❄️ 𝑰𝑻𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑫 𝑨𝑺 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲 𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 ❄️🧊

@biggaybowacunga.bsky.social

Babble brainrot 🐇💥

@snapcube.gay

#biggayarttag #snapstreamart

December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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My Card Is Better Than Your Card!

@mycard.utustudios.com

My Card Is Better Than Your Card! Donkeys & Detectives update is now out on Steam! ⭐🐸🎺🎶
New stickers, new playground friends, STICKER EDITING, challenge modes... and more! Check out our new trailer! #indiegame

December 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM

Mary Magdal

@marymagdal.bsky.social

LRT Well, at least maybe we'll have a guy who can actually handle PR and understands basic accessibility features sorry but I could not stand Harada and his childish bullshit

December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

Katsuhiro Harada to leave Bandai Namco at end of the year

I’d like to share that I’ll be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025.
With the TEKKEN series reaching its 30th anniversary—an important milestone for a project I’ve devoted much of my life to—I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close.

My roots lie in the days when I supported small local tournaments in Japanese arcades and in small halls and community centers overseas.
I still remember carrying arcade cabinets by myself, encouraging people to “Please try TEKKEN,” and directly facing the players right in front of me.
The conversations and atmosphere we shared in those places became the core of who I am as a developer and game creator.

Even as the times changed, those experiences have remained at the center of my identity.
And even after the tournament scene grew much larger, many of you continued to treat me like an old friend—challenging me at venues, inviting me out for drinks at bars.
Those memories are also deeply precious to me.
In recent years, I experienced the loss of several close friends in my personal life, and in my professional life I witnessed the retirement or passing of many senior colleagues whom I deeply respect.
Those accumulated events made me reflect on the “time I have left as a creator.”
During that period, I sought advice from Ken Kutaragi—whom I respect as though he were another father—and received invaluable encouragement and guidance.
His words quietly supported me in making this decision.

Over the past four to five years, I’ve gradually handed over all of my responsibilities, as well as the stories and worldbuilding I oversaw, to the team, bringing me to the present day.
Looking back, I was fortunate to work on an extraordinary variety of projects—VR titles (such as Summer Lesson), Pokkén Tournament, the SoulCalibur series, and many others, both inside and outside the company.

Each project was full of new discoveries and learning, and every one of them became an irreplaceable experience for me.
To everyone who has supported me, to communities around the world, and to all the colleagues who have walked alongside me for so many years, I offer my deepest gratitude.
I’ll share more about my next steps at a later date.
Thank you very much for everything.

【Postscript】
Although I will be leaving the company at the end of 2025, Bandai Namco has asked me to appear at the TWT Finals at the end of January 2026, so I expect to attend as a guest.

For 30 years I kept saying, “I’ll do it someday,” and never once performed as a DJ at a tournament event.
So instead, I will be releasing—for the first and last time—a 60-minute TEKKEN DJ-style nonstop mix (DJ mix), personally edited by myself, together with this announcement.
Listening to it brings back many memories.
Thank you again, sincerely, for all these years.

‘TEKKEN: A 30-Year Journey – Harada’s Final Mix’ by Katsuhiro Harada 1 is on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/pEYofA4yXOwyC7lj0O

December 8, 2025 - The Final Day of TEKKEN’s 30th Anniversary -
Katsuhiro Harada

December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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CyberellaDraws - Commissions Open

@cyberelladraws.bsky.social

Vampworld Huntress Wizard.
#fionnaandcake #huntresswizard #adventuretime #fanart #art

Vampire Huntress Wizard. About to drink a blood pack. Floating. Holding Finn's skull, looking nostalgic. Smiling with hand in front of mouth. Flying backward.

December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM

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EndP

@endpepper.bsky.social

Aerith

December 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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selfcaregamer

@selfcaregamer.bsky.social

disabled people deserve a good life, whether they can work or not

December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Maytera Marble

@mayteramarble.bsky.social

Watching the game on my 65” blunt

December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️

@trans.bsky.social

Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.

that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?

Aaron Rodericks
@aaron.bsky.team
Joined Jun '23
Be honest.
Dec 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM

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K. Wroten 🍏

@jukeboxcomix.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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Jucika

@jucikadaily.bsky.social

This is the account manager for Jucika. We're hosting a gofundme to fund an emergency kidney procedure. We are in the US and uninsured which makes it difficult to pay the bill

Thank you for all the support so far we have $10.1k left

Please enjoy this modern take on Jucika
gofund.me/16ef32cb1

"Jucika in love in the modern age"

We're also hosting an emergency fundraiser to help us fund a kidney procedure, this account is ran by someone in the US and is currently uninsured and we need support. Currently $10.1k away from meeting the goal and avoiding medical debt, any bit helps

gofund.me/16ef32cb1

December 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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winchestermeg

@winchestermeg.bsky.social

i cooked

July 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM

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Ken'pai Beoulve

@rumongray.bsky.social

I FINALLY FOUND IT.

Been looking for this stupid video for fucking EVER but GOOGLE SUCKS SO MUCH SHIT NOW

December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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#DOITFORSHIIKO | Lillie Ver.Ka 🏳️‍⚧️

@heat--end.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM

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Sea 🌊 @ exhaustion arc

@seaguardxiv.bsky.social

Here's your reminder to go get your free Fantasia, you have about 10 more days to do so.

A segment of FFXIV's 7.3 patch notes:
Graphical adjustments have been made to player character models based on feedback from the community. In conjunction with these adjustments, players can obtain a phial of Fantasia from the wandering moogle in Old Gridania (X: 10.7, Y: 6.4) for a limited period of time. This reward will be obtainable until the release of Patch 7.4

December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM

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vasnut

@vasnut.bsky.social

06. Vira

December 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM

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🦎galileo🍉

@galileogb.bsky.social

also: volcano high instantly became the target of queerphobic 4chan hate campaigns that birthed the insufferable "snoot game." when queers do their own thing, they get attacked viciously for years on end. it doesnt matter how segregated we are from the straights, bigots come knocking regardless.

Skapokon @skapokon.bsky.social · Nov 7

"Gay people should just create their own stuff" Webfishing dev got doxxed because their game was too gay, you guys literally don't let us have anything

November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM

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Slungus

@slungusposting.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM

Mary Magdal

@marymagdal.bsky.social

The rest of our bills are going to be a little late but me and Jack *should* be caught up on our mortgage, finally, this month and let me tell you fuck man it feels so nice to end this shit ass year without constant messages asking for money I don't have right now

December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM