Jonah Magar
@octopusjones.bsky.social
Serial iterator. Musical orchestrator. Library game collector / services promulgator.
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
Streaming the Game Studies Guild at twitch.tv/gsgmsu
Since Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 has some of y'all thinking it completely reinvented turn-based RPGs...Don't forget where we came from! lol
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Since Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 has some of y'all thinking it completely reinvented turn-based RPGs...Don't forget where we came from! lol
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Super Mario RPG had active attack/block button timing in 1996.
Legend of Dragoon iterated further in 1999.
Lots more games have done it since.
Gamers know Killer Network Service is a blight. We've tried everything to get rid of it, but Killer won't be killed; it throttles our Steam downloads for absolutely no reason, eats our system memory, helps nothing.
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gamers know Killer Network Service is a blight. We've tried everything to get rid of it, but Killer won't be killed; it throttles our Steam downloads for absolutely no reason, eats our system memory, helps nothing.
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Even fully disabled, it throws up this error every startup. How do I make it STOP???
Sometimes I sit in the car and scroll after work to reset…
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sometimes I sit in the car and scroll after work to reset…
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Other times I remember The Ave is bangin out tunes!
Can anyone illuminate the quiet war apparently being fought between Google Maps and Apple Maps?
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Can anyone illuminate the quiet war apparently being fought between Google Maps and Apple Maps?
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
iOS doesn’t have a setting for default map app, so…are programmers duking it out on the back end?
Links from Google Calendar used to open in Apple Maps, but suddenly now they only open in Google Maps. 🤨
Anyone aware of a fair-cost supplier for a few-thousand retro handheld game cases? Or might 3D printing be cost-effective by now? 🤔
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Anyone aware of a fair-cost supplier for a few-thousand retro handheld game cases? Or might 3D printing be cost-effective by now? 🤔
What the fuck, in the year of our larp 2025, is this shit?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What the fuck, in the year of our larp 2025, is this shit?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
We can't make a visual element perform a hotkey gesture? We have to instruct the user to perform it manually?
See also: affogato
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
See also: affogato
This game was one of my first lessons that personal growth must persist…
Been waiting a long time for a full replay!
Been waiting a long time for a full replay!
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This game was one of my first lessons that personal growth must persist…
Been waiting a long time for a full replay!
Been waiting a long time for a full replay!
Sorry I can’t source this image I stumbled across, but it’s been on my mind…
At some point, I became a misanthrope, unable to grow, unwilling to make consistent effort, grumbling all manner of excuses for the reality that I’d closed myself off.
This is my flag on a hill.
We‘re done with that shit.
At some point, I became a misanthrope, unable to grow, unwilling to make consistent effort, grumbling all manner of excuses for the reality that I’d closed myself off.
This is my flag on a hill.
We‘re done with that shit.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sorry I can’t source this image I stumbled across, but it’s been on my mind…
At some point, I became a misanthrope, unable to grow, unwilling to make consistent effort, grumbling all manner of excuses for the reality that I’d closed myself off.
This is my flag on a hill.
We‘re done with that shit.
At some point, I became a misanthrope, unable to grow, unwilling to make consistent effort, grumbling all manner of excuses for the reality that I’d closed myself off.
This is my flag on a hill.
We‘re done with that shit.
Ok, I’m 20 years late on this, but Tool’s 10,000 Days album is so, so solid. It’s keeping me hanging on rn.
What’s giving YOU life today?
What’s giving YOU life today?
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ok, I’m 20 years late on this, but Tool’s 10,000 Days album is so, so solid. It’s keeping me hanging on rn.
What’s giving YOU life today?
What’s giving YOU life today?
Is there seriously NO way to report a number as spam without blocking it in iOS 18???
These AI scam calls all come from spoofed numbers, so blocking accomplishes absolutely nothing—except maybe ensuring that a later, legitimate call from that number will get blocked when you DON’T want that. 😤
These AI scam calls all come from spoofed numbers, so blocking accomplishes absolutely nothing—except maybe ensuring that a later, legitimate call from that number will get blocked when you DON’T want that. 😤
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Is there seriously NO way to report a number as spam without blocking it in iOS 18???
These AI scam calls all come from spoofed numbers, so blocking accomplishes absolutely nothing—except maybe ensuring that a later, legitimate call from that number will get blocked when you DON’T want that. 😤
These AI scam calls all come from spoofed numbers, so blocking accomplishes absolutely nothing—except maybe ensuring that a later, legitimate call from that number will get blocked when you DON’T want that. 😤
A chronological tale in three parts:
August 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A chronological tale in three parts:
You reposted this image.
The govt is currently doing this with impunity in more places and ways than a person can reasonably track at once.
We all—including those we elected to hypothetically stand against such brazen, destructive abuses—just keep going to WORK like it’s another day. Ho-de-hum!
The govt is currently doing this with impunity in more places and ways than a person can reasonably track at once.
We all—including those we elected to hypothetically stand against such brazen, destructive abuses—just keep going to WORK like it’s another day. Ho-de-hum!
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
You reposted this image.
The govt is currently doing this with impunity in more places and ways than a person can reasonably track at once.
We all—including those we elected to hypothetically stand against such brazen, destructive abuses—just keep going to WORK like it’s another day. Ho-de-hum!
The govt is currently doing this with impunity in more places and ways than a person can reasonably track at once.
We all—including those we elected to hypothetically stand against such brazen, destructive abuses—just keep going to WORK like it’s another day. Ho-de-hum!
I remember playing an ol’ wild western game called OUTLAWS on like a Pentium 486 that had fewer gunshot sounds than Lansing at dark on ‘Murica weekend.
July 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I remember playing an ol’ wild western game called OUTLAWS on like a Pentium 486 that had fewer gunshot sounds than Lansing at dark on ‘Murica weekend.
Even my cat is already over today. Le sigh.
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Even my cat is already over today. Le sigh.
Omg a hit tweet???
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Omg a hit tweet???
This meme exists for too many reasons
June 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This meme exists for too many reasons
Someone I know said “o rly?”
June 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Someone I know said “o rly?”
I love how @bestbuysocial.bsky.social website specifies “in-store only” while their phones specify that orders for Switch 2 may only be completed in the app or online.
Which is it? Who cares! it’s not like you’ll get a console either way 😂😭
Which is it? Who cares! it’s not like you’ll get a console either way 😂😭
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I love how @bestbuysocial.bsky.social website specifies “in-store only” while their phones specify that orders for Switch 2 may only be completed in the app or online.
Which is it? Who cares! it’s not like you’ll get a console either way 😂😭
Which is it? Who cares! it’s not like you’ll get a console either way 😂😭
God damn it @microsoft.com nobody wants your Ai jammed into every interface. Stop!
May 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
God damn it @microsoft.com nobody wants your Ai jammed into every interface. Stop!
So I started playing Blue Prince
May 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
So I started playing Blue Prince
I’m at my wits end with this shit.
Now taking—for the first time in my LIFE—volunteers to come over and play for me, because these Chocobo races are intolerable.
Now taking—for the first time in my LIFE—volunteers to come over and play for me, because these Chocobo races are intolerable.
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m at my wits end with this shit.
Now taking—for the first time in my LIFE—volunteers to come over and play for me, because these Chocobo races are intolerable.
Now taking—for the first time in my LIFE—volunteers to come over and play for me, because these Chocobo races are intolerable.
I’d love to. How, though?
May 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’d love to. How, though?
AI is ruining us in real time, and it hasn't even reached sentience or turned violent yet.
The suggestion makes the sentence read, "(subject) has chosen to make the about as arduous as humanly possible."
Sound like nonsense? It is!
I am so close to disabling absolutely all text-assistive tools.
The suggestion makes the sentence read, "(subject) has chosen to make the about as arduous as humanly possible."
Sound like nonsense? It is!
I am so close to disabling absolutely all text-assistive tools.
May 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
AI is ruining us in real time, and it hasn't even reached sentience or turned violent yet.
The suggestion makes the sentence read, "(subject) has chosen to make the about as arduous as humanly possible."
Sound like nonsense? It is!
I am so close to disabling absolutely all text-assistive tools.
The suggestion makes the sentence read, "(subject) has chosen to make the about as arduous as humanly possible."
Sound like nonsense? It is!
I am so close to disabling absolutely all text-assistive tools.
My dog said I should do emails from the garden today. 🤷🏻 Can’t argue with a dog!
[sound ON if you like soft nature]
[sound ON if you like soft nature]
May 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My dog said I should do emails from the garden today. 🤷🏻 Can’t argue with a dog!
[sound ON if you like soft nature]
[sound ON if you like soft nature]