Ripley the Hex Maniac
@ripleynyx.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Ripley! she/her.
Metroid, Castlevania & SMT fan, tarotist, Balatro sicko, and former Destructoid mod. Learning drawing & Procreate. 🚫AI.
Might ask for your name. Will probably keep it.
Avatar & banner art by @madyaxx.bsky.social
Metroid, Castlevania & SMT fan, tarotist, Balatro sicko, and former Destructoid mod. Learning drawing & Procreate. 🚫AI.
Might ask for your name. Will probably keep it.
Avatar & banner art by @madyaxx.bsky.social
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Got a commission of Pixie done by @madyaxx.bsky.social
She did an amazing job with it!
Really have just spent the last hour and a half smitten with it!
#blutoid
She did an amazing job with it!
Really have just spent the last hour and a half smitten with it!
#blutoid
Banandium, Chiralium, Magicite, Charizardite, Eridium.
Video games will eventually have their own periodic table.
Video games will eventually have their own periodic table.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Banandium, Chiralium, Magicite, Charizardite, Eridium.
Video games will eventually have their own periodic table.
Video games will eventually have their own periodic table.
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And once you're on these people's radars, you don't leave it.
Either they keep tabs on you, or their fans do it for them, and any chance they can use your name for content (money) they do it.
Stand up for your employees.
Either they keep tabs on you, or their fans do it for them, and any chance they can use your name for content (money) they do it.
Stand up for your employees.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
And once you're on these people's radars, you don't leave it.
Either they keep tabs on you, or their fans do it for them, and any chance they can use your name for content (money) they do it.
Stand up for your employees.
Either they keep tabs on you, or their fans do it for them, and any chance they can use your name for content (money) they do it.
Stand up for your employees.
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This has been bothering me a lot lately, but on a broader scope. People are afraid to be original. Critiques are all the same, jokes are copy/pasted, opinions use a handful of buzzwords that don't actually describe anything. It's like drowning in a sea of masks that all wear the same face.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This has been bothering me a lot lately, but on a broader scope. People are afraid to be original. Critiques are all the same, jokes are copy/pasted, opinions use a handful of buzzwords that don't actually describe anything. It's like drowning in a sea of masks that all wear the same face.
Uninstalled Fortnite from everything, finally. If It wasn’t for the incoming Potterslop, it would have beem from the burnout of increased numbers of bots.
That thing was a beast of an install on PC. Got like 130GB back.
This also means EGS exists solely to give me free games again.
#blutoid
That thing was a beast of an install on PC. Got like 130GB back.
This also means EGS exists solely to give me free games again.
#blutoid
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Uninstalled Fortnite from everything, finally. If It wasn’t for the incoming Potterslop, it would have beem from the burnout of increased numbers of bots.
That thing was a beast of an install on PC. Got like 130GB back.
This also means EGS exists solely to give me free games again.
#blutoid
That thing was a beast of an install on PC. Got like 130GB back.
This also means EGS exists solely to give me free games again.
#blutoid
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I wanted to draw three characters together, so I decided to draw the Darkstalkers characters that I've drawn a lot before. 🥸
#capcom #Darkstalkers
#capcom #Darkstalkers
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wanted to draw three characters together, so I decided to draw the Darkstalkers characters that I've drawn a lot before. 🥸
#capcom #Darkstalkers
#capcom #Darkstalkers
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T-minus 4 hours until the Extra-Life event I am running, and we will be raffling off a Nintendo Switch 2. Check out the link here for the Extra Life Page. Will be live here, Twitch, and YouTube! Hope to see you there:
www.extra-life.org/participants...
#extralife #4thekids #blutoid
www.extra-life.org/participants...
#extralife #4thekids #blutoid
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
T-minus 4 hours until the Extra-Life event I am running, and we will be raffling off a Nintendo Switch 2. Check out the link here for the Extra Life Page. Will be live here, Twitch, and YouTube! Hope to see you there:
www.extra-life.org/participants...
#extralife #4thekids #blutoid
www.extra-life.org/participants...
#extralife #4thekids #blutoid
Been reobtaining Silent Hill games lately and it's hilarious to me how folks decried Shattered Memories but now it's like the most expensive one in the used market.
Like, copies of old Pokemon games get up there, but not like this
Shattered Memories had a great OST, too.
#blutoid
Like, copies of old Pokemon games get up there, but not like this
Shattered Memories had a great OST, too.
#blutoid
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Been reobtaining Silent Hill games lately and it's hilarious to me how folks decried Shattered Memories but now it's like the most expensive one in the used market.
Like, copies of old Pokemon games get up there, but not like this
Shattered Memories had a great OST, too.
#blutoid
Like, copies of old Pokemon games get up there, but not like this
Shattered Memories had a great OST, too.
#blutoid
There is one thing I won’t knock TGAs for.
It’s the racing category.
I think it says a lot about the stagnation of the genre when Mario and Sonic must be included because more people found them interesting. If Kiryu and Kirby are eating your lunch here, you need a real kick in the ass.
#blutoid
It’s the racing category.
I think it says a lot about the stagnation of the genre when Mario and Sonic must be included because more people found them interesting. If Kiryu and Kirby are eating your lunch here, you need a real kick in the ass.
#blutoid
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There is one thing I won’t knock TGAs for.
It’s the racing category.
I think it says a lot about the stagnation of the genre when Mario and Sonic must be included because more people found them interesting. If Kiryu and Kirby are eating your lunch here, you need a real kick in the ass.
#blutoid
It’s the racing category.
I think it says a lot about the stagnation of the genre when Mario and Sonic must be included because more people found them interesting. If Kiryu and Kirby are eating your lunch here, you need a real kick in the ass.
#blutoid
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So wholesome! Pros give an aspiring artist tips on how to draw Frieren:
Frieren Looks Up: Anime/Manga Pros Giving Drawing Tips to Beginners
Professionals from the anime & manga worlds offer sample art to aspiring fan artist
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
So wholesome! Pros give an aspiring artist tips on how to draw Frieren:
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
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waymo ceo: we plan for fatal crashes and society will learn to accept them
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
waymo ceo: we plan for fatal crashes and society will learn to accept them
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
roblox ceo: kids must be preyed upon and victimized as a necessary consequence of scale
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HEADS ON PIKES
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Kinda want to get Kirby Air Riders because, not unlike the Death Stranding games, this is one of those absolute vanity projects that screams "I will do what I want now. I will make what you want later."
And we don't see much of that anymore. I feel Kid Icarus Uprising was also like that.
#blutoid
And we don't see much of that anymore. I feel Kid Icarus Uprising was also like that.
#blutoid
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Kinda want to get Kirby Air Riders because, not unlike the Death Stranding games, this is one of those absolute vanity projects that screams "I will do what I want now. I will make what you want later."
And we don't see much of that anymore. I feel Kid Icarus Uprising was also like that.
#blutoid
And we don't see much of that anymore. I feel Kid Icarus Uprising was also like that.
#blutoid
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November 21 2000, Sin & Punishment debuted on the N64 in Japan!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
November 21 2000, Sin & Punishment debuted on the N64 in Japan!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
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I designed this chonky Dodogama plush!
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I designed this chonky Dodogama plush!
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November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I always have to remind people a southern "bless your heart" is often a big, sugary, condescending "fuck you."
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I always have to remind people a southern "bless your heart" is often a big, sugary, condescending "fuck you."
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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We are delighted to team up with the genre-defying atmospheric adventure @blueprincegame.bsky.social to introduce The Blake & Blue Bundle available now: store.steampowered.com/bundle/63704...
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are delighted to team up with the genre-defying atmospheric adventure @blueprincegame.bsky.social to introduce The Blake & Blue Bundle available now: store.steampowered.com/bundle/63704...
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It’s been a long time since I’ve done a piece of fanart, and I’m not sure why, cause they’re so much fun to do
August 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a piece of fanart, and I’m not sure why, cause they’re so much fun to do
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈