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Sismrnoth
@sismrnoth.bsky.social
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Video games, art, books, linguistics, etc. Working on PhD in genre studies.
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Sismrnoth @sismrnoth.bsky.social · Aug 14
My current folly is this oil painting copy of the Revachol key art from Disco Elysium, originally by @rostovjanka.bsky.social
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sjklapecki.itch.io
God of War and God of War: Ragnarok are both really interesting narratives for me because asking your vehicle of stoic grunting rage into "what if you had to deal with One (1) genuine emotion from other people" and creates makes for some of the best story in any video game i've ever played
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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loppi.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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mitildide.bsky.social
Batman breaking one of the cow tools from the "cow tools" comic: "This is the tool of the cow. We do not understand it. We will not use it."
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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emilyhare.co.uk
Phineas. One of my favourite little monsters I created for Mini Book Of Monsters 2! I love him. Watercolour on board.
#monster #cutemonster #cutecreature #creature #artbook
a slug like creature with four squat legs, stands proudly and side on to us with his eyes closed and his head danglers blowing in the wind. He is blue witha pink tummy.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Adam Scott meets the Chicago Pope
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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videochess.world
gaming magazines used to be so true........
A screenshot of Sonic Adventure for Dreamcast. A subtitle reads "Sonic Adventure manages to include not one... not two... but countless of those elusive 'gaming moments.'"
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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aimeekitty.bsky.social
Cat
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
sismrnoth.bsky.social
Tell me, what is good in life?
A caramel-filled swiss roll and a koeksister
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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dwuff.com
Why are we still making small dick jokes in 2025 💀 disparage someone's horrible actions, not their anatomy. Many other people have the same anatomy. Your anatomy does not dictate your worth as a person nor your morality.
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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sutis.bsky.social
Oh my words (literally), take 2 on the Tonberry letters I think it came out ok, still not perfect but I refuse to keep stressing about it. 😤
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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danaenight.bsky.social
This year I wrote a novel, titled Sheam.

It's in (sort of) three parts, which I like to describe as:
1. Hang on, am I a woman?
2. Hold up, am I worthy of love? Gay love?
3. Wait a sec, can my polycule overthrow the government?

It's done and you can read it here:
www.scribblehub.com/series/15742...
Sheam, by Dana Nightingale, key art by Marie Najean. It depicts the titular character standing before a long desk with a cityscape lit by orange and yellow light visible through a window. She's wearing an overcoat, fingerless gloves, and a belled top hat. A large key hovers above her open palm. A hooded, bearded figure sits with eyes downcast behind the desk. The subtitle reads, A quixotic transgender thriller. 1 — Threshold The doors opened. There were many gathered beyond. Daelus lingered in the threshold for just a moment, observing carefully. The assembly hall was luxurious, but cramped. The low ceiling made the space feel like the building was pushing down on everyone within, dominating them, like the belly of a leviathan. The room felt small and yet seemed somehow to go on forever, with hidden corners vanishing into hidden corners. The dim gas–powered lighting and scattered table candelabras with real candlesticks added to the effect, making the shadows feel somehow more real than than everything that was visible. The lighting rendered a ghostly quality to the people who sat on couches and lounge chairs, loitered around tables, and haunted the dark corners. Most were chatting in small groups. All were dressed in the finest materials, undoubtedly tailored to perfection. As Daelus’ attention lingered he realized that the styles and accessories gave an antiquated feel to the affair. Some of these outfits would not feel misplaced in a museum display. They were the delegation; his new peers. Daelus' presence here was his reward for a lifetime of service to the Benefactors. He was to work alongside his fellow delegates to ensure the stability and longevity of humankind. These were the most intelligent, the most assertive and courageous, and the most accomplished people in the entire world, and he stood proudly among them.
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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kennylogins.bsky.social
Gregory Possum-Encounterer @gr... • 8mo Achieve enlightenment > You can't do that here. Get satori > You can't do that here. Become one with universe > You don't have UNIVERSE in your inventory. [replying] numbers station morning... @griph.bsky.social Go up > you cannot enter Nirvana with Desires in your inventory >drop Desires you now have 2 Desires March 23, 2024 at 11:08 AM
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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bermondt.bsky.social
Ciel 🌙💕✨
for @tjrapper.bsky.social
[ #art #commission #enoki ]
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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unicouniuni3.bsky.social
I’m bored… maybe I’ll go destroy a planet
A black-and-white cat is lying on the arm of a light green couch, resting his head and looking sleepy with one front paw placed on the armrest.
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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paullecomtephoto.nz
I wasn't actually going for Subaru in it's natural environment pic, but if I say the name Richard Attenborough, you'll read the next line in your head in his voice.

Here's Paul's Subaru XV parked up with an Aurora Australis dazzling in the night sky of the rugged South Otago Coast of New Zealand
The western edge of the Aurora was pulsing photons & it was magnificent - my car is parked under the aurora
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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twbarber.bsky.social
They told me I was daft to build a church here but I did it anyway! It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third church. That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up!
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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kjetll.bsky.social
— cmm: Tank
for @clevergamername.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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misterabk.bsky.social
Still rueing the day, eh? Me and m'boys are rueing entire weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
sismrnoth.bsky.social
WIP WIP wipp

Nearly done
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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mrsambarlow.bsky.social
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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v21.bsky.social
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)

azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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faithschaffer.bsky.social
⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
Ink drawing- side profile vignette of a woman walking though a windy patch of tall grass. She is carrying a lantern full of stars.
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
there's a priest who's job, twice a day, is to lift a floor stone in the nave and check the water level with a Holy Dipstick and communicate if the sluice needs adjusting

again, i am not exaggerating
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
i fully agree with this theory and in my actual field, british architectural history, The Problem is that Salisbury Cathedral is built on top of a lake and no i am not exaggerating
zoealicempls.bsky.social God’s Little Ravioli 🏳️‍⚧️ @zoealicempls.bsky.social · 5d
between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 5d
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
sismrnoth.bsky.social
People have mentioned many US and UK books, and I've loved them. But also, some life-changing Southern African masterpieces:
Nervous Conditions
The House of Hunger
The Quiet Violence of Dreams
David's Story
Welcome to Our Hillbrow
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!

tell me about a book that changed you

for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM