The Festive Pygmy
@untimelygamer.bsky.social
He/him. Overeducated, failed academic. I'm into books, movies, videogames, tea, and wine. I sometimes write things. Video games: http://medium.com/@untimelygamer Films: http://letterboxd.com/untimelygamer/ and http://watchestoodamnmuch.wordpress.com.
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activision anthology, game selection screen, ps2 (2002) dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
activision anthology, game selection screen, ps2 (2002) dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...
I get what the "Horses is actually tame" pieces are trying to say, but it does seem unfair to demand that a small indie game has to live up to a situation imposed upon it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I get what the "Horses is actually tame" pieces are trying to say, but it does seem unfair to demand that a small indie game has to live up to a situation imposed upon it.
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My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
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Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight
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Ask not for whom the Baja blasts; it blasts for thee.
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ask not for whom the Baja blasts; it blasts for thee.
My overall take on Tarantino is that he is an excellent curator of cinema but a terrible critic of cinema. I'll listen to him all day talk about cinema and watch every movie he mentions, but I don't think he has enough insight to be a successful critic.
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My overall take on Tarantino is that he is an excellent curator of cinema but a terrible critic of cinema. I'll listen to him all day talk about cinema and watch every movie he mentions, but I don't think he has enough insight to be a successful critic.
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Uh...the only sites I can find that report this headline are right wing. And the article I found only cites Somali Americans who have been established Republicans, e.g. Mohamed Ahmed has been a Republican for 25 years. So...this story seems fake. And spreading it seems racist.
December 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Uh...the only sites I can find that report this headline are right wing. And the article I found only cites Somali Americans who have been established Republicans, e.g. Mohamed Ahmed has been a Republican for 25 years. So...this story seems fake. And spreading it seems racist.
I don't know, man. Tarantino's criticism of Lillard and Owens was pretty mild. You want Hollywood people to be honest, but yet get mad if they don't act like cheerleaders for each other.
Matthew Lillard responds to Quentin Tarantino tearing him down: "It hurts"
Matthew Lillard responds to Quentin Tarantino tearing him down: "It hurts"
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December 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I don't know, man. Tarantino's criticism of Lillard and Owens was pretty mild. You want Hollywood people to be honest, but yet get mad if they don't act like cheerleaders for each other.
Me looking at your trash-tier waifus.
Man with Crossed Arms by Paul Cézanne, 1894
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137859
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137859
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Me looking at your trash-tier waifus.
I've seen multiple posts showing vagina doors in the new Metroid, and I have no idea if they are real or not
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I've seen multiple posts showing vagina doors in the new Metroid, and I have no idea if they are real or not
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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My favourite holiday meme
December 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My favourite holiday meme
Unfollowed an academic for reskeeting shitty Gavin Newsom memes.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Unfollowed an academic for reskeeting shitty Gavin Newsom memes.
I was planning to stick this generation out because I don't game enough lately (goddamn work) to justify buying a shiny new gaming PC, but it seems like I won't be getting a new PC for a while. :-(
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I was planning to stick this generation out because I don't game enough lately (goddamn work) to justify buying a shiny new gaming PC, but it seems like I won't be getting a new PC for a while. :-(
PS2-era graphics are so good. Just advanced enough to look realistic when the developers want them to, yet still simple enough to feel abstract.
James Caan, Abe Vigoda, Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando for PS2.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
PS2-era graphics are so good. Just advanced enough to look realistic when the developers want them to, yet still simple enough to feel abstract.
With Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Dave Chapelle can finally be transphobic WITHIN the Harry Potter universe.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Dave Chapelle can finally be transphobic WITHIN the Harry Potter universe.
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Classic "it's not my turn with the Churu" face
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Classic "it's not my turn with the Churu" face
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They're clearly suffering without us.
Clearly.
Clearly.
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
They're clearly suffering without us.
Clearly.
Clearly.
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I can't help but notice that actual pornography filmed between consensual adults is being banned faster than deep fakes are
it's almost as if
it's almost as if
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I can't help but notice that actual pornography filmed between consensual adults is being banned faster than deep fakes are
it's almost as if
it's almost as if
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The onion just prints the news now
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The onion just prints the news now
President Trump should bring E3 back
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
President Trump should bring E3 back
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Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
Haha I missed how Jeffries stans (how can there be Jeffries stans in 2025?) got red hot mad and nude at this (admittedly lame) Onion joke.
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Haha I missed how Jeffries stans (how can there be Jeffries stans in 2025?) got red hot mad and nude at this (admittedly lame) Onion joke.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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The interrogation of and fascination with gameplay systems will only get you so far by itself because The Machine Zone is the dominant cultural force right now and it poisons everything it touches a little. Anyway, you should play Saga Frontier 2.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The interrogation of and fascination with gameplay systems will only get you so far by itself because The Machine Zone is the dominant cultural force right now and it poisons everything it touches a little. Anyway, you should play Saga Frontier 2.