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Virtual Scallop
@virtualscallop.bsky.social
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[it/she/they] - Certified gremlin, and maker of weird things. Also comes in Tumblr, YouTube, and Twitch flavors

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Completely normal way to program things.
A cropped screenshot of some Portal 2 visual settings... The topmost option reads "Aspect Ratio - Widescreen 16:9"... The bottom one reads "Display Mode - Full Screen"... The notable element here is the middle one: "Resolution 3840x1080 (Native)" (the resolution of two 1920x1080 monitors horizontally)
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Ayyy, you too.

On top of this, Portal 2 REALLY didn't like my dual monitors. It's the only game I've ever seen go "hey, we should apply the resolution of both monitors combined to one of the monitors in fullscreen, right?"
A screenshot of a late game title screen in Portal 2. The notable thing here is that the menu assets are horizontally squished, and the background is awkwardly cropped.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This ranking is 0/10 because it doesn't use this image
An image of Pokemon Black and Pokemon White sharing a box art image, shared almost down the middle. The image is split in a way so that it reads "Pokemon Whack Version"
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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But that last one doesn't cover every case (non-Steam games) or cover every case how I would do it

I need that good manual sorting.
As it is, with only one saved configuration, this is the monstrosity I'm currently maintaining.
A view of my steam library categories, uncollapsed. It's a hefty list, containing: Favorites Misc - Demos Misc - Legacy Versions Misc - Library Sharing Misc - Mods Misc - Non-Steam Games Misc - Not Functional Misc - VR Amazing - Blue Moon Amazing - Replay/Chip Bold - Blue Moon Bold - Replay/Chip Content - Blue Moon Content - Replay/Chip Dour - Blue Moon Dour - Replay/Chip Ewww - Replay/Chip In-Progress - Active In-Progress - Backburner In-Progress - Backburner 100 Percent In-Progress - Chipping Linux Native Replay on Stream Unplayed - Paid - Own Time Unplayed - Paid - Stream Unplayed - Paid - Unknown Unplayed - Freedeems - Own Time Unplayed - Freedeems - Stream Unplayed - Freedeems - Unknown
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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I've been getting into the Mega Man series in recent years... and some of my favorite games include games like Mega Man 4. I don't love Mega Man 4 because it redefined what it means to be a Mega Man with a bold new take... I love Mega Man 4 because it's a really polished take on Mega Man.
A Mega Man tier chart I've been keeping over the past few years. The Y axis is defined by rankings, starting at the bottom with E, and peaking at S... The X axis is defined by years, and entries within those years. Furthermore, different lines and colors are dedicated to different sub-series... which include: The classic saga, the X saga, the World (Game Boy) saga, the Legends saga, the DOS duo, and Mega Man Soccer. Currently, the chart goes from 1987 to 2000. While nothing has managed to hit S tier yet, there's still entries hitting some good spots at high B tier, and A tier amongst the later classic saga, X2, X4, Legends 1, and Tron Bonne.
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Chat do you think I have a problem?
In image of 30 installed official and unofficial Sonic games in my library, which are: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Forever Sonic 2 Absolute Sonic 3 AIR Sonic Adventure DX Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Sonic and the Fallen Star Sonic CD Sonic Chrono Adventure Sonic Forces Sonic Frontiers Sonic Generations Sonic X Shadow Generations Sonic GT Sonic Lost World Sonic Mania Sonic Omens Project 06 Sonic Robo Blast 2 Sonic Superstars Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II Sonic Before the Sequel Sonic After the Sequel Sonic Time Twisted Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit Unleashed Recompiled Team Sonic Racing
November 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Only the best collection of hedgehogs
A cropped screenshot depicting a portion of my Steam library... namely some non-Steam games added through it, with custom library art. The list includes: Sonic Forever, Sonic 2 Absolute, Sonic 3 AIR, Sonic Omens, Project 06, Sonic Robo Blast 2, and Unleashed Recompiled... at the front of the list however, is an itch.io copy of Celeste
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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idk when YouTube added a pronoun field, but it's kind of pathetically hilarious how limited this thing is
An screenshot of me attempting to add my pronouns (it/she/they) to what is ultimately a pronoun search field in YouTube Studio. The search box has denied my request with "No matches found - We are periodically reviewing pronouns which may become available in the future."
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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So I've tried adding some non-Steam Windows games to Steam for Proton
See if it's that easy.
And so far it is.

But when I tried bringing in Project 06... It accidentally created the most Sonic 06 image ever
The title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog, but instead of the usual background at the grassy ruins of Kingdom Valley, it has been replaced with the color bars and static that's associated with technical difficulties.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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According to the in game settings, it was set to the COMBINED RESOLUTION OF MY MONITORS (3040x1080)

Even when I got past that, the game displayed the worst screen tearing artifacts I've ever seen in my life.
A cropped screenshot of Portal 2 video settings, focused on Aspect Ratio, Resolution, and Display Mode. The UI is also horizontally squished. The notable element here is that Resolution is set to "3840x1080 (Native)".
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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My experience with Steam games on Linux so far

Do note that I am getting the troublemakers running, I just find this EXTREMELY funny... Especially for Valve's own stuff
A meme using the format of a quality looking Mickey and Disneyland, and a low quality Goofy and backroom. The high quality Mickey side is labeled "Windows games running through Proton" The low quality goofy side is labeled "Linux native games" Additionally, on the low quality side, there are logos of Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, and Open Hexagon
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A screenshot of Super Hexagon in my Steam library Notable elements: PLAY TIME: 85 minutes ACHIEVEMENTS: 6 of 6
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A screenshot of the victory screen from Super Hexagon It's mostly black, save for a white hexagon outline in the center, with the player triangle beside it. Overlaying it is text reading: CONGRATULATIONS GAME COMPLETE PRESS A TO CONTINUE
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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This is what old 3D games look like to me when they have their resolution bumped into HD
A side by side comparison of a character in a jester hat. On the left, a character labelled "The OG Fella" is are round and soft looking, with an eager smile On the right, that same character is jagged looking, with off looking details. They are labelled "THE POWER OF THE FUTURE"
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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why are you me, I'M me
A cropped image of Superbrothers Sword & Sorcery in my Steam library, depicting the install button, and general stats. It shows Last Played as "Fed 19, 2017", and Play Time as "50 minutes"
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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...something strange...
A picture of the Dreemurr residence in Deltarune. It has been edited to contain a line that portrays the journey of Undertale, with different areas labelled. They are mapped as so: - STAIRS - Mt. Ebott Hole...? - FLOOR - Ruins...? - FRIDGE - Snowdin - SINK - Waterfall - STOVE - Hotland - MICROWAVE - CORE...? - WINDOW - New Home & Barrier...? - LOWER STOVE - True Lab...? - TRASH CAN - ...True Lab?
July 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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HEY WAIT A DAMN SECOND
I'm... probably very late to any sort of speculation on this...
But this optional dialogue from Chapter 3 has me realizing...
A picture of several text boxes from Deltarune Chapter 3, reading as such: * In the once upon a time, there was a land like purple cliffs. * A frozen waste, a water basin, a metal desert. * But, this theater was built upon that. . . and, it grew. * Not everyone liked the change. Some people left. * Of course, that was in the days of the black-and-white.
July 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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clown shit
A cropped screenshot of update progress in the downloads tab of Steam. The 3.5 GB of content has finished downloading... however, the progress bar for "Patching files" is only at 22%... and while flux, the estimated time remaining is roughly three and a half hours
June 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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My Computer Is So Normal
A cropped screenshot from CPUT temperature reading software. It's reporting as follows: - 68 Celsius - The current temp - 53-93 Celsius - This session's lowest and highest temps - 95 Celsius - The maximum safe temp
May 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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and yeeeeees officer, I "got gud"
my license to complain is right here
April 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Everyone and their grandmother:
"yoooo the challenge mode in NSMBU is so fucking good. best part of the game. must play."

NSMBU's challenge mode:
"what's the most awkward and frustrating thing we can turn into a speedrun challenge?"
A screenshot of the New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe challenge start screen (specifically the speedrun variation). The challenge in question is "Mini Mountaineer", which is described as "Reach the goal ring in 100.00 or less without touching the ground in mini form!" The bronze medal for the challenge is for 100.00 and under, the silver medal is for 40.00 and under, and the gold medal is 25.00 and under.
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Made an update to my Sonic tier list; put on same games I've been meaning to put on

(The 2nd one is a simplified version with all alternate versions of games removed, barring Sonic Forever vs Sonic 1 GBA)
An image depicting my complete tier list. There are far too many pieces of Sonic media to depict here in alt text. Highlights, however, include: The non-3DS Generations titles in S tier, the popsicle in B tier, Sonic 06 in B tier, Sonic Colors in C tier, the Knuckles show in D tier, and so on. To clarify, absolutely none of these placements are jokes. A slightly smaller version of the tier list. Most alternate versions are removed. This impacts Sonic Generations HD, Sonic Mania, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and the 8-bit 1 and 2.
November 27, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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I guess I'm doing this, huh?
There's some close seconds when it comes to some of these... and others it's no competition. You get a cookie if you can guess my close seconds.
A line depicting my favorite Pokemon starts. The line covers the following Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil, Mudkip, Turtwig, Snivy, Fennekin, Popplio, Scorbunny, Sprigatito
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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Well well... well well...
We're not done blasting through the past...

- TOMORROW: It's time to cleanup SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS! Gonna prioritize Shadow's campaign.

Coming at ya live @ 2PM PST, over at
www.twitch.tv/virtualscallop
#virtualscallopstreams
An image of the stream announcement, citing that Sunday the 17th, at 2 PM PST, I'll stream the Generations cleanup. In contrast to my usual stream announcement images, this one is rendered white instead of being more magenta or purple.
November 17, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Oh, oops, I haven't made a habit of checking this site regularly yet. I hope you don't mind this is a few days late.

I've been growing this one for a while, trying to fill in the gaps I don't have yet. If you see a notable omission, I just need to get to it.
The image is of my personal tier list. There's too many games to list them all, but here's some highlights: Sonic Mania, its Plus version, Generations, Sonic Robo Blast 2, After the Sequel, and Unleashed HD are all in S tier. There is a Sonic popsicle and the original Sonic 06 in B tier. This is not a joke. Sonic Colors is mid in my eyes, and towards the bottom of C tier
November 9, 2024 at 1:04 AM