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Aggressively unpopular. Writer, Narrative Designer, Game Designer, Assoc. Professor of Film, TV, and Media Check out my dev studio Orebody Inc. orebodyinc.bsky.social

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ICE deports family, including deaf boy who wasn’t given his assistive devices — Guardian US California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia

These stories are endless. Less than 5 percent of people being held in concentration camps and deported have actual criminal histories.

It’s about tallying numbers to flaunt for their racist, xenophobic base. Human beings don’t matter to fascists.

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07.03.2026 15:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉

06.03.2026 21:43 👍 4194 🔁 1008 💬 60 📌 39
Mega Kaiju Boom Ball [Steam]
Mega Kaiju Boom Ball [Steam] YouTube video by SuperGodzillaGaming

Super special thanks to @nifanatic.bsky.social and SuperGodzillaGaming for highlighting the Steam release of Mega Kaiju Boom Ball.

Go support his YT channel, especially if you love kaiju!

#videogames #indiegames #monsterverse

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05.03.2026 22:16 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Save 10% on Mega Kaiju Boom Ball on Steam Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is a giant monster-themed break-em-up developed with retro 8-bit constraints in mind. The game mixes the dynamics of breakout, pinball and legendary kaiju into a unique and action...

Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is now available on Steam!

And for the first week, players can enjoy a 10% launch discount.

Be sure to wishlist or, if you buy the game, leave a review.

It's booming time!

#indiegames #godzilla #monsterverse #indiegamedev #nesdev

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05.03.2026 16:29 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
March of the Kaiju No. 1: MEGA KAIJU BOOM BALL (NES Homebrew)
March of the Kaiju No. 1: MEGA KAIJU BOOM BALL (NES Homebrew) YouTube video by ecmyersvids

Wow! @ecmyers.com streamed Mega Kaiju Boom Ball for over 2 hours last night! Check out the video below! The game launches today on Steam!

Also check out his new interactive children's book, Kaiju Gaga, available at most book retailers!

#booksky #reading #videogames

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqv...

05.03.2026 14:15 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Sealed NES box of Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, showing a giant monkey being attacked by a ball and paddle. Also pictured: a sticker sheet and Cthulhu trading card and poster.

Sealed NES box of Mega Kaiju Boom Ball, showing a giant monkey being attacked by a ball and paddle. Also pictured: a sticker sheet and Cthulhu trading card and poster.

I didn't have a chance to show off this new NES homebrew game MEGA KAIJU BOOM BALL when it arrived, but I'm excited to play it tomorrow night to launch my "March of the Kaiju" streams. Yes, I'm playing kaiju-themed games all month!

04.03.2026 02:52 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Mega Kaiju Boom Ball launches on Steam tomorrow!

Have you added it to your wishlist yet?

Can you save the world from a kaiju invasion using just a ball and paddle?

#indiegames #indiegamedev #retrogames

04.03.2026 13:02 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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FCC chief tells CNBC WBD-Paramount merger deal is ‘cleaner’ than Netflix's, will be approved 'quickly' FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC on Tuesday that Netflix's previous Warner Bros. Discovery offer "raised a lot of competition concerns."

The corruption is so clear it’s laughable.

www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/...

04.03.2026 04:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘The Pitt’ EP Says HBO Wanted Upcoming ICE Episode To Be “Balanced” As 'The Pitt' gets through another shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center during Season 2, the show is preparing to tackle immigration.

We’re in for more pro-fascist media going forward.

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02.03.2026 00:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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March is here!
This month on the NES Homebrew Calendar, (re)discover Banana Bash, the excellent puzzle game from @work3studio.bsky.social! 🍌😍

#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム @scrobins.bsky.social @deadeye.bsky.social

01.03.2026 15:14 👍 26 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0

Too real this past week.

01.03.2026 17:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There are surely worse timelines, but I have difficulty imagining a more disgusting one

01.03.2026 02:27 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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"They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future," Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said. "Today, their lives were brutally cut short.”

Read more: https://wapo.st/4r7izC7

01.03.2026 03:30 👍 1424 🔁 723 💬 75 📌 67
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Mega Kaiju Boom Ball on Steam Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is a giant monster-themed break-em-up developed with retro 8-bit constraints in mind. The game mixes the dynamics of breakout, pinball and legendary kaiju into a unique and action...

Mega Kaiju Boom Ball is now available on @itch.io, @steampowered.com, and on a physical NES cart @dalyengames.bsky.social!

Grab whichever version suits you and save the world!

Steam: tinyurl.com/dwpbswek
Itch: tinyurl.com/yatbmhyf
NES cart: tinyurl.com/3yb9pnyj

#kaiju #tokusatsu #monsterverse

27.02.2026 00:48 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

The evil bastards are running things and doing evil bastard things.

Everything they say to justify themselves is a lie.

28.02.2026 23:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 👍 18830 🔁 8046 💬 42 📌 116
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Head of CBS News (and, soon, CNN) taunting Zohran and cheerleading Israel/Trump’s war on Iran almost nobody wants

In case there’s still any question about the agenda behind these networks now

28.02.2026 20:55 👍 1489 🔁 491 💬 118 📌 27
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Keeper by @doublefine.com is one of the most beautiful and inspiring games I’ve played in a long time. It’s like an interactive surreal fantasy painting.

It’s the kind of game I’d make if I had a budget and a super talented team.

Go play it!

#videogames #gamedev #indiegamedev

28.02.2026 15:55 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

This country is profoundly ideologically and ethically sick.

And they don’t see it.

They don’t see it.

28.02.2026 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fitting that in America’s final form, the epicenter of evil will be a private golf resort for wealthy pedophiles.

28.02.2026 15:52 👍 2926 🔁 788 💬 15 📌 8

tuned into mainstream American news stations to see what the deal is and of course they're reporting it as business as usual, and not insane colonial overreach with no logical pretense. not sure why I'd hoped for more. this country has a deep sickness.

28.02.2026 09:05 👍 1083 🔁 131 💬 13 📌 1

"A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that's going on right now."

28.02.2026 17:08 👍 166 🔁 58 💬 2 📌 2

American journalism is dead if these are the headlines we’re going with.

28.02.2026 12:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There are always tweets

28.02.2026 12:46 👍 1283 🔁 571 💬 40 📌 29
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It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

The question is, what will Americans do about it when it happens?

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27.02.2026 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hegseth is such a Nazi piece of shit.

27.02.2026 23:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle — Guardian US Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networks

The goal is to move the country further to the right through strategic media messaging. Just look at what happened with Twitter and what’s already been happening at CBS.

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27.02.2026 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to correct thousands of errors Optional textbook contains factual and punctuation errors, and images with licensing or copyright issues

Christo-fascism part 3:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

27.02.2026 01:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says — Reuters The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property i...

Christo-fascism part 2:

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27.02.2026 01:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday — The Kansas City Star Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

Christo-fascism part 1:

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27.02.2026 01:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0