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I sometimes make art, play video games (and sometimes make them), learn languages (intermediate French & beginner Japanese), and make videos about video games. https://youtube.com/@MarkDuval

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CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine Bringing together journalists, devs and artists, CONTINUE celebrates and interrogates videogame culture, creativity and community

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on.

A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture.

We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

10.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 521 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 69
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I could win a gold medal in weight lifting after moving this television from the old bench to this new one.

08.03.2026 10:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My dad knows Tok Pisin too. He taught English for 6 years in Papua New Guinea back in the 70s.

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's my top 9 games. All of these games are meaningful to me.

06.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That 8-bit font in Pico-8 gives me a headache. I kinda wish it wasn't so committed to the aesthetic in the editor.

22.02.2026 10:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley are defined as "Cozy Games", but early 90s DOS platformers feel cozy to me.

16.02.2026 06:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow, how romantic. A Valentine's Day card written by a large language model.

11.02.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I should reinstall mIRC.

10.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a fire escape ALT: a cartoon of a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a fire escape

I'm going with some friends on the weekend to see the movie Iron Lung that's apparently about a video game that I've never heard of.

04.02.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm dumping some more #C64 disks with my #zoomfloppy and it's a bit of a process with many cables. So far so good though.

31.01.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Which country is he going to threaten to invade this time if she doesn't win an Oscar for her movie?

28.01.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Twitter/Threads/Bluesky really do butcher #pixelart when you post it :(

24.01.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also on an actual C64, this wouldn't work for a multicolour sprite without splitting the sprite into two sprites and combining them because sprites this large can only be monochrome.

24.01.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I tried taking the Final Fantasy pixel art #ClairObscurExpedition33 characters and making the MaΓ«lle one into a #C64 sprite. There's no good pink colour for light skin tones in the C64 palette and there's no strong red or orange, so I don't like how her face and hair are the same colour.

24.01.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Office - Sergio Georgini
The Office - Sergio Georgini YouTube video by wide-eyed girl on the wall

This is you know who if he starts wearing aviator sunglasses tomorrow: youtu.be/hxZh3XMna20?...

21.01.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Freeplay | 2026 Survey An Update from Freeplay

An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didn’t secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. We’re exploring what comes next & want your input.

Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026

Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...

20.01.2026 01:35 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 38
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I got good at Tetris in 2025.

20.01.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a 3D printer now. It's a Bambu Lab A1. I just put it together and printed out Benchy the Boat - the Hello World of 3D printing.

23.12.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If there's a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 film, I hope it's a French film and in the French language.

16.12.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon to @bsky.app we'll have to prove we're humans and not dogs.

14.12.2025 08:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh @bsky.app initially realized I'm an adult, but now it's forgotten again. Weird. I guess I have no DMs again. This age assurance stuff is so ridiculous.

14.12.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.

10.12.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
A white cat wrapped in a blue satin blanket.

A white cat wrapped in a blue satin blanket.

β€œI bring you news from the front, m’lord. Food bowls are empty, litter boxes are full, and the natives are getting restless.”

09.12.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

@bsky.app would someone under the age of 16 have the scalp of @manfightdragon.bsky.social ? Impossible. Give the man his DMs back.

10.12.2025 11:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blue Sky this morning realised that I'm an adult. No need to verify that by uploading a screenshot of Norman Reedus from Death Stranding.

09.12.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely. If they ask for fingerprints or other biometric data, then I'll use a VPN, or just leave this website.

09.12.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm pondering doing the face scan to resolve this. :/ I mean, I'm already using my face in my userpic here and on other social media platforms anyway. Kinda ridiculous though that at age 45 I'm being asked to verify I'm an adult. πŸ™„

09.12.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And me the 45 year old who Blue Sky thinks looks like a child and wants me to verify that I'm not actually one. Flattering and hilarious to be carded still I guess, but annoying. *looks up VPNs...*

09.12.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Masochism: The Video Game

09.12.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was there, at the dawn of the Third Age of Mankind. It began in the Earth year 1995 when I bought a 28.8k modem and joined, "the internet".

09.12.2025 06:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0