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Derrick Sanskrit

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Pop culture sommelier. Present: IGN Past: The AV Club, Orbit Books, Pitchfork, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and others

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

www.scribd.com/document/100...

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 4781 πŸ” 1456 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 1108
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31 years ago today, Krusty the Clown first mentioned saying β€œthe quiet part loud,” an expression which has since gone on to widespread usage.

#TheSimpsons episode β€œA Star is Burns” first aired March 5, 1995.

06.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 639 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 15

They put WART in this movie?!?

06.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stuff outside of moral + environmental considerations to keep in mind when using AI for things like pitching a prototype...

- Generated art can't be copyrighted
- The materials used to train it can't be credited
- By definition the output is going to be tame / over-familiar

06.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's literally about combatting a fascistic totalitarian government by using art and music to inspire and rally the civilians to express their individual values in the face of oppression. Simply marvelous and more people should experience it today.

05.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nine games that made me.

05.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Humble sale on US eShop buff.ly/wL1OwV4

05.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Chat from January 13th, 2015
shauninman: I want to do a Zelda-like where every power-up uses the crank.
neven: oh nice
shauninman: Crank powered lantern
neven: neat
shauninman: time manipulation. lighting/gate control. opening safes. drilling through walls.
neven: rad. rotisserie chicken.

Chat from January 13th, 2015 shauninman: I want to do a Zelda-like where every power-up uses the crank. neven: oh nice shauninman: Crank powered lantern neven: neat shauninman: time manipulation. lighting/gate control. opening safes. drilling through walls. neven: rad. rotisserie chicken.

Here's how the idea for Ratcheteer came to Shaun, during early Playdate discussions…

05.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I wholeheartedly believe that Pochita and Kirby would be best friends. All they want is food, love, and to destroy elder gods.

05.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw an ad for the new Mila Jovovich movie that said β€œonly in theaters this friday” and I said β€œthat’s not enough days!”

04.03.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot freaking wait. Hell yeah.

04.03.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYes, we understand it looks somewhat unseemly. But you must understand this is far preferable to what, untreated, would be an aggressive case of β€˜Metastasizing Neck Teeth’.”

02.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
the anime sfx-making tool!
It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top.
Then there's the controls:

In vertical pairs:
Left:
Pitch Rise
Rise speed

Reverb
Room size

On the right:
Wobble Speed
Wobble Amount

Tone Brightness
Volume

Next is a row of keys:
Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters
UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked
Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive.

Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles:

IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh

Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain.

Hope you enjoy it!

the anime sfx-making tool! It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top. Then there's the controls: In vertical pairs: Left: Pitch Rise Rise speed Reverb Room size On the right: Wobble Speed Wobble Amount Tone Brightness Volume Next is a row of keys: Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive. Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles: IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain. Hope you enjoy it!

I made a tool that makes retro anime sound effects. Meet AnimeVox!
I made it for a game, but it's free to use.

I'm using the forgotten (but popular in 80s japan) Schroeder reverb algo, and some wobble.

If you find it useful consider supporting me on itch :)

castpixel.itch.io/animevox

15.01.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 2581 πŸ” 1051 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 19

There's nothing that disappoints me more than people

02.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A licky boom boom down, one and all.

01.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
an ad for β€œFacebook Dating”

an ad for β€œFacebook Dating”

Two awful words that, together, are infinitely worse.

01.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

26.02.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 2462 πŸ” 628 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 50
ON SITE PUBLIC MEDIA

Illinois- No charges for Lake Zurich High
School student who punched student
holding a pro-ICE sign,2-day suspension

"You can go peacefully f-kyourself!" the student
announced after he punched his classmate (a photo of the student is featured with article)

ON SITE PUBLIC MEDIA Illinois- No charges for Lake Zurich High School student who punched student holding a pro-ICE sign,2-day suspension "You can go peacefully f-kyourself!" the student announced after he punched his classmate (a photo of the student is featured with article)

fuck yeah

25.02.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 2280 πŸ” 626 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 27
Blippo+ Acceptance Speech for Best Writing!
Blippo+ Acceptance Speech for Best Writing! YouTube video by NYVGCC

Last, but certainly not least, @blippo.plus won this year's Herman Melville Award for Best Writing!

24.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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This guy gets it.

23.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 23657 πŸ” 5749 πŸ’¬ 453 πŸ“Œ 805
KPop Demon Hunters is joining the Criterion Collection

KPop Demon Hunters is joining the Criterion Collection

KPop Demon Hunters has joined the Criterion Collection alongside Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

23.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 11

Today’s ice cold take: Nintendo needs to remake Nintendogs but just PokΓ©mon. take them for walks, give them baths, watch them play, but NO BATTLES.

23.02.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's my sweet baby girl Galarian Ponyta!

23.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A silhouette of a woman appears beyond a scrambled TV signal for channel 99, β€œZest!”  The captions say β€œElectronic funk with slap bass plays through static”. The channel info reads: Squish Tussle. Sleazy hands squeezing ans squashing.”

A silhouette of a woman appears beyond a scrambled TV signal for channel 99, β€œZest!” The captions say β€œElectronic funk with slap bass plays through static”. The channel info reads: Squish Tussle. Sleazy hands squeezing ans squashing.”

Scrambled TV signal within a frame that says ”TURNED ON: Cathode Confessions.
Tantric Computing COMING UP”

Scrambled TV signal within a frame that says ”TURNED ON: Cathode Confessions. Tantric Computing COMING UP”

Through a scrambled but much more clear TV signal, we see a woman’s hand, red nails, caressing an old-fashioned grey computer mouse. The captions read β€œYesss…”

Through a scrambled but much more clear TV signal, we see a woman’s hand, red nails, caressing an old-fashioned grey computer mouse. The captions read β€œYesss…”

Finally, a clear frame. The tip of the red-nailed fingers are lightly resting on the bottom edge of an old-fashioned grey PC keyboard. The captions read β€œ[Faint moaning]”.

Finally, a clear frame. The tip of the red-nailed fingers are lightly resting on the bottom edge of an old-fashioned grey PC keyboard. The captions read β€œ[Faint moaning]”.

Yeah, Blippo+ is the right kind of weird.

23.02.2026 04:26 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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play our new cozy game demo today! πŸ˜ƒ

🎢run your own record store
🎢hang out with customers, recommend good music
🎢chill out, play at your own pace, unwind

check out Wax Heads’ new demo during Steam Next Fest! πŸ’«

store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/...

23.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

I made new launcher animations every single week for the 11-week first run of @blippo.plus!

We wanted to indicate to the user that the app was changing every week, and add little narrative pops.

Playdate’s amazing bc I could make these on the fly the day before launch (sorry again, @mierau.me πŸ˜‰)!

23.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
TV recommendation of a film called β€œHouse of Flyer Daggers” in a playlist of Lunar New Year Celebration

TV recommendation of a film called β€œHouse of Flyer Daggers” in a playlist of Lunar New Year Celebration

I can’t not read this as Luke Jenner from The Rapture.

22.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS is how Zohran just cemented himself as the best mayor of all time for many kids in this city, tho more importantly, this is also how he's indoctrinating young New Yorkers en masse as future Democratic Socialists

22.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved the demo last year, so excited to play this in two and a half months and do my best impression of John Cusack in High Fidelity.

20.02.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0