I'm live again with more Vampire Crawlers because it's just as addicting as VS was! Come hang out and let's see what nonsense we can get up to!

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Time to fall headfirst into a new addiction! I'm live right now with Vampire Crawlers, the new game from poncle! It was number 1 on my Next Fest list and I said I'd buy it on day 1...which is now! Come hang out while I lose a few hours of my life!

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We are LIVE! Get in here and be old with us!

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This is gonna be a fun discussion, and you can join in if you come to the live stream tonight! We’ll be starting 8pm-ish Eastern on Twitch as usual, so come hang out for this ridiculous milestone! I mean, 750? Are you serious?

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Tonight we’re doing episode 750 of The Mana Pool! We’ll be joined by special guest Brian Edwards of @characterissues.bsky.social!

Since we’ve been doing the show 18 years, we’re old. So we’re gonna talk about how being a nerd has changed in our lifetimes and what it’s like to be an older nerd now

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Today was crap, so I'm gonna burn off some energy by trying out Absolum, a roguelike beat 'em up that I've been wanting to try for a good while now! Come join me and maybe you can find out all about the plans for TMP 750 while you're at it!

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After a full year away from Final Fantasy 6 while Celes was in her coma, it's finally time to wake her up, survey the damage Kefka caused to the world and see if we can't put the band back together! Join me for the second half of my favoritest game ever!

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@itsleah.bsky.social @fmruin.bsky.social Re the CILC: when is buttsex week this year? 😂

Halfway through this amazing collection of literary nonsense and I’m dying. The background musical cues really add a sense of class to the proceedings

Swapping over to Balatro for the rest of the stream! The countdown to Completionist+ continues, currently sitting at 26 wins remaining! Come hang out while I try to figure out how to find wins

TheManaPool - Twitch Long lazy Sunday roguelike stream!

Let's do a nice long lazy Sunday roguelike stream! I'm starting with my first run with the 3rd character of Heroes of Magic & Cards (the Druid, I believe?) and then later jumping into whatever the chat feels like. The plan is to go for like 6 hours, so come hang out and chill!

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Right, time to stream more Heroes of Magic & Cards! In case you've missed it, it's like Slay the Spire but with playing cards. And it was developed by a two-person team, which is awesome! Come hang with me, I'm trying out the second character!

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Math humor without the actual math

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Definitely coming back here when I unlock bombs.

trans rights is a "wedge" issue in the sense that if you have an issue with trans rights I will "wedge" you into a crevasse in a mountain and leave you there

@bobchipman.bsky.social Dude, that Karnov shirt in the HP Big Picture is fucking AWESOME!

Oh, just less hassle to have the one slice than to either have to go back for a second or carry one while eating the other

For variety I’d rather have two small pieces with different toppings. If it’s all the same pizza I’ll take the large one for efficiency’s sake

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I got a new chair! So come help me break it in by doing a nice long roguelike stream with Raccoin: Coin Pusher Roguelike! It just came out and I really enjoyed the demo, so let's see how the full game holds up!

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@characterissues.bsky.social @itsleah.bsky.social @fmruin.bsky.social Really enjoyed the heartfelt and excitable GITY episode. Very well done and it exemplifies why you three are my faves 💜

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The dorks are LIVE! We're doing the second half of the Blizzard topic, so come join us and be bummed about one of the greatest game companies in history slowly imploding due to greed and unchecked capitalism!

Yay?

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I have 33 wins needed for the Completionist+ achievement in Balatro! That's getting a win on Gold Stake with every deck, and I'm almost there! I'm doing a nice chill Balatro stream tonight to try to knock a couple off that count, so come hang out with me!

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Definitely Negative Space Ghost

In case you missed it on Friday, I wrote about a bunch of upcoming video games!

Beware

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I've just written my first long-form article in a very long time, and it's all about the 22 game demos I played from the Steam Next Fest! It would really mean a lot if you could give it a read and let me know what you think 💜

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The dorks are live, recording a new TMP! We're talking about the rise and fall of Blizzard Entertainment, and reminiscing on all the great (and not so great) games they've given us (and run into the ground) over the years! Come join us!

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It’s three syllables so it sounds intelligent, and their base can vaguely get meaning from it. Reminds me of how pseudoscientific weirdos string together random important-sounding words so it seems like they know things to people that don’t

This sounds familiar but I’m not sure why. Either way it’s on my wishlist now, thank you 😁

That is already on my wishlist, yes 🤘

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After really enjoying the demo for The Ratline I decided to give another investigation/deduction game a shot and fired up Return of the Obra Dinn. I then proceeded to accidentally spend 4 hours in it today 😳

I think I might like this sort of thing. What else you got like it?