Arranging fan favorite battle track Apoplexy, @michaelhoffmann.bsky.social's exciting solo piano highlights the urgency of this classic piece! Available on #bandcamp and streaming: lnk.to/brave-sonata #piano #finalfantasytactics #fft #pianosolo #solopiano

I propose November 1st as resurgence day. Halloween ends, and we all pick up the phones again. MasterCard and Visa, bare minimum, once per day. Every day. All of us. They are only hiring the usual number of holiday workers, this would frighten credit card companies. “It’s not going away”

The conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are getting worse. This is why we keep coming back. Our neighbors are not alone. You can join us in demanding transparency + accountability at 1930 Beach Street.

Another good list to subscribe to if you'd like to keep the assholes out of your feed and mentions.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

US gov accounts are here to harass people, quote direct trouble blocklists interface can be a little counterintuitive if you're unfamiliar with them, because Subscribe understandably sounds like the opposite of what you'd want to do, but that's where the option is to block all. it's what I'm doing🥷🏼

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

(using a list has the advantage that when/if? the gov returns to some semblance of sanity, you can easily reverse all the blocks / won't just kinda forget they're all blocked... but you know... "if")

Glad to see this from Nobuo Uematsu. In a time where we're seeing a bunch of idiotic games companies rush to jam genAI into anything and everything, it's nice to see that some industry veterans are rejecting it. automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

Honestly at the rate that Microsoft is pulling shit Linux might actually have a shot.

It's great seeing more workplaces in the game industry unionize. Especially at big companies like Activision Blizzard.

We have some feedback.

I don't know that I ever thought I'd see a cis politician say Sylvia and Marsha's names, let alone one advocate for continuting the work they were part of. Thank you, Zohran, maybe a world that doesn't want us dead is possible?

I’ve received a report from anonymous active duty personnel in Texas that the Texas National Guard will be moving out nationwide to ICE Protest sites, possibly in civilian gear, and changing their unit patches to hide origins. Full report here: youtu.be/jtpXI-6PxaU?...

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out. 1/2

It's #BandcampFriday today! #Bandcamp is the best place to get all of your favorite GameGrooves releases like our latest album, Brave Sonata. Get high quality downloads in the format of your choice to listen to on whichever system you have. gamegrooves.bandcamp.com #videogamemusic #gamemusic #vgm

Happy Bandcamp Friday! In September, I released an album of Undertale arrangements I've put out over the years, and today would be a great day to pick that up if you're interested. Check it out over at dougperry.bandcamp.com!

She is one of our true elders and there are so few left. She deserves the best healthcare available, but this is America. Full story: www.advocate.com/news/stonewa...

Our newest album, Brave Sonata, a Final Fantasy Tactics piano collection, is out now on #Bandcamp! 11 piano-centered arrangements bring Sakimoto and Iwata's enchanting original soundtrack to life! Get it here: lnk.to/brave-sonata #FinalFantasyTactics #piano #pianocover #theivalicechronicles

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics release week! To help celebrate, a bunch of us from @gamegrooves.com have released a piano focused cover album of the music from Final Fantasy Tactics today! I had the honor of arranging and performing the battle theme Apoplexy. gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/album/brave-...

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics release week! To help celebrate, a bunch of us from @gamegrooves.com have released a piano focused cover album of the music from Final Fantasy Tactics today! I had the honor of arranging and performing the battle theme Apoplexy. gamegrooves.bandcamp.com/album/brave-...

We're excited for our Final Fantasy Tactics album! The cover features artwork by @aggressionrose.bsky.social depicting Alma playing the piano. Her artwork was also featured on the covers of Welcome Home and Lounging in the Velvet Room. Pre-order: lnk.to/brave-sonata #finalfantasytactics #piano

no shade to the band at all. but seeing MAGFest's policy of "no year to year booking" while booking the same band three years in a row is really discouraging for artists who are being told that they will have a chance

(No shade to the band whatsoever) MAGFest, we love you, but it hurts aspiring performers when you don’t abide by your own policies about year-to-year bookings. Third year in a row of the same band. These kinds of decisions do not go unnoticed by the community of artists who support you.

Been making my way through Silk Song and I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm only in Act 1, so I don't think I can comment on the game's difficulty quite yet. I do see what people mean about the platforming in some sections. Especially with Hornet's default move set.

Hey Zelda fans! The VGM Pianists have a new album out. Over 30 pianists came together for this tribute to The Legend of Zelda series. I got to write an arrangement for one of my favorite Zelda tracks, "Ballad of the Goddess," from Skyward Sword. fanlink.tv/SongsOfTheHero

Brave Sonata, a piano journey through the enchanting soundtrack of Final Fantasy Tactics. Return to the world of Ivalice. Pre-order on #Bandcamp today and get three tracks including Apoplexy by Michael Hoffmann! lnk.to/brave-sonata #finalfantasytactics #fft #piano

Hey Zelda fans! The VGM Pianists have a new album out. Over 30 pianists came together for this tribute to The Legend of Zelda series. I got to write an arrangement for one of my favorite Zelda tracks, "Ballad of the Goddess," from Skyward Sword. fanlink.tv/SongsOfTheHero

Censorship never stops with just one book, one newspaper, one person. The end goal of censorship is always complete control. For Christ's sake, Kimmel just showed a video of the President's own words. Stop capitulating. It will never save you in the end.

Happy Ten Years of Undertale! To celebrate, I've put together a collection of arrangements I've released over the years. It features some re-releases, some updated tracks, and even a taste of something brand new! Live on Bandcamp now, and streaming soon. Check it out here: artist.link/dougperry

Alright so here’s what we can do NOW: CALL your Reps now, and your Senators. Tell them you strongly oppose the HR 5300 dept of state policy provisions act. Tell them it could be used to remove your right to travel, your right to a passport as a citizen. Do it now. www.congress.gov/members/find...

Just a little PSA for anyone else living in Maine. COVID shots will now be available to all Mainers. No need for a prescription. No special qualifications. www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/w...

Just a little PSA for anyone else living in Maine. COVID shots will now be available to all Mainers. No need for a prescription. No special qualifications. www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/w...

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Good advice for posting at anytime, but especially on days like today.

Whoa! It's my birthday! And as far as I can tell, maybe the first time my birthday has aligned with a Bandcamp Friday? As such, if you want to support this birthday boy, my band has two albums and a ton of merch over at discocactusmusic.bandcamp.com, and I have a track at dougperry.bandcamp.com!

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

We are LIVE NOW with our Twitch stream concert! www.twitch.tv/discocactusm...

Come listen to some awesome game music covers!

Ok, first version of the #PAXWest Gen AI Slop Booth list is up: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... This is primarily from the exhibitor's list and publicly available info. If you know about something I've missed let me know

Longtime VGM musician @michaelhoffmann.bsky.social crafted an introspective chamber arrangement of Kingdom Trial for Chambers of Time based. On Bandcamp and streaming: lnk.to/chambers-of-... #chronotrigger

Yeah, this is definitely coordinated

Condolences to anyone else releasing an indie game next month.

Big. Valve just stated “one of PayPal’s acquiring banks decided to stop processing any Steam transactions” due to content “related to what we’ve previously commented on surrounding Mastercard” Time to start calling paypros’ banks www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-explai...

Pointing out how safe DC by showing the low crime rates isn’t going to convince conservatives because “people breaking the actual law” isn’t what they mean by “crime”. To them, “crime” includes merely seeing black people, unhoused people, and anyone else the bigots clutch pearls about as “crime”

Israel assassinates journalists because evil can't stand the truth. Journalist Anas al-Sharif was assassinated with three others in a targeted attack by Israel's genocidal terrorist forces. Any news media not condemning Israel's continued attack on the press should be understood to be propagandist.

Half-way through the album now.