hey so there was as much time and effort spent building power from below as there was getting people elected right? right? ....right?

holy fuck this ruled and the circle pit at 16:53 was very cute. also the mix sounds amazing? big ups to the crew.

Dave Kendall, RIP. In high school, I saw him as an ambassador of a world I wanted to be in--as far away from Connecticut as you could get. 120 Minutes forever.

what blows my mind is not that this album just turned TWENTY FIVE or that "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" is almost THIRTY (!) but that they are still two of the best power metal albums after this long despite a *lot* of great power metal albums being made in the intervening years.

since this has gotten a bit of traction, I want to be clear that I'm not gonna give you shit if you go to Evo. I do not think the average attendee shares the blame with the various entities behind the event.

New thread: a guide to Swedish metal (A couple notes; first off, this is an inherently biased thread and the choices are heavily affected by my personal opinions. Secondly, standard potential sketch warnings apply for the black metal albums listed, but I can say that no NSBM will be on here)

I thought Obsession was pretty good.

Attention L7 fans: well this is some bullshit. Spread the word and chip in if you can. (Further, per a note from the band, looking ahead to their farewell tour: "Jennifer has asked L7 to continue with the tour as planned, which the band has made the decision to do.")

if this is to ever happen the FGC needs to take a long look at the role it has played in the way things are playing out, and not just with regard to who is bankrolling its majors. we're not ready to talk about that though.

"Verso’s wish is the pathway I guide patients towards nearly every week in my practice. It is, by almost every measure, the healthy choice. And yet, I chose Maelle," psychiatrist Douglas McWilliams writes.

Time for a re-up for this one

FIFA let the zionists win. fake-ass sport.

if England wins soccer sucks and I'm not joking

love this

@chanchai.bsky.social is an amazing Virtua Fighter mentor doing great work to build the scene and provide resources. #playVF #virtuafighter💪🕹️

Initial D got us here

speed gets trolled by a quan chi fan

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remember always that power metal is a force for good. it believes in the virtues of us all to overcome evil both overt and insidious. "escapist?" I defer to Le Guin.

“I’m kinda over power metal” ….why would you admit to something so maidenless in public?

Timeline cleanse! I wrote a funny little piece about slimes in videogames that went up recently

As is tradition by now every year

See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.

For all the cheering about this case being 8-1 or 7-2, it was, effectively, 5-4. A single vote.

closer examination of Bakunawa Killer trailer makes me think this character is the Lau Function. hard to catch if you're not looking for it, but at 0:37 in the video you can see BK approaching Cielo in what appears to be Lau's kokei stance.

new VF character looks pretty cool I s'pose

#SoulCalibur Vi time at EVO. twitch.tv/bigpapachunk

at one point GenesisFrenzy was just one of two people (the other being myself) at GameCenter playing long sets of VF and now he's one of the best players outside of Japan imo. good shit.

If you are looking for a way to give to the LGBTQ+ community during pride month and are a metalhead, you cannot go wrong with this compilation of trans metal musicians. There is some really good shit here, and the money for the purchase goes to a great cause. 🩵🩷🤍

It's out now! Me and @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social present volume one of 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖁𝖔𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖊: 𝔄 ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢! transientvoltage.bandcamp.com/album/transi...

i do not want the games industry to recover. i want something new to be built atop its now ashen foundation and i want those who previously brought ruin, rot, and misery to be outside looking in as they give up and seek some other well to poison

A somewhat surreal, but proud and exciting moment. I'm holding in my hand a new Mega Drive game, and it's my artwork on the cover! An item off the bucket list, for sure. Thanks @mix256.bsky.social for the opportunity, can't wait to play the game!

Max Payne 3 is probably the best actual narrative rockstar ever put out because it’s like “hey man do you wanna watch a guy slowly destroy himself to indie industrial rock?” but unlike Red Dead it doesn’t take like a million years for him to die.

yeesh that's a lot of words just to say "please let us lose to republicans in peace."

not begrudging anyone's happiness or celebration, but I really hope people realize they can do so much more than win elections when they organize, identify their needs and demand they be met.

also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers

🎨Happy 35th Anniversary to my fave lil guy Sonic! 💙🎉💙 #sonic35th #sonicthehedgehog

it's hard not to wonder if Evo has maybe a couple years left before the moneymen pick up their ball and go home.

Here is a statement from Champagne, aka Benjamin Song, the most maligned of the Priarieland protestors. Champagne was just sentenced to 100 years for shooting and injuring a police officer who had just drawn a weapon on an unarmed, fleeing protestor. prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-wr...

Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster/Esquire doubleneck

I wouldn't have it any other way.

we don't have to crowd around arcade cabinets to watch pivotal matches anymore and we're worse off for it.

littlest guy imaginable

vouched fundraiser for the Minneapolis defendants chuffed.org/project/1865...