The Sound Defense

@thesounddefense.bsky.social

Thoughts about gaming, politics, comedy, cooking and other such. Also I named Sharknado 2 and I'll never do anything else as important in my life.

@thesounddefense.bsky.social

This is the most back we've ever been. Not just the original Crazy Box run, but an entire concert aside from that, filled with kick-ass music to exemplify the spirit of Crazy Taxi and the 90's. Tune in, donate, and rock out!

@keizaron.bsky.socialReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

The cat's out of the bag. This is why I'm not gonna be going to AGDQ this time around. Limiter Cut is making a HUGE appearance at MAGfest 2027 in January. We'll not only be reprising the original Crazy Taxi run, but we will have AMAZING bonus content like a FULL CONCERT and EXTRA GAMES.

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"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate

@markjacob.bsky.socialReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

Great piece by Lisa Needham for Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice: Trump meme coin investors, including rich foreigners, have lost $3.81 billion but gained an opportunity to bribe the president of the United States. It’s mindblowingly corrupt.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Trump’s meme coin grift hits a new low "It’s the certainty of staggering losses that makes clear this is nothing but a festival of bribery. No one who spends millions to attend these tacky dinners expects a return. They’re just giving the president money in hopes it'll buy them favors."

publicnotice.coTrump’s meme coin grift hits a new lowBuyers have lost almost everything. He keeps pumping them anyway.
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@atrupar.comReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I think you said he was wanted for trafficking? REPORTER: Traffic infractions MULLIN: Traffic infractions. Okay. I haven't seen the case. Keep in mind, Biden ...

@chrislturner.bsky.socialReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

finger still on the pulse of the voter less than 30 days out

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We needed a heliport. Two things they wanted at the White House. They wanted a great heliport. Very important, because we land a lot of big helicopters. The biggest. And they always wanted a ballroom."

@whstancil.bsky.socialReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

@kayin.moeReposted by @thesounddefense.bsky.social

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

kayinnasaki written about this before but whatever. Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia. When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff. People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that? I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think. I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy. Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things. #this post is 11 years old and still holds true
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