BariTengineer

@baritengineer.bsky.social

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Software Engineer, gaymer, ASD living in the PNW

Photo of the Seattle Link light rail cars viewed from the front. The virtual billboard on the front car reads "Sound Transit". The car is labeled 152A, the car is white on top, blue on the bottom, and has two slightly differently colored teal stripes representing waves separating them going down the car's length. The light rail is stopped at an empty lightrail station with all its doors closed.
5 people dressed in accented armor with oddly shaped helmets. They are the Judges from the video game Final Fantasy 12.
3 by 3 grid with the steam title cards for 9 games titled "9 steam games I want to spread" The 9 games pictured are: Heaven's Vault, My Card is Better than Your Card, Aces & Adventures, Black Book, Nevergrind Online, Knock on the Coffin Lit, Tomba!, The Thaumaterge, EverSiege: Untold Ages.
A nintendo wiimote and nunchuk
A post by the official GOG.com reddit account on a thread where people are extremely upset that they used Nazi symbologies in their marketing email. The comment reads "I want to briefly address the discussion as a GOG representative. The Sowilo rune is part of my cultural and historical heritage. As a Pole, I am fully aware of both its history and the sensitivities surrounding it. Its use in this promotion was intended solely as a reference to the sun, which is central to the game being promoted. What was displayed in several devices as doppelrune is out of our control. ᛋ was displayed as ϟ on several devices (might display for you differently here as well just letting you know). We should pay more attention to checking it on a different systems and devices. I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community. At the same time, I do not believe that symbols with a history spanning more than a thousand years should be defined solely by their misuse in the modern history. Allowing that would mean accepting that those who corrupted these symbols now own their meaning. As a Pole, I have every reason to treat this history with seriousness and respect. Precisely because of that, I reject any suggestion that this promotion carried an extremist message. It did not. It was a reference to the historical symbol of the sun, nothing more."
Screencapture of an email with the text: "I've found [17 new or updated] listings for you to review." The text inside [] is a hyperlink.
Photo from the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest Question and Answer panel. There is a slide with an attendee submitted question. It says: "butt slider?"
Image from the movie "Pagemaster". A young blond boy in a red shirt and grey jeans holds a magic wand as three magic books with faces surround him. Book 1 is pink, has a white tutu and flies with fairy wings. Book 2 is a mix between a Frankenstien monster and Igor. Book 3 is a human pirate shaped like a book.