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[Image ID: A white and red banner whose title says “Indie Bundle For Abortion Funds” in red text against a white background. Additional white text against a red background beneath the title says “750+ Works,” “600+ Creators,” “$3000+ Value,” “$10 Minimum Cost,” “All Proceeds Donated.” End ID.]

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and threaten and remove access to abortions, creators from all across itch.io have contributed projects to this solidarity bundle.

100% of the proceeds from this bundle will go to the National Network for Abortion Fund’s Collective Power Fund, which moves money directly to abortion funds across 20+ U.S. states, with a particular focus on the South and Midwest (where it is often most difficult to get access to abortions). NNAF’s partnerships with these abortion funds provide direct resources and funds to many of the people most impacted by Roe v. Wade, towards immediate action.

Hey yall! Caro Asercion, a trans multiracial game designer and artist, is hosting an indie game bundle of 792 games to donate money to abortion rights. The whole bundle can be bought for just $10. As of now, about 50% of the bundle’s goal of $400,000.00 has been reached.

Link to the bundle’s itch.io page

Link to Caro’s original twitter post announcing the bundle 

The bundle will run live through July 13th!!

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Types of rhythm-game players, because I need a classification for everything

-Thumb players

Think that their phone is a game controller/gamepad, so they use their two thumbs. Idk how you manage to play very hard levels only with them. I'd like to admit that I like being this player sometimes, because it's comfortable to play that way in public

-Piano players

Think that their phone is a piano, use all of their fingers, eventually it could be useful but I think it's not so easy to play that way. The "pianists" are very often the masters of rhythm-games

-Two fingers

They play rhythm-games with two index fingers. In my opinion it's the most common type and the most comfortable way to play

-Creative ones

They mastered all of the levels on all of the difficulties, so when they got bored replaying the hardest songs on full combo, their creativity woke up. You can simply recognize this type: they often use the craziest ways to play.

#i used to be more of a piano but now im two thumbs #it also depends on the game or if im playing on phone or ipad

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Bloody Heck!!!

#we are ducking under attack #evony #yes i started playing evony #it’s actually exceeding my expectations? #strategy games #base building games #puzzle games #image description in alt text

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Amazon thinks I’m a national park

#omg lol #instagram ads #targeted ads #not games

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Just got a tumblr ad I actually clicked for once. It was for an inflatable bumper car ride you can set up in your backyard and I was obviously very interested, but they fucked up the code and instead of goto=storesite.com or whatever clicking it went to tumbler blog @goto so congrats on the free marketing boost but also where's my god damn bumper cars

#omg lol #tumblr ads #not games

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So Gardenscapes has a makeover thing in it now and the weird part is the 3D animations and stuff actually look pretty good?

#it’s still got the weird elsa face thing going on but like p good graphics for a casual mobile game #gardenscapes #playrix #match 3 games #makeover games #game events #image description in alt text

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[Image Description: A collage of the official art of all 908 known Pokemon from 1996 up to the announcement of the gen 9 starters, including different Pokemon forms and evolution versions but not including shinies or different gender forms. All of the Pokemon and their forms are shown in small rectangles with identical dimensions aligned neatly in columns of 8 with the Pokemon logo at the end of the last row taking up 3 column widths. The collage is spread out between all the images in the post.]

Pokémon (1996-2022) ⤷ 905 playable Pokémon (incl. alternate forms, mega evolutions + gigantamax)  + the 3 newly announced gen IX starters

#pokemon #love it

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[Image Description: A Tumblr ad for the supermarket chain Lidl showing an image with a yellow background and text at the top reading “hamtastic deals.” Under this text is a photo of a sliced ham, and the Lidl logo is in the bottom left corner with text next to it reading, “suspiciously low-priced groceries.” In the bottom right is a red rectangle showing the price 85 cents and the price 1.99 is in smaller text above it crossed out. A small outlined yellow rectangle attached to the red rectangle has text reading, “save $1.14.”]

YALL ALSO GETTING HAMTASTIC DEALS??

#the use of the word suspiciously is kind of suspicious lol #tumblr ads #not games #tw food

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[Image Descriptions: The first image is a screenshot from an ad for the mobile game Chapters showing a character called Mafia Boss, who is wearing a fancy black suit and bowtie with a rose pinned to their chest and a black cowboy hat, with their hand up as though they’re about to tip their hat and smirk on their face, saying, “Long Live LGBTQ!”

The second image is a screenshot from the mobile game Episode showing another character called Mafia Boss who is wearing a gray suit vest with a rose on it over a white collared shirt and tie, sunglasses and a Bluetooth earpiece, and has a rose tattoo on their left arm, raising their arms over their head and smiling, saying, “Go women!”]

#wow happy pride month #episode #chapters #interactive fiction #lgbtq #mafia boss

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Ads vs. Gameplay (Zen Match Review)

Ads on the left, gameplay on the right. 

This is a tile-matching game somewhat similar to mahjong. You start out with a board of overlapping tiles and when you select tiles from the board they go to the row at the bottom that can only hold a certain amount of tiles at once. Tiles are cleared from the bottom area when you match three of the same tile and you lose if too many tiles accumulate at the bottom. Similarly to mahjong, some tiles are trapped/hidden under other tiles and you can’t select them unless you clear the tile(s) on top of them first. 

Something I really like about this game is that it’s actually pretty challenging and makes you think ahead and select tiles carefully. The most obvious selection (ex. choosing two of the same tile in a row) isn’t always the best move, you want to pay more attention to the hidden or grayed-out tiles trapped under other tiles so you can ensure you’ll be able to clear enough tiles a few steps ahead to avoid failing the level. The boards get more challenging as you progress through the main levels.

I also like the simple straightforward layout and the nature-y backgrounds of the levels that change as you progress through stages - along with the background music, it does give a very “zen” atmosphere. You also unlock new tiles as you go along which adds additional variety to the levels. I originally thought this was the game with the ad showing someone playing on an iPad/tablet with an Apple Pencil/stylus although now I’m not sure because although the ads I found for this game are very similar I didn’t find the Apple Pencil one in my search for this review. Either way, I originally started playing this game on my iPad with my Apple Pencil but then I switched to my phone and I actually think it’s better on the phone, especially with the haptic feedback features of my iPhone 11, which gives a satisfying clicky feeling when you select tiles. The game also lets you sync progress between devices which is a plus. 

The only downside I really had from this game was the interstitial ads, which are skippable after a few seconds but still annoying. I understand games have to make money but I’ll never be a fan of these ads that pop up between levels. I’m not as opposed to ads that just display in the menu or on the edges of level screens (the latter of which this game also has), as well as ads that you can watch voluntarily to earn some coins or stamina or what have you. In fact, reward ads would have been really helpful in this game since it runs on a stamina system where you lose a heart every time you lose a level, and if you love all five hearts you need to wait at least 30 minutes to regain at least one more heart. I looked around to see if I could watch an ad to earn a heart but you can pretty much only regain hearts with money or maybe coins (which you can buy with money or only gradually save up from completing levels). Kind of a nitpick but the frustration of having to wait 30 minutes sure messed with my zen lol. 

As for the ads, I would label them partly fake, the levels do not contain this endless mass of tiles filling the entire board. Some of the ads also show tiles with different designs like dice or numbers, I’m not sure if these show up later in the game but after 100 levels I’ve only ever seen the nature-themed tiles. The closest things to the ads might be the daily challenge levels which still aren’t the same as the ads but involve larger, more complex boards and a time limit. (P.S., I suggest playing the daily challenges at the end of any play session because they’re a lot more difficult to pass and will quickly eat up your hearts lol.)

Ad Honesty Rating: 4/5 (not heinously fake but not fully accurate to the game)

Overall Rating: 4/5 (pretty good game and fun to play, just not perfect or amazing)

Thanks so much for reading to the end! 🥳 If there’s any specific type of content you’d like to see on this blog feel free to make any suggestions! Have a great weekend!

#zen match #puzzle games #mobile games #mobile game #game ads #image descriptions in alt text #full game review #matching games

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[Image Descriptions: The first image shows the headline of an article reading, “Tilda Swinton: ‘I didn’t speak for five years’” along with a portrait-style photo of Tilda Swinton with her head turned slightly toward the camera and her eyes staring into the camera. The second image is a screenshot of a Tumblr ad showing a photo if an underwater diver reaching their hand out to the flippers of a seal, but the portrait photo of Tilda Swinton is edited over the seal’s head. The edited headline of the ad reads, “Tilda Grabs Diver’s Hand & Now Diver Understands.” The words “Give It Love” are shown at the bottom of the ad.]

she would just look at you like this and you would understand

#this is so hilarious lmaooo #tumblr ads #weird ads

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[Image Descriptions: The first two images are screenshots from the mobile game Romance Club showing a character named Masamune who is a Japanese man with long black hair wearing beige and white robes and holding a katana in front of him. The background shows a dark nighttime scene outdoors with a cloudy sky. In the first screenshot Masamune has a slightly angry expression and is saying, “My name is Masamune Arai. You dared to raise your hand against my master, Mokichi Ekken.” In the second screenshot he has a calmer expression and is saying, “I’ve come to kill you.”

The third image is a meme reading, “How to be good at talking, 1. Polite greeting, 2. Name, 3. Relevant personal link, 4. Manage expectations.” Underneath is an image of the character Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride movie with the subtitles, “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Each sentence from the subtitles is labeled 1 to 4 respectively. There is a @lifehack.ers watermark on the image.]

The same energy 😂

#romance club #romance games #interactive fiction

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[Image Description: A screenshot of an ad showing four of the same image of Mei from Turning Red in red panda form making a distressed facial expression with wide eyes and her paws holding her face, but with different color filters and versions of the Turning Red logo and title on each image. The first image has a red filter and has the title flipped horizontally reading, “Turning Left.” The second image has a blue filter and the title reads, “Turning Blue.” The third image has a green filter and the title, “Turning Green.” The last image has an aqua colored filter and the title is, “Turning Aqua.” The text at the bottom of the ad reads, “Quizzes & Photo Frames & More. Find out which one would unleash your inner monster.” The link at the bottom of the ad is jogarquiz.com.]

Weird 12 I think this was stolen from a YTP

#turning left lmao #weird ads

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[Image Descriptions: The first image is a screenshot of a sponsored Tumblr post by c6h14 with the headline, “Is It Really Possible For A Vampire And A Republican Presidential Candidate To Be In A Relationship?” Underneath is an edited image of Jeb Bush and the Marvel character Morbius portrayed by Jared Leto, wearing a crown of green roses, standing face to face in front of a white building and trees with one of Morbius’ hands on Jeb’s shoulder. Further text underneath reads, “Synopsis: Morbius gets magically transported to the tail end of Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential election campaign. Angsty homosexuality ensues. (Jeb voice) Please read it.”

The second image is a screenshot of the author’s note from the fanfic reading: “A/N: My only research for this fic consists of the Wikipedia page for Morbius (2022) and the Wikipedia page for Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign.]

when i say i’m never leaving this site

#tumblr blaze #not games #lmao

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Quick update, Tumblr Community Support has forwarded my report to the advertising department and is requesting the ad be removed so hopefully that occurs. I made sure to ask for any update they can give me so if the ad is removed I can let you know as well.

I can’t believe I need to post this but if you see the start of this Tumblr ad, the rest shows the male character taking advantage of the female character stuck in the washing machine (that’s an understated way to put it but I want to try to warn people without being too triggering). The name of the game being advertised is Couple Life 3D and I’m reporting the ad to Tumblr.

#image description in alt text #couple life 3d #tumblr ads

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I can’t believe I need to post this but if you see the start of this Tumblr ad, the rest shows the male character taking advantage of the female character stuck in the washing machine (that’s an understated way to put it but I want to try to warn people without being too triggering). The name of the game being advertised is Couple Life 3D and I’m reporting the ad to Tumblr.

#tumblr ads #couple life 3D #this is seriously sickening does no one vet these ads #this isnt 2nd hand information i saw this ad myself on the tumblr app #image description in alt text

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i know this is coming from a place of like intense sexual objectification and homophobia and racism not to mention the world ending efforts of big oil but unfortunately it is so funny

#oh my god #weird ads #tw xenophobia #tw death mention #not games