Kurt Smith

Web Designer , Composer , Graphic Artist , Motion Graphic Artist , PC Technician.

[Kurt Smith @KurtSmithJr]

@HumanDerek Patrick Ewing

[G-PA @IndianaGPA]

A traffic stop can look routine, but there's no such thing for the officer walking up to that window. They never truly know who or what they're facing, or how desperate someone might be. That kind of uncertainty takes grit. It's why I back the blue-because they step into harm's way every single day so the rest of us can make it home safe. 👍

I want to thank @crimefix000 for sharing this with me
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@SegaSwole @scrowder @grok is this real?

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@fundedxofficial 45

[Angelo & Veronica @AngelonVeronica]

Made it Out Alive returning to digital 🎶 #TikTok https://t.co/WJfmRGdfzt

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@OfficialJoel4_ 99

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@JLebowski961563 @BasedMikeLee You mean 11 of your favorites!😂

[zsKnight (ZSNES) @zsknight_dev]

We are so back! Can't wait to reveal this to you all!

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[Zophar @TheRealZophar]

If you think you know what to expect, I promise you, YOU DON'T. Better be there!

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@yuzokoshiro There is a need built into all mankind. That is to find God and seek His will through Jesus.

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

I would watch Baking Bread 🤣

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@GamewithDave

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@Theopolis74 @Saffron_Sniper1 Moving the goal post yet again?

[Lemma the Optimist @DoctorLemma]

In 2014, a programmer in Vietnam deleted the most downloaded game on earth because he said it was ruining his life. He was making $50,000 a day when he did it.

Dong Nguyen grew up in a village near Hanoi. He discovered video games through Super Mario Bros as a kid and started coding his own at 16. He built Flappy Bird in two to three days using a bird character from a game he’d already cancelled. The gameplay was inspired by bouncing a ping pong ball on a paddle for as long as you can. He thought existing mobile games were too complicated and wanted something anyone could play on the move. He released it quietly in May 2013. Nobody noticed.

For five months, nothing happened. Then a well-known YouTuber reviewed it. Downloads surged. By the end of January 2014, Flappy Bird was the most downloaded free app on the planet with over 50 million downloads. Nguyen, who had been working alone from Hanoi, was suddenly earning $50,000 a day from in-app adverts.

Then it turned. Parents complained the game was ruining their children’s lives. Players sent him messages blaming him for their broken phones and lost jobs. Paparazzi camped outside his house. He stopped sleeping. On 8 February 2014, he tweeted: “I can call Flappy Bird a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it.” Twenty-two hours later, he deleted it from every app store.

Phones with the game still installed were listed online for thousands of dollars. The internet assumed it was a publicity stunt. It wasn’t. In an interview shortly after, he sat chain-smoking and said the game was designed to be played for a few relaxed minutes. “But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it’s best to take down Flappy Bird. It’s gone forever.”

He still lives in Hanoi. He still makes games through his small studio, dotGears, which has six employees. He stays out of public life. In 2024, a company acquired the Flappy Bird trademark and announced a reboot. Nguyen said he has no connection to it.

[Mike @finedayforabeer]

@AriHoops84 Clearly lacking a frontal lobe, so not a big deal for her to have her forehead removed.

[古代祐三 Yuzo Koshiro @yuzokoshiro]

レゲットLv.5無事終了。
イベントに関わられたスタッフの皆様、そしてアーシオン大会に参加された皆様、物販でご購入いただいた皆様も本当にありがとうございました。

第二部でアーシオンMD版について少しお話しした際、たくさんの温かい拍手をいただき、とても嬉しかったです。

11月にも同会場でレゲット @rgsummit が開催されるそうなので、ぜひ遊びに来てください。
#レゲット

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@TheRealZophar @_zomg @yuzokoshiro Zophar, remember Node 99?

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@yuzokoshiro @wowami Mission Accomplished! What are your FAVORITE tracks from The Super Shinobi 2? | https://t.co/OVdo2UXUot |

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@yuzokoshiro Itry to download, but only picture downloads! Who's the wiseguy? 🤣😂🤣❤️

[古代祐三 Yuzo Koshiro @yuzokoshiro]

You’re right. A complete studio remake of the entire Super Shinobi soundtrack would be amazing. I’ll definitely consider releasing it. Whether it’s a studio remake or not, I’m interested in creating a ‘21st-century revival’ version of the Revenge of Shinobi. That’s something I’ll explore, especially if the new soundtrack for The Scheme successfully sells!