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cookieplmonster.bsky.social
Game developer, modder, reverse engineer, legacy code specialist. I port games for a living and patch them as a hobby. Also known as CookiePLMonster. https://cookieplmonster.github.io/
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Image sharpening will continue until morale improves

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

During my PCSX2 playthrough of GTA San Andreas, I started getting sick of the radiosity blur and wasn't happy that the existing patch to remove it also affects the color correction slightly - so I improved it to only remove the offset, and keep the colors! github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2_...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I appear to have slipped into alternate reality

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Glad to see that Traxion presented Colin McRae Rally 2.0 and 3 at their absolute best by using SilentPatch and the HD UI, it really drives the point home how timeless those games can look. This entire video is an excellent homage to the legacy of Codemasters.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Words to live by.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking west-bound lane Highway on Alpine. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Looks like the latest updates to GTA Definitive Editions didn't fix the "double explosion" bug

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

It's interesting how in the beta build of Vice City: * PCJ-600 uses its PC design, not the PS2 one * Comet uses the Xbox/SA/VCS design, not the VC PS2/PC one In both cases, they had those designs done first, then changed them later, then... went back? Comes makes sense, but PCJ?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

After nearly 40 years of excellence and leading a rally genre for decades, Codemasters is now degraded to a support team for a fucking FIFA game. For fucks sake...

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

Proudly displaying goodies from Tokyo Xtreme Racer and @drivethegame.bsky.social!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

For people who miss Colobot, check out the Gold Edition project: colobot.info #retrodev #retrogaming 1/2

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

In this house, we respect Codemasters' great racing history

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April Status Update has been published on Patreon and GitHub Sponsors! This month, I briefly put GTA San Andreas in the spotlight again, this time due to an ancient bug. Available for all Patrons and Sponsors, starting from $1/month. www.patreon.com/posts/status...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Colin McRae Rally and TOCA are the two game series I grew up with and they shaped my love for car games and motorsports in general, with each next game pushing the boundaries and leaving me in awe. To see this happen to WRC, and possibly Codemasters, is like watching a childhood hero vanish.

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

A surprise package from @drivethegame.bsky.social is here!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I'm getting convinced that I shouldn't risk playing BeamNG ever again - this time malware was found in a mod I used in the past (American Road). I wonder if this shellcode hardcodes addresses from libbeamng.dll... lemonyte.com/blog/beamng-...

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Lua? During my evening gaming session?

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Please... My industry... It is very sick.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Quirky co-drivers in @drivethegame.bsky.social channel the same energy as bonus co-drivers from the Polish localized versions of Colin McRae Rally 04 and 2005, where among multiple selectable voices, one was a "joke" co-driver with a specific personality

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

17 years ago, on April 29th 2008 we released Grand Theft Auto IV. On order to focus on making the game truly next-gen, we dropped a ton of game features from San Andreas. Stats (fitness, weight), Multiple cities, Stealth, Underwater swimming, Jet packs, Tanks, Bicycles, Monster trucks, Car modding

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

NotGames' portfolio is quite something: - Shitpost game - Shitpost game - Serious social commentary realized as the best FMV game in years

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

This would make for such a cool PC case, I hope they gut it (without backing up the data) and put an i9 inside

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

I am looking for employment. I can do real neat programmy stuff for video games and cybersecurity and I love open source. :)

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Decades-old bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas finally shows itself

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

this bit, i think, explains nicely why "preservation" isn't "just" backing things up, but work in understanding how things worked, why, and what to do when they stop working: cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/g... physical objects need upkeep and maintenance, too, after all.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

New blog post! A bug in GTA San Andreas lay dormant for over 20 years, until unrelated changes in Windows 11 24H2 triggered it. This is a deep dive into how a simple coding mistake erased all seaplanes from the game and made them completely unusable. cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/g...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments