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Retro video games, dragons, plants, SPACE, greyhounds, and more. Probably a few grumbles about the state of the industry and whatever Aus politics is up to. Aro/Ace, Australian.
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Cats again..

I stopped by 'Roll Up Dumpling' in Gawler on the way home. Been going there for years. For the first time I finally tried their actual dumplings. Bloody delicious! I'd drive down for seconds, but that may look a bit weird.

About bloody time! I'm surprised they don't already have it. I mean, they've email auth... And if someone gets in there they're in to a lot of places. But 2FA is kinda expected. ...Most banks here don't have 2FA... GOG is now better than my bank.

Can I have a weekend where I'm not ill? Please? A few tests show nothing other out of the ordinary, but I'm certainly not feeling it as such.

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” tops the charts 40 yrs ago today Jim Kerr was at a French hotel when he got the news. “I went down to the bar .. no one there except the barman. I said, ‘What’s the best champagne you’ve got?’ He said, ‘Who for?’ I said, ‘Me & you & whoever else comes thru the door.’

Siralim Ultimate 2.0 Beta is out store.steampowered.com/news/app/128... www.thylacinestudios.com/blog/siralim...

Backlog Day: Immortal Redneck This one is rather decent, but a flawed version of Ziggurat. It's a similar combat loop, select a room in the maze by walking through a door, clear the arena, move to next room. Biggest issue is the ammo drops. I always felt low, and one run I ran out entirely.

Catching up on Taskmaster Australia. Moments before this, Tom gave out every contestant's email addresses. IF such addresses are real, Emma Holland is going to get a bunch of messages simply saying: "Hi"

I keep trying to think of what psychological traits would compel someone to treat AI this way. The best I’ve got is a profound incuriosity mixed with a profound impatience; a need to have an immediate authoritative opinion without requiring authoritative understanding. Which feels very c-suite.

ok whoops, it wasn't animated. here's the animated version

I thought about bringing the greyhound over today. But it is raining. And muddy. And as much as I want a couch buddy, she likes playing in the mud and then coming inside. She'll be rugged up in the kennels instead.

Cats...

I've been having such a fine time with the Lost Treasures of Infocom II collection that was gifted to me that I purchased a copy of the original compilation for myself.

The first 6 Might and Magic games are $3.79 Ausbux. Get in and get blobbing.(6 is good too) I still have not finished MM2...

Steam Review: "Slormancer is basically Disgaea for ARPGs - you level up, your weapons level up, your abilities level up, there's just tons of math here and it rules" Me: "Look I'm just looking for number-go-up dopamine hits; it can't be that complicated." Slormancer:

OH COOL THAT'S GREAT

The legendary survival shooter series returns. Get ready to experience the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy, enhanced, refined, and upscaled ☣️ S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy will be available on GOG on May 20th, 2025! 👉 bit.ly/GOG_LOTZ

I can do this for free with what little time I find for computer games. Kojima, mate. There's amazing ideas, and "amazing" ideas.

I was talking about Haiku OS (@haikuos.bsky.social) to a coworker last week and the idea of it finally planted in his head. One youtube overview shown later and he spun it up in Proxmox to try it out. His 3 day weekend plans involve sorting out a machine from parts in his shed to play with it.

New Majuular video is out! William Shatner's TekWar: A Forgotten Franchise in Retrospect www.youtube.com/watch?v=-krI...

Yo, this is pretty neat stuff recently released: EXO DEMOSCENE 2.0. A collection of over 2000 DOS demoscene prods and musicdisks from 1987 to 1998, all pre-organised in a Launchbox with emulators pre-configured for click-and-enjoy. www.retro-exo.com/demoscene.html

Even if you could put aside Musk's abhorrent and hateful politics, the entirety of the platform of X has been bent to the whims of the world's try-hardiest, cringiest, most unfunny dude who thinks everyone's interactions with his website should be about him and his pet issues.

This is bleak reading

6️⃣ days left until Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer launches! 🚀 Set in 1998 in the metropolitan city of Kassidy, private eye Kathy Rain is hunting a serial killer 🔪🩸🔎

He probably won't last the week but he is in london for now

Wouldn't it be great if there was a huge collection of bitmap fonts all in one place for your convenience. github.com/ianhan/Bitma... #demoscene src @48kram.bsky.social

Me: Yeah two midrolls is fine for a 45 minute video YouTube: LEMME JUST ADD 16 MORE I PROMISE IT'LL BE GOOD FOR VIEWS

Just Finished Rewatching: Doctor Who - Series 7 (2005 Nu-Who) This was... Not a good series. And rewatching is why I think I didn't like Smith's run as it ended like... This did. From the extra Chibnall, to splitting it into two acts, there's little standout eps. www.imdb.com/title/tt0436...

The Sinking City Remastered is out now on GOG, and it's free for all existing owners! 👉 bit.ly/3S3GBPk This amazing adventure-investigation game can now also be enjoyed fully rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, delivering the ultimate Lovecraftian experience.

Another youtuber I follow with a response video to allegations of inappropriate activity. And... None of this showed up in any feeds I follow. Suddenly there's drama and accusations, armchair activists, and clout chasers. Ehhhh, safer to unsubscribe and block everyone.

Little things like those shown here. They don't get a lot of love, but are *much* loved by those of us that use them. Olden Era is looking great.