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I code games, and play a fair number too. (Call of Duty 2/4/MW2, Titanfall 1/2, Apex, working on an unannounced game.) Here to see cat pictures and learn about whatever. Also to hear about cool games/music/books/movies I might have missed.

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When I hear that word, I mostly think of Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

26.11.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.

24.11.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1054    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2

Haha, i believe it took heroic effort for sure. But it was a fantastic console for gaming!

22.11.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(I thought the 360 was phenomenal, fwiw!)

22.11.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But at GDC, Don Box said that 360 was a "disaster" because it was hard to port Internet Explorer to, lol.

22.11.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Excuse to post a classic?

20.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2555    πŸ” 430    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
Preview
The Rise of the Golden Idol on Steam The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has c...

Great game. Also, might just be me, but whenever I look at your stuff, I sort of think about this game, if you're looking for unsolicited recommendations:
store.steampowered.com/app/2716400/...

20.11.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm. Bit of an unfortunate acronym, may want to workshop that one a little bit.

17.11.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know if that's a bad or good thing!

15.11.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Oliver Onions - Dune Buggy - OMPS "...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!"
YouTube video by Jay TeeWee Oliver Onions - Dune Buggy - OMPS "...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!"

Not 80s Disco, but 70s Italian! Absolute earworm.
youtu.be/JvqW9AmMfxw?...

15.11.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do these companies sell their products for less money in lower cost of living areas?

15.11.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These guys' neurons ossified in 1988. See also *gestures around broadly*

14.11.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The "0" on #10 Downing Street is janky, as well.

12.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Avatar: The Minecart Level’ rumored to be 4 hours long.

12.11.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I played 2077 for the first time (not DLC) a couple months ago and it was solid.

11.11.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best part is it isn’t even clear which thing in the last few weeks this is about.

07.11.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are (or were in the 90’s) a shocking number of these!

04.11.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happened to my mom with Noah’s Ark themed tea sets.

04.11.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/leas...

03.11.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. I say β€œbinary gigabyte” (cf β€œdecimal”) precisely to avoid this πŸ˜„

02.11.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have forgotten
the guy
who built a statue
in the desert
which
he was probably
hoping
would be his legacy
Sorry man
nobody cares
we have our own
stuff
to deal with

31.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Warren Buffer looking concerned.

Warren Buffer looking concerned.

31.10.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also lifting the aesthetics of the not-particularly-subtle Cyberpunk genre without the understanding that you’re definitely the Corpos.

30.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🚫 NO DMS 🚫 NO CRYPTO 🚫 NO TELLING ME THAT SOMETHING IS "BOFA" 🚫 NO SLEIGHT OF HAND TO MAKE IT APPEAR AS THOUGH YOU HAVE PULLED A QUARTER OUT OF MY EAR 🚫 NO PRETENDING TO HAVE "GOTTEN MY NOSE" 🚫 NO ASKING ME "PETE AND RE-PEAT WERE IN A BOAT, PETE FELL OUT, WHO WAS LEFT" 🚫

29.10.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3829    πŸ” 679    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 11

The play here reminds me of the people who go on shark tank and are like "bluejeans are a four billion dollar a year business. If we could just capture 3 percent of that, we'd be worth 120 million dollars!" and get laughed out of the room.

29.10.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they could have bought itch.io (and maybe gog and/or humble) and started trying to chip away at owning the indie space for probably a lot cheaper than whatever the hell they did

29.10.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

feels like Epic / EA / Microsoft / Humble / Gog all have offerings which could expand to fill the void if steam suddenly became untenable MUCH more rapidly than a new entrant could. Deep bench already.

29.10.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Git is the Zeppelin Bend of source control. I will not explain any further.

28.10.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

circus (derogatory) not circus (laudatory)

27.10.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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