David Velez

Introducing Kiro A new agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production

Well, this is awkward. AWS released a Cursor clone and it's... actually not terrible? It may be time to re-evaluate my life. kiro.dev/blog/introdu...

used copies of Resident Evil 1 & 3 with caricatures of Chris and Jill, respectively, drawn on the side. RE1 also has a decapitated head and “かゆいうま” (Japanese for “Itchy Tasty”)

hand-drawn art in used game shops might be my favorite thing in the world

Meet the Man Who Designed Pokémon’s Iconic Logo - IGN Meet Chris Maple, a Seattle-based designer who unwittingly stumbled into creating one of the most iconic logos in the world: Pokémon.

really excited to share this fun interview with the dude who designed THE Pokemon logo!

www.ign.com/articles/mee...

AWS enters into 'strategic partnership' with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain | TechCrunch Amazon says it'll work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, to invest '$5 billion-plus' in a strategic partnership.

AWS enters into ‘strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain

New season of @goodjobbrain.bsky.social!
(Bear w/ me while I set up socials here)
Ep 286: trivia about secrets — hidden rooms in landmarks quiz, mysterious 0s on your money, spy holes in Gibraltar, investigating an oatmeal’s secret surprise, & Pikachu’s printer scandal
goodjobbrain.com/episodes/286

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It's extremely cool to me that we've reached a point in tool development for older consoles where it's viable for a legend of the original era to make a new hardware-pushing genesis game in 2025.

I miss dvd commentary tracks

Looking forward to Thunderbolts

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本日の一枚。
#カプコンアートワーク #CAPCOM #ARTWORK
@kinu-nishimura.bsky.social

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Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto at night. An empty scene with traditional Japanese buildings lit up with soft street lights in warm orange colors. The image is mostly blue in color. A large overhanging tree can be seen in the middle of the frame.

Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto in the early hours. Old wooden Japanese traditional buildings. The camera is capturing the scene from ground level, looking up - the blue sky is cut up by the silhouette of an overhead powerline. The image is a cold blue tone.

Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto at night. A large stairway leading upwards next to an old wooden traditional Japanese building. The image is moody to emphasise the emptiness with brown and blue shades. Towards the top right of the image, the stairway ends and is lit up, with trees overhanging.

Photographs I took of Kyoto after midnight

Shenmue concept art

Shenmue concept art

Virtua Fighter 4 / Virtua Cop 3 concept art

Virtua Fighter 4 concept art

A large amount of Shenmue and Virtua Fighter 4 concept art has been acquired and put online by @shenmuedojo.com
shenmuedojo.com/original-she...

The HBO Spawn series is so, so damn good.

YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works The Best of NES 1985-87: NES Works Recap No. 1

Good news! Unlike the Nintendo Switch 2, the latest episode of NES Works is FREE, and available TODAY youtu.be/qWSoJAO9Kco

Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser Amazon on Monday unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions. Alongside the new agentic AI model, Amazon is releasing the Nova Act SDK, a toolkit that allows developers to build agent prototypes with Nova Act. Nova Act, developed by Amazon’s recently […]

Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser

big splash image! video games! cds! joysticks! A Pac-like being!

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On the Origins of Chrono Trigger Character Names — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games Thirty years later, there’s meaning hidden in the characters who saved the world.

Chrono Trigger is rich in lore, and just looking into the origins of the names its characters shows you what's missing from the English localization... but also how our version tweaks some aspects for the better.

www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/chrono-...

Chrono Trigger Bonfire GIF Alt: the characters of Chrono Trigger gather around a campfire

This Week In Retro: after 30 years of hearing about the quality of Chrono Trigger, I decided it was high time to play it for myself.

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Phoenix for Bluesky A Bluesky client based on the award-winning Twitter app for iOS.

🐦‍🔥 tapbots.com/phoenix/

Final Fantasy vs. Dungeons & Dragons — Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games And why has the Mindflayer endured when many D&D monsters have not?

I wrote about all the monsters Final Fantasy 1 "borrowed" from D&D, and how the series has largely dropped or obfuscated many of these, even if some (notably the Mindflayer) have endured, IP be damned. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/final-f...

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Post four of your favorite comics covers. No explanation needed.

AI’s payoff will be massive, says AWS CEO Matt Garman The new head of AWS says Amazon is betting on a “massive” shift with AI.

Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI

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Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, “Potato may whistle in microwave.”

for the potato fears not death