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Daniel Sims

@redswirl.bsky.social

Freelance writer. TechSpot contributor. Also seen at Unwinnable, Uppercut, Indie Game Website, PC Gamer, and more. Contacts and samples at https://noplatform.wordpress.com/

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A new, Valve-less Half-Life campaign is out now and puts a completely fresh perspective on the original FPS Half-Life Insecure follows the events of the Black Mesa incident from another perspective, and the mod is finally finished after four years.

Half-Life Insecure follows the events of the Black Mesa incident from another perspective, and the mod is finally finished after four years.
Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡

#HalfLife #FPS #HalfLifeInsecure #PCGaming
www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/in...

13.11.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Half-Life mod 'Insecure' has been released!

"Featuring the full 6 chapters and some new additions to the enemies and weapons from Opposing Force." Download now in the ModDB link below!

12.11.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My family hasn't received any food for two days. My stomach hurts and I'm losing a lot of weight. Jamal, my child, suffers from diabetic episodes and is a war casualty. I am extremely tired.

Help my family ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฅน
If you see this, leave even a dot.
gofund.me/1586ace62

@mommunism.bsky.social

13.11.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I'm doing all I can to raise what my family needs โ€” food, medicine survival
but itโ€™s getting harder, and time is running out.๐Ÿ’”

It hurts to keep asking for help, but I have no choice
Iโ€™m their only lifeline.

If you can support โ€” even just by sharing.๐Ÿ™โคต๏ธ

gofund.me/522073ed

@mommunism.bsky.social โœ…

13.11.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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13.11.2025 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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13.11.2025 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"UNTIL SOMEBODY BUILDS A BIGGER BOB-OMB"

12.11.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 241    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Boeing is turning Microsoft Flight Simulator into a real pilot training tool Boeing recently announced the launch of its Procedures Trainer, the first application for its new Virtual Airplane platform, powered by Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Flight Simulator. The...

Boeing pilots are gonna start training with tools based on Microsoft Flight Simulator. www.techspot.com/news/110202-...

12.11.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO
YouTube video by CRITERION Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO

The squib in Nakadai's death scene in Sanjuro was so explosively bloody that the other actors were stunned in legitimate shock. Kurosawa kept that very first take in the final film.

12.11.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow valve must be really nervous about whatโ€™s in the Epstein files

12.11.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If they play their cards right, this could easily be the final straw that breaks the camel's back on anticheat for SteamOS. It doesn't have to sell 10s of millions on its own if it finally breaks that last barrier for Linux being adopted as a mainstream OS.

12.11.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

starting a business is hard. running a business is hard. some people would rather work for others than run a small business and i do not blame them for that.

12.11.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 257    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is also not going to work for journalists on visas

12.11.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always get physical where possible, or at least local digital copy in good enough quality.
Fuck clouds & streaming.

12.11.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is borderline erotic

12.11.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it was in the Digital Foundry hands-on where a Valve staffer says they picked this spec because itโ€™s an upgrade for a majority of people doing the Steam Hardware Survey

And like, thatโ€™s all it needs to be

12.11.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

people who are inundated in PC building don't get that for a lot of people, the prospect of building one is so daunting that it keeps them from playing games on their PC at all.

12.11.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

"why would I ever buy a Steam machine when I can build something stronger" congrats this isn't for you, it's for someone who saw their favorite group of streamers play Peak and wanted a machine that would run it and Marvel Rivals good at an easily digestible price without any fuss.

12.11.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 495    ๐Ÿ” 117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Buy The Floppy Guy a Coffee floppyguy.com

Hello my floppy friends - I've never asked for financial support before, but the time has come. Art has been my only source of income for about a year now. If you dig my work, please consider donating whatever you can manage. And as always, commissions are open! ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’พ๐Ÿ’–

12.11.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

One of my least favorite things people sometimes do is present some cynical belief of theirs (or perhaps some source of deep sadness or regret that they've papered over with cynicism, as I half-suspect in this case) as hard-earned, grounded wisdom, a dose of reality that applies to everyone

12.11.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

say shit about the steam controller trackpads, and I will look down at you

12.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 194    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Quattro Flow 2
YouTube video by CTOAFN Quattro Flow 2

@popcornbitch.bsky.social found the original creator and a second video has hit the skyline: youtu.be/vXQ4_2P0l6I?...

12.11.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here ya go. I have a Firefox extension that sometimes works. Thanks for sharing.

12.11.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 483    ๐Ÿ” 227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.

The person behind this account does not seem to actually have any sort of vested interest in the US or in immigration. But they are nonetheless spamming horrific videos because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding themย for that type of content, andย because Facebook directly makes payments for it.

12.11.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 177    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Now is the time for freaks with a weird PCs in their media centers that play Kodi.

12.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 509    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Trump "came to my house many times."

12.11.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 994    ๐Ÿ” 314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72
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The War of Brides and Babies: Behind Japan's "Anti-Communist" Mixed-Race Baby Boom - Unseen Japan How the Red Cross and other organizations used war brides and the adoption of mixed-race children to fight the Cold War.

After World War II, some US-based organizations found a...unique way to fight the Cold War, using Japan as a proxy. Here's the story of how "war brides" and mixed-race children became weapons to ward off Communism.

buff.ly/zsW8Cen

12.11.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

"Daredevil: Born Again" was our first "Comicsplaining" episode of @mangasplaining.bsky.social -- where David,Chris and Chip introduce me to their favorite Daredevil story arc.
ICYMI, here it is: www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-116-...

12.11.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's a massive scoop from Ed showing OpenAI has been lying about their revenue for years

12.11.2025 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2519    ๐Ÿ” 638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

@redswirl is following 20 prominent accounts