zaratustra's Avatar

zaratustra

@zaratustra.bsky.social

at the forefront of making chat posts that are followed by an uncomfortable days-long silence http://zaratustra.itch.io

4,369 Followers  |  560 Following  |  12,913 Posts  |  Joined: 05.05.2023
Posts Following

Posts by zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social)

in that i'll probably have a heart attack if i try to finish one?

03.03.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell. Here's how. | Video Game History Foundation We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learnedβ€”and how we beat them.

BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

More info:

03.03.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2226    πŸ” 1324    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 137
Post image

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

03.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 913    πŸ” 328    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 52

Close enough welcome back resident evil 2

03.03.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover art for β€œBeetle Moses: a Comics Menagerie”, the debut comic collection from beetle moses.

Cover art for β€œBeetle Moses: a Comics Menagerie”, the debut comic collection from beetle moses.

My debut book of comics is officially LIVE for PREORDER!

03.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1411    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 15
Video thumbnail

Here's the cellular automation stuff in action in my game, Rhythm Doggo

This scene uses the classic Conway's Game of Life (though with color propagation, layers, and fading) but other scenes uses different algorithms

Wishlist it! store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...

03.03.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That's the whole point of arguing about this sort of thing, I believe. to think about things from different angles

03.03.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OK but literally my game is a game because of its interactive and ludic qualities...but I am very happy to call it an Activity, and I think this potentially opens up a productive ways to think about how to design this type of thing.

03.03.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

are you trying to find the incantation that banishes me to my home dimension for another 100 years

03.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fascists when not in power: fucking liberals have no work ethic. if we were there we'd be doing things properly

fascists when in power: ok andrew tate is going to run foreign relations and john cena is gonna train our soldiers

03.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is their chance to prove that their way is the right way to do things. so why are they fucking it up so much

03.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

03.03.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12805    πŸ” 2885    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 632

did iran know

03.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image 03.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Ou nΓ£o

03.03.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

aw what's the point of joke-voting on a one piece character poll? there's 1,500 joke options

03.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

broke: l is dead
woke:

03.03.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This game ruined my life for a few weeks...

I highly recommend it

03.03.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Key Updates:

    After March 31, 2026, assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region will be removed for sale from the Global Unity Asset Store.
    Our records indicate that at least one asset in your library is from publishers based in the Greater China Region.
    Your impacted asset(s) will remain available in "My Assets" and will continue to function as they do today but after March 31, the publisher(s) will no longer be able to update the asset(or) or provide support through the Global Unity Asset Store.
    Your license to use these assets remains valid, and you can continue to use the products in your projects and download them via Package Manager in the future.
    Only assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region on the global Unity Asset Store are affected.

Key Updates: After March 31, 2026, assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region will be removed for sale from the Global Unity Asset Store. Our records indicate that at least one asset in your library is from publishers based in the Greater China Region. Your impacted asset(s) will remain available in "My Assets" and will continue to function as they do today but after March 31, the publisher(s) will no longer be able to update the asset(or) or provide support through the Global Unity Asset Store. Your license to use these assets remains valid, and you can continue to use the products in your projects and download them via Package Manager in the future. Only assets from publishers based in the Greater China Region on the global Unity Asset Store are affected.

.........???????

03.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
Video thumbnail

Asterix: Mega Madness (2001)
The most elaborate (and not at all stereotyping) language select screen I've ever seen!
#PlayStation #PS1 #PSone #Infogrames #AsterixObelix

20.02.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
03.03.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

supposedly that fancy new Super Mario Galaxy text generator is AI-based.
If you'd like some AI-free generators, I've got a few hundred in the Death Generator!

03.03.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3037    πŸ” 1538    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 28

Also, the boob hypnosis stuff is misinformation put out by The Sun. A journalist asked him specifically to make her *think* her boobs had grown, he initially refused but agreed to try it. Cool to see Smart Thinkers(tm) run with that.

03.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

This game is about to release into Early Access TODAY and I have a spare giveaway key. I'll post it into the replies for anyone to grab once this post reaches 500 reposts

03.03.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1636    πŸ” 827    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 28
Post image

superman prime as "self-aware but in an incredibly cringe way" is a good take

03.03.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

not only that, but the inside of a pokΓ©mon is a perfectly homogenous, smooth-textured material not entirely unlike a forcemeat

03.03.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*being thrown into the back of a cop car* THERE ARE MORE! THERE ARE MORE PENIS MEN!

03.03.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

/me: taps entire shelf of novels where that's part of the foundational premise knowingly.

02.03.2026 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

pretty cool that the majority of brits is like, sure epstein's buddy farage will probably turn the uk into a nightmare but how can we tell without giving him a chance

03.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0