dustmop is over here now

Gradius on the NES

On a separate but related point, @twoai.bsky.social mentioned they haven’t watched beyond the Evangelion TV series and this is what I said is the closest way to speedrun Eva:

Email from coned with the subject "We believe your power is back"

getting uplifting affirmations from coned

having electricity in your home is so cool

it's really bad at getting the "pixel" part right (not to me mention the "art")

yes

the cars parked outside on the street got so blasted by ice that they look cartoony

Hi Tech Electronic Service Center in Chinatown/LES

New permission prompt for Local Network Access  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers Learn about the new permission prompt for sites that connect to local networks.

no, this is coming from the browser, its an API recently added to chrome that their website is requesting: developer.chrome.com/blog/local-n...

who all do I know that's going to Boston Bitdown in March?

you:
[stressing for days to send the perfect single email]

billionaires:
hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?

two, possibly three depending on the rules

about 5 inches of snow, stacked outside the door, at 11:30am

Stanley looking out the window at the snowy outdoors

the nearly empty streets during the snowstorm

a recently shoveled front porch, with some raindeer statues on the sides, and a wreath on the door

snowy out today

Space Invaders pinball with backbox mods and topper that are, well, a bit over the top

#pinball

I'm so glad that I turned down their offer way back when, and your input on that helped

Had a 4 day out of body experience watching people have fun with my first ever game and first "art thing i brought to a festival" my god.

An absolutely unhinged @magfest.org this year. I saw strangers setting 4 hour timers on their phones, or running to my table with 6 badges from their friends.

its on my Need To Watch list, have seen many gifs from it

"Frog"

@dustmop.bsky.social wanted to show me a game 👀

you know that feeling where you get off a boat and back onto land, but you can still feel the water moving

finally got back into NYC from Mag late last night, finished loading in about an hour ago, home and catching up on the news of what our new mayor has been up to. it's like the opposite version of "out of the frying pan, into the fire"

Magfest 2025 was great, with more great MAG moments. What was everyone's MAGfest moment this year?

they should take the energy Magfest gives you, bottle it, and sell it at cost

artist is Hillary Reeves - cargocollective.com/hillaryreeve...

This machine that was playing cosmic smash crash rebooted and started playing doom

It was super dark and miserable to control on an arcade stick. It owned.

If you see me at MAGFest today, let’s play Wii sports.

A slide that reads "Presenting games primarily as consumer products undermines arguments to preserve and make them accessible as an art form." from a MAGFest panel. That panel from the Dark Knight Returns where he breaks the gun also is on there.

That's what I'm talking about.

#MAGFest2026

Two people dressed up as cans of Baja Blast, giving the thumbs up while I'm holding a can of Baja Blast that they just gave me.

Things I thought I hallucinated: last night at about 1:30am, two guys dressed up as Baja Blast gave me a can of Baja Blast #MAGFest2026

#MAGFest2026