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James Cunningham

@jamesac68.bsky.social

I've been writing for Hardcore Gamer since its first issue in 2005, which may be a long time to do anything but it hasn't gotten boring yet. james (at) hardcoregamer (dot) com

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Seriously, DC K.O. is joyfully batshit crazy. I make no claim that it's going to stand beside the titans of comics history but I had a blast reading it, even though I don't follow DC continuity.

11.10.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, seriously, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees ambling into DC continuity? She's more a planner than fighter so doesn't stand a chance, but that's still one hell of an unexpected crossover.

I wasn't expecting DC K.O. to be so much fun, but it's a really pleasant surprise.

11.10.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't have time to search, but-

Sound effect of pint or shot glass thumping on to a bar after being drained?

10.10.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look what you made me do!

09.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean, at least one antifa member reviewed the game positively...

09.10.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blasting and Blasted in the Arcade Arenas of Sektori Demo The Sektori demo reveals a promising twin-stick shooter that sounds great, looks fantastic, and has plenty of gameplay quirks to discover and exploit.

Been looking forward to Sektori since last year's demo-

hardcoregamer.com/blasting-and...

09.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait!

(Also not being home Wednesday makes writing things up properly very difficult)

09.10.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just made a typo in a post over on Mastodon. Hit the edit button and fixed it. This is what posting in The Future feels like! Or possibly distant past, seeing as Facebook (ugh) has the same function.

08.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review: Little Rocket Lab Little Rocket Lab is about as cozy an introduction to automation as could be imagined, with a cast of likable characters in a run-down, charming town.

Been spending the last couple weeks with @nomorerobots.io Little Rocket Lab as my Steam Deck playing-in-bed game, chatting with townspeople and automating the place in a Satisfactory/Stardew Valley mashup. The two genres fuse perfectly in a lovely chill adventure.

hardcoregamer.com/review-littl...

08.10.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry, but slight typo. Million instead of billion for Makemake's orbit. Nothing a quick x1000 won't fix.

07.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally! Windows 11 upgrade took far longer and was more of a pain than I'd planned, but it's complete!

Now to forget about it forever.

07.10.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I bounced off Galaxy 1 the first time back on Wii, but when I played Galaxy 2 I enjoyed it enough that I restarted the first Galaxy and completed it. So should you replay Galaxy 1? Ummm... Maybe?

07.10.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I honestly could not get past the first 5-10 minutes. I've watched some terrible movies but the tone of Minecraft was so deliberately loud and obnoxious that I had no way in.

06.10.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard drive upgrade = success! I’ve recovered most everything I need and Windows feels much faster now. Next up, finding out what I don’t know I missed.

06.10.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In other news, the first two episodes of May I Ask For One Final Thing? are out and yeah, that's a fun one!

Made my wife an avatar of the main character, although it's a bit sepia due to being a flashback.

05.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Turned out my old C: drive was in MBR format rather than GPT, which means secure boot won't work, which means everything in the entire goddamn world is a giant major pain in the ass because *rantrantrant*grumble*swear*

05.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Found it in Computer Management
Got it set up and now showing as F: drive
Currently making USB bootable for a fresh Windows install

Next-

Change C: to G:
Change new SSD, F:, to C:
Reboot
BIOS, change boot order to SSD first
Fresh Windows install
Hope like hell this works

05.10.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, so far in the quest to get the Win11 upgrade going I've-

Tuesday, installed the new SSD on my PC's motherboard
Not showing up, deal with it later.

Today- Verified motherboard is set up right
Verified showing in BIOS
Researched how to make it show in Windows

05.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah, so that's why the news articles are saying @hamishsteele.bsky.social's Dead End: Paranormal Park is a kids show. It's rated TV-Y7 because there's no blood, swearing, or nudity in it. That doesn't mean the storylines are kid-oriented, just that it tells them without harsher content.

03.10.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can something be both bad and hilarious? Because despite the economic carnage of the AI bubble bursting, it's going to be utterly hilarious to watch.

03.10.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stray Children Wandering Towards Worldwide Release With New Launch Trailer Stray Children is the latest RPG from the creators of Moon, Dandy Dungeon, Little King's Story, Chulip, etc.

I've been waiting impatiently for a US release date of @oniongames.bsky.social's Stray Children for a while and today it's announced as coming 10/30, worldwide. You can't go wrong with a game that describes itself as a Bittersweet Fairytale RPG.

hardcoregamer.com/stray-childr...

03.10.2025 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Initially read that as β€œskin suits” for a very different tone, despite it being a technically correct description.

02.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Na-naaaaa Nanana na na, na na, na na na nana na!

02.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dead End: Paranormal Park was an absolutely fantastic show. I’m still sad it didn’t its final season but the graphic novel wrapped it up nicely. Even incomplete, I’ll recommend the show to anyone.

01.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need a better metaphor for AI than "dogshit on the plate". There's only a bit of dogshit, surely you can eat around it? Everything else is delicious, can't you just deal with it being there? And no, there's dogshit on the plate so I'll pass.

01.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 15% on Megabonk on Steam Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

Ah, screw it, time to pick up @megabonk.bsky.social's Megabonk. Maybe I'll get it some coverage at some point or maybe I won't, but I really just want to play!

store.steampowered.com/app/3405340/...

01.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hyacinth, great to meet you both!

Byacinth, see you later.

01.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm guessing one hell of a zoom on this camera so the lava doesn't melt it. Videogame/cartoon lava and actual lava are very different things.

Also, you can see watching the live cam fullscreen that it's shaking on a regular basis. Almost like it's not set up in a tectonically stable area.

01.10.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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