If I judged myself by CVC I’d be an utter failure. I like to think I’m an acquired taste; The Malört of Twitch streamers. ✨Exotic✨

The AI blurb that appears before search results surfaced that something I use had been recalled. Looking into it the problems match my health issues. AI can be useful but it has to justify the societal & environmental cost. This is an example of that. World eating dopamine machine isn't.

New/Updated emotes from Irivae! If you like her style you can find her on VGen: vgen.co/Irivae

Respect to the streamers who left Twitter after the Nazi salute and stayed gone. I know what that costs some of you. The ones who drifted back aren't villains, they're just proof that vote with your wallet only works when people can afford to.

The Cat's have already rendered their judgement - most were spared. Thursday brings more neon pew pews in the shooter turned 80s action movie fever dream that is Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Cajun Tim Curry continues his Voodoo investigation Saturday in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

You can show me all the charts you want saying the economy is fine but if Serpentor is selling his throne because it won't fit into his new studio apartment, shit is not fine

I've yet to find anyone who wants an AI data center next door including the loudest AI supporters. Nuclear supporters would live by the plant. People who understand nuclear are less scared. People who understand data centers are more scared. Not even the cog suckers are willing to pay the price.

I know we all love the neon soaked 80s aesthetic but this is what the late 80s early 90s really looked like. Lots of browns, grimy & lived in as opposed to the sanitized faux nostalgia served up in contemporary media. The big hair however was exactly as advertised. This is the arcade I remember.

The Touch in the Transformers pin is great but we're sleeping on how metal the rest of the '86 soundtrack was. Nothin's Gonna Stand, Instruments of Destruction & Lion doing the fucking THEME. Give me a multiball set to THAT. Come on Stern do it you cowards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaVc...

Gabriel Knight had me for 7 hours tonight way longer than planned. The story is genuinely interesting & Tim Curry doing a Cajun accent is a thing I didn't know I needed. Searched Point-and-Click on Twitch at the end & raided @munimystar.bsky.social who was playing I Have No Mouth, I Must Scream.

I'm just fucking waiting for the mask to come off & for the lizard people to announce their arrival.

George Lucas looks like he's about the A-Train his way right through JJ Abrams.

H. Bomberguy continues to be correct and cool

Republicans spent damn near two decades blocking funds for dying 9/11 first responders. Too expensive. Wrong time. Always one excuse. They found $1.776 billion (1776 cute) for a J6 revenge fund in less than a week. Fucking funny how that works.

Stern Transformers officially revealed. Cullen & Welker are great. Glad to see they got the rights for The Touch. Soundwave's cassette lock on Premium/LE is a cute touch. Still no word on what the combiner inserts do. Split-flipper head-to-head has me curious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLx9...

The FCC wants a giant "OFF" switch for queer characters on TV. Here's how to tell them that's a terrible idea: glaad.org/FCC

I've been dressing for the mid 80s since the mid 80s

You have $15. What are you ordering? $1 Coffee + $2 Fruit + $4 Loaded Hash + $5 Pancakes Pocketing the remaining $3 I'm not really a breakfast person.

Tim Curry & Mark Hamill?! Prepping for this weekend's Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers stream & just noticed who's top-billed in the credits. Sierra really came a long way since King's Quest V's "Watch out! A POISONOUS snake!" Looks like the stream will be Saturday 5pm: twitch.tv/pb_undesirables

Weekly schedule. Three reasons to show up.

Remember when I said "The Epstein files must be really bad"? Anyway the IFPA just posted about the Epstein Cup and I need them to know Steve Epstein is right there. STEVE. His name is STEVE. Rename the damn thing the STEVE EPSTEIN TOURNAMENT.

The Chantry has a new emote & I refuse to explain myself. Created by the talented @stitcherwitts.bsky.social - She gets me. 1st time we met IRL she walked up, sniffed me, & proudly announced i smelled exactly like she thought i would. This is the kind of connection most artists can only dream of.

A great example of why right to repair matters fell into my lap. @scylla-leeezard.bsky.social gave me a fascinating puzzle to solve for her arcade. The drive failed in a Linux-based arcade game & the company that made it won't answer the phone or respond to emails. 🧵(1/9)

Looking at the Transformers pinball leak; - Shots look good, vaguely reminds me of a 3 flipper Richie (High Speed, Star Trek, etc...) - Drop targets might be brutal - similar to drops in Beetle Juice - Combiner inserts are nearly as prominent as modes - Surface level rules; 5 modes + 2 multiballs

I didn't expect punching a Nazi to have such comfy cozy vibes, but in retrospect it makes sense. It's unambiguously good. Saturday 5pm more comfy cozy Nazi punching in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. twitch.tv/pb_undesirables

I let 9 years on Twitch come & go with a "same old shit" stream. Started as a facecam PB streamer. A few COVIDs later, I don’t have the energy for it. Now I’m a vtuber; tarot, gaming, pb when I’m up to it. People stuck around. New folks found me. Wild to think about. Thanks for being part of it.

Playfield image for Stern's next pinball machine: TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets the Eye. Nice to see it's not a reskin of the 2011 game (image given for comparison). It's an evergreen theme even if this specially the G1 era & subsequently the late GenX demographic. Not a bad choice imo. Thoughts?

I want movie theater lobbies to look like this again. Bring back ✨Whimsy✨!

Pedretti confirmed on their Instagram that their next game will be Tales of Arabian Nights. So where does that leave American Pinball & their Williams remakes? The licenses have got to be exclusive right? What 6 remakes does AP have after Cirqus Voltaire? (1/2)

As an Arcade Vampire I’m obligated to review the new game on the National Mall; The 'tweet battle' mechanics are actually surprisingly balanced & the 'trying to hold Melania’s hand instant-fail state' is the most realistic physics I’ve seen in years. 10/10 www.the-independent.com/bulletin/new...

Isn't it great how old games treat punching Nazis as a valid solution? No discourse, just the objectively correct answer. Let's put that flawless logic to the test. Come watch me beat up fascists in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade Thursday at 6pm US/CT: twitch.tv/pb_undesirables

Slightly increase a band: Ten Inch Nails

I've always loved Penn & Teller and never got into performers like David Blaine or Criss Angel. Watching Teller do cup & balls with clear cups should have ruined it. Instead it was one of the most impressive thing I've ever seen. If you understand why, you already understand my approach to Tarot.

Tarot tonight at 6pm US/CT. Using the Necronomicon deck. Yes, that one. No, I don't know why you'd want a reading from a cursed book, but here we are. Just remember whatever you hear, you already knew. Not brave enough for a reading? Come watch it happen to someone else. twitch.tv/pb_undesirables

My block count: 94 @kasifel.gay’s block count: 1,345 and climbing My blocks: I gave the benefit of the doubt to a pinball nerd who I knew had some bad takes Kasifel's blocks: Actively making the worst people on this app cry I really need to stop being so likable it's embarrassing.

There’s a difference between being allowed to participate in something and feeling like you actually belong there. A lot of places get credit for the first while quietly failing at the 2nd. People can feel it. They might not say anything, they'll just stop showing up.

Repost from my TikTok. I'm feeling the need to put on my "thinking cap" far to often. www.tiktok.com/@pb_undesira...

This right here is the crux of the issue: "If the trans players have been threatened and harassed and have left the tournament, and your main concern is whether you get to play enough qualifying games, you are no ally to trans people." I'm so tired of people putting hobbies above people.

Just make conditions materially worse to the point of being borderline unlivable then take away the drugs that keep people functional in this hellscape. What could possibly go wrong?

I hope they didn't saddle Mark with Van Halen. If they did I'm sure it will be a great game, but I wish he could have gotten another fresh theme like Avatar to work with. I don't even dislike Van Halen or anything - it's just they haven't been culturally relevant for decades.

Don't invoke the good name of pinball when describing this moron's shit show. 😠

This hits close to home in ways I can't get into. What I can say is that I've seen women leave this hobby. I've heard the reasons why and heard women not men dismissing those reasons like putting up with shitty men is a necessity of this hobby. (1/2)

One of the only things in the Twitch dashboard I actually like is it telling me "X streams too". Self-promo is kinda a faux pas, so this is a nice way to find people to check out without anyone having to say it out loud. Case in point: @dollimunster.bsky.social

Tarot Taco Tuesday returns for Cinco de Mayo. Tonight's deck is Tarot De La Nuit - French for Tarot of the Night. Gorgeous art work & one of the few decks I have where the guidebook doesn't do reversals. Does that mean it's nicer? Only one way to find out. Live at the top of the hour (6pm US/CT)

Why do corporations only pay taxes on profit but I pay taxes on income? They get to subtract “cost of existing” first. I don’t. Weird.

If the bonus stage in Street Fighter II used a cyber truck it would take like 4 to 5 hits max.

Tarot Readings at the top of the hour (noon CST) on @rainbowzilla.bsky.social's channel. Rainbow's audience doesn't know what they're getting into... 😈 www.twitch.tv/rainbow_zilla

The face of someone who’s devoted their life to service, science and space exploration needing to listen to some draft-dodging, out-of-shape bozo brag that he easily could’ve been an astronaut.

Vtubers - you ever just let somebody else's soul into your body? @adielashmedaivt.bsky.social pushed the Taco Tuesday button.