BOOST OR QUOTE THIS! Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!

GMail is about to drop support for using POP or Gmailify for bringing 3rd party mail into your gmail account. This sucks. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719 #gmail #google #donoevil

It's Bandcamp Friday! I picked up Repetitive Nonsense by @joeress and the new Sabaton album. https://joeressington.bandcamp.com/album/repetitive-nonsense https://sabaton.bandcamp.com/album/legends #sabaton #bandcamp #BandcampFriday

Last week I started my ˝Short lived British Sci-Fi Cop shows that are unlikely to get a Blu-ray release˝ collection... #starcops #ultraviolet #dvd #physicalmedia #bbc #channel4 #idriselba

Oh Crumbs! I just realised there is a 12" single of the Star Cops theme with an extended version on the A side. I already have the 7" in my collection. I do not NEED the extended version but it doesn't appear to be available on any other format... I DID get the 12" of the Absolm Daak theme […]

There is a reason that the second part of The Chain was used as the theme for Formula 1 coverage in the UK. (It's also a crime that it's not used in the F1 film; bits of the opening are used in the trailer but it never kicks in) […]

I bought the 12" single of the classic tune "The Theme from Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer" and popped it on the Internet Archive for posterity. Fans back in the day might have heard a version of this when it was on a Flexidisc attached to the cover of Doctor Who Magazine in 1990. There is also a […]

I bought the 12" single of the classic tune "The Theme from Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer" and popped it on the Internet Archive for posterity. Fans back in the day might have heard a version of this when it was on a Flexidisc attached to the cover of Doctor Who Magazine in 1990. There is also a […]

I built a PC last autumn, bizarrely close to the specs of the Steam Machine so it should last me a while. I checked the current RAM prices and the set I got has tripled in value since then. Very lucky I built it when I did. I still wanna get a Steam Frame to replace the Meta Quest 3S. Fingers […]

Managed to win an eBay auction for the very rare Star Cops DVD from Network at a much cheaper price than most are going for. 45 Euros with tax and international shipping. It remains to be seen if I've been conned or not. The seller has good reviews but they have a few listings for this set but […]

Oh joy! New Star Cops day! https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/star-cops-conflict-begins #starcops #bigfinish #audiodrama

My 7yo has been randomly singing the line "Driving home from Christmas!" I will correct him but it's cute every time. #ripchrisrea

In this trailer Nick 'Bucket Barry' Briggs shows off all his Cyberman voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFf_pmOZl0E #doctorwho

Doctor What (and friends, Why, Where and When) appears in the (very) unofficial game on the ZX Spectrum in 1986. It was a bit rubbish but I have many warm fuzzies from seeing that cursed box art. #doctorwho #zxspectrum

New episode of “The Backdrop” up at @secondwindgroup.com, in which we consider Dan Trachtenberg’s approach to “Predator: Badlands.” And ask the question, “What even is a Predator movie, anyway? What is it that makes something a Predator movie?” WATCH: youtu.be/Mja7O9gjZ20?...

<blockquote>But I'm not afraid of <i>fire</i>. I'm afraid of being burned, and they want fire everywhere. So, yeah. We're gonna fucking fight about it.</blockquote> - Jerry Holkins - Penny Arcade https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2025/12/01/come-in-clutch #timsweeney #ai #aislop #gaming […]

Steam Survey results are out for November. #linux is at 3.2% up by 0.15% Win10 down by 2.08% Win11 up by 2.02% Not sure what I expected. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey #steam #valve #gamingonlinux #linuxgaming

"Tim Sweeney is laying a glistening clutch of eggs in our yard!" https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/12/01/come-in-clutch #PennyArcade #timsweeney #ai #gaming #steam #epicgames

Made my nominations for Steam Awards. Nominated 'CGA Trek' for Outstanding Visual Style Award ;) @upmultimedia https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/2025/76561197966642452?k=4983557455835026001

Enjoying 'Pluribus' a lot. I suggest going in without knowing anything. I'll put some spoilerific thoughts behind a CW below. #pluribus

The Nightdive remaster of Outlaws is now out. No discount for those who have the original on Steam this time. I bought the original for less than a couple of euros in 2021 and I probably didn't get around to playing it so I suppose I can't complain […]

GOG are you okay? Some of these statements feel like they are coming from a insecure clingy partner rather than a game seller. https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/FOW5AY/ #gog #gaming #gamingonlinux

Been playing the excellent Half Life 2 VR Mod. I do have to take Ravenholm in short sessions as I am getting creeped out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/ #halflife #steamvr

“Why do you test for humans?” “To set you free.” “Free?” “Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” “‘Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind,’” “Right out of […]

Cyan Alert! It hurts my eyes and offends my ears but I am enjoying 'CGA Trek' by @upmultimedia Based on the earliest Trek games originally programmed by nerds with access to mainframe computers in the 70s and rendered in a colour scheme that ruined many a PC game in the 80s. It's disgusting […]

“Why do you test for humans?” “To set you free.” “Free?” “Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” “‘Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind,’” “Right out of […]

LEELA: Doctor, what is robophobia? DOCTOR: It's an unreasoning dread of robots. You see, most living creatures use non-verbal signals. Body movement, eye contact, facial expression, that sort of thing. LEELA: Body language. DOCTOR: Exactly. While these robots are humanoid, presumably for […]

Politics and games (#sinclairuser, 1985) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

I LOLed. #gzdoom #uzdoom #doom #boomershooter #floss

Drama over in #gzdoom land. The dev team have gotten fed up of the project lead Graf Zahl (Christoph Oelckers) and his shenanigans (pushing untested code, using LLMs). Looks like a fork is happening (UZDoom) It's a shame 'cos they just celebrated 20 years of the project this summer, but the […]

Very interesting interview with the folks behind 'Film is Fabulous', the group dedicated to preserving film collections when their owners are unable to look after them anymore. They have just been made a registered charity and are accepting donations. They say they are aware of several missing […]

Oh, bonus episode of The Backdrop now up at @secondwindgroup.com, looking at how the whole Jimmy Kimmel farce was just the latest in a recent trend of corporate capitulation. In this era of corporate consolidation, money wins. Everybody else loses. WATCH: youtu.be/hJXEezyF2Rw?...

Hacking sim hackmud is 94% off today. https://store.steampowered.com/app/469920/hackmud/ #linuxgaming

Star Trek Voyager meets FTL/XCOM. That's something I never knew I wanted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPRTeT0H-Jw #startrek #startrekvoyager #xcom #gaming

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/115230077202645527 “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115224447782810898 Time to start 'Quooting'

Nice Fan Film of a scene from Hitch Hikers. Would love to see a full official series like this but I think the TV rights are tied with Disney/Hulu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-431pDOiYRQ&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1HQg%3D%3D #doctorwho #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #h2g2

Thinking about the Wilhelm scream and how the one in Dante's Peak makes me angry. If the character had been one of those annoying antagonists you get in disaster films who always thinks they are right until they get their comeuppance, then it would have been fine. But in this he's just doing his […]

Oh no... not again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLN_w6CpGw #doctorwho #duggadoo

Randomly reminded of Fury3 today, the game made for Microsoft using the Terminal Velocity engine, and I went to see if there was any project to port it to modern systems. Found TerminalFury being developed. The Dev video below is 7 months old now but a community post from 3 weeks ago says […]

The journey of a roguelike: DoomRL released as shareware in 2003 by @epyon and bullied by Zenimax lawyers. A 3D, gorgeous remake released on Steam in 2021 called Jupiter Hell gave a fresh pass on accessibility and mechanics. 2025 and a demake of Jupiter Hell is released using an updated engine […]

The latest South Park is wild! Kristi Noem shoots a LOT of dogs. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kD4EE6qVIBI #southpark #kristinoem #uspolitics

I've only heard the new Donkey Kong title spoken and had no idea they were forcing such a pun. I'm not against a forced pun myself mind you. Yesterday I was playing Espresso Tycoon and when I saw I could choose the radiation symbol as a logo I quickly decided to call my coffee van 'Chai-nobyl' […]

Ooh! Look Who's back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uev_0GvUus #doctorwho

Amazing to see the signatures flood in for the Stop Killing Games movement. A couple of weeks ago it looked doomed; but with a little bit of drama snowballing it looks like both the UK and EU will have to take notice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPmXqIMsGs #stopkillinggames #gaming #gamedev

I see I am in the minority here but I'm not thrilled about the Bond news. Denis' films are gorgeous to look at, technically wondrous but Christ they can be dull. I'm a big fan of Dune, the books, Lynch's film, the games etc but it took me multiple goes to get through the new films. I like Bond […]

If I had a nickel for every Roland Emmerich film that ended with an alien staring at the countdown of a nuclear device which has been smuggled onto their ship before it explodes in a circular shockwave in orbit... I would have 2 nickels. Now that's not very […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Started watching Designated Survivor today. 3 episodes in and it's gripped me. Probably not very realistic but I must admit it's nice to see a president 1) actively avoid bombing Iran, 2) convince a Governor to deescalate racial tensions in their state and 3) tell the truth in an interview even […]

Today in Croatia it is Anti-Fascist Struggle Day, an official public holiday, to remember the partisans who fought the Nazis and their puppet government in Croatia during WW2. I think every country could do with an Anti-Fascist day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Fascist_Struggle_Day […]

Think of computing the way we do food. Windows is the junk food; fast and easy but god knows what you are putting in your body. Apple is the fancy restaurant; expensive, flashy and all done for you. Linux is cooking at home; learning from recipes and tweaking it to your taste. And going […]