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"Verify your age" The first video recorder we had with a remote control was on a cable.

I really like Margin Call, but I'm not sure I'd be filing it under satirical comedy, Amazon

This is the first time I've seen Switzerland and Colombia play in this World Cup and from what I've seen, I assume they only got this far due to an administrative error.

Trump later: "Well, all the hosts are out, so that's the end of the tournament. I know a lot about sports"

Looking at some of today's Netflix additions, I think I'll stick with the wonderful Top Secret.

Congratulations to 🇳🇴Norway and Erling Haaland, who adds World Cup Hero to his resume, along with Mighty Ducks villain, Die Hard villain, Rocky villain, Midsommar villain, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, and Brock Lesnar.

On Instagram, it seems more and more advertisers are just using AI to change the text from this stunt to shill their crap. I've seen twenty different ads for twenty different companies and it's just an instant block from me. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man, but it's just so lazy of them

Probably not the strongest argument against digital-only games, but I will always enjoy finding stuff like this in old games.

Show me a cool physical game

Damn. My game's up.

“See you in the pub at 1am on Monday morning?” “But the football has moved!” “What football?”

I find it odd that more and more ads on social media just throw swearing in. I guess it's attention-grabbing, but it comes across as a bit desperate.

Reading this article as someone who used to be very hooked on online slots, I see no difference at all here - same quick fixes and pretty graphics, same end result - addiction

Mum popped round for a chat (and she was extra chatty today) during the England match. There's no good way to have a BSL conversation and watch telly at the same time. Still, the bits of the match I heard sounded ok

Finally. A game that where I'm represented. *Presses 5*

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

the dream of the games industry is to one day work somewhere prestigious enough that it makes the news when they lay you all off

These are the various things that eBay thinks I should be wearing. With my slowly receding hairline, I guess the wig is the closest match.

Testing more spectrum cassettes. Fred's high score table has four dead Freds who scored no points whatsoever. Truly the 'Greatest'

I thought kick off was later and I’m sad I somehow missed it but that’s a great result for Scotland.

Smashed three car windows already to save dogs from the heat. Haven’t found any yet but I’m not giving up.

I like it when a batch of Spectrum stuff arrives that contains stuff I've not only never owned before, but never heard of. Now to track my friend's astrological profiles...

Had some Supervision games delivered today and the blurb on the back of each box is wonderfully low-effort. They couldn't care less if you buy their game or not.

They really did Lee Majors no favours on that loading screen.

Can we all stop pushing the button please?

Just to show how cultured we are in Stoke, there's a single reply to the local news report of David Hockney dying and it's this

I miss the days when games would just come with all kinds of interesting bits and bobs. Not as a special edition - just as standard.

Really sums things up that even though there was a double stabbing locally here at the weekend, the local racists are ignoring that to focus on one miles away because it suits their objectives better.

"What do you want played at your funeral?" "Twister. It'll be great." "No, I meant what songs do..." "IT'S WHAT I WOULD'VE WANTED".

(Photo from a Facebook ad) If I saw this person at work, I'd ask them: - are they ok? - why do you keep drawing on your arms? - Is one keyboard not good enough for you?

I assume Trae is the one on the left.

From most to least: - Max von Sydow - Frankie Boyle.. more than a few times, including a guy shouting "Frankie!" as he cycled past me - Beavis

Most early spectrum games either seemed to loop around, like Horace Goes Skiing or just be rock hard. Bruce Lee felt like more of a complete game and was thankfully pretty easy.

The artwork for CDS' Pool on the spectrum has rather a 'that'll do' feel to it.

"opportunity"

Aside from the general wrongness of 'it is time to fight back', it's also a terrible cover.

“You ever get that urge, Frank? It begins with looking down from 50 stories up, thinking about the meaninglessness of life, listening to dark voices deep inside you, and you think, ‘Should I? … Should I?  … Should I push someone off?’”

A picture that captures your essence

Even robots deserve a bit of downtime to relax.

Unbelievably proud to see Colin Porch talking about Return to Blacktooth on the UK news this evening. Linky: www.itv.com/watch/news/c... #HeadOverHeels #FrontPorch #RetroGaming

I don't know if Amazon Prime used AI in their subtitles for 16 Blocks or they were just badly done, but I'm really going to have to switch back to physical media. (See Alt text for the correct text)

I’ve done something terrible

Well that's one upside of moving out of my home town.. less chance of bumping into this clown.

Atic Atac 3D is now available for download: stephensmith.itch.io/atic-atac-3d

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.