This isn't impressive to veteran/pro devs but I've been having an inordinate amount of fun writing a cpu-based particle system from scratch in C. So much of the physics is embarrassingly parallel that I've also been teaching myself SIMD and next - threading. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Video compression was unkind and macOS darkens the video when I do a screen recording for some reason, but started writing a cpu based particle system from scratch for my perpetually WIP shmup from scratch game youtu.be/f3mewSfQamI?...

If there are any #fpga (particularly #misterfpga) devs that follow me or see my posts, a nonprofit museum in Germany is looking for folks to develop FPGA recreations of some rare arcade games they have on display. misterfpga.org/viewtopic.ph...

What I appreciate most about "Star Trek: The Original Series" is that most episodes feature computers catching on fire.

As long we have power I am fully equipped for this snow apocalypse.

Forget big PS1 controller knobs, it's time for big balls.

My revamp of autofire functionality in #misterfpga has been accepted and is now available in the unstable branch. Fire up your favorite #shmup and give it a shot. Let me know if it breaks anything for you. github.com/MiSTer-unsta...

Hey @bencollins.bsky.social what ever happened to T. Herman Zweibel anyways? Did you stick him a barrel of bourbon? That never works.

What #retrogaming books are out there similar to Racing The Beam and I Am Error? Mix of history with heavy technical detail.

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that’s all I need to know about you.” -Brad Meltzer

Took my son to his first special Olympics basketball practice today and got drafted to help since they were short staffed. Let me tell you this white man still can’t jump. Or move quickly for more than fifteen seconds for this matter.

Americans will be like "I hate turn-based games" and then watch American football

I miss beauty in computing :( tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...

@wildweasel486.bsky.social nicole.express/2025/gentlem...

@pobsta.bsky.social spaceorb 3d and orbotron 9001 modern usb controller. it only works well with one game but does it ever work oh so well with it

Today marked the actual fifth anniversary of my video game documentation projections since the introduction video was posted December 31st. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the Donkey Kong video that was the first episode of Famidaily. So many systems down, so much baseball and mahjong to go...

Just to let you know, I've played a lot of shoddy ports of super scalar games in the past two months. So when I say After Burner II's port to the PC Engine is one of the most amazing technical feats of its era, I mean it. youtu.be/5WC5HKqvYJs

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

@randomstranger.bsky.social but I’m a long time viewer and I don’t know why or does binging not technically count as time - that’s fair and technically correct which is of course the best kind of correct

@pobsta.bsky.social @pobsta.bsky.social okay that’s all the “weird” controllers I have the rest are mundane or I’m sure you’ve seen before.

@pobsta.bsky.social Bandai Super Controller for NES and Famicom. A shell you snap around your controller to give it more heft as well as a disc-like dpad into which you can plug an attached mini-joystick. Actually a pretty nice accessory - disc is more responsive than you’d expect.

@pobsta.bsky.social Roklan Unroller for Atari 2600 and compatible. Sold as pack of two. I know you’re thinking, a trackball for Atari is neat! … This isn’t a trackball. It’s literally a palm sized half-sphere you struggle to push around as a joystick. I bought it because I liked the colors.

In target grabbing a few things for the house and think I heard someone say espresso martini and I think I’m done with this life ready to ascend to a different plane of existence kthxbye

People with modern keyboards who put CTRL where Caps Lock is. What do you put where CTRL used to be? Caps Lock? And does anybody make keycaps to match this, *and* have a super/meta key?

I support creators but I will no longer use #Patreon to do so. Their interface is just way too aggressively anti-seeing what your memberships cost, down to making it so you have to click a hidden "edit" icon to cancel a membership. I'm sure they treat the actual creators no better. #darkpatterns

When the wife and kid are away the Famicom we will play GRADIUS II NIGHT UP IN HERE FOLKS I EVEN ORDERED CURRY #shmups #retrogaming #famicom

I legitimately enjoy C programming as a hobby and yes this is even when I take my medication

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Accidentally bought the ps5 rather than ps4 version of the new Namco DLC for Atari 50. I bought it from the same menu on my ps5 I used to redownload the ps4 version it but even though I own the ps4 version it put the ps5 version in my cart. Sony’s response is basically “too bad.”

coming soon 😉 - picoide.com (image made at homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...)

I miss my cat.

@duskdev.bsky.social Having seen you moved to Linux recently - what’s your ide and stuff over there? Wasn’t sure if you still work with Unity or not. I’m stubbornly forcing myself to use neovim so I can impress 15-year old me.

Watching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes makes me understand why people might not have liked Bandersnatch Cummerbund’s take on the role.

Hey @civvie11.bsky.social did an I have no mouth and I must scream video and yep that tracks.

I have plans

Butter [citation needed]

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Major evolution in the GZDoom community tonight - the regular contributors finally had enough of the project lead, who had been very hard to work with for a long time. He dug in and told them "If you don't like it, go and make your own fork." UZDoom is now live here. github.com/UZDoom/UZDoom

I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan. From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history. Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?... This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.

This country doesn’t have enough used bookstores to wander in.

Once more unto the breach…

Looks like Lazy has gotten screwy enough to warrant figuring out how to actually install all my plugins into nvim again.

All three Wizardry titles for Famicom on original hardware complete! *and* I even transferred my characters from one game to the next.

Do I just not use lazy.nvim enough -- it seems like my install has been slowly falling apart over the past few months and I have zero idea how to fix it.

hold up yo arstechnica.com/science/2025...

This is gonna be epic! Come and join myself and @quangdx.com of @bitmapbureau.com and @asobitech.com for a chat about all things retro and retro inspired gaming. 👇 www.youtube.com/live/eBSLw4o...

WTF is up with the YouTube algorithm that even though I subscribe and watch @gamesack.net every Sunday it didn’t bother showing me there was a new episode until yesterday? I legit assumed there simply wasn’t a new episode. Now I see what other creators are complaining about.