Saw some discussion about whether games made after 2005 are "retro" or not earlier. I am sympathetic to the idea games at that point are effectively "modern" in terms of how the work, but I think that is actually true for the PS2 and GCN era games and everybody says they're retro.

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” I've always loved the title screen graphic for Beam Software and Melbourne House's 1982 ZX Spectrum adaptation of The Hobbit, drawn by Kent Rees. Evokes the feel of the first edition cover of the novel.

I’m so glad this gif is on here. it’s important

It's really unfair that Vaporeon got a reputation as a horny Pokémon because of that one copypasta. It's just a critter. It's not even lady shaped.

commission i had done for @sasielle.bsky.social of their beagle as a vaporeon

I usually get plain, which I know is sicko behavior, but I'm living my truth. Did have a very good one once that had apricot preserves, jalapenos, and pretzels on it though.

Spyro.

Bought a bunch of new energy drinks to try over the weekend and I'm running low on the ones that actually look like they'll be good.

Ah, yes, the beautiful game. Super Smash Bros. Melee...

It's interesting to me how much of the discussion around Count Binface is whether the joke is actually funny or not. My opinion is that it's not that funny generally, but in this particular case it's very funny because Farage sucks and he's being forced to take Binface seriously.

People were saying that Platner would get chewed up in the general after he won the primary, but he actually managed to get chewed up before the general after winning the primary. Kind of impressive.

I'm afraid of the User With This Avatar Was Blocked account. I'm afraid I'll see my avatar with a big string of "Deserved" in the replies.

Surprising to see noted female write Alice From Queens back someone like Platner.

Game: BioShock Console: Xbox 360 Created by: Sir Tobbil Uploaded on: October 8th, 2009

This is the reason I don't care too much about when our ethnic foods are authentic enough. Depend down, I knew something like this was out there. The desserts sound great honestly.

I keep thinking about this Alex Ross painting of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that is, for some reason, also the cast of 30 Rock

Been seeing some "Wow, Nintendo's not the evil one?" takes lately, and frankly, they're the only one of the first parties that actually cares about making video games. It's their only business and they have an existential need to do it.

I'm supposed to actually get my computer at work tomorrow so I'll actually be able to do something other than watching other people work or reading documentation. I expect I'll start by installing some apps and reading some documentation.

I've pulled several times off of every banner, but I haven't gotten a new SSR Nikke since April. I have most of the cast already, but not pulling a single focus in that time is easily the worst luck I've ever had in this game. I usually get the focus first try!

I love Sega and believe that most Americans do not understand the gravity at which they innovated the medium but Alex Kidd is someone that I will not even look in the eye. Sorry not sorry.

Saw a post earlier (lost it, sorry) along the lines of "Isn't it weird that people hate all tbe major tech trends?" and I think my reaction is: do they? They certainly keep throwing money at them!

Finished my second day of the new position and I feel less like I'm in over my head. Still need my computer before I can really do anything though, so I'm just watching my office mate do stuff and taking notes.

Nothing has ever made more sense than these things being donated to a school marching band.

Really annoyed that I have been exposed to the phrase "smoothgroin." I guess I avoided it the first time around, but no such luck this time.

A little busy here! I'm trying to decide what to have for dinner. Oh, how I love eating. One of my favorite things to do.

It's fun to try and glean the state of the games from posts on here and then look at the score. Not a soccer guy, but my understanding is that 3-1 is basically mercy rule levels of lopsided, so the posts make sense now.

I just got one of the most poorly designed messages in a game ever.

Calling into work because I am ensorceled.

I definitely don't think Platner was a GOP plant, but I do think he came about partly from this mistaken idea that what works for them will work for us. The whole "Joe Rogan of the left" thing. Also don't think he would be getting pressured off the ticket with an R beside his name.

Trying to accomplish a pointless task on a gadget to see if I can do it. It appears other people have but I am unable to. Very annoying.

He's so lucky #fanart

My new job starts an hour later which means I haven't completely ruined my week by being up at 10. I've only mostly ruined it.

Just as an aside, PS3 emulation has gotten real good AND they've got custom multiplayer servers up and running. Folks have been playing Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair (the wild mega-scale co-op dungeon crawler - no other game like it) on PC for a while now.

The top trending news post on LinkedIn this weekend is an opinion piece from Bloomberg about whether we should start wearing shorts in the office due to climate change. It's paywalled, but all the top comments are some variant of "Yes, I work in [hot place] and it is too hot."

I solved my little brainteaser puzzle I bought by fidgeting with it until it just came apart. Everything Works Itself Out thought wins again.

There's nothing wrong with the anthem, and it's certainly not a "dirge," it's just that singers never perform it at tempo. And that's fine. People like to play with it and show off. If you want to hear what it's supposed to sound like, just watch a game where they get a trumpet player to do it.

If somebody managed to kill me with a throwing knife, I don't think I'd even be mad about it. I'd just have to hand it to them.

If you have a 20+ year old console with moving parts, start treating it like a classic car. Look up how they fail and get ahead of it. My original xbox has no leaky clock capacitor and a modern SATA hard drive installed, making the DVD drive cosmetic. There won't be many left in another 20 years.

Honestly, this isn't a surprising number. Look through any ROM set and the bulk of the games are stuff like Jeff Gordon XS Racing. People barely know about it or care about it, and also it's a licensing nightmare. And a lot of these games are pretty good or at least interesting.

Me and the homies been giggling about the POOPLUNCH eyelashes but we were thrilled today to learn that Pooplunch stands in solidarity with the Black community 🖤

I've always found it strange how many people I've talked to who are Christians but believe in things like past lives and horoscopes. I feel like that is probably blasphemous, but it's also just kind of redundant? Never hurts to hedge your bets I guess.

Thought "Hey, it would be mildly funny to send a goofy remix of God Bless the USA to the group chat" since we all hate that song. First result on YT has "Trump 2024" in the title. Objectively evil song.

Nephew is scrolling through pictures on a siren Discord and explaining the sirens to me.

They should make a Where's Waldo prestige drama.

Going to the neighbors house to ask for a cup of Internet.

I think the main problem I have with the whole Minions serving Hitler thing is the implication that Gru is a Hitler level evil. Doesn't seem like the sort of character that you'd want to lead a kids' movie.