Uh oh.

What is it about in-laws and thinking that "L:\Backup of OneDrive files to get rid of OneDrive\Another Backup of OneDrive\OneDrive_Recovered\OneDrive\Desktop" is a good place to put their most important files?

Tech tip: If the drive that your Windows desktop lives on is inaccessible, Microslop Office just silently refuses to open anything. This tech tip is brought to you by my in-laws.

Bluesky is such a different place from here. A post of mine got 20 likes and a few boosts over there, but zero interaction beyond that. That same post here got a very similar number of likes and boosts, but also spawned 18 comments across 4 threads. It also was very likely seen by fewer people […]

DOOM Eternal is so freakin' good.

Today I got one of those Xteink X4 readers that's gotten so popular! I'm already loving the size. It's more comfortable to read on than I was expecting too.

Finally finished Doom 2016. Now on to Eternal. I loved 2016 and I've only heard better things about Eternal.

Amaze amaze amaze! (This post is brought to you by Project Hail Mary)

I just remembered I have a PS2. I really need to get around to modding that. Hopefully HDD prices aren't in funny mode right now? Or maybe there's another method for loading games that's more popular these days.

Apparently my blog post on fixing the texture streaming in Control has become the page everyone links to whenever the issue comes up in the game's community. Glad it's helping people. If you're writing any kind of guide, I still think one of the best places to put it is your own website.

Started testing out Bluesky again a few days ago. Already regretting it. Too much weird fetishy stuff in the discover feed, but how else am I supposed to find people?

Neat article! The “small web” is bigger than you might think | https://kevinboone.me/small_web_is_big.html

Having a great time watching everyone trash Nvidia's DLSS 5 and Digital Foundry's shilling of it. This is the first new tech I've seen introduced to gaming that's so bad, it's actually kind of upsetting.

[Pi day] 3 […]

been a while since i've posted a picture of my game collection

New blog post! I recently finished my first ever freelance game dev project. Godot is a great tool and I'm looking forward to doing more game dev stuff in the future. https://moddedbear.com/i-guess-im-a-game-developer-now/ #blog

Teaching your cat to play the piano in exchange for treats seems like a fun idea at first. It's not.

I'm convinced it's not possible to love tech without also hating tech.

Hot take time. Face unlock is objectively terrible UX. In-screen fingerprint readers are better in every way. I will fight anyone on this.

@joel and I are playing more Peak right now. Add one of us on Steam if you want to join in! https://steamcommunity.com/id/moddedbear/

Is there anything technically stopping a fediverse server from tagging every user on every known instance if I do @ everyone? And if not, why is this not a thing already?

Attention everyone, you need to install the Sledding Game demo from Steam Next Fest. Just wrapped up work and I'll have a lobby open for the next little bit. Lobby code: `f8713a5a-f8b5-45e0-b496-0d0d33670137` https://store.steampowered.com/app/4029310/Sledding_Game_Demo/

PEAK with @joel . Things did not go according to plan. Anybody else wants in next time, let us know!

Subprime AI loan crisis when?

sorry for late responses copilot was recently integrated into the office power systems and shut everything down for the last few days

Adding messaging to my blog was my best idea ever. https://moddedbear.com/adding-messaging-to-my-blog-was-my-best-idea-ever/ #blog

Steam Decks being out of stock now is pretty validating for my decision to get one a few weeks ago. Feels like buying new tech is only going to keep getting harder for the next while.

Angry because angry music? Or angry music because angry?

I've bounced off some of Poppy's previous releases but this new album is pretty great. There's hardly a track I don't like on it.

My wife's phone auto-updated to the liquid gl**ass** update last night and it's literally making her motion sick to use her phone now. Good job Apple. Idiots.

We need a slur for corporations. Just shortening it to corp still feels too neutral.

It's a little strange how "I'm unafraid to connect it to the internet" is now one of the highest praises I can give a device.

Went to see funny man James Acaster tonight. It was a great time, and that Craig Simons guy sure looks and sounds a lot like James. Uncanny, even.

I have a new theory that radio stations have monthly quotas they need to hit for specific songs. The last couple days of January on one station it was the same song over and over almost nonstop. I haven't heard it again since.

Here's a link to the bash reference manual in case anyone is trying to learn it better. https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00315849.pdf

I've noticed something interesting after more time with the Steam Deck. If a game has compatibility issues it's usually because it lacks general controller support, not because it's incompatible with Proton/Linux. In my experience, at least. And that can usually be worked around by using […]

Had some fun setting up Ship of Harkinian (Zelda OoT PC port) on the Steam Deck. Copying over my save was super easy because KDE Connect is a thing. There are _so many options_ for control customization on this thing it's insane.

Oh yeah I got a Steam Deck a few days ago. I forgot to mention anything about it here. Should've done it a while ago honestly. My wife and I love playing stuff together but we're starting to run out of splitscreen games. And now that she has a dedicated gaming machine there's a ton more games […]

I'm learning a lot from this game dev side job I picked up, but the biggest thing is how awesome it feels to get paid doing something you enjoy for a change. Once it's over I think I'll be pretty remotivated to start looking for a full-time job change again.

I think I need to check out #deadlock again after the recent update. Anyone got any heroes they especially like playing as?

I've discovered that shader programming is my weakness.

Coming up on two days of feeling really sore after the gym and I'm starting to wonder if I should have eased into it more...

So uh, I'm getting paid to make a game now. Cool things I didn't expect to happen in 2026.

I'm tempted to start posting about how great modern hardware is just to balance out some of the threads I've been reading in my feed...😉

Shoutout to the guy in my theater row who managed to fall asleep while watching 28 Years Later.

Learning about Linux ten years ago: "Wow there's so much customization! Multiple workspaces! Dev tooling!" Learning about Linux today: "Wow an OS that isn't trying its hardest to pick a fight with me!"

Sharing a few thoughts about Skate Story, my favorite game of 2025. https://moddedbear.com/my-2025-goty-skate-story/ #blog

Microsoft 365 Copilot App (formerly Office) Chat (formerly Microsoft Teams (work or school))

I made an announcement post today that I'll be shutting down my gemini capsule soon. I'm letting my .xyz domain expire and it'd be too much hassle to bring it to my .com domain considering I'm really not active on gemini these days. And all my posts from the last few years are on my website […]