Tried MS Solitaire for the first time since my Game Pass expired. Holy shit, the ads are annoying. I have no clue how @jenbooks.bsky.social puts up with it.

Australia, killing you for 55 million years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Age yourself with gaming

The rerunning of the expeditions is after my game pass expires. Convenient, no FOMO on either side. www.nomanssky.com/2025/11/holi...

Definitely like the new control scheme in @powerwashsimulator.co.uk 2, but man, my reflexes from the original are going to take some time to beat into submission.

Has anyone run the numbers with less rounding? Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if the real number is 88,000 square feet.

Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend: 1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service. 2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A 3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.

BALL x PIT is extremely weird. It's like Space Invaders, Breakout and Vampire Survivors had a baby. 👍Would recommend.

WTF @gamepass.xbox.com?

HP Lovecraft might have eaten Cheez-Its

I was going to keep Gamepass Essential to be able to play a particular game with my wife. Turns out we can get it on PC for less than two months of Essential. After 17 years of Gold and GamePass, buh-bye @gamepass.xbox.com. I'm the type of whale they liked, but enough is enough.

Wow, @xbox.com has managed to do something I didn't even think was possible. Make me think "Maybe it's time I actually worked on my backlog"

"Soften apples over medium low for 10 minutes" now ranks up there with "caramelize onions, 15 minutes" for me.

Make a band singular: Blues Only Child

Currently in one of those "what the hell do I want to play?" moods. Bouncing between: P4G DA:O Octopath Traveler II Shadow of Mordor AC: Mirage Midnight Suns Pentiment Thronebreaker Nothing has stuck yet, and dunno if anything will or if this list will just expand.

Playing my XBox Games on a huge screen, and being able to play Assassin's Creed and Batman in VR? Count me in. #XboxPlayAnywhereSweepstakes

Getting back into Alan Wake. I wonder if I can get my planned @remedygames.com universe playthrough going again.

Is there a tab group setting that says "links from this tab group do not open in the tab group"? @firefox.com Sometimes I want stuff I open in the group (research groups) other times I don't (daily news feeds)

The fishing RNG in @fallout.bethesdastudios.com hates my guts.

WTF? Just how strong is that yeast? "Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap or a clean towel and let the dough rest at room temperature for 3–4 hours (or even overnight for deeper flavor) until doubled in size and bubbly." Forty minutes and it's more than doubled.

My parents had an antique store maybe 30-40 miles from a few popular with celebrity areas. Lucie Arnaz was in a few times and my parents never recognized her. I think she started setting them up to see how far she could push it. "Wait a minute, was that Paul Newman last weekend?"

Doom the Dark Ages tutorial is misleading. "Rapidly Click Right Stick 3 times" for combo melee. I just could not do it. Failed over and over again, not able to get past that tutorial mission. Once I figured out their rapid and my rapid were two vastly different things, piece of cake. Needed slower.

Stop with the AI already @firefox.com Anybody know if this is skipping Librewolf www.engadget.com/ai/the-war-o...

There's a feature from Blue Prince I'd love to see in @expedition33.bsky.social I'm not sure what the BP developer calls it, but a smart sprint button. Hold sprint button is sprint, press sprint button is toggle sprint. I change in the menu all the time, so this would help.

Can you please tell Mike Johnson to go do a word search for "Christian" in the Treaty of Tripoli @doggett.house.gov

Found a minor bug @expedition33.bsky.social. If you level in Old lumiere, once you switch, upgrade in flag menu show upgrades available even though you can't do anything about it.

WTF @firefox.com? This is a hard no. hackread.com/firefox-test...

Our wedding. We got married at a Ren Faire, I was in leather plate mail, and my wife was in a corset and peasant dress. Some a little more specific, the Groom's Cake had Dust Puppy from User Friendly on it (with Illiad's permission)

@xbox.com cloud gaming is down again, third day in a row. Have you guys moved it to a potato or something?

Oh god, he's actually proud of it??

Remove a letter, ruin a movie. Snakes on a Plan

How many times do I have to select "show less like this" for it to actually stick @xbox.com?

WTF @linkedin.com? What about decades of software development experience make you think I'd be interested in an entry level retail manager position?

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

i am growing increasingly concerned about the frequency of the phrase “since the great depression“ showing up in economic headlines

@pzmyers.bsky.social Looks like you may want to contact your local rep.

Started #botw, yet again. Theoretically it should be everything I want in a game but for some reason it just never sticks. Here's hoping it does for a change.

Was this written by @scalzi.com ?

ARRGGGHHH. That run of #blueprince was one step short. I was at Room 46 as the day ended.

*groan*

WTF? "Microsoft claims that the seconds display in the clock is a burden on the graphical user interface and causes a performance hit" WfW3.11 on my 386sx16 could handle once a second updates with no issue, and 10 on GhZ class machines can't? www.pcworld.com/article/2660...

Felt like I needed a lighter book, decided on @scalzi.com Starter Villain. Wow, that went off the rails fast. Halfway through and thoroughly enjoying it. First time I've checked out an eBook from the library. My 8 year old self would've killed for being able to do something like this.

Last night I started the expedition on #nomanssky on #PSVR2. Had an invisible cat on my lap most of the time as I was piloting the spaceship. Started tonight and she was getting ready for my lap before I had both controllers.

What the heck is the point of the "you need to connect a controller" dialog @xbox.com? I was actually able to use the controller to do something in the game after reconnecting before the dialog popped up.

When you’re accidentally added to the NatSec group chat.

Hey @fallout.bethesdastudios.com , how come silo pieces are still broken? A major end-game event has been neutered for more than a season. Why?

Started playing #Avowed again. The crowd noise in Claviger Landing has something that chirps/merps EXACTLY like my cat. Every time it hits that point of the loop I look up to see what she wants.

Vanilla cream cheese cookies, with cinnamon chips, rolled in cinnamon sugar. 😋 Definitely making that again.

@doggett.house.gov I really, really don't appreciate telemarketing campaigns that try to punch through Do Not Disturb. Just do it once and leave the message. And one that says it's going to call me tomorrow without me opting in? Don't do that shit.