Number of dogs required to make the bed: 0 Number of dogs currently helping me make the bed: 3

This is a correct take but Duke’s is now owned by private equity so the mandatory quality collapse will hit any day now: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/l...

Just finished listening to book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl. That’s one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to.

In the latest Video Game History Hour podcast, Frank Cifaldi is joined by Wes Fenlon, author of the bi-weekly newsletter Read Only Memo, which focuses on emulation, ROM hacks, translations, and decompilations: https://gamehistory.org/episode-156-read-only-memo/

Update 7-Zip. Like, now.

Strength training is much more difficult on days the puppy gets you up at 5AM.

This is an excellent article if you can hold your breath and get past “Legos” in place of LEGO. (I’ve been to LEGO HQ, I can’t not, I’m sorry)

The US military has known for years that troops' data was being exposed -- and that cheap fixes could solve the problem. It adopted almost none of them, and now says that adversaries are using the data to target soldiers during the war with Iran:

Paczki wants to know what you’re up to.

The gadget demon in my brain continues to really want a AYN Thor even though I already have a Steam Deck OLED and an Analogue Pocket. Talk me in or out of it, please?

It's the end of the month, and we're still trying to catch up on bills after the Unfortunate Disappearance Of The Money, so it's time for a "let's try to pay June's rent!" sale! For the next 3 days you can run away with all our most adorable, geeky items at a discount. thebrokencircle.etsy...

“Please have 2+ years of experience with an engine we announced on Friday” really sums up the state of the games industry.

This is really freaking cool.

😍😍😍

Sheer perfection.

Night of the Comet on 4K UHD? Hell yes.

No matter who you are, if you are running a platform or a making a product that collects user data, you need to have a plan for what happens when the government shows up and asks for it, you need to share that policy with that users, and publish a transparency report.

There’s no world in which that isn’t a major penalty. (Stanley Cup Playoffs, dude just got intentionally speared in the junk)

A recent Nextlander podcast got me into TerraTech Legion. It’s a “bullet heaven builder” and a great Steam Deck game. Definitely worth $10.

This is why we ditched our Oura rings some months back. They were useful, but no thank you.

AMAZING. NO NOTES. McDaniel then explained this was the third time he’d gotten the Cybertruck stuck in water. “The third time you’ve done this?” the officer asked. “Yes,” McDaniel said.

Just in time for the long weekend: we've added the next 100 CDs to our collection of press assets from GamePro magazine! Check out the original marketing art for games like Ape Escape, Sonic Adventure, Soulcalibur, and more gamehistory.org/gamepro-cds-...

I have one question to this industry that I love and have dedicated so much of my life to: what the actual fuck are we even doing anymore?

I’ve been following the design process on this cyberdeck for a while and it’s so cool to see it all come together.

Please don’t put 3D printers in your bedrooms and offices. There’s a reason mine are in the garage even though the humidity there isn’t optimal.

NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

This Banana Chocolate Bliss fudge from Fidalgo Fudge might be the best fudge I’ve ever had.

The Senate advanced legislation that seeks to force President Trump to withdraw from the Iran war. Sen. Bill Cassidy — fresh off a primary election loss in which Trump endorsed his opponent — switched sides to deliver a crucial vote to pass the legislation. https://to.pbs.org/4wDX1kr

Speedrun xkcd.com/3246/

I don't think this is negotiable and people need to come out and say it this is maybe most corrupt action ever taken by a united states president, it is an egregious crime against this country, and nobody involved should walk away unscathed

And now…a Pàczki Glamour Shot

YEAHHHH

Chocolate chip banana bread for dinner because we can.

Unsurprisingly Game Six between Buffalo and Montreal is apparently drunk and definitely off the rails and it’s still the first period.

This is ridiculous while also being really cool. I just might need to try this…

if people would READ and COMPREHEND a single goddamn science fiction story they wouldn't do things like this

We are thrilled to welcome Zweigle to his new home in Seattle! 💙 Zweigle is a one-year-old North American river otter who was born at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, New York. His name comes from a NY-based hot dog company (when he was born, his care team thought he looked like a hot dog! 🌭) (1/3)

Z says goodnight.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court HALTS the 5th Circuit's decision blocking telemedicine mifepristone nationwide. Alito and Thomas dissent. Thomas suggests that mailing abortion pills violates the Comstock Act. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

bwahahahaha omg

If we're hand-selling books that fell into undeserved obscurity, then allow me to recommend BRIMSTONE by @cheriepriest.com - tense! Unnerving! Humid! Deeply southern and weird in the way the south gets weird! Love this little book so much and sometimes I feel like the only one who read it so join me

GUILTY

Spending a few hours at the Interim Computer Museum working on their NEC APC. It’s the first color model I’ve come across, and the first one with a full complement of cards (including the RAM expansion and hard drive controller!). #RetroComputing icm.museum

Happy MU/TH/URs Day.

Twelve ebooks for $6.99. Nine #DeltaGreen operations, the entire history of the organization and ruleset, six pre-made Agents and the Handler's Screen to boot. Get in there! Share and spread the word, Agents.

From Westwood, where it got really quiet all of a sudden. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/ducks/...

I would LOVE a 4K version of NEAR DARK. One of the all-time great vampire movies.

Not only do I not remember buying this, I don’t even remember it existing.

Tackling the truly terrifying and long overdue board/card/ttrpg purge. This is the first cabinet. Of… eight? Ish? Step one: identify everything made by a friend and set it aside. Wait. I think I see the first problem.

The arcade machines that have been sitting near the front of our store are finally in good enough shape to be for sale. Come check them out!