An entire room to store powder? What is this, a 19th century fort?

Coffee I scream For coffee

How it feels going back to work after a holiday weekend

I need one this year. In fact, there have been SO many years where one of these would have been appropriate.

The idea that you can strip anyone of their U.S. citizenship ought to be terrifying for every U.S. citizen.

Strong Fallout vibes.

Weather it’s Joe Biden pardoning kids who were caught with a couple ounces of weed or Donald Trump pardoning the Honduran president who smuggled in 400 tons of cocaine, both presidents were soft on drugs.

Wing Commander IV opens with the Black Lance bombing an unarmed medical transport because that's a very easy shorthand for establishing that the people involved are irredeemably evil and that it will be very satisfying to watch them die six CD-ROMs later.

I was always more of a Sierra fan, but I can appreciate a good LucasArts game.

I'll admit that something about the way we're being pushed to look at the world is messed up when holding onto a device that you like and that works is defined as "hoarding."

This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).

...and anybody saying "Oh, just go play Star Cititzen", i say: "Oh, you sweet, sweet summer-child!"

youtu.be/-WyzvXlog08?... I'm pretty sure that the epic and energetic music that the Romans had in MS-DOS Civilization was why I picked them most of the time. It's one of my favourite video game tunes. Most games after, I go for the USA (🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸), especially in Revolution (for B-17 Bombers).

Wing Commander Returns to 50% Discount, Academy Added to Preservation Program https://wcne.ws/16702

I'm being rescued by the anchors of PBS News Hour. If news shows don't count, it means I'm being rescued by the Planet Express crew. Which means I'm almost certainly going to die.

This one was an actual ant simulator. The idea sounds weird. But it was actually really fun to play.

Fallout (1997)

The Wing Commander game that feels most relevant to our current time.

Finally about to watch Bugonia after the fates kept me from getting to the theater for three weekends in a row.

Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.

Congressional Democrats have implored members of the military to reject any illegal orders they may receive. President Trump has responded with Truth Social posts reading "HANG THEM" and “punishable by DEATH.” Weary voters just want both sides to turn down the temperature.

Mass Effect is 18 years old today, and I've updated this article so you can learn how the design of the SSV Normandy SR-1 was created.

Played it back in the day. Another fun one. One notable thing is that this was a sequel to an earlier game, Maniac Mansion. You can actually play the full version of Maniac Mansion on a computer in Day of the Tentacle, meaning that DOTT is two games in one.

If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.

Doom should run smooooth on a Pentium 90. :-)

Installing SimCity 3000 is always a good idea.

One of the most discouraging things about the last ten years has been learning just how many people are unbothered by this sort of thing - and how many actually cheer for it. The knowledge has changed the way I view America.

This was a really fascinating episode of "Focus Group," but I was especially struck by how much young women say they don't *need* men. This is treated as a problem by a lot of young men. But they really should be grateful — it's an opportunity. youtu.be/kwkmbMpvjck?...

Dueling Sales Discount Wing Commander 50% https://wcne.ws/16700

Arsonist, having started fire, blows out match and admits, “Not sure that’s going to help now.”

Ah, that period after a live concert, when you wonder if your hearing will ever return to normal - or if you've REALLY DONE IT this time.

Before anyone gets too carried away here.

Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.

I'm sure my doctor will be fine with my new diet.

I have a new addition to my collection of refrigerator magnets.

"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think

"Hey, you know... I also don't think that guy who took all my money five years ago was REALLY the wallet inspector."

And we all thought Donald Trump wouldn't make this country great again.

The cat looks way more satisfied with this situation than the child.

The good news is that this can't possibly backfire in a deeply embarrassing and/or problematic way.

Forget it Jake, It's windows town.

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

That face.

This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger

I love both Crusader games, including their cheesy FMV. They're good fun, and two of the underappreciated games of the 90s.

I liked to listen to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald before it was cool.