Time to start repaying our debts in Promise Mascot Agency watch.cney.stream

screenshots of the startmap I built for qbj3 or Quake Brutalist Jam III some fancy bits in here will be in the coming update, like the paintings and plaques

Finished the first floor's maps in the Quake Brutalist Jam 2 start map; time to start the second floor. watch.cney.stream

Resuming Brutalist Jam 2, roughly half a floor in watch.cney.stream

Stream today may be delayed pending finishing a repair to part of my computer desk.

Fortunately this survey actually has choices along the lines of "I do not want AI anywhere" and "I will leave discord if it adds AI features". But read carefully, as sometimes the option ordering is slightly deceptive.

Time to start digging up dirt on the mayor of Kaso-Machi watch.cney.stream

"No fucking AI assets" - a reminder that many good publishers that will disqualify any prototype with genAI placeholders, and that using it is at your own peril. Hooded Horse happens to be one of the best publishers out there at the moment, so this is a big one. kotaku.com/hooded-horse...

remember kids: generative AI is created by, in service to, and directly feeds the Fascism Machine. if you use generative AI, you are directly supporting and feeding said Fascism Machine.

Early-ish shmup stream today because I'm waiting on work things to be ready from someone else later (I hope) watch.cney.stream

Time to put some mascots to work watch.cney.stream

Wanted to play the new #qbj3 on my Steam Deck (already tried the standalone in Win) I had already installed #LibreQuake in here (which includes Ironwail), so I only had to download the mod files and voilà, it plays seamlessly Got surprised because this has rumble and gyro controls too, very cool!

I'd previously stopped donating to GDQ when they stopped taking COVID prevention seriously at events that raise money for *checks notes* health-related charities. Now it turns out one of those charities is proudly using GDQ donations to fund LLM slop. preventcancer.org/person/erin-...

I had mentioned while playing Tokyo Xanadu that it might be contributing to my pondering finally getting into the Yakuza series. Well, I'm not quite doing that yet, but Promise Mascot Agency is sort of a fitting pit stop along the way, given that the MC shares Kiryu's VA. watch.cney.stream

lol, lmao, the AI bubble is fine, etc. I find this extremely amusing as I already have an extra 3060 in a closet from back during the _previous_ era of cryptobro bullshit, when I got on 2 EVGA waitlists and eventually got a card from each. (RIP EVGA's GPU division) wccftech.com/nvidia-to-br...

Look I'll give people a pass if they don't know how to pronounce Ys if they've never heard it spoken. (It's like "ease" but with a hard S) But if you call Ys Origin "Origins", I have a bone to pick with you. Please actually read the damn title of the game you are playing for crying out loud

OK, internet crisis (temporarily?) averted, blame DNS I guess? (It's always DNS) Welcome to Slowpoke Plays Quake in 2026 AKA I am very belatedly playing Quake Brutalist Jam _2_ (i.e. the one from 2023) watch.cney.stream

Well. I'd _like_ to start stream but literally everything is broken right now for some reason and I can't connect to Twitch/YouTube, so uhhh guess I'll be trying to figure that out

Anyway, I guess QBJ3 is pulling me out of Better Quake Than Never hiatus. Except I haven't even played QBJ2 yet. That, and QBJ3 claims to require the recently-released Ironwail 0.8.1, which doesn't have a Linux build yet ("soon", supposedly). So I'll be playing QBJ2 first.

As soon as I saw that there's also a standalone distribution of QBJ3, this was my first thought as well

Resuming Switcheroom midway through E3. Might be able to finish today depending on how hairy E4 gets... watch.cney.stream

Finally actually done with entire Tokyo Xanadu eX+ playthrough. It's an okay game, I enjoyed it well enough, but it certainly feels like it doesn't particularly excel in any particular area, and the plot felt awfully unfulfilling. I also think I would've enjoyed it more without the eX+ parts.

OK I'm pretty sure we're actually reaching the end of Tokyo Xanadu eX+ now watch.cney.stream

The first newly-introduced shmup to the Shmup Book Club for 2026 is Mystic Riders. watch.cney.stream

Since I've done a couple of stream tests, everything seems fine, and I'm able to start before 3PM ET, I'm going to see about finishing Tokyo Xanadu eX+ for real today. Shmups will happen later tonight, or after I finish this if it finishes early. watch.cney.stream

Streamed far later than I intended to originally tonight, but also my stream completely gave out about 5 minutes before I would have ended it anyway. Not sure what that's about this time - even OBS couldn't connect. May have to troubleshoot for shmup stream tomorrow.

Kou's got way too many places to be in the Tokyo Xanadu eX+ After Story. watch.cney.stream

I finished the Tokyo Xanadu epilogue yesterday. I'm still not done. Because this is eX+, which has even more stuff. watch.cney.stream

I've waited 3 years to make this post

Time to finish the Tokyo Xanadu epilogue...? watch.cney.stream

Picking up where I left off in Switcheroom at E2M5 watch.cney.stream

Ok I know I talk about fanboying when I get new art. This is a new level. @emo37337640.bsky.social Has gone so far above and beyond for this piece. I've had the idea to have Klaige and Kali cosplay as Commandant and Crimson Weave from PGR for years. It's literally perfect. I am so HYPED. 💙

During one of my first Amalgoom streams, someone mentioned Switcheroom, so I'm giving that a try. watch.cney.stream

Not only are Altered Orbit Studios working on Chapter 2 of Selaco, they're also overhauling a bunch of aspects of Chapter 1. It's completely bananas how much effort and detail is going into this. And all made by actual human beings and a pet lizard. store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...

Tokyo Xanadu's still on the agenda because it turns out there's an epilogue. (I can't believe this isn't a VN) watch.cney.stream

The best time to leave the nazi bar was a year ago. The next best time, especially for artists, is now. So many people are fixated on follower count. Meanwhile I've lost count of how many times I've seen people remark at how much more meaningful engagement they get elsewhere after leaving.

Sure sucks to see developers who previously had no issue releasing games without the use of genAI, decide for sequels "but what if we could be lazy copyright-infringing assholes instead tho" (recent examples via @slop-detected.bsky.social: The Outlast Trials, Sins of a Solar Empire II)

Okay okay _really_ now, let's finish this final chapter of Tokyo Xanadu watch.cney.stream

Even more reasons for me to never buy a new Falcom game ever again, cool cool

Realizing that buying games is going to end up being like searching for webpages Basically figure on never trusting anything released after 2023

SEGA will release every new game on PC with Denuvo because they don't want people to steal it, but it's totally okay for them to commit rampant copyright theft and IP laundering

Remember when I said literally about 24 hours ago on stream that I support the idea of a Doom WAD that involves making a giant Sandy Petersen face explode? Here's an example of why (unfortunately that was the only part of that particular map I liked, aside from the part before any enemies appear)

I finished one game yesterday (Amalgoom). Can I finish another game today (Tokyo Xanadu)? watch.cney.stream

Time to finish Amalgoom! watch.cney.stream

It's times like this I'm glad I don't rush to play new games. 'Cause I sure's hell have no desire to play a game by a studio that thinks AI slop is OK, even for placeholders. And we need more of this precedent. You shipped slop? No awards for you. Kick rocks. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...

Hoping to wrap up Amalgoom this weekend. 6 maps remain, starting today with E3M5/MAP25. watch.cney.stream

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

The (allegedly, again) final challenge looms in Tokyo Xanadu... but the game has once again opened everything up so there's also plenty of final preparations to do. watch.cney.stream

Add this to the growing pile of examples where an expert in any given field explains how GenAI doesn't save time, only makes a mess that is far harder (if not impossible) to clean up than if competent humans were allowed to do their job in the first place. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.