you really know you're listening to some good stuff when a soft piano track comes up next and it feels jarringly harsh #ambient

I've played a bit of this game and cannot recommend it enough if you're into physics sandbox kinda games. Excellent vibes. I put more of my early thoughts in a review on Steam, linked here:

Really, discord? I've been here for... *checks* three days shy of a decade. I predate AI. Why are you asking this now? Also, wow, a decade. I even joined kinda late, relative to some of my friends from the IRC days. Didn't realize Discord was that old

I know, it's been said a thousand times and I'm just another greybeard yelling into the void about a retro game, but the complete loss of artistry and atmosphere in CE Anniversary's graphics is astonishing every single time I see them.

In my corner of the universe

I don't even know when, but I disabled the "Discover" feed ages ago. My interactions with Bluesky are thus blissful: I log on a couple times a day, see my handful of follows in chronological order, maybe stop by my feeds of moss, mushrooms, retro games, and cool art. It's very cozy. Highly recommend

A windy fall day in my forest makes for quite a sight 💚

I'm working on a project, and I see this in the sidebar of my research. The Table of Contents has a Table of Contents. Oh, we're in for it now, boys!

The Yomi Hustle dev has released their next major game. It is free. store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...

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I just got an email survey from EA asking questions about what players expect from 'sequels and successors' and the amount of missing the plot evident in how these questions are written is really hard to get through

I’m a big texter, it is very important to me to be able to keep up with ppl and communicate often over text. I answer DMs as soon as I can. If I send you texts or memes or whatever it’s because I think ur cool and wanna keep u around, and if u text me often it means so much to me.

Given a niche, life finds a way. This deteriorated wood post has a whole micro landscape going on.

Does the UE5 splashscreen have the same cultural impression as the Unity splashscreen as being a 'signifier of crap' yet? If we're not there, we're rapidly heading there, right?

this 'mummified' dinosaur is amazing! it had a beautiful crest along its back and tail, delicate scales, and hooves. look at how well the fine features were preserved. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Regrettably, I will be playing this when it comes out...

If MS wanted to leave the console business, they could just... *leave the console business* instead of this slow-motion self-immolation that they're choosing to do instead. www.theverge.com/report/80323...

I love hitting people with the idea that they can't truly experience "now" youtu.be/o4TdHrMi6do

What does 'pinning' a list on Bluesky actually do?

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Also pretty excited to learn about the Surreal Engine project! github.com/dpjudas/Surr... Looks like I have some files to shuffle around my computer today :D

So, not getting into the drama, but there's a new fork of ZDoom that is likely to be the standard going forward. Update as desired. github.com/UZDoom/UZDoom

Yes please. This is a gloriously stupid mod and I will enjoy every moment I spend with it. :D youtu.be/IzPunGJay8g

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This is both a really cool project and a really sad window into the state of the game. I haven't played Destiny since The Final Shape, and I see basically no reason to return. popularity.report

Vintage Story been a great time, would recommend it (even if you make your home in an unstable area). #vintagestory #fanart

Okay, hear me out: Would Vintage Story benefit from the addition of active defenses like Factorio's tower defense layer against the bugs?

The leaves are starting to fall, so I wandered around to enjoy them with a pair of binaural microphones in my ears. That recording is available now for Insiders and above on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/binaur...

this doesn't grow on trees youtu.be/Ej3-23tqvfA?...

I just picked up a controller to play an FPS for the first time in... multiple years, at this point, and... *I don't play inverted anymore.*

After long last, Episode 8 is here! It is members-only as of this posting, but will become available to everyone 16 hours from now! youtu.be/YwBYmKUDO1E

TXR's localization is impeccable. > Office Lady-looking Woman: "I prefer it with some stiffness; it feels more stable and kind of wild."

I know, I've already celebrated this milestone with the first channel, but it feels no less sweet the second time around. I could not be more excited to do more of this. Speaking of which, new episode is dropping *really* soon. Like, I'm uploading it right now.

Today marks the one-year anniversary since my first #Morrowind video, and I'm celebrating with a stream! Grab a favorite beverage and hop on in with us :) #YouTube #anniversary www.twitch.tv/takarias

That feel when past me was able to string an entire sentence together and there's a full 50-second segment that I don't have to do any fiddly edits to. #VideoEditing

Impromptu stream again! I'm gonna start with a full set of WipEout to celebrate it's 30th anniversary, and then I'm skip to PS2-game-in-2025 Tokyo Xtreme Racer, which is a franchise I have *Xtreme*ly little Xperience with. Hoping it's fun, though! www.twitch.tv/takarias

COD4, back in the day. I played on 360, and I had this class where I played it like a sniper, but I was using the M60E4 with ironsights and would out-kill the actual snipers with it lol It was two bodies to kill. The trick was to only fire one shot at a time, and let the recoil settle between them.

Morning coffee~ ☕

An idea I've heard in a youtube video by @takarias.bsky.social and really wanted to see it with my own eyes, so I drew it as he described it x3 youtu.be/JV6smHeaqOI?... www.furaffinity.net/view/62415009/

Dear Logitech G-Hub: STOP MAKING PROFILES THAT I DID NOT ASK FOR AND CANNOT DELETE. No one has ever wanted this behavior and it's hell every time I launch a new game that you've decided how I should play.

I'm a retro and indie gamer because I'm nostalgic for coming home from the store with an entire, finished game with hours of honest content that wasn't trying to abuse my wallet for stupid shit while being full of bugs and barely running while looking terrible. I know, very weird.

The lesson on 'estimation' really annoyed me as a kid I was told I was wrong when I just answered the simple math, and I was told I was wrong when I guessed because my guess 'wasn't close enough.' Yeah... that's kinda the downside of estimates. I'm sorry, what are you trying to teach here, again?

Y'ALL, #EXCEL HAS DARK MODE NOW AND I'M ACTUALLY SO HAPPY ABOUT IT

@headfallsoff.com I disagree! Traffic checking is a terrible mechanic that single-handedly killed Burnout. Paradise was just the final nail in the coffin that Revenge built

I've received multiple recordings of rain from friends in various parts of the world today, and I could not be happier about being the friend people send rain sounds to :)

I'm just out here, appreciating the incredible aesthetic that .hack accomplished on the PS2

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*long exhale* I don't know why, but my computer just stopped making sound for a bit there and that was terrifying. Restart seems to have fixed it. Stiiiill freaky

Just appreciating this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ZG...