I'm not sure what I expected from Mass Effect after hearing how great it was for so long, but I am loving it! Glad to have picked it as my stream game.

The Mass Effect first play through continues to celebrate my affiliate anniversary twitch.tv/str8jaktjim

So pumped to be able to play Lunars tonight, and on my affiliate anniversary too! See you all at 6pm AWST at twitch.tv/str8jaktjim

PROJECT VANGUARD. NOW LOADING... Reinforcements are coming! 🐺🦉🦑🐶

I am saddened by the amount of people I thought were caring & thoughtful supporting Pauline Hanson. That she is still a political entity in 2025 not only fills me with disappointment, but the fact that people I considered friends think she is the future of Aus politics has me deeply concerned.

If you missed out on @pixelexpo.bsky.social quiz night tickets, don't worry! Any exciting announcements that might be made may possibly also kinda be posted on thei new Bluesky account as well!

Why the hell does a fridge even need internet? There should be no place in this world where a company can sell advertising space on a fridge you've already bought.

This email subject feels like someone typed "Make me a subject that communcates that we have a 20% off deal clearly" into ChatGPT and they just went with the first thing it came back with.

I hope everyone is impressed with my willpower and not buying anything in the sales.

When shopping for Christmas presents it's only natural to buy yourself some.

For some reason the 1993 theft of a tank from a Perth army barracks came to mind today. It may have something to do with the response of a general when asked why it was so easy to steal a tank. youtu.be/FXgyDvg0u0A?...

Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Everytime I hear this song it just lifts me up. Frente doing sugary 90s pop music proper. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1E...

Just seen a new hot take against working from home. Working from home is killing the office romance 🙄

Been uploading a lot of my older writing to my personal website (one of the outlets I used to write for doesn't exist anymore and I want my work still out there) and came across this article I wrote about the Super Mario Bros rap. It's not the one you're thinking about. www.str8jaktjim.com?p=524

Whoever came up with the "ding, thing's washed" sound effect in Powerwash Simulator 2 knew exactly what they were doing.

Finally started playing Hollow Knight (the OG). I am 10 hours in and I've just found the main quest line.

Today's win: dropped into the shops on the way home and found not one, not two, but THREE packets of Timtams on clearence for $1 each. Only 2 weeks the wrong side of their best before as well.

I can tell I'm starting to get a bit more traction in the content creator space because I've had a few emote artists follow me on Instagram.

Everytime I see a headline like this I not-so-quietly whisper "They don't want to work for you"

Do not like, and it sounds like a lot of fans don't like this either. Watching the latest episode of Raw and hearing chats of "We want Truth"

Look @jeppiechan.bsky.social they have a syndrome especailly for you!

So I had an interesting thought today. This year was the first time since John Howard that Australia has elected the same Prime Minister twice. Howard was elected to his fourth term in October 2009. Since then we've had single election winning PMs until Albanese just recently.

I'm not a huge fan of the 1 year time jumps every 3 episodes of Andor, but getting 3 episodes every week is pretty mint. Although that does mean this this week is the last set of 3 episodes 😢

My favourite thing when watching people play Super Mario Maker 2 troll levels is "There is no way I need to do the thing" only to walk passed the thing and realise "I need to do the thing"

Couple of thoughts about Mario Kart World Direct (other than it looks amazing) -Two words. Yoshi. Burgers. -I can play as a cow but not Charging Chuck. Let me play as Chuck you cowards! -Imma drive that Penguin off the highest peak I can find - I'm getting Toad's Turnpike PTSD with all this traffic

If any party in Australia ran on a ticket of Universal Basic Income they would get my vote in a heartbeat.

I'm coaching for the first time (junior field hockey) and I'm nervous as hell about it, especially when a parent emailed me for feedback on why their child was selected for the 2nd team. To say this response has boosted my confidence is an understatement.

Hey @nintendousa.bsky.social this is a dick move. If I'm buying a physical game cart, the game better damn well be on the cart.

This post has aged like milk

There was so much good stuff in that Nintendo Direct for the Switch 2! But all I could think was that I need to start a GoFundMe to buy this man a jacket that fits. Did he just forget he had to film this and borrow one of his staff's jackets that was 3 sizes too big for him?

Just me being annoying in a Discord server

Every time I hear Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, all I can think about is the Aus kid's TV The Saddle Club from when I was a kid.

Want to do a live podcast at Pixel Expo? Applications are open now! forms.gle/ySqiE3hgLLfC... @osullivankate.bsky.social you keen again?

Bowling For Soup's 1985 came out in 2004. It's longer between then and now than it was between 1985 and 2004.

Went to my first hockey training session of the year. It was mainly running and somehow the thing I strained is my elbow.

It's always scaring playing absorbing games at night. When will I go to bed? On time? After midnight? Thursday week? Who knows?

I've been rewatching Futurama and I just got up to Jurassic Bark. Obviously I am not ok.

To my content creator friends, Pixel Expo: IV is taking applications for content creators! This amazing Western Australian event is fabulous. You'll love every minute of it! www.pixelexpo.org.au/pixel-pals

Are you in Perth? You should be going to the best (IMO) expo in the world! Grab your early bird tickets before they disappear! www.pixelexpo.org.au/tickets

I don't want to brag, but for two weeks in a row I've folded and put away my laundry.

I can't remember the last time I won enough on lotto to cover the cost of the ticket.

Screw it, going live anyway. First stream of the year! twitch.tv/str8jaktjim

Finally got some motivation to stream and my audio won't work properly 😢

Any IT department that uses Nortons is a menace and should be excised from the IT community.

I was so excited for the @swtor.com APAC server when it released. 60ms ping is a joy. But the server population is a real issue. 4-5 hours in group finder for FP and nothing pops. Seriously considering going back to an NA server. 300ms ping might be bad, but at least there's people to play with.

THE PEBBLE SMARTWATCH IS COMING BACK! I'M SO EXCITED! gearjunkie.com/technology/p...

Made a shitpost on the other site and am disappointed with the lack of response to it. Fully baiting the haters and got nothing 😒

I know why they did it but not being able to transfer more stuff from FF7 Remake to FF7 Rebirth (like materia, weapons, etc) bums me out.