Trying to manifest some summer vibes :) #sample #akai #akaimpc

While the world may be falling apart- what we can do is stabilize each other. There’s so many little things that add up. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed like we can’t make a difference, but you’d be surprised how much collective contributions matter. 🫶🙏🫶

Been out of action all week. There’s a nasty violent flu going around. Avoid it at all costs, and if you know a friend or colleague out there who has it- well no better time than to flex some community aid muscles in terms of making sure folks are ok. My neighbors have been great. Super lucky.

What. A. Stupid. Mess. (Also, this doesn't sound constitutional.) www.huffpost.com/entry/news-l...

Start the clock.

..... OK you have my attention now.

So as Reform UK announce their plans for the "biggest benefit cuts ever", whilst cutting taxes for the wealthiest, their Treasurer has just sold his Chelsea Mansion for a record £275million www.ft.com/content/8daf...

Philip’s cover for From Pixels to Prose (pre-order now!) is 🔥! Here’s how he personalized it:

TONIGHT 8pm BST at twitch.tv/NAG_Graham - #AMIGApril is here and I'm kicking it off with yet another #Amiga request stream. Last month these were just some of the games pushed in front of my face to play - truly the good, the bad and the Blobby. What will happen this time? Tune in to find out...

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*Slow handlcap* Capcom: Fucking idiots.

Wait. This story broke yesterday. I thought for sure it must be an April Fool’s joke. Oh myyy…

Remembering the life of broadcaster Anne Nightingale CBE who was born #OnThisDate in 1940. Annie passed away in 2024.

More #retrogaming goodness. Tonight I played a quick(ahahaha) game of #Defcon against the computer. And lost. Well, it has been at least a decade (maybe more?) since I last played it. Thoroughly depressing and anxiety inducing. And fun. Lots of fun! /o\

Unir, a versatile railway employee unicorn, is the mascot for the Tsukuba Express train line.

Hard to believe I know but yes @manmademoon.bsky.social’s SOURCE CODE was released 15 years ago #OTD The world is a much stranger place but we can still hope and do as much as we can to make sure “Everything is going to be ok”…

Study: 97% Of All Sounds Infuriating https://theonion.com/study-97-of-all-sounds-infuriating/

He's gonna renovate the Court if he loses

I still want to create an Alien Breed RPG. I've got this thing about expanding the borders of game worlds with simple or narrow settings, usually because the background is designed to serve the game.

I can't shake it but I've got a bad feeling about this launch for some reason...

A Gremlin in the Works: Images of the UK microcomputer boom of the 80s with one of its stars: Gremlin Graphics. Just a year old in 1985, with most of its staff in their late teens and some already on their second stint at a software house. 📖: Crash magazine, July 1985

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gamingretro.co.uk/check-out-br... Homebrew magazine online and free!

Now on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon, and iTunes \o/ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Some more #retrogaming fun last night. Spent most of my time with Starlancer on the #Dreamcast. Used to have this back in the day. A hard to find/run game these days. Probably the easiest way to get it going? The controls are ok-wish there was a reverse up/down option, but it's certainly playable :)

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

Trump is single-handedly weaning large parts of the planet off relying on America for trade AND fossil fuels, both whilst trying to do the opposite. That's how dumb he and his team are. Hard to see the United States coming out of this without being permanently diminished.

Loudly.

Which was a major selling point for me. But with the Nexus and it's £169.99 price (an extra £20 if you want the version with Nintendo "theming")? I'll stick with buying an Anbernic system and forego the physical games.

I'm proud to announce that I've partnered with @heartofdaggers.bsky.social who has given my TTRPG AI Alternatives resource guide an EXTREME MAKEOVER! Introducing ttrpgresources.com! Find free art and GM tools and connect with real artists! #TTRPG #TTRPGcommunity #dnd #pathfinder #daggerheart

Behaviores Report: 100% goode !!

Another article (from 2022) that I just revamped is the oral history of Jedi Outcast (it still took me three hours, between editing the text and redesigning the layout, because the piece covers so many aspects of this unforgettable game). To celebrate, everyone has full access to it this week. 🖖

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Got some awesome #retrogaming sorted this evening \o/ Mainly played Ridge Racer V on PS2, which I used to have back in the day. Never really had a laptop that could make it half playable before. It's a lot harder than I remember (and a lot prettier thanks to upscaling!) :D

Why tech CEOs suddenly love blaming AI for mass layoffs

Join the Spanish Caravan! Some early morning guitar for you. (Sorry!) And yes, my sore finger is on the *other* hand, thankfully!

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Looking at the #CrashMagazine #ZXSpectrum covertapes #retrogaming February 1991 #Moron a text adventure from Atlantis, nice colourful pictures but for some reason I just couldn't get very far with it.

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

i love the internet because instead of watching the news i can learn about the horrors in joke format

Y'all won't be ready when I whip out the Japanese exclusive Pingu PS1 controller from 1999

Mad props to both her and the photographer.

dropped by a military historian convention to see a friend today, and about half of the conversations I eavesdropped on in the lounge (as well as our conversation) were basically 'I can't believe how goddamn stupid this war is'

Still very much learning, but having a lot of fun nonetheless :) #akai #akaisampler

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Me after I steal $47 worth of office supplies from work so I can organize my Star Trek collection