I’ve been playing a real beauty with my son all evening. Etoile Princesse is the tragically defunct developer Exact’s third game on Sharp’s X68000 wonder machine and it looks, feels and sounds incredible to this day. Watch @videogameesoterica.bsky.social’s lovely review: youtu.be/AbYCBgOkVt8?...

the Black Panthers were right

It's also worth remembering that this narrative is Nazi in a way that actually pre-dates the Holocaust. Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI

Watching Waterworld with the kids. Much better than its reputation and certainly compared to most action flicks made these days.

Did you know the Olympic torch relay isn’t some ancient Greek tradition, but was invented by the Nazis for Hitler’s 1936 Olympics, an event which, despite the man’s monstrous politics, the world was happy to participate in. Now fascism is on the rise again & Hitler’s torch burns brighter than ever.

i often think about this review

You don’t say, Edmund McMengele…

This Virtual Boy may have the smallesta launch lineup of any Nintendo system ever released: Zero games. (Someone shipped these four days early.) :)

Who says VR is dead?

Co-development can at best save a few studios and individual devs who are good at co-development. Bravo to them, but [single thing with localized impact] can't "save" an industry under powerful financial pressures from multiple angles.

i knew this clip was going get a lot of use going forward

Excuse me, his name is WHAT? Of course it is.

They're probably gonna call them Meta ICE. Creeps.

This Black Myth: Zion Kui Chinese New Year Special is utterly delightful and has the most edible videogame food since Ichiban Kasuga's bread in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. My mouth is watering. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZygQ...

Thanks to extreme process-as-punishment measures, many people have suffered greatly for defying this ban, even if they have not been convicted, or will now have their convictions quashed. It all points to a very grim conclusion: democracy in the UK is being stifled. By a Labour government.

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Another blow to Starmer’s pathetic, shameful (and yet shameless) pack. Vote for the Greens led by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and allow politics to serve humans again. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is dark.

I cannot stress enough how enjoyable it is to deprive that withered old cunt of your money. Waterstones, Argos, Boots - it is so easy to get whatever you need, and it feels kinda fun, like taking a holiday in 90s Britain

Hope we get an Arcade Archives release of this beauty.

The Epstein Files' own Peter Thiel is going to handle Discord's age verification? Weird!

i have said this but i do feel like we're going to have to move in a direction where people who work in different creative fields/"industries" need to intermingle more to survive especially as what these industries even are and what they encompass become more and more diffuse

The great thing is there’s no shortage of great games these days. Excuse me while I play @nyamakop.co.za’s Relooted instead.

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It's an indictment of the entertainment industry as well, because I'm fairly sure Sony (the producers of Dawson's Creek), WB (which aired it), Disney (which owned and aired Don't Trust the B*) & Paramount (which produced Varsity Blues) made money off of him & should have insured him for life.

I’m super excited about this beautiful nomad from @hyperkin.bsky.social.

Minecraft is on Sega Saturn at last! Finally the game will reach the millions of players it deserves! youtu.be/mBbxDlXzxAY?...

Threads (2027) When their Miami home is bombed by ANTIFA, fashion influencer Tasha (Sydney Sweeney) and predictions market trader Braydenn (Paul Mescal) must use Agentic AI to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Madame Web, Morbius)

This is wonderful. Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work. But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing. Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.

No wonder Bitcoin tanked: apparently it's possible to just accidentally create Bitcoins out of thin air. SEEMS BAD.

I agree that most superhero movies can be replaced by AI. That’s kind of what Scorsese has been warning us about. Looking forward to cinema making a comeback.

Live Service = Death Sentence

Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

The issue is not whether the computer is getting more sentient but whether humans are getting less so.

The X68000 has been getting a real resurgence lately. I wonder why that is. Of course it’s a gorgeous machine with some amazing games (Geograph Seal being my favorite) but people seem to be yearning for a return of something Sharp’s computer and its culture represented. What do you think?

I loved @nyamakop.co.za’s debut title Semblance *gulp* a decade ago. Relooted is such an incredible leap in scope and vision - and an absolute STEAL at the moment (10% off on Steam).

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

guys please don’t fall for the cute doggo ring super bowl commercial. they’re literally creating a tool that turns all ring cameras in a neighborhood into a surveillance dragnet

They used to have an island. Now they want the moon.

Hi. I made a short documentary on community, connection and the importance of those things now more than ever through a group that has fostered on fostering those things in the last two years in Derry. I'm so, so proud to present the trailer for it. Please enjoy. It's called Building A Village.

Groku more like it.

Beautiful.

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

My thoughts on Yakuza Kiwami 3's gutting of one of the best, and arguably most important sidquests (Spoilers: I ain't happy):

Reflecting on this, I think everyone should have the experience of getting documented proof that yes, in fact your enemies are conspiring against you.

"I don’t want it to breathe or fuck for me; I want it to solve cancer...”

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along!