“While it is true that these people do not live the way that Westerners do, civilized people, it is nonetheless also true that they are more like us than the mice.” (M Eisenbud, official with the Atomic Energy Commission, 1956) “There are only 90,000 people out there. Who gives a damn?” (Kissinger)

I hadn't planned on doing a lot of physical purchases when I got my PS5.. but now that it's very likely the last ever Playstation with disc drive for physical, I decided to go for it and grab those games I like, series I have collected for before, and just make an effort. 😎🎮 My latest acquisitions.

This is one to earmark if you're into samurai, alternate fantasy history and turn-based combat! Trailer looks good. I already showed a tiny bit of my demo gameplay at the end of my video 10 GAMES I'm EXCITED For :: Upcoming Releases 2026 youtu.be/0ifYBVtErbI (37:15)

"Our discovery demonstrates that relatively complex sugars can already be synthesised in interstellar space, before stars and planets are born"

"We just added it as an option – we’re not forcing players to use the Eternal Ferry Stone. That’s how we balance the core identity of the game, but also make it more accessible by adding options." Options - always give people options - that's the way. 👍

SONY BANK and PlayStation -2- www.techtimes.com/articles/320...

SONY BANK -1- "Sony Bank, a subsidiary of Sony Financial Group, said it's received preliminary approval to establish a new US national trust bank subsidiary that will issue US dollar-denominated stablecoins." (Tradingview.com) Excerpts/screenshots from detailed article in next post!

"Major corporations are envisioning an all-digital future where they get to dictate culture, and if we let them achieve that position of dominance, dethroning them will be a distant dream."

All these cuts, layoffs and re-jiggings are so depressing. I'm upset about a sequel to Avowed now very unlikely to happen. 😓

Really good video from a dev

"investment touted by the UK government appears to have been totally hypothetical" "little more than a press release" “phantom investments” "effectively just a government PR stunt" “There’s just not the infrastructure there to be able to actually support it” AI: the beautiful marketing scam

Alternate History argues that that nothing is inevitable … an idea in direct opposition to a fascistic idea of a national destiny. Such critical reflection is rarely a bad thing, even — or perhaps especially — on national holidays. New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

This is a banger of a write-up. Do read it please. It isn't just about the Vita. Or the sorry excuse for a digital store that's the Vita store. It's about everything that's being sold down the river. But they ain't gonna take my gaming spirit from me, no sir.

This is lovely - so happy it's finally coming to consoles! I was a piggy backer back in 2018 so have had it on PC since beta. 😎 I think this will be especially suited to the Switch and handheld gameplay.

Where does she keep her nipples, I wonder? 🫣🤭 (I needed something silly to distract me from all that Playstation palaver)

I need distraction rn at bedtime - what better than a murder mystery! First published in 1948. You may know Brand as the author of the Nurse Matilda aka Nanny McPhee books. She wrote a great number of crime novels.

Frosty morning, then up the hillside planting. Photo by PoodlePa

I just yesterday returned to KB The Legend and it looks and runs phenomenally. Still one of the best strategy games out there. Time vanished as I played for hours .. You can pick up this gem currently for USD 0.90. Which is ridiculous and wonderful.

"And then there's the reality that we've all had to grapple with after the COVID-19 pandemic: if people are willing to pay more during a crisis, they'll pay more after, so why reduce the cost?"

"Orwell argues that “the imagination, like certain wild animals, will not breed in captivity.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

STEAM Summer Sale Have you made your selection yet? I want to get more into strategy games .. so this is what I bought.

Hand on heart ❤️ this is my first ever Mario games I've played for more than 1.5 mins. It looks pretty good on the Switch 2.

New video! All JRPGs 😎 The release schedule for 2nd half 2026 by now looks insane. youtu.be/F0SyMAXEliE

Playing Solasta on both PC and PS5 - works surprisingly well on console. Good port.

#oneaday Day 742: Crash and burn There is increasing talk of the video games industry staring down an honest-to-goodness crash -- and this time around, unlike the notorious Great Global Video Game Crash of North... https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2026/06/19/oneaday-day-742-crash-and-burn/

Webworm can report that Everlee Wihongi is finally free.

New Video! youtu.be/IYm74ztoxRo

“The pact between man and image is sacred,” del Toro told the starry crowd at Mother Wolf. Art can help bring people together, he said, “but we are in a time when that is in danger.” He called artificial intelligence a form of “natural stupidity.”

I finally remembered that Nintendo provides access to FIRE EMBLEM Path of Radiance ported to Switch 2 (via online subscription model). I am pleased I am able to play it ... but still in disbelief that they feel the need to resort to this abysmal sale tactic.

I'm knee deep into testing/comparing Switch 1 games across the two consoles. Left stack is done, right stack still to do. Quite interesting, esp. when compared with my testing of PS4 games on PS5 at the end of 2024. I don't have testing gear, so it's all basically subjective impressions.

I laughed so heartily about grok. 😄 [from X/Twitter]

Haha (pic 2) - that's how I feel in the mornings! 😄

I had to do it. 🤦 It was the Nintendo Direct ... all those JRPGs! 💕😀

Sometimes, even if I stand in the middle of the room, no one acknowledges me.

Sure, I'll hop on the next flight to L.A.! 🙄 I know this is tedious - but I feel the need to document this inanity.* The website looks like textbook AI: 100% devoid of anything vaguely resembling 'identity' or 'personality'. Just a grab bag of ubiquitous words & images. *that's not insanity

New video! youtu.be/0ifYBVtErbI

".. about 5000 lightning strikes - mostly in the South Island - lit up the sky overnight." Well, yes - we did have quite a night here in the Top of the South! The worst thing was the rolling thunder bouncing off the hills for hours. Like giant lions, circling houses. Bloomin' frightening!

It would all be such a screaming joke - if it weren't that tragic.

Landlordism.

Great video, calm and rational, from @mandyleeplays.bsky.social

"The Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci would conceptualise the root of these concerns as “cultural hegemony”: the ways in which those in power rule not only by controlling the economy, law and politics, but by governing the ideas of an age through the regulation of cultural production."

I have new RPGs 😊👍 Thanks @vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social

I am surprised and heartened by the support shown for my latest video. Thank you to everyone who keeps coming back and watching! 💝 youtu.be/zaFaZh9A7MQ

YUCK! "Discover, analyze, and manage influencers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and more — powered by AI-driven search and real-time analytics." If spam (or phishing) emails include an Unsubscribe link, and that URL includes "easykol" ... then you know they've used this AI tool to harvest data.

500 planted today on foothills of ranges!

For lovers of turn-based combat, the Playstation store often has steep discounts - but they take a bit of digging to find! Here are 2 games often overlooked but still good to play; I enjoy them anyway. 😊 For more deals: turnbasedlovers.com/news/best-ps...

"It is strange, but the machine age and the computer age both promised to give mere mortals more time in their lives, but less time is what it seems we have. We are using up Time too fast, just as we are using up all the other resources of the Earth." (Published 2006, p. 126/7)

PoodlePa is in control! 😎