Fun fact: I once had a boss who, in a time before his corporate life, was a competitive Marvel vs. Capcom 2 player who attended several tournaments.

I have *started* Mother 3 multiple times, on multiple devices that I can’t easily port saves between. I think last time it was a retro gaming Raspberry Pi in 2018.

I have an Analogue Pocket now. I really ought to just load it up in that and give it a real solid try again.

I’m here for the baby riding a pterodactyl over Ohio but to each their own I guess.

Been holding off on getting Metroid Prime 4 because I heard it's not that great, and $70 is a lot to spend on a game that is not that great.
My patience has rewarded me, for I picked up a copy at Costco today for $30.

Heathcliff walks down the street at night wearing a helmet that reads "INDEED". Two owls watch him walk, and one of them says "Indeed."

17 Apr 2026

A basket with two pieces of fried fish on a bed of French fries. Next to it is a beer.

Been in a funk but it’s a nice day, so I decided to take advantage of the weather and venture out to the food carts for some of the best fish and chips in Portland.

This is structurally identical to a Da Share Z0ne post

A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.

In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."

Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!

no matter your gender, orientation, political beliefs, personal preferences, tastes in media, etc.

we can all agree that Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny is the best and most attractive performance of anyone in any genre of any gender has ever achieved

Mona Lisa Vito is perfection

the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system

so basically we’re right back where we were a week ago, except a bunch of trump officials and their friends are now a couple billion dollars richer from betting market crime

No kids here but I just received the high school graduation announcement for my nephew and this is impossible because he clearly was only born ten years ago.

My brain has decided the theme for my dreams in 2026 is going to be black widows. Dreams where I find one that is growing ever larger. Dreams where my basement has become infested with them. Dreams where I try to kill one but it is invincible. I’ve had at least 8 of these since the start of the year

I immediately came home and told my wife about “hummingbird speed karate chopping the 1 o’clock” because I was dying from laughter.

Same

this is really cool.

that's alright gay Obama thanks for calling back

We all have days like this

My name is Ben.
An .exe is a Windows application which can crash.
Also I own the domain vampirefriday.org, which was an attempt at making the last Friday of every month about vampires and now I mostly use for personal projects.
(You should still celebrate vampires the last Friday of each month)

Kurt Vonnegut Once Sent This Amazing Letter To A High School Kurt Vonnegut Once Sent This Amazing Letter To A High School

I have been thinking about this Kurt Vonnegut letter a lot lately, as we live in a world where AI promises we can create without the effort.

We should create art not for art’s sake, but “to experience becoming.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/kurt-v...

I can’t quite explain what I mean but I don’t think sex exists in the T.J. Maxx cinematic universe.

Stickers on a graffitied trash can lid. The stickers read “your ring camera is a fucking ice agent”. An emblem for the city of Portland is half ripped off the lid.

Portland, OR

This morning as I was getting into my car, I watched two crows land in front of my car, dance around a bit, and then fuck. What kind of omen is this for the rest of my day?

If this sign is to be believed, I’m sure somebody on that naked bike ride rode away with a little bit of ghost bush.

I’ve seen that guy play and he seems more into trying to figure out if you’re watching him twirling the sticks than actually getting into it.

This sign occasionally makes the rounds and every time it does I’m reminded that I have ridden my bike through this exact cemetery naked. Wonder what that means for the ghosts.

Can never get over how tawdry the modern Right's view of Western Civilization is; nothing to build, nothing to aspire to, nothing even really to destroy or wage war against, just sullen resentment of their own children and seething hatred of the cities whose economics subsidies their regimes.

this is a massive deal.