@Oregon_Pacifist
So the 2600 is so limited compared to arcade hardware (by like orders of magnitude) that major shortcuts had to be taken to make ports possible. In the case of the pills in Pac-Man, the ghosts and Pac-Man himself take up the available sprite slots and so the maze and pills have […]
My 8 year old insisted I post this clip he hit on #RocketLeague #gaming #rocketleagueclips
Really cool to see an AMA taking place on the fediverse
Not a huge #StarTrek fan beyond the original movies and TOS and TNG but this AMA was really cool to read
https://startrek.website/post/35769143
Playing tomb raider for basically the first time. I’m so glad we’ve figured out better movement in games than tank controls. Controlling Lara is like having a nightmare where you try to run from danger but forget how to walk #playstation #retrogaming
@staustellsimon my iPhone 13 mini took a drink in the hot tub last summer. Ended up having to replace it with an iPhone 15 as that’s the only carrier unlocked model I could get locally. Even if it’s 2 generations older, the 13 mini was so much better to use in the hand.
Screenshot of an advertisement sent from Sony for a likely predatory credit offer in the PlayStation app
My #Playstation offering me a credit card can’t be a positive indicator for the economy
If the $1000 #SteamMachine price leak is remotely close, it’s way too much and will be as big of a failure as when they tried it in 2014.
For double the price of a console, it adds barely any value above it. A console and a steam deck is cheaper and gets you access to the same games.
Unethical. Immoral. Hypocritical.
Tim Sweeney spends years fighting #Google and #Apple for rent seeking behaviors only to enable it on their own platform. At least Google and Apple tried to protect their users from predatory practices like these. #enshittification rules everything around me […]
I bought an #Xbox One S this Christmas and $160 for a bunch of games that work going back to original Xbox is a great deal but it’s clear to see how unserious a company #microsoft is. The damn thing barely works. Remote Play has a whole host of bugs and probably works 1/3 times without having to […]
Watching MegaLag’s #Honey Exposé. I’m wondering how they find enough people lacking ethics to be able to code their extension to behave in all these shady ways.
I suppose abusing overseas workers and threats of lawsuits and NDAs. The same ways most rich people steal to increase their wealth
Merry Christmas #fediverse
Even my wife asked me if I heard that one of the co-creators of Call Of Duty died. Just shows how influential the early #CoD series was. Wish we could go back to that time in online #gaming
The #enshittification of the web is at a new high. JavaScript ads have become as intrusive if not even more so than the pop up ads of the early web. Using the internet on a mobile device is nearly impossible if it doesn’t have an adblocker
I’d probably pay $50 for mobile ports of the golden age (MW era) #CallofDuty games. Been considering getting an Xbox just so I could play them via remote play
Playing #ARCRaiders and this dude doesn’t even have a chance to loot me, why down another player in this scenario?
@TheZeldaZone thkankfully for me LibreWolf blocks the hammer. And even if I found it, it clears the memory of where it’s at when I’m done so my dick is completely unhammered!
@techconnectify.bsky.social I don’t think it’s that OP was wrong but the post has a bit of matter-of-fact arrogance that compelled both writers and readers to the defense.
You don’t have to commodify your influence, you can be perfectly successful with a niche audience of those who are willing […]
#RIP Meathead. What a career #robreiner had. My favorite being All in the Family. It wasn’t afraid to teach lessons that I feel like we could learn again today.
@Oregon_Pacifist it must be incredibly challenging parenting a child with special needs like that. Just wanted to remind you that you are doing a great job. Thanks for sharing btw
The IRS ending Directfile is infuriating. Taking money out of American pocket to put in the pockets of private tax preparers
https://youtu.be/rHHYql5Vsmk?si=3TPM-ni6XXRsr_2d
Great talk between the youtuber Jared Henderson and @pluralistic about “How the Internet got So Bad”. Anyone who is already on the #fedi already knows our struggle as users against big tech #enshittification but I am still compelled to share it.
What the people really wanted was a really big really thin phone that has to wear a fanny pack to get decent battery life. And nobody wants a phone in the 5” range anymore. Thank you #Apple for giving the people what they want! I miss my iPhone 13 mini. (Sadly it took a swim this summer)
I recently signed up for privacybee. It was more pricey than some of the other #dataprotection services that are sponsored by YouTubers (not to mention not be a spam sponsor means they are probably less shady in the first place) but seems to have more services than them as well. What does the […]
#ChatGPT has gotten to the point where it now pretends to work and tells me it will send me the document I asked it to generate later. I assume it must be browsing cat memes instead of actually doing what I told it to do
If you cold call me with a sales pitch and try to spoof a local number to get me to answer. I will add you to a black list of businesses I’ll never do business with.
@Jdreben the amount of times that LLM generated code has referenced non existent libraries or made up built in functions that don’t exist has convinced me that the only people who can actually vibe code are the people who don’t need too.
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I got my SCART cables for my PS2. 👀😮 I have heard people talk about the video quality over composite but I didn’t know it’d be that significant #playstation #ps2 #retrogaming
before and after pics-
Context: I just fought with my kids for nearly an hour about the lunch I made them that I KNOW THEY LIKE because they all cleaned their plate the last time we had it but now it’s “so yucky”
Moms are a miracle. My kids remind me how grateful I ought to be for my mother and definitely how grateful I am for my wife. #mothersday #thankyoumom
I just finished #HalfLife Blue Shift last night. It was a lot of fun. I loved how it connected to both Half-Life and Opposing Force. I really like the story, it's just a shame it's so short. I beat it in just two play sessions
#retrogaming #pcgaming
