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Posts by Vance the Happenstance

Cover art for Half-Life Alyx. It features the titular Alyx, making her way through a metal wall constructed by the Combine.

Cover art for Half-Life Alyx. It features the titular Alyx, making her way through a metal wall constructed by the Combine.

April 19th, 2026 - Finished Half-Life: Alyx today! What a wild experience. Valve was probably right to cancel HL2: Episode 3 all those years ago. The series has pushed game systems and interactivity with each entry. Alyx is a proper new entry and I can't wait to see what Valve can do with VR next.

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Post didn't age well because I cancelled my FlippyDrive order earlier this week. After 5 times moving the estimated ship date and lack of coms from Team Off Broadway and Crowd Supply, I decided it wasn't worth it. Pivoted the refund toward my Scalable Video Switch build.

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Absolutely! One of my biggest issues, and I assume everyone else’s, is constantly hooking up and unhooking consoles and output matching/conversion.

I will still have to swamp some machines in my setup at times, due shelf limitations, but this will help to greatly reduce how often that happens.

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I checked Xitter and Arthrimus said about a month and half for restock so I won’t be out too long fortunately.

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I got 90% of what I wanted from the Scalable Video Switch. Just need that damn VGA out next time.

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Thanks for the reminder. Sadly the VGA out is already gone for my RT4K integration plans 😭

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Getting older doesn’t mean having less fun

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Ace Combat: Three Aces (Live @ MAGFest 2026 OFFICIAL Concert Video)
Ace Combat: Three Aces (Live @ MAGFest 2026 OFFICIAL Concert Video) YouTube video by The Tiberian Sons

@thetiberiansons.bsky.social, this shit slaps.

Great performance all around!

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Collegiate activities and life got busy for senior year so I stopped playing as much. I picked it up again in earnest around 2012 after we moved in together and it was my laundromat game, until we bought our first washer and dryer. I fell off hard after that. Made it August in the game’s calendar 2/

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Photo of a CRT television displaying a scene from Sakura Wars. It features the cast of characters in their Imperial Assault Force uniforms. From left to right: Ogami, Sakura, Kohran, Sumire, and Maria. There is a text box at the bottom the reads Victory Pose!

Photo of a CRT television displaying a scene from Sakura Wars. It features the cast of characters in their Imperial Assault Force uniforms. From left to right: Ogami, Sakura, Kohran, Sumire, and Maria. There is a text box at the bottom the reads Victory Pose!

Photo of a Sony PlayStation Portable. It is displaying a scene from Valkyria Chronicles 2. Characters in the scene from left to right: Zeri, Avan, Colette, and Juliana.

Photo of a Sony PlayStation Portable. It is displaying a scene from Valkyria Chronicles 2. Characters in the scene from left to right: Zeri, Avan, Colette, and Juliana.

Since I started playing Sakura Wars on my Saturn via the Saroo, it’s made me also want to go back and finally finish my 16 year old Valkyria Chronicles II play through. I started this in 2010 and I had just met my (future) wife. 1/

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My CFW PS3 seems snappy enough but I have it set to not connect to PSN on boot. The few times I disabled the CFw SYS Calls to connect… PSN was atrociously slow.

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『ACE COMBAT 8』 開発者インタビュー
『ACE COMBAT 8』 開発者インタビュー YouTube video by ACE COMBAT Channel

@dark1x.bsky.social new Ace Combat Developer Diary dropped and they talk about poly counts, clouds, and Lumen.

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Oh shit it does. Only 4?!

Anything that puts more land out is good

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First moon mission in my lifetime, I’m getting a little emotional.

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A screenshot of a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION for Am I a Tech Bro?
This is to certify that this participant has completed the Tech Bro Assessment (18 statements) and has been classified as: NOT A TECH BRO with a score of 11% agreement with tech bro ideas

A screenshot of a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION for Am I a Tech Bro? This is to certify that this participant has completed the Tech Bro Assessment (18 statements) and has been classified as: NOT A TECH BRO with a score of 11% agreement with tech bro ideas

whew

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Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.

Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.

Finally playing サクラ大戦! Yes I know that physical copy is actually the Dreamcast version of the game. Playing the Saturn releases of Sakura Wars thanks to fan translation. When I went to Japan in 2024 I grabbed copies Sakura Wars 1 - 4 for Dreamcast. It was always been a series I had interest in.

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Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.

Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.

Finally playing サクラ大戦! Yes I know that physical copy is actually the Dreamcast version of the game. Playing the Saturn releases of Sakura Wars thanks to fan translation. When I went to Japan in 2024 I grabbed copies Sakura Wars 1 - 4 for Dreamcast. It was always been a series I had interest in.

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It’s not just distribution either but we are spoiled with the sheer amount of everything. It’s truly been a golden age of media and access to that media. It’s a classic example of how having it all isn’t a panacea.

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If you need anything at all off of Myrient you better get it today

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To my transgender brothers, sisters, and siblings: I see you, I accept you.

Keep going and stay strong. Know that I’ll always support you.

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The revisionist history of Nintendo as some sort of underdog post SNES, rather a giant making missteps, always perplexes me. Across various console releases Nintendo is either number 1 or number 2, with the WiiU the big outlier. That’s not an underdog it’s a Podium Finish.

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Still have my PCI X-Fi in a box.

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Yeah same. I find it unplayable as an adult but somehow we beat it as kids after significant time sink.

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I have this game and it sucks but it kept me and my younger brother satiated for Spider-Man gaming.

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No better way to recharge in these constantly interesting times

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As a side note I tested about a dozen games so far and all of them have booted.

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Photo of a cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the game Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The main character rides atop his young dragon as it runs across the landscape.

Photo of a cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the game Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The main character rides atop his young dragon as it runs across the landscape.

Sorry modern games I have Sega Saturn with Saroo to play with now

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Photo of a pink J&T Studio Saroo cartridge for the Sega Saturn.

Photo of a pink J&T Studio Saroo cartridge for the Sega Saturn.

I went with a Saroo, this one from J&T Studio, for my Saturn ODE. I went this route for cost savings, doubly so as the Saroo also provides the RAM expansion capabilities. I know compatibility isn’t 100% but it gets me started. Also went weeby as possible on the color with sakura pink.

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Publicly debating whether it’s ethical or not to watch a TV/film on a regular basis only participates in free marketing to keep that IP in everyone’s minds.

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But Addie, what are we without our performative moralizing to stomp on those not up to purity standards?!

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