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Eliot_L

@Eliot_L@social.coop

I make video games, live concert visuals, and procedural/interactive art.🌹🌈

I boost and follow liberally. If you don't want to see the boosts, you can use the options menu on my profile to hide them.

Mastodon user since 2017 but I migrated to social.coop in 2022.

Boosts are not always endorsements.

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Eliot_L, to retrogaming
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The : Children of Infinity has 4 more hours to raise another $19k to meet the next stretch goal: English voice acting! Fans of and , please help us get a strong finish for this campaign for a feature so many of us want! Boosts appreciated.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity

GIF of a Chmmr Avatar ship cruising through red hyperspace, dissolving to a zoom out on the Children of Infinity starmap.
GIF of conversation mode in Children of Infinity, talking to a massive green caterpillar-like Ur-Quan Kzer-Za alien. They say "The Path of Now and Forever is dust." Response options are: 1: "Good! Glad to hear it! So what the hell are you doing here?" 2: "Does that mean I get to write your new doctrine?" 3: "I don't believe you for a second. The Path was your entire species' purpose." 4: "I think 'forever' means something different in our language."
GIF of Children of Infinity's melee combat, a 2D top-down view showing an Earthling Cruiser, Pkunk Fury, and Yehat Terminator attacking a Kohr-Ah Marauder.

Eliot_L, to XMen
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I dunno if anyone has been watching #XMen97, it's a little rocky but I am really liking it overall. It seems clear to me that when you have a gay black man as the showrunner, you wind up getting a very different kind of show that has a lot to say about oppression, prejudice, respectability politics, problems with allyship, etc. My biggest issue has been the pacing, they are trying to cram a lot of plot lines into 10 30min episodes and it sometimes feels rushed. Still well worth a watch. #XMen

SallyStrange, to scifi
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10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre


@bookstodon

Eliot_L,
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10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

Terry Pratchett
Brandon Sanderson
Neil Gaiman
Piers Anthony
Brian K. Vaughan
Warren Ellis
Garth Ennis
Kieron Gillen
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Matt Fraction

Gosh that was harder than I thought it would be. I felt like using might be cheating but I guess I don't read a ton of longer series otherwise.

@SallyStrange @bookstodon

bitprophet, to random
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Finally watching The Hunt for Red October. It's a very silly movie.

Eliot_L,
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@bitprophet As a kid the "Hymn for Red October" would get stuck in my head: https://youtu.be/AVBCxnKudhs

I probably wasn't alone in thinking this was a real Russian song, but of course it was written for the movie and actual Russians have never heard it. Somehow it sounds more stereotypically Soviet than a lot of actual Soviet army songs, but maybe that was by design for the American ear.

Same deal with Sound of Music's "Eidelweiss" in Austria, but that one isn't even in the right language!

Eliot_L, to vr
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#Riven (the sequel to #Myst), one of my favorite games of all time, has a realtime 3D and #VR remake underway. It was announced recently that it's planned to ship sometime this year, and is now available to wishlist on #Steam and #GOG!

Check out this clip of the original creative team at #CyanWorlds getting back together again to discuss the game:
https://youtu.be/V_ylsP4DLeM

More info and wishlist links: https://cyan.com/games/riven/

#RetroGaming #ClassicGame

A dark room with a chair and some kind of control panels in the armrests, surrounded by a thin metal spherical cage and a pentacle-esque device hanging from the top
A circular desk made of marble with two classical-looking columns sprouting from the left and right sides. A golden five-pointed star in the shape of pen nibs inside a pentagon with open books for corners is inlaid in gold or brass. On the left side of the desk is a strange conical pipe and odd spherical metallic device, and what appears to be a wine glass with a bone in it. In the center is a pen sitting in some kind of spherical glass holder. To the right is a figurine of a gold/brass beetle the size of a fist.
Exterior shot of blue skies with many clouds over a flat blue ocean. A metal walkway leads out to a small platform with a slightly rusty metal dome with a band of strange eye-like symbols engraved around its perimeter at eye level. A metal tube protrudes from the base of the dome and extends off the left side of the screen.

paris, to opensource
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what #opensource project has the BEST contributor experience? #oss
note: you can’t mention your own project!

Eliot_L,
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@paris This is a small project but I had a great experience contributing to https://github.com/BaronVonPerko/fitbit-roni which is a FOSS Fitbit watch face. I notified the maintainer that I had forked the app to add some features. I wasn't even asking for a merge, but they merged my changes anyway, prominently credited me, and made a prompt release!

Eliot_L, to Unions
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continues in their efforts, working swiftly to continue alienating customers and firing low-level managers for essentially no reason. They are doing a great job demonstrating why being a doesn't guarantee good policy. I hope they will wake up to the fact that they need to treat their employees better and stop interfering with their attempts to , and penalizing managers put into a difficult position.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rei-fired-manager-union-campaign_n_660b0c31e4b007c08f9e7a99

Eliot_L, to california
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My neighbor has a beautiful field of #California Golden Poppies in their front yard. Always lovely to see our state flower in bloom.
#Photography #BloomScrolling

micheleann, to workersrights
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Consultant wisdom I just made up:

"The Work is never the work; the work is the People"

#work #consulting #catherding

Eliot_L,
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@micheleann Perfect example of why you should use CamelCase for hashtags! 😆 Not only is it easier to read for sighted people, but it's more accessible for people using screen readers too!

atomicpoet, to random
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Macs aren’t bad for gaming because no one makes games for it.

Macs are bad for gaming because if you made games for it, they’re likely to not work with future Mac OS releases and hardware.

Eliot_L,
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@atomicpoet Recently when researching the Chicago New Media art scene I came across this video about exactly this issue, it was exactly the same problem way back in 2013 https://youtu.be/1GyvH3LApDI?si=Ow9YZUEkZ_LfgX1y

Eliot_L,
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@atomicpoet Somewhat counterintuitively, these days I have an easier time running old windows programs on my Steam Deck which is basically Arch Linux, than either actual current Windows, or Mac versions of those same games on current macOS.

Eliot_L, to random
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A little late on this but I just listened to @pluralistic's lecture on #enshittification in tech. A great overview of the problem as well as some hopeful thoughts on possible solutions.

YouTube video and MP3: https://craphound.com/news/2024/02/05/my-marshall-mcluhan-lecture-on-enshittification-from-berlins-transmediale-conference/

You can subscribe to his craphound.com podcast at https://craphound.com/podcast/ for more readings.

Eliot_L, to VintageOSes
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Fans of Cryo's 1992 #Dune game for #MSDOS might know that the composer, Stéphane Picq, released a remixed and remastered version of the excellent soundtrack the same year on CD, but it was extremely rare and difficult to acquire legally.

I just discovered he's finally sorted out the legal issues surrounding this album and released a freshly remastered version that also includes the original AdLib soundtrack. It's free to stream, so check it out!

https://stphanepicq.bandcamp.com/album/dune-spice-opera-2024-remaster

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming

Screenshot from the 1992 Dune game showing pixel art of a sandworm emerging from the dunes. The game UI is shown at the bottom including navigation controls, a menu to allow the player to see the map, call a worm, wait for evening, or access the "mixer panel". Stilgar is shown in the party.

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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    Eliot_L,
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    @lilithsaintcrow I've got that one from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, that entire album is a banger! 😀

    mcc, to random
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    Hey so by the way, I use Tidal, and it has

    • The best artist payout rates of any music subscription-streaming service other than whoever now owns the "Napster" trademark https://www.lalal.ai/blog/music-streaming-payouts-2023/

    • Very good recommendations including a human curated new-music section

    • Has never given arbitrary multi-million bonus payouts to denialist transphobes

    • (Iffy) Despite being bought by Jack Dorsey's holding company has not yet gone blockchain

    • (Downside) Unfortunately quite bad IoT/Smart TV apps

    Eliot_L,
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    @streganil @mcc This is pretty much what I do, although YouTube Music has free hosting for up to 100k tracks which seems like plenty. So if I am trying new music I stream it there with ads. If I like it enough I buy it on iTunes/Bandcamp and upload to listen in the cloud ad-free. Feels better to me than paying for a subscription because the artists get a much bigger cut and I own my library in DRM-free format. Just my 2¢.

    Eliot_L,
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    @mcc @streganil Wow, that's truly despicable. Truly incomprehensible in that sort of mundanely evil bureaucratic way. Sorry you had to deal with that. Crap like this is why I try to avoid DRM'd purchases. With music it's pretty easy these days. Unfortunately some other types of media like eBooks, audiobooks, and movies are still frequently DRM'd and I wind up buying those when there are no alternatives.

    metin, (edited ) to gamedev
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    One of my favorite tracks by our former #GameDev team's #music composer Ramon Braumuller: the 4-channel, 8-bit title sequence music of our 1992 #Amiga game Hoi.

    The track was made in our own music editor: Digital Mugician, published in 1990 by the British Thalamus.

    Downloads and more info in the "Team Hoi Game Devs" section of https://linksta.cc/@seven

    Check the #TeamHoi hashtag for more tunes.

    #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #chiptune #amiga #synth #music #audio #commodore #amiga #retro #1980s

    Eliot_L,
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    @metin This is awesome! I love chiptunes, although I haven't listened to much from the Amiga. From classic PCs I've mostly stuck with C64 tunes. But this makes me want to check out some more Amiga tunes.

    Eliot_L, to discworld
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    There's a bundle for sale at https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-books
    $18 minimum for 38 books

    I think this would be a great buy for someone looking to get into Discworld, with a few caveats:

    • They are Kobo DRM'd eBooks so you can't read them on a non-Kobo eReader without stripping off the DRM
    • It's not a complete set (but it's close, I think they are only missing 3 of the main novels)

    @bookstodon

    Eliot_L,
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    @ronsboy67 @bookstodon Didn't notice the fine print. Updated post to clarify.

    the_bookwolf, to bookstodon

    alright what you got?
    @bookstodon @romancelandia

    Eliot_L,
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    @janbartosik @FantasyIsland @the_bookwolf @bookstodon @romancelandia
    Julius Chicken Caesar
    King Schmear
    Love's Ladle Lost
    A Midsummer Night's Cream
    Much Ado About Stuffing
    The Tempeh
    Omlette
    Taming of the Stew

    Eliot_L, to bookstodon
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    My favorite books read in 2023:
    Babel (R.F. Kuang)
    Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse)
    The Paper Menagerie (Ken Liu)
    Tress of the Emerald Sea (Brandon Sanderson)
    Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Brandon Sanderson)
    The Sunlit Man (Brandon Sanderson)

    #2023Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

    flancian, (edited ) to random
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    inline poll: should SocialCoop be one of the signatories of the [[Fedipact]] effort to preemptively defederate with Threads.net?

    https://www.loomio.com/d/AZcJK6y2 is an ongoing Loomio discussion about this but I wanted to see some in-instance discussion ideally.

    Eliot_L,
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    @flancian I think we shouldn't sign it unless we redo the vote on threads and decide to entirely block the domain, otherwise it seems a bit misleading.

    Nifflas, to random
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    Once, I had the idea to take the font I read social media in, replace one letter at a time with one of my own design, until I've replaced the entire alphabet, over several months.

    I wanted to see if I could ease myself into reading my own alphabet. And you know what? It worked!

    The attached image is how I read social media now, and I'm comfortable reading it this way!

    Eliot_L,
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    @Nifflas Fascinating. The human brain is pretty amazing! I remember after decoding a very long piece of dialogue in Fez I realized I could then read the game's alphabet without consulting my translation key.

    Eliot_L, to random
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    This is an amazing resource guide with information about - what it does, how it spreads, how to protect yourself, risk analysis, how to improve your recovery, etc.

    https://www.patreon.com/posts/huge-free-covid-86871700

    Thanks to @josh for sending me this.

    josh, to disability
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    Even if you think I'm overly COVID cautious and disagree with much of what I say... please, please, at least for your own sake:

    If you get COVID, DO NOT PUSH THROUGH IT. Even after you start testing negative.

    Seriously, learn from people with ME/CFS.

    Pushing through is how you increase your already quite-high odds of having long lasting or permanent damage.

    #Covid #Disability

    Eliot_L,
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    @josh Thanks for the info. I am actually recovering from my first COVID infection. Do you have any recommendations on evidence-based resources to help educate myself more on the recovery process and timelines? I don't really trust my doctor on this for reasons I won't get into here.

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