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MutantFuturist

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Local wizard. Movies. Gaming. Horror. Sci-Fi. Swords & Sorcery. Little bit politics.

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vga256, to retrogaming
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Exile: Escape from the Pit game is absolutely endearing in win 3.1

MutantFuturist,
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@vga256 I just installed it myself - I've never tried it before, but I dig it. I've got the modern remakes, too, and keep meaning to get stuck into them.

vga256, to VHS
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so for the past month i've been leaving old vhs movies on in the background while i work

i noticed that several tapes had faded audio that got worse over the course of the film, with a lot of humming in the background, to the point of being inaudible after a while. a few web searches suggested either a worn out vhs tape (which I feared), or a poorly tracked vcr (I adjusted the tracking, which didn't improve anything)

i did notice that my older JVC vcr never had the "stereo" light on when playing back movies, and had a suspicion:

so holy crap, til: most VHS tapes past a certain age have two audio tracks: an analog mono track, and a stereo hi-fi track

when the vcr can't track the stereo hi-fi track properly, it switches to the analog mono track on the edge of the tape.

my vcr was always downgrading to the analog track, which on several (ex-rental) tapes had degraded due to mishandling and abuse (being at the edge of the tape path)

i picked up a Sony SLV-778HF today for $20 just to see if switching VCRs would make a difference.

holy COW is this a huge improvement over my old 80s JVC vcr! not only did it pick up the stereo hi-fi track on all of the "bad" tapes perfectly, but it improved the video so much that it looks like a dvd.

MutantFuturist,
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@vga256 I get the suspicion that most people who say 'VHS had bad picture quality' only ever watched beat-up rentals, multi-generation dubs, and movies taped off TV. A good VCR setup still looks and sounds fine.

18+ sayomgwtf, to random
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New colors ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ☆

Dedicating this one selfie to all my Mastodon lovely frands over here that always tell me that I should actually do a dorky selfie because I always write dorky selfie as cw

Here you go! Haha ❤️

CW: Dorky selfie (for real) ~

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf It's only a little bit dorky.

MutantFuturist, to random
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This really is a cool device. @sayomgwtf You should get one of these!

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@sayomgwtf @drdanielturner Not a touch screen unfortunately. I think they do more expensive models that have on though.

sayomgwtf, to illustration
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The month I did all sort of LucasArts doodle shenanigans in the 1920's art style, was the month that people liked the least that whole year

Ironically enough, that was the one I loved the most

Stan from Monkey Island, 1920 style ❤️

'Tis Doodle O'Clock ~☆

MutantFuturist,
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@DavidBFox @sayomgwtf Haters and bullies can be jealous and frustrated. They're mad they can't do what you can do, so they want you to stop doing it. Your art is your strength, and they define themselves only be weakness.

dosnostalgic, to random
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Alcatraz (221B Software Development/Infogrames, 1992)

MutantFuturist,
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@dosnostalgic Any good?

ausretrogamer, to random
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It had to be done!

MutantFuturist,
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@ausretrogamer Kind of BS they don't pack the game in with it.

dosnostalgic, to random
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Holy shit, just had a nightmare about my previous field of work, supermarkets. Funniest thing is there was nothing weird about it, literally just an amalgamation of my previous 3 jobs. Woke up from stressing too much. Boy am I glad I don't do that anymore. 😅

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@dosnostalgic I'm glad one of us got out!

18+ sayomgwtf, to random
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I used to be bullied as a kid because I was perceived as different

It's taken me years to accept features like the dark circles around my eyes (Mistage is a french arab family name)

Nowadays, I only cover parts of it and accentuate other parts of it and quite frankly I love it

Skin hues that I used to be ashamed of, because I was shamed for them, I've learned to do better skin care and healthier make up routines and now I love them

I guess this is what healing feels like

~ CW: dorky selfie~

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf Kids can be so cruel. So few bullies ever get pulled up for it too - more likely the bullied kid will get in trouble when they finally snap.

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Newly Discovered Easter Egg in Maniac Mansion NES

http://www.romhacking.net/news/2984/

@sayomgwtf @ramon_wilhelm @grumpygamer

This game never stops surprising me, even after all these years.

MutantFuturist, to retrogaming
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Does anyone out there have the first CD of this Australian shareware compilation?

grumpygamer, to random
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Thinking of calling my game "Cozy Hack-n-Slash".

Back at Lucasfilm I designed a game called "Gladiatorial Hack-n-Slash", which come to think of it, was way ahead of it's time.

MutantFuturist,
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@grumpygamer What became of it?

sayomgwtf, to illustration
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Turns out nobody pronounces his name correctly

It is not "Loo-pin" or "Loo-pahn", but instead "Lieu-pehgn" as the name is originally from a french short story from 1905, The Arrest of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc

Lupin III ❤️

'Tis Doodle O'Clock ~☆

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf If I try to say "Lieu-pehgn" my Australian accent is going to make it sound like "Loo-pin".

MutantFuturist, to random
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Two new badges for my D&D bag courtesy of the artistic talents of the esteemed @sayomgwtf

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Submitted for your approval, a clip of the new version of my Maniac Mansion security door bypass patch. Inspired partly by the work of the great @aaronsgiles and the DOS game fandom of @sayomgwtf @JuliaMinamata and all you fine folks out there!

https://youtu.be/-W0rPd_s5PQ

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@pelo88 @aaronsgiles @sayomgwtf @JuliaMinamata A valid method, although that's not the EGA Enhanced version, which I prefer - at least not in the English release. I'm pretty sure I know the game well enough to play it in German, but I don't think it would enhance my experience...

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@sayomgwtf @pelo88 @aaronsgiles @JuliaMinamata The NES version is well worth a look if you've got a free afternoon. Best played on real hardware, or with a USB NES controller on your PC for the real NES experience...

sayomgwtf, to retrogaming
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I AM SO HAPPY OMG

This is a dream come true! To get to play my favorite LucasArts game with one of my favorite developers ever

Thank you @danielalbu for inviting me ❤️

Zak McKracken shenanigans with @DavidBFox and yours truly October 16th ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ☆

https://www.youtube.com/live/cuQoMGcixb8?si=DEc9tQrN08A3WlGq

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf @danielalbu @DavidBFox Sounds like a great time, can't wait to see it.

sayomgwtf, to random
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This recovery has been insane so far

I haven't had any coffee in two whole weeks and counting, and I am also considering whether I should quit entirely. Not just that, I recently tried vegan ice cream and kinda loved it

I have no idea what my life is anymore

MutantFuturist,
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@ramon_wilhelm @sayomgwtf I love a good cup of Earl Grey! If I do have coffee, I like it cold - an ice latte or one of those futuristic cans of Japanese coffee.

sayomgwtf, to illustration
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'Hagar the Terrible' was the nickname given to the late Dik Browne by his sons, so he named the comic 'Hägar the Horrible' for alliteration purposes

After his death, his sons changed the strip title to 'Dik Browne's Hägar the Horrible' in tribute ❤️

'Tis Doodle O'Clock ~☆

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf I used to read Hagar every day, back when we used to get the newspaper anyway. That was a while ago, now that I think about it...

MutantFuturist, to random
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@DavidBFox @sayomgwtf Spotted in an antique store in Pasadena.

MutantFuturist, to random
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Just arrived in Seattle - I'll keep an eye out for the two-headed squirrel! @sayomgwtf @DavidBFox

MutantFuturist,
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@sayomgwtf @DavidBFox Some views from the Space Needle.

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MutantFuturist,
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@DavidBFox @sayomgwtf Spotted this in the SFMoMA gift shop. I always turned Zak's off.

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