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buru5, 16 hours ago to random

relevant

brakeoutgaming, 2 days ago to steam

Friendly advice:

As you build out your Steam library, be sure not to die

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/after-you-die-your-steam-games-will-be-stuck-in-legal-limbo/

#Steam #gaming

rootcompute, 4 days ago to random

Radical idea for social media: we should be able to leave a like on other people's like actions. If somebody likes (or "favorites" in Mastodon parlance) my post, I should be able to express that I like that they liked what I had to say

We could continue giving each other back and forth likes until eventually two accounts bound together in reciprocal liking reach the like singularity

rooneymcnibnug, 5 days ago to random

piece of trash (in more ways than one) flew in the yard this morning. we are truly living in the golden age of cruelty within capitalist death culture.

dinozombie, 7 days ago to random

google keeps getting worse and worse

Aphrodite, 7 days ago to random

Consider how twisted
our cultures must be
if caring for people
counters “society”

From: @rootcompute
https://mastodon.social/@rootcompute/112491788604533035

jake4480, 11 days ago to random

Time for a new week.

plutonian, 13 days ago to random

i miss the aurora. imagine: neverending solar storms. aurora for everyone all the time. the internet dies and we roast the techbros on spits and we dance forever.

buru5, 14 days ago to Nintendo

I have it on good authority that #Nintendo "Switch 2" (named the "Swipe") is a card-based console with a card reader built into the unit. The cards, once swiped, unlock access to: full games, wallpapers, avatars, DLC, and even apps like Hulu, YouTube, and Netflix. The Swipe will be released by the end of Q2 2025, alongside over 200 cards purchased separately in booster packs.

One of the neat things about this is that, if you still have old e-Reader cards, you can swipe them for fun extras.

jake4480, 18 days ago to tech

When the updates stop https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/05/13/when-the-updates-stop

#tech #art #GamePreservation #gaming #future #RetroGaming

DavidBlue, 19 days ago to random

normal.

gamingonlinux, 20 days ago to random

So many gaming sites writing about how “Bungie” released Marathon on Steam or it’s “now free”.

Frustrating to see people not doing basic checks. It was the Aleph One team, not Bungie, and it’s been free for years. It’s just now on Steam.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/bungies-classic-free-fps-marathon-is-now-on-steam/

stdsxezat, 21 days ago to retrogaming

#retrogaming #Freddi_Fish_and_the_Case_of_the_Missing_Kelp_Seeds

video/mp4

nensondubois, 22 days ago to random

I'm confused at why people think it is a good idea to put individual .7z, .zip or .rar archives into the main directory instead of properly using a folder. Stop doing this please.

GuerillaOntologist, 23 days ago to random

Today's must read 👇

The Unlearning Of Empathy
https://indi.ca/the-unlearning-of-empathy/

rato, 24 days ago to random

It's hard to even imagine the horror Palestinians are suffering right now at the hands of a genocidal Israeli government. It just fills my heart with such anguish I cannot focus on anything else, really.

This entire "war" on malnourished children and grieving parents is the biggest travesty I have seen in my life.

#FreePalestine

xgranade, 25 days ago to random

Optimism is a political value, and one that's highly contextual at that. Being optimistic in the face of overwhelming opposition is a form of radical progressiveism, but being optimistic about a proposed technology or policy by ignoring the potential or likely harm is a form of reactionary conservatism.

It behooves us to be responsibly optimistic, rather than either naive or defeatist.

rafal06, 26 days ago to random

Hundstrasse, 27 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to retrogaming

#PSP #RetroGaming people, how do you feel about the slidey thumbstick? 🎮

CrimethInc, 30 days ago to random

Thousands upon thousands of police are surrounding Columbia University and raiding the building occupation there now, determined to crush the movement in solidarity with those experiencing genocide in Gaza.

Every time a mercenary puts on an NYPD uniform, selling their capacity to inflict violence to the highest bidder, they are committing treason against humanity.

We salute the courage of those occupying the university. This struggle is far from over.

Background on the movement at Columbia:

https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

A video of police using an armored vehicle to enter a second-story window of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University campus.

simulatedchollas, 1 month ago to usa

A history professor has been beaten and hospitalized by the police at Washington University in St. Louis. The faculty member who recorded the attack has been arrested. https://twitter.com/prem_thakker/status/1785397144515469402 https://www.facebook.com/share/Disdf68ahnSpoZir #protest #gaza #genocide #usa #amerikkka #fascism #police #history #academia #university

hexagr, 1 month ago to random

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are the master of your fate and captain of your soul.

buru5, 1 month ago to writing

PSYCHO WAND, MY BELOVED
a dark comedy short story about gaming addiction & the value of digital treasure inspired by Phantasy Star Online.

if you happen to read it, let me know what you think.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #VideoGames #WritersOfMastodon #Author #PhantasyStarOnline #Dreamcast #CatsAndDogs #Birds #MagicalTechnoElves

https://oncomputer.games/2024/04/28/psycho-wand-my-beloved/

armyofmike, 1 month ago to random

AI, and companies’ obsession with using it, is mostly two things. 1) FOMO by the LinkedIn class, and 2) a general lack of understanding of what AI is, or why we’re even talking about it in the first place.

Related: an easy way for execs to tell me they’re bad at their jobs is to say stuff like “what are we doing with AI?”

Let’s talk instead about problems we’re trying to solve and what is at our disposal to do so.

buru5, 1 month ago to random

"when you were young and your excitement showed, but as time goes by -- is it outgrown? Is that the way things go? Forever reaching for the gold?"

https://youtu.be/Lx57to-9mGw?si=vEttIDfsyCeM5GIL