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jake4480

@jake4480@c.im

Writing HTML since 1994. Salesforce stuff since 2009. Into science, nature, history, music, movies, art, video games. Married. Living on Hohokam land.

Sometimes I write at
https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com.

Black/trans lives matter. He/Him.
Racism/other bigotry = block.

#indieweb #weirdweb #roguelikes #arcadegames #shootemups #shmups #cats #horror #movies #tv #photography #punk #punkrock #garagerock #metal #deathmetal #antifascist #Wordpress #writing #fedi22 tfr #nobridge #nobot #nokiddin

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jake4480, to gaming
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Have I done here yet? I forget.

If I have, this is an updated version for 2023. Here's mine, in no particular order.

  • Centipede (my favorite game ever. Arcade version! Lemme shoot those bugs!)

  • Black Widow (also the arcade version - I'm totally hooked on this one too, and it was a more recent discovery. When I go to an arcade with retro machines, I basically just want to play this and Centipede the whole time.)

  • Wolfenstein 3D (a classic, still playable. Who doesn't love killing digital Nazis?)

  • Diablo (1, 2, 3, 4, Immortal, any. Just choose one and I love it. What a series. Hooked.)

  • Gun Nac (my favorite technical [ship based] shootemup-- if you don't count Centipede as a shootemup. A rare one for the NES. If you like shooters and get the chance to play this, even emulated, don't miss it.)

  • Wizodd (I love roguelikes and indie games, and this one is both. Just a cool, simple game that's definitely beatable and replayable. But you won't beat it every time!)

  • Mario Kart (another that it doesn't really matter the series, although the Wii one might be my favorite, closely followed by the SNES one. I definitely play the Wii one the most.)

  • Doom (1 or 2, preferably. I feel like those are most classic, and those are the ones that got me hooked. More recent ones I'm not as much about, but those first two.. wow.)

  • Beam Rider (I'm throwing this in because it's an amazing game for the Atari 2600. Maybe one of the best ones. I feel like it gets overlooked with all the other great ones on the system, River Raid, etc.)

  • Beekyr Reloaded (okay, this is a weird one. I was tempted to put Neko Navy or Q-Yo Blaster or another modern indie shootemup that I love in here somewhere instead, but Beekyr is too rad. I love bees and I love shooters, so this one was definitely for me, despite its creator not really being happy with its port.)

Those are my ten, and I'm sticking with them. (At least for today 😂). There are SO MANY other games I love, but these ten are huge.

jake4480, to tv
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No spoilers on the off chance that you'd watch it, but we just finished watching all five seasons of Haven, which was a show that was on SyFy from 2010-2015. Anyone seen or liked it? For those who haven't, it starred Emily Rose (from Uncharted) and the other folks in the image here. It was based on Stephen King's 'The Colorado Kid'. There's all these weird supernatural things going on based around this fictional town called Haven in Maine (it's actually filmed in Canada 🤣). The show has strong X-Files, Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, Supernatural, and strangely, even Gilmore Girls vibes at times. And once it gets past the first season, it really finds itself. I'd never even heard of it. And I really liked it. A kinda weird choice in actor for the main villain reveal in season five (you'd know him), but now, knowing what channel it aired on, that choice might kinda make sense. Anyway, it's on Tubi. If you're into weird sci-fi horror or drama stuff, you'd probably dig.

jake4480, to random
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St. Louis' STILL ANIMALS released their first self-titled LP today, and I've been waiting to hear all of this one after stumbling across them a couple months back and loving their demo.

After just listening to the whole thing, I can confirm, amazing catchy, solid garage rock songs front to back. Easily one of my favorite records of 2024 so far. Need to give this one a LOT more listens, but it's a perfect album for Bandcamp Friday - check it out!

https://stillanimals.bandcamp.com/album/still-animals-lp

jake4480, to random
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It's so wild watching something on eBay with no bids that you're gonna get for a STEAL if no one bids and maybe even posting this is jinxing it.. 😬🤣

jake4480, to random
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For this week's , we have (and TWO Smithereens entries, first and last!)

The Smithereens - Everything I Have is Blue
https://youtu.be/bYn0RmAEuKw?si=Dnay1w73GpQy6fut

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Blues From a Gun
https://youtu.be/TIOim3J-jpU?si=5-jbPtYA_4bQ5BFz

Tomb Mold - Cerulean Salvation
https://youtu.be/_z__qQtmXJI?si=WZRVVrGBIz-GZsvD

Meat Puppets - Sometimes Blue
https://youtu.be/2VDKkPFFZHg?si=esroephBfQCMxAjJ

The Smithereens - Blue Period
https://youtu.be/R2rDTWlvkwQ?si=Y7CZl4fj9Ao_pxRD

jake4480, to webdev
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Trying out GodoRogue tonight. It's great! You can use the keyboard commands or mouse directly to different locations, how you can see in the screenshot - the yellow line. And you can play this one in-browser. It was made in HTML5!

https://itch.io/queue/c/3248131/in-browser?game_id=959783

jake4480, to art
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Updated the old timey web portal a bit and moved it over to Neocities!

https://oldtimeywebportal.neocities.org

jake4480, to internet
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Well, I did it. Contacted 6 of my friends on Twitter who aren't here and I thought were the most likely to come over- the top ones I miss who aren't already here. One told me he couldn't figure it out, he's on Bluesky now. Still waiting to hear from the others, but expecting similar things. I think the feeling of starting over is too much for people? They're used to it? They like the high follower count? I don't fully get it. Whatever you want to call "engagement" or whatever, it's WAY more here. Even with separated instances, hashtag and search weirdness, it's STILL better here than Twitter or anywhere else. The only reason I wasn't here faster is because I just didn't know about it until November 2022.

#SocialMedia #fediverse #decentralized #decentralization #Mastodon

jake4480, to random
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Don't want to jinx it, but I'm fairly excited I may be getting a super cheapie bass guitar in a few hours. I haven't had a bass in like, maybe 20 years? 🤞

jake4480, to scifi
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Wanted a little of something familiar and fantastic before I pass out tonight. It's been too long, Total Recall from 1990. It's been too long.

Intro scene of Total Recall, Arnie's dream on Mars on a TV in a dark room. Cat head in the way.

jake4480, to random
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I saw a study saying songs over the last few decades are getting simpler and more repetitive. And I was like, GOOD. Hell YEAH they are

jake4480, to 80s
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As I work today I'm listening to the soundtrack from the 1982 Conan the Barbarian film that was composed by Basil Poledouris. Things are feeling fairly barbaric at the moment here in the Arizona desert

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-ujMw7lx3b9OI-dN0Rhxpk7L_4yKaQi&si=F3r7F8AMSzQdkPqK

#Conan #ConanTheBarbarian #80sMovies #80s #1980s #film #films #movies #80sFilms #soundtracks #SwordAndSorcery

jake4480, to DeGoogle
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I never would've guessed 2023 would be the year I both quit Twitter AND fully switched all my Chrome stuff back to Firefox, but here we are. As of today, I'm fully Firefoxed (again, after becoming way too lax over the last few years).

To hell with Google taking over everything.

jake4480, to random
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Apparently there are some regions where people call doing donuts in your car "whipping shitties" and I can't stop thinking about it

jake4480, to random
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Decided yesterday to listen to a bunch of Mudhoney today and that's currently happening. I've been such a huge fan since the 90s. Got to see em live once. Their songs are so ingrained in my head from hearing them SO many times, I can often just think of a riff or a lyric or two and bam -- full song with all the lyrics just pops in my head.

Mudhoney are magical like that.

jake4480, to random
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Sometimes a random Roy Orbison song pops in my head and I love it. Roy passed when I was only 8. But that's how powerful that dude was. His songs still pop in my head, despite the fact that never really actively listen to them. That's art. That's eternal.

jake4480, to Rap
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Fans of hiphop: what are your favorite rap albums of 2024 so far because I got NUTHIN

jake4480, to Futurama
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GOOD NEWS everyone, Futurama has been renewed on Hulu after its recent revival (the new episodes were great!) for two more seasons of 10 episodes each, taking it through season 14. Badass.

jake4480, to random
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This week's is and boy, do I hate some songs 😂

These are going to be hot takes for some of you. Matchbox 20 might be my most hated band ever. Ear garbage. I hate Rob's voice. Same with Blink. Hate em. Grating, goes right through me.

I hate all of these artists fully, but these songs are maybe my most hated from them. Can't even believe I'm posting links to these gross songs but here we are 🤮

Matchbox 20 - Push
https://youtu.be/HAkHqYlqops

Blink 182 - All the Small Things
https://youtu.be/9Ht5RZpzPqw

Lou Bega - Mambo #5
https://youtu.be/EK_LN3XEcnw

Lady Gaga - Just Dance
https://youtu.be/2Abk1jAONjw

Katy Perry - Firework
https://youtu.be/QGJuMBdaqIw

@wendigo @neurothing

jake4480, (edited ) to internet
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For those who remember MySpace, a dude made a full clone of it that WORKS and looks the same (and is pretty epic) over at https://spacehey.com. Check out some of those profiles! Wild. 🤣

(UPDATE: if you make an account and wanna add me, I'm https://spacehey.com/jake4480)

jake4480, (edited ) to Metal
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For anyone who's heard any of these (my current top 5 metal albums of 2024), curious to know your favorite (and if you haven't heard one or more, I highly recommend them).

jake4480, to random
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For every musical artist you hear and love that got big, there's another one that sound similar, are better, and didn't get big

jake4480, (edited ) to Trains
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🔗 High-speed rail (supposedly) finally coming to the U.S. by 2028 (I know, we're slow on the uptake over here)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/high-speed-rail-united-states

jake4480, to Synthwave
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I spotted @laamaa's post about his new album 'M8 II' on Friday but only just now had a chance to listen -- it's incredible. If you like chiptune or synthwave at ALL, this is a MUST hear (and his other stuff too). The melodies, and the dynamics, the tracks all flow so well. 🎹 🔥

https://laamaa.bandcamp.com/album/m8-ii

jake4480, to random
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Here
Before it's begun
The battle for the future has been won

Here
Before it's been told
The story of the future has been sold

https://youtu.be/fAyLhMkTDls

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