j0HNNY a1PHA
@8bit.social
Part-time 8-Bit futurist, short-term pessimist, long-term optimist. Extremely into board games, retro hardware, software, art n' punk rock.
Getting SETI ready for our annual New Year’s Eve Game-A-Palooza event! (Link is ready to play)
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Getting SETI ready for our annual New Year’s Eve Game-A-Palooza event! (Link is ready to play)
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36. The secret to successfully working at home is to always, always wear pants. You will be tempted otherwise, but for your mental health, wear clean pants. Slacks or denim, any kind except for sweatpants. Those are for when you’re off the clock. johndevore.substack.com/p/advice-for...
Advice For Men: 51 Things I've Learned
"I am 51 years old, which is an unremarkable age"
johndevore.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
36. The secret to successfully working at home is to always, always wear pants. You will be tempted otherwise, but for your mental health, wear clean pants. Slacks or denim, any kind except for sweatpants. Those are for when you’re off the clock. johndevore.substack.com/p/advice-for...
Only 2 episodes in, but HBO Max’s “Eastern Gate” is pretty damn good. Comes off like a modern day Cold War spy show, but set in 2021 in Belarus, Russia and Poland. Just wow performances by its leads.
December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Only 2 episodes in, but HBO Max’s “Eastern Gate” is pretty damn good. Comes off like a modern day Cold War spy show, but set in 2021 in Belarus, Russia and Poland. Just wow performances by its leads.
The ROLE modded C*BASE v3.3.8 works out-of-the-box with the new Commodore Ultimate's wifi modem csdb.dk/release/?id=...
C*Base V3.3.8+ U64 2024
BBS Software: C*Base V3.3.8+ U64 2024 by Raiders of the Lost Empire. Released on 8 March 2024
csdb.dk
December 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The ROLE modded C*BASE v3.3.8 works out-of-the-box with the new Commodore Ultimate's wifi modem csdb.dk/release/?id=...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Commodore 64 arrived - box looks a little worse for wear, we’ll see!
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Commodore 64 arrived - box looks a little worse for wear, we’ll see!
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Of all the bizarre decisions... After years of development hell and Kickstarter drama, SpaceVenture, the new point-and-click adventure by the original Space Quest guys, leaves early access.
On Christmas goddamn eve (GMT-wise).
In the middle of a Steam sale.
With no discount.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???
On Christmas goddamn eve (GMT-wise).
In the middle of a Steam sale.
With no discount.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???
SpaceVenture on Steam
A sci-fi comedy adventure game
store.steampowered.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Of all the bizarre decisions... After years of development hell and Kickstarter drama, SpaceVenture, the new point-and-click adventure by the original Space Quest guys, leaves early access.
On Christmas goddamn eve (GMT-wise).
In the middle of a Steam sale.
With no discount.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???
On Christmas goddamn eve (GMT-wise).
In the middle of a Steam sale.
With no discount.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???
My wife informs me that her uncle is an OG furry, creator of T.H.E. Fox… pretty awesome en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.H.E._...
T.H.E. Fox - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
My wife informs me that her uncle is an OG furry, creator of T.H.E. Fox… pretty awesome en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.H.E._...
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Hilariously, we have created a commerce model where it’s increasingly impossible to buy something locally today, but you can have nearly anything on earth delivered tomorrow.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hilariously, we have created a commerce model where it’s increasingly impossible to buy something locally today, but you can have nearly anything on earth delivered tomorrow.
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Apropos of nothing else, I am going (back) down the Divinity rabbit hole, starting with Original Sin, which i found tucked in my Steam Library from 2014. BONUS: it's available on Linux/Proton as well 🦾
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing else, I am going (back) down the Divinity rabbit hole, starting with Original Sin, which i found tucked in my Steam Library from 2014. BONUS: it's available on Linux/Proton as well 🦾
AI search remains undefeated
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
AI search remains undefeated
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Here’s a cool story that connects this article with a piece I wrote for Pittsburgh Magazine 5 years ago about one of Pittsburgh’s coolest pieces of analog history: the Telephone Jukebox service that ran for over a half century.
I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol
In a digital world, Pittsburgh is an analog paradise
At places like Galaxie Electronics and Bernie's Photo Center, young people are relearning the joys of vinyl, film, and slowing down.
www.pghcitypaper.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Here’s a cool story that connects this article with a piece I wrote for Pittsburgh Magazine 5 years ago about one of Pittsburgh’s coolest pieces of analog history: the Telephone Jukebox service that ran for over a half century.
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This is a good idea, @kevinrose.com, @alexisohanian.bsky.social
@kevinrose.com talk to @pfrazee.com about making the new Digg an open network on AT protocol!
So it can be meaningfully differentiated from Reddit, actually good for people, and long-lasting.
Not proved yet but reason to believe open social apps can make real money too: bsky.app/profile/jaco...
So it can be meaningfully differentiated from Reddit, actually good for people, and long-lasting.
Not proved yet but reason to believe open social apps can make real money too: bsky.app/profile/jaco...
Someone should be trying to convince Kevin Rose and the people building the new version of Digg to build on AT protocol.
Reddit needs to be replaced and nothing would improve the new Digg’s chances like being an open alternative.
They’ll have serious funding so will have the best shot by default.
Reddit needs to be replaced and nothing would improve the new Digg’s chances like being an open alternative.
They’ll have serious funding so will have the best shot by default.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is a good idea, @kevinrose.com, @alexisohanian.bsky.social
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gotta be a South Park follow up to the Disney+ and OpenAI IP deal
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
gotta be a South Park follow up to the Disney+ and OpenAI IP deal
Apparently there's this new HBO show about IT Professionals, but they are dressed as clowns? And kill people? Gotta check it out
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Apparently there's this new HBO show about IT Professionals, but they are dressed as clowns? And kill people? Gotta check it out
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Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
Indeed, everyone has a plan until they roll a critical miss.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Indeed, everyone has a plan until they roll a critical miss.
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Ever want to make a parser-based interactive fiction game but didn't know how to get started? Of course you have.
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Interactive Fiction 0 - The Basics - Michael Coorlim
In this series I’m going to be talking about parser-based interactive fiction, and showing you how to develop it. There are a great number of
mcoorlim.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ever want to make a parser-based interactive fiction game but didn't know how to get started? Of course you have.
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
Good news! I've created a small and very basic tutorial to creating IF in TADS 3.1.3 using the adv3lite library and Inform 7!
Find out which works best! #gameDev #interactiveFiction
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Everybody in #retrocomputing is going to be talking about this #c64 laptop build. So sweet!
youtu.be/H5QQ0ECfwyE
youtu.be/H5QQ0ECfwyE
I Built a Commodore 64 Laptop That Never Existed - The Portable 64 (Concept Design)
YouTube video by Kevin Noki
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Everybody in #retrocomputing is going to be talking about this #c64 laptop build. So sweet!
youtu.be/H5QQ0ECfwyE
youtu.be/H5QQ0ECfwyE
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ascii stuff for the first time in a while
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ascii stuff for the first time in a while