Gordon Dempster
@gordonrd.bsky.social
53 year old Scottish bampot. Bollocks to Kvatch. Growing old is compulsory, growing up isn't. Let's all do our half-arsed best!
I mostly ramble about video games, weird old TV shows and movies.
I mostly ramble about video games, weird old TV shows and movies.
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Gordon Dempster
@gordonrd.bsky.social
· Nov 2
Play whatever game you like on whatever system you like. You are a gamer. Are you enjoying yourself? Good. In the end, that's all that matters.
That's me over halfway to owning blu rays of all seven Amicus portmanteau horror movies, got Dr Terror's House Of Horrors, Torture Garden, House That Dripped Blood and Asylum, and will be picking up Tales From The Crypt, Vault Of Horror and From Beyond THe Grave next month.
February 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
That's me over halfway to owning blu rays of all seven Amicus portmanteau horror movies, got Dr Terror's House Of Horrors, Torture Garden, House That Dripped Blood and Asylum, and will be picking up Tales From The Crypt, Vault Of Horror and From Beyond THe Grave next month.
First big blu ray delivery of the year, Excalibur 4K arrived Saturday and The Abyss and Fifth Element 4Ks, along with the new Thunderbirds complete blu ray and Dr Terror's House Of Horror steelbook were dropped off by friend.
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
First big blu ray delivery of the year, Excalibur 4K arrived Saturday and The Abyss and Fifth Element 4Ks, along with the new Thunderbirds complete blu ray and Dr Terror's House Of Horror steelbook were dropped off by friend.
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Nahanyan, a railway worker black cat, is the mascot for the Kamakura Rolling Stock Center (Nakahara Branch), who fix and maintain trains.
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Nahanyan, a railway worker black cat, is the mascot for the Kamakura Rolling Stock Center (Nakahara Branch), who fix and maintain trains.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
At the folks woth tje two cats sheltering from the cold and rainy weather.
February 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
At the folks woth tje two cats sheltering from the cold and rainy weather.
I do not want the I bubble to burst.
I want it to burn, I want it to take out every evengelical fuckwith that's hyped this bullshit up and created the shitshow we're experiencing now along with it.
I want it to burn, I want it to take out every evengelical fuckwith that's hyped this bullshit up and created the shitshow we're experiencing now along with it.
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I do not want the I bubble to burst.
I want it to burn, I want it to take out every evengelical fuckwith that's hyped this bullshit up and created the shitshow we're experiencing now along with it.
I want it to burn, I want it to take out every evengelical fuckwith that's hyped this bullshit up and created the shitshow we're experiencing now along with it.
Last night I realised one of my favourite episodrs of Kolchak:The Night Stalker "Horror In The Heights" was written by.Jimmy Sangster, writer of multiple Hammer movies (plus director of a few, which didn't go quite as well)
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Last night I realised one of my favourite episodrs of Kolchak:The Night Stalker "Horror In The Heights" was written by.Jimmy Sangster, writer of multiple Hammer movies (plus director of a few, which didn't go quite as well)
Absolutely bloody loving these. :)
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New mecha-inspired designs for Gauss and Grendel are heading your way when The Shadowgrapher arrives this March. wrfr.me/4r2ceIq
New mecha-inspired designs for Gauss and Grendel are heading your way when The Shadowgrapher arrives this March. wrfr.me/4r2ceIq
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Absolutely bloody loving these. :)
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SHIRTS UP FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!
1) Limited run of the OG Piledrive A Fascist shirt that caused certain people to lose their minds and even @ the FBI on us #CryMore
2) Official #WrestleQueendom VIII event shirt
3) Version 2 of our Piledrive A Fascist shirt! #CryMoreAgain
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1) Limited run of the OG Piledrive A Fascist shirt that caused certain people to lose their minds and even @ the FBI on us #CryMore
2) Official #WrestleQueendom VIII event shirt
3) Version 2 of our Piledrive A Fascist shirt! #CryMoreAgain
EVEwrestling.com/merch
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
SHIRTS UP FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!
1) Limited run of the OG Piledrive A Fascist shirt that caused certain people to lose their minds and even @ the FBI on us #CryMore
2) Official #WrestleQueendom VIII event shirt
3) Version 2 of our Piledrive A Fascist shirt! #CryMoreAgain
EVEwrestling.com/merch
1) Limited run of the OG Piledrive A Fascist shirt that caused certain people to lose their minds and even @ the FBI on us #CryMore
2) Official #WrestleQueendom VIII event shirt
3) Version 2 of our Piledrive A Fascist shirt! #CryMoreAgain
EVEwrestling.com/merch
I am so picking this up as soon as I have some spare funds, was in the Nintendo Direct but coming to Steam, PS5 and XBox Series. All five Super Bombermans (4 and 5 newly localised) and the two NES games.
SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTION | Official Trailer (KONAMI)
YouTube video by KONAMI公式
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I am so picking this up as soon as I have some spare funds, was in the Nintendo Direct but coming to Steam, PS5 and XBox Series. All five Super Bombermans (4 and 5 newly localised) and the two NES games.
Welp, appointment next town over for regular bloods.tests rescheduled to next week due to bus running late so would have bene very late. Going to bunker up out of the cold, rainy weather and see if anything interesitng appeared in the Nintendo DIrect.
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Welp, appointment next town over for regular bloods.tests rescheduled to next week due to bus running late so would have bene very late. Going to bunker up out of the cold, rainy weather and see if anything interesitng appeared in the Nintendo DIrect.
Sadly, turns out Black Widow Recharged on GOG is same as Steam version, Centipede video playing behind the menus and all but two power ups missing from the game modes. @atari.com you should really be fixing this, it's been years now with an excellent game being ruined by bugs that have been ignored.
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Sadly, turns out Black Widow Recharged on GOG is same as Steam version, Centipede video playing behind the menus and all but two power ups missing from the game modes. @atari.com you should really be fixing this, it's been years now with an excellent game being ruined by bugs that have been ignored.
Both Shadows games for six quid? BOth LEgo games (yes, I am still holding a grudge they never released the promised third film DLC for The Hobbit) also for under six quid? Bargains!
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Both Shadows games for six quid? BOth LEgo games (yes, I am still holding a grudge they never released the promised third film DLC for The Hobbit) also for under six quid? Bargains!
Satya Nadella can do something useful by fucking off and taking AI shite with him.
Delicious to me
February 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Satya Nadella can do something useful by fucking off and taking AI shite with him.
Might finally start catching up with fighting game stuff in a few month's time, stil not got the last season passes for SF6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear:Strive, or Granblu VS R, let alone the current ones for SF6 and Tekken 8. But seeing my other classic Tekken main returning for S3 has me tempted.
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Might finally start catching up with fighting game stuff in a few month's time, stil not got the last season passes for SF6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear:Strive, or Granblu VS R, let alone the current ones for SF6 and Tekken 8. But seeing my other classic Tekken main returning for S3 has me tempted.
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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Apparently they found a better print of Manos and it’s getting a 4k restoration I’m so happy. That movie still sucks.
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Apparently they found a better print of Manos and it’s getting a 4k restoration I’m so happy. That movie still sucks.
The temptation to just ditch Windows entirely and move to Linux grows stronger week by week.
Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The temptation to just ditch Windows entirely and move to Linux grows stronger week by week.
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Yeah, I played a bunch of Warframe this year, it's become one of my comfy and chill games, especially after ditching a couple other games.
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Yeah, I played a bunch of Warframe this year, it's become one of my comfy and chill games, especially after ditching a couple other games.
One of the co-founders of Realtime Software and an early master of 3D in games has passed away. 3D Tank Duel, Starstrike II and Starglider were big parts of my SPectrum gaming and paved the way for so many later 3D space and ground combat games. RIP Graeme Baird.
3D Pioneer Graeme Baird Has Passed Away
Baird worked on the likes of Starglider, Carrier Command and 3D Tank Duel
www.timeextension.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
One of the co-founders of Realtime Software and an early master of 3D in games has passed away. 3D Tank Duel, Starstrike II and Starglider were big parts of my SPectrum gaming and paved the way for so many later 3D space and ground combat games. RIP Graeme Baird.
Got my first 4K of 2026, DIrty Harry, in a lovely steelbook.
January 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Got my first 4K of 2026, DIrty Harry, in a lovely steelbook.
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Folks, I don't know how to tell you this.
But you don't HAVE to be weird about video games.
You can just be a normal human about them. I swear. You can do it. I believe in you. Yes, even YOU.
But you don't HAVE to be weird about video games.
You can just be a normal human about them. I swear. You can do it. I believe in you. Yes, even YOU.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Folks, I don't know how to tell you this.
But you don't HAVE to be weird about video games.
You can just be a normal human about them. I swear. You can do it. I believe in you. Yes, even YOU.
But you don't HAVE to be weird about video games.
You can just be a normal human about them. I swear. You can do it. I believe in you. Yes, even YOU.