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Memphis, TN
NES Max apologist
Finally got around to playing the #DOOM2 mod "Ashes: 2063". Pretty impressive! Liked the atmosphere and on the Ultra Violence equivalent it was challenging but not frustrating. Looking forward to checking out the next two installments.

www.moddb.com/mods/ashes-2...
Ashes: Stand Alone Version 1.51 file
This stand alone package contains all released Ashes content and is ready to play out of the box.
www.moddb.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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UZDoom 4.14.3 has left "release candidate" state, and is now officially released!

Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.

github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...

What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!

zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Release UZDoom 4.14.3 · UZDoom/UZDoom
This is the official release build for UZDoom 4.14.3. See the forum post for the full changelog. If you are unable to run the standard Linux release, try using the "Legacy" AppImage. It targets old...
github.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Black Friday basket time
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
AI warning for Steam – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download AI warning for Steam for Firefox. Show the AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam store pages as a modal popup.
addons.mozilla.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Got this email about a GOG subscription service. GOG Patrons. I've no opinion one way or the other but I'm almost 100% sure this is an AI voice in the promo vid for it, which instantly turns me away.

vimeo.com/1140726763/9...
Games of your youth...
...classics. What can you do, to make them live forever?
vimeo.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just gave the demo of @connorminnsmedia.bsky.social 's game Life Blood a try. Really enjoyed what's there! There was a bit of a big difficulty spike halfway through but I made it through. Gonna be there day one for this release for sure!

Some screen in reply

store.steampowered.com/app/3920230/...
Life Blood Demo on Steam
You awaken on the Altar inside the Life Cathedral. Life Blood is a first-person, Kingsfield-like action adventure game with a focus on exploration. Travel the interconnected world with fast-paced, rea...
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Started playing Overlord (2007) on PC yesterday. It's fun in a Fable meets Pikmin kind of way.

What really surprised me is how well it runs "Out of the box" for a console port from 2007. No issues at all. 4k/120 and no tiny text or game speed issues in sight. Wish more older games were like that.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Been listening to Kadath by The Great Old Ones a bunch recently. Probably gonna be my album of the year for sure

Really digging "Under the Sign of Koth" and "Those From Ulthar"

This is a 9 minute long song, the whole thing is good but the back half starting at 5:20 or so is 🔥

youtu.be/Kzd-r-xHHuM
Those from Ulthar
YouTube video by The Great Old Ones - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Really looking forward to Unreal Redux. Dude's put a lot of work in!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8z...
Unreal Redux, Autumn 2025 Trailer
YouTube video by Krull0r
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just saw this over on the King's Field subreddit. "Life Blood", a solo dev game inspired by King's Field, Lunacid, etc. Looks pretty awesome!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C51L...
Life Blood - Official Demo Release Trailer [October 1st 2025]
YouTube video by Snappy Gurus
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Aww man. Maru passed away ☹️

18 years old though. That's decent for a cat.
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So I guess Mississippi passed a law about age verification and @bsky.app blocked the entire state. That's great and all, but I'm in Memphis and I'm also blocked unless I use a VPN or my cell service. I know that the problem is because my connection at some point goes through MS but it still sucks!
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is quietly one of my most anticipated games. No idea when it'll be done and that's OK. I'll be there day one whenever it is.
I'm really diggin how this area is turning out.
August 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
2025 ain't great, but at least sucker MC's don't seem to be a problem anymore.
August 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Nice!
In collaboration with id Software, we're excited to announce the definitive re-release of Heretic + Hexen — available NOW on all platforms! 💥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqH3...
Heretic + Hexen re-release - Launch Trailer | Nightdive Studios
YouTube video by Nightdive Studios
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man, for a game that came out in 2009 The Sims 3 sure does run poorly on a PC that decimates the sys reqs. Tried playing it this weekend and despite trying all the different tweaks I could find it's always a stuttery mess when trying to pan the camera around despite it reporting a locked 60fps.
July 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Played and finished Martha is Dead over the last couple days. It was interesting. Less of a horror game than I thought it would be and more a tale of mental illness. However....
July 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
First trailers for this were back in 2013!
We’re excited to share that Routine is still in active development and nearing the finish line.

The incredible team at Lunar Software has been hard at work and just posted a new devlog update.

Check it out and enjoy these stunning new Routine screenshots: store.steampowered.com/news/app/606...
July 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Playing Lost Records: Bloom & Rage today. Interesting even if the dialog can be awkward at times.

That performance though. DLSS set to ultra perf and I still go below 60 on a 4080 super. I'm using lossless scaling FG to hit 120 because it's somehow less wobbly looking than dlss fg in this case.
July 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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BLACKSHARD's OST is available on Steam for less than 3€ 🥳

Made by our dear @alt236.bsky.social & @al9000music.bsky.social, it's a huge part of our game's identity that you can now discover outside of the labyrinth... Enjoy 🩶

🎼 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3762090/BLACKSHARD_Soundtrack/
June 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Outer Wilds VR is neat and surprisingly enough worked "out of the box" with my PSVR2 with PC adapter setup.

Only minor complaint is that the scale seems off but I think that might just VR exaggerating the game's own diminished scale for planets and distances. Planets look like toys sometimes.
June 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Just finished up the demo for "Metal Eden". It was pretty good! Make sure to go to the Steam forums and get the instructions on accessing the beta patch. Before, the demo had ran pretty poorly for me (hitching, frame drops), but afterwards it was smooth sailing.

store.steampowered.com/app/990380
METAL EDEN on Steam
An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ...
store.steampowered.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
JFC, it's like I've been hearing a shitty record on repeat over and over for almost 30 years with no end in sight.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio
The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil
www.bloomberg.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
After only occasionally dabbling in Spelunky for the past 12 years, finally buckled down over the past few weeks and beat Olmec last night. Only took 877 deaths, lol. Now to check out the other paths in the game.
June 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Got a frantic phone calls from my folks this morning. They sounded so relieved to hear my voice. My parents thought I was dead/kidnapped. Turns out they got a call from a farmer who... found my cellphone in the middle of his field? But I have my phone. And he wants to return it. Scam right? Well, 🧵
June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM