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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 4h

Don't have time to search, but-

Sound effect of pint or shot glass thumping on to a bar after being drained?

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 1d

Look what you made me do!

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 1d

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, at least one antifa member reviewed the game positively...

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Steam forums

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 1d

Been looking forward to Sektori since last year's demo-

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Blasting and Blasted in the Arcade Arenas of Sektori Demo

The Sektori demo reveals a promising twin-stick shooter that sounds great, looks fantastic, and has plenty of gameplay quirks to discover and exploit.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait!

(Also not being home Wednesday makes writing things up properly very difficult)

Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com · 2d

Finally, a release day! Sektori is coming out on November 18th on PC/Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. #indiegame

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Sektori - Release Date Trailer

YouTube video by Kimmo Lahtinen

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 2d

Just made a typo in a post over on Mastodon. Hit the edit button and fixed it. This is what posting in The Future feels like! Or possibly distant past, seeing as Facebook (ugh) has the same function.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 2d

Been spending the last couple weeks with @nomorerobots.io Little Rocket Lab as my Steam Deck playing-in-bed game, chatting with townspeople and automating the place in a Satisfactory/Stardew Valley mashup. The two genres fuse perfectly in a lovely chill adventure.

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Review: Little Rocket Lab

Little Rocket Lab is about as cozy an introduction to automation as could be imagined, with a cast of likable characters in a run-down, charming town.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 3d

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, but slight typo. Million instead of billion for Makemake's orbit. Nothing a quick x1000 won't fix.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 3d

Finally! Windows 11 upgrade took far longer and was more of a pain than I'd planned, but it's complete!

Now to forget about it forever.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 3d

I bounced off Galaxy 1 the first time back on Wii, but when I played Galaxy 2 I enjoyed it enough that I restarted the first Galaxy and completed it. So should you replay Galaxy 1? Ummm... Maybe?

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 4d

I honestly could not get past the first 5-10 minutes. I've watched some terrible movies but the tone of Minecraft was so deliberately loud and obnoxious that I had no way in.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 4d

Hard drive upgrade = success! I’ve recovered most everything I need and Windows feels much faster now. Next up, finding out what I don’t know I missed.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 5d

Turned out my old C: drive was in MBR format rather than GPT, which means secure boot won't work, which means everything in the entire goddamn world is a giant major pain in the ass because *rantrantrant*grumble*swear*

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 5d

In other news, the first two episodes of May I Ask For One Final Thing? are out and yeah, that's a fun one!

Made my wife an avatar of the main character, although it's a bit sepia due to being a flashback.

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 5d

Turned out my old C: drive was in MBR format rather than GPT, which means secure boot won't work, which means everything in the entire goddamn world is a giant major pain in the ass because *rantrantrant*grumble*swear*

James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 5d

Found it in Computer Management
Got it set up and now showing as F: drive
Currently making USB bootable for a fresh Windows install

Next-

Change C: to G:
Change new SSD, F:, to C:
Reboot
BIOS, change boot order to SSD first
Fresh Windows install
Hope like hell this works

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, so far in the quest to get the Win11 upgrade going I've-

Tuesday, installed the new SSD on my PC's motherboard
Not showing up, deal with it later.

Today- Verified motherboard is set up right
Verified showing in BIOS
Researched how to make it show in Windows

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 7d

Ah, so that's why the news articles are saying @hamishsteele.bsky.social's Dead End: Paranormal Park is a kids show. It's rated TV-Y7 because there's no blood, swearing, or nudity in it. That doesn't mean the storylines are kid-oriented, just that it tells them without harsher content.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 7d

Can something be both bad and hilarious? Because despite the economic carnage of the AI bubble bursting, it's going to be utterly hilarious to watch.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 7d

I've been waiting impatiently for a US release date of @oniongames.bsky.social's Stray Children for a while and today it's announced as coming 10/30, worldwide. You can't go wrong with a game that describes itself as a Bittersweet Fairytale RPG.

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Stray Children Wandering Towards Worldwide Release With New Launch Trailer

Stray Children is the latest RPG from the creators of Moon, Dandy Dungeon, Little King's Story, Chulip, etc.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 8d

Initially read that as “skin suits” for a very different tone, despite it being a technically correct description.

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 8d

Na-naaaaa Nanana na na, na na, na na na nana na!

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 9d

Dead End: Paranormal Park was an absolutely fantastic show. I’m still sad it didn’t its final season but the graphic novel wrapped it up nicely. Even incomplete, I’ll recommend the show to anyone.

✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 10d

It's probably going to be a very odd day

Screenshot of Elon Musk tweeting "this is not ok" as a reply to Libs of TikTok posting "omg. Dead end paranormal park, a show on netflix, is pushing pro-teangeder on CHILDREN. This show is advertised for 7-year-olds. It's being promoted on netflix kids now. Parents - beware" with an attached photo of Barney from the show.

Elon's tweet has 3.6k comments, 8.7k retweets, 60k likes and 4.2million views

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James Cunningham @jamesac68.bsky.social · 9d

I need a better metaphor for AI than "dogshit on the plate". There's only a bit of dogshit, surely you can eat around it? Everything else is delicious, can't you just deal with it being there? And no, there's dogshit on the plate so I'll pass.

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