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RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
IT’S BLOBBERIN’ TIME!
Operencia: The Stolen Sun (Steam) is $8.10 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/BAn8DQI #ad
$8.99 US PSN buff.ly/EUFKOeB
Deck playable
$8.99 US PSN buff.ly/EUFKOeB
Deck playable
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 AM
IT’S BLOBBERIN’ TIME!
Get ready to see a LOT of live-service games that started development in 2020-2021 ship after 5-7 years of dev and crash and burn immediately. I mean a LOT, I would even say it will probably be the defining trend of 2026-2027.
tbh I’d bet the fatal decision making here happened back when interest rates went up in 2022 and sunk cost fallacy is the only reason they shipped.
it's insane to me as someone who watched the live service model grow into what it is today that these kinds of games aren't even given a month to live and potentially grow and gain and audience when something like league or fortnite didn't blow up overnight.
February 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Get ready to see a LOT of live-service games that started development in 2020-2021 ship after 5-7 years of dev and crash and burn immediately. I mean a LOT, I would even say it will probably be the defining trend of 2026-2027.
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i think it's also worth mentioning that consumer trust has been slowly eroded away over the years re: live service. you saw it happening w/ JP mobile games over the past decade. a game comes out. closes three months later. consumers won't spend on battle passes, micro-transactions, etc.
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM
i think it's also worth mentioning that consumer trust has been slowly eroded away over the years re: live service. you saw it happening w/ JP mobile games over the past decade. a game comes out. closes three months later. consumers won't spend on battle passes, micro-transactions, etc.
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Wow, very meta reference to Koichi Sugiyama here
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Wow, very meta reference to Koichi Sugiyama here
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One of Vanillaware's co-founders (Takehiro Shiga) drew this cool illustration depicting the structure of Chunsoft's most famous sound novels. This was posted around the time 13 Sentinels was entering production, so the devs may have been studying these sound novels while conceptualizing the game.
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
One of Vanillaware's co-founders (Takehiro Shiga) drew this cool illustration depicting the structure of Chunsoft's most famous sound novels. This was posted around the time 13 Sentinels was entering production, so the devs may have been studying these sound novels while conceptualizing the game.
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Obviously the closing point about how gamification makes the divide between work and the rest of life slippery is the big important takeaway here, but also, lol, lmao, i simply love to read about the gamer's grotesque urge.
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Obviously the closing point about how gamification makes the divide between work and the rest of life slippery is the big important takeaway here, but also, lol, lmao, i simply love to read about the gamer's grotesque urge.
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YU-NO absolutely unlocked my brain the same way Dokyusei did for every game with adventure-social-sim elements.
PC98 eroge is the rosetta stone for everything
PC98 eroge is the rosetta stone for everything
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
YU-NO absolutely unlocked my brain the same way Dokyusei did for every game with adventure-social-sim elements.
PC98 eroge is the rosetta stone for everything
PC98 eroge is the rosetta stone for everything
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playing YU-NO in 2026 is the process of realizing that nearly every impressively complex metaphysical/interdimensional anime game of the past 30 years is copying its test answers. Xenogears, Death Stranding 2, Xenoblade 1/3 all quote it nearly verbatim
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
playing YU-NO in 2026 is the process of realizing that nearly every impressively complex metaphysical/interdimensional anime game of the past 30 years is copying its test answers. Xenogears, Death Stranding 2, Xenoblade 1/3 all quote it nearly verbatim
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Pour one out for Y3 Remastered. Yakuza 3 is flawed for sure but there's so much heart in that original game - and the work we were able to do in making Y3R the dad game it always deserved to be is something I will forever be proud of 🥹
(it's also not-so-secretly one of my favorites in the series)
(it's also not-so-secretly one of my favorites in the series)
Last chance to get Yakuza 3 Remastered digital individually
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3-5 Collection PS4 physical $22 at VGP buff.ly/a1692lp
Y3R will only be available in $130 bundle after tomorrow
(Steam) Fanatical $16.99 w/ code OMENVIP buff.ly/O1GPEtl #ad
$19.99 US PSN buff.ly/33B5sZL
Xbox buff.ly/JzS3MoQ
3-5 Collection PS4 physical $22 at VGP buff.ly/a1692lp
Y3R will only be available in $130 bundle after tomorrow
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Pour one out for Y3 Remastered. Yakuza 3 is flawed for sure but there's so much heart in that original game - and the work we were able to do in making Y3R the dad game it always deserved to be is something I will forever be proud of 🥹
(it's also not-so-secretly one of my favorites in the series)
(it's also not-so-secretly one of my favorites in the series)
Who up flashing their carts this weekend
VCF SoCal is this coming weekend! 🤠
#VCFSoCal #VCF #SoCal #OrangeCA #Festivals #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #FUN
#VCFSoCal #VCF #SoCal #OrangeCA #Festivals #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #FUN
February 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Who up flashing their carts this weekend
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Game Dev Story is a basically realistic portrayal of game development, except for this part
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Game Dev Story is a basically realistic portrayal of game development, except for this part
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
LRT: I have been unable to use Outlook at work for 2 days because my .pst is on OneDrive and Microsoft broke that and IT hasn’t rolled out the KB fix yet, so. Ultimately had to migrate the .pst to a local drive to get Outlook to stop crashing.
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
LRT: I have been unable to use Outlook at work for 2 days because my .pst is on OneDrive and Microsoft broke that and IT hasn’t rolled out the KB fix yet, so. Ultimately had to migrate the .pst to a local drive to get Outlook to stop crashing.
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Sisyphus is: heavy rock-pushing; mythic-grade metaphor; torment unending, solo-focused boulder-rolling; zero growth, zero choice + epic Olympian Punishment!
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Sisyphus is: heavy rock-pushing; mythic-grade metaphor; torment unending, solo-focused boulder-rolling; zero growth, zero choice + epic Olympian Punishment!
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Oh yes, Microsoft. Please add CoPilot to everything, it’s going great!
February 11, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Oh yes, Microsoft. Please add CoPilot to everything, it’s going great!
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guy who has only seen boss baby and has been shot in the gut during a heist gone awry: oooohhhhh…aaaaaagh…they’ve killed me. this is just like the wikipedia entry for reservoir dogs
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
guy who has only seen boss baby and has been shot in the gut during a heist gone awry: oooohhhhh…aaaaaagh…they’ve killed me. this is just like the wikipedia entry for reservoir dogs
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Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
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Serial Experiments Lain is a cautionary, deeply political story about how cool the Sharp X68000 looked, and what would happen if computers kept looking like that.
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Serial Experiments Lain is a cautionary, deeply political story about how cool the Sharp X68000 looked, and what would happen if computers kept looking like that.
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Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.
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spending a decade - that’s ten years, or 12.5% of an average human lifetime - making a fighting game only to immediately go ohhhhh wait a minute fighting games don’t make as much money as league of legends and we already own that let’s fire everyone
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
spending a decade - that’s ten years, or 12.5% of an average human lifetime - making a fighting game only to immediately go ohhhhh wait a minute fighting games don’t make as much money as league of legends and we already own that let’s fire everyone
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streets of fire (1984)
must a film have a good story or compelling performances? what if it just had nice set dressing and licensed songs?
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
streets of fire (1984)
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"there's no good maga art" now lets not be hasty
February 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
"there's no good maga art" now lets not be hasty