Parallax Abstraction
@pxa.ca
Middle-aged Canadian nerd, gamer and retro enthusiast, blogger, pet parent, IT ninja, @bigboxdb.com account runner and much more.
Blog: https://geekbravado.com
Discord: https://discord.pxa,ca
Other Stuff: https://pxa.ca
Check my lists!
Blog: https://geekbravado.com
Discord: https://discord.pxa,ca
Other Stuff: https://pxa.ca
Check my lists!
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Parallax Abstraction
@pxa.ca
· Dec 6
#retrogaming, #modernretro & #indiegames
Twitch - Steams on hiatus, but will return Soon (tm) with a retro focus.
YouTube - Restructuring channel, but plans are in work.
Discord
Web
Pets
I run the @bigboxdb.com account too.
Business email in profile.
Talk to me about your cool indie games!
Twitch - Steams on hiatus, but will return Soon (tm) with a retro focus.
YouTube - Restructuring channel, but plans are in work.
Discord
Web
Pets
I run the @bigboxdb.com account too.
Business email in profile.
Talk to me about your cool indie games!
Because PC case designers apparently never own cats, this build had been turned off multiple times by the cats sitting on the power button. NO MORE! Spent more on this than I should have, but dangit if it won't do the job!
February 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Because PC case designers apparently never own cats, this build had been turned off multiple times by the cats sitting on the power button. NO MORE! Spent more on this than I should have, but dangit if it won't do the job!
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Our awesome fearless leader and code wizard @adamzwakk.com has just published v2 of the site!
Featuring among other improvements, a HUGE performance boost, more search options and support for multi-gatefold boxes like oh, how about Black & White?
Join us to talk retro and contribute!
Featuring among other improvements, a HUGE performance boost, more search options and support for multi-gatefold boxes like oh, how about Black & White?
Join us to talk retro and contribute!
February 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Our awesome fearless leader and code wizard @adamzwakk.com has just published v2 of the site!
Featuring among other improvements, a HUGE performance boost, more search options and support for multi-gatefold boxes like oh, how about Black & White?
Join us to talk retro and contribute!
Featuring among other improvements, a HUGE performance boost, more search options and support for multi-gatefold boxes like oh, how about Black & White?
Join us to talk retro and contribute!
New blog post!
@vcfederation.bsky.social launched its first Vintage Computer Festival in Canada this year with VCF Montreal last month.
A friend and I went and I wrote up some impressions. It's off to a solid start and I hope it gets to grow!
geekbravado.com/vintage-comp...
@vcfederation.bsky.social launched its first Vintage Computer Festival in Canada this year with VCF Montreal last month.
A friend and I went and I wrote up some impressions. It's off to a solid start and I hope it gets to grow!
geekbravado.com/vintage-comp...
Vintage Computer Festival Montreal 2026: A Solid Start
Vintage Computer Festival had their first Canadian show in Montreal and I give my impressions.
geekbravado.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
New blog post!
@vcfederation.bsky.social launched its first Vintage Computer Festival in Canada this year with VCF Montreal last month.
A friend and I went and I wrote up some impressions. It's off to a solid start and I hope it gets to grow!
geekbravado.com/vintage-comp...
@vcfederation.bsky.social launched its first Vintage Computer Festival in Canada this year with VCF Montreal last month.
A friend and I went and I wrote up some impressions. It's off to a solid start and I hope it gets to grow!
geekbravado.com/vintage-comp...
I guess I shouldn't have waffled in the last month when I was thinking about buying a Steam Deck. I'm guessing whenever they come back in stock, they'll cost a lot more because of this AI driven price spike in RAM and storage.
Pop this damn bubble already.
Pop this damn bubble already.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I guess I shouldn't have waffled in the last month when I was thinking about buying a Steam Deck. I'm guessing whenever they come back in stock, they'll cost a lot more because of this AI driven price spike in RAM and storage.
Pop this damn bubble already.
Pop this damn bubble already.
I don't know why, but my blog is getting a ton of hits on the home page today and I've had more email signups in the last 24 hours than the blog has ever had. Some weird addresses too. And Google's still not indexing it.
I hope this isn't some kind of exploit in Ghost. 😬
I hope this isn't some kind of exploit in Ghost. 😬
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I don't know why, but my blog is getting a ton of hits on the home page today and I've had more email signups in the last 24 hours than the blog has ever had. Some weird addresses too. And Google's still not indexing it.
I hope this isn't some kind of exploit in Ghost. 😬
I hope this isn't some kind of exploit in Ghost. 😬
Discord's existing application security and policies are already a joke, as I detailed here.
Now they want me (a user of the service since 2016) to provide facial or document verification that I'm an adult, processed by a company that will inevitably be hacked or will sell the data? Umm, no?
Now they want me (a user of the service since 2016) to provide facial or document verification that I'm an adult, processed by a company that will inevitably be hacked or will sell the data? Umm, no?
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Discord's existing application security and policies are already a joke, as I detailed here.
Now they want me (a user of the service since 2016) to provide facial or document verification that I'm an adult, processed by a company that will inevitably be hacked or will sell the data? Umm, no?
Now they want me (a user of the service since 2016) to provide facial or document verification that I'm an adult, processed by a company that will inevitably be hacked or will sell the data? Umm, no?
I am seen some shall we say, dense Chinese company names in my day, but this one that was on an inexpensive Amazon wheeled shelf I bought to put under my new standing desk might take the cake.
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I am seen some shall we say, dense Chinese company names in my day, but this one that was on an inexpensive Amazon wheeled shelf I bought to put under my new standing desk might take the cake.
Saw this at Zak's in Carleton Place this morning. Took me a sec. I wonder how many people didn't catch this before approving it. 🤣
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Saw this at Zak's in Carleton Place this morning. Took me a sec. I wonder how many people didn't catch this before approving it. 🤣
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New blog post!
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
Netflix, it's not me, it's you
I've been an uninterrupted user of Netflix since it launched in Canada. After more than 15 years, I'm done. This is my goodbye letter.
geekbravado.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
New blog post!
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
New blog post!
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
Netflix, it's not me, it's you
I've been an uninterrupted user of Netflix since it launched in Canada. After more than 15 years, I'm done. This is my goodbye letter.
geekbravado.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
New blog post!
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
I've been a Netflix user since the day it launched in Canada, over 15 years ago. I cancelled today.
I wrote about why and how they've pushed me to Plex, something I never would have done until recently. I don't feel bad about it.
geekbravado.com/netflix-its-...
Happened literally the day after I did the same: geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
He may have founded the company, but he clearly doesn't have what it takes to lead it going forward.
He may have founded the company, but he clearly doesn't have what it takes to lead it going forward.
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Happened literally the day after I did the same: geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
He may have founded the company, but he clearly doesn't have what it takes to lead it going forward.
He may have founded the company, but he clearly doesn't have what it takes to lead it going forward.
New blog post!
Ubisoft's on the ropes and Yves Guillemot is still in charge, despite leading it to this mess. He treats it like a family business, even with 17,000 employees and publicly traded shares. It's time for him to step down so it can hopefully survive.
geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
Ubisoft's on the ropes and Yves Guillemot is still in charge, despite leading it to this mess. He treats it like a family business, even with 17,000 employees and publicly traded shares. It's time for him to step down so it can hopefully survive.
geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
Yves Guillemot's pride and ego will be the death of Ubisoft
The once might Ubisoft is on fire, with financial performance and confidence at rock bottom. So why is the guy who led it there still in charge?
geekbravado.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 AM
New blog post!
Ubisoft's on the ropes and Yves Guillemot is still in charge, despite leading it to this mess. He treats it like a family business, even with 17,000 employees and publicly traded shares. It's time for him to step down so it can hopefully survive.
geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
Ubisoft's on the ropes and Yves Guillemot is still in charge, despite leading it to this mess. He treats it like a family business, even with 17,000 employees and publicly traded shares. It's time for him to step down so it can hopefully survive.
geekbravado.com/yves-guillem...
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One of the best known demoscene productions, Future Crew's Second Reality made state-of-the-art PCs of the days sweat.
Now this lad lad has it running like butter in JavaScript in a browser.
Incredible work! Highly recommend giving this a watch.
Now this lad lad has it running like butter in JavaScript in a browser.
Incredible work! Highly recommend giving this a watch.
Second Reality JS port, running beautifully in the browser: github.com/covalichou/s...
GitHub - covalichou/second-reality-js: 2nd Reality (Future Crew) implementation in Javascript
2nd Reality (Future Crew) implementation in Javascript - covalichou/second-reality-js
github.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
One of the best known demoscene productions, Future Crew's Second Reality made state-of-the-art PCs of the days sweat.
Now this lad lad has it running like butter in JavaScript in a browser.
Incredible work! Highly recommend giving this a watch.
Now this lad lad has it running like butter in JavaScript in a browser.
Incredible work! Highly recommend giving this a watch.
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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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As of today, the collection on the site has reached 500, all scanned by the community! What a milestone!
Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ❤️ Come hang in our Discord to add your own and chat with some hardcore retro weirdos! We have a great crew there and would love to see you.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ❤️ Come hang in our Discord to add your own and chat with some hardcore retro weirdos! We have a great crew there and would love to see you.
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
As of today, the collection on the site has reached 500, all scanned by the community! What a milestone!
Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ❤️ Come hang in our Discord to add your own and chat with some hardcore retro weirdos! We have a great crew there and would love to see you.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ❤️ Come hang in our Discord to add your own and chat with some hardcore retro weirdos! We have a great crew there and would love to see you.
@neutronized.bsky.social Hey there! Just picked up Dino Quake on sale, but when I try to start the game, this is what I get.
On a 9800X3D with a 9070 XT, Windows 11. Ever seen this before? It's not one I've previously come across. Oddly, I played the demo a while ago and I think it worked fine.
On a 9800X3D with a 9070 XT, Windows 11. Ever seen this before? It's not one I've previously come across. Oddly, I played the demo a while ago and I think it worked fine.
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM
@neutronized.bsky.social Hey there! Just picked up Dino Quake on sale, but when I try to start the game, this is what I get.
On a 9800X3D with a 9070 XT, Windows 11. Ever seen this before? It's not one I've previously come across. Oddly, I played the demo a while ago and I think it worked fine.
On a 9800X3D with a 9070 XT, Windows 11. Ever seen this before? It's not one I've previously come across. Oddly, I played the demo a while ago and I think it worked fine.
Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
Stop Canada’s “Buy Now, Regret Later” AI Future
Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 h...
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
The best Discord announcement bot has now gone FREE!
I've supported CouchBot on Patreon since February, 2020 and intend to continue doing so because Matt's a great guy who puts a ton of work into this and provides the kind of support every dev should strive for.
Use this and support it!
I've supported CouchBot on Patreon since February, 2020 and intend to continue doing so because Matt's a great guy who puts a ton of work into this and provides the kind of support every dev should strive for.
Use this and support it!
Stream on DLive, Picarto, Piczel, Twitch, or YouTube?
Post videos on YouTube?
CouchBot has announced content for communities over the past 10 years! We've announced over 5 million times across platforms, games, teams, and more!
Post videos on YouTube?
CouchBot has announced content for communities over the past 10 years! We've announced over 5 million times across platforms, games, teams, and more!
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The best Discord announcement bot has now gone FREE!
I've supported CouchBot on Patreon since February, 2020 and intend to continue doing so because Matt's a great guy who puts a ton of work into this and provides the kind of support every dev should strive for.
Use this and support it!
I've supported CouchBot on Patreon since February, 2020 and intend to continue doing so because Matt's a great guy who puts a ton of work into this and provides the kind of support every dev should strive for.
Use this and support it!
In the office of what'll be my new full-time gig after my contract today to get up to speed on some stuff and I kid you not: There's an event later today where anyone in the building can go meet the new batch of St. John's Ambulance therapy dogs! Suddenly, the awful traffic seems well worth it! 🐕❤️
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In the office of what'll be my new full-time gig after my contract today to get up to speed on some stuff and I kid you not: There's an event later today where anyone in the building can go meet the new batch of St. John's Ambulance therapy dogs! Suddenly, the awful traffic seems well worth it! 🐕❤️
Man, EA needs to get a new Javelin update out. There is absolutely a LOT of cheating happening in Redsec right now.
Fixing the UI bugs that have literally been there since day one would be nice too. 🙄
Fixing the UI bugs that have literally been there since day one would be nice too. 🙄
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Man, EA needs to get a new Javelin update out. There is absolutely a LOT of cheating happening in Redsec right now.
Fixing the UI bugs that have literally been there since day one would be nice too. 🙄
Fixing the UI bugs that have literally been there since day one would be nice too. 🙄
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Signing a contract with ICE in this environment is profoundly shameful, @hootsuite.com.
You know your social media monitoring tools will be used to attempt to punish ICE's targets and citizen protestors.
We deleted our account with you, others should too! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
You know your social media monitoring tools will be used to attempt to punish ICE's targets and citizen protestors.
We deleted our account with you, others should too! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Signing a contract with ICE in this environment is profoundly shameful, @hootsuite.com.
You know your social media monitoring tools will be used to attempt to punish ICE's targets and citizen protestors.
We deleted our account with you, others should too! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
You know your social media monitoring tools will be used to attempt to punish ICE's targets and citizen protestors.
We deleted our account with you, others should too! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
This is very good advice and I've followed it for a long time. Indies need all the help they can get and this is an easy way to do it. 323 here and counting! 💪
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is very good advice and I've followed it for a long time. Indies need all the help they can get and this is an easy way to do it. 323 here and counting! 💪
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I was scanning my new acquisitions from @vcfederation.bsky.social Montreal this morning and Beanie decided to step on the scanner bed while it was doing the preview.
Just in case you needed a laugh today. 🤣
You can see him at pets.pxa.ca. 🐈
Just in case you needed a laugh today. 🤣
You can see him at pets.pxa.ca. 🐈
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I was scanning my new acquisitions from @vcfederation.bsky.social Montreal this morning and Beanie decided to step on the scanner bed while it was doing the preview.
Just in case you needed a laugh today. 🤣
You can see him at pets.pxa.ca. 🐈
Just in case you needed a laugh today. 🤣
You can see him at pets.pxa.ca. 🐈
Yves Guillemot needs to go. He's had years and multiple chances to turn Ubisoft's fortunes around and has stumbled it constantly. He's not equipped to lead the company into the industry going forward. But I think he'd rather burn all his legacy and employees than admit failure.
Ubisoft has detailed a ‘major company reset’, which has resulted in six cancelled games, seven delayed projects, and two studio closures, as it reorganizes into 'creative houses'.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft...
Ubisoft details ‘major company reset’: 6 games canned, 7 delayed, and 2 studios closed | VGC
Prince of Persia remake among cancelled projects; Company reorganises into five ‘creative houses’ specializing in genres…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Yves Guillemot needs to go. He's had years and multiple chances to turn Ubisoft's fortunes around and has stumbled it constantly. He's not equipped to lead the company into the industry going forward. But I think he'd rather burn all his legacy and employees than admit failure.
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How friggin' cool is this?! Randall's managed to turn his amazing passion project into a commission for a well known YouTuber!
Congrats man, looks amazing!
Congrats man, looks amazing!
Working with the @spacequesthistorian.com and his band @error47.bsky.social for the boxes for the kickstarter project "Soup's On: music from The 7th Guest & The 11th Hour on vinyl". I am honored to be asked to do the project. It will hold 5 vinyl's 2 CD and 1 tape. I'm prototyping now. So excited.
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
How friggin' cool is this?! Randall's managed to turn his amazing passion project into a commission for a well known YouTuber!
Congrats man, looks amazing!
Congrats man, looks amazing!