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· Nov 12
Read Only Memo
Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's games run on tomorrow's hardware.
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ok so i got some *more* constructive criticism from bird artists on my attempts at drawing birds. many said the legs weren’t realistic enough and i suspect they were right. i think i finally got it in this year’s calendar though, lemme know what you think
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
ok so i got some *more* constructive criticism from bird artists on my attempts at drawing birds. many said the legs weren’t realistic enough and i suspect they were right. i think i finally got it in this year’s calendar though, lemme know what you think
Is Square OK because "Yuffie and Tifa dressed as 2B" feels like an emergency lever you pull on the verge of bankruptcy
FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS | YoRHa No.2 Type B Intercept - Encounter in the City Ruins crossover event coming Nov 27th www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed-Z...
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Is Square OK because "Yuffie and Tifa dressed as 2B" feels like an emergency lever you pull on the verge of bankruptcy
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I was on the latest episode of Button Mash to talk about all the surprise Steam hits of 2025, and how you just can't predict the year in gaming without leaving a few blank spots for the surprise REPOs and Schedule 1s of the world.
I also highly recommend this, though I'm a bit biased: open.spotify.com/episode/4mVS...
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I was on the latest episode of Button Mash to talk about all the surprise Steam hits of 2025, and how you just can't predict the year in gaming without leaving a few blank spots for the surprise REPOs and Schedule 1s of the world.
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Here's the first footage of our Cardcaptor Sakura WonderSwan English patch!
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Here's the first footage of our Cardcaptor Sakura WonderSwan English patch!
Did I know I was going to arrive at the ultimatum "gamers rise up" when I started writing about how putrid this ad is? No, that would be embarrassing. But the thing is we all in our hearts know a goat when we see one and they can't take that
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Did I know I was going to arrive at the ultimatum "gamers rise up" when I started writing about how putrid this ad is? No, that would be embarrassing. But the thing is we all in our hearts know a goat when we see one and they can't take that
Still a little tinkering to do, but I've been cooking up a new design for Read Only Memo 😎
The future of the past
How will the Analogue 3D, the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and the SuperStation One impact the hobby of emulation?
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November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Still a little tinkering to do, but I've been cooking up a new design for Read Only Memo 😎
TAke a look, y'all: oLd_wrinkly_hogg.jpeg
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
TAke a look, y'all: oLd_wrinkly_hogg.jpeg
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Poems are now battlefields.
"Our society might have stumbled into the most embarrassing possible cyberpunk dystopia, but—as of today—it's at least one in which wordwizards who can mesmerize the machine mind with canny verse and potent turns of phrase are now a pressing cybersecurity threat."
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time
Hacking the planet with florid verse.
www.pcgamer.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Poems are now battlefields.
Incredible news day for Magic the Gathering players
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Incredible news day for Magic the Gathering players
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Really enjoyed this writeup from @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com about difficulty. One of the greatest epiphanies I had playing games was emulating Contra Hard Corps (the best Contra) and realizing that how hard a game is and how rich a challenge it is are two related but very distinct things.
There's a difference between hard games and hardcore ones, and the distinction matters
True skill is about more than learning how to win, and true challenge is about more than an insurmountable obstacle.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Really enjoyed this writeup from @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com about difficulty. One of the greatest epiphanies I had playing games was emulating Contra Hard Corps (the best Contra) and realizing that how hard a game is and how rich a challenge it is are two related but very distinct things.
Decided I want to go back to a vertical second monitor and it's gotta be 16:10. The few options closer to square are just too pricey. So I pick out this Asus model and... I guess it's not actually for sale yet??
ProArt Display PA248QV Gen2 PA248QFV｜Monitors｜ASUS USA
ProArt Display PA248QFV: 24.1" 16:10 WUXGA, 100% sRGB, 100Hz VRR, Calman Verified. Ergonomic design, rich connectivity, perfect for creative pros.
www.asus.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Decided I want to go back to a vertical second monitor and it's gotta be 16:10. The few options closer to square are just too pricey. So I pick out this Asus model and... I guess it's not actually for sale yet??
This definitely isn't gonna snowball
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This definitely isn't gonna snowball
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I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
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I spent an entire evening snipping letters out of game logos to bring you this quiz www.pcgamer.com/games/do-you...
Do you recognize what game titles these letters are from? Let's get alphabetical in our latest quiz!
Let's see if you know your game titles from A to Z.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I spent an entire evening snipping letters out of game logos to bring you this quiz www.pcgamer.com/games/do-you...
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"He's a god, not a goose, respect him." www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ke...
'Keep dying to goose pls help': Where Winds Meet players are being chased around by demonic geese
The geese have turned the tables and are farming players for the fun of it.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"He's a god, not a goose, respect him." www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ke...
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Half-Life 3 looks fucking SICK
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Half-Life 3 looks fucking SICK
I was compelled to blog
No amount of money can buy being goated with the sauce
Not a must cop.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I was compelled to blog
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Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Promise Mascot Agency
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Promise Mascot Agency
If we as a society had embraced the Indigo and Spice GameCubes we'd be living in a utopia right now. There'd be no suffering. Just cube.
Happy 24th Birthday, Game Cube! Making its way outside Japan to the USA in November 2001!
Let's celebrate with some GCN eye-candy: very high resolution and quality from a press disc.
What games would you recommend to someone wanting to get into its library, peeps? What are your faves?
Let's celebrate with some GCN eye-candy: very high resolution and quality from a press disc.
What games would you recommend to someone wanting to get into its library, peeps? What are your faves?
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If we as a society had embraced the Indigo and Spice GameCubes we'd be living in a utopia right now. There'd be no suffering. Just cube.
When I was 17 and refused to go to church my dad made me spend the equivalent time reading religious/spiritual books and I remember thinking the one I read by Deepak Chopra was a bunch of bullshit. Remembering that for no reason rn defector.com/jeffrey-epst...
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
When I was 17 and refused to go to church my dad made me spend the equivalent time reading religious/spiritual books and I remember thinking the one I read by Deepak Chopra was a bunch of bullshit. Remembering that for no reason rn defector.com/jeffrey-epst...
Network rabbit hole Saturday. Why are Steam downloads so slow? The PC's only negotiating a 100 mbps link?? Driver update and Windows tweaks do nothing. Replug the cable, ethernet dies altogether. Uh-oh, the motherboard? Try a new cable. Nothing. Try a new port on the switch... good as new. Well shit
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Network rabbit hole Saturday. Why are Steam downloads so slow? The PC's only negotiating a 100 mbps link?? Driver update and Windows tweaks do nothing. Replug the cable, ethernet dies altogether. Uh-oh, the motherboard? Try a new cable. Nothing. Try a new port on the switch... good as new. Well shit
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Oh snap new FOV 90 just dropped (multiple hours ago) www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/bl...
Black Ops 7 has problems, but Call of Duty recognizes where the wind is blowing: The triumphant return of loose SBMM and persistent lobbies in the FPS
FOV 90: Call of Duty's "minimal SBMM" experiment makes a good impression.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oh snap new FOV 90 just dropped (multiple hours ago) www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/bl...
Using generative AI art in any game is loser shit, but for CALL OF DUTY? Who's asking for Blackwater Totoro, the last time I played CoD multiplayer 90% of players just wanted to use the emblem tools to draw a pot leaf
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 under fire for using what sure looks like AI-generated Studio Ghibli-style calling card art
I can't swear if this is generative AI in action, but I'm pretty sure it is.
www.pcgamer.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Using generative AI art in any game is loser shit, but for CALL OF DUTY? Who's asking for Blackwater Totoro, the last time I played CoD multiplayer 90% of players just wanted to use the emblem tools to draw a pot leaf
Read a few of those leaked emails between illiterate billionaires and the first paragraph of the NYT glazing Nuzzi and you will be inoculated against impostor syndrome for the next 10 years. Do you have a halfway functioning brain? Congratulations you are a golden god
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Read a few of those leaked emails between illiterate billionaires and the first paragraph of the NYT glazing Nuzzi and you will be inoculated against impostor syndrome for the next 10 years. Do you have a halfway functioning brain? Congratulations you are a golden god