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Tech, localization, reverse-engineering, retro gaming.
Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.
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Here's the full workspace and desktop.
The desk has a tablet on its left corner, two monitors on an arm, and my laptop in the middle under the displays. There's a bunch of bricabrac in the background - games, speakers, gacha gunpla, lego, etc.) Kiddycorner on the left is a cube organizer with a monitor and an old Beelink GTR Pro minipc. The desk in profile. There's a bunch of bricabrac in the background - games, speakers, gacha gunpla, lego, etc.) Off to the right you can see my office's TV with the Games Done Quick marathon playing on it. In the upper right you can see part of a floating shelf with SDCS super robot plamo on it.
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Here's a small piece of my desk
A small piece of my desk. Pictured are the Beyond Shadowgate kickstarter coin, a Little Big Planet 2 bookend, a Super Mario Bros color screen Game & Watch in a 3D-printed stand, and boxed copies of Alwa's Awakening, Data East Classics Collection, Majuu-Ou, Dottie Flowers, RC Pro-Am 2, and Undeadline.
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Hmmmmm
Megadrive Sorcerian plugged into an Analogue MegaSG
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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So, uh, linux folks? I have a mesh network in my home, base + one satellite, and my nic (qualcomm qcnfa765, which is soldered onto my motherboard) keeps bouncing between the two every few seconds. This is me attempting to download a file with transfer speeds measured over a period of about 1 minute.
A graph showing transfer speeds over a period of about a minute.
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Had to build mesen2 from scratch (appimage link is busted and the binary on git throws a std::bad_cast error when running it) but I got it working at least...
SRW 4 running in Mesen2 on Linux.
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Update on this
Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) installer on laptop
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Unfortunately I don't think an 8bitdo kit is going to fit in this guy
HORI Super Robot Wars controller
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Oh, I'd believe it! I'm sure you can imagine the cultural rabbit hole *I* fell down researching cassette-shaped board games from other countries :) And the four photos below don't even get into what ended up in South America or the Europe-exclusive Flipsiders or the Canadian variants or...
American cassette game. Flipsiders, "Rocket Race" Spanish Feberjuegos cassette games. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Barbie. More Spanish Feberjuegos, but also Cassette Juego Magnetico. Different brand, different chassis. Japanese Takara cassette games.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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AGTP Major Release Update for Project splatterworld ~ They're heeeere~ Splatterworld is done!
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-12-03T10:10:49-08:00
An image showcasing the Aeon Genesis Major Release update on project splatterworld An image showcasing the Aeon Genesis Major Release update on project splatterworld
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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They're heeeere~
Screenshot of Splatterworld. The battle narrative says "They're heeeere~"
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Jobs. Still looking. Sigh. Really appreciate any internal referrals.

SDE/SDM.
Hire me!!
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Here's what the "cadu" or "cadoo" or whatever looks like when you summon it.
Animation frame one Animation frame two
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Okay, gonna try crowdsourcing this one. Anybody have any idea what カドゥー as a monster name might be a reference to? It's a yellow blob tyle monster with a single big eye. Photo attached.
A splatterworld monster, "カドゥー", which we're currently trying to figure out if it's a reference to something. It's yellow, blobby, and has a single big eye.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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#RandomGameSaturday this week is Sorcerian for Mega Drive! Snagged this at @pinkgorillagames.com yesterday :) Thanks @kelslewin.bsky.social! But oof, the language barrier on this one is *thick*. Barely any katakana.
Sorcerian for Mega Drive. Cart and box.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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We got this guy (Crosley iJuke ipod 30pin dock w/ CD player) for $15 about a year ago. Sticker claimed the volume wouldn't go up and down... but it seems fine to me!
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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One of the bugs we unconvered. cc @infinitescream.bsky.social
A screenshot of the Splatterworld translation. It's just "AAAAAAAAAAAA"
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Splatterworld is totally rad.
Splatterworld's intro. Jennifer has just been kidnapped. The text has been replaced with text from Totally Rad. It says "Rick, they're like stealing me or something. Help!" Splatterworld's intro. The mysterious stranger is about to put the Terror Mask on Rick. The text has been replaced with text from Totally Rad. It says "You have gnarly potential!" Splatterworld's intro. It has Rick saying "Who were those dweebs, anyway?"
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Added code for a run button :) Hold B to run. It moves the menu from B to Start, but B still cancels.
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Guy's face has this energy
The "hey little man how's it goin" meme
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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For #RandomGameSaturday this week I've got SRW Original Generation on GBA. Honest to goodness random pull! Bought this on release day, even. I'm pretty sure I still have the box somewhere.
"Super Robot Taisen Original Generation" for GBA with accompanying custom cassette case.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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On a completely unrelated note, here's Bean.
Bean doing her best kitten impression, flopped on her side on top of the kitty pole with big eyes. (She's 2.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I did not play with this but I see the Tiger Electronics logo and I am getting flashbacks.

Also:
Back is usually fine but neck is almost always stiff.
Drinking plenty of water.
Early 40s, but, purchased loads of these cassette board games from my childhood.
Flipsiders Rocket Race board game. Canadian variant.
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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I think what you need is to check your clock and/or watch
The post being replied to. The timestamp *clearly* indicates that it is half past the hour, not fifteen minutes past.
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Last one.
Spirit acquisition after combat, in Japanese. Spirit acquisition in English. It's gone from being three columns (one per character + spirit) to three rows.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Battle magic menu in Japanese. Battle magic menu in English. The columns have been widened, and the word "Occult" (the game's magic command) has been added to the UI. Battle item screen in Japanese. Battle item screen in English. Again, the columns have been widened.
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM