DW Hartman
@dwhartman.bsky.social
Political junkie, PC gaming enthusiast, science fiction nerd.
This is actually pretty close to the way I played Lake. Main character didn't end up hating her hometown, but also realized she didn't want to give up everything and move back.
Judging by how few other players got the "return to big city" achievement, my preferred ending seems to be rare.
Judging by how few other players got the "return to big city" achievement, my preferred ending seems to be rare.
Yes. Make this. Make “Sweet Home Alabama” but she’s reminded that her hometown sucks, her high school boyfriend is an asshole, everyone there is a bigot, and there’s nothing to do there but drink. So she goes back to the new city life she’s built, with renewed gratitude.
unironically a good idea
December 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is actually pretty close to the way I played Lake. Main character didn't end up hating her hometown, but also realized she didn't want to give up everything and move back.
Judging by how few other players got the "return to big city" achievement, my preferred ending seems to be rare.
Judging by how few other players got the "return to big city" achievement, my preferred ending seems to be rare.
These are good troubles to have.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
These are good troubles to have.
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Watching so many defense-related blogs and channels trying to somehow explain Trump's "golden fleet" and fixation on "battleships" like it's somehow tied to a real strategy and not a man-baby's fantasy.
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Watching so many defense-related blogs and channels trying to somehow explain Trump's "golden fleet" and fixation on "battleships" like it's somehow tied to a real strategy and not a man-baby's fantasy.
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This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
December 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the only 500+ hours thumbs down Steam review I will allow
I'm not saying I *like* the bots now. But maybe I hate them just a little less.
Why are robots filling BlueSky with bskweets about Privateer? I’m not mad, I just want to know.
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm not saying I *like* the bots now. But maybe I hate them just a little less.
I completely forgot that you can see through some of the wrapping paper I bought last year, and accidentally used it to wrap a gift this year. I remain baffled - why would anyone sell see-through wrapping paper?
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I completely forgot that you can see through some of the wrapping paper I bought last year, and accidentally used it to wrap a gift this year. I remain baffled - why would anyone sell see-through wrapping paper?
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there we go
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
there we go
When you think about it this way, it's a real tear jerker.
Watching a movie about a lonely heart who comes out of their shell to form a found family with an unlikely group of strangers. That’s right, Alien (1979) is a Christmas movie
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
When you think about it this way, it's a real tear jerker.
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In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
This is an excellent game that's worth it even at full price. Grab it while it's on sale!
Cyberpunk adventure Technobabylon by is 70% off during the Steam Winter Sale!
Hit the blue-neon streets of Newton to follow the trail of a serial killer known as The Mindjacker!
Discover why "there's nothing like being in Trance."
store.steampowered.com/app/307580/T...
Hit the blue-neon streets of Newton to follow the trail of a serial killer known as The Mindjacker!
Discover why "there's nothing like being in Trance."
store.steampowered.com/app/307580/T...
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is an excellent game that's worth it even at full price. Grab it while it's on sale!
Merry Christmas!
A 2 part Christmas story for you.
Part 1: The Investigation
Part 1: The Investigation
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Merry Christmas!
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If I were a billionaire I simply wouldn’t be fighting with strangers on the internet on Christmas Eve
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If I were a billionaire I simply wouldn’t be fighting with strangers on the internet on Christmas Eve
I got so many Sierra adventure games as Christmas presents when I was a kid that this seems highly appropriate.
Looking for some retro gaming holiday cheer? Check out my compilation of Sierra On-Line's Christmas card demos from 1986 through 1992. When I came downstairs on Christmas morning as a 9 year old, my first computer (a Tandy 1000 EX) was under the tree with the 1986 version playing on a loop. 🎄
Sierra On-Line Christmas Card Compilation (1986–1992)
YouTube video by decafjedi
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I got so many Sierra adventure games as Christmas presents when I was a kid that this seems highly appropriate.
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The Angel Belly of Cleansing is here to heal your timeline. Photo from my collection, ca. 1970s.
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Angel Belly of Cleansing is here to heal your timeline. Photo from my collection, ca. 1970s.
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"I heard these things have mice? Where are they? Here on this shiny piece of glass?" remarks Tremolo.
Poking around an archive of an old late 90s MIT website, and came across some lovely time-piece cat-and-computer pics.
'Carolyn's Cats'.
Poking around an archive of an old late 90s MIT website, and came across some lovely time-piece cat-and-computer pics.
'Carolyn's Cats'.
December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"I heard these things have mice? Where are they? Here on this shiny piece of glass?" remarks Tremolo.
Poking around an archive of an old late 90s MIT website, and came across some lovely time-piece cat-and-computer pics.
'Carolyn's Cats'.
Poking around an archive of an old late 90s MIT website, and came across some lovely time-piece cat-and-computer pics.
'Carolyn's Cats'.
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I wonder if this piece is why trump was ranting about the nyt
DOGE will go down as an epic and disastrous fiasco.
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I wonder if this piece is why trump was ranting about the nyt
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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991)
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (1991)
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Trump supporters believe that the left has been embarrassed by Bill Clinton’s association with Epstein because they can no longer conceive of politics being about the role of government versus worshipping politicians like gods
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump supporters believe that the left has been embarrassed by Bill Clinton’s association with Epstein because they can no longer conceive of politics being about the role of government versus worshipping politicians like gods
A large part of the population doesn't seem to realize that headphones exist, and I find that remarkable.
December 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A large part of the population doesn't seem to realize that headphones exist, and I find that remarkable.
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Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Try this instead: I was wrong. I overstated narrow election results, underappreciating how many Trump voters didn’t believe he’d do what he said. I miscast fascists and oligarchs gaining political power as a popular cultural shift. I got some of this on X, failing to recognize it’s skewed that way.”
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Fallout (1997)
December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fallout (1997)
I don't live in Washington state, but I may have nightmares anyway.
Toilet rats? Washington health officials warn of possible rodents in sewer systems after floods
The rodent advisory comes after Washington was hit with devastating floods this month.
www.nbcnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't live in Washington state, but I may have nightmares anyway.
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I wish discourse about AI in game development would distinguish between "making new kinds of games that couldn't exist without this tech" and "making the same kind of games as before but cheaper and worse with fewer humans involved"
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I wish discourse about AI in game development would distinguish between "making new kinds of games that couldn't exist without this tech" and "making the same kind of games as before but cheaper and worse with fewer humans involved"