Strib absolutely deserves to be kicked after they helped defeat MPD reform. They're part of the reason we're in this mess. Never getting a dollar from me after that.

Please don't amplify a huge sack of lies just because someone famous said them and you put quote marks around the lies. Responsible news agencies don't actually have to do that.

If you mean the portable apps thing, I'm pretty sure that doesn't do anything to prevent it phoning home. Give it a spin with Wireshark some time, I bet it is talking to Brave's servers. Anyway, use what you like, I just want to make sure folks know what they're supporting when they use Brave.

I'm afraid he is. Companies like that use active user counts during funding rounds and for selling ad space. It's why they list MAU and DAU over and over again on their About page.

He supports and donates money to right-wing and anti-LGBTQ causes. Deal killer for me.

Heads up, the Founder/CEO of Brave is a right-wing nutter, if that's something that matters to you.

How do you feel about forums instead of social media? The Something Awful forums have been my main hangout forever. Worth a shot.

Love when Tony's on, always a great guest.

I don't think there's anything sensitive in there, I was just using a test account for my job at the time. Don't know if the file timestamps will make it through, but they're all about 20 Sept 2013. Hope it's fun and/or useful!

You got it! 9.2GB, md5 5f5b0308e1a5454cf8853bb873eafcab. Contains the Program Data files and the profile data from my user dir. Let me know when you've snagged it so I can delete it. www.smokingonabike.com/ffxiv-2013.0...

I found these early pre-release mockups of M.C. Kids for NES, definitely predating the one known prototype. The fulltext search on this thing is crazy powerful.

The new player experience is really good, they nailed it. I've been playing the red/green dinosaur starter deck. Great theme, it's been doing pretty well for me

Also, Anne's favorite in-game butts.

I live in Minneapolis, and you guys choosing to do an episode about race with T.L. during the police protests here in 2020 really meant a lot to me. It was an incredibly difficult week, and hearing one of my favorite podcasts share the frustration and anger made me feel less alone.

Qotw: My favorite game soundtrack is Fez, by Disasterpeace. It's cover to cover full of great chiptune-inspired songs, and aways brings me back to the super exciting early days of indie gaming.