linuxnerd
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Lifelong gamer, furry, brony, party animal, weeb and IT nerd.
Cracked the car windshield with bass once.
Specifically the Sovngarde chant cranked up.
Specifically the Sovngarde chant cranked up.
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Cracked the car windshield with bass once.
Specifically the Sovngarde chant cranked up.
Specifically the Sovngarde chant cranked up.
Valve's origin was more from Gabe's friendship with John Carmack, who let them use and modify the Quake engine for free while making Half-Life.
The game industry owes so much to the id guys generously letting other developers and fans use their engines for free.
The game industry owes so much to the id guys generously letting other developers and fans use their engines for free.
Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary
YouTube video by Valve
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Valve's origin was more from Gabe's friendship with John Carmack, who let them use and modify the Quake engine for free while making Half-Life.
The game industry owes so much to the id guys generously letting other developers and fans use their engines for free.
The game industry owes so much to the id guys generously letting other developers and fans use their engines for free.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0V...
Jordan Mechner famously used digital rotoscoping for the amazingly fluid animations in Karateka and Prince of Persia, roping his actual friends and family and a karate sensei into performing movements for him to record.
Jordan Mechner famously used digital rotoscoping for the amazingly fluid animations in Karateka and Prince of Persia, roping his actual friends and family and a karate sensei into performing movements for him to record.
How Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations | War Stories | Ars Technica
YouTube video by Ars Technica
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0V...
Jordan Mechner famously used digital rotoscoping for the amazingly fluid animations in Karateka and Prince of Persia, roping his actual friends and family and a karate sensei into performing movements for him to record.
Jordan Mechner famously used digital rotoscoping for the amazingly fluid animations in Karateka and Prince of Persia, roping his actual friends and family and a karate sensei into performing movements for him to record.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0K...
Bill Gates announcing the Windows 95 port of Doom, and the DirectX API. Incidentally, none other than Gabe Newell who has since become Windows' worst nightmare, was lead developer on that Doom port.
Bill Gates announcing the Windows 95 port of Doom, and the DirectX API. Incidentally, none other than Gabe Newell who has since become Windows' worst nightmare, was lead developer on that Doom port.
Bill Gates Doom
YouTube video by raij
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0K...
Bill Gates announcing the Windows 95 port of Doom, and the DirectX API. Incidentally, none other than Gabe Newell who has since become Windows' worst nightmare, was lead developer on that Doom port.
Bill Gates announcing the Windows 95 port of Doom, and the DirectX API. Incidentally, none other than Gabe Newell who has since become Windows' worst nightmare, was lead developer on that Doom port.
Cue the Papageno duet.
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Cue the Papageno duet.
Who's that? From one of of the pre-Thrawn marvel comics?
December 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Who's that? From one of of the pre-Thrawn marvel comics?
The notorious silly hats throughout both series are just icing on the cake.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy1...
The GUILD does not take YOUR ORDERS
YouTube video by moeburn
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The notorious silly hats throughout both series are just icing on the cake.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRy1...
Reminder that both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune were covered 20 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7y...
I quite like how the 2000s series expanded Irulan's character and made her a sympathetic friend and ally early on, rather than just an incidental political pawn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7y...
I quite like how the 2000s series expanded Irulan's character and made her a sympathetic friend and ally early on, rather than just an incidental political pawn.
Children of Dune 2003 S01E01 1080p BluRay x265 RARBG
YouTube video by Busumgenas
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reminder that both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune were covered 20 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7y...
I quite like how the 2000s series expanded Irulan's character and made her a sympathetic friend and ally early on, rather than just an incidental political pawn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7y...
I quite like how the 2000s series expanded Irulan's character and made her a sympathetic friend and ally early on, rather than just an incidental political pawn.
Then, as now, the magic words "national security" and an apathetic congress and courts are all it takes to flagrantly ignore the 4th, 5th and 6th amendments.
Roy Olmstead is more of an American Hero than any of those spineless wretches.
Roy Olmstead is more of an American Hero than any of those spineless wretches.
December 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Then, as now, the magic words "national security" and an apathetic congress and courts are all it takes to flagrantly ignore the 4th, 5th and 6th amendments.
Roy Olmstead is more of an American Hero than any of those spineless wretches.
Roy Olmstead is more of an American Hero than any of those spineless wretches.
He's a hero, and it's to Obama and Biden's great shame that they didn't bring him back, give him a medal, and rein in the completely illegal, out of control NSA programs.
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
He's a hero, and it's to Obama and Biden's great shame that they didn't bring him back, give him a medal, and rein in the completely illegal, out of control NSA programs.
Ram and SSD circuitry are having a crisis, but on the other hand, the rise of RISC-V processing chips are certainly going to disrupt things, since China can thumb their noses (or the cultural equivalent gesture) at western export controls.
December 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ram and SSD circuitry are having a crisis, but on the other hand, the rise of RISC-V processing chips are certainly going to disrupt things, since China can thumb their noses (or the cultural equivalent gesture) at western export controls.
My daycare had an arcade cabinet of the original, complete with the gruesome game over screen.
They'd never get away with that nowadays.
Alas, the original is invariably censored in rereleases due to the shamelessly copied soundtrack. Mame is the only real way to play it.
They'd never get away with that nowadays.
Alas, the original is invariably censored in rereleases due to the shamelessly copied soundtrack. Mame is the only real way to play it.
I am Man - Ninja Gaiden Arcade - Track 7
YouTube video by NinjaGaiden4Life
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My daycare had an arcade cabinet of the original, complete with the gruesome game over screen.
They'd never get away with that nowadays.
Alas, the original is invariably censored in rereleases due to the shamelessly copied soundtrack. Mame is the only real way to play it.
They'd never get away with that nowadays.
Alas, the original is invariably censored in rereleases due to the shamelessly copied soundtrack. Mame is the only real way to play it.
May God's Valkyries purge and purify this wretched plane.
Kill the wabbit!
Kill the wabbit!
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
May God's Valkyries purge and purify this wretched plane.
Kill the wabbit!
Kill the wabbit!
I really prefer the Sigma releases with the Sigma-Black mods.
Purists dislike the side chapters with Rachel and Ayane, but they're quite fun. And while the combat with the Lady Liberty and Giant Buddha statue boss fights are a bit boring, they're awesome spectacle encounters.
Purists dislike the side chapters with Rachel and Ayane, but they're quite fun. And while the combat with the Lady Liberty and Giant Buddha statue boss fights are a bit boring, they're awesome spectacle encounters.
December 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I really prefer the Sigma releases with the Sigma-Black mods.
Purists dislike the side chapters with Rachel and Ayane, but they're quite fun. And while the combat with the Lady Liberty and Giant Buddha statue boss fights are a bit boring, they're awesome spectacle encounters.
Purists dislike the side chapters with Rachel and Ayane, but they're quite fun. And while the combat with the Lady Liberty and Giant Buddha statue boss fights are a bit boring, they're awesome spectacle encounters.
Nobody has yet been able to explain to me what "Souls-Like" is, and how it's different from any previous moderately-challenging 3rd person combat game like DMC and NG and Onimusha.
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nobody has yet been able to explain to me what "Souls-Like" is, and how it's different from any previous moderately-challenging 3rd person combat game like DMC and NG and Onimusha.
Looking up lists and biographies of the Righteous Among Nations, what are common denominators?
Contrast that with watching (without judgement) the recordings of Milgram Experiment participants.
classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/me...
Contrast that with watching (without judgement) the recordings of Milgram Experiment participants.
classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/me...
The Internet Classics Archive | The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, part of the Internet Classics Archive
classics.mit.edu
December 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Looking up lists and biographies of the Righteous Among Nations, what are common denominators?
Contrast that with watching (without judgement) the recordings of Milgram Experiment participants.
classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/me...
Contrast that with watching (without judgement) the recordings of Milgram Experiment participants.
classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/me...
Pinball tables are works of art, and to hell with Fiorello LaGuadria.
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pinball tables are works of art, and to hell with Fiorello LaGuadria.
Companies need to be more like Hasbro.
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Companies need to be more like Hasbro.
Harsh, and uncalled for.
It's not like the Hasbro suits weren't decent bros towards fanworks after 2010 (with some exceptions). if only G5 Pony got the same love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrGJ...
It's not like the Hasbro suits weren't decent bros towards fanworks after 2010 (with some exceptions). if only G5 Pony got the same love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrGJ...
I Cooked them Up... And Ate Them
YouTube video by Fakskis
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Harsh, and uncalled for.
It's not like the Hasbro suits weren't decent bros towards fanworks after 2010 (with some exceptions). if only G5 Pony got the same love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrGJ...
It's not like the Hasbro suits weren't decent bros towards fanworks after 2010 (with some exceptions). if only G5 Pony got the same love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrGJ...
*shyly offer a 24" Cattex heart balloon*
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
*shyly offer a 24" Cattex heart balloon*
Depends on how tolerant you are of formal WRPG rulesets and sensibilities.
Oblivion and Skyrim are extremely simplified compared to the older Elder Scrolls. Though there's always mods to break and unbalance things.
Oblivion and Skyrim are extremely simplified compared to the older Elder Scrolls. Though there's always mods to break and unbalance things.
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Depends on how tolerant you are of formal WRPG rulesets and sensibilities.
Oblivion and Skyrim are extremely simplified compared to the older Elder Scrolls. Though there's always mods to break and unbalance things.
Oblivion and Skyrim are extremely simplified compared to the older Elder Scrolls. Though there's always mods to break and unbalance things.