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@syrsly.com

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Unity/TS/Python/PHP/JS/Godot/C# developer and streamer. Monthly news recaps and other articles at https://syrsly.com Creator of these feeds: VR Gaming, PCVR, VR Development. YT: youtube.com/syrsly 'serious': @syrsly.bsky.social

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 2d

The monthly recap article affectionately titled WTF Happened September 2025 is out!
syrsly.com/blog/what-ha...

#retrospective #worldnews

WTF Happened September 2025

Student loans suck, but these video games are amazing....

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1h

Uh... Championship Edition Dick Hats?

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1h

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1h

cd /

rm -rf *

sudo reboot

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 8h

That'll probably only be possible with an Android emulator or other Android-powered headset. (Quest hardware is Android-based.)

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 9h

This product has nothing to do with "VR gaming" other than being a computer. A 5060 with 8GB VRAM is barely adequate for modern VR gaming and the processor is absurdly weak for gaming in general.

For $840, it's not a bad PC... it's a good budget office computer... but you can get a lot better.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I cut my finger chopping cheese, but I think that I may have a grater problems.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I played the Rogue Genesia demo a while back... it was pretty good. I'll check out Boneraiser Minions later if you recommend it. Soulstone is great.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I'm personally a big fan of Soulstone Survivors despite it being mostly reliant on Synty assets. It got a pretty good following with >1M sales at launch, almost the same success level as Half-Life: Alyx. Crazy when you think about it.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I'm surprised there are bullies that young. They're growing up faster every day.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I'm 75% soda and the rest is a grand of Taco Bell crunchwraps and a Wendy's chili.

KuJoe 💞 @kujoe.net · 2d

I'm 75% water and the rest is a $60 worth of Taco Bell from Uber Eats.

Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 2d

I'm 75% water and the rest is a succulent Chinese meal.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I'd like to suggest having a "I can't redeem this" button that opens a modal asking "Do you want to free this key so others can see it? If you don't redeem the key in 8 minutes, this happens automatically."

8 minutes would be a better time frame to give people plenty of time to log in.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I'd be more interested in playing with friends than playing with randoms, but I can see why some may prefer randoms.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I also think showing the used keys to users who click the links is dangerous. You're giving them info on what the key is, so there's a rush to see if they used it by redeeming the code manually.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I think the only way this can be fair is to require login using Bluesky and prevent users who are new to the platform from using your service. By going off IP alone, you're basically ruining the system for people who share IPs, like most ISPs do automatically, and people who use VPNs or proxies.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

It's the Wild West 🤠 of tax filing.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

The local coop feature was never really useful to me because nobody comes over to play Vampire Survivors.

Happy it's getting online features. Wonder how well it will work.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

Honestly, I didn't expect this game to gain any attention outside the typical action roguelike crowd on Twitch. I thought it looked cool, but its numbers are vastly exceeding expectations.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

I just give people a link to my article when they ask: syrsly.com/blog/best-vr...

Valve's likely going to come out with something new soon, though.

Best VR Headsets 2025

Multiple categories of VR headsets.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

It would not run well enough to be playable. You would have to turn it all the way down to the lowest qraphics quality and lowest resolution possible. That said, the biggest performance hits wouldn't happen until you get to act 3.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 1d

Yes! You could skin Windows Media Player, too.
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Windows Media Player Skins Archive

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 2d

The monthly recap article affectionately titled WTF Happened September 2025 is out!
syrsly.com/blog/what-ha...

#retrospective #worldnews

WTF Happened September 2025

Student loans suck, but these video games are amazing....

syrsly.com

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 2d

Feel ya. Full time work takes a lot out of ya, and you don't necessarily get tons of funds to make up for the time spent.

Syrsly @syrsly.com · 2d

Hopped in for a bit. Sorry you're having software issues, but that game's a little rough in the first place. It takes a lot of patience to play.

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Syrsly @syrsly.com · 2d

Glad someone thinks the same way I do. 😘