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2026-05-10 20:20:15 UTC

The GOAT ... er ... YAK.
"YOU SHOULD GO WATCH Heart of Neon! Seriously!"
Behind The Scanlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXmv_h5d0zM

2026-04-16 17:15:01 UTC

A weird sense memory triggered this image in my mind. This is the first thing I drew in a drawing program I wrote for my Apple II Plus back in the day. I think I was brainstorming a zoomed drawing feature on the left. Call MoMA!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/415/494/753/803/697/original/1b0ef887e2fdc7f0.png

2026-02-13 22:30:50 UTC

The most interesting thing about this disappeared Ars Technica article about an AI agent beefing with an open-source maintainer is the last part, which appears to have been hallucinated by another AI.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/

2025-06-04 03:57:42 UTC

It never fails. The ultimate Atarians are always from Poland.
"Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer"
Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer/

2025-05-17 14:36:05 UTC

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Thanks to Ian Brumby.

2025-04-12 17:30:21 UTC

I'm feeling confident AI will destroy us in the stupidest ways possible.

2025-04-03 15:14:39 UTC

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Perhaps, though the lowest-tier Steam Deck is technically inferior to the Switch 2 by a wide margin and costs more once you buy a dock for it.

2025-04-02 12:02:28 UTC

Look, Dear ImGui, I'm real happy for your success, but you've made searching for general IMGUI knowledge basically impossible.

2025-04-01 22:34:53 UTC

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In that case consider doing it with a shape table with scaling and rotation and some stack tricks.

2025-03-30 16:46:33 UTC

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Fancy new Cadius return code?

2025-03-27 20:12:24 UTC

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Yech but true.

2025-03-22 17:02:00 UTC

This stuff never fails to be fascinating.
White_Pointer Gaming: "More graphical tricks in classic games - Your questions answered!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F12xqhwcjWs

2025-03-20 02:27:25 UTC

$5,000,000,000 share / 6000 games = $833,333
That is shockingly high.
https://mastodon.social/@GIbiz/114188798252151856

2025-03-17 23:43:32 UTC

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They won't recognize a Constitutional Crisis until Trump burns the original document.

2025-03-16 08:37:04 UTC

Illustrator and effects artist Tom Sullivan is a delight.
"Secrets of the Original Evil Dead Necronomicon!"
Adam Savage's Tested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFDg1NTKerw

2025-03-14 06:17:07 UTC

A parable:
I watched a Godot tutorial and the dude opened up the project settings and typed a word into a box and the thing he wanted instantly appeared and I thought to myself, "Goddammit, GameMaker."

2025-03-05 15:39:03 UTC

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They make good products, too. I've always recommended them for both their product performance and their policies. But I can't recommend them until they reverse this lock-in baloney.

2025-03-05 01:49:27 UTC

Honeymoon's over.
"Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals"
https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-accused-of-locking-down-third-party-printer-ink-cartridges-via-firmware-updates-removing-older-firmware-versions-from-support-portals

2025-02-28 17:04:16 UTC

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Is there another option?

2025-02-24 12:37:53 UTC

There seem to be a number of problems with this infographic but as an American, it is fun to nod along to.
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/114057645235405123

2025-02-23 23:44:05 UTC

"Is this the worst programming language ever made?" asks Kari, or, I submit, the greatest stunt ever achieved on the Atari 2600.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw97o4HvsHs

2025-02-20 20:27:54 UTC

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We use the term "morally challenged" now.

2025-02-20 12:11:29 UTC

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Terrific technique!

2025-02-11 17:48:24 UTC

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Non-American primate cryptids have famously small feet.

2025-02-11 10:55:13 UTC

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Sadly the Apple II lacks the power to properly simulate fire.

2025-02-11 10:48:59 UTC

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No, that had not yet been introduced the last time I played. I stopped shortly after the first expansion, Horizons, which I never purchased. I understand it is now included in the base game. In any event, I've missed virtually every update since the initial release.

2025-02-10 10:07:44 UTC

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That sounds encouraging. Mining was pretty dreadful and trading was utterly perilous.

2025-02-10 09:55:58 UTC

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How much of this journey was punctuated by annoying combat? I haven't played in a few years. I got sick of constantly getting ganked and losing everything but I still want to like it.

2025-02-08 07:35:53 UTC

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Hmmm, checks out.

2025-02-08 04:31:58 UTC

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The names George and Martha solidly place it in the 1700s.

2024-11-09 03:25:56 UTC

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You're not filling me with confidence.

2024-10-16 00:36:58 UTC

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Pfft. They aren't even in alphabetical order. Useless.

2024-08-29 22:24:10 UTC

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You can read about that bug and many others here:
https://www.zimlab.com/wizardry/proving-grounds-v3/files/Wizardry-Proving-Grounds-v3.1-Code-Changes-Readme.txt

2024-08-10 23:34:03 UTC

"Why Devs NEED TO know about Render Matrices!"
Kaze Emanuar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f05PwswO7qc