Alex Case
@countzeroor.bsky.social
Blogger, Let's Plays, YouTube Reviews, Podcasts.
https://countzeroor.carrd.co/
He/Him. Autistic. 40-ish
Opinions expressed are my own, and not any of my employers, past or present.
I post about NSFW occasionally, so maybe MDNI.
https://countzeroor.carrd.co/
He/Him. Autistic. 40-ish
Opinions expressed are my own, and not any of my employers, past or present.
I post about NSFW occasionally, so maybe MDNI.
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 140: The World Won’t Save Itself
I run into two of Ultima's most fervent acolytes.
I run into two of Ultima's most fervent acolytes.
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 140: The World Won’t Save Itself
I run into two of Ultima's most fervent acolytes.
countzeroor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 140: The World Won’t Save Itself
I run into two of Ultima's most fervent acolytes.
I run into two of Ultima's most fervent acolytes.
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incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
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I really need folks to call their reos and yell about the high priority bills. Things are moving along and legislators are getting a surprising amount of SUPPORT for these policies
Please do not assume this cannot happen. Please call, get your friends and family to call. Please.
Please do not assume this cannot happen. Please call, get your friends and family to call. Please.
now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I really need folks to call their reos and yell about the high priority bills. Things are moving along and legislators are getting a surprising amount of SUPPORT for these policies
Please do not assume this cannot happen. Please call, get your friends and family to call. Please.
Please do not assume this cannot happen. Please call, get your friends and family to call. Please.
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what has been happening to ana is really horrible - send support if you can!
I’m sorry folks, but opportunities to support me financially are literally being pulled from the internet. Even if you don’t listen to ASMR, at this point the best thing you can do to help me is actually subbing to my SubStar
subscribestar.adult/acvalens
subscribestar.adult/acvalens
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
what has been happening to ana is really horrible - send support if you can!
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 139: Streets of Kanver
We fight our way through Kanver's streets.
We fight our way through Kanver's streets.
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 139: Streets of Kanver
We fight our way through Kanver's streets.
countzeroor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 139: Streets of Kanver
We fight our way through Kanver's streets.
We fight our way through Kanver's streets.
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The author's granddaughter drew a sharp contrast between the federal raids and the ideals E.B. White highlighted in the beloved book, in a statement Martha White shared with CNN. https://cnn.it/4pk2rwx
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The author's granddaughter drew a sharp contrast between the federal raids and the ideals E.B. White highlighted in the beloved book, in a statement Martha White shared with CNN. https://cnn.it/4pk2rwx
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Rebecca's GFM can be found here. If you're able to help with funeral expenses she's in the home stretch of meeting her goal
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rebecca's GFM can be found here. If you're able to help with funeral expenses she's in the home stretch of meeting her goal
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Don't turn away from the truth.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Don't turn away from the truth.
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"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"If you hate GenAI you're going to have to stop playing new games when they all start using it"
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
My brother in Christ, my backlog is literally thousands of games long. I have lifetimes worth of earlier titles to play, & I will gladly do that instead of boiling the oceans for a new CoD or whatever
Does it make me a bad person that I thought Paul Hollywood was a stage name?
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Does it make me a bad person that I thought Paul Hollywood was a stage name?
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I am grateful for @repshontelbrown.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am grateful for @repshontelbrown.bsky.social
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as we head into the holiday season, it's important to remember that NSFW creators are still being censored by online platforms and especially payment processors. this is a wonderful time to see how you can support our fellow developers & creators:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
as we head into the holiday season, it's important to remember that NSFW creators are still being censored by online platforms and especially payment processors. this is a wonderful time to see how you can support our fellow developers & creators:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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please remember to use photos of norman reedus to pass these tests because they WILL store this and it WILL get stolen
Twitch is officially releasing age verification in the UK.
Users will need to verify their age using an in-app facial scan; otherwise, they will lose access to watching mature content based on Content Classification Labels (CCLs).
Users will need to verify their age using an in-app facial scan; otherwise, they will lose access to watching mature content based on Content Classification Labels (CCLs).
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
please remember to use photos of norman reedus to pass these tests because they WILL store this and it WILL get stolen
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Banks are targeting individuals by name because of their "high risk" line of work who are too outspoken. This is why we need you to stand up for nsfw creators
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Banks are targeting individuals by name because of their "high risk" line of work who are too outspoken. This is why we need you to stand up for nsfw creators
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I do want to be clear that I don’t know if my bank accounts have been flagged, but it’s clear that ways to support me financially are being flagged repeatedly
this should put the fear into anyone who sells anything even vaguely NSFW on the internet. Ana Valens has been DEBANKED because of her activism about paypro censorship - as in the kind of thing they do to international drug dealers. they have flagged her BANK ACCOUNT. for doing giantess/vore vtubing
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I do want to be clear that I don’t know if my bank accounts have been flagged, but it’s clear that ways to support me financially are being flagged repeatedly
Video Game Review: Gloomhaven
When I was a kid, I played a board game called HeroQuest a lot. This was a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley, intended to transform the dungeon-crawling RPG experience into a board game. Eventually, I ended up having to get rid of my copy of that…
When I was a kid, I played a board game called HeroQuest a lot. This was a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley, intended to transform the dungeon-crawling RPG experience into a board game. Eventually, I ended up having to get rid of my copy of that…
Video Game Review: Gloomhaven
When I was a kid, I played a board game called HeroQuest a lot. This was a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley, intended to transform the dungeon-crawling RPG experience into a board game. Eventually, I ended up having to get rid of my copy of that game in a move, but I always wanted that experience back, either as a board game or video game.
countzeroor.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Video Game Review: Gloomhaven
When I was a kid, I played a board game called HeroQuest a lot. This was a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley, intended to transform the dungeon-crawling RPG experience into a board game. Eventually, I ended up having to get rid of my copy of that…
When I was a kid, I played a board game called HeroQuest a lot. This was a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley, intended to transform the dungeon-crawling RPG experience into a board game. Eventually, I ended up having to get rid of my copy of that…
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The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
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Sony worried that someone might actually want to play their games
Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos
“Due to worrying legal action we’ve decided to pause invites for the time being.”
DMCA takedowns have only been sent on YouTube gameplay videos so far and not direct to the team's custom server project
“Due to worrying legal action we’ve decided to pause invites for the time being.”
DMCA takedowns have only been sent on YouTube gameplay videos so far and not direct to the team's custom server project
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sony worried that someone might actually want to play their games
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 13: Into the Shadowfell
We explore our first 2 areas of the Northern Wastes.
We explore our first 2 areas of the Northern Wastes.
Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 13: Into the Shadowfell
We explore our first 2 areas of the Northern Wastes.
countzeroor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 13: Into the Shadowfell
We explore our first 2 areas of the Northern Wastes.
We explore our first 2 areas of the Northern Wastes.
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Meanwhile, this article contains a fascinating peek into how the English localization came to be:
Happy birthday to Final Fantasy IX, my favorite videogame and maybe the one that did the most to shape my life. 14 years ago I poured all my love for it into this interview feature about the evolution of Square's PS1 localizations. Thanks to @jparish.bsky.social that kinda changed my life too!
The Rise of Squaresoft Localization from 1UP.com
How Richard Honeywood helped the house of Final Fantasy go from incoherent to incomparable.
web.archive.org
July 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Meanwhile, this article contains a fascinating peek into how the English localization came to be:
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And here are the FIGS credits. By this time, they were translating directly from the Japanese, instead of using English as a bridge language. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have made it into the modern port, which only displays the original US credits.
July 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And here are the FIGS credits. By this time, they were translating directly from the Japanese, instead of using English as a bridge language. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have made it into the modern port, which only displays the original US credits.
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Casual reminder on Final Fantasy IX's 25th anniversary that while Alexander O. Smith is credited for the English translation of the song Melodies of Life, he did not actually work on the game. Rather, these fine people are responsible for the English translation. #TranslatorsintheCredits
July 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Casual reminder on Final Fantasy IX's 25th anniversary that while Alexander O. Smith is credited for the English translation of the song Melodies of Life, he did not actually work on the game. Rather, these fine people are responsible for the English translation. #TranslatorsintheCredits
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If lawmakers genuinely care about young people's wellbeing, they should invest in education, support parents with better tools, and address the actual root causes of harm online. What they shouldn't do is wage war on privacy itself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If lawmakers genuinely care about young people's wellbeing, they should invest in education, support parents with better tools, and address the actual root causes of harm online. What they shouldn't do is wage war on privacy itself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...