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Greg
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Cat dad, dog dad, human dad, code dad, game dad, book dad, movie dad.

he/him

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Built a new NAS/homelab server (previous was built in 2011 with underpowered eco hardware) and am getting into docker, this is great stuff
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Legit some of my favorite artwork and T-shirt
Zelda - Long Live the Princess t-shirt is $20 at The Yetee (today only) buff.ly/FPn65wa #ad
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So far today I got a paper cut on my tongue from licking an envelope and one under my fingernail from opening another
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Greg
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Signed up for Qobuz recently and thought I got French spam with this email newsletter from them:

"Qobuzissime Retrospective—Miso Extra, Mei Semones, Marlon Williams, Marshall Allen, Mélanie Laurent, and more"
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I started my GOTY post much more introspective but rewrote it to acknowledge both BDS and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund purchasing EA. This is so important now.
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Announcing our top 10 games of 2025! I'm very proud of the pixel art I made, I found Aerith and part of Maelle online, but created Simon from Blue Prince, Melinoe, and Pauline on my own, it was fun! The background is from @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social's Old Skies

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2025 Game of the Year | First Hour
2025 was an incredible year of gaming for me, I loved a bunch of games and there are a hundred more titles that I didn’t even get to play. It wasn’t quite as grand for the industry though, as consolid...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Nothing illustrates the sad downhill slope Community took after season 3 when in season 6 the opening intro has just art and no names.
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe the relaunch of my site isn't actually going that well...
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Switched over to @waterfox.net after the latest @firefox.com AI news, so far so good!
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Part of the onboarding process to Postman now includes an AI chat bot with no way to skip it, you literally have to interact with it to proceed. That sucks.
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Expedition 33 still doesn't run well on the Steam Deck, worth a shot though
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reposted by Greg
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So it seems like @eclipse.org shut down their forums so now there's just a million dead links in search results. Great. Couldn't have just made it read only??
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Order of the Sinking Star looks like a blast
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Game awards flute guy for GOTY
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Would straight up prefer appreciating amateur or bad art than literally anything AI generated. I hate that I have scrutinize so much now
Also, this is his result after many tries!

Told him how to hold the pen and let the hand wander over the paper for better line quality.

It looks pretty good and he can't believe he did that himself!

That's the magic of art!

Hope he can continue if he likes it and who knows, become an artist too!
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Currently not using Spotify, hoping to switch the family to like Qobuz soon (why does that sound like one of those fake video streaming services?). Instead I'm just listening to the mp3s I downloaded between 1998 and 2009, they still work!
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
All this AI at their fingertips and they still double space between sentences.
Copy of Hegseth's new AI order that I obtained
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@tasharobinson.bsky.social So happy to see you finally covering AFTER LIFE on @thenextpictureshow.bsky.social, I watched it in early 2020 after hearing your recommendation and it kicked off my love for Kore-eda who is now my favorite director, thank you and can't wait to listen to the episode
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As long as they don't take Consolas from us
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Really love my top 10 games of 2025 list I'm putting together, an impressive year of releases
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My review of Angeline Era is out and so is the game! Check out this fantastic 3D action game from the creators of Anodyne firsthour.net/full-review/...
Angeline Era | First Hour
From the first bump of playing Angeline Era, I knew I was in for something fantastically weird. Blocky but expressive 3D graphics, terrific writing that reads like a pitch perfect 90s JRPG localizatio...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My Angeline Era review is ready for tomorrow, can't wait to share my thoughts!
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With Micron shutting down their consumer RAM business in Crucial, how long until Nvidia stops selling consumer GPUs?
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM