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plays a bunch of video games, sometimes makes them. often streams arcade 1cc attempts
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Why I'm a Dweeb About Arcade Games - Game Log - David
Any look at [my game log](/gamelog/2025/?highlights=true) should make it clear that I’m an arcade game head. I’ve been interested in them for most of my life, but things really kicked into high gear h...
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I've been batting around ideas for this for like a year now, but I finally decided to gather a lot of my thoughts about arcade gaming and why it has such a tight grasp on me these days
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I made a blog post about the process of creating Metal Garden's skybox :)
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February 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I made a blog post about the process of creating Metal Garden's skybox :)
tinerasoft.net/blog/creatin...
tinerasoft.net/blog/creatin...
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
been getting very slightly closer each session
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
been getting very slightly closer each session
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exploitation happens at the point of production. That's where new value is created, and where surplus is extracted. Whether that surplus ultimately goes to the landlord, the moneylender, or the industrial capitalist: it has already been separated from the worker.
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
exploitation happens at the point of production. That's where new value is created, and where surplus is extracted. Whether that surplus ultimately goes to the landlord, the moneylender, or the industrial capitalist: it has already been separated from the worker.
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a lil late for Battle Garegga's 30th, but this came up with someone & I was surprised they didn't know the lore, so...
yknow GR_ALL, the Garegga BGM collection for X68000 .mdx format? Manabu Namiki made & uploaded em himself, before the game came out, w the presumption that it'd never get a OST
yknow GR_ALL, the Garegga BGM collection for X68000 .mdx format? Manabu Namiki made & uploaded em himself, before the game came out, w the presumption that it'd never get a OST
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
a lil late for Battle Garegga's 30th, but this came up with someone & I was surprised they didn't know the lore, so...
yknow GR_ALL, the Garegga BGM collection for X68000 .mdx format? Manabu Namiki made & uploaded em himself, before the game came out, w the presumption that it'd never get a OST
yknow GR_ALL, the Garegga BGM collection for X68000 .mdx format? Manabu Namiki made & uploaded em himself, before the game came out, w the presumption that it'd never get a OST
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in what has turned out to be an excellent prank by 2009 jon, i just got a notification from google calendar that i have "penis surgery" scheduled for today. in the year 2026
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
in what has turned out to be an excellent prank by 2009 jon, i just got a notification from google calendar that i have "penis surgery" scheduled for today. in the year 2026
Suda51 I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Suda51 I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game
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1. it's not?
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
1. it's not?
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
2. what's "true" in a very obvious sense is that they're going to try their best to MAKE it true and still replace every job they can with it despite it, again, not being true
3. it then follows that the way to "think seriously" about it is to be as skeptical & hostile to it as possible
it's reaaaally fucking good
Romeo is a Dead Man has the best Game Over screen in the fucking universe lmao
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
it's reaaaally fucking good
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
I've been batting around ideas for this for like a year now, but I finally decided to gather a lot of my thoughts about arcade gaming and why it has such a tight grasp on me these days
Why I'm a Dweeb About Arcade Games - Game Log - David
Any look at [my game log](/gamelog/2025/?highlights=true) should make it clear that I’m an arcade game head. I’ve been interested in them for most of my life, but things really kicked into high gear h...
davidwilliams.xyz
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I've been batting around ideas for this for like a year now, but I finally decided to gather a lot of my thoughts about arcade gaming and why it has such a tight grasp on me these days
we are so close. we will kill evaccaneer
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
we are so close. we will kill evaccaneer
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Here's a vid of the extra suits for Saburouta in GunValkyrie's Challenge Mode, documented in the game's Perfect Guide Book and nowhere else on the internet AFAIK
1st: Standard
2nd: Hold L/R, press Up, X, Right, X, Down, X, Left, A on 'Send to insertion point?' prompt
3rd: As above, replace X with Y
1st: Standard
2nd: Hold L/R, press Up, X, Right, X, Down, X, Left, A on 'Send to insertion point?' prompt
3rd: As above, replace X with Y
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Here's a vid of the extra suits for Saburouta in GunValkyrie's Challenge Mode, documented in the game's Perfect Guide Book and nowhere else on the internet AFAIK
1st: Standard
2nd: Hold L/R, press Up, X, Right, X, Down, X, Left, A on 'Send to insertion point?' prompt
3rd: As above, replace X with Y
1st: Standard
2nd: Hold L/R, press Up, X, Right, X, Down, X, Left, A on 'Send to insertion point?' prompt
3rd: As above, replace X with Y
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Dead of the Brain - Shiryou no Sakebi (1992/1993) by FairyTale for PC-98, X68K, MSX and FM Towns. Cover illustration by Makino Ryuuichi.
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Dead of the Brain - Shiryou no Sakebi (1992/1993) by FairyTale for PC-98, X68K, MSX and FM Towns. Cover illustration by Makino Ryuuichi.
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Satoshi Kon talks about how Requiem for a Dream took from his film Perfect Blue (1997)
January 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Satoshi Kon talks about how Requiem for a Dream took from his film Perfect Blue (1997)
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We are at $70k (!!!) raised for the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund! If we hit $100k, @libbycwatson.com will drive 5 hours to eat at Criss Angel's Breakfast Lunch and Pizza! Let's make it happen! Fuck ICE! twitch.tv/gooffkings
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
We are at $70k (!!!) raised for the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund! If we hit $100k, @libbycwatson.com will drive 5 hours to eat at Criss Angel's Breakfast Lunch and Pizza! Let's make it happen! Fuck ICE! twitch.tv/gooffkings
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Funny that the the guy who was like “Black Swan is not influenced by Perfect Blue” after trying to obtain the rights and meeting the director would be really into a plagiarism machine.
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Funny that the the guy who was like “Black Swan is not influenced by Perfect Blue” after trying to obtain the rights and meeting the director would be really into a plagiarism machine.
do not say wikipedia console generation names at me.
"the SNES is a fourth generation console"
listen to yourself
"the SNES is a fourth generation console"
listen to yourself
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
do not say wikipedia console generation names at me.
"the SNES is a fourth generation console"
listen to yourself
"the SNES is a fourth generation console"
listen to yourself
big ketsui progress today, finally got the second 1up
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
big ketsui progress today, finally got the second 1up
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As someone who likes it when people have secure employment but hates it when people attempt a do-over of Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time I'm feeling very conflicted today
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
As someone who likes it when people have secure employment but hates it when people attempt a do-over of Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time I'm feeling very conflicted today
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fwiw I asked multiple Rare- and Magazine System-adjacent folk about this a few years ago, and was told (paraphrasing):
"possibly? idk I don't remember"
"that sounds like the sort of thing we would have told a magazine for no reason"
"we published bullshit all the time"
"possibly? idk I don't remember"
"that sounds like the sort of thing we would have told a magazine for no reason"
"we published bullshit all the time"
According to the official British Nintendo Magazine System magazine, Panel de Pon was originally planned to be localized with Killer Instinct characters before being changed to the Yoshi-themed Tetris Attack.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM
fwiw I asked multiple Rare- and Magazine System-adjacent folk about this a few years ago, and was told (paraphrasing):
"possibly? idk I don't remember"
"that sounds like the sort of thing we would have told a magazine for no reason"
"we published bullshit all the time"
"possibly? idk I don't remember"
"that sounds like the sort of thing we would have told a magazine for no reason"
"we published bullshit all the time"
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i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
very cool!
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify