Ois
@oiseucalypt.bsky.social
Retro & Indie video games, dragons, plants, SPACE, greyhounds, and more. Probably a few grumbles about the state of the industry and whatever Aus politics is up to.
Aro/Ace, Australian.
Aro/Ace, Australian.
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Ois
@oiseucalypt.bsky.social
· Jul 24
I guess it was a nice 30 years of being on the web.
Do NOT hand over your ID. You fucking fools.
Do NOT hand over your ID. You fucking fools.
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Very funny to compare this to the Valve hardware announcement video, and think back to the Amazon guy on LinkedIn who was like, “why can’t we compete with Valve??? It is a mystery!!!”
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very funny to compare this to the Valve hardware announcement video, and think back to the Amazon guy on LinkedIn who was like, “why can’t we compete with Valve??? It is a mystery!!!”
My cousin is a big Multiplayer FPS fan and has been wanting to get back into Counter Strike Go (now CS:2).
Topic came up while talking about Valve's latest hardware, and I finally got the details of his laptop out of him. Him being longer scared about aps or the settings menu...
Topic came up while talking about Valve's latest hardware, and I finally got the details of his laptop out of him. Him being longer scared about aps or the settings menu...
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
My cousin is a big Multiplayer FPS fan and has been wanting to get back into Counter Strike Go (now CS:2).
Topic came up while talking about Valve's latest hardware, and I finally got the details of his laptop out of him. Him being longer scared about aps or the settings menu...
Topic came up while talking about Valve's latest hardware, and I finally got the details of his laptop out of him. Him being longer scared about aps or the settings menu...
No!, Youtube. I was looking for vids on Half-Life 3 news, not ternary logic videos.
Mmmm. Ternary.
Guess I'm watching maths while the indigestion settles.
Mmmm. Ternary.
Guess I'm watching maths while the indigestion settles.
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
No!, Youtube. I was looking for vids on Half-Life 3 news, not ternary logic videos.
Mmmm. Ternary.
Guess I'm watching maths while the indigestion settles.
Mmmm. Ternary.
Guess I'm watching maths while the indigestion settles.
Escorts for the Nazis, grenades for the people.
Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries
Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries
Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious injuries and even deaths
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Scout* barely realised that something round and hard, with smoke coming from it, had landed in front of them before it exploded.
Pain suddenly shot through their leg and arm. Scout fell to their knees, before someone nearby helped them rush out of the area. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Escorts for the Nazis, grenades for the people.
I'm all for preservation, but...
Look, there's likely far better titles to try to revive than the utter mess and failure that was Concord.
games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Look, there's likely far better titles to try to revive than the utter mess and failure that was Concord.
games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Sony Killed This Game in 2024. Three Developers Reverse-Engineered It Back to Life - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this post from the gaming news site Aftermath:
Concord, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Firewalk Studios' Overwatch-like shooter, was live for just two weeks before it...
games.slashdot.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm all for preservation, but...
Look, there's likely far better titles to try to revive than the utter mess and failure that was Concord.
games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Look, there's likely far better titles to try to revive than the utter mess and failure that was Concord.
games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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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
I have spent the last 9 hours of the day playing XCOM:EW
...Yeah, I put it on Easy mode because life is shit right now and I got destroyed for helping out France on the last run.
I was obviously having a lot of fun with it. But I did forget to cook lunch and dinner. huh.
...Yeah, I put it on Easy mode because life is shit right now and I got destroyed for helping out France on the last run.
I was obviously having a lot of fun with it. But I did forget to cook lunch and dinner. huh.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I have spent the last 9 hours of the day playing XCOM:EW
...Yeah, I put it on Easy mode because life is shit right now and I got destroyed for helping out France on the last run.
I was obviously having a lot of fun with it. But I did forget to cook lunch and dinner. huh.
...Yeah, I put it on Easy mode because life is shit right now and I got destroyed for helping out France on the last run.
I was obviously having a lot of fun with it. But I did forget to cook lunch and dinner. huh.
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
So, the first episode of The Mighty Nein is now up on the Youtube.
I've still not finished watching the actual-play of it, so I better catch up quickly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvht...
I've still not finished watching the actual-play of it, so I better catch up quickly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvht...
The Mighty Nein S1E1 Full Episode “Mote of Possibility” | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So, the first episode of The Mighty Nein is now up on the Youtube.
I've still not finished watching the actual-play of it, so I better catch up quickly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvht...
I've still not finished watching the actual-play of it, so I better catch up quickly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvht...
Exploding Penguin on the TV Set | Monty Python (Official Sketch)
YouTube video by Monty Python
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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let me be the first to say we should not do a nazi jurassic park
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
let me be the first to say we should not do a nazi jurassic park
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The world was a much better place when video games had alt box art.
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The world was a much better place when video games had alt box art.
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What's up seasoned detectives! There's a new Tex Murphy book from Aaron Conners! 'Tex Murphy and the Steakhouse Stakeout: An Interactive Adventure' is a choose your own adventure book with 70 possible outcomes. Get it on Amazon (links in comments). Available as paperback or ebook.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
What's up seasoned detectives! There's a new Tex Murphy book from Aaron Conners! 'Tex Murphy and the Steakhouse Stakeout: An Interactive Adventure' is a choose your own adventure book with 70 possible outcomes. Get it on Amazon (links in comments). Available as paperback or ebook.
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
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You've recently joined the crew of a research vessel and were put into a crew cabin with this lady. She's the head xeno-archeologist on board and will be leading the archeological dig on the planet you're heading to. The journey there is long, so you better get comfy together~
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You've recently joined the crew of a research vessel and were put into a crew cabin with this lady. She's the head xeno-archeologist on board and will be leading the archeological dig on the planet you're heading to. The journey there is long, so you better get comfy together~
Yes, I will buy Half-Life 3 when it releases next week. And/Or the cleaned up Episode 3 on the older engine.
Maybe not right away. I don't have the time to play a lot lately.
Maybe not right away. I don't have the time to play a lot lately.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Yes, I will buy Half-Life 3 when it releases next week. And/Or the cleaned up Episode 3 on the older engine.
Maybe not right away. I don't have the time to play a lot lately.
Maybe not right away. I don't have the time to play a lot lately.
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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I had no idea that Analog, Asimov's, and MoF&SF had come under new ownership that is issuing predatory contracts to writers, including rights grabs for producing things like toys based on stories (seriously!) and putting the writer in the hot seat for out-of-court settlements they arbitrarily make.
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I had no idea that Analog, Asimov's, and MoF&SF had come under new ownership that is issuing predatory contracts to writers, including rights grabs for producing things like toys based on stories (seriously!) and putting the writer in the hot seat for out-of-court settlements they arbitrarily make.
I do like the troll of "Three Things" Valve did on the announcement vid.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKr...
Steam Hardware Announcement
YouTube video by Valve
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I do like the troll of "Three Things" Valve did on the announcement vid.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKr...
That's not HL3. I guess all those speculating were wrong once again! :P
Valve has announced the Steam Machine, a console-like PC gaming device, as well as a new Steam Controller, slated for early 2026.
Valve suggests the Steam Machine is six times more powerful than the Steam Deck.
"It has the power of an entry-level PC, and will be priced similarly," they said.
Valve suggests the Steam Machine is six times more powerful than the Steam Deck.
"It has the power of an entry-level PC, and will be priced similarly," they said.
Valve Announces New Steam Machine, A Console-Like PC Gaming Device For TVs
Valve suggests the new Steam Machine is six times more powerful than a Steam Deck, and will be priced like an entry-level PC.
thisweekinvideogames.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
That's not HL3. I guess all those speculating were wrong once again! :P
Weebl & Bob Compilation No.1
YouTube video by Weebl's Stuff
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For the kids, of course.
Yeah, they're going to increase scope here in Aus as soon as they have it next month.
Yeah, they're going to increase scope here in Aus as soon as they have it next month.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
For the kids, of course.
Yeah, they're going to increase scope here in Aus as soon as they have it next month.
Yeah, they're going to increase scope here in Aus as soon as they have it next month.
Damn, I was hoping they fixed it up a bit at least.
Sadly the Sacred 2 remaster is a total shit tip. What a fucking mess.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Damn, I was hoping they fixed it up a bit at least.