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· May 2
I'm going to do a history exploration of shmups, like I did with fighting games a few years ago.
I will play all shmups, beginning with the ones in arcades, starting from... 1962. It will allow me to see trends and some influences, and determine once and for all which is "the first shmup to do X".
I will play all shmups, beginning with the ones in arcades, starting from... 1962. It will allow me to see trends and some influences, and determine once and for all which is "the first shmup to do X".
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Le site ci-dessous permet d'écrire directement à nos députés européens, ça prend 2 minutes, et vraiment c'est trop important !
Aujourd'hui au Parlement Européen se vote l'équivalent du "Patriot Act" américain mais pour toute l'Europe : le droit pour tous les gouvernements de scanner en continu TOUS vos messages, fichiers et photos en ligne. La fin de la vie privée. Tous les détails : fightchatcontrol.eu
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Le site ci-dessous permet d'écrire directement à nos députés européens, ça prend 2 minutes, et vraiment c'est trop important !
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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Qix is a pretty perfect game on its own, which is one reason why the sequel, Volfied, might seem a bit unnecessary. (The other is that terrible name - what were they thinking?)
But Volfied does add some new tricks and manages to be a better game than you'd imagine!
#videogames #retrogames #gaming
But Volfied does add some new tricks and manages to be a better game than you'd imagine!
#videogames #retrogames #gaming
The Classic Arcade and Console Era (1972-1989) - Volfied (a.k.a. Ultimate Qix or Qix Neo)
This late-80s sequel to Qix that adds in some new shoot ‘em up-style twists!
greatestgames.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Qix is a pretty perfect game on its own, which is one reason why the sequel, Volfied, might seem a bit unnecessary. (The other is that terrible name - what were they thinking?)
But Volfied does add some new tricks and manages to be a better game than you'd imagine!
#videogames #retrogames #gaming
But Volfied does add some new tricks and manages to be a better game than you'd imagine!
#videogames #retrogames #gaming
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Did you know that from 1991 to 1995, more than 200 demos were featured on national French TV in the show named "Micro Kid's"?
Here's an anthology!
peertube.fenarinarsa.com/w/24nDZWh5Er...
#demoscene
Here's an anthology!
peertube.fenarinarsa.com/w/24nDZWh5Er...
#demoscene
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Did you know that from 1991 to 1995, more than 200 demos were featured on national French TV in the show named "Micro Kid's"?
Here's an anthology!
peertube.fenarinarsa.com/w/24nDZWh5Er...
#demoscene
Here's an anthology!
peertube.fenarinarsa.com/w/24nDZWh5Er...
#demoscene
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Accessibility settings.
Easy mode.
Skippable cut scenes.
"Welcome back" mode (short here's the controls bit if you haven't played in a while).
Easy mode.
Skippable cut scenes.
"Welcome back" mode (short here's the controls bit if you haven't played in a while).
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Accessibility settings.
Easy mode.
Skippable cut scenes.
"Welcome back" mode (short here's the controls bit if you haven't played in a while).
Easy mode.
Skippable cut scenes.
"Welcome back" mode (short here's the controls bit if you haven't played in a while).
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Apparently a lot of people online think games aren't as fun anymore, but that could not be farther from the truth. There's more great games than ever now, so where is this coming from? As always, the culprit is capitalism.
#blog #gaming
#blog #gaming
Games aren't fun anymore!?
innerspiral.lol
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is pretty cool - a real 8 bits hardware platform. Although outputting only composite in this age where modern TVs only have HDMI input is certainly a choice.
GameTank Is "An Entirely New Breed Of Hardware For The Next Generation Of 8-bit Games".
GameTank Is "An Entirely New Breed Of Hardware For The Next Generation Of 8-bit Games"
"A playground for software and hardware tinkerers alike"
www.timeextension.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is pretty cool - a real 8 bits hardware platform. Although outputting only composite in this age where modern TVs only have HDMI input is certainly a choice.
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I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
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29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!
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CDRomance (name) is back! And I'm saying goodbye. This profile will be gone too. I share with you all the message I sent them, and I say the same to you all from bluesky. I've met so, SO MANY great people thanks to our work in the website, and it's sad I can't be closer to you. Take care. <3
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
CDRomance (name) is back! And I'm saying goodbye. This profile will be gone too. I share with you all the message I sent them, and I say the same to you all from bluesky. I've met so, SO MANY great people thanks to our work in the website, and it's sad I can't be closer to you. Take care. <3
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any advice for powering on old arcade monitors/machines after the passage of an alarming amount of time pls
now deathly afraid to turn these back on after having them rot in storage for 5 years lolsob
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
any advice for powering on old arcade monitors/machines after the passage of an alarming amount of time pls
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R-Type (1987). Promotional art by Akio Oyabu.
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
R-Type (1987). Promotional art by Akio Oyabu.
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absolutely not, fuck them, if we cant have single payer and must suffer the slings of capitlaism at all time the dumbass ai bros and vc that backed them can rot in fucking hell
my hot AI take is that regardless of how we feel about it, bailing out the big AI companies may be *necessary* to avoid long-term systemic harm to real people
as always, the system acts too late to contain the blast radius
as always, the system acts too late to contain the blast radius
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
absolutely not, fuck them, if we cant have single payer and must suffer the slings of capitlaism at all time the dumbass ai bros and vc that backed them can rot in fucking hell
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
I finally took the time to watch this and it's very good! Lots of interesting tidbits.
youtube.com/watch?v=JIcb...
youtube.com/watch?v=JIcb...
The Early History of Falcom
YouTube video by Bowl of Lentils
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I finally took the time to watch this and it's very good! Lots of interesting tidbits.
youtube.com/watch?v=JIcb...
youtube.com/watch?v=JIcb...
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Can everyone please wish a happy 35th birthday to our definitely not insain but slightly evilly reprogrammed toothy overlord Cyber-Lip, who 1st appeared on the Neo Geo MVS back on November 7th 1990🎂
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Can everyone please wish a happy 35th birthday to our definitely not insain but slightly evilly reprogrammed toothy overlord Cyber-Lip, who 1st appeared on the Neo Geo MVS back on November 7th 1990🎂
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Besides the awesome and not overly challenging gameplay, this game is beautiful. highly rec
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Besides the awesome and not overly challenging gameplay, this game is beautiful. highly rec
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I set this to "warn" and I'm so excited to see which of my friends are canonically rude
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I set this to "warn" and I'm so excited to see which of my friends are canonically rude
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Stop sharing AI slop.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Stop sharing AI slop.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays.
But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.
I'm sorry but the guy held his breath 29 *MINUTES* ?!? I'm not sure I can hold mine 29 seconds!
🤿 "Quand je plonge, je me déconnecte complètement, c'est comme si je n'étais plus là", raconte le Croate Vitomir Maricic qui a repoussé les limites humaines du possible en restant en apnée durant 29 minutes et 3 secondes, un exploit gravé au livre Guinness des records.
➡️ u.afp.com/SeCJ
➡️ u.afp.com/SeCJ
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm sorry but the guy held his breath 29 *MINUTES* ?!? I'm not sure I can hold mine 29 seconds!
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This has been obvious for a while.
But one thing this article doesn't mention is the role that Grok plays as a generative AI tool that can be tagged in conversations.
From denying genocides to promoting far right talking points, it's goal is very much to shape thought in a post truth world.
But one thing this article doesn't mention is the role that Grok plays as a generative AI tool that can be tagged in conversations.
From denying genocides to promoting far right talking points, it's goal is very much to shape thought in a post truth world.
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This has been obvious for a while.
But one thing this article doesn't mention is the role that Grok plays as a generative AI tool that can be tagged in conversations.
From denying genocides to promoting far right talking points, it's goal is very much to shape thought in a post truth world.
But one thing this article doesn't mention is the role that Grok plays as a generative AI tool that can be tagged in conversations.
From denying genocides to promoting far right talking points, it's goal is very much to shape thought in a post truth world.
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out next year on PC/Switch/XB/PS5: Changeable Guardian Estique, the brand-new horizontal STG from veteran devs stretching back to Compile, Westone & beyond store.steampowered.com/app/4078160/ this game hit FC/NES carts at the beginning of the year & I'd argue it's more impressive than Earthion
Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE on Steam
A spectacular, satisfying, and super-watchable defense battle! The ultimate 8-bit shoot 'em ups born in the 21st century, ""Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE"", is now on Steam!
store.steampowered.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
out next year on PC/Switch/XB/PS5: Changeable Guardian Estique, the brand-new horizontal STG from veteran devs stretching back to Compile, Westone & beyond store.steampowered.com/app/4078160/ this game hit FC/NES carts at the beginning of the year & I'd argue it's more impressive than Earthion
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You browse through Game Machine magazine enough, and you see that Tokyo Wars dominates the charts in 1997, and was still doing okay going into 1998. Wild that this is the first time the game is getting a home release of any sort.
Holy shit, this week's Arcade Archives release is TOKYO WARS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Xr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Xr...
Arcade Archives TOKYO WARS
YouTube video by HAMSTER Corporation
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You browse through Game Machine magazine enough, and you see that Tokyo Wars dominates the charts in 1997, and was still doing okay going into 1998. Wild that this is the first time the game is getting a home release of any sort.