Jason Downs
@downsj.com
I manage people and stuff in the cloud. I play video games. I keep a diabetic cat alive. I collect retro computers and game consoles.
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Jason Downs
@downsj.com
· Jan 21
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Advertise your dating/porn/onlyfans/whatever sex site somewhere else.
A #Commodore #C64Ultimate Christmas miracle. I mean mostly that the thing actually came to fruition, but arriving on Christmas Eve was also cool.
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A #Commodore #C64Ultimate Christmas miracle. I mean mostly that the thing actually came to fruition, but arriving on Christmas Eve was also cool.
I'm so glad that #Pluribus is almost over. I sincerely hope this dumpster fire show comprised of banality and plot holes doesn't come back. The only rationale I can come up with for it being popular is that people don't realize how derivative it is, or they're all assholes like Carol.
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I'm so glad that #Pluribus is almost over. I sincerely hope this dumpster fire show comprised of banality and plot holes doesn't come back. The only rationale I can come up with for it being popular is that people don't realize how derivative it is, or they're all assholes like Carol.
I watched #F1TheMovie last night. Holy shit. As a fan of racing games and moderately interested in anything NOT NASCAR, I was looking forward to it. The racing parts were great. The cars were great. Everything else was hot garbage. The script may have well as been written by AI, it was slop.
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I watched #F1TheMovie last night. Holy shit. As a fan of racing games and moderately interested in anything NOT NASCAR, I was looking forward to it. The racing parts were great. The cars were great. Everything else was hot garbage. The script may have well as been written by AI, it was slop.
I genuinely felt #TheGameAwards was a much better show than last year.
Also, #NoMansSky won a freaking statue. Amazing and well deserved!
Also, #NoMansSky won a freaking statue. Amazing and well deserved!
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I genuinely felt #TheGameAwards was a much better show than last year.
Also, #NoMansSky won a freaking statue. Amazing and well deserved!
Also, #NoMansSky won a freaking statue. Amazing and well deserved!
I appreciate @xbox.com taking entries for #MSGDeltaSweepstakes on here!
Gear up for your next mission 🐍
Follow & repost with #MSGDeltaSweepstakes for a chance to win a Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater custom controller!
Ages 18+. Ends December 15, 2025. Rules: xbx.lv/3KlIQgH
Follow & repost with #MSGDeltaSweepstakes for a chance to win a Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater custom controller!
Ages 18+. Ends December 15, 2025. Rules: xbx.lv/3KlIQgH
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I appreciate @xbox.com taking entries for #MSGDeltaSweepstakes on here!
Had to cut my #Killswitch case off of my Rog Ally. The material has dried out/hardened over time, making it impossible to remove otherwise. Just another garbage product from @dbrand.bsky.social going into the landfill where it belongs.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Had to cut my #Killswitch case off of my Rog Ally. The material has dried out/hardened over time, making it impossible to remove otherwise. Just another garbage product from @dbrand.bsky.social going into the landfill where it belongs.
Congratulations to @blizzard.com for releasing #WorldOfWarcraft housing today! Only 21 years to catch up with #EverQuest 2.
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Congratulations to @blizzard.com for releasing #WorldOfWarcraft housing today! Only 21 years to catch up with #EverQuest 2.
When I woke up this morning, I had no clue today would be the day #Stargate returns.
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm.
www.gateworld.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
When I woke up this morning, I had no clue today would be the day #Stargate returns.
I watched the first episode of #Pluribus last night. It's fine, I liked it even. But I don't get the hype. It's just creepy-pasta, Twilight Zone style scfi, and very derivative at that. I don't see how they're possibly going to extend this premise out to multiple seasons without... 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I watched the first episode of #Pluribus last night. It's fine, I liked it even. But I don't get the hype. It's just creepy-pasta, Twilight Zone style scfi, and very derivative at that. I don't see how they're possibly going to extend this premise out to multiple seasons without... 1/2
#HouseOfDynamite #Netflix #WarGames
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I convinced my dad to take me to see the movie WarGames. Long before AI was anything more than clever regular expression parsers, we were given an engaging story about trying to teach an AI about the futility of nuclear war. 1/3
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I convinced my dad to take me to see the movie WarGames. Long before AI was anything more than clever regular expression parsers, we were given an engaging story about trying to teach an AI about the futility of nuclear war. 1/3
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#HouseOfDynamite #Netflix #WarGames
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I convinced my dad to take me to see the movie WarGames. Long before AI was anything more than clever regular expression parsers, we were given an engaging story about trying to teach an AI about the futility of nuclear war. 1/3
When I was 9 or 10 years old, I convinced my dad to take me to see the movie WarGames. Long before AI was anything more than clever regular expression parsers, we were given an engaging story about trying to teach an AI about the futility of nuclear war. 1/3
My "girls", a bonded pair of #cats went to the vet today. Ear mites.
It's been a stressful day, and I I've been giving them lots of treats. Just gave one a churu, which she vomited back up. I guess it was a good one, because she gave it another go and prompt ate her own vomit.
#Cats are great.
It's been a stressful day, and I I've been giving them lots of treats. Just gave one a churu, which she vomited back up. I guess it was a good one, because she gave it another go and prompt ate her own vomit.
#Cats are great.
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The finale of @jamesgunn.bsky.social's #Peacemaker was weak. Characters inconsistent with their own previous behavior, a tacked on ending which was inconsistent with the episode itself, and 10 minutes of conceited concert footage. I loved the show up to this point. Please do better with the DCU.
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The finale of @jamesgunn.bsky.social's #Peacemaker was weak. Characters inconsistent with their own previous behavior, a tacked on ending which was inconsistent with the episode itself, and 10 minutes of conceited concert footage. I loved the show up to this point. Please do better with the DCU.
Hey #Xbox, if you're going to leak a $300m revenue loss on CoD due to GPU, show the actual numbers. Also, not everyone who played CoD via GPU was otherwise going to buy it. Try harder if you want to rationalize this price increase.
October 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hey #Xbox, if you're going to leak a $300m revenue loss on CoD due to GPU, show the actual numbers. Also, not everyone who played CoD via GPU was otherwise going to buy it. Try harder if you want to rationalize this price increase.
Yes, I'm certain that one merger has caused layoffs, cancelled projects, and raised prices all over the gaming industry.
Might it just be that the post-pandemic gaming bubble is bursting?
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#Xbox #Gaming #GamePass
Might it just be that the post-pandemic gaming bubble is bursting?
Continued in comments...
#Xbox #Gaming #GamePass
Lina Khan (@linamkhan)
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been followed by significant price hikes and layoffs, harming both gamers and developers.
As we’ve seen across sectors, increasing market consolidation and ...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thanks to redeeming a ton of rewards points I had banked before they pulled the ability to do so and buying up $20 gift cards at my local Bi-Mart, I'm set for the next 3 years.
October 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thanks to redeeming a ton of rewards points I had banked before they pulled the ability to do so and buying up $20 gift cards at my local Bi-Mart, I'm set for the next 3 years.
The quiet bits are no longer quiet.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The quiet bits are no longer quiet.
THIS.
We in video gaming watched it begin. Most did nothing.
We in video gaming watched it begin. Most did nothing.
You cannot understand politics in the United States in 2025 without understanding Gamergate.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
THIS.
We in video gaming watched it begin. Most did nothing.
We in video gaming watched it begin. Most did nothing.
Now we've got ICE executing people in the street and blatantly lying about the circumstances.
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Now we've got ICE executing people in the street and blatantly lying about the circumstances.
Before a few days ago, I felt that the taking away of women's bodily autonomy was putting us on course for a Handmaid's Tale future.
Now it seems like the radicalized incels produced by the right-wing itself are pushing us more towards A Clockwork Orange. The incels are just going to get worse.
Now it seems like the radicalized incels produced by the right-wing itself are pushing us more towards A Clockwork Orange. The incels are just going to get worse.
September 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Before a few days ago, I felt that the taking away of women's bodily autonomy was putting us on course for a Handmaid's Tale future.
Now it seems like the radicalized incels produced by the right-wing itself are pushing us more towards A Clockwork Orange. The incels are just going to get worse.
Now it seems like the radicalized incels produced by the right-wing itself are pushing us more towards A Clockwork Orange. The incels are just going to get worse.
The Federal workforce is still large, even with DOGE. I sincerely hope that there are plenty of Satanists who take these new proselytizing and display rules to heart.
Federal workers can hold prayer circles with members of the public and tell colleagues to rethink their religious beliefs, according to new guidance the Trump administration released on Monday. buff.ly/EWX79CZ
Trump administration reminds federal employees they can proselytize in the office
Supervisors can solicit employees to attend their church, OPM says in new guidance.
www.govexec.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Federal workforce is still large, even with DOGE. I sincerely hope that there are plenty of Satanists who take these new proselytizing and display rules to heart.
I remember these being 10 cents a box when I was a kid. Felt nostalgic even finding them for a dollar a box at the hardware store. #GenX #Inflation
July 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I remember these being 10 cents a box when I was a kid. Felt nostalgic even finding them for a dollar a box at the hardware store. #GenX #Inflation
I may skip #WWE #SmackDown this afternoon. Not sure I want to sit through what will surely be a huge memorial over a racist, fascist-loving grifting wholly-owned puppet of Peter Thiel.
July 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I may skip #WWE #SmackDown this afternoon. Not sure I want to sit through what will surely be a huge memorial over a racist, fascist-loving grifting wholly-owned puppet of Peter Thiel.
#HulkHogan won't be missed. The world just became a slightly better place without him in it.
July 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#HulkHogan won't be missed. The world just became a slightly better place without him in it.
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM