Alex Kerr
@kitarutc.bsky.social
Tetris (TGM1-3 GM, NES Max-Out)・music games (IIDX CSEMP アナコン 八段, DDR Skill Atk 1267)・STG (ガレッガ 1000万)・racing (F-Zero 99 S20)・mahjong (MFC 黄龍 & JPML 初段)・pinball・coding (Scala, Python, 6502)
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The Kung Fu man in Metal Black & Gun Frontier is programmer TARABAR, real name Takamasa Hori. His boss on those games, Takatsuna Senba, called him Hori-chan, the basis for evil villain Ho Lee Chan
When he joined Capcom he was the model for Fei Long in the SSF2 key art, making him Bruce Ho Lee Chan
When he joined Capcom he was the model for Fei Long in the SSF2 key art, making him Bruce Ho Lee Chan
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Kung Fu man in Metal Black & Gun Frontier is programmer TARABAR, real name Takamasa Hori. His boss on those games, Takatsuna Senba, called him Hori-chan, the basis for evil villain Ho Lee Chan
When he joined Capcom he was the model for Fei Long in the SSF2 key art, making him Bruce Ho Lee Chan
When he joined Capcom he was the model for Fei Long in the SSF2 key art, making him Bruce Ho Lee Chan
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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Gnosia is a sports anime and the sport is debate club
Trying to phrase this nicely but somehow I doubt the ANN reviewer who keeps criticizing Gnosia for explaining werewolf strategy ever says the same thing about sports anime
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Gnosia is a sports anime and the sport is debate club
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
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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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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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I'm invoking what little clout I have as a prominent uploader and fan of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive music to call upon the community to stop this already. This technically naive bit of misinformation has been bouncing around for decades at this point. (see alt text)
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm invoking what little clout I have as a prominent uploader and fan of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive music to call upon the community to stop this already. This technically naive bit of misinformation has been bouncing around for decades at this point. (see alt text)
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay, worked as a programmer on companies like EA, Microsoft and Ubisoft, helped building the PSP and PS4 operating systems and won the 1980 National Space Invaders Championship!
RIP to one of the greatest :(
RIP to one of the greatest :(
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay, worked as a programmer on companies like EA, Microsoft and Ubisoft, helped building the PSP and PS4 operating systems and won the 1980 National Space Invaders Championship!
RIP to one of the greatest :(
RIP to one of the greatest :(
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KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
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Bemani Update
<- pop'n loctest from summer (pre-"Konami Arcade Games")
-> pop'n at amusement expo
"High Cheers originals that were present in the first loctest" seem to have had BST removed from them! (old songs still have 'em, and you'll note that IIDX songs added yesterday have 'em)
<- pop'n loctest from summer (pre-"Konami Arcade Games")
-> pop'n at amusement expo
"High Cheers originals that were present in the first loctest" seem to have had BST removed from them! (old songs still have 'em, and you'll note that IIDX songs added yesterday have 'em)
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Bemani Update
<- pop'n loctest from summer (pre-"Konami Arcade Games")
-> pop'n at amusement expo
"High Cheers originals that were present in the first loctest" seem to have had BST removed from them! (old songs still have 'em, and you'll note that IIDX songs added yesterday have 'em)
<- pop'n loctest from summer (pre-"Konami Arcade Games")
-> pop'n at amusement expo
"High Cheers originals that were present in the first loctest" seem to have had BST removed from them! (old songs still have 'em, and you'll note that IIDX songs added yesterday have 'em)
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My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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the sega cd kicked so much ass
i have not watched GDT's Frankenstein but i am firm in my belief that it needs a tie-in adventure/fighting game like the 90s Kenneth Branagh one did on the Sega CD. and they need to keep in elizabeth's roll attack
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
the sega cd kicked so much ass
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Wrote a post talking about the design of Shinobi, Rolling Thunder & Elevator Action and how excellent of a run n gun template it was+how it developed over the years. I'd love to see more indie games take a crack at developing this, cuz Shinobi devs sure as fuck won't
www.patreon.com/posts/142967...
www.patreon.com/posts/142967...
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Wrote a post talking about the design of Shinobi, Rolling Thunder & Elevator Action and how excellent of a run n gun template it was+how it developed over the years. I'd love to see more indie games take a crack at developing this, cuz Shinobi devs sure as fuck won't
www.patreon.com/posts/142967...
www.patreon.com/posts/142967...
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extremely rude that this wasn't it
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
extremely rude that this wasn't it
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Objects of desire...
The Divers 2000 CX-1 Dreamcast + TV combi, with network capabilities and DreamEye digital camera.
Co-developed by Sega, CSK, and Fuji, it had a tiny production run, numbering just two hundred. The remote is essential as it's the only way to switch it into DC mode.
The Divers 2000 CX-1 Dreamcast + TV combi, with network capabilities and DreamEye digital camera.
Co-developed by Sega, CSK, and Fuji, it had a tiny production run, numbering just two hundred. The remote is essential as it's the only way to switch it into DC mode.
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Objects of desire...
The Divers 2000 CX-1 Dreamcast + TV combi, with network capabilities and DreamEye digital camera.
Co-developed by Sega, CSK, and Fuji, it had a tiny production run, numbering just two hundred. The remote is essential as it's the only way to switch it into DC mode.
The Divers 2000 CX-1 Dreamcast + TV combi, with network capabilities and DreamEye digital camera.
Co-developed by Sega, CSK, and Fuji, it had a tiny production run, numbering just two hundred. The remote is essential as it's the only way to switch it into DC mode.
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Everyone guess what First Party PS2 Game this is
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Everyone guess what First Party PS2 Game this is
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If you were wondering how much Baki influenced Capcom and SNK (as well as Ancient for Streets of Rage 2 and Namco for Tekken)
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November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you were wondering how much Baki influenced Capcom and SNK (as well as Ancient for Streets of Rage 2 and Namco for Tekken)
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/eikichi_1994...
xcancel.com/Mr65522620/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
xcancel.com/goma_dara2/s...
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When you email issues to Obsidian Entertainment (the video game company) their AI support hallucinates and tells you to email Obsidian (the note-taking company) instead.
If the reward function is to reduce the number of touches in a support ticket, this is one way to do it.
If the reward function is to reduce the number of touches in a support ticket, this is one way to do it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
When you email issues to Obsidian Entertainment (the video game company) their AI support hallucinates and tells you to email Obsidian (the note-taking company) instead.
If the reward function is to reduce the number of touches in a support ticket, this is one way to do it.
If the reward function is to reduce the number of touches in a support ticket, this is one way to do it.
this is the other core aspect i did not directly address in my initial answer to the thread; in addition to whether or not you can validly contest the claim, are you willing to give the claimant your personally identifying information so they decide whether or not to pursue that court battle?
If this process still works how it used to, then you have the option of submitting a counter-claim and reinstating your video, upon which the ball is put back in Nintendo's hands. They can then choose to do one of two things: actually sue you, or drop the issue and leave you alone.
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
this is the other core aspect i did not directly address in my initial answer to the thread; in addition to whether or not you can validly contest the claim, are you willing to give the claimant your personally identifying information so they decide whether or not to pursue that court battle?
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What do you think are the chances of me managing to reverse the copyright claim on this old video I'm super super proud of and apparently inspired a feature in Super Meat Boy, which later Nintendo copyright claimed because it showed a romhack and Nintendo apparently invented and own romhacks
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What do you think are the chances of me managing to reverse the copyright claim on this old video I'm super super proud of and apparently inspired a feature in Super Meat Boy, which later Nintendo copyright claimed because it showed a romhack and Nintendo apparently invented and own romhacks
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i owe so many video game designers an apology
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i owe so many video game designers an apology
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had a great time at the TGM meetup at @eastcoastcandycrew.bsky.social this weekend. the venue was sick, staff was all super welcoming, plus i got to play a few games of jong on the autotable.
will try to make my way down there again in the future!
will try to make my way down there again in the future!
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
had a great time at the TGM meetup at @eastcoastcandycrew.bsky.social this weekend. the venue was sick, staff was all super welcoming, plus i got to play a few games of jong on the autotable.
will try to make my way down there again in the future!
will try to make my way down there again in the future!