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Simon Ashtear
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3D Model and graphic designer, screenplay/novel writer, editor in chief of The Best Game Never Played.
https://thebestgameneverplayed.wordpress.com/
https://www.twitch.tv/simonashtear
It's Black Friday week. If ever there was the time to grab a new phone, It'd be now. A few years ago I got a 5G capable Android "Celero" smartphone for $50 from Boost Mobile. I've been very satisfied with it. No Apple ecosystem. 1/10th the price of other phones.

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November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We've all got to learn.

I once tried to "help" and microwave Pop-Tarts for someone, and didn't know about the relationship between metal foil and microwaves.

I tried to do the dishes, and didn't know there's a critical difference between hand soap and dishwasher soap.
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I like this adaptation of Mowgli and Wolf-Brother Akela!
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Wow! I've never seen a Lady Riddel and/or Glenn from Chrono Cross. I don't think I've ever seen anyone cosplay anyone besides Serge, Kid, and Magil. Never the extended cast.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
How does sinister raspy dude, Michael Wincott, wind up as a villain in TWO Alexandre Dumas adaptations. This, and the prison torturer "we whip you on your anniversary" guy in Count of Monte Cristo.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So, they're just a pawn shop, now? And from the list of DON'T-items, a pawn shop that doesn't deal in electronics? Are they TRYING to be irrelevant?
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Their shells probably get cold, too. Now I want to see Mikey proudly make and wear a giant, thick, orange, Hawaiian, Christmasy, or pizza-themed crochet yarn shell cover. And make one for all his brothers. And Splinter. "I made one for you, too, Dad!" 🧡🐀 That would be such a Mikey thing to do.
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Good grief, so many Qs. Does anyone think ANYONE talks like this? I've never heard someone so unenthused. He's playing w/ a bunch of people, but AI is his only friend? Is Amazon trying to kill Luna, their gaming division? If not, what would they do differently? I want nothing to do with any of this.
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bummer! I saw the shadow of the two people and I thought this was an announcement for Haven 2! What a tranquil and intimate game. Like a very romantic Enemy Mine.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This seems so NEAT! I always loved Steam hardware announcements. But the press releases all say that they're ALL PCs. Their combined processing power must be massive. I want them all, but- I might not NEED them all. They're 3 different PC solutions, whereas I may only need 1.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Let's just pull a Leisure Suit Larry 4 & SKIP the next movie, & get right to making the next one after that. We could create this oOoOoOo spooky mysterious continuity gap that won't get explained or explored until 20 years later, like The Clone Wars. We open up on T.A.H.I.T.I., a magical place, and-
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wait for a major, or even a minor holiday sale. THEN, scope out the "used" market. Folk with more-money-than-sense offload their (less-than-a-year) "old" gear for cheap. The difference between top-of-the-line & one-step-down could be $1,000, with negligible performance difference.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's a weird universe, man. Are you sure you're ready to explore the Lanthanite, Gorn, Borg, Tribble, Q, Illyrian, Andorian continuum?
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It makes it seem like XBOX is not long for this world. Why invest? No exclusives. Rising GamePa$$. Anyone w/ significant purchasing power has the life experience to see "fired for not meeting expectations" is a dirty, familiar move. What can XBOX give me that I cannot get anywhere else?
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Why do you have an advertisement paywall, preventing me from reading? ACTIVE ATTACKER WITH A GUN, hold up! Let me show you some advertisements, first.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I totally loved PN03 once I got the rhythm to it. It felt like an awkward step, in the right direction, for the idea of 3D Megamans. I wish there was just more of it, or a re-release!
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The entire LinkedIn message was just so baffling! "We didn't know why users used Steam." Well... ... ... Did they ask any? It ain't exactly a secret anyone keeps close to the chest. What about their own gaming habits? Does anyone at Amazon play PC games? Anyone? Can't they at least look inward?
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM