Craig Bamford
@spacetalk.bsky.social
I write about space, in several places. Used to write about other stuff? But now pretty much it's space. I also talk about gaming here, though. Also politics, sadly and mostly unwillingly, but I do try to damp it down a bit
And this is the only company in the industry that isn't AI brainrotted
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And this is the only company in the industry that isn't AI brainrotted
...this feels creepily similar to the Toronto Subway/LRT map
Especially when you realize that they're building a line to cross the loop at the top there
Especially when you realize that they're building a line to cross the loop at the top there
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
...this feels creepily similar to the Toronto Subway/LRT map
Especially when you realize that they're building a line to cross the loop at the top there
Especially when you realize that they're building a line to cross the loop at the top there
And before you block me, the issue isn't the actual headline
It's that readers don't get to find out the answer to the headline is "well...no" until they scroll all the way down past this fellow right here
It's that readers don't get to find out the answer to the headline is "well...no" until they scroll all the way down past this fellow right here
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
And before you block me, the issue isn't the actual headline
It's that readers don't get to find out the answer to the headline is "well...no" until they scroll all the way down past this fellow right here
It's that readers don't get to find out the answer to the headline is "well...no" until they scroll all the way down past this fellow right here
Now that the fan-translated DS remake of SaGa 3 actually works on a 3DS (with CFW), I've been trying it out and it's honestly a hidden gem
And I mean REALLY hidden, there's a grand total of one(1) FAQ on the game on the wholeass Internet, and it's mostly "this button is attack" stuff
And I mean REALLY hidden, there's a grand total of one(1) FAQ on the game on the wholeass Internet, and it's mostly "this button is attack" stuff
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Now that the fan-translated DS remake of SaGa 3 actually works on a 3DS (with CFW), I've been trying it out and it's honestly a hidden gem
And I mean REALLY hidden, there's a grand total of one(1) FAQ on the game on the wholeass Internet, and it's mostly "this button is attack" stuff
And I mean REALLY hidden, there's a grand total of one(1) FAQ on the game on the wholeass Internet, and it's mostly "this button is attack" stuff
Also they spend the entire goddamn game STRONGLY implying that Ayesha is a wholeass elf in hiding without outright saying it
She basically does alchemy entirely by vibing & she's even spacier than the protag of Mana Khemia
...and just look at her, this anime lady is 100% Seelie Court by volume
She basically does alchemy entirely by vibing & she's even spacier than the protag of Mana Khemia
...and just look at her, this anime lady is 100% Seelie Court by volume
September 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Also they spend the entire goddamn game STRONGLY implying that Ayesha is a wholeass elf in hiding without outright saying it
She basically does alchemy entirely by vibing & she's even spacier than the protag of Mana Khemia
...and just look at her, this anime lady is 100% Seelie Court by volume
She basically does alchemy entirely by vibing & she's even spacier than the protag of Mana Khemia
...and just look at her, this anime lady is 100% Seelie Court by volume
Okay, finished Nod-Krai. And I mean FINISHED finished; not only did the quest content but did 100% exploration as well.
That's because the game added a near-Ubisoft-level treasure/puzzle finder, so that you can pretty easily find everything in the region, with more coming into view over time.
That's because the game added a near-Ubisoft-level treasure/puzzle finder, so that you can pretty easily find everything in the region, with more coming into view over time.
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Okay, finished Nod-Krai. And I mean FINISHED finished; not only did the quest content but did 100% exploration as well.
That's because the game added a near-Ubisoft-level treasure/puzzle finder, so that you can pretty easily find everything in the region, with more coming into view over time.
That's because the game added a near-Ubisoft-level treasure/puzzle finder, so that you can pretty easily find everything in the region, with more coming into view over time.
It's not 1 to 1 obviously but I'm here chilling in what is clearly the Borean Tundra listening to what is also clearly Howling Fjords music
Someone in Shanghai clearly spent a bunch of time playing wrath as a kid and is now making it everyone's concern
OTOH, much worse things you could lift from
Someone in Shanghai clearly spent a bunch of time playing wrath as a kid and is now making it everyone's concern
OTOH, much worse things you could lift from
September 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's not 1 to 1 obviously but I'm here chilling in what is clearly the Borean Tundra listening to what is also clearly Howling Fjords music
Someone in Shanghai clearly spent a bunch of time playing wrath as a kid and is now making it everyone's concern
OTOH, much worse things you could lift from
Someone in Shanghai clearly spent a bunch of time playing wrath as a kid and is now making it everyone's concern
OTOH, much worse things you could lift from
Some were good, some were meh, one was touching, and one would have actually been kind of a big spoiler if I hadn't already finished that chapter.
But anyway they're pretty much all done, so I can finally move on and see who gets killed next without thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DINER!?"
But anyway they're pretty much all done, so I can finally move on and see who gets killed next without thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DINER!?"
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Some were good, some were meh, one was touching, and one would have actually been kind of a big spoiler if I hadn't already finished that chapter.
But anyway they're pretty much all done, so I can finally move on and see who gets killed next without thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DINER!?"
But anyway they're pretty much all done, so I can finally move on and see who gets killed next without thinking "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DINER!?"
In other news all that Hundred Line hype has finally gotten me to go back to Danganronpa 2, which I was on the third chapter of for like uhhhh three years?
I got annoyed because you don't get enough hangout segments for the character plots to progress, then discovered something odd...
I got annoyed because you don't get enough hangout segments for the character plots to progress, then discovered something odd...
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In other news all that Hundred Line hype has finally gotten me to go back to Danganronpa 2, which I was on the third chapter of for like uhhhh three years?
I got annoyed because you don't get enough hangout segments for the character plots to progress, then discovered something odd...
I got annoyed because you don't get enough hangout segments for the character plots to progress, then discovered something odd...
Also humanity cries out for another Mana Khemia, but that is a take so icy you gotta measure in Kelvin
September 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Also humanity cries out for another Mana Khemia, but that is a take so icy you gotta measure in Kelvin
Ah, okay, you haven't seen the meme. See below. It's about complaints about home ownership and family formation, which ignore how youth ain't getting paid squat.
The point is that SOMEONE needs to pay you money to buy a house, start a family, or (in the case of NASA) land on the moon.
The point is that SOMEONE needs to pay you money to buy a house, start a family, or (in the case of NASA) land on the moon.
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Ah, okay, you haven't seen the meme. See below. It's about complaints about home ownership and family formation, which ignore how youth ain't getting paid squat.
The point is that SOMEONE needs to pay you money to buy a house, start a family, or (in the case of NASA) land on the moon.
The point is that SOMEONE needs to pay you money to buy a house, start a family, or (in the case of NASA) land on the moon.
Work means that I didn't get to try much of the new Wuthering Waves patch, but did get the saved pulls out of the way.
Lost the 50/50, but still had enough remaining rolls to get Augusta (big sword lady in the patch image below).
Lost the 50/50, but still had enough remaining rolls to get Augusta (big sword lady in the patch image below).
August 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Work means that I didn't get to try much of the new Wuthering Waves patch, but did get the saved pulls out of the way.
Lost the 50/50, but still had enough remaining rolls to get Augusta (big sword lady in the patch image below).
Lost the 50/50, but still had enough remaining rolls to get Augusta (big sword lady in the patch image below).
Gabi Walker-Aguilar (below) reopened her fire-damaged shop this year...on Juneteenth.
Think this'll require better evidence of bigotry than calling a Canadian franchisor a "foreign corporate entity".
(I have no idea if protest leader Nancy Hoy is bigoted, but it was Walker-Aguilar being quoted.)
Think this'll require better evidence of bigotry than calling a Canadian franchisor a "foreign corporate entity".
(I have no idea if protest leader Nancy Hoy is bigoted, but it was Walker-Aguilar being quoted.)
August 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Gabi Walker-Aguilar (below) reopened her fire-damaged shop this year...on Juneteenth.
Think this'll require better evidence of bigotry than calling a Canadian franchisor a "foreign corporate entity".
(I have no idea if protest leader Nancy Hoy is bigoted, but it was Walker-Aguilar being quoted.)
Think this'll require better evidence of bigotry than calling a Canadian franchisor a "foreign corporate entity".
(I have no idea if protest leader Nancy Hoy is bigoted, but it was Walker-Aguilar being quoted.)
And, yeah, that's her
Her picture is in this Evanston Roundtable piece you'll see as soon as you Google her name
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/09/4...
Her picture is in this Evanston Roundtable piece you'll see as soon as you Google her name
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/09/4...
August 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And, yeah, that's her
Her picture is in this Evanston Roundtable piece you'll see as soon as you Google her name
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/09/4...
Her picture is in this Evanston Roundtable piece you'll see as soon as you Google her name
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/09/4...
Meanwhile in the Discovery Feed
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Meanwhile in the Discovery Feed
So....Worldpay, maybe? Though Canada is on there and CAD doesn't seem affected.
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
So....Worldpay, maybe? Though Canada is on there and CAD doesn't seem affected.
Also they ARE the acquiring bank according to that FAQ so hmm
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Also they ARE the acquiring bank according to that FAQ so hmm
Today's reminder that MasterCard has their earnings call next week and they really don't need this kind of headache
July 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today's reminder that MasterCard has their earnings call next week and they really don't need this kind of headache
My last 24 hours regarding fucking goddamn political campaigning
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My last 24 hours regarding fucking goddamn political campaigning
Love me some luggable computing.
June 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love me some luggable computing.
The fact that that shit makes me INTENSELY nostalgic for Honest Ed's is only partially relevant here
I mean yes it is relevant but
I mean yes it is relevant but
June 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The fact that that shit makes me INTENSELY nostalgic for Honest Ed's is only partially relevant here
I mean yes it is relevant but
I mean yes it is relevant but
If he promises to bring back the automats he'll probably sweep
June 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If he promises to bring back the automats he'll probably sweep
Also: fine beard
That's a high quality beard IMO, exactly the kind you need when the top's thinned out
That's a high quality beard IMO, exactly the kind you need when the top's thinned out
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Also: fine beard
That's a high quality beard IMO, exactly the kind you need when the top's thinned out
That's a high quality beard IMO, exactly the kind you need when the top's thinned out
Okay but this was actually really funny in the PC Gamer review of Yumia
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Okay but this was actually really funny in the PC Gamer review of Yumia