TheGhostRaptor
@theghostraptor.bsky.social
He/Him. Currently looking to put my degree to work. Otherwise, you can find me awake at midnight. Expect to see reposts about video games, cars, and VTubers.
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CastleVCS, a project to reproduce the first level of Castlevania on #Atari2600 forums.atariage.com/topic/385486... #atari
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
CastleVCS, a project to reproduce the first level of Castlevania on #Atari2600 forums.atariage.com/topic/385486... #atari
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Read this if you're wondering how Code of Conduct teams go wrong. It's hard, and not a job/team to be taken lightly. This is an A+ explanation everyone should read and boost.
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) (@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange)
@lina@vt.social @commdserv@mastodon.social
I can’t speak for fd.o, but I was in a leadership position on another project where we got a similar case disastrously wrong, so I might be able to illumin...
infosec.exchange
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Read this if you're wondering how Code of Conduct teams go wrong. It's hard, and not a job/team to be taken lightly. This is an A+ explanation everyone should read and boost.
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
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The VTuber community has been a lot better at seeing through Luna's lies and abuse (aside from a few people she has in her pocket)... and that's saying something!
I'll be back streaming soon. And I'll still be working on VTuber tech on Linux, just without any expectation to engage with FDo.
I'll be back streaming soon. And I'll still be working on VTuber tech on Linux, just without any expectation to engage with FDo.
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The VTuber community has been a lot better at seeing through Luna's lies and abuse (aside from a few people she has in her pocket)... and that's saying something!
I'll be back streaming soon. And I'll still be working on VTuber tech on Linux, just without any expectation to engage with FDo.
I'll be back streaming soon. And I'll still be working on VTuber tech on Linux, just without any expectation to engage with FDo.
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I feel... free.
After half a year with some hope for this community, thinking maybe it was just one or two people, after seeing this mess (and others unrelated to this too!), I can finally give up. The Linux graphics/FDo community is a hot mess, and it's not my job to fix it.
さようなら
After half a year with some hope for this community, thinking maybe it was just one or two people, after seeing this mess (and others unrelated to this too!), I can finally give up. The Linux graphics/FDo community is a hot mess, and it's not my job to fix it.
さようなら
I have learned that Luna has joined the Freedesktop Discord. People expressed feeling unsafe, but the admin shut down discussion immediately.
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
Luna has been sharing screenshots where an unknown FDo CoC team member discusses banning me with her, and states that they have "a plan" [to deal with me].
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I feel... free.
After half a year with some hope for this community, thinking maybe it was just one or two people, after seeing this mess (and others unrelated to this too!), I can finally give up. The Linux graphics/FDo community is a hot mess, and it's not my job to fix it.
さようなら
After half a year with some hope for this community, thinking maybe it was just one or two people, after seeing this mess (and others unrelated to this too!), I can finally give up. The Linux graphics/FDo community is a hot mess, and it's not my job to fix it.
さようなら
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the fact that i am at risk of seeing asmongold's opinion at any time of day on the internet is a human rights violation
March 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
the fact that i am at risk of seeing asmongold's opinion at any time of day on the internet is a human rights violation
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There are obviously far weightier reasons not to read the NYT anymore but a reporter trotting out a twist on the eternally embarrassing "videogames have come a long way since Pac-Man" chestnut is such crystalline proof that writing for the prestige paper doesn't actually mean you know jack shit
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There are obviously far weightier reasons not to read the NYT anymore but a reporter trotting out a twist on the eternally embarrassing "videogames have come a long way since Pac-Man" chestnut is such crystalline proof that writing for the prestige paper doesn't actually mean you know jack shit
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When I played Mewgenics for this preview, Edmund McMillen loaded up a save file created by @tomrmarks.bsky.social from when he previewed the game, and I got Tom's cats killed. Sorry Tom. www.pcgamer.com/games/roguel...
July 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When I played Mewgenics for this preview, Edmund McMillen loaded up a save file created by @tomrmarks.bsky.social from when he previewed the game, and I got Tom's cats killed. Sorry Tom. www.pcgamer.com/games/roguel...
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It's been hard to get a newsletter out for the past month with a ton of work and life happening but at last a new issue! Are you interested in a translation of a 7-part Dreamcast RPG series from Capcom? What about an online multiplayer survival horror game for the PS2 you've never heard of? Huzzah:
ROM returns: Striking gold in El Dorado
Also this issue: a plus-sized portion of patch notes and an utterly unkown PS2 horror game, back online.
www.readonlymemo.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's been hard to get a newsletter out for the past month with a ton of work and life happening but at last a new issue! Are you interested in a translation of a 7-part Dreamcast RPG series from Capcom? What about an online multiplayer survival horror game for the PS2 you've never heard of? Huzzah:
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It is okay to post a little screenshot of your old games, that info is harmless. You ain't gonna get h4x0red for it.
Also use Steam Guard anyway
Also use Steam Guard anyway
the way steam does account recovery off your purchase history is that they ask you to confirm recent purchases by listing off the dollar amounts you can check from your bank statements. what you bought in 2004 isn't involved
I understand a desire for caution but when you bought HL2 isn't dangerous
I understand a desire for caution but when you bought HL2 isn't dangerous
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It is okay to post a little screenshot of your old games, that info is harmless. You ain't gonna get h4x0red for it.
Also use Steam Guard anyway
Also use Steam Guard anyway
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The Playdate can finally emulate the Game Boy!! Here's how a duo harnessed the system's underpowered hardware to make a kickass emulator
How the makers of CrankBoy finally cracked 60 fps Game Boy emulation on the Playdate
Plus: A fantastic anime series' DS tie-in gets an English translation.
www.readonlymemo.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Playdate can finally emulate the Game Boy!! Here's how a duo harnessed the system's underpowered hardware to make a kickass emulator
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Like Cowboy Bebop? Did you know there was a PS2 game only released in Japan? Did you know I released a full English translation of it that you can play now? Check it out here: github.com/SONICMAN69/B...
GitHub - SONICMAN69/Bebop-PS2-English: A full (fanmade) English translation for Cowboy Bebop - Tsuioku no Serenade for the PlayStation 2
A full (fanmade) English translation for Cowboy Bebop - Tsuioku no Serenade for the PlayStation 2 - SONICMAN69/Bebop-PS2-English
github.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Like Cowboy Bebop? Did you know there was a PS2 game only released in Japan? Did you know I released a full English translation of it that you can play now? Check it out here: github.com/SONICMAN69/B...
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Something I think Hollow Knight's designers were very savvy in avoiding—and that *way* too many games do willingly—is pigeonholing themselves to a genre term. Nothing wrong with making a metroidvania or a roguelike, but proclaiming it as such can be limiting creatively or in terms of player fantasy.
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Something I think Hollow Knight's designers were very savvy in avoiding—and that *way* too many games do willingly—is pigeonholing themselves to a genre term. Nothing wrong with making a metroidvania or a roguelike, but proclaiming it as such can be limiting creatively or in terms of player fantasy.
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With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
August 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
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Thought it was so funny (derogatory) that the NYT up and put the Mini crossword behind its paywall that I had to blog it @defector.com style.
Crossword lovers in mourning as the New York Times commits its latest unspeakable act: Paywalling the Mini puzzle
The popular daily puzzle is now seemingly an exclusive for NYT Games subscribers.
www.pcgamer.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thought it was so funny (derogatory) that the NYT up and put the Mini crossword behind its paywall that I had to blog it @defector.com style.
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Without emudev Nemesis's contributions to the Domesday Duplicator project, it also wouldn't be possible to preserve these games, period, with all the necessary data intact.
And LaserDiscs are already rotting; even though this was already a 16 year marathon, a few more years might've been too late.
And LaserDiscs are already rotting; even though this was already a 16 year marathon, a few more years might've been too late.
August 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Without emudev Nemesis's contributions to the Domesday Duplicator project, it also wouldn't be possible to preserve these games, period, with all the necessary data intact.
And LaserDiscs are already rotting; even though this was already a 16 year marathon, a few more years might've been too late.
And LaserDiscs are already rotting; even though this was already a 16 year marathon, a few more years might've been too late.
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Until this week, it's been impossible to play the games of the 1993 Pioneer LaserActive without one of the vanishingly rare, disintegrating consoles.
Here's the story of the guy who's been trying to fix that for years -- and all the hardware and software he had to build to make it possible.
Here's the story of the guy who's been trying to fix that for years -- and all the hardware and software he had to build to make it possible.
"This is the first:" The 16 year odyssey of "time, money, wrong turns and frustration" it took to finally emulate the Pioneer LaserActive
In April 2009, a Sega fan decided to look into emulating the Mega LD, a quirky and little-known hybrid of Genesis and LaserDisc. This week he finished the job.
www.readonlymemo.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Until this week, it's been impossible to play the games of the 1993 Pioneer LaserActive without one of the vanishingly rare, disintegrating consoles.
Here's the story of the guy who's been trying to fix that for years -- and all the hardware and software he had to build to make it possible.
Here's the story of the guy who's been trying to fix that for years -- and all the hardware and software he had to build to make it possible.
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ha I missed the leveling system:
July 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
ha I missed the leveling system:
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lol they exposed a bunch of config in the hydration js
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
July 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
lol they exposed a bunch of config in the hydration js
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Keane Reeves getting interviewed about MotoGP and being so damn passionate, I love it
June 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Keane Reeves getting interviewed about MotoGP and being so damn passionate, I love it
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RIP Holden Bloodfeast
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
RIP Holden Bloodfeast