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Yuu at 1 AM~
@yuuandroid.bsky.social
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Transgender, autistic, disabled, plural, and very queer. Likes technology a lot and will talk about almost anything. Very much a giant dork.

@cendotharl.etheirys.social is my girlfriend.

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December 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I can't wait to see Demons' Crest animated. I'm re-reading Volume 1 right now, and I think this is really gong to take off when people realize that it's basically Sword Art Online's Aincrad arc, but dark fantasy/horror themed. The monster designs are like straight out of Berserk or Dark Souls too.
The cover for Demons' Crest Volume 1 - Reality ~ Erosion. The two main characters, Yuuma Ashihara and his twin sister Sawa Ashihara are present. Yuuma is holding up a card while Sawa has a ball of fire in her hands. In the upper left corner, the author's name, Reki Kawahara, can be seen. Below that it says "Illustrations by Yukiko Horiguchi."
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Bandai Namco never updated the demo for Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream. As a result, you will never find any other players, and the one tutorial fight is the only thing you can do. The demo servers are separate from the main game, and the Single Player option was never added to the demo.
The title screen to Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream's demo version on Nintendo Switch. The floating castle Aincrad can be seen in the background. In the upper left corner, the version number is still "Version 1.0.0.0" The lobby screen for Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream's demo version on Nintendo Switch. Five of the main characters are standing around, and the first co-op quest, Woods of Recollection on World Tier 1, is selected. An ad for the full game is present on the right side. Fighting Mizuchi the Samurai Warrior in Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream's demo version on Nintendo Switch. The player is playing as Kirito, and Asuna, Argo, and Agil are party members. The controls can be seen in the upper left corner, and a mini map and score are seen in the upper right corner.
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
I got a bonus due to working the holiday, so @cendotharl.etheirys.social and I went out for Japanese food. Really enjoying what we got. Such good food here.
Bulgogi with white rice. Tonkatsu with white rice and vegetables.
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
The artwork in the novels is jawdropping too. Incredible detail that should result in an equally jawdropping anime once it’s released. These are not your typical fantasy monsters, but demonic abominations that wouldn’t look out of place in some dark fantasy anime. This is from Volume 1, for example.
A colored illustration from Demons’ Crest Volume 1 Reality∽Erosion. The protagonist, his twin sister, and his best friend are going to face off with a giant monster several times their height and weight. It consists of only a mouth with large teeth and a large tongue. It also has a giant horn on top of its head. There is Japanese text present indicating spoken dialogue.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
That's always fun to play, and lifted my mood to try it out again.

Links to Prototype N and Diamond in the Grave can be found here if anyone wants to try them out.

https://arrietty.itch.io/prototype-n
https://arrietty.itch.io/diamond-in-the-grave-prototype-n
The final boss of Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave being defeated. The ending credits to Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave. On screen it shows the writers (Arrietty and Lina Ciari), the pixel artists (Arrietty, Lina Ciari, EngineerKappa, SuperFreaksDev, and Sharb) and the Enemy Designers (Arrietty, Kapus, Lina Ciari, and SuperFreaksDev whose name is being cut off in the screenshot as the text is scrolling.)
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
I am sometimes good at the video games. Sometimes.
A screenshot of Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave. The game is displaying a "ROUND CLEAR" message at the end of a stage. All optional items were collected, and it took 4 minutes and 3 seconds to clear the stage.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Switched Crossover from "Auto" to "DXVK" and working CRT filter is go!

I am noticing some minor slowdowns tho. But it's not impacting playability; seems like some sort of compilation like lag that happens once and then it disappears?
A screenshot of Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave. The stage shows a mine/cavern like stage. Nadine's health bar is full, the player has no sub weapons, and the time and score bar are displayed in the upper right. The amount of candy corns is shown in the upper left below the health bar.
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
This game is insanely fun by the way. Both it and Prototype N feel like lost Sega Genesis platformers in the best way possible. Very Mega-Man like. Highly recommend trying them out.
A screenshot of Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave. The game is paused in a forest level. The screen shows Nadine's health bar with her health half drained, Two subweapons have been obtained with the Weapon Energy (abbreviated to WPN ENERGY) down below half. The timer can be seen at 3:23.06 and there's a score counter of 009710. The candy corn counter indicates that 116 candy corns have been obtained.
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Wanted to see if I could get @arrietty.itch.io's "Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave" working on MacOS and it seems to work with Crossover? Neat. Only thing that doesn't seem to work is the CRT filter.

https://arrietty.itch.io/diamond-in-the-grave-prototype-n
The main menu of "Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave." The options listed are "Story Mode" "Sound Test" "Options" "Data Select" and "Quit Game." The first stage of "Nadine in: Diamond in the Grave." You can see Nadine's health bar at the top, alongside the weapon selected, the weapon energy, the timer, score, and candy corn count. There are candy corns floating in air in what looks like a halloween themed stage at night. Nadine is wearing a witch costume.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Real talk: Ubisoft style viewpoint towers are absolutely fine in a game if they're done sparingly enough and with decent objectives/design to them. This one in Assassin's Creed Unity was fun because there was a bit of a puzzle to figure out how to get up to it.
A screenshot of Assassin's Creed Unity as the player character climbs the Notre-Dame de Paris. The player is on a ledge, and can view the rest of the city looking down. The UI can seen, showing a minimap in the lower left corner, the weapons and equipment in the lower right, the controls in the upper right, and the health bar and player's name in the upper left.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
The Retro Game Corps hands on sums it up perfectly, lol.
What I like: - Nostalgia Design - Dual Screens - Slim and Trim What I don't like: - Underpowered - Catastrophic Bugs - Lots of Cuts Corners - Charging Experience
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Made the BBQ meatballs again with Mac n cheese this time. Yummy.
BBQ meatballs with Mac and cheese on a paper plate.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
You to Bram upon seeing cursed information
A scene from Homestuck: The Animated Pilot where Dave grabs John's head from beyond the phone panel to force him to look up at the sky.
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
It's almost like CNN isn't really reporting news here, but is instead advertising something. I have no idea what it could be, however...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. An advertisement that's been blocked by uBlock Origin on CNN's webpage. EDITOR’S NOTE: We hope these five tips help you make your Thanksgiving offerings more blue-zone aligned. Listen to the full episode here. And join us next week for a new episode of the Chasing Life podcast.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Still kind of shocked that Project Sekai has an "E for Everyone" rating given some of the content in the game. The Nightcord at 25:00 storylines alone should push it up to an E10+ or Teen rating given some of the content in it. Definitely NOT suitable for all ages at all.
"Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!" on the Google Play Store by the SEGA Corporation. The rating is E for Everyone. There's over 10 million downloads, it has 4.5 star ratings over 142,000 reviews, and contains ads and in-app purchases.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Give it time, and I'll be back to my Deltarune obsessing before long >.>

Chapter 5 comes, and with it - more Noelle.
Noelle Holiday from Deltarune.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Anyone hungry?
Four BBQ Meatballs made in a crockpot, now sitting on a paper plate with a puddle of sauce below them.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Talk about "How the mighty have fallen" and all that. Yikes.

Over 143,833 player difference currently, and the "Call of Duty" one includes BO7, BO6, MW3, and MW2 all in one.
The Steam "Most Played" chart located at https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed Battlefield 6 is currently at number 5 with 220, 692 current players, and 271,307 peak players for the day. In contrast, the collective "Call of Duty" entry sits at number 15 with 76,859 current players, and 87,882 peak players for the day. A number of other games are in between them.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
You can make Linux look very nice. Here's Fedora KDE with some customizations to the wallpaper, theme, and panel. All default/included options - nothing downloaded besides the mandatory system updates.
Fedora KDE running inside a virtual machine. There are two floating panels to control the operating system. The top left one allows access to applications, and has three applications pinned. It also shows the two virtual desktops, and the menu bar for the current active application. The top right shows the system tray, notifications, and the current date and time. In the middle, a window for the Dolphin file manager is open, showcasing the user's home folder. The overall theme is a light theme, with a blue wallpaper of a lake.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Oh?
Noelle from Deltarune.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Tom's Hardware at least gets credit for acknowledging they didn't have enough time to test everything and that more time would be needed for the trackpads. Kudos to them for being upfront there.

But it makes me wonder if Valve didn't have anyone who had experience with the trackpads on hand?
Tom's Hardware Managing editor Matt Safford said that the controller felt comfortable in his brief demo time, though he spent more time cycling through the various modes than settling on a specific one. Quickly using the gyroscope to move the cursor after removing a couple of fingers from the grip did instantly feel intuitive. More time, he said, will tell how he feels about the touchpads, given his muscle memory and proclivity for the FPS genre is based on a keyboard and mouse. The controller didn't feel overly bulky, nor heavy or light. The plastic used in the construction generally felt fine, neither overly cheap or particularly premium. It feels similar to a Steam Deck. https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/valve-brings-back-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-hands-on-with-valves-new-amd-based-living-room-gaming-hardware
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
It's also annoying to see that people who TESTED the controller didn't test out the trackpads extensively. Like here's PC Gamer's article on the #SteamController. And there's just a casual mention of Balatro. No actual information about how they feel as a primary input.
An excerpt from PC Gamer's article on the Steam Controller. The full text can be found here: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/controllers/steam-controller-specs-availability-hands-on/ The text on alternative inputs reads: "Even the gyro controls, which I was apprehensive about at first, are fairly easy to master. Or at the very least, use somewhat competently. I tried the controller out in Balatro, a game that works just as well via controller as it does a mouse, and you truly have the flexibility to use whichever input method feels right for you in the moment. They all work really rather well."
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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One of the things most obnoxious about the #SteamController marketing from Valve is that I see no use of the trackpads in it. This make me worry that they are not comfortable to use long term. If you go to store.steampowered.com/sale/steamco... there's not a single shot of the trackpads in use.
An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The trackpads are not being used by the person holding the controller. Instead they are using the analog sticks D-Pad face buttons, alongside the shoulder buttons. An image of two Steam Controllers in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. Neither user can be seen using the trackpads in the video. Both are playing from a docked Steam Deck. The user on the right appears to be using both analog sticks instead. An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The user is using the left analog stick and the face buttons, alongside the shoulders/triggers. The trackpads appear to be going unused as a primary input, as well as unused entirely. An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The user playing is using the shoulder triggers and both analog sticks. A second user, who is in the background out of focus, is also using both triggers and the analog sticks. The trackpads are going unused.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Goddamn at this part. Preach it.
Quoted text which reads: "But at the end of the day, retaining translators even when pressed for cash isn't, shouldn't, and cannot be merely a matter of best practices to be followed in better times and healthier economic climates. It's simply the professionally responsible thing to do." The following quoted text is highlighted: "Places like CNN, Al Jazeera, and countless other generalist news organizations don't turn to machine translators when they have news to share from other parts of the world and it's because any respectable reporter appreciates the added stakes that come with bridging language barriers while maintaining factuality."
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM