** Fall foliage, music, games, and text editors **
Turning to fall. While playing a little squash this morning one of the pros that hangs out at the courts asked if he could give me and one of my kids some tips. He then proceeded to spend 40 mins or so with us. It was honestly rad. Totally changed how I approach playing squash in that little time. I’m excited to play more this winter.

I’m also excited for the new The Last Dinner Party album to come out in a f … ⌘ Read more

I noticed Google put out this article: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html it’s very current day Google, but the comments under the YouTube video are pretty on point and I saw a few familiar faces there. There is also, unexpectedly, ways to contact Google.

First a form for “teachers, students, and hobbyists”, that I filled politely, as someone who falls under their hobbyist category. It can be filled both anonymously, or with an e-mail attached, to be contacted by them (I chose the second option).

Also a general feedback and questions form, that I was not as polite in and used to send them the following message:

I have already provided some feedback, in the teacher, student and hobbyists form/questionaire, as well as an open letter I’ve recently sent to the European Commission digital markets act team, as I do believe your proposal might not even be legal, given the fact it puts privacy-focused alternative app stores at risk (https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and it was proposed this early, after Google lost in court to Epic Games, over similar monopoly concerns. Why should we trust Google to be the only authority for all developer signatures, right after the European courts labeled it a gatekeeper?

Assuming this gets passed, despite justified developer backlash and at best questionable legality, can you give us any guarantees, this will not be used to target legal malware-free mods, or user privacy enhancing patchers, like the ones used for applying the ReVanced patches? I have made a few mods myself, but I am in no way associated with the ReVanced team. I just share many peoples concerns, Google Chrome has been conveniently stripped of its manifest v2 support, that made many privacy protecting extensions possible and now you’re conveniently asking for the government IDs, of all the developers, who maintain these kinds of privacy protections (be it patches, or alternative open-source apps) on Android.

@bender@twtxt.net To add some context, I’m not one to write open letters often, nor do I expect to become some kind of martyr, the European Union will unite over, to fight Google.

However Google did loose to Epic Games in European courts, that determined Google maintains a monopoly over its Play Store, restricting competition and developers choices. And pretty much right after courts determined this, Google gives them the middle finger and proposes changes, that would destroy F-droid - the biggest and really the only competing app store, that’s actually competing and not just taking the apps from Googles Play Store and passing them on.

There are many more qualified and likable parties, who already reached out to them, with these concerns, I just think it’s important everyone impacted by this, politely contacts them too, to convey this is not just some niche non-issue, a few IT nerds made up.

Has the WA government made Italian giants AC Milan an offer they can’t refuse?
Italian heavyweights AC Milan look set to play a match, for actual Serie A points, in Perth. What will the state government pay to lure them here, and why are some football supporters unhappy? ⌘ Read more

Australia able to ‘break records’ with world cup approach
Beth Mooney has predicted Australia’s new approach to ODI cricket will pay off in the Women’s Cricket World Cup, with a greater desire to take the game on. ⌘ Read more

UEFA makes ‘regrettable’ decision to allow Italian Serie A match in Perth
AC Milan will host a Serie A match in Perth next year, as UEFA’s hand appears to have been forced to allow the game to go ahead. ⌘ Read more

Game Pass: Microsoft verliert mit Black Ops 6 über 300 Millionen Dollar
Laut einem Medienbericht hat Microsoft durch die Aufnahme von Black Ops 6 in den Game Pass enorme Einnahmen eingebüßt. ( Xbox, Microsoft)

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In The Black: Realistischer Weltraumkampf statt galaktischer Träume
Nach zehn Jahren Entwicklungszeit startet In The Black als realistischer Gegenentwurf zu Star Citizen. ( Weltraumaction, Spiele)

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DIY: Bastlerin baut Lego Game Boy in funktionierenden Game Boy um
Mit einem Custom-PCB und der CPU des Game Boy Pocket können auf dem Lego-Modell echte Game-Boy-Spiele gespielt werden. ( Game Boy, Nintendo)

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Vibrationen: Wenn die Gaming-Maus zur Wanze wird
Sensoren in Gaming-Mäusen lassen sich in Abhörgeräte verwandeln. Die Technik nutzt Vibrationen auf dem Schreibtisch - ganz ohne Mikrofon. ( KI, Malware)

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Sportswashing bei Games: Diese Player gefährdet queere Sichtbarkeit in Games
Eine Gruppe Investoren kauft Electronic Arts. Mit dabei: Saudi-Arabien. Damit bekommen sie Macht über die Inhalte von Videospielen wie „Die Sims“. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft: Xbox Cloud Gaming bald kostenlos durch Werbefinanzierung
Microsoft soll gerade eine werbefinanzierte Version von Xbox Cloud Gaming testen. Das Streaming unterliegt einigen Einschränkungen. ( Cloud Gaming, Microsoft)

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** Video games goods **
Here are 3 mostly unedited paragraphs from a blog post that fizzled out and I decided not to finish…but then I posted it on mastodon and it seemed to resonate with folks, so, here it is as an RSS exclusive plus some other thoughts, too!

I have a weird relationship with video games. I love video games, but I hardly ever really play them. As a kid I wasn’t allowed to play them at home, and didn’t have much facility to play them. I’d get sneaky bits of game time with my cousin in the back of the car o … ⌘ Read more

Play Super Mario Bros Remastered for Some Retro Gaming Fun
Gamers and Mario enthusiasts in particular are sure to get a kick out of Super Mario Brothers Remastered, a fan-made unofficial remake of the original Nintendo Super Mario Bros game that includes new levels, new options and game modes, new characters, a level editor, physics improvements, and more. Super Mario Bros Remastered is not meant … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/09/28/play-super-mario-bros-remastered-for-r … ⌘ Read more

** Strata **

A Counterfeit - a Plated Person -

I would not be -

Whatever strata of Iniquity

My Nature underlie -

Truth is good Health - and Safety, and the Sky.

How meagre, what an Exile - is a Lie,

And Vocal - when we die -

– Emily Dickinson

I made another game! This one pretty much has one single verb:“move.” The game, like most games I make, is a roguelike that relies heavily on probabilities and rng (random number generation).

Each level is … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Holy shit, that’s insane! :-D I tried it, but i’m absolutely terrible at these type of games. I’m having trouble with the keys to move around. Maybe after ages I would pick it up and it becomes natural. I just was never a real gamer.

I will definitely try to read through the code, though! This looks sick. 8-)

** A week notes to round out the summer **
I haven’t posted anything remotely resembling week notes since the middle of June! Since then many things have happened including, but not limited to: a trip to Minnesota to visit Isaac, a couple trips to New Hampshire for work, a family trip to Mount Desert Island to revisit our old stomping grounds, a whole heap of bicycle riding, I finished a couple great books, played some games, made some games, and wrote what is probably an unhealthy a … ⌘ Read more

Fixing old mistakes

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#Pyxel is a retro inspired #GameEngine for #Python, it’s very impressive!

It’s not hard to generate a static HTML page that loads your game to run on the browser with #pyodide (WASM). And it comes with an assets editor and a #chiptune making tool.

https://github.com/kitao/pyxel

@prologic@twtxt.net That’s fair, this version really is a stretch. Similar to old Atari game spirites, a lot is left to interpretation,especially by those who have not seen any of the more detailed ones, before.

On the other hand, some suggested I’m still wasting too many pixels on the tail, but removing those, makes it just a generic dog (at best), even to me.

Please enjoy this horrible madness: https://userinyerface.com/game.html

What is a #GameEngine for you? Is there a gray area between game engines and graphics frameworks? You can make games with SDL, RayLib, Processing (and py5…), p5js, d3js, but would you consider them game engines?

Maybe I should ask my students to make a game engine purist-neutral-radical alignment chart ? 🤡

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines

@movq@www.uninformativ.de having to go to a gopher proxy to see a text document better served on readily available web servers… 🤭, but I digress. Verbatim text:

What's Missing from "Retro"
~softwarepagan
------------------------------------------------------------------
You know, often, when I say I miss older ways of computing or
connecting online, people tell me "there's nothing stopping you
from doing that now!" and they are technicay correct in most cases
(though I can't, for example, chat with friends on MSN ever
again...) However, let me explain that while this type of thing can
*sort of* fill that hole in my heart, it isn't *the same.*

Say, for example, I wanted to connect with others over a BBS. This
wouldn't offer the same types of connections it used to. While
there are BBSes around with active users, they're no longer there
to discuss movies, Star Trek, D&D, games, etc. They're there to
discuss *BBSes.* The same can be said for Gopher, old-school forums
and all sorts of revival projects (such as Escargot, Spacehey,
etc.) Retrocomputing enthusiasts, while they have a variety of
interests, are often in these spaces to discuss the medium itself
and not other topics. This exists at a stark contrast from how
things were in the past, where a non-tech-inclined person may learn
the tech to connect with likeminded others (as I did as a
Zelda-obsessed kid.)

The same can be said of old media. People will say "well, nobody is
stopping you from watching old shows/movies now!" Again, they are
technically correct. I can go home right now and watch *Star Trek:
The Next Generation* to my heart's content. It will never again,
however, be current, or new. When something is new, it serves as a
shared cultural experience. Remember how "Game of Thrones* felt in
the mid-to-late 2010s? Yeah, that.

It's sad. I sustain myself on a mixed diet of old things, new
things, and new things intended for old millenials like me who like
old things. It can be bittersweet. 

@eldersnake@we.loveprivacy.club This wasn’t always the case, though. Quake3, Quake4, Unreal Tournament 99 and 2004 are examples of games that used to run very well as native Linux games. But that was 20+ years ago …

@movq@www.uninformativ.de reminds me how many Windows games using Proton (or WINE with similar patches) on Linux run better than some of the old native Linux binaries.

I bought the “remastered” versions of Grim Fandango and Forsaken on GOG, because they’re super cheap at the moment. Both have native Linux versions.

And both these Linux version crap their pants. 🫤 The bundled SDL2 of Forsaken says it “can’t find a matching GLX visual” and I couldn’t figure out how to fix that. I didn’t spend a lot of time on Grim Fandango.

Both work great in Wine. 🤦

(I do have the original version of Grim Fandango from the 1990ies, but that one does not work so well in Wine. I figured, if it’s so cheap, why not. And I now get to play the english version. 😃 The german dub is pretty damn good, actually, but I always prefer the original these days.)

I hear you, @movq@www.uninformativ.de! :‘-(

At work, too. For a few weeks now when I try to log into this horrible Outlook web intershit (Because why would they fix the Evolution integration?! It’s cactus for well over a year now. Probably more like two.), it forwards me to the corporate weblogin, I enter my credentials, even do the bloody MFA crap and get redirected back to Outlook. “Loading mailbox…” “Please wait for us to log you out, do not close this window while this process is underway.” Fuck you! I have to delete the cookies for this damn domain each and every fucking time. Otherwise, this goes in circles forever. I tried the game for 15 minutes, no joke.

But wait, there’s more! Why just fuck it up only a little bit? This week I get logged out at the middle of the day. Every. Single. Day. Not even close to eight hours since I started, no. What the hell!? I reckon I just don’t even bother reauthenticating anymore in the arvo. No more e-mails for Lyse after lunch. Fuck it. It’s just distraction, anyway, right?!

It took about a year, I think, but I’ve now finished another run of Tomb Raider I, II, and III. And I have, for the first time, played the two bonus packs “Unfinished Business” (for TR I) and “Golden Mask” (for TR II). They’re available as a free download, if you have the original games. (The bonus pack for TR III is not free.)

I just love these games – and the game mechanics. It’s just the right balance between challenging and relaxing.

https://movq.de/v/c55a2a137d/the%2Dend.jpg

What kind of half-assed nonsense is this? They only broadcast half of the current european soccer cup … (Let me guess, I’m supposed to subscribe to some streaming service if I want to watch every game, right?)

I also just noticed that the performance issue doesn’t affect all games. 🤔 Sigh, I’ll just downgrade for the time being. Not in the mood to fiddle with this.

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I guess that qualifies as an “Arch moment”, albeit the first one I encountered. I’m running this since 2008 and it’s usually very smooth sailing. 😅

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Yeah, YMMV. Some games work(ed) great in Wine, others not at all. I just use it because it’s easier than firing up my WinXP box. (I don’t use Wine for regular applications, just games.)

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org as long as i get to see silly little tux sliding around in a silly game older than me it’s ok even if i committed windows/wine crimes to see it <33

Speaking of Wine, Arch Linux completely fucked up Wine for me with the latest update.

• 16-bit support is gone.
  
• Performance of 3D games is horrible and unplayable.
  

Arch is shipping a WoW64 build now, which is not yet ready for prime time.

And then I realized that there’s actually only one stable Wine release per year but Arch has been shipping development releases all the time. That’s quite unusual. I’m used to Arch only shipping stable packages … huh.

Hopefully things will improve again. I’m not eager to build Wine from source. I’d rather ditch it and resort to my real Windows XP box for the little (retro)gaming that I do … 🫤

@bmallred@staystrong.run Ahhh this is an agent I’m tryining to play the game of Connect3. It uses a library written in Go I’ve been working on that supports Neuroevolution using Genetic Algorithms. Some features include: Mutation, Speciation, Lamarckian Evolution/Inheritence.

FRIENDS I GOT A PHYSICAL COPY OF A TUX GAME LOOK AT ITTTTTTTTTT

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Claude Code: Game Changer or Just Hype? ⌘ Read more

Spielebranche: Apple präsentiert Games-App für iOS 26 & Co
Apple bündelt mit der neuen Games-App alle Spiele und Community-Funktionen bei Mac. Dazu kommen optimierte Entwickler-Tools für bessere Performance. ( WWCD 2025, Apple)

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Thunder star creates history as Pacers downed in second game of NBA finals
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores his 3,000th point of the season as the Thunder tie-up the NBA finals against the Pacers. ⌘ Read more

WA’s $2.5m to bring AFL games to state put to test with regional debut
AFL fans set a crowd record at Bunbury for the AFL’s first regional Western Australian game and one of two North Melbourne home games in the state. ⌘ Read more

Police investigate after fan dies during Nations League final in Munich
A fan died after falling from the stands during Portugal’s victory over Spain in the Nations League final. ⌘ Read more

RTX 5090 und 768 GB RAM: Gigabyte stellt brachiale KI-Workstation vor
Auf Basis von AMDs Threadripper-Pro Plattform hat Gigabyte einen Komplett-PC für Gaming und KI vorgestellt. Der Preis dürfte fünfstellig sein. ( PC, Prozessor)

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Chalmers nears career-best form after contemplating retirement
Six months after thinking he would never race again, Kyle Chalmers is taking the biggest gamble of his fabled swimming career. ⌘ Read more

Live: Kangaroos host Eagles in lucrative $1 million WA home game
North Melbourne and West Coast face off in Bunbury in a rare home game in Perth. Later, Carlton faces Essendon in a blockbuster at the MCG. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

Mundfish: Atomic Heart 2 und mysteriöser Würfel angekündigt
Das umstrittene Entwicklerstudio Mundfish hat zwei neue Projekte präsentiert: das erwartete Atomic Heart 2 - und einen Würfel mit Gleichung. ( Atomic Heart, Spiele)

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Anzeige: Switch 2: Gaming- & Retro-Handhelds im Golem-Ratgeber
Die Nintendo Switch 2 ist wieder bestellbar. Auch Retro-Handhelds erleben ein Comeback. Der Golem-Ratgeber gibt einen Überblick zu Konsolen. ( Technik/Hardware, Nintendo Switch 2)

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Download Borderlands 2 for Mac FREE This Weekend on Steam
If you’re a Mac gamer and you love free games, you won’t want to miss out on this deal; Borderlands 2, the classic popular first-person action RPG shooter, is free to download this weekend on Steam (until the morning of June 8 at 10am PDT). And because it’s on Steam, you’ll be able to play … Read More ⌘ Read more

Film to fashion, how well do you know your pianos in pop culture?
They’re in films, cartoons, Olympic Games and even on red carpets. How many of these piano pop culture references do you know in our quiz? ⌘ Read more

Knights NRL player told in trolling message ‘I will end your life’
Knights winger James Schiller allegedly received multiple messages on social media threatening physical harm during last night’s NRL game against Manly. ⌘ Read more

Pacers stun Thunder in NBA Finals opener despite leading for only 0.3 seconds
Indiana completes another epic playoff comeback by stunning the 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, with Tyrese Haliburton the hero for the Pacers once again. ⌘ Read more

Use Your iPhone As a Webcam for Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch 2 includes a new built-in social feature called GameChat that allows up to 12 users to engage in video chats simultaneously, even if they’re playing in different games. To facilitate this, Nintendo offers an official Switch 2 Camera that connects via USB-C, but it turns out that an iPhone does the job just as well, if not better.

Niles Mitchell has thoughtfully shared a demo of the Switch-iPho … ⌘ Read more

Meet the historians making sure video games get their facts right
A new study has found that players who engage in historic games like Assassin’s Creed or Age of Empires are driven to keep learning after they put down the controller. So historians are stepping up. ⌘ Read more

007 First Light: Junger James Bond sucht die Lizenz zum Töten
Die Hitman-Entwickler haben ihr 007-Actionspiel vorgestellt - mit einem (noch) ungewohnt unerwachsenen Superagenten. ( James Bond, Spiele)

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Project Defiant: Sony stellt Arcade-Fight-Stick für PS5 und PC vor
Stick und Spiel: Sony hat ein Eingabegerät speziell für Fighting-Games vorgestellt - und eine Klopperei mit Marvel-Helden. ( Playstation 5, Sony)

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Finnish coach apologises after accidentally naming retired 51-year-old
The Finnish women’s football team coach apologises after accidentally naming a retired 51-year-old in a game against Serbia. ⌘ Read more

Hack the model: Build AI security skills with the GitHub Secure Code Game
Dive into the novel security challenges AI introduces with the open source game that over 10,000 developers have used to sharpen their skills.

The post Hack the model: Build AI security skills with the GitHub Secure Code Game appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Vorschau: Materialkunde statt Mario
Bildraten raten, alles über HDR: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour entpuppt sich beim Anspielen als ebenso lehrreiches wie trockenes Serious Game. Ein Hands-on von Peter Steinlechner ( Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo)

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Why I flew halfway around the world for one weekend to watch my team lose
Travelling half way around the world to watch a football game is not for everyone. But as Simon Smale writes, some things are more important. ⌘ Read more

Super Netball debut for 40-year-old ‘fossil’ sparks global headlines
New Zealand centurion Casey Kopua received an SOS call from the Giants and was on a plane the next day. Coming out of retirement, it was the almost 40-year-old world champion’s first elite netball game in six years. ⌘ Read more

** Admitting that they’re really never weekly notes **
While everyone is up to their eyeballs in puzzles playing Blue Prince I’ve been playing some Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword on the Gameboy Advanced. I’ve also set up the playdate to mirror at my computer and have been having fun exploring the games in season 2! Mostly just Dig! Dig! Dino!, so far.

I decided to learn OCaml a few weeks ago. I’ve been writing a rogue clone in it. I am enjoying is and the entire ML fami … ⌘ Read more

macOS Tahoe Name Leaked Ahead of Apple’s WWDC Event Next Week
The alleged name of macOS 26 ( yes) has leaked.

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In his Power On newsletter today, [Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said](https://www.bloomberg.com/ … ⌘ Read more

I’m finding this very interesting… An evolved neural network that plays the game of tic-tac-toe and so far is a pretty decent player. Here is a visualization of it’s evolved “brain” that underwent GA (genetic algorithm) training with classification learning + self-play.

Apple Acquires Gaming Studio RAC7
Apple has purchased game studio RAC7, according to a report from Digital Trends. RAC7 is a small, two-person company that developed Apple Arcade game Sneaky Sasquatch, and the acquisition was confirmed by an Apple spokesperson.

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From Digital Trends:

We love … ⌘ Read more

O disco sai no sábado, mas já começa a passar pelas rádios - #kokori esteve com “Zero Game (Metal Mix)” no último episódio do “Sinfonias de Aço” que pode ser ouvido em https://sinfonias.org/playlists/1928-playlist-podcast-24-maio-2025 .

prologic@JamessMacStudio
Sun May 25 21:44:41
~/tmp/neurog
 (main) 130
$ go build ./cmd/ttt/... && ./ttt
Generation  27 | Fitness: 0.486111 | Nodes: 44  | Conns: 82

… experimenting with building and training a tic-tac-toe game, which evolves a. neural net that learn to paly the game against the best evolved champions 😅

You Can Download & Play Fortnite on iPhone & iPad Again
Fortnite, the wildly popular online action game, is back on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users to download and play. The app has returned after Apple removed the popular game roughly five years ago while Apple and Epic engaged in an expensive drawn out legal squabble, which ultimately ended up disappointing and irritating … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/21/you-can-download-play-fortnite-on-iphone-ipad … ⌘ Read more

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** Collaboration is a scary word **
I like programming partially because it’s a practice I can, with appropriate to unhealthy application of effort, usually accomplish something at least proximal to my intention.

This isn’t true for visual art, nor music. Lately I’ve been feeling like the little games and toys I wanna make are sorta hampered by my total inability to make stuff I find aesthetically appealing…so…I’ve been thinking about collaboration. Which is a scary word because, you know, other people and all, but I figured I’d … ⌘ Read more

How to Increase VRAM Allocation on Apple Silicon Mac
Advanced Mac users may wish to manually increase the VRAM allocation on their Apple Silicon Mac for performance reasons when engaging in graphics intensive tasks like running LLMs locally, AI models, or any graphics heavy applications, whether for gaming or video editing. This is possible because Apple Silicon chips offer unified memory architecture, meaning the … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/07/how-to-increase-vram- … ⌘ Read more

you got any games on your phone? ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: Epic Games Victory Over Apple, iPhone 17 Rumors, and More
There’s a major shakeup for the App Store in the U.S. this week, with Epic Games winning a major victory that is forcing Apple to make immediate changes in how it works with developers seeking to offer alternative methods for purchasing in-app content and subscriptions.

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This week also saw fresh rumors about the iPhone 17 lineup, while Dan and Hartl … ⌘ Read more

Confession:

I’ve never found microblogging like twtxt or the Fediverse or any other “modern” social media to be truly fulfilling/satisfying.

The reason is that it is focused so much on people. You follow this or that person, everybody spends time making a nice profile page, the posts are all very “ego-centric”. Seriously, it feels like everybody is on an ego-trip all the time (this is much worse on the Fediverse, not so much here on twtxt).

I miss the days of topic-based forums/groups. A Linux forum here, a forum about programming there, another one about a certain game. Stuff like that. That was really great – and it didn’t even suffer from the need to federate.

Sadly, most of these forums are dead now. Especially the nerds spend a lot of time on the Fediverse now and have abandoned forums almost completely.

On Mastodon, you can follow hashtags, which somewhat emulates a topic-based experience. But it’s not that great and the protocol isn’t meant to be used that way (just read the snac2 docs on this issue). And the concept of “likes” has eliminated lots of the actual user interaction. ☹️

Apple Updates U.S. App Review Guidelines Following Epic Games Ruling
In the wake of yesterday’s court ruling in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games over Apple’s policies restricting developers’ ability to inform users about alternatives to making purchases through Apple’s in-app purchasing system, Apple has [updated](https://developer.apple.com … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org hey pascal bro! My first coding class was with an old Borland Turbo Pascal. I made my own little window manager for the assignments for class.

The teacher didn’t appreciate it much since I had to print out the code to turn it in. My Yatzee game was a stack of pages. 🤪

Beetle RP2350 is a $4.90 Mini Development Board for Embedded Projects
The Beetle RP2350 is a coin-sized development board designed for space-constrained embedded projects. Despite its compact 25 × 20.5 mm footprint, it offers a wide range of hardware features and low power consumption, enabling its use in portable devices such as retro computers, game consoles, lighting controllers, and electronic badges. This board is built around […] ⌘ Read more

Inspiriert durch äußere Einflüsse habe ich mit litecanvas eine mobile Chooser-App nachgebaut: https://tools.uplegger.eu/mobile.tapChooser/
Jetzt muss ich nie wieder selbst Entscheidungen treffen!1elf 🤗

Can you beat me at the circle game? 😂 https://neal.fun/perfect-circle/

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Fantastic game! Find 5 dates by looking at 5 photos.
https://whichyr.com/

That was a wild ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMDb1CWD6Y

Notice how old all these people sound. They started playing this game like 10, 15, 20 years ago, most of them left, but some are still there. I love that level of commitment. 😃

Also interesting from a technical point of view. Creating that virtual world and keeping it running consistently for so long … 🤯

Apple Sports App Now Lets You Share Game Cards via iMessage and Social Media
Just in time for the start of the NBA and NHL playoffs this weekend, the Apple Sports app has received a new Game Card Sharing feature.

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With this feature, Apple Sports users can generate and share game cards for all supported leagues, whether the matchup is upcoming, live, … ⌘ Read more

3 Free Auto-Clickers for Mac
Auto-clickers are sort of niche software, typically associated with repetitive tasks with data entry, gaming, or software testing, but have gained some broader popularity with many people working from home. If you need an auto clicker for Mac, there are a variety of free autoclicker options for Mac, and we’ll point you to a few … Read More ⌘ Read more

guys omg the people behind pico.sh are so nice ;_; one of the people running it emailed me to let me know i had what was likely a malfunctioning (or well, not working as intended) script that was spawning the same SSH tunnel over and over and they wanted to give me a heads up.

and i felt SO BAD because i worried i was straining their service or something so i disabled my 4 tunnels (they were serving little SSH games and services) and got back to them.

but i just woke up to THE NICEST EMAIL EVER reassuring me that i was actually using it as intended, it was just my script that was having problems, and they even said that if it was intended to work that way it was fine and they just wanted to let me know!

so i restarted the tunnels but have since added lockfiles as safeguards so that when the script is run it’ll check if it’s already running :D

I thought that the vertical position of my gaming console would scare her off ⌘ Read more

Rockbox 4.0 released
For those of you who still have dedicated audio players: version 4.0 of
Rockbox, a replacement firmware for many players, has been released.
This release brings support for a number of new devices, updated codecs, a
number of user-interface improvements, some new games, and more. (LWN last
reviewed Rockbox in 2010 — and looked at
the ill-fated Android port that year as
well). ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net I only buy stuff like that, for example games on GOG.COM. Or simply CDs or DVDs. (Rarely I “buy” a movie on some popular streaming service, fully aware that this is just “renting it”.)

But yeah, I sadly have to agree with @bender@twtxt.net. 😢

Are You a Nintendo Fan? There’s an iPhone App For That Now
Nintendo today released a new iPhone app that can provide you with daily updates about company news, upcoming game releases, and more.

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Nintendo Today! is available in the App Store for the iPhone for free, and it is also available in the Google Play … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yeah, most of the graphical applications are actually KDE programs:

• KMail – e-mail client
  
• Okular – PDF viewer
  
• Gwenview – image viewer
  
• Dolphin – file browser
  
• KWallet – password manager (I want to check out pass one day. The most annoying thing is that when I copy a password, it says that the password has been modified and asks me whether I want to save the changes. I never do, because the password is still the same. I don’t get it.)
  
• KPatience – card game
  
• Kdenlive – video editor
  
• Kleopatra – certificate manager
  

Qt:

• VLC – video player
  
• Psi – Jabber client (I happily used Kopete in the past, but that is not supported anymore or so. I don’t remember.)
  
• sqlitebrowser – SQLite browser
  

Gtk:

• Firefox – web browser
  
• Quod Libet – music player (I should look for a better alternative. Can’t remember why I had to move away from Amarok, was it dead? There was a fork Clementine or so, but I had to drop that for some unknown reason, too.)
  
• Audacity – audio editor
  
• GIMP – image editor
  

These are the things that are open right now or that I could think of. Most other stuff I actually do in the terminal.

In the past™, I used the Python KDE4 bindings. That was really nice. I could pass most stuff directly in the constructor and didn’t have to call gazillions of setters improving the experience significantly. If I ever wanted to do GUI programming again, I’d definitely go that route. There are also great Qt bindings for Python if one wanted to avoid the KDE stuff on top. The vast majority I do for myself, though, is either CLI or maybe TUI. A few web shit things, but no GUIs anymore. :-)

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Launches for Mac
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available for download on the Mac as of today, and it is the first Assassin’s Creed title that is launching for Mac at the same time that it is launching on PlayStation 5, Windows machines, and the Xbox.

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“A Gamut Of Games” von Sid Sackson ist ein Buch über “andere” Spiele. Ich konnte die Tage einige davon ausprobieren: “Lines of Action” (LoA), “Three Musketeers” und “Network”. Alle haben, für mich, wunderbar frische Spielmechaniken.
Beim Lesen meine ich, bei einigen anderen Spielbeschreibungen, Vorlagen für das Spiel “Tak - ein schönes Spiel” entdeckt zu haben. Live is Remix!

PicoCalc Brings Classic Computing to ClockworkPi v2.0 with Raspberry Pi Pico
The PicoCalc is a compact computing platform designed to recreate the experience of early personal computers. Running on 260KB of memory, it allows users to code in BASIC, explore Lisp, interact with a UNIX-like environment, and run retro games and digital music. Its modular and open-source design makes it adaptable for various applications. Built on […] ⌘ Read more

Those are some impressive wigs: https://imgur.com/gallery/life-imitates-video-game-5KlJBhj I wonder how it feels to wear such a thing for a day – especially in summer. 😅🥵

MINIX NGC-NR660 Mini PC with High-Speed 2.5GbE Networking and Triple Display Support
MINIX has recently launched the NGC-NR660, a compact yet powerful Mini PC featuring an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processor and AMD Radeon 660M graphics. Designed for multitasking, gaming, and productivity, this system supports triple display output, 8K Ultra HD resolution, and dual 2.5GbE RJ45 ports for high-speed wired connectivity. The NGC-NR660 is equipped with 16GB […] ⌘ Read more

How to Watch Super Bowl LIX Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
Super Bowl LIX takes place this Sunday, February 9. In the U.S., the game will be streaming for free in upscaled 4K on FOX’s ad-supported streaming service Tubi, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and many other devices.

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Apple and Sony Still Working to Bring VR Gaming Controller Support to Vision Pro
Apple and Sony are still collaborating to bring support for PlayStation VR2 hand controllers to the Vision Pro headset, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.

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In December, [Gurman said](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/08/sony-vr2-contr … ⌘ Read more

Hey, I like this simple Web game:
https://wordswithrobots.isotropic.us

2 players Codenames vs (or along) gpt-4o-mini

SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ: Cyclone V FPGA Console for Retro Gaming and MiSTer Compatibility
The SuperStationᵒⁿᵉ is an FPGA-based gaming console developed for retro gaming enthusiasts and FPGA hobbyists. By leveraging FPGA hardware, it replicates classic gaming systems with a high degree of accuracy while providing flexibility for exploring multiple retro platforms. The console features a Cyclone V FPGA paired with 128MB BGA SDRAM, supporting the per … ⌘ Read more

Tang Console: Compact FPGA Platform for Development and Retro Gaming
Sipeed has recently launched the Tang Console, described as a compact FPGA platform designed for developers and hardware enthusiasts. It offers a flexible and portable solution for applications such as hardware prototyping and retro gaming system emulation. The device is available in two configurations. The 60K variant includes 60K LUTs, 468Kbit SSRAM, and 2Gb DDR3, […] ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de we had a TON of fun omg my friends took a bit to learn the game then when they got it we got VICIOUS with each other it was so much fun lol

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org i’m a horrible gamer but i do best when playing kart racing games like this and mario kart haha!

Game Off 2024 winners
Secrets spilled, discovered, and hidden again—Game Off 2024 brought over 500 jaw-dropping submissions that redefined creativity in gaming. From cult quests for free furniture to spellbinding mysteries, these games will have you hooked. Ready to uncover the winners?!?

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