Oliver Ghingold
@emceebois.bsky.social
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Also on Fedi: @[email protected]
Retro gamer, vintage computing enthusiast, games preservation wallflower.
PFP art used with permission by https://linktr.ee/SlytonLim
Also on Fedi: @[email protected]
Retro gamer, vintage computing enthusiast, games preservation wallflower.
PFP art used with permission by https://linktr.ee/SlytonLim
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The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
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In case Crunchyroll paying its VAs peanuts for theatrical releases didn't make it obvious, the amount that companies would like to be paying people is zero dollars.
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In case Crunchyroll paying its VAs peanuts for theatrical releases didn't make it obvious, the amount that companies would like to be paying people is zero dollars.
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Question for the #RetroComputing community: has anyone ever heard of "Sharp Intelligent System" as a kind of software for X1 computers? Just Googling for "シャープインテリジェントシステム" returned nothing, and I'm not sure what old magazines to look in to find more information.
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Question for the #RetroComputing community: has anyone ever heard of "Sharp Intelligent System" as a kind of software for X1 computers? Just Googling for "シャープインテリジェントシステム" returned nothing, and I'm not sure what old magazines to look in to find more information.
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
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BE MEGA! MEGADRIVE!
From the depths of 16-bit space: the far-out front and back cover for a BEEP! Magazine 1990 calendar.
From the depths of 16-bit space: the far-out front and back cover for a BEEP! Magazine 1990 calendar.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
BE MEGA! MEGADRIVE!
From the depths of 16-bit space: the far-out front and back cover for a BEEP! Magazine 1990 calendar.
From the depths of 16-bit space: the far-out front and back cover for a BEEP! Magazine 1990 calendar.
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to keep functioning society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
to keep functioning society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Question for the #RetroComputing community: has anyone ever heard of "Sharp Intelligent System" as a kind of software for X1 computers? Just Googling for "シャープインテリジェントシステム" returned nothing, and I'm not sure what old magazines to look in to find more information.
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Question for the #RetroComputing community: has anyone ever heard of "Sharp Intelligent System" as a kind of software for X1 computers? Just Googling for "シャープインテリジェントシステム" returned nothing, and I'm not sure what old magazines to look in to find more information.
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
#Retro #RetroGaming #SharpX1 #X1
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42 years later and I think maybe a dozen or so 70s TTL games are playable via mame or fpga platforms. The process is tricky and needs very specialized skills and specific information… but frankly I don’t know how many more decades these surviving machines still have in them.
This line from Video Games (Apr 83) was too prescient. One of the more frustrating things to me about the state of video game preservation is what feels like a general lack of interest in pre-'80s games; I will never stop banging the drum about the importance of '70s games (especially Death Race).
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
42 years later and I think maybe a dozen or so 70s TTL games are playable via mame or fpga platforms. The process is tricky and needs very specialized skills and specific information… but frankly I don’t know how many more decades these surviving machines still have in them.
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In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
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November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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"It's hard to be a hero when you're only 4'6"."
Just a reminder that Guybrush Threepwood is, canonically, a short king.
Just a reminder that Guybrush Threepwood is, canonically, a short king.
November 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
"It's hard to be a hero when you're only 4'6"."
Just a reminder that Guybrush Threepwood is, canonically, a short king.
Just a reminder that Guybrush Threepwood is, canonically, a short king.
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
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it’s also a thing where people can be convinced. the right got some people worked up about trans women in sports but possible to get people a lot more worked up about individual/parental rights, genital inspectors, etc
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
it’s also a thing where people can be convinced. the right got some people worked up about trans women in sports but possible to get people a lot more worked up about individual/parental rights, genital inspectors, etc
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Usually when you send your troops into a war you at least pretend to give them a moral justification. You know, so they don’t immediately fall into depression and hopelessness.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Usually when you send your troops into a war you at least pretend to give them a moral justification. You know, so they don’t immediately fall into depression and hopelessness.
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In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for Sega Saturn, you can insert the disc into a PC CD-ROM drive to view its contents. A folder exists for each character's assets. Sektor's and Cyrax's folders are labeled "Ketchup" and "Mustard" respectively, which were their internal nicknames during development.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for Sega Saturn, you can insert the disc into a PC CD-ROM drive to view its contents. A folder exists for each character's assets. Sektor's and Cyrax's folders are labeled "Ketchup" and "Mustard" respectively, which were their internal nicknames during development.
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It may be hard to believe, but Twitter was once a useful public space instead of a weird monetization scheme for racist ragebait chatbots.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It may be hard to believe, but Twitter was once a useful public space instead of a weird monetization scheme for racist ragebait chatbots.
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Good short video from @mothersbasement.bsky.social on Crunchyroll's destructive subtitle plans and ditching Aegisub in favor of OOONA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_7...
Crunchyroll is about to make #anime worse for EVERYONE
YouTube video by Mother's Basement
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Good short video from @mothersbasement.bsky.social on Crunchyroll's destructive subtitle plans and ditching Aegisub in favor of OOONA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_7...
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NiGHTS into Dreams on the Sega Saturn samples Home Alone for the menu music
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
NiGHTS into Dreams on the Sega Saturn samples Home Alone for the menu music