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joel
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freelance writer.

i’m also at sidequest.cool
just looked up storage prices to upgrade my server and hahahahahahahahahahaha

kill me

the 12TB RAID (6/6TB) is now double what I paid a couple years ago. fuck
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
he’s 8 today, interview next week about Roblox & other games
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
valve’s monopoly is something that’s really bad, but, no one else has stepped up like they have.

steam is so feature complete, the end user really has no reason to often bother with other storefronts.

it’s still bad, and maybe these very rich individuals should probably care more.
PC games giant Valve has been told it has to face a £656 million lawsuit in the UK, which claims the Steam giant's revenue share is too high and negatively impacts consumers.

www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-to-fac...
January 27, 2026 at 11:16 AM
downloading high quality 480p rips of star trek deep space nine DVDs for my jellyfin server
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
it won’t be the constant stream of noise and anger that gets me off scrolling tiktok, it’s the sheer number of fuckers who are HOLDING THEIR LAV MICS
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
no, genuinely, a product like highguard having kernel level anti-cheat is absurd. what do you need from there?
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I have written and deleted more blogs about this particular individual in the video than I care to admit
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
there’s no reason for a game like highguard to be blocking linux machines with kernel level anti-cheat. icky.
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Freelance Work: I'm on the hunt for a coder/webdev to assist on @rpgsite.net enhancing & maintaining our 100% custom backend, Mist Engine, & on spinning up exciting new projects. Knowledge of Elixir/Phoenix a must, Go desirable. Rates negotiable, and a chance for regular recurring work out of this.
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 PM
the online weed dealer having better customer support than future magazine is so funny

(my dad messed up his order and had to cancel the direct debit because he couldn't get to a human, my crypto didn't send properly, sorted in 15 minutes)
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
endfield’s factory stuff is missing the spaghetti freedoms
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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If any disabled worker is impacted by this decision, please feel free to send me a message or email. I can absolutely assure anonymity.
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
what the fuck would beyond good and evil 2 even be these days other than the equivalent of when chris plante described a michel ancel's day, which involved sitting and eating cheese?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucUs...
Giant Bomb @ E3 2017 - The Beyond Good & Evil 2 Tech Demo
YouTube video by Myggen Myggen
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
arknights: endfield with maybe the worst bug I've seen in an online game for quite some time: www.escapistmagazine.com/news-arknigh...
Arknights: Endfield disables PayPal as players were hit with other players' purchases - The Escapist
Arknights: Endfield has only been out for a few hours and already hit a massive issue: players are finding unauthorized PayPal transactions.
www.escapistmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
gacha games make a story that doesn’t make me want to fall asleep challenge: impossible
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
me every time some business person opens their mouth recently
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
the snowbreak trailers are so horny for the most bland player character they could have thought of
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
silver babies in progress
January 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM
despite everything that people like nadella have done to their businesses in a transformative way, not one has produced a product that has rocked the world like the iPhone and that’s what drives them. the tech industry hasn’t produced a radical new paradigm shift since 2007. they all want a banger.
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Alright, here's the official I'm looking for work thread. After four years at Inverse, taking the lead on gaming coverage, I'm now completely open to work. I've been a reporter, editor, podcast host, and much more. If you want to see what I can bring to the table, here's some of my best from Inverse
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
maybe you should post better
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
every Sunday night the Americans go ballistic over football and i doomscroll thinking it’s finally happening
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
rlm is right, the youtube shorts algo has been v heavy on dramatic music being put behind the same 10-12 “epic” Picard moments
January 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
did someone tell someone high up at corsair that people were using their handy stream decks professionally and that’s convinced them to spin up an enterprise arm?

they make the funny shaped ram with lights. Will they finally sell sensible styled things under the “enterprise” banner?
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM