MercuryCDX
@mercurycdx.bsky.social
Talkin' about old games, mostly Sega.
They let me talk on the HG101 Podcast sometimes by mistake.
He/him/they/them, these are all fine.
They let me talk on the HG101 Podcast sometimes by mistake.
He/him/they/them, these are all fine.
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MercuryCDX
@mercurycdx.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Making a reminder note that I'm using Mastodon a bit more in the event shit gets worse here than it already is. Do I expect folks to migrate over? No, but as I've mentioned, backup plans. Probably also shouldn't be on mastodon dot social but hopefully it is temporary.
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The rich will just hole up in whatever "the best land" will be with whatever super structures they want to secure themselves in and keep on keeping on, so it doesn't matter to them what happens to the rest of the planet beyond how it'll keep them rich.
Solution: make sure they don't get there.
Solution: make sure they don't get there.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The rich will just hole up in whatever "the best land" will be with whatever super structures they want to secure themselves in and keep on keeping on, so it doesn't matter to them what happens to the rest of the planet beyond how it'll keep them rich.
Solution: make sure they don't get there.
Solution: make sure they don't get there.
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I always thought it was weird how Mr. Big's theme music just seems to change pretty significantly between games and their respective ports, like nobody could decide what it should be.
Yeah the Takara ports of SNK fighters to SNES are kinda janky but also have you heard of their version of Mr. Big's theme from AOF1 ESPECIALLY that one part?
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I always thought it was weird how Mr. Big's theme music just seems to change pretty significantly between games and their respective ports, like nobody could decide what it should be.
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Yeah the Takara ports of SNK fighters to SNES are kinda janky but also have you heard of their version of Mr. Big's theme from AOF1 ESPECIALLY that one part?
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yeah the Takara ports of SNK fighters to SNES are kinda janky but also have you heard of their version of Mr. Big's theme from AOF1 ESPECIALLY that one part?
Now I'm thinking about the person that's like, time to run "The Ultimate Doom Trilogy: Collector's Edition" version of Doom specifically, in Linux, in a Proton layer or something, just like, yeah I'm gonna play these games in Doom95.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now I'm thinking about the person that's like, time to run "The Ultimate Doom Trilogy: Collector's Edition" version of Doom specifically, in Linux, in a Proton layer or something, just like, yeah I'm gonna play these games in Doom95.
So I didn't have a PC back in the 90s because that sort of thing cost a lot of money, so my experiences PC gaming in that era were limited, but my understanding of Final Doom is that they just expected you to play it in Windows and not DOS so they were like, here's a Windows launcher menu for it?
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So I didn't have a PC back in the 90s because that sort of thing cost a lot of money, so my experiences PC gaming in that era were limited, but my understanding of Final Doom is that they just expected you to play it in Windows and not DOS so they were like, here's a Windows launcher menu for it?
US politics is like pro wrestling, specifically the WWE. The politicians are always working the marks, the heels and faces mostly get along fine IRL since they're all paid contractors, they gotta keep their corporate sponsors happy, the owners fucking suck, they're covering up a child sex scandal,
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
US politics is like pro wrestling, specifically the WWE. The politicians are always working the marks, the heels and faces mostly get along fine IRL since they're all paid contractors, they gotta keep their corporate sponsors happy, the owners fucking suck, they're covering up a child sex scandal,
"How should I set up Master Levels for Doom II?" I say as I select the most unhinged option of running DOOMIT.BAT in DOSBOX.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"How should I set up Master Levels for Doom II?" I say as I select the most unhinged option of running DOOMIT.BAT in DOSBOX.
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Sweet lobbying deals, fundraising, insider stock tips, and setting up elections so your voters barely have any choices
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Sweet lobbying deals, fundraising, insider stock tips, and setting up elections so your voters barely have any choices
Democrats folding to the Republicans despite recent elections sounds dire to the millions and millions of people suffering in the United States but have you considered that the more affluent career Democrats that rely on corporate sponsorships to maintain their wealth and status might lose it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Democrats folding to the Republicans despite recent elections sounds dire to the millions and millions of people suffering in the United States but have you considered that the more affluent career Democrats that rely on corporate sponsorships to maintain their wealth and status might lose it?
Has anybody ran Legacy of Rust on DOS?
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Has anybody ran Legacy of Rust on DOS?
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Hundreds of ways to play Doom, and I keep defaulting to using either DOSBOX or a DOSBOX variant and making a batch file with novert on it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hundreds of ways to play Doom, and I keep defaulting to using either DOSBOX or a DOSBOX variant and making a batch file with novert on it.
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We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’ve actually got a little while to go before we hit 4k followers but it would be cool. Tell ur friends about us!
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Bombshell news for the U.S. indies: Deadlock Pro Wrestling has announced that their 12/12 show will be the last “for the foreseeable future.”
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Bombshell news for the U.S. indies: Deadlock Pro Wrestling has announced that their 12/12 show will be the last “for the foreseeable future.”
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
They are running a show in Japan next year, but otherwise it looks as though they’re done for now.
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Me when I am perfectly innocent and lovable and cute and cuddly all the live long day. ❤️
March 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Me when I am perfectly innocent and lovable and cute and cuddly all the live long day. ❤️
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I somehow always forget that Shigesato Itoi, creator of Mother/EarthBound, has been arrested numerous times for protesting against police brutality and for progressive changes to the establishment in Japan's government.
Makes that cop battle scene in the early game hit different, huh?
Makes that cop battle scene in the early game hit different, huh?
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I somehow always forget that Shigesato Itoi, creator of Mother/EarthBound, has been arrested numerous times for protesting against police brutality and for progressive changes to the establishment in Japan's government.
Makes that cop battle scene in the early game hit different, huh?
Makes that cop battle scene in the early game hit different, huh?
I was just thinking not too long ago there was the largest gathering of people across the US engaging in some kind of activity vaguely resembling a "protest" and the government's response was basically that they were fine to keep doing shit because Americans only do things when you RSVP or something
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I was just thinking not too long ago there was the largest gathering of people across the US engaging in some kind of activity vaguely resembling a "protest" and the government's response was basically that they were fine to keep doing shit because Americans only do things when you RSVP or something
When I was divesting away from Microsoft stuff, I also decided to divest from Google stuff as well, and I guess that was a good call. Although on the mobile front, moving from Google to Apple wasn't necessarily an improvement, more like a sidegrade. I'm keeping an eye on this GrapheneOS thing.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When I was divesting away from Microsoft stuff, I also decided to divest from Google stuff as well, and I guess that was a good call. Although on the mobile front, moving from Google to Apple wasn't necessarily an improvement, more like a sidegrade. I'm keeping an eye on this GrapheneOS thing.
It's difficult to tell when somebody is asking for the context of something in earnest or if they're trying to I guess "gotcha" on something or whatever its fine if you don't "get" something you don't have to know.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's difficult to tell when somebody is asking for the context of something in earnest or if they're trying to I guess "gotcha" on something or whatever its fine if you don't "get" something you don't have to know.
Did SquareEnix even follow up with all the other shitty tech trends they promised to their shareholders over the years?
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Did SquareEnix even follow up with all the other shitty tech trends they promised to their shareholders over the years?
This game throws up all sorts of ads and stuff at me.
Anyway the game is kinda fun, I just wish every time I didn't go back to the main menu I have to jump through a dozen submenus to collect all my free crap and then pop-ups for like a dozen different offers for things.
Lemme be a Bonanza Bro.
Anyway the game is kinda fun, I just wish every time I didn't go back to the main menu I have to jump through a dozen submenus to collect all my free crap and then pop-ups for like a dozen different offers for things.
Lemme be a Bonanza Bro.
The monetization scheme of Sonic Rumble feels like it is from a bygone era of mobile gaming. Or maybe most other current mobile games are like this, I assumed a lot of them just moved on to a straight up gacha system rather than this weird nickle-and-dime death by a thousand cuts system.
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This game throws up all sorts of ads and stuff at me.
Anyway the game is kinda fun, I just wish every time I didn't go back to the main menu I have to jump through a dozen submenus to collect all my free crap and then pop-ups for like a dozen different offers for things.
Lemme be a Bonanza Bro.
Anyway the game is kinda fun, I just wish every time I didn't go back to the main menu I have to jump through a dozen submenus to collect all my free crap and then pop-ups for like a dozen different offers for things.
Lemme be a Bonanza Bro.
The monetization scheme of Sonic Rumble feels like it is from a bygone era of mobile gaming. Or maybe most other current mobile games are like this, I assumed a lot of them just moved on to a straight up gacha system rather than this weird nickle-and-dime death by a thousand cuts system.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The monetization scheme of Sonic Rumble feels like it is from a bygone era of mobile gaming. Or maybe most other current mobile games are like this, I assumed a lot of them just moved on to a straight up gacha system rather than this weird nickle-and-dime death by a thousand cuts system.
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Hold up we already know Elmo wears a g-string thanks to WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
ok this is what a bunch of sesame street characters would look like without their fur
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Hold up we already know Elmo wears a g-string thanks to WWF Shotgun Saturday Night