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Steve Morton - 🔜 @AdvX Conf in November!
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Freelance QA for Inkle Studios, Tributary Games, Chaos Cookie, or anyone else!
Former Highways Clerk, Highway Inspector & Streetworks Supervisor.
Accessibility ally.
DMs not working for me!
CIS he/him.
❤️ Archaeology & Greenock Morton FC.
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Hello to all of my new followers and those who already follow me from the ‘other place’!
I’m a freelance, part time videogame QA, specialising in narrative adventures, but willing to test any genre!
I’m also an #accessibility advocate.
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How about "Where is our heritage demonstrably most risk from metal detecting"? It isn't lost, it's part of the archaeological record.
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Where in the UK is the greatest amount of hidden treasure?
Objects uncovered have included precious Viking coins and a Roman earwax scoop
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Can someone much wiser please let me know what's the point of buying a game on Google Play to refund a min later? Do they turn their internet off and play it and then it disappears when they log back in? It has to be something like this. #gamedev
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Name a comfort 90s film.
The Big Lebowski.

Trailer:

youtu.be/cd-go0oBF4Y?...
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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We are excited to announce a new range of official Hob's Barrow merch, available exclusively from the Adventure Game Merch store!

Featuring beautiful new artwork by the legendary @slipperyjack.bsky.social, we have a little something for everyone! Do check it out ⬇️

adventuregamemerch.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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kinda crazy to realize I practiced better op sec as a teenager yahoo searching for "big boobs" on the family desktop than rich people did while doing actual sex crimes
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Outer Worlds 1 is a top tier game. If you enjoy Fallout, but especially New Vegas, it’s a must-play. No question. Complete edition is on sale for $15 on PS and Switch both right now. Not sure about Xbox or PC, but the standard version that’s not remastered is on game pass.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files only received a handful of GOP votes.

But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?

"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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For those who wished M3GAN was an aspirational, feel-good story of capitalism done right, well...
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@obsidian.net Hello! ☺️
I’m looking at building the Incognito from #OuterWorlds2 as corvette in #NoMansSky.
Having trouble getting decent views of it in game, so are there any drawings/plans/images showing more detailed/better views of it that you could show us? 👍
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I love this.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Microsoft: we're withdrawing from the console space

Everyone: the console wars are over!

Valve: hold my beer
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.

We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.

Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Adding alt text for screenshots is super easy! On iOS:
1: attach pic to skeet
2: tap “+ALT”
3: find the button with horizontal lines inside four corners. That’s the OCR—tap it
4: text will light up. Press on it and a menu will appear
5: tap “select all” then tap “copy”
6: paste into alt text box
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Every embargo was today apparently...

I reviewed the Switch 2 version of Yakuza Kiwami 2 for @rpgsite.net. I also snuck in some Yakuza Kiwami Switch 2 impressions. www.rpgsite.net/review/18909...
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Dbrand announces Companion Cube for Steam Machine, coming in 2026 buff.ly/vPuJr5E
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In the words of Deadpool:

“I’m soaking wet right now.”

“I’m touching myself tonight.”

😳😎
*stands up from desk.

Mother of god.
I can only be so erect.
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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If you ordered Metroid Prime 4 on Best Buy GCU back in around 2018, you may get a phone call from Best Buy asking if you still want the game with 20% off discount. They'll need to reorder it the game for you since the order is too old for their system (unfortunately can't change to Switch 2 Edition)
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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I'm sure a lot of trans people in the UK would love to spend more time outside! Can you do something about your party's contradictory and incoherent stance on the EHRC and Supreme Court's bathroom guidelines, which makes "outside" much less safe for us?
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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It's sort of interesting to me that for a lot of British journalists, "success" largely means reducing people's access to essential services
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Well..... PPI scam, Brexit vote, Johnson as PM? A government might almost think you can fool a lot of Brits a lot of the time.
So this government really thinks if they call the results of “getting lots of data and analysing it” “AI-Generated” we’ll all think:

“what an effective and modern gov we have”
“Well this must increase attendance, it’s AI generated”

What fools do they take us for?
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Counterpoint: Absolutely fucking not.
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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I'm no techie, but how are they monitoring British people using VPNs if a VPN hides the user's location? (Genuine question btw, not snark for once!)
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.

The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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ooof this feels like most every university rn
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM