Smurfman256
@smurfman256.bsky.social
I'm a dude who loads files into a DAW and hopefully the end result sounds like a professional piece of music. Also bang on amplified stringed instruments. Have an Emmy.
Opinions are mine and mine alone.
Opinions are mine and mine alone.
At 30, I'm right on the edge of Gen Z and Millennial, but I still *get* the retro tech. I type on a Model M and still play big bottle tube amps, for crying out loud.
December 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
At 30, I'm right on the edge of Gen Z and Millennial, but I still *get* the retro tech. I type on a Model M and still play big bottle tube amps, for crying out loud.
N64 and PS1 (and frankly most PS2/GCN?Xbox Hueg) games also similarly benefit from playing on a CRT. Suddenly Zelda's blocky ass HUD elements become perfectly round and King Bob-Om looks more convincingly 3D. And Mario's LOD changes are significantly less obvious.
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
N64 and PS1 (and frankly most PS2/GCN?Xbox Hueg) games also similarly benefit from playing on a CRT. Suddenly Zelda's blocky ass HUD elements become perfectly round and King Bob-Om looks more convincingly 3D. And Mario's LOD changes are significantly less obvious.
NFL is gonna pay him another bribe and suddenly he'll be shit-talking FIFA.
I'd say be glad dementia will take him soon, but Trump Sr. suffered dementia and lived to be 93.
I'd say be glad dementia will take him soon, but Trump Sr. suffered dementia and lived to be 93.
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NFL is gonna pay him another bribe and suddenly he'll be shit-talking FIFA.
I'd say be glad dementia will take him soon, but Trump Sr. suffered dementia and lived to be 93.
I'd say be glad dementia will take him soon, but Trump Sr. suffered dementia and lived to be 93.
Both my Twin Reverb and Hiwatt outside as loud as I can crank em with my full board.
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Both my Twin Reverb and Hiwatt outside as loud as I can crank em with my full board.
I remember this happening on Windows XP. Was playing a... "shared" version of Half Life 1 and I forgot that I had a Led Zeppelin CD in the disc drive. So I was very confused when I got to "Surface Tension" and suddenly the music was "Good Times, Bad Times."
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I remember this happening on Windows XP. Was playing a... "shared" version of Half Life 1 and I forgot that I had a Led Zeppelin CD in the disc drive. So I was very confused when I got to "Surface Tension" and suddenly the music was "Good Times, Bad Times."
Halo NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Funny Promo Trailer
YouTube video by ForumsExtremeDotCom
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just don't turn up MSAA past 2X since it's a VRAM hog.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just don't turn up MSAA past 2X since it's a VRAM hog.
youtu.be/IEnPUdpKOVw?... Uh yeah, I'd say so
Silent Hill 2 Remake (Bonus) Black And White Filter Gameplay
YouTube video by Chars Gameplay
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
youtu.be/IEnPUdpKOVw?... Uh yeah, I'd say so
Super Bunnyhop recently recommended playing MGS Delta in Black and White to help set the mood better and I'm wondering if the SH2 remake would also have a similar effect?
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Super Bunnyhop recently recommended playing MGS Delta in Black and White to help set the mood better and I'm wondering if the SH2 remake would also have a similar effect?
The Ideal Doom 3 experience is dhewm3. Modern high frame rate support with vanilla visuals, game design, and balancing.
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Ideal Doom 3 experience is dhewm3. Modern high frame rate support with vanilla visuals, game design, and balancing.
I know and understand that a computer is yet another tool, and that tools can be horrendously misapplied.
Clankers are yet another example of a not ready tool being terribly misapplied.
Clankers are yet another example of a not ready tool being terribly misapplied.
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I know and understand that a computer is yet another tool, and that tools can be horrendously misapplied.
Clankers are yet another example of a not ready tool being terribly misapplied.
Clankers are yet another example of a not ready tool being terribly misapplied.
And yes, this includes SpiderVerse.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And yes, this includes SpiderVerse.
Okay, maybe pissing hot take?
The 6FPS animating on thirds look anime does looks fucking *terrible* in 3D. It only works with 2D anime because 2D animation is yet a further abstraction of human perception, so you can get away with more simplified movement. In 3D it looks unfinished.
The 6FPS animating on thirds look anime does looks fucking *terrible* in 3D. It only works with 2D anime because 2D animation is yet a further abstraction of human perception, so you can get away with more simplified movement. In 3D it looks unfinished.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Okay, maybe pissing hot take?
The 6FPS animating on thirds look anime does looks fucking *terrible* in 3D. It only works with 2D anime because 2D animation is yet a further abstraction of human perception, so you can get away with more simplified movement. In 3D it looks unfinished.
The 6FPS animating on thirds look anime does looks fucking *terrible* in 3D. It only works with 2D anime because 2D animation is yet a further abstraction of human perception, so you can get away with more simplified movement. In 3D it looks unfinished.
You mean "The Aristocats"?
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You mean "The Aristocats"?
That MIDI module was also all over the Halo CE soundtrack. I'm also 99% sure it's the source of the ocarina sound sample in Ocarina of time.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
That MIDI module was also all over the Halo CE soundtrack. I'm also 99% sure it's the source of the ocarina sound sample in Ocarina of time.
Damn, y'all beat me to it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Damn, y'all beat me to it.
And when the standard for "what is sexually explicit content?" is "I know it when I see it," that leaves *anything* remotely adjacent to it open to intense scrutiny.
This is the real fallout from the change in credit card processor rules.
This is the real fallout from the change in credit card processor rules.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And when the standard for "what is sexually explicit content?" is "I know it when I see it," that leaves *anything* remotely adjacent to it open to intense scrutiny.
This is the real fallout from the change in credit card processor rules.
This is the real fallout from the change in credit card processor rules.
They did suddenly get stung where it actually hurts by credit card processors.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
They did suddenly get stung where it actually hurts by credit card processors.
His big project was digital handwriting recognition. Eventually moved from the New York facility to the Minnesota facility to do Electrocardiogram monitoring equipment for Mayo.
There is absolutely a direct lineage between his work and what eventually became Captcha.
There is absolutely a direct lineage between his work and what eventually became Captcha.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
His big project was digital handwriting recognition. Eventually moved from the New York facility to the Minnesota facility to do Electrocardiogram monitoring equipment for Mayo.
There is absolutely a direct lineage between his work and what eventually became Captcha.
There is absolutely a direct lineage between his work and what eventually became Captcha.
My grandfather was actually part of that project lol.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My grandfather was actually part of that project lol.
Oh please tell me the screen updates at an era appropriate 10FPS as well.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Oh please tell me the screen updates at an era appropriate 10FPS as well.
The crux of the issue is that AI cannot be directed. It does not take cues. It doesn't understand context.
It just throws out a thing. A thing that's grossly like what you described, but you can't give it more fine instructions.
It just throws out a thing. A thing that's grossly like what you described, but you can't give it more fine instructions.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The crux of the issue is that AI cannot be directed. It does not take cues. It doesn't understand context.
It just throws out a thing. A thing that's grossly like what you described, but you can't give it more fine instructions.
It just throws out a thing. A thing that's grossly like what you described, but you can't give it more fine instructions.