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yuuandroid.bsky.social
Yuu the Cervidae
@yuuandroid.bsky.social
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Transgender, autistic, disabled, plural, and very queer. Likes technology a lot and will talk about almost anything. Very much a giant dork.

@cendotharl.etheirys.social is my girlfriend.

She/Her/They/Them
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yuuandroid.bsky.social
Anyone hungry?
Four BBQ Meatballs made in a crockpot, now sitting on a paper plate with a puddle of sauce below them.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Talk about "How the mighty have fallen" and all that. Yikes.

Over 143,833 player difference currently, and the "Call of Duty" one includes BO7, BO6, MW3, and MW2 all in one.
The Steam "Most Played" chart located at https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed Battlefield 6 is currently at number 5 with 220, 692 current players, and 271,307 peak players for the day. In contrast, the collective "Call of Duty" entry sits at number 15 with 76,859 current players, and 87,882 peak players for the day. A number of other games are in between them.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
You can make Linux look very nice. Here's Fedora KDE with some customizations to the wallpaper, theme, and panel. All default/included options - nothing downloaded besides the mandatory system updates.
Fedora KDE running inside a virtual machine. There are two floating panels to control the operating system. The top left one allows access to applications, and has three applications pinned. It also shows the two virtual desktops, and the menu bar for the current active application. The top right shows the system tray, notifications, and the current date and time. In the middle, a window for the Dolphin file manager is open, showcasing the user's home folder. The overall theme is a light theme, with a blue wallpaper of a lake.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Oh?
Noelle from Deltarune.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Tom's Hardware at least gets credit for acknowledging they didn't have enough time to test everything and that more time would be needed for the trackpads. Kudos to them for being upfront there.

But it makes me wonder if Valve didn't have anyone who had experience with the trackpads on hand?
Tom's Hardware Managing editor Matt Safford said that the controller felt comfortable in his brief demo time, though he spent more time cycling through the various modes than settling on a specific one. Quickly using the gyroscope to move the cursor after removing a couple of fingers from the grip did instantly feel intuitive. More time, he said, will tell how he feels about the touchpads, given his muscle memory and proclivity for the FPS genre is based on a keyboard and mouse. The controller didn't feel overly bulky, nor heavy or light. The plastic used in the construction generally felt fine, neither overly cheap or particularly premium. It feels similar to a Steam Deck. https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/valve-brings-back-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-hands-on-with-valves-new-amd-based-living-room-gaming-hardware
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
It's also annoying to see that people who TESTED the controller didn't test out the trackpads extensively. Like here's PC Gamer's article on the #SteamController. And there's just a casual mention of Balatro. No actual information about how they feel as a primary input.
An excerpt from PC Gamer's article on the Steam Controller. The full text can be found here: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/controllers/steam-controller-specs-availability-hands-on/ The text on alternative inputs reads: "Even the gyro controls, which I was apprehensive about at first, are fairly easy to master. Or at the very least, use somewhat competently. I tried the controller out in Balatro, a game that works just as well via controller as it does a mouse, and you truly have the flexibility to use whichever input method feels right for you in the moment. They all work really rather well."
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
One of the things most obnoxious about the #SteamController marketing from Valve is that I see no use of the trackpads in it. This make me worry that they are not comfortable to use long term. If you go to store.steampowered.com/sale/steamco... there's not a single shot of the trackpads in use.
An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The trackpads are not being used by the person holding the controller. Instead they are using the analog sticks D-Pad face buttons, alongside the shoulder buttons. An image of two Steam Controllers in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. Neither user can be seen using the trackpads in the video. Both are playing from a docked Steam Deck. The user on the right appears to be using both analog sticks instead. An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The user is using the left analog stick and the face buttons, alongside the shoulders/triggers. The trackpads appear to be going unused as a primary input, as well as unused entirely. An image of the Steam Controller in use from https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller taken from an autoplaying video. The user playing is using the shoulder triggers and both analog sticks. A second user, who is in the background out of focus, is also using both triggers and the analog sticks. The trackpads are going unused.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Goddamn at this part. Preach it.
Quoted text which reads: "But at the end of the day, retaining translators even when pressed for cash isn't, shouldn't, and cannot be merely a matter of best practices to be followed in better times and healthier economic climates. It's simply the professionally responsible thing to do." The following quoted text is highlighted: "Places like CNN, Al Jazeera, and countless other generalist news organizations don't turn to machine translators when they have news to share from other parts of the world and it's because any respectable reporter appreciates the added stakes that come with bridging language barriers while maintaining factuality."
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Sure why not? Although I have a feeling I know what a lot of people are going to associate with me...
post this on your profile and let your followers associate you with a fictional character that you remind them of
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
ACAB even in Earthbound. Onett cops are not your friend.
Fighting a cop in Earthbound. Ness is the only party member with 96 HP and 30 PP. The options are Bash, PSI, Goods, Defend, Auto Fight, and Run Away.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Drake meme format. The two text boxes say "Wait for Persona 4 Revival and spend $70+ price wise" and "Buy Persona 4 Golden now for less than $10"
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
I really like this hack. It's incredibly impressive. But I do wish the text boxes would properly clear the screen and reappear when the speaker switches. When Ralsei starts speaking, it should be treated like a new paragraph, and thus the text box should disappear, clear, and reappear.
Dialogue in the Earthbound hack "Bound to the Darkness." Showcasing two characters speaking, and confusing overlap over who is speaking. The onscreen dialogue reads "[...]castle inside a supply closet....?" spoken by one character, followed by "Welcome, heroes...!" spoken by another.
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Oh hey, was able to get a screenshot of the typo. Neat.
A screenshot of the Earthbound romhack "Bound to the Dark World" Noelle's text has a typo and incorrectly says "*Here, you want the candy-cane one or the one with light on it?"
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Whoops. Found a bug in Bound to the Dark World. Kris can glitch through the door here if you walk at the right angle.
Kris glitching through the classroom door in the Earthbound hack Bound to a Dark World.
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
Seam the shopkeeper from Deltarune saying "And my view of this world has become darker, yet darker."
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
One thing that I think contributes to Minecraft's enduring legacy is that it's kind of an "everything" game. It's a lego simulator. It's an open world game. It's an action adventure RPG. It's a dungeon explorer. It's a base building game. It's a gardening game. And a whole lot more.
A screenshot of Minecraft with the player staring down at a vast cavern. They are holding a shield and a pickaxe. The hotbar shows a variety of tools and blocks, and they have full health and food. A screenshot of Minecraft looking out at the water at another island during the daytime. The player is holding a shield and a sword. A screenshot of Minecraft as a player tends to a farm near a building. They are not using any tools right now. Various crops can be seen growing at various stages with water running through. A screenshot of Minecraft where the player is looking out at the ocean. The player does not have any tools in their hand, however a number of tools are present on the hotbar. A fence surrounds the player, and sandy areas can be seen beyond the fence.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
The Onion is at it's absolute best when they're not outright predicting the horrible future, but making fun at reality. I always like seeing the headlines I can giggle at because they have grains of truth to them.

In contrast, when they predict something horrible, I just react to them like this:
Noelle Holiday from Deltarune looking on with a mixture of despair and a confused smile.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
The very first thing I see when logging into the Epic Games Store on my Mac is this.

Why? I am not a developer. Why is this even here on your storefront. And what is "Fab" anyhow?

Why is all this developer stuff taking up space front and center on a consumer storefront?
A screenshot of the Epic Games Store client running on MacOS. The "Unreal Engine" section is open showing the news section. A preview of Unreal Engine 5.7 is displayed prominently with text describing it. There's also sections for "Store" and "Library" as well as "Fab."
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
A reminder that the original Battletoads games were always subpar beat em ups with poor level design and questionable balance. Even Battlemaniacs is just an average game, if better than the first one.
A screenshot of the second level of Battletoads in Battlemaniacs. The player character is getting blown into spikes by fans places on walls. A screenshot of the second level of Battletoads in Battlemaniacs. The player character is getting blown into spikes by fans places on walls.
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
This is my land and I rule over it! XP
A screenshot of Minecraft showing a small wooden building and a small farm. There is a wooden fence around both. The player has a copper sword drawn.
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
When you discover a tree you only partially cut down some 30 hours ago
A screenshot of Minecraft. A tree is floating in mid air as the tree was not fully cut down. Below it, a building has been partially constructed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
I turned this Minecraft cave into an interconnected jungle gym I could explore lol
A cavern in Minecraft lit up and connected with various cobblestone bridge. A cavern in Minecraft lit up and connected with various cobblestone bridge and stairs
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY BOAT!!! GET OFF!! LOL
A fox in the water somehow got attached to my boat in Minecraft.
November 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
"....seriously?"

Jokes aside that actually looks like mindless fun. >.>
"Serious" Sam Stone from Serious Sam 4.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
yuuandroid.bsky.social
One of Bluesky's moderation labels (which I never set to more than warn) is the ambiguously defined "Rude." I think this is one of the most useless labels that can be applied to an account and opens the door for abuse. "Disrespectful comments" really opens the door for "Whatever we don't like."
"Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose."
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM