mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06I write about video games and technology!
For everyone who loves #LEGO or #RetroFuturism or #Space
These might make you happy!
If anyone has a passion for collecting #gaming music (the soundtracks), I found an archive link to so, so many of them:
https://archive.org/details/folksoundomy_gamesoundtracks
Enjoy!
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫: 𝐎𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞
My little article on how Billie Eilish shared a picture on her instagram account showing her old #Nintendo DSi handheld, someone shared that on Reddit, and the comments ended up being vile and exactly what you'd expect them to end up being
Also, a bonus added of a Mastodon user who attacked 𝘮𝘦 for sharing a picture of it here. Weird and strongly ironic:
Known for her work with #art and #bodybuilding Julie Bell was known for a few #gaming covers you might recognize!
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝟏 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫
My new obsession is ditching apps (streaming and so on) and picking up dedicated devices to keep me off my phone. E-readers, retro handhelds, literal automatic watches, & now I'm ditching streaming music (let's face it, Spotify is quite evil!) and building my very own offline music library
My first device I got for this adventire is the Innioasis Y1, a clear #Apple #iPod throwback/nostalgia:
I'm in a Neo's desk from The Matrix kinda mood today
CRT, ergonomic keyboard and MiniDisc? Yes please
Some nice #GOG news in that they're now 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 trying to reduce the number of games on their platforms with missing updates. The lack of updates on games is so bad there is a giant megathread on their forums called 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘖𝘎 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘷𝟤
Anyway, going forward they promise to check in every two weeks to let us know how how that is going
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/from_good_to_great_improving_our_games_together
Great #gaming news!
(comments on the link are locked to keep the thread clear, btw!)
Some 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 continuity Polaroids from #Hackers (1995)
AKA still the single best movie you'll ever see (𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘑𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰)
If you're like me, and wondering wondering why the #GameHub Discord server wanted to know your gender before you were allowed to join in, that is changed now
A colleague shared a link to their server and I went along with the on-boarding things to fill out, but the last question asked was what my gender is, and they don't need that
A program which runs full PC games - #Steam & #GOG & so on - has no business requiring that.
So I got them to change it after chatting to my GameHub friend!
Billie Eilish sharing her #Nintendo DSi on her instagram was nice
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 '𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨', 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
...I hate people
(Edit)
R.E. pic 2, seems I made some extremely fragile man angry because I shared this? Who knows...might just have to write an article and put that pic in it :)
My very favorite #emulation and #RetroGaming option for the #SteamDeck has released the new blog post detailing what is coming next for #RetroDECK
May 2026: Exposure of Fools shows how if you're someone (like me!) who might want to install an external component, you'll be able to with ease. Their example was using Libre Office!
Link here for #gaming fun:
Well the next step in my chronicles for finding an alternative to streaming apps like Spotify has gone live
This time I ordered and tested out the Snowsky Echo, and it is rather lovely
I used this one mostly with wired earbuds (IEMs called Moondrop Chu II's) and the sound is by far nicer than what you're used to experiencing with bluetooth!
Anyway, if you're curious or following along with my adventure for new #music then you can find the link here:
https://gardinerbryant.com/stepping-away-from-streaming-with-the-snowsky-echo/
Independent #gaming time
This one was shared by a user over on Lemmy, where the developer created a synthwave game you can play in your browser, called Geo Icarus
(just one warning, it can take some time to load, to decompress some binary bits. So if it looks like it has hung, it has not!)
...also, won't work if you use LibreWolf, as that one disables webgl by default!
If you've got AYN's amazing dual screen retro handheld, the AYN Thor, you might like to know about EmuLnk. This software transforms the bottom screen of #emulation into a whole dedicated display for the games you're playing
Maps, health, inventory, drop rates, featured screens...none of these were available for these (single screen) games before it, it really is some clever code
I chatted to Miso, the sole dev about how it is made, and what's in store for the future:
