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I made this account to follow vtubers and people I like. Maybe I'll post things eventually.

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ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· 20d

Update again: They've not only reappeared, but the steam pages have actually been finished.

A screenshot of my steam library showing Metal Gear Solid 4 and Peace Walker in my library. In the post I'm quoting, those two are missing from the list.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· 22d

Update: These two pages have now disappeared from my library and now theres only Master Collection Volume 2 and Master Collection Volume 2 Bonus Content.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· 25d

Like genuinely this fucking weird ass custom architecture box was announced in 2024 and is set to launch in 2028. What the hell is this list of games? Also posting the picture in case that website disappears. ALT will simply describe the games listed.

A flyer for the Russian console "Эльбрус 2C3" which is supposed to launch in 2028. The games its advertised as being able to play are CRSED F.A.O.D., Doom 3, Perimeter (2004), Quake II RTX, Super Tux Kart, Enlisted (2021), Morrowind, Half Life 2, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Prey (2017), Counter Strike Source, CSGO, Vangers, War Thunder, Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, Quake 4, Arx Fatalis, STALKER, Portal, Mine Test, and Grand Theft Auto 3. It also advertises support for Gaijin Entertainment's Dagor Engine, Nau Engine, Unigine, and Godot Engine.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Jul 8

Its even got that classic Akella orange border with cool cover art.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Jul 3

Postal 3 fact: at some point TM changed most of the kitchen props while retaining the same filenames. This is what causes the floating microwaves in the retail game but this becomes more apparent when looking at decompiled beta maps with retail assets. Alt text for more detailed info.

Screenshot from the map "Hub" from the 2009 build of Postal III. it shows the counters for the kitchen completely missing with floating plates and microwave above where they would be and a cappuccino on top of the refrigerator.

Screenshot of a kitchen from the map hub_1 from the 2009 build. The changes in kitchen props are extremely evident here with wall cabinets and countertops swapping places. A microwave is floating above a short set of cabinets with various food items floating between the short cabinet and the microwave where a taller shelf used to exist.

A screenshot from the map hub_1 showing the same location from the map hub shown in the first screenshot. it shows a lot of the same issues as the second screenshot.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Jun 18

What do you mean I'm still in 30th place after accumulating another 100 hours? I guess Postal 3 has gained in popularity more than I thought after all thats been done for it.

A screenshot of the steam ladder times for Postal 3. The picture shows an individual named Melasauce at 29th place with 299 hours, Me (ABRAoriginal) at 30th place with 295 hours, and another person at 31st place named Kosmo.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Jun 4

Now I can post some of the sillies that are too big Like the disappearing Rhino bug (this has been patched)

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· May 22

YT recommended me "Jade" by The Waking Hours (from the hit game RoadTrip Adventure) again and I decided to try to find the location from the music video. @marikorawralton.bsky.social managed to find a spot on google maps that is almost exactly where it was on Watson Lake in Arizona.

A screenshot from the music video for Jade by The Waking Hours which was recorded in 2002. The music video states it was recorded "Somewhere near Prescott Arizona." This location is on Watson Lake. The timestamp for this screenshot is 58 seconds. This screenshot shows some rock formations along the side of the lake.

A screenshot from Google Maps of a photo taken by Kevin DuBuc in September of 2017 showing rock formations that match the previous screenshot from the 58 second mark of the music video.

A screenshot from Google Maps of a photo taken by Kevin DuBuc in September of 2017 showing the lake. Despite the water level being higher, you can still make out some of the same rock formations from the previous screenshot from 1 minute into the music video.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· May 22

Is it just me or is it really sketchy that 7TV released a whole new extension instead of updating the old one and seems to have possibly bricked the old extension on purpose to make people install the new one. Add onto the fact that the new one only works on main, AI-bloated Firefox and not forks.

a screenshot of new 7TV extension on the mozilla store. A disclaimer reads that "This add-on is not actively monitored for security by Mozilla. Make sure you trust it before installing." and instead of the normal install button, there is a button that reads "Download the new Firefox and get the extension" implying that the extension is only compatible with the main branch of Firefox and not forks like Waterfox which is the browser currently being used in the screenshot.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· May 20

Bought the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 today and they haven't set up Peace Walker's steam library yet.

A screenshot of my steam library containing the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 titles. Peace Walker notably is missing its cover image and displays a gray image with the game's name in a default text.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· May 1

After a quick search online, it looks like at some point several prototypes of this game were found along with all the screenshots used in this article.

An early screenshot of Shantae: Risky's Revenge from around 2009. It shows earlier art of Risky Boots for her talking sprite.

Another early screenshot of Shantae: Risky's Revenge. This time showing an earlier talking sprite for Shantae.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· May 1

I was going through some old pictures looking for something and found this again and realized that I don't think I've ever seen a high res version of that Risky Boots art.

A picture of a gaming magazine article for the game Shantae: Risky's Revenge from some time in 2009. The page features several screenshots, notably two that feature early talking graphics for Shantae and Risky Boots that use a different art style than the final game.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Apr 7

Also the Rhodonite ref sheet and art of her without the mask from the same set of refs.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Apr 7

Bsky is going to compress these but I have a bunch of Zen refs saved. This has both the toothpick legs and the heel legs.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Mar 25

Fail Mountain map for Sven Co op

A sign on a roof says "Stay the fuck OFF OUR ROOF or we will stab your face."

A sign above a door says "Private hideout. Piss off kthxbye. That means you, fuck face."

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Mar 15

Found out last night that the dull lighting I had been seeing in P3 wasn't my fault and was actually Zoom Platform's update copying over a config that was forcing bloom settings to be the same as HL2 Episode One. Comparison attached with alt text.

A picture taken in the map Roam_Hub1 showing the dulled lighting caused by Zoom Platform's patch. The config file in question, named "Modsettings.cfg", sets the command "mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar" to a value of 0.4 instead of the default of 1.

A screenshot of the map Roam_Hub1 with the aforementioned "modsettings.cfg" file removed. The lighting is notably brighter with the colors shifted.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Mar 6

After 20 years I've finally beaten MGS3. Tsuchinoko REAL!

The ending results screen from Metal Gear Solid 3 showing that I got a final rank of "Tsuchinoko" for finishing the game with the Tsuchinoko in my inventory. I also completed the game with 0 human kills.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Mar 5

After about 20 years, I've finally beaten The Pain. My original PS2 copy has some issue with it where it would either freeze during the fight or the ending cutscene would freeze on a black screen and I just never felt motivated to play MGS3 till now.

A screenshot of the steam achievement for beating The Pain in MGS3. The achievement is named "Pain Relief" and 47.5% of players have earned it.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Feb 21

I'm not particularly good at Metal Gear games admittedly but I got the Master Collection for PC the other day to replay the games and seeing the achievement statistics makes me feel insane. Does MGS1 really filter people this much?

A screenshot of several achievements I earned playing MGS1 with the global percentage of people who earned those achievements. The statistics show a massive drop in percentages with 91.5 percent of players starting a new game and then only 52.2 percent of players beating the first boss, Revolver Ocelot. The percentages drop off further with only 45.7 percent beating the tank, 42.3 percent beating the ninja, and 39.4 percent beating Psycho Mantis.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Feb 13

Finally had some time to work on upcoming stuff for Postal 3 Ultrapatch+Angel. Lots of map fixes in the works! Spent about 8 hours today working in Hammer with the occasional crash.

A screenshot of the crash logs for Hammer editor.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Jan 2

Like genuinely going insane over this. The movie is literally about a false utopia built upon exploiting a majority of the population. "We just missed out on it to make like 10 guys really rich" IS LITERALLY THE POINT OF THE MOVIE.

A twitter post of someone reacting to a post featuring Fritz Lang's 1927 movie Metropolis. Specifically the clip is of the seemingly utopian cityscape scene. The reaction to the clip says "Looks less advanced than China in 2027" featuring renders of planned urban projects in China. The poster seems unaware that Metropolis is actually a dystopian story.

Another set of reactions to the same clip of Metropolis from the previous post. This time a post indicates that "This is just Chongqing China" with a video showing a railway system. Another poster responds to the railway system post saying "The future happened, we just missed out on it to make like 10 guys really rich." The second poster seems unaware that what he described is literally the plot of the dystopian setting of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Dec 30

The Postal dude stands in a horrible bathroom in Postal 3. The bathroom mimics the horrible bathroom in the quoted image.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Dec 27

All we're missing now in terms of archiving is the map from the Austria/Swiss version and also good quality scans of the Japanese map. I know its a long shot but if anyone out there has either of these in better quality feel free to reach out to me.

A low resolution version of the Japanese map taken from the amazon listing for the special edition.

A low quality photograph of the German map from the Austrian/Switzerland version taken from OGDB.eu

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Dec 22

I mean I am a weird dude lol. That being said, its still playable vanilla but I can also recommend the Ultrapatch(+ Angel) Mod to make the game more enjoyable if you ever find yourself playing P3. www.moddb.com/mods/postal-...

A screenshot of Postal 3 on steam showing a playtime of 224.9 hours and all achievements unlocked.

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Dec 16

Update: Yeah okay so they were given an inch where they could use AI so now it's being pushed

A reply to the previous tweet. The reply, referencing the original article, says "People arguing that this is a good use because it's 'a tool meant to assist the artists' are ignoring the article; where even the CEO of Larian admits that he's received pushback from the developers on the use of AI.

That doesn't sound like assistance, that sounds like a mandate."

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Dec 2

Adding this year's twitch recap lol Not that much different from last year's tbh

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Nov 19

Something funny about the hubris of vibe coders nuking open source projects and just going "if you don't like it then fork it and do it yourself!"

ABRAoriginal@abraoriginal· Nov 2

I want to add onto this a picture I found online of Jonathan's english VA, Tiffany Grant, with the Jonathan The Seal plush because I think its a very important photo.