Parallax Abstraction
@pxa
Middle-aged Canadian nerd, gamer and retro enthusiast, blogger, pet parent, IT ninja, @bigboxdb.com account runner and much more. Blog: Discord: Other Stuff: Check my lists!
Weird Al at the Canadian Tire Center tonight! First time finally getting to see him and it seems like my entire circle of friends are spread out in the crowd here too. Let's goooooo!
So I wrote this blog post the other day about how #PhysicalMedia isn't nearly as meaningful as those presently screaming about it think it is: geekbravado.com/playstation-... As proof of my point, I present you the brand new copy of Black Flag Resynced I just bought. Look at the bottom.
No homes damaged here thankfully. A couple big, gorgeous trees in the park beside my house came down though. Such a shame. 😭
At #OntarioPinfest this weekend. Wherever you think heaven is, you're wrong because it's here. ♥️ Gallery that's updating throughout the weekend when my phone can get enough bandwidth to upload: photos.app.goo.gl/P2zkU9oU2ixU...
I'm reminded of the delightful Nuclear War from New World Computing on the Amiga and the Cattletech gun.
@thunderfulgames.bsky.social @sadcatstudios.bsky.social So umm...this is happening to every button prompt on Xbox now. Worked fine yesterday. Restarting the game didn't help.
So at my new employer, you're supposed to pick a Loony Toons character you think represents you and one of the owner's kids 3D prints it for you. I think I picked an accurate mascot. 🤣 I have no idea how they're pulling off these crazy multi-colour prints. I gotta' find out.
It's #SteamNextFest time again! I've been swamped with work and other stuff, but I'm still getting some demos in! Watch this thread for some impressions and ones I think are worth trying. Good demos only! Let's goooooo!
Because PC case designers apparently never own cats, this build had been turned off multiple times by the cats sitting on the power button. NO MORE! Spent more on this than I should have, but dangit if it won't do the job!
I am seen some shall we say, dense Chinese company names in my day, but this one that was on an inexpensive Amazon wheeled shelf I bought to put under my new standing desk might take the cake.
Saw this at Zak's in Carleton Place this morning. Took me a sec. I wonder how many people didn't catch this before approving it. 🤣
This is so disappointing. And their latest video has a thumbnail that is screaming signs of being AI generated, but in a response to a comment I left, they claim it's legit. They're either lying or their artist sucks. Of all companies @gog.com should not be the one stuck in the AI bubble.
@neutronized.bsky.social Hey there! Just picked up Dino Quake on sale, but when I try to start the game, this is what I get. On a 9800X3D with a 9070 XT, Windows 11. Ever seen this before? It's not one I've previously come across. Oddly, I played the demo a while ago and I think it worked fine.
This is very good advice and I've followed it for a long time. Indies need all the help they can get and this is an easy way to do it. 323 here and counting! 💪
Working on my Discord hack blog post. I am sitting at a very bad angle and my back is killing me, but I just can't bring myself to get up...
This one was called AetherBound. Was supposed to be a platformer that kind of had a Game Boy-ish art style. I managed to get Cloudflare to take down the guy's site, but this was a shot of it.
Ellie's had a bit of tummy trouble the last couple days. She's on the mend but Beanie wants to make sure she knows she's loved. ♥️
Got my physical triple pack of the Haunted Halloween series of modern NES games from @retrotainmentgames.bsky.social that I backed on Kickstarter. Real carts that will work on a real NES with all the trimmings. Looks great guys! 💖 #NES #RetroGaming
So the absolute geniuses at @elgato.com let one of the core signing certificates in StreamDeck.exe expire and as a result, a bunch of plug-ins are broken, including all of BarRaider's. How a company this big screws this up on such expensive hardware is just baffling. Get it together Corsair.
@deck.blue Not sure if you get notifications of new comments on Patreon or not, but I wanted to send you my question here as well in case. Thanks.
LinkedIn is famous for being full of motivational slop and phone sentiments, but I came across this today when I was looking for something there and it's very true.
Whoa, @steampowered.com changed the top UI on the web site. I gotta' say, this is pretty slick! First time in a billion years the site's changed and I immediately like it more! Nice job!
If you don't care about Xbox achievements, this won't mean much but if you do, I managed to pull this off in Retro Classics, which I didn't know if I ever could cause it's so hard to get in the top 50 on a leaderboard for a free thing with thousands on it. Look at that TA ratio! 🤯
Didn't even realize I did it, but crossed 300 reviews made on Steam! And I try to make my reviews generally detailed, not just a single sentence. If you like smaller games, leaving Steam reviews is no kidding, one of the best things you can do for them. Don't skip this, it matters! 💪