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• Post #4203201

  Gardiner and I both worked on a depressing little article about how A.I. companies are quite literally destroying warehouses full of books for their own profit. This is (I think) the second time Gardiner and I have written an article together. I hope that even though it is some sobering news, it might help as yet another reminder that everything we love is slowly being taken from us by companies working for their own ends. https://gardinerbryant.com/ai-companies-are-now-destroying-warehouses-f...

• Post #3944734

  The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is free to keep forever on #Steam if claimed until the 23rd https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/The_Life_and_Suffering_of_Sir_Brante/ Seems like the new trend in #gaming is just give away your previous game instead of spending that money on marketing. And, works for me! Recent Reviews: Mostly Positive (100) English Reviews: Very Positive (2,718)

• Post #3761046

  I reviewed the TRIMUI Brick Pro, covering its larger display than the predecessors, Hall effect sticks, #Linux and #opensource community software option, and whether the unchanged chipset holds it back from 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 being 'Pro' I also spoke with a NextUI developer and a long-time TRIMUI community member to make my review a little different to others you might see! If you like #retrogaming or #emulation then you might enjoy this one: https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-trimui-br...

• Post #3664936

  One BGS, the Bethesda Game Studios Union, have shared a message for their fans to gain support from the community in the face of some extreme layoffs and budget cuts at #XBOX now 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘎𝘚, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 I understand it, and being anywhere in #gaming near #Microsoft right now must be Hell...but it has been 15 years since the last mainline Elder Scrolls and 11 since the last Fallout. Sympathy is hard

• Post #3624014

  Just a little map of the entirety of the original #MetalGearSolid on the first #Sony #PlayStation Amazing to see it all laid out in order!

• Post #3527701

  What a depressing glimpse of the future With #Sony #PlayStation sharing that they're no longer going to use physical discs, they're killing the ability for #libraries to give kids a chance to play games. Or for gamers to be able to buy and sell a game to fund their next purchase. On top of the rising storage costs, #gaming is becoming less and less accessible to people

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• Post #3415435

  Nice work #Sony #PlayStation ...once again proving that this new world of #movies and #gaming is one where you do not own 𝘢𝘯𝘺 digital title 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰: 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴' 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 “...you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library.” https://kotaku.com/playstation-store-movies-digital-studio-canal-terminator-2000711013

• Post #2399278

  I'm in a Neo's desk from The Matrix kinda mood today CRT, ergonomic keyboard and MiniDisc? Yes please

• Post #2399277

  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 o...

• Post #2399276

  Known for her work with #art and #bodybuilding Julie Bell was known for a few #gaming covers you might recognize!

• Post #2399275

  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://gardinerbr...

• Post #2399274

  For everyone who loves #LEGO or #RetroFuturism or #Space These might make you happy!

• Post #2209374

  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! https://geoicarus.net/

• Post #2209373

  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: https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blog/2026/05/04/may-2026-exposure-of-fools/#external-components-the-fool

• Post #2090776

  If you missed the news, you can get Planet Coaster for free right now. You'll get a #Steam key from Digiphile and the DLC is also on sale right now too. Which I think is a nice way to encourage sales, and not one I've seen before (by memory) in #gaming And, even if you already own it you can claim it and trade it back for 30 'credits' on Digiphile (or so I've read) https://www.digiphile.co/collections/planet-coaster-free-game-plus

• Post #2090774

  My latest article is an interview (which turned into a narrative feature) on the iiSU front-end. If you've been #RetroGaming using the retro handhelds, or are into #emulation at all then you might have seen the crazy drama surrounding iiSU last year They released a trailer: design-first focused, the concepts looked wonderful, but the (former) lead dev turned out to be a creep. Sadly not uncommon in #gaming But with a new lead dev, a focused team and a new direction: https://gardiner...

• Post #2090772

  I spent a few days with the #RetroDECK team chatting to them about why their project is more than 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 emulation. They all believe in the #retrogaming landscape so much, they just want to bring everything they can to their program 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 (Lazorne, developer of RetroDECK) If you're into #SteamDeck or #gaming you might enjoy this one https://gardine...

• Post #2090771

  Today marks the 25th anniversary of the #Nintendo #GameBoyAdvance March 21st, 2001 in Japan saw the GBA released! ...and I 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 prefer the original layout/design to the SP's

• Post #2035611

  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: https:...

• Post #2005940

  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 :)

• Post #1907474

  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 fu...

• Post #1907472

  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: https://gardinerbryant.com/you-d...

• Post #1907471

  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 chat...

• Post #1722025

  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!

• Post #1305280

  I've been spending a few days (while I've been quite sick with a cold...the changing of the seasons!) having a great time with the TRIMUI Brick Hammer again, for some #RetroHandheld time Being made with a CNC-machined aluminum alloy metal shell means it is just such a joy to hold, look at and use I've been loving giving Rockbox a go on here too, with the ancient #apple iPod 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 of the theme is oh-so-satisfying to look at :)

• Post #1305279

  Rockstar might be in a 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 trouble, with hacking collective ShinyHunters setting a ransom deadline date of April 14th It looks like they gave Anodot admin access and now...they're in a terrible place. Someone's getting fired over that oversight!

• Post #1305278

  #Sony trying their level best to convince the public that mobile games wouldn't be the future. Clearly the #PSVita titles are leagues above the addictive and predatory phone games, but this campaign was short lived Sadly we know who won out in the end

• Post #1305277

  Today's #gaming interview is with K-Wall, who recently launched Cannoli, a brand new front-end for #RetroGaming and #emulation on #Android 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘌𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱. 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 Aiming to keep things simple and organized, without all of the additions and features which you might get lost in, rather than playing games. I chatted all about how Cannoli came to be! https://gardiner...

• Post #1305276

  Well I tried my best, but the new #ResidentEvil is just 𝘞𝘈𝘠 too scary for me! I even tried using a guide (so I know what horror to expect next), and...nope! And yet RE2 + 3 are fine for me?! Damn #gaming horror. Beautiful game though