← Feed

Posts

• Post #4315416

  Title: #PlayStation Network has been down for hours, affecting all online services Subtitle: After hours of complaints and confusion, Sony has now officially acknowledged the issues facing its PlayStation online services. Link: https://www.neowin.net/news/playstation-network-has-been-down-for-hours-affecting-all-online-services/ #Sony #Gaming

• Post #4315415

  @GossiTheDog On this note, I saw some footage earlier on Reddit where the OpenMW team is working on expanding the project to support other games. They currently have Fallout New Vegas running, though it's not in a production ready state yet. Would be pretty cool to be able to drop that engine into those games and get quality of life upgrades like you can with Morrowind.

• Post #4315414

  The cardinals are getting brave enough to use the feeder we put on the front porch. #Nature #Birds

• Post #4315413

  #PalWorld sales have officially surpassed every #pokemon game. According to Bulbapedia the best selling Pokemon game, so far, is Red/Green/Blue with roughly 32 million. Link: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1623730/announcements/detail/686383649529010195 #Gaming

• Post #4315412

  #HaloCampaignEvolved just dropped on Steam and apparently not only does it support split screen 2 player local co-op, but up to 4 player cross platform online co-op, so you can play with your friends regardless of whether they're on Steam, XBox or PlayStation. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2806050/Halo_Campaign_Evolved/ #Gaming #Halo

• Post #4315411

  Got my #Steam controller in the mail and I gotta say, it's really rather nice. The fact it can make audible sounds using the haptic motors is cool, it's a lot more comfortable than I thought it would be, the screw holes have been beveled so they don't have sharp edges, and it automatically picked up my custom Steam Input profiles that I've created on Steam Deck and adapted them to the Steam controller with no manual intervention from me. Frickin' sweet,...

• Post #4315410

  My unboxing and first impressions of the #Steam controller. Link: https://youtu.be/f2FIDEDu3kM #Gaming #PCGaming

• Post #4315409

  There's a new #Fallout game called "Fallout California". It's a mod for New Vegas. Link: https://www.gog.com/en/game/fallout_new_california #Gaming #PCGaming

• Post #4315408

  RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/117014048493062178 This shit is wild. The reason they got the key was because database queries were being executed as .NET code in a sandbox, a sandbox which they were then able to escape, granting them code execution on the Azure backend, including access to that "master key" which they could use to unlock every database on the service. #Security #CyberSecurity

• Post #4315407

  It's official, they're moving forward. Title: Sony gives update on all-digital PlayStation plan, and it's not good news for disc fans Subtitle: After being oddly quiet for almost a month. #Sony has finally addressed the issue of disc-based gaming on #PlayStation. Link: https://www.neowin.net/news/sony-gives-update-on-all-digital-playstation-plan-and-its-not-good-news-for-disc-fans/ #Gaming

• Post #4315406

  Laying the smack down on an ogre in #DragonAgeOrigins. #Gaming #DragonAge

• Post #4002219

  Holy shit, I just got a #GMKtec mini PC in the mail and I was checking for BIOS updates before nuking the default OS to install Debian, and all their drivers, including the Windows 11 Pro image that comes on it, are just hosted on Google Drive... Link: https://www.gmktec.com/pages/drivers-and-software

• Post #3886566

  Just ordered a mini PC I'll put Debian on to use as an HTPC because #LG is getting even more enshittified, but I already have one of their TVs, so it's getting disconnected from the network as soon as the mini PC arrives. Link: https://youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM #Enshittification

• Post #3573756

  #CalyxOS is officially back. You can read the announcement here. Link: https://calyxos.org/news/2026/07/01/calyxos-official-release-is-back/ #Android

• Post #2352909

  Don't ask #CoPilot for "work safe VPNs". Headline: Microsoft is allowing IT admins to monitor your AI prompts and responses in plaintext Subtitle: #Microsoft will now let IT admins read employees' risky #AI prompts and responses in plaintext, even if users are pseudonymized. Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-allowing-it-admins-to-monitor-your-ai-prompts-and-responses-in-plaintext/

• Post #2255546

  If you use #Linux and are using a #Debian or #Ubuntu based distro, one thing I would recommend for installing .deb files (ones you download from outside your repos), is to install "gdebi" and use that to open and install your .deb packages instead of your "Software Center". Reason being, "gdebi", before it actually installs anything, lets you browse the contents of the package, read the contents of control files like postinst, etc. to make s...

• Post #2121629

  And just in case you had to be told, all of your #Twitter DMs are kept into perpetuity. They can be accessed and read by anybody at Twitter HQ. They are not end-to-end encrypted, and are therefore not private. Consider them public knowledge. #privacy #security #cybersecurity

• Post #1801249

  I'm not saying Element is compromised or anything, but I always hate seeing stuff like this on websites for #Linux versions of software, for two reasons. 1, it conditions people into the bad habit of copying and pasting terminal commands from a website. 2, native system packages have postinst scripts that run as root as part of the install, so if their website or app gets compromised, who knows what could be put there. More third parties need to officially embrace Flatpak. #Security

• Post #1801248

  Headline: #Firefox Has Quietly Integrated #Brave's Adblock Engine Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/

• Post #1801246

  What the actual fuck!? #MassEffect is one of the greatest stories ever told, #gaming or otherwise, and they're fucking with it to broaden appeal? I'm officially terrified. Headline: #Amazon Mass Effect Show Undergoes Script Rewrite for 2026 Production Source: https://www.ingamenews.com/2026/04/amazon-mass-effect-show-undergoes.html

• Post #1801245

  Apparently the Fallingstar beast in #EldenRing can have its charge interrupted if you hit it in the head with certain spells or abilities. Pots apparently work. Didn't discover this until NG+. #Gaming

• Post #1801244

  I really like the #LifeIsStrange games, but man there's a part of me that gets overwhelmed by choice paralysis, lol. And you can't really "save scum" in this game beyond one previous checkpoint, you just have to live with your choices. Screenshot link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3714482206 #Gaming

• Post #1801243

  I've had a thought. With the current state of computer and #gaming graphics as good as they are, at this point, I think good voice acting and soundtrack is more important than pushing the boundaries of graphical fidelity. Games have looked "good enough" to reliably suspend belief a long time now, and we're really getting into the territory of diminishing returns when it comes to visuals. But voice acting, good voice acting and music can really sell an experie...

• Post #1801241

  Even though #AGE beat #GPG in my recent benchmarks, it came close once I disabled the compression that's on by default both via the terminal, and if you just right click a file and click "Encrypt". Kinda makes me think that the "nautilus-seahorse" extension for Gnome/Nautilus should provide a checkbox in the dialog to enable/disable compression. Right now all it asks is whether you want to use a password or PGP recipient, and whether you want to digi...

• Post #1801240

  RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@nateb/116479913108040402 Sadly, my mom is absolutely addicted to #Facebook. It's an alien concept to her that I deleted my account and have no desire to make a new one. I see it as hypocritical to complain about things Facebook / #Meta does or contributes to, but to then turn around and use the platform anyway. There are a lot of folks around here that just can't wrap their head around that stance. Headline: FTC: Americans lost over $2.1 bill...

• Post #1801239

  #SNES emulation is about to get a huge shot in the arm. #ZSNES is back after a 17 year hiatus. Title: Super ZSNES - GPU Powered SNES emulation is here! Link: https://youtu.be/r5twUkvYFpA #ZSNES #Gaming

• Post #1801238

  The #InkSpots really liked this opening. #Music

• Post #1666447

  Since switching from #CalyxOS back to stock #Android a few days ago, my battery life has gone to hell. I could go all day on a charge with my Pixel 6a. Now if I use my phone for any period of time I'm lucky if I make it to lunch. Kinda hoping the folks at Calyx are getting close to finalizing all the changes they've been making for future releases.

• Post #1271208

  I like the #Tusky app for #Mastodon, but for some reason it still hasn't implemented quote-boost support.

• Post #1271207

  Title: Is the new Super Mario Galaxy movie really that bad? Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/14/is-super-mario-galaxy-movie-really-that-bad