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legit forgot there was a scifi dungeon crawler called Star Crawlers that came out not long after Legend of Grimrock (2 I think?) did, and that it has music by Ben Prunty of FTL, Into the Breach, and Subnatica Sub Zero fame.

...it's on my wishlist now in any case because heck. it looks goooood

@avie@awoo.space @Siph@rage.love
artist to me: "Thank you so much for the payment !I'll get started on this asap!"
me, to artist: "No no, it's quite alright! Please, do not rush yourself or-"
my brain: [screaming noises]
artist: "...uh... what-"
me, louder, to drown out my brain's screaming: "PLEASE DO NOT RUSH YOURSELF ON ACCOUNT OF ME ouo;; "
artist: "No really what's that screaming noise?"
brain: WANT ART NOW WANT ART NOW WANT ART NOW W-
me: *shoving socks into my brain's mouth to shut it up* "NOTHING CARRY ON"

@finn (realtalk it is simultaneously awful and also hilarious that the poor extras in that scene were told they would not get paid if they laughed, and they were deliberately trying to make them break character and laugh, so those pained, desperate faces and noises they make are all real. Really shitty of them to put them through that stress, hope they paid them extra, but... goddamn it was funny ngl.)

today I learned that the Philips CD-i consoles have a clock battery which is permanently formed into the clock chip, meaning you have to *break open the chip enclosure* to replace it 😨 cdii.blogspot.com/2009/03/pict

@finn he has a WIFE you know.
Do you want to know what her name is?

@finn this is so so cursed and I'm so glad we could bring it to live

computer problems? if you don't have the ice badge, anything over 1GHz won't listen to your commands

Expectation: ooh a bill wurtz song video called "I'm a princess"! This will be fun and silly!
Reality: ... Why am I getting Feelings

"dipshit scientists somehow stunned by revelation that indigenous tribes were doing agriculture 200 years ago, show asses further by making a big deal about it"

sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/pa

@Ironsquid@mas.to that is exactly what it is. apparently someone's made a similar toaster oven that has a subscription model for food packages, and a "scan-to-cook" app. and it requires to be always online, and only works with their food they sell. because VCs never learn.

dude is hacking it to work so it doesn't need to be wifi connected apparently. lol.

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yeah who else forgot the juicero existed? I didn't. :3 I rememebr that meme. i always remember the juicero :3

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watching a total teardown of the Juicero. The internal construction of it is... surprisingly beautiful and gorgeous.
completely overengineered for the snake oil that it is, but gotta respect the build quality

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