bev! @TonicBH@computerfairi.es
(aka tonya)
39/pan/trans. she/they.
writes about dumb junk about video games and music sometimes.
your woof friend. may also be bnuuy or kitty depending on mood.
Joined Oct 2017
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i've been going down a rabbit hole i haven't been able to chase the tail end of yet: is there any thermal typewriter with a built-in computer interface other than the Brother EP-44?
i am not counting the Canon Typestar 7/90 models because they need additional interfaces that can no longer be found
i'd really like a small portable text printer in that vein
love to get hyperfocused on finding out the source of a production music track used on a short lived late 1970s Bob Stewart game show
and then find out a song from the same library has the backing music used for old "Will it Blend" videos
dang I'm making my music playlist so chaotic
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they should bring back aol keywords
New on the Secret Area: "Halo with chips" has been found.
A dumb back of the box quote from Maxim magazine promoting a poker video game had become a small meme. I wanted to find out where it came from.
Likes, shares and comments are really appreciated. https://asecretarea.com/2025/02/21/halo-with-chips-found/
New Secret Area Patreon post: It's Mad Max (2015).
A game by the Just Cause devs, based on the famous post-apocalyptic film franchise. A fitting thing to play in 2025.
Available now for all patrons (just $1 will get access!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/mad-max-2015-we-122732833
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mental health (-)
Going from numb and emotionless to a waterfall of tears is something I'm still struggling to get used to
it really feels like someone unclogged my emotional pipes and now I'm having to get familiar with feeling emotions for the first time in a long while
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
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there’s a thread over on bsky rn about how people don’t read anymore and i unironically believe we can fix this as a society through a combination of “expanding the free pizza hut thing they used to do in elementary school” and “more sexy librarians”
I keep having the urge to make a game show video game but with little programming skill makes this a fairly challenging endeavor for me to even attempt
oh right. it's super bowl day, isn't it
maybe I should play an old football video game to celebrate, idk
Beast Games and the Squid Game reality show competition made me think about how another TV show was suddenly made into a reality competition about 20 years ago:
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale..."
It was Glider and a networked multiplayer space shooter/sim of some kind that I played a bunch of in school, through a network of Macintosh Classics
Sadly I don't remember the other game's name and it's eluded me for a long time, does anyone know what it was (
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Thought a bit about the old Macintosh game Glider 4.0.
That little ditty that plays at each level transition has been stuck in my head for a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBsmCE3WB1E&t=13s
(Half-Life scientist voice) you look terrible! let's try this
*hands you a weed pen*
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i really gotta start a youtube channel so that people will send me rare things for free in the mail
Honestly I need to find more shooters (boomer or not) that just lean into that tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek feel that ROTT does
That sense of absurdity is comforting
(aka tonya)
39/pan/trans. she/they.
writes about dumb junk about video games and music sometimes.
your woof friend. may also be bnuuy or kitty depending on mood.
Joined Oct 2017
