taizou @lion@computerfairi.es

would your evil universe twin be a tiger? a wolf? Something else? — Damn that's a good question. I think you're onto something with a wolf since of course the opposite of a cat is a dog, and a wolf is a similar kind of dog to the kind of cat that… https://alterspring.org/@taizou/a/116450999094074485

SNK by the way has supposedly been on the warpath in China against companies that bundle pirated NeoGeo games. Again this is mostly rumour but it's said that they took out Pandora's Box and Helegaly entirely & others were raided. Anbernic signed a licensing agreement with them, probably under duress

there was some other stuff i couldn't really pin down, apparently they were penalised for copyright infringement in 2024 but the sources are region blocked. it was also rumoured that trouble with SNK caused their retreat from games consoles in 2025 but it also might've just been market conditions

if anyone's interested a thing I did recently was flesh out the Bootleg Games Wiki article on Powkiddy with some research I did on the history of their brand and the beef they had with Anbernic's main guy. Mostly not documented in English before https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/PowKiddy

thoughts on moon child? wooaoh oh oh? — you've got the power to be his friend.... (i am actually very happy to see so much love for a 90s euro platformer made by 3 people with a banging soundtrack, it is such an underappreciated form of gaming ... https://alterspring.org/@taizou/a/116450735913027669

i haven't done one of these in a bit... ask me something if you want https://alterspring.org/@taizou

i like this bear. the game is just sokoban but the bear is good

Did I mention I have a wasp phobia

I sprayed the room closed the door & there has been no sign of it since so I think it has departed one way or the other but I've spent the rest of the day on defensive manoeuvres in case any of its mates turn up

Was hoping to have a nice chill day today but that was quickly disrupted by the massive stripey cunt of a wasp that somehow found its way into my bathroom this morning

charging my headphones off my famiclone. bet that's not a sentence anyone has ever said before

i also ordered a bunch of Interesting Beers for my birthday
(disclaimer: i will not be drinking all of these today) (i'll probably have like two)

The good stuff is on here