Renbymon 💜💛🏳️‍⚧️ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

So this was cool. We had 2 #playstation ‘s setup with a serial link on 2 TV’s at the #pawcon #pawcon2024 lan party. I didn’t even know the PlayStation had any kind of link till this year. Not many games supported it. Each PlayStation can host up to 2 players for a max of 4 players in Wipeout 3. It’s a little fiddly to setup but super fun. #retrogaming

this is a bit janky as 3d platformers go, but also a solo dev
(at least some of the jank is in the player’s favour with jumping higher than they should)

it is also very much “REFERENCE: the game”, but honestly, if you’re going to go out of your way to specifically reference the time travel sequence from bugs bunny: lost in time as well as bodger & badger, i have to at least be a little impressed

And despite not being "formally" a part of the game, the fuel rats have become ingrained in Elite's lore and playerbase. It's known, pervasively, that the fuel rats exist, and that if you put out a distress signal, they _will_ come help you, come what may.

Occasionally, griefers put out false flags and attack the fuel rats that come to them. With no explicit coordination, this immediately became the most reviled form of piracy, in a game where piracy is broadly considered okay.

The thing I find remarkable about this, is that the Fuel Rats aren't a game feature. There are no rewards for being a fuel rat (in fact, it's policy to refuse payment if the recuee offers), except the intrinsic reward of helping people have a nice time.

Despite this, the fuel rats were one of the first "guilds" formed, if you want to call them that, and have been going strong for years. According to their stats, they have rescued 157 thousand stranded players, with a 96% success rate.

‘Oxfam’s research found that fifty of the world’s richest billionaires produce on average more carbon emissions in under three hours than the average British person does in their entire lifetime. On average, they take 184 private jet flights in a single year, spending 425 hours in the air.’

#WealthInequality
#RichPolluters
#ClimateBreakdown

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/carbon-emissions-of-richest-1-increase-hunger-poverty-and-deaths-says-oxfam

https://dengen.bsky.social/

Want to see more photos? Go to FurTrack or Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBzz8B

#fursuit #ac2024 #anthrocon

SO GOOD. European alternatives for nearly all Amazon, Google, Microsoft products along with alts to Github, Slack, etc. now we need to create a North American version of this. thank you, @vortex! https://european-alternatives.eu/alternatives-to

Just bought a typewriter.

You can tell it's old because it's got neofetch on it.

New round of Xenia stickers 🦊

A small batch of T-Shirts as well for the fastest. Order window open until 17.11. 2024. They will be shipped 18.11.

https://neotheta.fi/xenia/

🖤RIP TONY TODD

Legendary horror actor Tony Todd, best known for his Candyman role, has died at the age of 69.

He is best known to #StarTrek fans as Kurn, son of Mogh, brother of Worf. And for playing the adult Jake Sisko in DS9 episode 'The Visitor'.

RIP 1954 - 2024
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